Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


lisah - May 08, 2008 7:11:22 am PDT #4758 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

my friend Jesse and I just kept shrieking hot tranny fierce mess! mess of a hot tranny! hot mess! and on and on...

Hah! You read the fourfour, right, Meara? Ever since this post

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Whenever, Dominique came on the screen my ANTM group has yelled "TOOTHLESS? FUCK FUCK TOOTHLESS!" Also, "shut up, toothless old man!"

I'm just so glad she didn't make the Top 3. My verrrrrrrrrry pregnant friend I watch with was threatening to bust something up good if Dominique wasn't finally eliminated last night. And I was sitting next to her. Of course we joked that maybe what she would break is her water! I think the baby might think that Tyra lives with us, though, and is maybe afraid to come out.


Jesse - May 08, 2008 7:20:12 am PDT #4759 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hee!

Back to Top Chef, how much did I love the Quickfire? A LOT. I love that kind of demonstration of skill, and loved Collicchio's o_O face at the crappy filets.


Vortex - May 08, 2008 7:21:27 am PDT #4760 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think Dale's problem is that he's decided he's better than everyone else (except maybe Richard) and somehow that means he can't work with them.

You may be right about that. I think that he was also annoyed that he couldn't be the leader, because it wasn't his kind of cooking. I think that if Dale had been the leader, it would have been a different team. They still wouldn't have liked each other, but it would have worked better.


sumi - May 08, 2008 7:21:59 am PDT #4761 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I LOVE the Mise-en-place relay race - best QF task ever. And I love how Stephanie was so up on the past one.


lisah - May 08, 2008 7:25:09 am PDT #4762 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I LOVE the Mise-en-place relay race - best QF task ever. And I love how Stephanie was so up on the past one.

Yes! Good for her, too. I'm always baffled by reality show contestants who haven't watched earlier seasons of the shows they're on.


Frankenbuddha - May 08, 2008 7:26:59 am PDT #4763 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Did something else besides eggshells happen with the cake in the prior one? And were there other major disasters?

I am a bit disappointed that they sent the troops on yet. Another. Catering. Job.


Jessica - May 08, 2008 7:28:00 am PDT #4764 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Did something else besides eggshells happen with the cake in the prior one?

Well, it was made from a box mix. (Though Tom admitted later that he actually thought that was a good idea for a non-pastry chef working on a deadline and a budget.)


Vortex - May 08, 2008 7:34:10 am PDT #4765 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Well, it was made from a box mix. (Though Tom admitted later that he actually thought that was a good idea for a non-pastry chef working on a deadline and a budget.)

hell, yeah. I mean, I could make a basic cake, but a wedding cake? Um, just multiply everything by 8? okay!


Jesse - May 08, 2008 7:39:54 am PDT #4766 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really hope it's Richard v. Stephanie in the Top Chef finals. I also now hope Anya wins Top Model, partly because it's hilarious that they haven't given her any shit about the way she speaks.


Frankenbuddha - May 08, 2008 7:44:27 am PDT #4767 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I really hope it's Richard v. Stephanie in the Top Chef finals.

It will be really hard to choose from those two. I think they are the ones who deserve it, though.

That said, it might almost be fun to have someone to root AGAINST. And Richard v. Dale could be very interesting since they've worked well together in the past.