There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'


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]


esse - Jun 18, 2007 4:01:12 pm PDT #96 of 23273
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Everyone always complained about how crap the Kenmore was in their show recaps--most hilarious to me was someone saying they would return the Kenmore kitchen if they won Top Chef, because it was worthless. The setup/layout of this year's kitchen is noticeably different, though. It seems like they have way more room to move.


askye - Jun 18, 2007 4:06:58 pm PDT #97 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Hell's Kitchen -- they put Julia in charge! Way for respecting her knowledge!


kat perez - Jun 18, 2007 4:48:18 pm PDT #98 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I love that Julia is getting a little respect at last. The dinner service was pathetic, though. And WTF with picking food out of the trash and trying to serve it to the customers? Julia for president!


askye - Jun 18, 2007 4:54:37 pm PDT #99 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

That was disgusting! How could Joanna not know that the crab was bad?


kat perez - Jun 18, 2007 5:00:07 pm PDT #100 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I really wish he'd gotten rid of them both.

I'll also give a big WTF to the whole Aaron story arc. I just don't get why he was ever on the show.


askye - Jun 18, 2007 5:15:02 pm PDT #101 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

I missed what happened to him, except he was in the hospital and then Ramsay said he wasn't coming back. Ramsay should have overruled the nominations last week and gotten him out of there. He did that at least once last year.


kat perez - Jun 18, 2007 5:28:45 pm PDT #102 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

He just fainted when the guys were starting on their KP duty. He did the whole eye-fluttering thing just like last week. I am honestly at a loss as to how he ever made it onto the show.

Right now the only folks left on the show that I can even remotely stand are Julia and Rock. The rest are just annoying.


sumi - Jun 18, 2007 6:45:06 pm PDT #103 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

You know what? I was thinking that it was extremely suspicious that he fainted right then. And then thought how odd it was that Ramsey had to tell him that his medical condition prevented his return to HK. Perhaps, the doctors told Ramsey that he was malingering.

And I cannot believe that Jen pulled that spaghetti out of the garbage. Thank goodness Julia caught her!


Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 3:29:36 am PDT #104 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

"Bourdain"--it sounds like it should be the name of a hard boiled detective series.

Well, he has written crime fiction in the past.

And I cannot believe that Jen pulled that spaghetti out of the garbage. Thank goodness Julia caught her!

I couldn't believe that one at ALL. Ewww. And you'd think after so many problems, including past years, that SOMEBODY would make it their mission in life to be able to time the stupid Beef Wellingtons.

The comments from the diners seem a bit contrived sometimes. They must go in there knowing they might not get served in a timely fashion.


le nubian - Jun 19, 2007 5:08:28 am PDT #105 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

On another board, a suggestion is that Aaron has uncontrolled diabetes and that his behavior may fit the symptoms.

I know Aaron was pretty hoarse in last night's ep, so I thought he may just have had pneumonia. I thought it was interesting that the show didn't disclose what his illness was. The phone call between him and Aaron was obviously scripted. It was so stiff, I nearly died laughing - except for the fact that I was worried Aaron really was ill.