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    The few times that I've watched a couple of minutes of the cooking competition shows (whichever one it is, they're all the same to me), I get this sick feeling in my stomach when I see a cook who poured every ounce of sweat into creating something in hopes that the judges will like it. Then you see the cook get "voted" or "vetoed" and belittled, and made to feel like a complete failure, and you see they just want to burst into tears. It's like watching American Idol, or one of those dance competitions. I just don't find it entertaining. But I get why people participate in these shows and why they're willing to take a chance even if it means being treated like the lowest form of scum by these asshat judges. For some reason, this generation seems to look at a career in cooking like being a hipster, rockstar. I've met a lot of people who work in this industry. It's interesting to talk about cooking with them. What people don't know is that people who work in this industry work like dogs. They're on their feet all day for 12-16 hours a day. So if some anonymous cook from some town gets a chance to compete and maybe become a Food Network rockstar, it's all worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings View Post
    Cowboy won, but someone read one of Nichole's interviews and she has other show options (Cooking Channel?). I gather from Flay he is a bit of an egomaniac. His entire entrance into tv food star is because he was or is married to a FN executive.
    Don't know if he was married before, but he's currently (and has been for a while now) married to actress Stephanie March, best-known for playing the Assistant DA on Law & Order: SVU

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    In the early days, even I could have beaten Bobby Flay in the iron Chef competitions.

    At least the C.C. and F.N. have some actual chefs on even the bottom feeder competitions. Hell's Kitchen on the other hand appears to have most unemployed or available for weeks at a time folks. Many of those 'losers' couldn't even boil a hotdog correctly.

    I'll be damned but because of some of you folks and this thread, I did slightly pay attention to the latest ( Sprint, is it? ) commercial last night. Tell me if I'm wrong here but me thinks they dad/the gerbil use to sexually molest the Goth guy/Goordon back in the day and why he's living at the house, hence, that's why he's a gerbil now, capable of running up into Goordon's ass using a empty paper towel roll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by luvyesmusic View Post
    Tell me if I'm wrong here but me thinks they dad/the gerbil use to sexually molest the Goth guy/Goordon back in the day and why he's living at the house, hence, that's why he's a gerbil now, capable of running up into Goordon's ass using a empty paper towel roll.
    Jeeze, where's Sam Kinison and Richard Gere when ya really need 'em
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    Quote Originally Posted by -=RTFR666=- View Post
    Jeeze, where's Sam Kinison and Richard Gere when ya really need 'em
    unfortunately, Kinison is no longer among us....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    Don't know if he was married before, but he's currently (and has been for a while now) married to actress Stephanie March, best-known for playing the Assistant DA on Law & Order: SVU

    according to Wikipedia, he's been married three times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings View Post
    unfortunately, Kinison is no longer among us....
    Yes, I saw Kinison on his final comedy tour, shortly before the accident...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings View Post
    He probably will. I just know about Nichole because she was getting attention and did interviews in local papers here and someone who read one of the interviews said she has been approached with show options if she did not win. This season was interesting as THREE viable personalities emerged as opposed to the usual one (dude last year was cheated-he had the perfect show-a show about food "sins" (chocolate, booze, bacon, etc), but instead the Hallmark crowd spoke and the winner was a hugely boring "southern food for romance" show that I am not even sure ran more than three episodes. I think the woman who won had more to do with people wanting a Paula Deen replacement than an interesting and creative show).
    Ahh, cool news about Nichole. I won't complain about it if it happens. Seems they picked a good crop for once (really the only other time I remember it happening was whatever season Big Daddy won (Adam and the other woman who's name scapes me I thought could have had somewhat successful shows. And of course Kelsey who did get a show)).

    And yeah...never cared for the blonde who won last year...should've been booted fairly early IMO. And lol if her show was cancelled that quickly. Certainly deserved to at any rate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hobo Chang Ba View Post
    Ahh, cool news about Nichole. I won't complain about it if it happens. Seems they picked a good crop for once (really the only other time I remember it happening was whatever season Big Daddy won (Adam and the other woman who's name scapes me I thought could have had somewhat successful shows. And of course Kelsey who did get a show)).

    And yeah...never cared for the blonde who won last year...should've been booted fairly early IMO. And lol if her show was cancelled that quickly. Certainly deserved to at any rate.
    McCargo I find rather dull actually. I'm sure he's a cool guy, but he has the stage presence of a throw pillow (of course, he IS from Camden, so that explains it...). Come to think of it, so do most of the other winners. I think the last "big" personality they grabbed before Lenny was Jeff Mauro. I think Penny Davidi was robbed-how was Penny able to consistently cook delicious food and Mary Beth kept making food a dog would not eat, but the latter gets into the final four? I do like Aarti, too, but did not see the seasons before Jeff Mauro's. Aarti's show stopped production last year as she had a child. She is sneaking back on FN though...

    For the record, Guy was not the first winner, despite what everybody says. There was a five episode season in which two guys won: Dan Smith & Steve McDonagh (Party Line with the Hearty Boys). I guess FN is trying to erase the memory of whatever flop that wound up being...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings View Post
    McCargo I find rather dull actually. I'm sure he's a cool guy, but he has the stage presence of a throw pillow (of course, he IS from Camden, so that explains it...). Come to think of it, so do most of the other winners. I think the last "big" personality they grabbed before Lenny was Jeff Mauro. I think Penny Davidi was robbed-how was Penny able to consistently cook delicious food and Mary Beth kept making food a dog would not eat, but the latter gets into the final four? I do like Aarti, too, but did not see the seasons before Jeff Mauro's. Aarti's show stopped production last year as she had a child. She is sneaking back on FN though...

    For the record, Guy was not the first winner, despite what everybody says. There was a five episode season in which two guys won: Dan Smith & Steve McDonagh (Party Line with the Hearty Boys). I guess FN is trying to erase the memory of whatever flop that wound up being...
    I don't really care for McCargo either. But he did win, so in my scenario I still assume that happens. In fact, I think BDH was the last show I watched from the winner of this show, despite liking some of the winners. (I do like J Mauro a lot). One thing that got me, was Justin Warner (or whatever his name was that won season 8) never seemed to even have a show? Do you happen to know what happened there? That's a show I might have watched.

    As for Penny...she was just terrible on a personal level. The food might have been good but I can't imagine the personality would have caught on. (And IMO not even nice to look at, but I realize this is much more subjective and probably shouldn't come in account with such things.) Don't remember Mary Beth so can't comment there...but as we seem to agree, some years the talent is quite low.

    And lol @ the pie guy. I did like his concept (like a take on Jeff M.'s every meal a sandwich, every sandwich a meal concept) but yeah...he wouldn't have been the easiest to watch. At least his pies would have cooked if he did get a show!
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    justin had a special and now one of the bloggers and event personalities at things such as the food conventions.

    i liked penny, but then i tend to favor aggressive women overall (Grace Slick is one of my fav singers). i hate too many girly girl barbie dolls.

    Pie Guy's nickname on Twitter was "Pie Fieri"...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings View Post
    justin had a special and now one of the bloggers and event personalities at things such as the food conventions.

    i liked penny, but then i tend to favor aggressive women overall (Grace Slick is one of my fav singers). i hate too many girly girl barbie dolls.

    Pie Guy's nickname on Twitter was "Pie Fieri"...
    Ahh, I see. Wonder why he didn't get a full fledged show (even if it only lasted a short amount of time). But at least he got something out of it. He seemed like quite a knowledgeable fellow.

    And ahh...yeah. Idk...I'm not really a fan of people who come across as arrogant or antagonistic or etc etc...not that I like the Barbie types either...a good balance (as with all things....)

    And lol...well the food network does seem to love Fieri so it was probably a good move on his part.
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    I never understood the Bobby Flay bashing. I have no problems with him, and his food always looks like it's really great. I did eat at his steakhouse in Atlantic City and it was outstanding. I still need to go to his Burger Palace, which we also have here in NJ. I understand from hamburger lovers I know that it's really good.

    As for Guy, I also have no issues with him or even his hair. But I can understand why he rubs some the wrong way. Still, I love watching Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, especially when it's a local place I may have a chance to visit. He did feature early on a local diner in my hometown, they featured their apple pies. It's the Ritz Diner in Livingston NJ, which is very good as far as diners are concerned.

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    My hate for commercial spokespersons these days is that woman pushing those fiber supplements. Ye gods she is a pain in the ass.

    I don't understand the hate for Jan from the Toyota ads. I don't find her irritating at all and quite fetching. There's an eye medication that I think is called Restasis or something like that. They use these two females models, one has short brunette hair and the other is a tall Nordic looking blonde. Both are so stunning I could watch those ads on a loop. And the woman in those old Levitra ads was something else as well. A real überMILF. Don't understand why her hubbie couldn't get it up.

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    Don't understand why her hubbie couldn't get it up.
    i think that was the point "This is a medical condition! This pill will fix it!!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yanks2014 View Post
    I never understood the Bobby Flay bashing. I have no problems with him, and his food always looks like it's really great. I did eat at his steakhouse in Atlantic City and it was outstanding. I still need to go to his Burger Palace, which we also have here in NJ. I understand from hamburger lovers I know that it's really good.

    As for Guy, I also have no issues with him or even his hair. But I can understand why he rubs some the wrong way. Still, I love watching Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, especially when it's a local place I may have a chance to visit. He did feature early on a local diner in my hometown, they featured their apple pies. It's the Ritz Diner in Livingston NJ, which is very good as far as diners are concerned.
    My wife and I ate at his latest restaurant a couple of months ago. We couldn't get a reservation until around 10:00. Around 11:00 he an appearance at the bar for a drink. Having been in the kitchen all night, he looked quite tired and worn out. It's not my thing to ever approach famous people and try to meet them, but my wife is a fan and she wanted to ask him a couple of questions. He graciously allowed her a couple of minutes and even posed for a picture.
    Sure, it's not like he cured cancer or anything, but considering the situation, I would not remotely have considered it dickish of him if he had (kindly) asked to be let alone, and he probably wished he had been. But, he was nice to a fan.
    Call him an egomaniac or whatever, but based on that experience, I thought he was pretty cool.

    I've encountered Guy Fieri on two occasions and I will say this - there's a guy who will never have to worry about running into his biggest fan.

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    All-righty! Here's one for all of the prog-heads who like Red ... Pay attention at the 8 second mark ...





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    That's, like, 80s Thompson Twins keytar though.

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    Now I want a bacon cheeseburger.
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