Really, People? Really?

On Hell's Kitchen, it was time for the chefs to prove they have a palate and can cook fine dining stuff. This was hardly a surprise. First Chef Ramsay did his thing by cooking something packaged and disguised. It gives the ass-kissers a chance to stick out. So most everyone oohed and ahed over the microwaved frozen dinner. I loved the backpedaling after the truth of the food was revealed. Isn't it nice that Chef Ramsay calls their palates donkeys' backsides instead of asses? I still don't understand why we can't say ass on tv. God we live in an uptight society. Anyway, I digress. Fran bragged about having a good palate and proved otherwise. Personally, I've never tasted fresh coconut that tasted like potato. The blue haired guy won the challenge for his team. I'm not sure what the prize was but whatever. The teams then had to come up with their own menu for dinner service, but first let Chef Ramsay taste them. He's no dummy. The red team's dishes didn't taste good except for the desserts that Holly made alone and the blue teams dishes were deemed pedestrian. Dinner service was impressive because Susan Fenniger and Mary Sue Millikin showed up. The blue team must've beefed up their dishes because they had more customers than the other team. Even so, the red team still couldn't keep up due to Fran and her ineptness. In the end, it was evident. Fran was put up for elimination and Ramsay finally gave her the much deserved boot. Autumn was switched back to the red team. In the 2nd half, the teams were given a 10 pound lobster to make gourmet dishes for the luxury challenge. I have to say, a 10 pound lobster doesn't have as much meat as you'd think. Most of the weight is the shell and the front half of the lobster that only the orientals seem to eat. Poor Nilka was totally out her element and it showed. I was surprised to see nobody made a thermidor but they did poach it in butter. This time, Holly won the challenge for the red team and they won a huge shopping spree which is great for the women. Poor Ben probably got stuck holding the purses. I think Chef Ramsay does this reward just to watch the ladies change clothes. Whatever. Meanwhile the 3 remaining men of the blue team had to clean the dorm and then prep both kitchens. They started to panic when time was nearly up and they hadn't even begun to prep their own kitchen. I thought it was admirable that they prepped the red kitchen so well. I probably would've said, "Oops, I forgot." about a lot of things, slap dashed the first kitchen and made sure mine was in order. Luckily, Ramsay combined both teams into one. I'm convinced the meat station is probably the hardest thing to work because if the chefs are off at all, they really suck at that one and it's sunk many a chef. This time Nilka was so frustratingly bad, Chef Ramsay threw her out of the kitchen and the show. She really fought the ousting and Ramsay took the time to say goodbye in person before she got into the car. For a little more drama, the teams still had to put up 2 people for elimination but nobody else was eliminated. It did, however, reveal who had the least respect of the chefs.

America's Got Talent was in Vegas this week. Okay, we're at the point that the judges need to consider, would people pay money to see these acts? Poor Piers. He seems to be the only one with the good taste. I'm not sure what Howie and Sharon have been drinking but some of the acts put through were surprising. The people were split into 3 groups. Group A were the acts who had to do their thing again and prove their greatness probably because there were so many of their kind e.g. male singers, magic acts, dancers. Group B were the runner-ups. After Group A acts were weeded out, any open spots could be taken by Group B acts. Group C was small and were the acts that didn't have to audition again. I was disappointed because I would've loved to see that human light show thing again. It was so totally cool. I was really disappointed that Prince Poppycock wasn't in Group C. He was the best entertaining show singer I've ever seen since Nathan Lane. I want to ask, how the hell did Sally the scary looking singer make it into Group A? In the first place, she can't sing. In the 2nd place, she's freaky scary looking. She looks like one of those puppets that ventriloquists used to use in the old days. The only thing that made them not too scary was the fact that we knew they were being held onto by the human. Sally's just scary and she they let her go on wayyyyyy too long. Who were the hicks in the audience square dancing to her music? Poor Piers looked tortured the whole time and Nick Cannon finally had to pull her off stage 9 minutes too late. Later in the show, they told a person they could've been disqualified for going over his time by 15 seconds. Good Lord! Why wasn't Sally DQ'd? Other acts who I didn't like at all were Roland the terrible impressionist, the hand whistler and the air guitar band but were also put through to L.A. Really? I'm thinking, they've picked acts that America will vote off first to give the mediocre acts time to warm up to America. Okay. To those who messed up that this stage, get your shit together before you go on national tv you idiots.

Top Chef finally didn't mention politics. The quickfire challenge was to make babyfood. I was afraid Chef Colicchio and Padma were going to drag out their bambinos but, whew, we were spared that. The chefs also had to make an adult version of the dish too. It was suprising to see, chefs aren't nutritionists. Don't they take a class like that in culinary school? I expected dishes with ginger and mint since they're very good for baby digestion but nope and the dishes seemed a little rich with heavy meats, fats and spices. Why are people afraid to put eggs and honey in food for babies? In the old days, that's all a lot of people had and people lived. Jeez. No wonder all our kids are a bunch of pansies. No wonder we also have a ton of girly boys running around. I think Kenny won. Then they had an interesting elimination challenge cooking for an international hotel chain. All the teams of 2 cooked a breakfast dish, then 2 teams were chosen to be the best and didn't have to cook anymore. The remaining teams had to cook lunch. 2 teams were chosen best and didn't have to cook dinner. From the last 3 teams came the winner team and the team eliminated. In the end, braised short ribs were the winners and the undercooked squid ink pasta chefs packed their knives. The gay Filipino guy and the old Home Ec teacher were booted. I find it very interesting that people who are the bosses of their own kitchens or classes can not cook. I guess it's true. Those who can, do and those who can't, teach. Bye!

Work of Art people had to do a schill piece this week. First they drove or rode in a certain brand car to the show room. The stupid car is so unimpressive, I can't even remember it. I think it was Audi becaused one artist used that word a lot in her art piece. I'm sure Audi execs were hoping she'd win. Whatever. I was glad to see the other artists weren't that commercial and didn't use the logo or name. I was wrong last week. The Christian illustrator artists wasn't booted and the weird lady was. This week, the Christian illustrator lady was booted. Jackie is so narcissistic. Her art piece was pictures of men looking at her. She won and I didn't understand it. I really like Abdi's work and hope he wins since he never seems to whine about anything like the other artists. As long as Sarah Jessica doesn't show up, it's a good show.

So You Think You Can Dance was disappointing. Alex tore his achilles tendon and couldn't dance and it was his kiss of death. It's only fair. In a show about dancing; you have to dance. Sorry to see you go Alex. They still had to have a show so they went through the stupid motions and just panicked the other 2 who landed in the bottom. I'm wondering why they always dress Billy Bell in a skirt in the group dances. Does he volunteer for that? I notice, America likes to see strength in male dancers and grace in female dancers. Bell may have amazing dance skills but dances like a girl. I don't see him going too far in this small group.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent had it's season finale and it was brilliant. The perp was a multiple personality and an unknown actor. He must've killed the audition because not only was it a brilliantly written show, but it was also a chance to act with F. Murray Abraham and Jeff Goldblum. OMG and Wow! I'll miss the show and I hope it doesn't stay away too long.

I have to mention Danielle Fishel and her show The Dish. This tongue in cheek clip show just cracks me up all of the time. Yes, it's a clone of The Soup, but something about Danielle's sarcastic delivery of her critiques is just too funny and they also throw in a few more mini skits that make fun of the shows. Keep it up girl. It's too much fun.

Well that's all for now. See you next week people.