Well, well, well. It's been a long time. A new TV season is upon us. TV land isn't what it used to be. No longer are the 3 big networks in control. TV stars aren't as sure footed and movies stars are coming off their high horses. Soap operas no longer rule daytime and reality has split into 2 different kinds of genres: competition and voyeurysm. I've seen some of the new shows and here's my opinion.
Survivor is in Samoa. They're calling it South Pacific. Ok. It's the same format as last season. This time it's Coach Wade and athletic Doofus Ozzie. Coach started out making himself a sympathetic character and then a kind of guru. He's done a good job of befriending everyone and making an alliance of 5 w/ a couple others in his back pocket. The problem is, they're not absolutely tight. Russell Hantz's nephew is on the show and is torn between trying to be a christian example and a playa. He comes off as a total weenie and weird. Russell is more likeable. On the other tribe, Ozzie has also made an alliance of 5 but they're less trustworthy and kind of stupid. Ironically, the people he has in the periphery are the most intelligent. I have a feeling Ozzie will never see his demise coming. He found the hidden immunity idol and already failed to keep his mouth shut. God, these people are stupid. I'm liking that the challenge wins aren't one sided. Each tribe wins every other week. That's cool. I wish they'd show the winning tribe enjoying their prize but oh well. It was interesting that the biggest screwballs were sent to redemption island first. Yay! Funny enough, there's a guy on Ozzie's tribe who is just like Woody Allen. Oh boy. Wouldn't you love to live w/ him.
Top Chef: Just Desserts is midway done. They have a famous pastry chef who seems to have a huge arrogant head. It's getting some deflation as the weeks go on. As we all know, these competition reality shows are really marathons and it's all about who can gut it out the best.
Project Runway is having it's most boring season ever. They're trying to make it dramatic and instead have veered away from what we like best; seeing the designers design and sew. They've had a lot of team challenges and neither the audience nor the designers like it. The designs have been weak with a lot of contestants who lack sewing skills. Nina and Micheal seem to realize they do have power over the decisions due to their triumph last season declaring icky ugly Gretch the winner over Mondo. Tim Gunn is insightful as ever but the designers don't seem to get inspiration.
A new show I'm really liking is Person of Interest. A guy w/ mega electronic "big brother" and a cool intelligent military trained guy work together to stop crimes. It's kind of out there and you have to give it some license but it's really cool and moves along quickly. It's the old Mission Impossible crossed w/ Dirty Harry. Jim Caviezel is mesmerizing, compelling and sexy. Michael Emerson is mysterious and interesting but not creepy. The show has one scene it likes to do and we like to watch. Caviezel's in a room w/ guys w/ guns, the scene shifts to an outside of the room shot w/ a bunch of gunfire going on inside. Then there's 3 seconds of silence and then the door opens and Caviezel cooly walks out of the building w/ dead and wounded bodies behind him. It's cool and a good way to infer shooting but we don't have to see it. It's a real old Hollywood thing but it works. Caviezel is also sticking to his christian convictions and never utters a curse word, shows any naughty bits or does any sex scenes. Thank the gods! Only dumb chicks want to know the private life of the super hero.
Ringer is a new show that has a soap opera feel but actually works. An Al Anon woman runs away from her witness protection cop to her rich twin sister. While on a motor boat in the middle of he ocean, her sister seems to disappear into the drink and the poor former drunk takes over the rich sister's life. They show, it's not that easy and being rich isn't that easy either. It's very interesting cuz we never really know if the sister is dead and somebody is always trying to kill the lady but we don't know if the people are really trying to kill her or her sister. Sarah Michelle Geller does a really good job of playing both parts w/out being hammy. I can't say the same for the men who play opposite her.
The Secret Circle is a new show this season. Young witches in high school. It's really dumb and hokey. The acting is awful, the writing is bad and the whole premise is made for one episode only. Unlike Charmed, they don't fight demons to save humanity but seem to fight each other and the powers aren't impressive.
2 Broke Girls is a new comedy on CBS. One streetwise girl, one suddenly impoverished socialite; both poor waitresses trying to catch a break. We've kind of seen this kind of dynamic w/ Laverne & Shirley, Alice and even Roseanne. I watched the whole show and realized, I didn't laugh the whole show. The jokes are old, the premise is older and the girls aren't appealing. In this economy we really don't like to be reminded of how hard life is right now. The closest to funny was when the rich girl fell in horse crap in her expensive dress. Uh huh, it was crap alright.
It's not new but Two and a Half Men has a new star. I have to say, the premise is kind of asking for a lot of leeway. I don't like Sheen, but I miss him. The problem w/ the show is, the 2 main characters are both pathetic weenies and it's not fun. It's kind of like having a dessert that's just all sugar and needs some sour to balance it. Even Berta isn't her cold callous self. Having the mother on to lend her dry wit would help but they don't utilize her. Jake is now merely a prop and I'm sorry, Kutcher just can't seem to play an adult. I have a feeling this will be the last season for this show.
How to Be a Gentleman needs a way better title but it's too late. The pilot was a little disjointed but okay. They need to do away w/ the nice guy's family and just show the nice milqetoast trying to live w/ the manly slob. We could use another Odd Couple kind of comedy again. We haven't seen one since Perfect Strangers. As long as they don't make the show preachy, it should be good.
Up All Night is about parents w/ a newborn. The mother is the money earner and the father is a househusband. I rarely like single camera sitcoms and this one has the cameraman w/ the worst case of Parkinsons I've ever seen. Either that or he drinks too much and gets the shakes. The story was good and reminiscent of Seinfeld. Maya Rudolph does not have a face for visual medium and her character is annoying instead of funny. Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler's husband are really funny together w/ their scenes quick and witty w/ energy. Luckily, they made the story about the parents and not the baby.
America's Next Top Model is very weird this season. It's an allstar season but the problem is, the women aren't all stars and some are way too old to be models. Most are established in the business and the others are wannabe's that didn't make it the first time. I'm rooting for Laura and Bre.
Well, that's about all. The Amazing Race is just starting and the only interesting part is Ethan and Jenna are competing.
See ya next time people. Stay tuned.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
The Great Ones Are On!
Okay, well, I think I skipped a week. Unfortunately, my memory isn't what it was so I'll try to give the updates.
On RuPaul's Drag Race, the girls had to do a message to the troops w/ a patriotic theme. Oh boy! I hope the troops like drag queens cuz the messages were quite risque. Some of the outfits were barely there too. In the day and age of don't ask don't tell, some troops may not have to tell at all. Anyway, the Puerta Rican did a really good job and looked the best and won. The judges decided not to eliminate anybody. Then the next week, the girls had to... well I don't know cuz my stupid TiVo stuck. All I know is, Yara Sophia was eliminated.
On Face Off, the artists had to transform themselves so that their family member couldn't recognize them up close. Everybody did really good except Meagan. She didn't do any prosthetics and her makeup wasn't great either. She should take lessons from drag queens. Anyway, the artists had to help out in a wig shop w/ the family member right there. Meagan tried to cheat and hide her face. Whatever. You could tell the mother was thinking, Hm...that girl looks familiar. Needless to say, Meagan got the boot. I was really frustrated. I missed the last episode of Face Off and the SyFy Channel has not shown any more of the series; not even the last episode. All I know is, Connor won. I'm kind of disappointed since Tate did an awesome job all season. I did hear that the artists got to choose 2 former contestants to help w/ the last project. Connor did not choose Meagan. Hmmm...guess he agreed w/ the judges. She wasn't that great.
On the crying fatties AKA Biggest Loser, the show is really playing w/ mixing people up. First they switch one player, then they make one big team then they split into 4 little teams. Whatever! Everybody was in one big team. The weigh-in came down to Kaylee and the mother who already hit her goal weight. Of course, the mother fell on the sword and asked to be voted out and was sent home. The next week, teams were split into 4 small teams w/ one former player brought back. Rulon is on Jillian's team w/ Hannah (the bitchy sister) and they chose Jay to come back. I was glad of that. Rulon's not stupid. Hannah had suggested Arthur but Art sucked badly in all of the team challenges. So Kaylee found she was satisfied and wanted to go home. At the weigh-in, she didn't quite go far enough and only didn't gain weight. She lost 0. Then the rest of her team weighed in and they didn't land in the bottom. OMG, it's the first time I've seen someone cry for the wrong reason. Then someone said, "But we found this was the only way we could leave." Alison quickly pointed out the ranch wasn't a prison. If you wanna go; go. Because of strategy, Moses talked to Kaylee and she decided to stay. Then the vote happened. Justin fell on the sword this time, asked to go home and was sent home. God, these are the wussiest contestants ever.
On America's Next Top Model, the girls got makeovers and then had to pose in pairs except one group of 3. The one white chick got the worst hair weave I've ever seen and everyone agreed including her. Man, Alexandra is so bitchy and bossy. The crew don't even like her. Anyway, Dominique, she of the freckles was sent home. Last week, the girls had to walk a runway lined w/ fire and then light firepads on their palms on fire and walk. OMG! Are they trying to test the nerve of these girls or what? But they don't crack. You go girls! Then the girls had to work in pairs again. This time they did a fake coffee commercial that had a lot of sexual innuendo. Alexandra was bossy again and the director didn't like it at all. The setting was in the 40's Mad Men era. Kasia's the only girl w/ real curves so of course, she looked the best and she did do the best acting. She won and that ugly boy/girl was sent home w/ her nose ring.
Survivor is humming along. Robs team pulled their finger out and they're winning the challenges. 2 weeks ago, they voted out Christa. We had to watch her and christian blonde guy bond over her bible. Ick. Then at the duel, she got beat and gave her bible to blonde guy. It was interesting to see the reaction of the playing survivors cuz the one girl was his former close teammate. Then there was a whole lot of Philip being unintentionally funny, bawling out the lazy girls for not helping etc. Where the heck was Rob? Then they had that launch the balls and catch in JaiAlai nets. The long haired guy on Rob's team was the hero of the day and Rob's team won again. This time they did show them on their picnic that they won but it was because there was scheming w/ the hidden II clue. Rob's gotta get an Emmy award for this cuz he has the idol. Anyway, at the other camp, the producers really make a big deal of people being pissed at Sarita for whining and such. Last week when they showed her, I thought she was a new player. I never noticed her before. But, no. Stephanie was booted and goodbye to her. Won't miss your weasely face at all and so ends the mini tribe of Russell. Hee hee hee.
Top Chef didn't have it's finale. Nope, they're down to 3 people but still eliminating. The week before, the chefs had to catch their own conch. It was hilarious to see Blaise trying not to mess up his hair. Too bad that conch was all on the ocean floor ha ha ha. Anyway, they had to cook and serve outside and Tiffany's soup got to the table cold. She was sent home. Last week, the chefs had to cook last meals for Masaharu Morimoto, Michelle Bernstein and Wolfgang Puck. But first, they had to do a quickfire w/ limitations. Antonia got canned food and tied to a partner. Blaise had to make a hotdog w/ one hand. Isabella had to cook w/ only one pot and w/ no utensils. Isabella won the quickfire. I noticed he wasn't afraid to use his hands for everything. In the elimination, Isabella assigned which last supper the chefs had to cook. I have a feeling he thinks Blaise is getting tired and will choke again. He gave Antonia Morimoto which is the hardest. Blaise got Puck and he took Bernstein. So they all did a good job but Richard won and then they made Antonia and Isabella do one last bite. OMG, really? After much running around, Mike won and is in the finale w/ Richard.
On the Amazing Race, the teams were still in China. I forget what they had to do but one task had to do w/ remembering people in costumes. I loved the globetrotters giving the hats names: mop, zebra, big feather. I was LOL. The redheaded bitchy chicks ran into all sorts of trouble literally. They accidentally took off a guy's side mirror and he took up time calling the insurance company and such. Hee hee hee. I was hoping he'd really take up their time and he did cuz the more they asked him to hurry up, the slower he got. Kent and Vyxin pulled their finger out and got going. In the end, the cowboys hit the finish mat first and the redheads were sent home. Yay! Last week, the teams started in China w/ a nice cup of tea at a tea shop. Then they went to India. The town hall or whatever wasn't open so the first teams to arrive started to relax and when the last teams arrived, Flight Time told everyone to run run run and sign up. The mad dash was the funniest thing to watch ever. Then the roadblock was a tea tasting. Oh boy! I'll bet some of the teams wished they'd paid attention better at the tea in China cuz that was the tea they had to pick out. Ron did really good and found his before the others even got started. The smart ones smelled the tea and were able to find it faster. Obviously, Zev, Flight Time and that deaf guy aren't too smart. They were the last ones left. Deaf guy was literally crying in his mother's arms. Jen and Kesha didn't realize the next clue was under the bottle cap and drove all over looking for the Snapple plant. Somehow Ron and Christina fell behind after a good lead and the cowboys just seemed to be moseying along. In the end, Gary and Mallory hit the finish mat first and the deaf guy and his bitchy mom were sent home. Bye! I hope you get dysentery as a souvenir.
Finally, on the Celebrity Apprentice, 2 weeks ago, the teams had to do a camping outdoors experience for an RV company. The women decorated inside but failed to do the outside experience. The men showed they were men and didn't decorate inside so well but the outside experience was complete w/ astroturf, trees, bushes, camping gear and John Rich strumming the guitar. W/ Gary Busey as the project manager, it was interesting to see how the task was carried out. The men won and Nikki decided, since she was the losing project manager. It was obvious she didn't do such a good job and she graciously took the firing. Last week, the teams had to do a commercial for a videophone. Boy, those little suckers are getting better and better. The women went sappy and the guys went funny. The guys won again and they should've. The commercial was hilarious w/ Busey as the father seeing his son's fiancee who turned out to be Jose Conseco. OMG, the whole room busted out laughing. On the women's team, the fur started to fly. You gotta give Dionne Warwick a break. She's over 70 years old and she's tired. She first volunteered to go home but then said she'd stay when Trump called her a quitter. But she was fired anyway and I don't think she was sorry to go.
That's about it for this week. I did watch a lot more tv than that but I don't want this blog too long. I hate long boring blogs, don't you? See ya next time! Stay tuned.
On RuPaul's Drag Race, the girls had to do a message to the troops w/ a patriotic theme. Oh boy! I hope the troops like drag queens cuz the messages were quite risque. Some of the outfits were barely there too. In the day and age of don't ask don't tell, some troops may not have to tell at all. Anyway, the Puerta Rican did a really good job and looked the best and won. The judges decided not to eliminate anybody. Then the next week, the girls had to... well I don't know cuz my stupid TiVo stuck. All I know is, Yara Sophia was eliminated.
On Face Off, the artists had to transform themselves so that their family member couldn't recognize them up close. Everybody did really good except Meagan. She didn't do any prosthetics and her makeup wasn't great either. She should take lessons from drag queens. Anyway, the artists had to help out in a wig shop w/ the family member right there. Meagan tried to cheat and hide her face. Whatever. You could tell the mother was thinking, Hm...that girl looks familiar. Needless to say, Meagan got the boot. I was really frustrated. I missed the last episode of Face Off and the SyFy Channel has not shown any more of the series; not even the last episode. All I know is, Connor won. I'm kind of disappointed since Tate did an awesome job all season. I did hear that the artists got to choose 2 former contestants to help w/ the last project. Connor did not choose Meagan. Hmmm...guess he agreed w/ the judges. She wasn't that great.
On the crying fatties AKA Biggest Loser, the show is really playing w/ mixing people up. First they switch one player, then they make one big team then they split into 4 little teams. Whatever! Everybody was in one big team. The weigh-in came down to Kaylee and the mother who already hit her goal weight. Of course, the mother fell on the sword and asked to be voted out and was sent home. The next week, teams were split into 4 small teams w/ one former player brought back. Rulon is on Jillian's team w/ Hannah (the bitchy sister) and they chose Jay to come back. I was glad of that. Rulon's not stupid. Hannah had suggested Arthur but Art sucked badly in all of the team challenges. So Kaylee found she was satisfied and wanted to go home. At the weigh-in, she didn't quite go far enough and only didn't gain weight. She lost 0. Then the rest of her team weighed in and they didn't land in the bottom. OMG, it's the first time I've seen someone cry for the wrong reason. Then someone said, "But we found this was the only way we could leave." Alison quickly pointed out the ranch wasn't a prison. If you wanna go; go. Because of strategy, Moses talked to Kaylee and she decided to stay. Then the vote happened. Justin fell on the sword this time, asked to go home and was sent home. God, these are the wussiest contestants ever.
On America's Next Top Model, the girls got makeovers and then had to pose in pairs except one group of 3. The one white chick got the worst hair weave I've ever seen and everyone agreed including her. Man, Alexandra is so bitchy and bossy. The crew don't even like her. Anyway, Dominique, she of the freckles was sent home. Last week, the girls had to walk a runway lined w/ fire and then light firepads on their palms on fire and walk. OMG! Are they trying to test the nerve of these girls or what? But they don't crack. You go girls! Then the girls had to work in pairs again. This time they did a fake coffee commercial that had a lot of sexual innuendo. Alexandra was bossy again and the director didn't like it at all. The setting was in the 40's Mad Men era. Kasia's the only girl w/ real curves so of course, she looked the best and she did do the best acting. She won and that ugly boy/girl was sent home w/ her nose ring.
Survivor is humming along. Robs team pulled their finger out and they're winning the challenges. 2 weeks ago, they voted out Christa. We had to watch her and christian blonde guy bond over her bible. Ick. Then at the duel, she got beat and gave her bible to blonde guy. It was interesting to see the reaction of the playing survivors cuz the one girl was his former close teammate. Then there was a whole lot of Philip being unintentionally funny, bawling out the lazy girls for not helping etc. Where the heck was Rob? Then they had that launch the balls and catch in JaiAlai nets. The long haired guy on Rob's team was the hero of the day and Rob's team won again. This time they did show them on their picnic that they won but it was because there was scheming w/ the hidden II clue. Rob's gotta get an Emmy award for this cuz he has the idol. Anyway, at the other camp, the producers really make a big deal of people being pissed at Sarita for whining and such. Last week when they showed her, I thought she was a new player. I never noticed her before. But, no. Stephanie was booted and goodbye to her. Won't miss your weasely face at all and so ends the mini tribe of Russell. Hee hee hee.
Top Chef didn't have it's finale. Nope, they're down to 3 people but still eliminating. The week before, the chefs had to catch their own conch. It was hilarious to see Blaise trying not to mess up his hair. Too bad that conch was all on the ocean floor ha ha ha. Anyway, they had to cook and serve outside and Tiffany's soup got to the table cold. She was sent home. Last week, the chefs had to cook last meals for Masaharu Morimoto, Michelle Bernstein and Wolfgang Puck. But first, they had to do a quickfire w/ limitations. Antonia got canned food and tied to a partner. Blaise had to make a hotdog w/ one hand. Isabella had to cook w/ only one pot and w/ no utensils. Isabella won the quickfire. I noticed he wasn't afraid to use his hands for everything. In the elimination, Isabella assigned which last supper the chefs had to cook. I have a feeling he thinks Blaise is getting tired and will choke again. He gave Antonia Morimoto which is the hardest. Blaise got Puck and he took Bernstein. So they all did a good job but Richard won and then they made Antonia and Isabella do one last bite. OMG, really? After much running around, Mike won and is in the finale w/ Richard.
On the Amazing Race, the teams were still in China. I forget what they had to do but one task had to do w/ remembering people in costumes. I loved the globetrotters giving the hats names: mop, zebra, big feather. I was LOL. The redheaded bitchy chicks ran into all sorts of trouble literally. They accidentally took off a guy's side mirror and he took up time calling the insurance company and such. Hee hee hee. I was hoping he'd really take up their time and he did cuz the more they asked him to hurry up, the slower he got. Kent and Vyxin pulled their finger out and got going. In the end, the cowboys hit the finish mat first and the redheads were sent home. Yay! Last week, the teams started in China w/ a nice cup of tea at a tea shop. Then they went to India. The town hall or whatever wasn't open so the first teams to arrive started to relax and when the last teams arrived, Flight Time told everyone to run run run and sign up. The mad dash was the funniest thing to watch ever. Then the roadblock was a tea tasting. Oh boy! I'll bet some of the teams wished they'd paid attention better at the tea in China cuz that was the tea they had to pick out. Ron did really good and found his before the others even got started. The smart ones smelled the tea and were able to find it faster. Obviously, Zev, Flight Time and that deaf guy aren't too smart. They were the last ones left. Deaf guy was literally crying in his mother's arms. Jen and Kesha didn't realize the next clue was under the bottle cap and drove all over looking for the Snapple plant. Somehow Ron and Christina fell behind after a good lead and the cowboys just seemed to be moseying along. In the end, Gary and Mallory hit the finish mat first and the deaf guy and his bitchy mom were sent home. Bye! I hope you get dysentery as a souvenir.
Finally, on the Celebrity Apprentice, 2 weeks ago, the teams had to do a camping outdoors experience for an RV company. The women decorated inside but failed to do the outside experience. The men showed they were men and didn't decorate inside so well but the outside experience was complete w/ astroturf, trees, bushes, camping gear and John Rich strumming the guitar. W/ Gary Busey as the project manager, it was interesting to see how the task was carried out. The men won and Nikki decided, since she was the losing project manager. It was obvious she didn't do such a good job and she graciously took the firing. Last week, the teams had to do a commercial for a videophone. Boy, those little suckers are getting better and better. The women went sappy and the guys went funny. The guys won again and they should've. The commercial was hilarious w/ Busey as the father seeing his son's fiancee who turned out to be Jose Conseco. OMG, the whole room busted out laughing. On the women's team, the fur started to fly. You gotta give Dionne Warwick a break. She's over 70 years old and she's tired. She first volunteered to go home but then said she'd stay when Trump called her a quitter. But she was fired anyway and I don't think she was sorry to go.
That's about it for this week. I did watch a lot more tv than that but I don't want this blog too long. I hate long boring blogs, don't you? See ya next time! Stay tuned.
Monday, March 14, 2011
I Have Returned
Okay, I know I'm wayyyy behind but I took a little hiatus and now I'm back. The hard part is knowing where to start.
RuPaul's Drag Race has been pretty fun. One week the girls had to do their celebrity impressions and some were really funny. Of course one girl/guy did Cher and for some reason, it was really flat. It's not all about the look people. Cher has a cool attitude too. I was right. Raja is that makeup artist guy from America's Next Top Model. He was Tyra and looked great and was funny, but still couldn't pull off that total wackadoo that Tyra is. Well, I mean, who can? One guy was a famous singer who I didn't know was funny but he made her funny. In the end, that boring guy/girl was kicked off. She/he was so boring, I never could remember her name. The next week, the girls had to dress as cakes. First they decorated their cakes; kind of. To decide who got to assign the cakes they had that reading thing where everybody insults everybody in a funny way. Some were funny and some were just insulting. Anyway, everybody looked cute until Stacey Lane showed up in some red velvet pantsuit to represent her cake. OMG, no fat woman would ever show up in public in a velvet pantsuit. I don't think the judges considered the lip synch at all and she was sent home. I'm gonna have nightmares about that outfit. Yikes! Then the next week, the girls had to do stand-up comedy. Everybody is hating on Shangela and she's very surprised as well as the tv audience. Shangela wins the mini challenge again and gets to make the line-up as to who goes first and last blah blah blah. Rita Rudner was there to give some coaching. My favorite bit was that Spanish midget bit. OMG, when she came running on stage that was it. I was LOL. Shangela did some black ho bit w/ attitude. Hasn't that already been done? She impressed the judges and won. This time, the last fattie was really boring and not funny at all. I have to say, her makeup looked really good this week but she was still sent home. What's worse than a fat woman? A fat guy in drag. Ick.
Face Off has been really interesting. A couple weeks ago, the make-up effects artists had to make up wedding couples. The twist was, they had to make the guy the girl and the girl the guy. They worked in pairs and had the option to work together on both or each work on one. The teams who worked together on both did better. One team made their couple into old Chinese people who looked like dried prunes. It was pretty bad and not at all flattering to old Chinese people. One team made their guy look like he was made of plastic so he looked like a walking ventriloquist puppet. Everybody groused that Meagan didn't seem to do anything and Colin did all of the work. That's not true. Meagan flirted and acted like a dumb ditz the whole time. But in the end, he did the underwork and Meagan did the make-up and they won. Jo, she of little talent, did a lot of fingerpointing and criticizing of Meagan's work. The judges never listen to the winner's opinion and Jo was sent home. Last week, the artists had to make people into zombies. My favorite artist is Tate. He uses and works on the whole body. Sometimes it looks like he bites off more than he can chew, but he still seems to pull it off and his looks always look scarily real. Everybody had good ideas for their zombies but after sketching and stuff, they were told the looks had to hold up through a full dance number. Oh boy! No cheating here. Meagan painted blood on her zombie's face. I guess that was a freshly killed zombie since it doesn't take blood very long to lose it's bright redness. Tate's was scary and funny at the same time w/ a disjointed jaw and the zombie holding his own entrails. In the end, Tate won. Once again, the judges totally ignored his opinion of who should go and Tom was sent home. Too bad cuz Tom was quite cool. His downfall was not being able to get over glitches fast enough and always running out of time. By Tom. I'll look for your name in credits.
The Crying Fatties aka Biggest Loser is having a weird season. They should call this the self sabotage season. I have never seen more people gain weight on purpose to go home. Anyway, it was pretty much the same. They had a little challenge, the ridgers won but the ranchers seem to win the weigh-in. Nobody gained on purpose and unfortunately, Jay and Jen are the outsiders on the ridgers team so Jay fell on the sword and was sent home. The next week, the ridgers won the challenge again, which was volleying huge balls down a football field w/out letting them touch the ground. The ranchers couldn't get it together, Rulon led the ridgers and they won again. This time, the weigh-in was different. There was a red line and a yellow line. Whoever lost the least weight, no matter from what team, and ended up at the bottom was sent home period. Then, the team that lost the weigh-in had to do the boot vote. The ranchers showed they had absolutely no faith in their team, especially Arthur and all of the parents gained weight. It was only a contest of who gained the most. Needless to say, the ridgers won cuz when half your team gains weight, it's kind of a given that you're going to lose the weight loss contest. The old wrinkly mother w/ the orphan haircut landed on the bottom and was sent home. Then the yellow team voted out Arthur's Dad. The whole plan was kind of retarded because now they're left w/ all women except Arthur the ultra fatty. Man, I don't know how long I was away. The next week, the fatties went home for 2 weeks and then had a weigh-in after running a 5K on a treadmill. The twist was, the fatties would get to choose their trainers again and switch if they wanted to. The home footage was ultra boring. I really wanted to see the fatties eating in the real world w/ their friends saying, "A salad? Here, you deserve a break. Have some chili fries." Instead, it was a ton of blah blah blah about how much they loved their families. Ick. Nauseating. Are the directors and producers of this show gay pansies or what? So then the fatties came back and did their 5k and surprisingly enough, the results were very similar w/ the very first time they did it. Jen switched back to the black team (ranchers) and Sarah stuck w/ the black team too. Arthur was forced to switch to the red team (ridgers) and everbody cried. Oh boo freakin' hoo. At least you're still there. Uh, wait a minute. Unfortunately, the ridgers lost the weigh-in and they booted Arthur's fat ass. Bye ya big sissy baby. This time nobody did the self sabotage thing. Yay! They finally caught the martyrs off guard. The lone mother on the black team even said she would've sacrificed herself to save Arthur. Well, ya didn't. I'm sick to death of everybody trying to keep Arthur on the ranch when he doesn't put his whole effort into it himself. Pa-thetic. Last week, the teams chose captains. The captains had to choose one person to be the cook. That person was the only one allowed in the kitchen. Then they picked 2 people from their team who were allowed to be w/ the trainers. Well, BFD. I knew I didn't like those snooty sisters from the black team. Sarah and the sister were chosen to work w/ the trainers and the sister looked like she was told she had to live w/ a skunk for the week. What a bee-yotch. This time, the ranchers all girl team actually won the challenge but then lost the weigh-in and nobody tried to gain weight. Poor Sarah. She was the odd girl out and I knew she was going to get booted and she did. What a dumbass. She should've gone back to her original team but then again, I was sick and tired of her boo hooing she couldn't have kids cuz she was too fat. Whatever.
Top Chef Allstars is down to the final four. Here's how they got there. Quickfire: The chefs had to deep fry something for Paula Deen. Antonia had a great dish and a brain fart and lost to Mike Isabella cuz she only plated one plate. Meanwhile, Isabella used a dish he'd seen illustrated in Richard's notebook. Yo Richard! You're in a competition. Don't show the competitor your playbook. Then the chefs had to use seafood from the New Orleans gulf region and feed 300 people. The catch was, the protein they chose came w/ a past eliminated chef as their sous chef. Blaise had the right idea and chose the sous chef cuz if you're a great chef, you can make any protein taste good. So Blaise chose Fabio. Yay! Then the rest of the chefs just tried not to get Marcel but he had a great protein so Tiffany took him. Marcel needs to learn to shut up after he's eliminated. Nobody cares about your food concepts anymore cuz you're out of the competition. On the other hand, Isabella looked clueless so Tiffany F. gave him suggestions and he went with it. In the end, Dale paid for his sins in the Dim Sum challenge. Instead of getting away w/ just feeding the judges and ignoring the crowd he was supposed to feed, the crowd came through first, ate the good stuff and he had subpar undercooked food to serve to the judges. Haw haw. Tiffany moved too slowly for this show. Marcel ended up cooking her shrimp and sauce and the judges didn't like either. Carla tried to serve common food to the high end crowd and didn't get away w/ that. I loved that she picked Tre as her sous chef thinking he would know Southern food that black people eat and he didn't. What is chow chow? In the end, Richard won and Dale was sent home. The best part? John Besh was on the show. Hoo hoo hoo. I was drooling and not at the food. So for the next week, the quickfire consisted of the chefs trying to make something edible out of ferry snackbar food. Ew. Somehow, Carla found fruit and marinated it in juice. The judge was that chef who has a farm. I'm sure he was gagging on the processed food. Mike Isabella made what I call college stew and I guess it tasted as bad as it looked. Since Carla had the only food that looked fresh, she won. Then tah-dah, they were on Ellis island. Why waste time on a ferry? Let it be part of the show. Anyway, I digress. Then family members showed up, people cried, and family trees and heritage books were pulled out. Blah blah blah, nauseating. The only interesting thing was, Mike and Antonia turned out to be cousins from Italy. Oh boy! Then the chefs had to cook a dish inspired by their ancestry. It seemed nobody could diss the dishes in front of the family members and in the end, the judges let everybody pass to the finale. Are you kidding me? Make a choice people. That's your job. If you couldn't pick the worst then pick the least best. Yeesh. Not only that, but they about gave Richard a heart attack by saying, "Richard, please pack your knives and...go to the Bahamas." I thought he was going to pass out right there. Since there's 5 people in the finale location, I'm not sure how long it's going to be. So the first show is in the Bahamas and when the chefs land, the winners of their season are standing there. The quickfire is to cook head to head w/ the same protein against their Top Chef. It was interesting that none of the proteins were seafood. Richard and Antonia also cooked against Stefanie. Mike Isabella beat Mike Voltaggio which I couldn't believe at all. Tiffany beat Kevin and Richard beat Stefanie. Carla and Antonia well...didn't win. Then the chefs were told they were going to cook for royalty. Oh really? I can't believe they thought they were going to be upscale people. Have you ever seen the people of the Bahamas? There's a reason they don't eat inside. After coming up w/ their dish, they found they were going to cook for the King of Junkanoo; emphasis on junk. Anyway, as luck would have it, the kitchen fryer caught on fire and they had to start all over again. You could really see the fatigue. Anyway, Carla and Antonia landed in the bottom again but Carla was sent home for very underdone pork and Mike Isabella was declared the winner of this round.
On Survivor, things are not as usual. First, we found Ralph found the Immunity Idol instead of the troll Russell. We find Russell's looking for the idol w/ his chosen dumb girl alliance. Well, Russell, they're not only dumb but unlikeable too and that's not a good combination. Anyway, on Rob's team, the former federal agent is driving everybody nuts. So the teams have their challenge and Rob's team loses. The blonde christian guy goes and shakes hands and congratulates the other team on their win. Rob's furious. This is how influential Rob is. He got his alliance to turn on one of it's members and the blonde christian was booted. At the same time, Christina thought she'd get the vote and used her immunity idol. I swear, I could see Rob twirling his mustache. So finally we get to see a duel. It's Francesqua (no wonder Phil said it funny) and the blonde guy. It's just a mini challenge repeat of a former big challenge. The blonde guy wins with 2 people from each tribe as witnesses. Bye Frannie. One less lawyer always makes a better world. I loved that Russell's guys lied to him and said the woman won. This season, Russell's getting played. On Rob's team, Phil's still driving everyone nuts. At the challenge, Russell's team decides to throw the challenge. No kidding. I was waiting for a tribe to realize they need to get rid of Russell before it's too late. They did the old turn people on wheel and have them spit to fill container but then they added a puzzle to the end. So anyway, Rob's team won and didn't seem to have a clue that the other team wasn't trying. Russell tried to fool his tribe into thinking is tiny group had the immunity idol. I thought Ralph would tell his tribe then that he had it but he didn't. They split the vote and Russell tried to sway one lady but she turned out to be smarter than the usual putzes and Russell was booted. Last week, we saw the blonde christian against the devil Russell in their duel. It was a domino chain thing. The christian was victorious and then Russell vented everything. First he cried, the shouted out who the tribe leader was, they threw the last challenge and that he had the clue to the idol. Ralph should've stayed quiet and let the other team think Russell was totally crazy but nope, he let it slip that he had the idol. Oy vey. At the challenge, Ralph's team won again. Rob was livid cuz he thought he had a tribe that could win and found he didn't. It's not always good to have all girls on your tribe if you're worried about your ego. So off to tribal again. I forgot to mention, Rob found the immunity idol during the duel time while the rest of the tribe was frolicking on the beach. Anyway, it was kind of a given that Christina would be voted out since Rob dictated it; even though the whole tribe wanted to get rid of Phil but Rob can't afford to lose any more men for the challenges. So they've gotten rid of a lawyer, a christian, a rat and a be-yotch. Wow! They are making the world a better place.
America's Next Top Model is also on Wednesday nights. Jeez. This season, there was none of that half audition thing in front of the J's and Tyra. At least they didn't televise it. The final girls were told they didn't make the cut and were loaded onto a bus to get their luggage at a place. Then they found, it was their house. Oh that crafty Tyra. It's an interesting group. Some of the girls look like girls from past seasons. There's the usual bitchy one, the awkward one, the plus sized one and the androgynous one. One thing I notice, nobody is near the mid 20's which is nearing retirement age for models. Also, there are a lot of bad complexions. In the 3rd season, they made a huge deal of Yaya's bad skin. The bad skin this year is even worse. So anyway, the first modeling thing is to walk a skinny runway in a pool in a plastic ball. OMG. I felt sorry for the girls who fell cuz it looked like it really hurt and they had a really tough time getting back on their feet. Then their photoshoot was done backstage while getting ready for the runway. Way to utilize the time Tyra. The cute hispanic looking girl was booted. Okay. The next episode had the girls making a picture of their worst critics which turned out to be themselves. Their parents must be really nice. It was really dumb and made just to make the girls cry. One girl who talked nonchalantly of her brother's being dead really kind of broke down and broke through a wall. Then the girls had to do a photoshoot w/ bees. Eek! I loved the cotton in the nose and ears. Thank goodness for photoshop. At elimination, the girl w/ the dead brothers issue decided she needed to take care of her issues and not in this venue and bowed out. Tyra went right ahead and booted another girl anyway. Good going. Last week was finally the make-overs. Wow! What a lot of extensions and weaves this season. A couple of girls didn't really have anything done. Then the girls had to do a photoshoot in designer clothes in pairs. Wow! Alexandra isn't just bitchy but a diva too. Wouldn't you know it? She won best photo. Oh brother. Dominique was sent home w/ her huge freckles that disguised her bad complexion.
Finally, on The Amazing Race, the teams made it out of Australia but that dumb couple came in last so were eliminated due to their automatic u-turn. Already the teams are showing a lack of reading ability. The clue said to dance on their picture they made and some didn't do that. Then they had a really funny detour that had the teams dressing as kangaroos. Zev and Justin won the leg. Okay, so after that long leg, I'm not sure where they were but the writer guy and his Dad are having troubles with cramps in the legs and what not. Oh boy! So the teams are in China, I think. They have to do a Chinese warrior task thing and hunt for lucky frogs in a bog while people pelt them w/ mud. I think the producers are going for a really funny season. The bitchy cheerleaders are really having a bad luck day w/ breaking another driver's mirror off and getting lost, etc. They think they're in last place. Once again, Zev and Justin get to the mat first. Surprisingly, the writer guy and his Dad don't finish the detour and come in last. I think it's best and get to the hospital already. Last week, the teams are to travel to another part of China. China is huge so yes it can take all night to fly across it. For some reason, Kent and Vyxin drive 6 hours in the wrong direction on their way to the airport and miss the required flight. I'm sure most of the requirement thing was about immigration. It's not like they caught another flight because they didn't want to get on the required flight so I doubt they'll be penalized. Anyway, it did put them about 6 hours behind everybody. Then in China, it seemed Ron and Christina (the Chinese Dad and daughter) would have the advantage. Ron wanted to sightsee and eat. The teams had to ride a yak. The cowboys were so funny w/ Cord whupping the yak like a steer as he rode it. The Chinese weren't impressed. Then the teams had to hunt for little zodiac signs and then hang them in order. It took Zev literally all day cuz Kent and Vyxin showed up while they were still there. Then the teams chose to all pound Chinese candy. Vyxin found she lost her fanny pack on the gondola. OMG. I'm really surprised cuz this time Kent is calm and Vyxin is frantic. They must've switched their meds. So the deaf guy and his bitchy mom get to the mat first but it's not a pitstop. They're still racing and the episode is to be continued again. I hope they don't do this too many times. It's getting old.
I'd like to know. Where the heck are the Law & Order shows? I know the original is done but where's Law & Order: Criminal Intent? Where's Law & Order Los Angeles? Grrrr...Come back. I'm craving some cerebral drama.
Okay, I'll get a grip and see you guys next time. Stay Tuned.
RuPaul's Drag Race has been pretty fun. One week the girls had to do their celebrity impressions and some were really funny. Of course one girl/guy did Cher and for some reason, it was really flat. It's not all about the look people. Cher has a cool attitude too. I was right. Raja is that makeup artist guy from America's Next Top Model. He was Tyra and looked great and was funny, but still couldn't pull off that total wackadoo that Tyra is. Well, I mean, who can? One guy was a famous singer who I didn't know was funny but he made her funny. In the end, that boring guy/girl was kicked off. She/he was so boring, I never could remember her name. The next week, the girls had to dress as cakes. First they decorated their cakes; kind of. To decide who got to assign the cakes they had that reading thing where everybody insults everybody in a funny way. Some were funny and some were just insulting. Anyway, everybody looked cute until Stacey Lane showed up in some red velvet pantsuit to represent her cake. OMG, no fat woman would ever show up in public in a velvet pantsuit. I don't think the judges considered the lip synch at all and she was sent home. I'm gonna have nightmares about that outfit. Yikes! Then the next week, the girls had to do stand-up comedy. Everybody is hating on Shangela and she's very surprised as well as the tv audience. Shangela wins the mini challenge again and gets to make the line-up as to who goes first and last blah blah blah. Rita Rudner was there to give some coaching. My favorite bit was that Spanish midget bit. OMG, when she came running on stage that was it. I was LOL. Shangela did some black ho bit w/ attitude. Hasn't that already been done? She impressed the judges and won. This time, the last fattie was really boring and not funny at all. I have to say, her makeup looked really good this week but she was still sent home. What's worse than a fat woman? A fat guy in drag. Ick.
Face Off has been really interesting. A couple weeks ago, the make-up effects artists had to make up wedding couples. The twist was, they had to make the guy the girl and the girl the guy. They worked in pairs and had the option to work together on both or each work on one. The teams who worked together on both did better. One team made their couple into old Chinese people who looked like dried prunes. It was pretty bad and not at all flattering to old Chinese people. One team made their guy look like he was made of plastic so he looked like a walking ventriloquist puppet. Everybody groused that Meagan didn't seem to do anything and Colin did all of the work. That's not true. Meagan flirted and acted like a dumb ditz the whole time. But in the end, he did the underwork and Meagan did the make-up and they won. Jo, she of little talent, did a lot of fingerpointing and criticizing of Meagan's work. The judges never listen to the winner's opinion and Jo was sent home. Last week, the artists had to make people into zombies. My favorite artist is Tate. He uses and works on the whole body. Sometimes it looks like he bites off more than he can chew, but he still seems to pull it off and his looks always look scarily real. Everybody had good ideas for their zombies but after sketching and stuff, they were told the looks had to hold up through a full dance number. Oh boy! No cheating here. Meagan painted blood on her zombie's face. I guess that was a freshly killed zombie since it doesn't take blood very long to lose it's bright redness. Tate's was scary and funny at the same time w/ a disjointed jaw and the zombie holding his own entrails. In the end, Tate won. Once again, the judges totally ignored his opinion of who should go and Tom was sent home. Too bad cuz Tom was quite cool. His downfall was not being able to get over glitches fast enough and always running out of time. By Tom. I'll look for your name in credits.
The Crying Fatties aka Biggest Loser is having a weird season. They should call this the self sabotage season. I have never seen more people gain weight on purpose to go home. Anyway, it was pretty much the same. They had a little challenge, the ridgers won but the ranchers seem to win the weigh-in. Nobody gained on purpose and unfortunately, Jay and Jen are the outsiders on the ridgers team so Jay fell on the sword and was sent home. The next week, the ridgers won the challenge again, which was volleying huge balls down a football field w/out letting them touch the ground. The ranchers couldn't get it together, Rulon led the ridgers and they won again. This time, the weigh-in was different. There was a red line and a yellow line. Whoever lost the least weight, no matter from what team, and ended up at the bottom was sent home period. Then, the team that lost the weigh-in had to do the boot vote. The ranchers showed they had absolutely no faith in their team, especially Arthur and all of the parents gained weight. It was only a contest of who gained the most. Needless to say, the ridgers won cuz when half your team gains weight, it's kind of a given that you're going to lose the weight loss contest. The old wrinkly mother w/ the orphan haircut landed on the bottom and was sent home. Then the yellow team voted out Arthur's Dad. The whole plan was kind of retarded because now they're left w/ all women except Arthur the ultra fatty. Man, I don't know how long I was away. The next week, the fatties went home for 2 weeks and then had a weigh-in after running a 5K on a treadmill. The twist was, the fatties would get to choose their trainers again and switch if they wanted to. The home footage was ultra boring. I really wanted to see the fatties eating in the real world w/ their friends saying, "A salad? Here, you deserve a break. Have some chili fries." Instead, it was a ton of blah blah blah about how much they loved their families. Ick. Nauseating. Are the directors and producers of this show gay pansies or what? So then the fatties came back and did their 5k and surprisingly enough, the results were very similar w/ the very first time they did it. Jen switched back to the black team (ranchers) and Sarah stuck w/ the black team too. Arthur was forced to switch to the red team (ridgers) and everbody cried. Oh boo freakin' hoo. At least you're still there. Uh, wait a minute. Unfortunately, the ridgers lost the weigh-in and they booted Arthur's fat ass. Bye ya big sissy baby. This time nobody did the self sabotage thing. Yay! They finally caught the martyrs off guard. The lone mother on the black team even said she would've sacrificed herself to save Arthur. Well, ya didn't. I'm sick to death of everybody trying to keep Arthur on the ranch when he doesn't put his whole effort into it himself. Pa-thetic. Last week, the teams chose captains. The captains had to choose one person to be the cook. That person was the only one allowed in the kitchen. Then they picked 2 people from their team who were allowed to be w/ the trainers. Well, BFD. I knew I didn't like those snooty sisters from the black team. Sarah and the sister were chosen to work w/ the trainers and the sister looked like she was told she had to live w/ a skunk for the week. What a bee-yotch. This time, the ranchers all girl team actually won the challenge but then lost the weigh-in and nobody tried to gain weight. Poor Sarah. She was the odd girl out and I knew she was going to get booted and she did. What a dumbass. She should've gone back to her original team but then again, I was sick and tired of her boo hooing she couldn't have kids cuz she was too fat. Whatever.
Top Chef Allstars is down to the final four. Here's how they got there. Quickfire: The chefs had to deep fry something for Paula Deen. Antonia had a great dish and a brain fart and lost to Mike Isabella cuz she only plated one plate. Meanwhile, Isabella used a dish he'd seen illustrated in Richard's notebook. Yo Richard! You're in a competition. Don't show the competitor your playbook. Then the chefs had to use seafood from the New Orleans gulf region and feed 300 people. The catch was, the protein they chose came w/ a past eliminated chef as their sous chef. Blaise had the right idea and chose the sous chef cuz if you're a great chef, you can make any protein taste good. So Blaise chose Fabio. Yay! Then the rest of the chefs just tried not to get Marcel but he had a great protein so Tiffany took him. Marcel needs to learn to shut up after he's eliminated. Nobody cares about your food concepts anymore cuz you're out of the competition. On the other hand, Isabella looked clueless so Tiffany F. gave him suggestions and he went with it. In the end, Dale paid for his sins in the Dim Sum challenge. Instead of getting away w/ just feeding the judges and ignoring the crowd he was supposed to feed, the crowd came through first, ate the good stuff and he had subpar undercooked food to serve to the judges. Haw haw. Tiffany moved too slowly for this show. Marcel ended up cooking her shrimp and sauce and the judges didn't like either. Carla tried to serve common food to the high end crowd and didn't get away w/ that. I loved that she picked Tre as her sous chef thinking he would know Southern food that black people eat and he didn't. What is chow chow? In the end, Richard won and Dale was sent home. The best part? John Besh was on the show. Hoo hoo hoo. I was drooling and not at the food. So for the next week, the quickfire consisted of the chefs trying to make something edible out of ferry snackbar food. Ew. Somehow, Carla found fruit and marinated it in juice. The judge was that chef who has a farm. I'm sure he was gagging on the processed food. Mike Isabella made what I call college stew and I guess it tasted as bad as it looked. Since Carla had the only food that looked fresh, she won. Then tah-dah, they were on Ellis island. Why waste time on a ferry? Let it be part of the show. Anyway, I digress. Then family members showed up, people cried, and family trees and heritage books were pulled out. Blah blah blah, nauseating. The only interesting thing was, Mike and Antonia turned out to be cousins from Italy. Oh boy! Then the chefs had to cook a dish inspired by their ancestry. It seemed nobody could diss the dishes in front of the family members and in the end, the judges let everybody pass to the finale. Are you kidding me? Make a choice people. That's your job. If you couldn't pick the worst then pick the least best. Yeesh. Not only that, but they about gave Richard a heart attack by saying, "Richard, please pack your knives and...go to the Bahamas." I thought he was going to pass out right there. Since there's 5 people in the finale location, I'm not sure how long it's going to be. So the first show is in the Bahamas and when the chefs land, the winners of their season are standing there. The quickfire is to cook head to head w/ the same protein against their Top Chef. It was interesting that none of the proteins were seafood. Richard and Antonia also cooked against Stefanie. Mike Isabella beat Mike Voltaggio which I couldn't believe at all. Tiffany beat Kevin and Richard beat Stefanie. Carla and Antonia well...didn't win. Then the chefs were told they were going to cook for royalty. Oh really? I can't believe they thought they were going to be upscale people. Have you ever seen the people of the Bahamas? There's a reason they don't eat inside. After coming up w/ their dish, they found they were going to cook for the King of Junkanoo; emphasis on junk. Anyway, as luck would have it, the kitchen fryer caught on fire and they had to start all over again. You could really see the fatigue. Anyway, Carla and Antonia landed in the bottom again but Carla was sent home for very underdone pork and Mike Isabella was declared the winner of this round.
On Survivor, things are not as usual. First, we found Ralph found the Immunity Idol instead of the troll Russell. We find Russell's looking for the idol w/ his chosen dumb girl alliance. Well, Russell, they're not only dumb but unlikeable too and that's not a good combination. Anyway, on Rob's team, the former federal agent is driving everybody nuts. So the teams have their challenge and Rob's team loses. The blonde christian guy goes and shakes hands and congratulates the other team on their win. Rob's furious. This is how influential Rob is. He got his alliance to turn on one of it's members and the blonde christian was booted. At the same time, Christina thought she'd get the vote and used her immunity idol. I swear, I could see Rob twirling his mustache. So finally we get to see a duel. It's Francesqua (no wonder Phil said it funny) and the blonde guy. It's just a mini challenge repeat of a former big challenge. The blonde guy wins with 2 people from each tribe as witnesses. Bye Frannie. One less lawyer always makes a better world. I loved that Russell's guys lied to him and said the woman won. This season, Russell's getting played. On Rob's team, Phil's still driving everyone nuts. At the challenge, Russell's team decides to throw the challenge. No kidding. I was waiting for a tribe to realize they need to get rid of Russell before it's too late. They did the old turn people on wheel and have them spit to fill container but then they added a puzzle to the end. So anyway, Rob's team won and didn't seem to have a clue that the other team wasn't trying. Russell tried to fool his tribe into thinking is tiny group had the immunity idol. I thought Ralph would tell his tribe then that he had it but he didn't. They split the vote and Russell tried to sway one lady but she turned out to be smarter than the usual putzes and Russell was booted. Last week, we saw the blonde christian against the devil Russell in their duel. It was a domino chain thing. The christian was victorious and then Russell vented everything. First he cried, the shouted out who the tribe leader was, they threw the last challenge and that he had the clue to the idol. Ralph should've stayed quiet and let the other team think Russell was totally crazy but nope, he let it slip that he had the idol. Oy vey. At the challenge, Ralph's team won again. Rob was livid cuz he thought he had a tribe that could win and found he didn't. It's not always good to have all girls on your tribe if you're worried about your ego. So off to tribal again. I forgot to mention, Rob found the immunity idol during the duel time while the rest of the tribe was frolicking on the beach. Anyway, it was kind of a given that Christina would be voted out since Rob dictated it; even though the whole tribe wanted to get rid of Phil but Rob can't afford to lose any more men for the challenges. So they've gotten rid of a lawyer, a christian, a rat and a be-yotch. Wow! They are making the world a better place.
America's Next Top Model is also on Wednesday nights. Jeez. This season, there was none of that half audition thing in front of the J's and Tyra. At least they didn't televise it. The final girls were told they didn't make the cut and were loaded onto a bus to get their luggage at a place. Then they found, it was their house. Oh that crafty Tyra. It's an interesting group. Some of the girls look like girls from past seasons. There's the usual bitchy one, the awkward one, the plus sized one and the androgynous one. One thing I notice, nobody is near the mid 20's which is nearing retirement age for models. Also, there are a lot of bad complexions. In the 3rd season, they made a huge deal of Yaya's bad skin. The bad skin this year is even worse. So anyway, the first modeling thing is to walk a skinny runway in a pool in a plastic ball. OMG. I felt sorry for the girls who fell cuz it looked like it really hurt and they had a really tough time getting back on their feet. Then their photoshoot was done backstage while getting ready for the runway. Way to utilize the time Tyra. The cute hispanic looking girl was booted. Okay. The next episode had the girls making a picture of their worst critics which turned out to be themselves. Their parents must be really nice. It was really dumb and made just to make the girls cry. One girl who talked nonchalantly of her brother's being dead really kind of broke down and broke through a wall. Then the girls had to do a photoshoot w/ bees. Eek! I loved the cotton in the nose and ears. Thank goodness for photoshop. At elimination, the girl w/ the dead brothers issue decided she needed to take care of her issues and not in this venue and bowed out. Tyra went right ahead and booted another girl anyway. Good going. Last week was finally the make-overs. Wow! What a lot of extensions and weaves this season. A couple of girls didn't really have anything done. Then the girls had to do a photoshoot in designer clothes in pairs. Wow! Alexandra isn't just bitchy but a diva too. Wouldn't you know it? She won best photo. Oh brother. Dominique was sent home w/ her huge freckles that disguised her bad complexion.
Finally, on The Amazing Race, the teams made it out of Australia but that dumb couple came in last so were eliminated due to their automatic u-turn. Already the teams are showing a lack of reading ability. The clue said to dance on their picture they made and some didn't do that. Then they had a really funny detour that had the teams dressing as kangaroos. Zev and Justin won the leg. Okay, so after that long leg, I'm not sure where they were but the writer guy and his Dad are having troubles with cramps in the legs and what not. Oh boy! So the teams are in China, I think. They have to do a Chinese warrior task thing and hunt for lucky frogs in a bog while people pelt them w/ mud. I think the producers are going for a really funny season. The bitchy cheerleaders are really having a bad luck day w/ breaking another driver's mirror off and getting lost, etc. They think they're in last place. Once again, Zev and Justin get to the mat first. Surprisingly, the writer guy and his Dad don't finish the detour and come in last. I think it's best and get to the hospital already. Last week, the teams are to travel to another part of China. China is huge so yes it can take all night to fly across it. For some reason, Kent and Vyxin drive 6 hours in the wrong direction on their way to the airport and miss the required flight. I'm sure most of the requirement thing was about immigration. It's not like they caught another flight because they didn't want to get on the required flight so I doubt they'll be penalized. Anyway, it did put them about 6 hours behind everybody. Then in China, it seemed Ron and Christina (the Chinese Dad and daughter) would have the advantage. Ron wanted to sightsee and eat. The teams had to ride a yak. The cowboys were so funny w/ Cord whupping the yak like a steer as he rode it. The Chinese weren't impressed. Then the teams had to hunt for little zodiac signs and then hang them in order. It took Zev literally all day cuz Kent and Vyxin showed up while they were still there. Then the teams chose to all pound Chinese candy. Vyxin found she lost her fanny pack on the gondola. OMG. I'm really surprised cuz this time Kent is calm and Vyxin is frantic. They must've switched their meds. So the deaf guy and his bitchy mom get to the mat first but it's not a pitstop. They're still racing and the episode is to be continued again. I hope they don't do this too many times. It's getting old.
I'd like to know. Where the heck are the Law & Order shows? I know the original is done but where's Law & Order: Criminal Intent? Where's Law & Order Los Angeles? Grrrr...Come back. I'm craving some cerebral drama.
Okay, I'll get a grip and see you guys next time. Stay Tuned.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
New Twists, Old Competitors.
WEll, well, well the new seasons are beginning.
I haven't watched it, but The Bachelor brought back a bachelor who didn't pick someone the last time. Really? We get to hate the guy all over again? What a bunch of loser women too? Who is really that desperate. You know they're not genuine at all and just want their 15 minutes on the boob tube. Ick and double ick.
On Rupaul's Drag Race, the women had to first do a scandalous papparazzi shot. How funny that they either did a beaver shot, a wardrobe malfunction shot or a fighting shot. Raja needs to remember she's supposed to be feminine. He/She did her bloody makeup too graphically and you could see the "Ew." on Rupaul's face. Stacy Lane Matthews and one of the big hispanic accent girls won. They then each chose girls for their teams for the next challenge. The girls had to do a newscast complete w/ anchors, gossip headliner, interviewer and weathergirl. Debbie Matenopolis was there to give them pointers and critiques. Stacy's group wasn't too bad. Actually, she was the most boring on her team. The other team was too boring all the way around. India Ferra did the weather and the graphics were more fun than she was. Once again, Raja was really boring too. The runway was really interesting. The guest judge was Chloe Sevigney. For once, those fatties weren't the ugliest girl in the room. The outfits were really interesting. One was a newspaper top that didn't go all the way around w/ a newpaper bikini brief. Impressive. No real girl could've pulled that off. Anyway, Shangela was declared the winner. India Ferra couldn't out lip synch Stacy Lane and was sent home. Good riddance. What a freakin' whining downer. Now I know why his parents beat him. They were trying to see if he was alive or not.
Face Off went straight to the big challenge. The makeup artists were to make their own horror monster w/ a movie title and tagline to go w/ it. This was really interesting. Just by watching, you learn a lot w/out someone having to verbally explain everything. There was a big disfigurement theme because these are makeup artists. You can't just dress your model in black and say he's insane like Norman Bates. I loved the footage of Gage and Marcel trying to get their silicon prosthetics and masks out of the stuck molds. Meghan is still flirting madly w/ Conor and he's a bit oblivious to it. Jeez dude, she's about blowing you over w/ the wind from her fluttering eyelashes. Jo's ear guages are so big, she looks like one of those African women who can pull their earlobes over their baby's head but that's their goal. What's up w/ her? Anyway, I thought Tate's monster was really impressive. He always has a knack for using the whole body. Meghan's was dumb. she made a geeky human w/ a big misshapen mouth. Anthony's Mr. Hyde take off wasn't as bad as he thought. Tom's monster was a human teddy bear hybrid. In the end, he won. The winner always gets to put his or her 2 cents in about who they think should go. The judges have only listened to the winner once. If I were the winner, I'd say, "You don't listen to us anyway so I'm just gonna shut up." Cuz it puts the idea in the minds of the judges that the winning person is just bitter or jealous when it's really not the case. The judges should really listen because these competitors know who's just sliding by or getting too much help. In the end, everyone was surprised cuz Marcel was sent home. He's been doing some really brilliant work so nobody understood this decision at all.
Survivor is back! There are new twists. There is a redemption island that the booted player goes to. Each week (except the first of course) there will be a duel between the previously ousted player and the recent ousted player and the winner will be able to stay but only on the island dueling w/ each ousted player until he/she is defeated themself. Then that player duels the next new ousted player and so on and so on. I'm not sure when the duel survivor will return to the game but I'm sure it'll be at a good time. Probably the merge. The other twist is, Boston Rob and Ratfaced Russell are back. It was so funny to see the reactions. The people were kind of happy to see Boston Rob but the other group faked the joy at Russell joining them. Then they all went to their campsites w/ a fully loaded building kit. Poor Rob. He's got almost all girls on his tribe w/ one wackadoo guy who says he's a former federal agent. I'm thinking he only had one day on the job before they booted him out. On Russell's tribe, people were sizing each other up. I have a feeling Russell ditched the cameras when looking for the hidden immunity idol cuz we got a lot of shots of him coming out of the jungle while everyone was working. It seems he's laying low this season. He did try and join up w/ one dumb girl already. If Russell asks you to ally w/ him, I wouldn't take it as a compliment. He likes his girls dumb, if you remember. On Rob's tribe, he's got a female version of Russell. The dame is dikey w/ an attitude. Y'know. Wants to prove she's got big balls too. Whatever. She found the immunity idol and then made an alliance w/ Francesca and Phillip. It's odd that her 2 buddies were the only black people and one alienated himself by being really annoying. Meanwhile, Rob just acted respectable and everybody else gave him respect. So for the challenge, they had to push big huge rock things on a track, then chop ropes to loose the gate and then put a big 3-D puzzle together. Rob's all girl tribe proved they didn't have enough muscle and fell wayyyyy behind. Even though Rob's a whiz at puzzles, they just couldn't make up the time and ratfaced Russell's tribe won. For the rest of the show, that tribe fell off the face of the earth. So female Russell is trying to make a plan but Phillip is dumber than a box of rocks. I say, if you see someone is that dumb, why stay in an alliance w/ him? Rob smells a rat and makes a good plan to split the vote for the outsiders. This time around, he's got the numbers on his side. As long as his tribe doesn't lose all the immunity challenges, he should do better this season. Tribal council was funnier than hell. Everything was going along well until Francesca said, "No one's going to vote for Rob." Phillip doesn't know what purposeful deception is and spilled the beans about his alliance, the plan to vote out Rob and use the idol and the fact that female Russell had the immunity idol. Even Probst's jaw was on the ground. Everybody was absolutely gobsmacked and I was LOL. Rob showed his power in the group and made her show him the idol and then tried to get the idol by guaranteeing she wouldn't be voted out this time. She didn't go for it. I was surprised she didn't use her idol but in the end, it was Phil's vote that sent Francesca to Redemption island. Oh boy! What a great season it's turning out to be! I really hope Rob goes all the way this time. He really deserves it and I think other people think the same.
On Top Chef, the muppets made a guest appearance and it was hilarious. Of course when you have Cookie Monster on the show, it's pretty much a given that the chefs are going to make cookies. I was surprised to see how many had never made a cookie before. Antonia made a huge chocolate cookie that Elmo said looked like a cowchip and it did. Dale made a no-bake cookie w/ potato chips and he was declared the winner. I loved when Cookie Monster was so hungry he was eating the tablecloth. Too funny! I also liked that the muppets called Blais out for making something fancy that wasn't a cookie. Then the chefs had to cook a meal in Target. For a minute, I was really thinking Uh-oh... Until they said it's a new super kind of Target that has a grocery store in it. But they still had to set up their tables and appliances, shop and cook all in 3 hours. Really? I think I would've said, to hell w/ the fancy set up and just served on the boxes but they did have to have a table to work on and put appliances on. I was surprised nobody utilized the electric grills. You know they have all kinds of George Foreman grills there. Anyway, there were a lot of soups. The guys didn't really do the aesthetics and poor Carla took wayyy too long to shop. This is a cooking show. To heck w/ the tablecloths girl! In the end the chefs who didn't make just a soup were on the top. Blais made a pork tenderloin and I was impressed. Antonia made an egg dish ala minute by the looks of it and I was impressed. Dale did dorm food and spiced up tomato soup and made grilled cheese on the iron like I did in my college days. He was declared the winner. Tiffany, Carla and Angelo landed on the bottom. Mike had tasted Angelo's soup and told him it needed salt. Hmmm... I smell a rat. This time, oversalting did Angelo in. I guess this time, the salting did make the dish inedible unlike Dale's salty sandwich the week before. Bye Angelo, see you at the reunion.
The Amazing Race is back w/ old competitors who've never won. Some are couples who made it all the way to the end but lost by minutes. There are a couple of couples I can't stand. The deaf guy and his mother who always play him up as the victim. We don't hate you because you're deaf. We hate you because you're an asshole. You just happen to be deaf too. Those really bitchy cheerleaders are back too and wouldn't you know it. They're friends w/ the deaf guy and him bitchy mother. I hope they all pass out more than once. Some of my faves are back. The Dad/daughter Kentuckians, The Harlem Globetrotters, the Cowboys, the writer and his old dad, the Chinese Dad/daughter. The problem is, time has passed and the old people are older and the younger people aren't so young anymore. It really shows. The Cowboys don't seem as gung ho anymore. I think the producers threw a lot of money at them to do the show when they really didn't want to. Previously, Cord was doing the race as a last adventure w/ his friend before he got married. Now he's married and I think the cowboys are over the whole thing. The Harlem Globetrotters are back w/ a vengeance to prove their loss was just a fluke. Some of the other couples seem like they really need the money so they have that desperation. They Kentucky Dad/daughter team are doing back to back races. Wow! Anyway, they started in Indio, California among the windmills. First they had a hunt and search task. The clue was Queensland and Native Territories Air Service. Man, I realized these people weren't as bright as I thought. They didn't even put it together that it makes the acronym Qantas. Duh! And, the prize was an airline reservation. Finally everyone got off but the last team earned a u-turn in the next detour. I love the way they make the drive to the airport seem short. I'm not sure where they flew out of but the nearest big airport from Indio is at least 2 hours away. The first 8 teams earned seats on the first plane going out and was supposed to land an hour and a half earlier than the 2nd plane. 3 teams were on the 2nd plane. The funniest thing is, the first plane had a medical emergency on board and had to make a stop in Honolulu. How funny is that? As it was, they landed 1/2 hour behind the 2nd plane. The Kentuckians turned on the burners and led the pack the rest of the show. For the roadblock, one person had to find a compass w/ a puzzle key in a tank of sharks and stingrays. They weren't as petrified as I thought they should've been. Then they had to decipher a flag code w/ the key, find the commodore and tell him the pass phrase. The deaf guy and mother and the cheerleaders proved they're kind of dumb. I was glad to see other people weren't helping them. The chinese Dad/daughter team only told them but had them show them where the commodore was first. That was smart. The Cowboys showed they're really quite dumb. Not only did they not finish the puzzle to the end but got turned back more than once for not giving the correct pass phrase. Instead of sitting there saying, "I'm not good at puzzles." Shut up and keep working at it. That's when I knew they weren't really into it. I also got the idea when they weren't at all upset by missing the train and the ferry. I'm thinking, they're purposely trying to go home first. Well, not in this show cuz the finish mat wasn't the finish mat. Phil just gave them another clue. To be continued indeed.
The Worst Cooks in America had it's finale. Georg and Joshie had to cook a 3 course meal for judges. At least Ann and Robert made the menus. They were nice enough not to come up w/ things that had to be cleaned either. First they had a practice run which was nice so the cooks could see how the whole process had to be organized for the timed event and they could tweak the dishes. I realized Georg is really dumb. How many sauces has Robert made and had them make? So Robert says, "And we finish the sauce w/..." and Georg couldn't come up w/ butter. OMG! Have you been in this cooking competition for 8 weeks or what? Then later in the day, he asked the same question and she still couldn't come up w/ the answer. How retarded is she? Joshie pulled his finger out and found his groove. In the end, he won and deservedly so. The funniest part was, Ann and Robert had a side bet and Robert had to dye his hair platinum blonde when Georg lost. That was great except, everyone agrees, he looks better brunette.
Well, that's if for this week. See you all next time. Stay tuned!
I haven't watched it, but The Bachelor brought back a bachelor who didn't pick someone the last time. Really? We get to hate the guy all over again? What a bunch of loser women too? Who is really that desperate. You know they're not genuine at all and just want their 15 minutes on the boob tube. Ick and double ick.
On Rupaul's Drag Race, the women had to first do a scandalous papparazzi shot. How funny that they either did a beaver shot, a wardrobe malfunction shot or a fighting shot. Raja needs to remember she's supposed to be feminine. He/She did her bloody makeup too graphically and you could see the "Ew." on Rupaul's face. Stacy Lane Matthews and one of the big hispanic accent girls won. They then each chose girls for their teams for the next challenge. The girls had to do a newscast complete w/ anchors, gossip headliner, interviewer and weathergirl. Debbie Matenopolis was there to give them pointers and critiques. Stacy's group wasn't too bad. Actually, she was the most boring on her team. The other team was too boring all the way around. India Ferra did the weather and the graphics were more fun than she was. Once again, Raja was really boring too. The runway was really interesting. The guest judge was Chloe Sevigney. For once, those fatties weren't the ugliest girl in the room. The outfits were really interesting. One was a newspaper top that didn't go all the way around w/ a newpaper bikini brief. Impressive. No real girl could've pulled that off. Anyway, Shangela was declared the winner. India Ferra couldn't out lip synch Stacy Lane and was sent home. Good riddance. What a freakin' whining downer. Now I know why his parents beat him. They were trying to see if he was alive or not.
Face Off went straight to the big challenge. The makeup artists were to make their own horror monster w/ a movie title and tagline to go w/ it. This was really interesting. Just by watching, you learn a lot w/out someone having to verbally explain everything. There was a big disfigurement theme because these are makeup artists. You can't just dress your model in black and say he's insane like Norman Bates. I loved the footage of Gage and Marcel trying to get their silicon prosthetics and masks out of the stuck molds. Meghan is still flirting madly w/ Conor and he's a bit oblivious to it. Jeez dude, she's about blowing you over w/ the wind from her fluttering eyelashes. Jo's ear guages are so big, she looks like one of those African women who can pull their earlobes over their baby's head but that's their goal. What's up w/ her? Anyway, I thought Tate's monster was really impressive. He always has a knack for using the whole body. Meghan's was dumb. she made a geeky human w/ a big misshapen mouth. Anthony's Mr. Hyde take off wasn't as bad as he thought. Tom's monster was a human teddy bear hybrid. In the end, he won. The winner always gets to put his or her 2 cents in about who they think should go. The judges have only listened to the winner once. If I were the winner, I'd say, "You don't listen to us anyway so I'm just gonna shut up." Cuz it puts the idea in the minds of the judges that the winning person is just bitter or jealous when it's really not the case. The judges should really listen because these competitors know who's just sliding by or getting too much help. In the end, everyone was surprised cuz Marcel was sent home. He's been doing some really brilliant work so nobody understood this decision at all.
Survivor is back! There are new twists. There is a redemption island that the booted player goes to. Each week (except the first of course) there will be a duel between the previously ousted player and the recent ousted player and the winner will be able to stay but only on the island dueling w/ each ousted player until he/she is defeated themself. Then that player duels the next new ousted player and so on and so on. I'm not sure when the duel survivor will return to the game but I'm sure it'll be at a good time. Probably the merge. The other twist is, Boston Rob and Ratfaced Russell are back. It was so funny to see the reactions. The people were kind of happy to see Boston Rob but the other group faked the joy at Russell joining them. Then they all went to their campsites w/ a fully loaded building kit. Poor Rob. He's got almost all girls on his tribe w/ one wackadoo guy who says he's a former federal agent. I'm thinking he only had one day on the job before they booted him out. On Russell's tribe, people were sizing each other up. I have a feeling Russell ditched the cameras when looking for the hidden immunity idol cuz we got a lot of shots of him coming out of the jungle while everyone was working. It seems he's laying low this season. He did try and join up w/ one dumb girl already. If Russell asks you to ally w/ him, I wouldn't take it as a compliment. He likes his girls dumb, if you remember. On Rob's tribe, he's got a female version of Russell. The dame is dikey w/ an attitude. Y'know. Wants to prove she's got big balls too. Whatever. She found the immunity idol and then made an alliance w/ Francesca and Phillip. It's odd that her 2 buddies were the only black people and one alienated himself by being really annoying. Meanwhile, Rob just acted respectable and everybody else gave him respect. So for the challenge, they had to push big huge rock things on a track, then chop ropes to loose the gate and then put a big 3-D puzzle together. Rob's all girl tribe proved they didn't have enough muscle and fell wayyyyy behind. Even though Rob's a whiz at puzzles, they just couldn't make up the time and ratfaced Russell's tribe won. For the rest of the show, that tribe fell off the face of the earth. So female Russell is trying to make a plan but Phillip is dumber than a box of rocks. I say, if you see someone is that dumb, why stay in an alliance w/ him? Rob smells a rat and makes a good plan to split the vote for the outsiders. This time around, he's got the numbers on his side. As long as his tribe doesn't lose all the immunity challenges, he should do better this season. Tribal council was funnier than hell. Everything was going along well until Francesca said, "No one's going to vote for Rob." Phillip doesn't know what purposeful deception is and spilled the beans about his alliance, the plan to vote out Rob and use the idol and the fact that female Russell had the immunity idol. Even Probst's jaw was on the ground. Everybody was absolutely gobsmacked and I was LOL. Rob showed his power in the group and made her show him the idol and then tried to get the idol by guaranteeing she wouldn't be voted out this time. She didn't go for it. I was surprised she didn't use her idol but in the end, it was Phil's vote that sent Francesca to Redemption island. Oh boy! What a great season it's turning out to be! I really hope Rob goes all the way this time. He really deserves it and I think other people think the same.
On Top Chef, the muppets made a guest appearance and it was hilarious. Of course when you have Cookie Monster on the show, it's pretty much a given that the chefs are going to make cookies. I was surprised to see how many had never made a cookie before. Antonia made a huge chocolate cookie that Elmo said looked like a cowchip and it did. Dale made a no-bake cookie w/ potato chips and he was declared the winner. I loved when Cookie Monster was so hungry he was eating the tablecloth. Too funny! I also liked that the muppets called Blais out for making something fancy that wasn't a cookie. Then the chefs had to cook a meal in Target. For a minute, I was really thinking Uh-oh... Until they said it's a new super kind of Target that has a grocery store in it. But they still had to set up their tables and appliances, shop and cook all in 3 hours. Really? I think I would've said, to hell w/ the fancy set up and just served on the boxes but they did have to have a table to work on and put appliances on. I was surprised nobody utilized the electric grills. You know they have all kinds of George Foreman grills there. Anyway, there were a lot of soups. The guys didn't really do the aesthetics and poor Carla took wayyy too long to shop. This is a cooking show. To heck w/ the tablecloths girl! In the end the chefs who didn't make just a soup were on the top. Blais made a pork tenderloin and I was impressed. Antonia made an egg dish ala minute by the looks of it and I was impressed. Dale did dorm food and spiced up tomato soup and made grilled cheese on the iron like I did in my college days. He was declared the winner. Tiffany, Carla and Angelo landed on the bottom. Mike had tasted Angelo's soup and told him it needed salt. Hmmm... I smell a rat. This time, oversalting did Angelo in. I guess this time, the salting did make the dish inedible unlike Dale's salty sandwich the week before. Bye Angelo, see you at the reunion.
The Amazing Race is back w/ old competitors who've never won. Some are couples who made it all the way to the end but lost by minutes. There are a couple of couples I can't stand. The deaf guy and his mother who always play him up as the victim. We don't hate you because you're deaf. We hate you because you're an asshole. You just happen to be deaf too. Those really bitchy cheerleaders are back too and wouldn't you know it. They're friends w/ the deaf guy and him bitchy mother. I hope they all pass out more than once. Some of my faves are back. The Dad/daughter Kentuckians, The Harlem Globetrotters, the Cowboys, the writer and his old dad, the Chinese Dad/daughter. The problem is, time has passed and the old people are older and the younger people aren't so young anymore. It really shows. The Cowboys don't seem as gung ho anymore. I think the producers threw a lot of money at them to do the show when they really didn't want to. Previously, Cord was doing the race as a last adventure w/ his friend before he got married. Now he's married and I think the cowboys are over the whole thing. The Harlem Globetrotters are back w/ a vengeance to prove their loss was just a fluke. Some of the other couples seem like they really need the money so they have that desperation. They Kentucky Dad/daughter team are doing back to back races. Wow! Anyway, they started in Indio, California among the windmills. First they had a hunt and search task. The clue was Queensland and Native Territories Air Service. Man, I realized these people weren't as bright as I thought. They didn't even put it together that it makes the acronym Qantas. Duh! And, the prize was an airline reservation. Finally everyone got off but the last team earned a u-turn in the next detour. I love the way they make the drive to the airport seem short. I'm not sure where they flew out of but the nearest big airport from Indio is at least 2 hours away. The first 8 teams earned seats on the first plane going out and was supposed to land an hour and a half earlier than the 2nd plane. 3 teams were on the 2nd plane. The funniest thing is, the first plane had a medical emergency on board and had to make a stop in Honolulu. How funny is that? As it was, they landed 1/2 hour behind the 2nd plane. The Kentuckians turned on the burners and led the pack the rest of the show. For the roadblock, one person had to find a compass w/ a puzzle key in a tank of sharks and stingrays. They weren't as petrified as I thought they should've been. Then they had to decipher a flag code w/ the key, find the commodore and tell him the pass phrase. The deaf guy and mother and the cheerleaders proved they're kind of dumb. I was glad to see other people weren't helping them. The chinese Dad/daughter team only told them but had them show them where the commodore was first. That was smart. The Cowboys showed they're really quite dumb. Not only did they not finish the puzzle to the end but got turned back more than once for not giving the correct pass phrase. Instead of sitting there saying, "I'm not good at puzzles." Shut up and keep working at it. That's when I knew they weren't really into it. I also got the idea when they weren't at all upset by missing the train and the ferry. I'm thinking, they're purposely trying to go home first. Well, not in this show cuz the finish mat wasn't the finish mat. Phil just gave them another clue. To be continued indeed.
The Worst Cooks in America had it's finale. Georg and Joshie had to cook a 3 course meal for judges. At least Ann and Robert made the menus. They were nice enough not to come up w/ things that had to be cleaned either. First they had a practice run which was nice so the cooks could see how the whole process had to be organized for the timed event and they could tweak the dishes. I realized Georg is really dumb. How many sauces has Robert made and had them make? So Robert says, "And we finish the sauce w/..." and Georg couldn't come up w/ butter. OMG! Have you been in this cooking competition for 8 weeks or what? Then later in the day, he asked the same question and she still couldn't come up w/ the answer. How retarded is she? Joshie pulled his finger out and found his groove. In the end, he won and deservedly so. The funniest part was, Ann and Robert had a side bet and Robert had to dye his hair platinum blonde when Georg lost. That was great except, everyone agrees, he looks better brunette.
Well, that's if for this week. See you all next time. Stay tuned!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Before the Big Guys Show Up
The new seasons of Survivor, Amazing Race, America's Next Top Model and Project Runway are just around the bend. But before they show up, there are still a few good shows running.
Rupaul's Drag Race is turning out to be an interesting season. If Raja can pull out a little more natural personality, maybe she can win it. The quick challenge had the girls making outfits out of duct tape. It was hilarious. For some odd reason the fatties all decided to be in the same group and I think they took up enough duct tape to pave the LA freeway. Not only did they make outfits, but they had to start over after the first attempt. Oh boy! Anyway, the 2 hispanic guy/girls won with their cute workout wear. Hey, that segwayed perfectly into the next challenge. For the next challenge, the 2 girls each picked girls to make up their teams. Then they had to do a funny fitness segment. There's nothing funnier than broken english and outrageous spanish accents to make a fitness segment funny except maybe that shake weight. OMG, they really did go there. LOL! Susan Powter was the guest judge who helped give critiques to the girls during their filming of their segments. Some of the girls were really boring. For the runway, the girls had to emphasize their best asset. India Ferra must have been told her's was her skin cuz she showed a lot of it. The problem is, she's not exactly the skinniest girl in the bunch and it grossed out the judges. The girl w/ the hilarious spanish accented fitness segment and the glittery dress outshone everyone and won. She was very gracious and I think everyone likes her too cuz there were no glares from the other girls. MiMi Imfurst and India Ferra landed in the bottom. Somehow the lip synch-off turned into a WWE wrestling thing w/ Mimi giving India fireman's lift while India screamed her head off. I was RFLMAO and laughing so much, I was crying. In the end, Mimi was sent home. Yay! One fattie down and he wasn't cute as a girl or a guy.
On the crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser, the fatties all worked out together. For the temptation challenge, the fatties had 3 minutes alone surrounded by chocolates. Whoever ate the most got to switch 2 people from each team or leave the teams as they were. Y'know, I'm never surprised that Arthur chooses to eat every time. I think he doesn't give a hoot about the prize and really just wants to justify pigging out. It was so fun to watch him stuff down 35 chocolates. I love it when someone shows when they know how to do it. Oh come on. You really think they got fat by nibbling slowly? So the winner and didn't have to be revealed. The group was shocked when the green team and the pink team were switched but then the groups were one team black and the other red. I thought Q had won. Then Arthur did the dumbest thing ever. He told the group that he won and made the decision thinking the girl team would lose the least and keep him from being in the bottom of the group. Whatever. Maybe he forgot they base it on percentage of body weight. So the teams worked out together again. Then they had a kind of luxury challenge. They had to do a relay race where they had to do different tasks in each leg. The black team (ranchers) won big time cuz the guys on the red team (ridgers) couldn't figure out which dishes had the most calories. I didn't know a bowl of chili had less calories than a couple of smores. The prize was videos from home. Let the crying commence! Ick! Then came the weigh-in. The red team had impressive numbers but the black team won by a big margin. I can't believe how well the women are doing this season. The red team voted out Q and I wasn't a bit surprised. He was lazy, whiny, unpleasant and lost the least. Bye! My hero, Rulon Gardner is still on the show. Yay!
Top Chef had a fondue quickfire. The twist was, the chefs tasted all the dishes and then judged each other. Dale won w/ his fo-ndue. Hmmm...boiling broth. Dipping things in it? Sounds like soup to me. The fun part of the show was, the chefs appeared on The Jimmy Fallon show and were challenged to do one of his favorite dishes for his birthday. They did quick phone pic shots of dishes as they flashed on a screen and whatever they captured, that was their dish. It was quite cool to see that one dish was tongue. Carla did a happy dance when she got chicken pot pie. The eating group consisted of Jimmy Fallon's family and show friends and of course the judges. Anthony Bourdain was MIA this week and it just wasn't as much fun but oh well. Carla won w/ her homey chicken pot pie. Dale made a cheesesteak sandwich that turned out to be made w/ salty components that added up to a whole lot of salt. One thing I've noticed. When you cook for sensitive palates, you don't want to over do the salt. Tiffany made a chicken and dumpling dish that wasn't chicken and dumplings. Although, it did have chicken in it. Americans hate it when foreigners tell them what a hamburger should be. Instead of asking all the Americans around him how to make a good burger, he moaned, "Burgers aren't my thing. I don't even know how to make one." Then proceeded to make a meatball sandwich w/ cheese on the side. Not good. Antonia had no experience eating much less cooking tongue but she asked for advice and came out in the top 3. So in the end, Fabio was sent home. Sigh, I'll miss his accent and cute Italian self.
A new show I've forgotten to blog about is Face Off. It's a competition for media make-up artists. I'm not talking cosmetics either. These guys and gals are geniuses w/ prosthetics, paint and make-up. They've had to make animal human hybrids, do a person in full body makeup to fit into a background and this week they had to work in pairs to make an alien for the brand new discovered M class planet. They showed a short video on what the planet was like. This show is educational too. Coooooool!!! The 2 names I do know on the show are Colin and Frank. One chick is so into Colin, she speaks his name about every 3 minutes. Everybody moans and complains about Frank and his laziness. Personally, I think Frank was over the competition after week 1. In the end, Colin's team won w/ the female alien in a long robe. That was pretty smart since the robe covered most of the body and all they had to concentrate on was the head and hands. They were able to do intricate work and it looked great. I always wonder why people want to do a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. Frank forgot this wasn't the full body paint challenge and he and his unfortunate partner were declared the worst. Frank was sent home and let the people know he was very happy about it. It's so unfair that he didn't bow out earlier and let someone else have a chance. What a dumbass.
Worst Cooks in America was down to 4. It's the show before the finale. First, they taught the cooks how to flambe. It was amazing how much confidence the cooks gained by learning to cook w/ big flames. Then the family members were brought in. Kelsey and her husband were so cute together. Yep, Georg's wife looks like a guy. Anyway, the cooks were told they were to make a dish the family member wanted. Kelsey made venison. Georg made fish. Carlos made a Thai dish and Joshie made a sweet chicken dish. It was impressive that all the cooks did really well. I LOL when Kelsey's husband said he was scared to eat her food. No wonder. She gave him food poisoning twice and they've only been married a year. I'd be terrified. In the end, Kelsey and Carlos weren't as good as the Georg and Joshie. So for the finale, it's Joshie or Georg to win it all. I can't wait cuz they've really come far and this year, these people are for real.
Well, that's about all for this week. Stay tuned.
Rupaul's Drag Race is turning out to be an interesting season. If Raja can pull out a little more natural personality, maybe she can win it. The quick challenge had the girls making outfits out of duct tape. It was hilarious. For some odd reason the fatties all decided to be in the same group and I think they took up enough duct tape to pave the LA freeway. Not only did they make outfits, but they had to start over after the first attempt. Oh boy! Anyway, the 2 hispanic guy/girls won with their cute workout wear. Hey, that segwayed perfectly into the next challenge. For the next challenge, the 2 girls each picked girls to make up their teams. Then they had to do a funny fitness segment. There's nothing funnier than broken english and outrageous spanish accents to make a fitness segment funny except maybe that shake weight. OMG, they really did go there. LOL! Susan Powter was the guest judge who helped give critiques to the girls during their filming of their segments. Some of the girls were really boring. For the runway, the girls had to emphasize their best asset. India Ferra must have been told her's was her skin cuz she showed a lot of it. The problem is, she's not exactly the skinniest girl in the bunch and it grossed out the judges. The girl w/ the hilarious spanish accented fitness segment and the glittery dress outshone everyone and won. She was very gracious and I think everyone likes her too cuz there were no glares from the other girls. MiMi Imfurst and India Ferra landed in the bottom. Somehow the lip synch-off turned into a WWE wrestling thing w/ Mimi giving India fireman's lift while India screamed her head off. I was RFLMAO and laughing so much, I was crying. In the end, Mimi was sent home. Yay! One fattie down and he wasn't cute as a girl or a guy.
On the crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser, the fatties all worked out together. For the temptation challenge, the fatties had 3 minutes alone surrounded by chocolates. Whoever ate the most got to switch 2 people from each team or leave the teams as they were. Y'know, I'm never surprised that Arthur chooses to eat every time. I think he doesn't give a hoot about the prize and really just wants to justify pigging out. It was so fun to watch him stuff down 35 chocolates. I love it when someone shows when they know how to do it. Oh come on. You really think they got fat by nibbling slowly? So the winner and didn't have to be revealed. The group was shocked when the green team and the pink team were switched but then the groups were one team black and the other red. I thought Q had won. Then Arthur did the dumbest thing ever. He told the group that he won and made the decision thinking the girl team would lose the least and keep him from being in the bottom of the group. Whatever. Maybe he forgot they base it on percentage of body weight. So the teams worked out together again. Then they had a kind of luxury challenge. They had to do a relay race where they had to do different tasks in each leg. The black team (ranchers) won big time cuz the guys on the red team (ridgers) couldn't figure out which dishes had the most calories. I didn't know a bowl of chili had less calories than a couple of smores. The prize was videos from home. Let the crying commence! Ick! Then came the weigh-in. The red team had impressive numbers but the black team won by a big margin. I can't believe how well the women are doing this season. The red team voted out Q and I wasn't a bit surprised. He was lazy, whiny, unpleasant and lost the least. Bye! My hero, Rulon Gardner is still on the show. Yay!
Top Chef had a fondue quickfire. The twist was, the chefs tasted all the dishes and then judged each other. Dale won w/ his fo-ndue. Hmmm...boiling broth. Dipping things in it? Sounds like soup to me. The fun part of the show was, the chefs appeared on The Jimmy Fallon show and were challenged to do one of his favorite dishes for his birthday. They did quick phone pic shots of dishes as they flashed on a screen and whatever they captured, that was their dish. It was quite cool to see that one dish was tongue. Carla did a happy dance when she got chicken pot pie. The eating group consisted of Jimmy Fallon's family and show friends and of course the judges. Anthony Bourdain was MIA this week and it just wasn't as much fun but oh well. Carla won w/ her homey chicken pot pie. Dale made a cheesesteak sandwich that turned out to be made w/ salty components that added up to a whole lot of salt. One thing I've noticed. When you cook for sensitive palates, you don't want to over do the salt. Tiffany made a chicken and dumpling dish that wasn't chicken and dumplings. Although, it did have chicken in it. Americans hate it when foreigners tell them what a hamburger should be. Instead of asking all the Americans around him how to make a good burger, he moaned, "Burgers aren't my thing. I don't even know how to make one." Then proceeded to make a meatball sandwich w/ cheese on the side. Not good. Antonia had no experience eating much less cooking tongue but she asked for advice and came out in the top 3. So in the end, Fabio was sent home. Sigh, I'll miss his accent and cute Italian self.
A new show I've forgotten to blog about is Face Off. It's a competition for media make-up artists. I'm not talking cosmetics either. These guys and gals are geniuses w/ prosthetics, paint and make-up. They've had to make animal human hybrids, do a person in full body makeup to fit into a background and this week they had to work in pairs to make an alien for the brand new discovered M class planet. They showed a short video on what the planet was like. This show is educational too. Coooooool!!! The 2 names I do know on the show are Colin and Frank. One chick is so into Colin, she speaks his name about every 3 minutes. Everybody moans and complains about Frank and his laziness. Personally, I think Frank was over the competition after week 1. In the end, Colin's team won w/ the female alien in a long robe. That was pretty smart since the robe covered most of the body and all they had to concentrate on was the head and hands. They were able to do intricate work and it looked great. I always wonder why people want to do a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. Frank forgot this wasn't the full body paint challenge and he and his unfortunate partner were declared the worst. Frank was sent home and let the people know he was very happy about it. It's so unfair that he didn't bow out earlier and let someone else have a chance. What a dumbass.
Worst Cooks in America was down to 4. It's the show before the finale. First, they taught the cooks how to flambe. It was amazing how much confidence the cooks gained by learning to cook w/ big flames. Then the family members were brought in. Kelsey and her husband were so cute together. Yep, Georg's wife looks like a guy. Anyway, the cooks were told they were to make a dish the family member wanted. Kelsey made venison. Georg made fish. Carlos made a Thai dish and Joshie made a sweet chicken dish. It was impressive that all the cooks did really well. I LOL when Kelsey's husband said he was scared to eat her food. No wonder. She gave him food poisoning twice and they've only been married a year. I'd be terrified. In the end, Kelsey and Carlos weren't as good as the Georg and Joshie. So for the finale, it's Joshie or Georg to win it all. I can't wait cuz they've really come far and this year, these people are for real.
Well, that's about all for this week. Stay tuned.
Monday, February 7, 2011
We're in a slow season!
I realized there aren't very many reality shows on right now but I'll tell ya about the one's that are on.
The new Season of Rupaul's Drag Race is on. I'm not sure if I actually saw the latest episode but I'll tell ya about the one I did see that wasn't on the Logo channel. Unfortunately, my new satellite company requires a high price for this channel. Way to stick it to a specific group huh? Anyway, it's quite a large group of contestants and I don't just mean numbers. There are at least 4 fat guys. I swear Tyra's makeup artist from America's Next Top Model is one of the guy/girls. The girls had to first work in 2 groups and put on a campy movie sci fi movie trailer. Man, there was over acting, bad acting and no acting going on. Of course the judges liked the over acting. The people helping the girls get the whole thing done were supposed to be famous but I didn't know them from Adam. Who cares anyway? For the final judging the girls had to do a futuristic look. Oh boy! All I have to say is, fat guys don't make pretty girls. Men usually carry their over weight in their abdomens and that's not pretty. BTW, Shangela is back. I'm wondering why he gets a redo but why ask why? Um...can't remember the guest judge and can't remember who won or was sent home. I think the one sent home was the guy w/ the glued wig falling off. I have no idea how this is judged cuz I would start bumping off the fatties one by one first. But oh well. It's making me not miss the Logo channel after all.
The crying fatties aka, The Biggest Loser continued but the unknowns on the ridge came back to roost on the ranch. We'll call them the ridgers and the main players the ranchers. So we saw a lot of working out and people trying to show how fit they became. The black guy from the ridgers proved himself a slacker and the rest of the group pounced all over that and lost total respect for him. Rulon Gould proved the equipment on the ranch is cheap cuz he broke 2 treadmills. I was wanting to see the logo on those machines but they didn't show it. They probably were told not to by the company. The ridge team did the challenge. The teams had to put weights on each other's platforms until they hit 500 pounds and then they were out of the competition. The last team standing received immunity. Ok! Well, this time, there was no pre-challenge decision and it was every team for themselves. Rulon proved why he's an Olympic Champ. He had a great strategy using the lighter weights first while the piling frenzy went on and saving the heavier weights for the head to head at the end. It worked and his team won. So on to the weigh-in. The ranchers did pretty well except the lone girl and twin team. They twin decided he was missing his brother and home and the ranch wasn't for him. The team threw the weigh in by each gaining 6 pounds. Good lord! That twin has gained more weight than some people have lost in 2 weeks. I love the way it pisses off Jillian and Bob. Hee hee hee. Anyway, they owned up to it and Don was sent home right there by a unanimous show of hands. The ridgers lined up to weigh and the black couple fell below the yellow line. I have to say, the ridgers put up some incredible numbers and the ranchers now wear a look of fear. So the ridgers wanted to vote out the black guy but he cried and gave promises and excuses. His wife said she wanted to go home so in the end, they gave in and sent her home. Bye! Those 2 really are losers and not in a good way. Blech!
Top Chef Allstars are at that point where we kind of hate to see any of them go. I like everybody. The quickfire was about food presentation. Isaac Mizrahi challenged the chefs to make art w/ the food. They did and the food wasn't tasted at all. It was quite interesting. Angelo made something that looked like barf in a bag. Oooh...pretty. Richard Blais was declared the winner for making a black and white really cool looking dish. Then the group was split into 3 groups of 3 and 3 mafioso looking and sounding guys walked in. For the elimination challenge, the chefs were to cook an Italian dinner. The first group would do the anitpasto, the 2nd group the pasta course and the 3rd group the meat course. It wasn't a team challenge cuz each chef had to do their own dish and be judged as such. Luckily, each group ended up w/ an Italian. Antonia was in the first group and she made steamed mussels. I've had this as an appetizer in Italian restaurants and the thing that makes it not French is the large amount of garlic in the dish and the bread that goes w/ it. Carla made minestrone soup and Tiffany made a polenta and sausage terrine thing. The judging was in Rao's restaurant w/ the guest judges the mafioso guys of the place, the regular judges and that Italian actress w/ the raspy voice who's been on the show before. The people all repeated over and over that Italian food is all about the ingredients and doing them simply so they shine. Okay! For the second course, Mike Isabella tried to make homemade rigatoni which turned out to have the texture of a shingle but his sauce was good. Dale Talde gave the excuse that he's not Italian but hello, you do use noodles in your oriental dishes don't you? His dish was declared terrible too. Tre made risotto that offended the judges. Uh oh. For the meat course, Fabio made Chicken cacciatori and polenta that made the judges say, "This reminds me of home." I thought, oh he's got this in the bag. Richard made fish and Angelo made beef I believe. What? No veal? To everybody's surprise, Antonia won. Poor Fabio, he can't catch a break. He vented a bit and said Antonia's dish was French but it must've been really really good. Tre tried to argue w/ the Italian judges about the correct consistency of risotto. Really? I was waiting for Colicchio to say, "Do you know who you're talking to?" In the end, Tre couldn't admit his sins and was booted. He took it well. I'll miss his laugh.
The Food Network has a show called Challenge where it's a one day contest between 4 people to make cakes, chocolate show pieces, sugar show pieces and even fruit and vegetable carvings. The contestants are pretty much different each week and each challenge theme is different. I really like this show except for one thing. Kerry Vincent is a judge and she's the worst sour puss I've ever seen. She's one of those English pretentious people who always look like they smell dooky. I really wish they'd give her a month off. Yeesh.
The Worst Cooks in America are down to 6 people. For the skills challenge the cooks were shown how to make sausage and then challenged to make their own. Then they had to make a dish w/ it. I love that Robert totally gags and spits out bad tasting food. The black guy way oversalted his sausage and you could tell cuz there seemed to be more salt than meat in the bowl. Then for the elimination challenge, the blue group had to filet sea bass. The red group had to clean calamari. Ew! Why? You can always buy already cleaned calamari at the store or fish market. I didn't blame the cooks for gagging w/ this one. Then they had to make side dishes that consisted of the food they hated along w/ their fish or calamari. It was obvious that the black guy didn't listen very well. Kelsey did her burning food thing. I think it's a reaction to giving her husband food poisoning twice. She wants to make sure things aren't undercooked. The red team had to stuff their calamari for their dish. Everyone was a frenetic hot mess. In the end, Carlos and Kelsey were declared the winners and the black guy and Kat were sent home. One thing I learned was Georg is lesbian. That was interesting. One thing I knew already? Kat is dumb and the black guy dumber so dumb and dumber were sent home. Bye!
Well, that's all for now. See you all next time and stay tuned.
The new Season of Rupaul's Drag Race is on. I'm not sure if I actually saw the latest episode but I'll tell ya about the one I did see that wasn't on the Logo channel. Unfortunately, my new satellite company requires a high price for this channel. Way to stick it to a specific group huh? Anyway, it's quite a large group of contestants and I don't just mean numbers. There are at least 4 fat guys. I swear Tyra's makeup artist from America's Next Top Model is one of the guy/girls. The girls had to first work in 2 groups and put on a campy movie sci fi movie trailer. Man, there was over acting, bad acting and no acting going on. Of course the judges liked the over acting. The people helping the girls get the whole thing done were supposed to be famous but I didn't know them from Adam. Who cares anyway? For the final judging the girls had to do a futuristic look. Oh boy! All I have to say is, fat guys don't make pretty girls. Men usually carry their over weight in their abdomens and that's not pretty. BTW, Shangela is back. I'm wondering why he gets a redo but why ask why? Um...can't remember the guest judge and can't remember who won or was sent home. I think the one sent home was the guy w/ the glued wig falling off. I have no idea how this is judged cuz I would start bumping off the fatties one by one first. But oh well. It's making me not miss the Logo channel after all.
The crying fatties aka, The Biggest Loser continued but the unknowns on the ridge came back to roost on the ranch. We'll call them the ridgers and the main players the ranchers. So we saw a lot of working out and people trying to show how fit they became. The black guy from the ridgers proved himself a slacker and the rest of the group pounced all over that and lost total respect for him. Rulon Gould proved the equipment on the ranch is cheap cuz he broke 2 treadmills. I was wanting to see the logo on those machines but they didn't show it. They probably were told not to by the company. The ridge team did the challenge. The teams had to put weights on each other's platforms until they hit 500 pounds and then they were out of the competition. The last team standing received immunity. Ok! Well, this time, there was no pre-challenge decision and it was every team for themselves. Rulon proved why he's an Olympic Champ. He had a great strategy using the lighter weights first while the piling frenzy went on and saving the heavier weights for the head to head at the end. It worked and his team won. So on to the weigh-in. The ranchers did pretty well except the lone girl and twin team. They twin decided he was missing his brother and home and the ranch wasn't for him. The team threw the weigh in by each gaining 6 pounds. Good lord! That twin has gained more weight than some people have lost in 2 weeks. I love the way it pisses off Jillian and Bob. Hee hee hee. Anyway, they owned up to it and Don was sent home right there by a unanimous show of hands. The ridgers lined up to weigh and the black couple fell below the yellow line. I have to say, the ridgers put up some incredible numbers and the ranchers now wear a look of fear. So the ridgers wanted to vote out the black guy but he cried and gave promises and excuses. His wife said she wanted to go home so in the end, they gave in and sent her home. Bye! Those 2 really are losers and not in a good way. Blech!
Top Chef Allstars are at that point where we kind of hate to see any of them go. I like everybody. The quickfire was about food presentation. Isaac Mizrahi challenged the chefs to make art w/ the food. They did and the food wasn't tasted at all. It was quite interesting. Angelo made something that looked like barf in a bag. Oooh...pretty. Richard Blais was declared the winner for making a black and white really cool looking dish. Then the group was split into 3 groups of 3 and 3 mafioso looking and sounding guys walked in. For the elimination challenge, the chefs were to cook an Italian dinner. The first group would do the anitpasto, the 2nd group the pasta course and the 3rd group the meat course. It wasn't a team challenge cuz each chef had to do their own dish and be judged as such. Luckily, each group ended up w/ an Italian. Antonia was in the first group and she made steamed mussels. I've had this as an appetizer in Italian restaurants and the thing that makes it not French is the large amount of garlic in the dish and the bread that goes w/ it. Carla made minestrone soup and Tiffany made a polenta and sausage terrine thing. The judging was in Rao's restaurant w/ the guest judges the mafioso guys of the place, the regular judges and that Italian actress w/ the raspy voice who's been on the show before. The people all repeated over and over that Italian food is all about the ingredients and doing them simply so they shine. Okay! For the second course, Mike Isabella tried to make homemade rigatoni which turned out to have the texture of a shingle but his sauce was good. Dale Talde gave the excuse that he's not Italian but hello, you do use noodles in your oriental dishes don't you? His dish was declared terrible too. Tre made risotto that offended the judges. Uh oh. For the meat course, Fabio made Chicken cacciatori and polenta that made the judges say, "This reminds me of home." I thought, oh he's got this in the bag. Richard made fish and Angelo made beef I believe. What? No veal? To everybody's surprise, Antonia won. Poor Fabio, he can't catch a break. He vented a bit and said Antonia's dish was French but it must've been really really good. Tre tried to argue w/ the Italian judges about the correct consistency of risotto. Really? I was waiting for Colicchio to say, "Do you know who you're talking to?" In the end, Tre couldn't admit his sins and was booted. He took it well. I'll miss his laugh.
The Food Network has a show called Challenge where it's a one day contest between 4 people to make cakes, chocolate show pieces, sugar show pieces and even fruit and vegetable carvings. The contestants are pretty much different each week and each challenge theme is different. I really like this show except for one thing. Kerry Vincent is a judge and she's the worst sour puss I've ever seen. She's one of those English pretentious people who always look like they smell dooky. I really wish they'd give her a month off. Yeesh.
The Worst Cooks in America are down to 6 people. For the skills challenge the cooks were shown how to make sausage and then challenged to make their own. Then they had to make a dish w/ it. I love that Robert totally gags and spits out bad tasting food. The black guy way oversalted his sausage and you could tell cuz there seemed to be more salt than meat in the bowl. Then for the elimination challenge, the blue group had to filet sea bass. The red group had to clean calamari. Ew! Why? You can always buy already cleaned calamari at the store or fish market. I didn't blame the cooks for gagging w/ this one. Then they had to make side dishes that consisted of the food they hated along w/ their fish or calamari. It was obvious that the black guy didn't listen very well. Kelsey did her burning food thing. I think it's a reaction to giving her husband food poisoning twice. She wants to make sure things aren't undercooked. The red team had to stuff their calamari for their dish. Everyone was a frenetic hot mess. In the end, Carlos and Kelsey were declared the winners and the black guy and Kat were sent home. One thing I learned was Georg is lesbian. That was interesting. One thing I knew already? Kat is dumb and the black guy dumber so dumb and dumber were sent home. Bye!
Well, that's all for now. See you all next time and stay tuned.
Monday, January 31, 2011
No, Really?
It was kind of a sad week. The new seasons of shows haven't started and the ones now are winding down.
Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker had it's finale. The last 3 bakertestants standing were Dana, Meghan and Corina. The poor final 3 had to gut out a grueling baking marathon. They had to bake pies, cakes and pastries to sell. First, the quick challenge was to see how much gunk they could scoop out of a grease trap. Ack! It was gross to watch so I can imagine it was worse to do. Dana won and was able to choose his staff of 4, from Buddy's whole staff, first. Then the bakers just spent all day and night baking their hearts out. Corina seemed the least experienced and I think her brain was totally dead. She barely made enough stuff while Dana and Meghan made way more than what was asked for. Very smart, since there was a competition to see how much they could sell too. Instead of money, people had tickets to trade for the baked goods. That meant, even if they only bought a cookie, it still counted. Dana won that round. Then the bakers also had to make and decorate a cake for the mayor of Hoboken. For some reason, I was expecting to see Frank Sinatra on the cake but it was more about city scapes. Corina sold the least so she was cut before the cake presentations. Then they had the ending in front of a large audience. Dana won, the confetti fell and everybody cheered. That was that. They did show Dana his new workplace complete w/ a cake in the shape of a bust of Dana. Oh boy!
The Fashion Show also had it's finale. The designers left were Dominique, the crazy Philipino guy and the gay black guy. They each had to make a collection of 9 pieces. So they worked and worked. Calvin seemed to be a magic elf banging clothes out like a machine. Jeffrey seemed to have a hot mess and Dominique was hoing and humming all over her area. Then they were each challenged to make a 10th design out of their comfort zone w/ the help of 1 former designer. We hear a lot of boo hoo stories about dying parents and how they're influencing the designs. Note to the director, we only need to hear that once. Where was the footage of actual sewing? So finally the final runway show comes about. Calvin goes first and his whole collection is white and black but not boring. His last look is a long red gown. Dominique's clothes look like homeless clothes. Only the people in Oregon wear grunge and it's because they're grungy and not in a good way. Jeffrey pulled out a miracle and actually had well sewn clothes to walk down the runway. Some of his stuff looked like the same stuff in a different color. So, the judges oohed and ahed. For a minute, I thought Calvin might win it, but Jeffrey was declared the winner and all the former contestants were there to congratulate him. So, that was that and I totally admit, I still don't know anything about fashion cuz I rarely agreed w/ the judges.
Top Chef Allstars didn't show a new episode this week. Booo!
The crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser had an abbreviated episode due to our media hog President having to make a big speech that really meant nothing. I refuse to watch him until he can tell the truth and I guess that will be never. They started out w/ a screaming match between Jillian and the remaining twin. So what if they did throw the weigh-in? Get over it and move on. Anyway, they had a temptation challenge. The fatties were presented w/ a big room of all their favorite foods. Whoever ate the most calories got to choose a team to go to the unknowns. Nobody ate. Then Arthur and his...what is he? Dad? Anyway, Arthur decided to eat a chicken leg and the sound effects were hilarious. We heard smacking, gnawing, gobbling and crunching w/ just one leg. It was quite amusing since it made Arthur look like a total pig. So he won and he sent the green team to the barn of the unknowns. We find that the unknowns don't have it too bad. They have a bigger swimming pool, maid service and meals cooked by someone other than them. That always helps cuz food cooked by someone else always tastes better. Then the Main ranch fatties had to do a challenge against the green team representing the unknowns. They had to guess the number of calories in a table of the favorite foods of the fatties. Each number was pulled up w/ lights indicating if they were on the mark, under or above it. The Main ranch people won and their prize was letters from home. Everybody cried and the letters sounded like they were written by total morons. That was it for the week and I'm still mad at Bananobama for inserting his stupid self into my TV realm.
There's a new show called You're Cut Off. They take a bunch of spoiled lazy party socialite wannabe girls, house them together and then challenge them to not be spendthrifts, stupid and lazy. Well, it's not working. They like dressing like hookers, drink until stupid and belligerent and never seem to realize things don't magically appear out of thin air. The host seems to play housemother chastising some and patting others on the head and saying, "Good girl." Yeah, I wanna go and set fire to that house. It would rid the world of some unwanted vermin.
The SAG Awards had it's showing. It was great! They did w/out a host and we didn't miss it. They let the winners actually make their speeches. Betty White not only presented but won too showing she truly is da bomb. They had too many people making speeches to present the lifetime achievement award to Ernest Borgnine. Poor thing, he was so confused, he almost went onstage too early. The In Memorium made me realize the stars I grew up w/ are dropping like flies. The atmosphere was light and they kept the show moving very well.
On The Worst Cooks In America, the cooks had a recipe all taken apart and mixed up. Each team had to try and put it back together and make the dish. Oh come on! I'm not even sure pro chefs could do this. I felt bad for the cooks. I think the goal for every show is to see fear and dismay on every face, every week. Then the cooks had to make party foods for a football player and his friends. Really? One main problem w/ these cooks is, they have no palate. So one hors deourve had to be on a potato pancake and then they had a recipe for another. The difference between this year and last year is, the cooks this year seem more sincere. Last year, they were just people who wanted to be on TV and it really seemed fake and a put-on; especially that girl w/ the heavy makeup and the 1920's pin-up look. Please. Nobody looks like that in real life. Anyway, these cooks really are puzzled and lost and they aren't good judges of what flavors will go together. So yes, most had issues w/ flavors and techniques. In the end, Carlos and Joshie were declared the winners and Jen and Kelly were sent home. Kelly was a surprise since I thought she was doing really good every week. Jen, didn't have a discerning palate at all. Every week her food was underseasoned and bland. She seemed the most disappointed to go home. Awwww... Oh well, maybe we'll see them again at a reunion show or something.
Well, that's it. See ya next time.
Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker had it's finale. The last 3 bakertestants standing were Dana, Meghan and Corina. The poor final 3 had to gut out a grueling baking marathon. They had to bake pies, cakes and pastries to sell. First, the quick challenge was to see how much gunk they could scoop out of a grease trap. Ack! It was gross to watch so I can imagine it was worse to do. Dana won and was able to choose his staff of 4, from Buddy's whole staff, first. Then the bakers just spent all day and night baking their hearts out. Corina seemed the least experienced and I think her brain was totally dead. She barely made enough stuff while Dana and Meghan made way more than what was asked for. Very smart, since there was a competition to see how much they could sell too. Instead of money, people had tickets to trade for the baked goods. That meant, even if they only bought a cookie, it still counted. Dana won that round. Then the bakers also had to make and decorate a cake for the mayor of Hoboken. For some reason, I was expecting to see Frank Sinatra on the cake but it was more about city scapes. Corina sold the least so she was cut before the cake presentations. Then they had the ending in front of a large audience. Dana won, the confetti fell and everybody cheered. That was that. They did show Dana his new workplace complete w/ a cake in the shape of a bust of Dana. Oh boy!
The Fashion Show also had it's finale. The designers left were Dominique, the crazy Philipino guy and the gay black guy. They each had to make a collection of 9 pieces. So they worked and worked. Calvin seemed to be a magic elf banging clothes out like a machine. Jeffrey seemed to have a hot mess and Dominique was hoing and humming all over her area. Then they were each challenged to make a 10th design out of their comfort zone w/ the help of 1 former designer. We hear a lot of boo hoo stories about dying parents and how they're influencing the designs. Note to the director, we only need to hear that once. Where was the footage of actual sewing? So finally the final runway show comes about. Calvin goes first and his whole collection is white and black but not boring. His last look is a long red gown. Dominique's clothes look like homeless clothes. Only the people in Oregon wear grunge and it's because they're grungy and not in a good way. Jeffrey pulled out a miracle and actually had well sewn clothes to walk down the runway. Some of his stuff looked like the same stuff in a different color. So, the judges oohed and ahed. For a minute, I thought Calvin might win it, but Jeffrey was declared the winner and all the former contestants were there to congratulate him. So, that was that and I totally admit, I still don't know anything about fashion cuz I rarely agreed w/ the judges.
Top Chef Allstars didn't show a new episode this week. Booo!
The crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser had an abbreviated episode due to our media hog President having to make a big speech that really meant nothing. I refuse to watch him until he can tell the truth and I guess that will be never. They started out w/ a screaming match between Jillian and the remaining twin. So what if they did throw the weigh-in? Get over it and move on. Anyway, they had a temptation challenge. The fatties were presented w/ a big room of all their favorite foods. Whoever ate the most calories got to choose a team to go to the unknowns. Nobody ate. Then Arthur and his...what is he? Dad? Anyway, Arthur decided to eat a chicken leg and the sound effects were hilarious. We heard smacking, gnawing, gobbling and crunching w/ just one leg. It was quite amusing since it made Arthur look like a total pig. So he won and he sent the green team to the barn of the unknowns. We find that the unknowns don't have it too bad. They have a bigger swimming pool, maid service and meals cooked by someone other than them. That always helps cuz food cooked by someone else always tastes better. Then the Main ranch fatties had to do a challenge against the green team representing the unknowns. They had to guess the number of calories in a table of the favorite foods of the fatties. Each number was pulled up w/ lights indicating if they were on the mark, under or above it. The Main ranch people won and their prize was letters from home. Everybody cried and the letters sounded like they were written by total morons. That was it for the week and I'm still mad at Bananobama for inserting his stupid self into my TV realm.
There's a new show called You're Cut Off. They take a bunch of spoiled lazy party socialite wannabe girls, house them together and then challenge them to not be spendthrifts, stupid and lazy. Well, it's not working. They like dressing like hookers, drink until stupid and belligerent and never seem to realize things don't magically appear out of thin air. The host seems to play housemother chastising some and patting others on the head and saying, "Good girl." Yeah, I wanna go and set fire to that house. It would rid the world of some unwanted vermin.
The SAG Awards had it's showing. It was great! They did w/out a host and we didn't miss it. They let the winners actually make their speeches. Betty White not only presented but won too showing she truly is da bomb. They had too many people making speeches to present the lifetime achievement award to Ernest Borgnine. Poor thing, he was so confused, he almost went onstage too early. The In Memorium made me realize the stars I grew up w/ are dropping like flies. The atmosphere was light and they kept the show moving very well.
On The Worst Cooks In America, the cooks had a recipe all taken apart and mixed up. Each team had to try and put it back together and make the dish. Oh come on! I'm not even sure pro chefs could do this. I felt bad for the cooks. I think the goal for every show is to see fear and dismay on every face, every week. Then the cooks had to make party foods for a football player and his friends. Really? One main problem w/ these cooks is, they have no palate. So one hors deourve had to be on a potato pancake and then they had a recipe for another. The difference between this year and last year is, the cooks this year seem more sincere. Last year, they were just people who wanted to be on TV and it really seemed fake and a put-on; especially that girl w/ the heavy makeup and the 1920's pin-up look. Please. Nobody looks like that in real life. Anyway, these cooks really are puzzled and lost and they aren't good judges of what flavors will go together. So yes, most had issues w/ flavors and techniques. In the end, Carlos and Joshie were declared the winners and Jen and Kelly were sent home. Kelly was a surprise since I thought she was doing really good every week. Jen, didn't have a discerning palate at all. Every week her food was underseasoned and bland. She seemed the most disappointed to go home. Awwww... Oh well, maybe we'll see them again at a reunion show or something.
Well, that's it. See ya next time.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Poo On the Critics!
I hate the critics. They are so snobby and pretentious, they tend to want to think for the viewer. Well not this time. Not all shows are taking themselves seriously. Not all shows are like real life. Actually, not very many shows are like real life cuz real life is slow moving and boring.
Already, the critics are dissing Harry's Law. For one thing, this is a David E. Kelley show. They are always a bit outrageous w/ a lot of digging at the profession. In this terrible economic time, we're not in the mood for true to life dramas. We need to laugh at something and escape. Harry's Law is just the ticket. Kathy Bates plays an old crusty curmudgeon really well and she doesn't seem like just an old bitch either. It helps that she's not skinny. If she was, we'd probably think she was crabby from hunger. Brittany Snow does a good job not being a dumb blonde. She's perky but balances out the cynical Harry. There's a new lawyer and for once, not a person looking for a mentor. He's intelligent, confident and just looking for a new scene. I liked the pilot. Yes, it was kind of outrageous. I mean, who could come out of being landed on by a jumper and being hit by a car, totally unscathed? But it's quick, witty, fun and bright. I hope it survives. Just like The Defenders, it's something to take us out of this dreery world for just a short time and we don't have to write things down to keep track of what's going on week to week. It's just pure entertainment.
On Cake Boss: the Next Great Baker, the bakertestants had to make a cake for Chevrolet advertising a new car. What a hot mess! Meagan made a huge car shaped cake w/ tiny wheels but they did spin. Corina made half a car smushed into a sky colored wall. Dana made a car that looked kind of lumpy. Jay did as well and then perched his on a little cake. Brian's downfall was, he didn't use cake. His car was impressive but this is a baking competition so you need to have sponge somewhere. After Buddy checked out their work halfway through the day, he decided they all looked pretty bad and was going to need another criteria to judge. He made them make a dessert. Brian was just a mess in everything. He burned his cookie and the cake had no cake. This is someone who needs to do his work right the first time. Having to redo everything is wasteful of time and money. Anyway, Dana was again declared the winner and Brian was mercifully sent home. I can't take one more week of watching this doofus.
The crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser finally revealed the unknown trainers. Is it just me or have I seen these guys on other reality shows? Anyway, we got to see their sob stories. The first challenge was the fatties worked as teams. They had to balance an egg on an upside down frying pan and the person from each team who dropped their egg last won a cooking lesson w/ that Aussie chef from Celebrity Apprentice. The Unknowns came together and decided who was going to win before the game started. The main ranch players fought it out. I loved it cuz the unknowns threw their eggs over the barrier but they didn't hit anybody; shucks! I also liked that they weren't going to waste time playing the stupid game. Let's be grown up about this, huh? So the winners (2 women) watched the guy cook his meal for them and then they had to guess the calories in the meal. Really? I thought people who were food oriented and professional dieters knew the calorie count on everything. I guessed and I was closer. Anyway, the main ranch lady won the 2 pound advantage. So then we got to see them work out blah blah blah. The big challenge involved hauling water and dumping it into competitors' barrels. The main ranch people took a cue from the unknowns and decided on a winner before the competition so there wasn't any trash talk and everyone got along. The alone girl was chosen cuz she got the only vote at elimination. The weigh-in was really surprising. The one twin had told the group he was wanting to go home to his family. You could see he wasn't happy. Everyone knows you can't lose weight aggressively if you're not happy. At the weigh-in, the really fat fatty (Arthur), lost only 4 pounds. Oh come on! I know he's had poops that weighed more than 4 pounds. Then the twins stepped up last. I know they pre-weigh these people to line them up for the best effect. OMG, the twins not only didn't lose weight, but they each gained 9 pounds. Really? I smell self sabotage w/ crossed wires. I have a feeling they didn't intend to gain that much cuz that's just embarrassing but they wanted to be sure to be on the bottom. I love it that Bob and Jillian look totally mortified and embarrassed. Hee hee hee. Yeah, you can't make these people lose weight if they don't want to. So the twin who wanted to go home, went home. Bye! See you at the finale.
On The Fashion Show, the designers worked in their houses w/ only 2 in each. They had to do 3 looks each based on the elements: earth, wind and water. I was wondering why they didn't include fire but oh well. House of Emerald made clothes that were flowy, beautiful and colorful but not too bright. House of Nami was run by Calvin cuz Dominique was in no mood to fight. Their looks looked like homeless couture complete w/ barefoot models and no color either. I don't know what the judges were smoking, but they declared House of Nami the winner. Calvin made a maternal pregnancy dress. When someone did that on Project Runway, they were sent home. It was horrible and nobody would ever buy it. Dominique was declared the winner of the day and Caesar was sent home. I thought for sure he would make it to the end cuz his looks were brilliant. His only mistake was, on other challenges, to listen too much to the stupid client.
Top Chef Allstars had it's restaurant wars. For the quickfire, they were taken to Le Bernadin to watch a guy butcher fish. He made it look really easy. Then the chefs had to butcher the 2 fish (not easy ones either) in 10 minutes. The girls didn't do well w/ them all landing in the bottom w/ Fabio. Oh Fabio, you sadden me so. Then the top 4 chefs had to make a dish out of the fish scraps (bones, fins, heads and innards). Dale Talde is really impressive this season. He did the Asian thing and used a lot of different parts to make a great dish that probably could've fed the whole village. He won. One thing I notice, is. When Marcel gets fatigued, he gets more snarky and snide. Not flattering at all. Dale won immunity and was told to pick a person to lead the other team to make a restaurant. Oh boy! He made sure not to accidentally have Marcel on his team by making him the other team's leader. What a smart move. I don't understand how Carla was chosen last since she's been doing some awesome cooking. Dale lucked out w/ being able to have Richard Blaise and Fabio on his team. While Marcel's team (restaurant Etch) had trouble coming together and refining each other's dishes and service, Dale's team (restaurant Bodega) worked like a well oiled machine. They did pop-up restaurants which in kind of like eating in your neighbors back yard for a couple of weeks. It's very cost effective because restaurants usually do a lot of business at the very beginning and there's very low overhead. Kind of like having a food truck parked in your neighborhood for a period of time but you can sit down to eat. Anyway, Fabio was the perfect host and did a great job managing front of the house staff and logistics, mediating between front of the house and Dale about to blow his stack, and also made a great dessert. I thought he'd pull out the win for sure. Meanwhile, on Marcel's team, Tiffany was maniacally laughing in the front of the house, being very fake and the customers could tell something was up. The food fell below the mark cuz nobody was in the mood to take criticism so nobody tasted each other's dishes. I did notice Richard hopping across the barrier and tasting the food in Bodega's kitchen. They needed to critique each other's food. Lay off the salt, lay off the foam, that egg not only looks terrible but tastes bad too. At least that's what the judges said. So team Bodega was called in to the judges first and you could see Richard Blaise's face fall w/ disappointment. Yeah, Bodega was told they were the losers and I loved the change in their faces. They first stood there w/ confident smirks on their faces and when the announcement was made, it changed to angry and accusatory. They all laid into Marcel and you have to admit, he was a very poor leader cuz nobody had any respect for him. Then they went back and told Dale's team they had won. You could see, Fabio was the only one who hadn't crapped his pants during the wait. The team named Richard the technical advisor and he was declared the winner. Okay. I have a feeling there was some footage we didn't see cuz Richard didn't seem that impressive to me. Cocky Marcel was sent home and that's that for the 2nd season chefs.
Finally, on The Worst Cooks in America, the chefs were first challenged to make burgers. OMG, how funny? They really did show who had a palate and who didn't. This time Georg won. Anytime you put a cheese core in the burger, it's good as long as you cook it well. The kicker was, the winning team was able to trade a cook from the other team. Pat was sent to the red team and Kelsey was taken to the blue team. Then the cooks had to replicate a dish again. Ann made lamb chops and Robert made duck. I can't believe they trusted the cooks w/ a mandolin and I'm surprised we didn't see anybody slice their hand. Even pro chefs do that. In the end, the dishes weren't as bad as usual. Carlos and Kelly won and 2 women were sent home. One was Erica. I loved her quote, "Who would ever invent a pan that wasn't nonstick?" Um...pioneers? ha ha ha.
Well, that's all. Check out some of the new shows. I have to say, America's over the decadent shows that show people w/ stupidly wasteful expensive stuff. We're also over stupid comedy disguised as clever: 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Recreation. Really? We're supposed to believe joe schmos are wearing Prada, Gucci and Calvin Klein? Whatever.
Stay tuned and see ya next time!
Already, the critics are dissing Harry's Law. For one thing, this is a David E. Kelley show. They are always a bit outrageous w/ a lot of digging at the profession. In this terrible economic time, we're not in the mood for true to life dramas. We need to laugh at something and escape. Harry's Law is just the ticket. Kathy Bates plays an old crusty curmudgeon really well and she doesn't seem like just an old bitch either. It helps that she's not skinny. If she was, we'd probably think she was crabby from hunger. Brittany Snow does a good job not being a dumb blonde. She's perky but balances out the cynical Harry. There's a new lawyer and for once, not a person looking for a mentor. He's intelligent, confident and just looking for a new scene. I liked the pilot. Yes, it was kind of outrageous. I mean, who could come out of being landed on by a jumper and being hit by a car, totally unscathed? But it's quick, witty, fun and bright. I hope it survives. Just like The Defenders, it's something to take us out of this dreery world for just a short time and we don't have to write things down to keep track of what's going on week to week. It's just pure entertainment.
On Cake Boss: the Next Great Baker, the bakertestants had to make a cake for Chevrolet advertising a new car. What a hot mess! Meagan made a huge car shaped cake w/ tiny wheels but they did spin. Corina made half a car smushed into a sky colored wall. Dana made a car that looked kind of lumpy. Jay did as well and then perched his on a little cake. Brian's downfall was, he didn't use cake. His car was impressive but this is a baking competition so you need to have sponge somewhere. After Buddy checked out their work halfway through the day, he decided they all looked pretty bad and was going to need another criteria to judge. He made them make a dessert. Brian was just a mess in everything. He burned his cookie and the cake had no cake. This is someone who needs to do his work right the first time. Having to redo everything is wasteful of time and money. Anyway, Dana was again declared the winner and Brian was mercifully sent home. I can't take one more week of watching this doofus.
The crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser finally revealed the unknown trainers. Is it just me or have I seen these guys on other reality shows? Anyway, we got to see their sob stories. The first challenge was the fatties worked as teams. They had to balance an egg on an upside down frying pan and the person from each team who dropped their egg last won a cooking lesson w/ that Aussie chef from Celebrity Apprentice. The Unknowns came together and decided who was going to win before the game started. The main ranch players fought it out. I loved it cuz the unknowns threw their eggs over the barrier but they didn't hit anybody; shucks! I also liked that they weren't going to waste time playing the stupid game. Let's be grown up about this, huh? So the winners (2 women) watched the guy cook his meal for them and then they had to guess the calories in the meal. Really? I thought people who were food oriented and professional dieters knew the calorie count on everything. I guessed and I was closer. Anyway, the main ranch lady won the 2 pound advantage. So then we got to see them work out blah blah blah. The big challenge involved hauling water and dumping it into competitors' barrels. The main ranch people took a cue from the unknowns and decided on a winner before the competition so there wasn't any trash talk and everyone got along. The alone girl was chosen cuz she got the only vote at elimination. The weigh-in was really surprising. The one twin had told the group he was wanting to go home to his family. You could see he wasn't happy. Everyone knows you can't lose weight aggressively if you're not happy. At the weigh-in, the really fat fatty (Arthur), lost only 4 pounds. Oh come on! I know he's had poops that weighed more than 4 pounds. Then the twins stepped up last. I know they pre-weigh these people to line them up for the best effect. OMG, the twins not only didn't lose weight, but they each gained 9 pounds. Really? I smell self sabotage w/ crossed wires. I have a feeling they didn't intend to gain that much cuz that's just embarrassing but they wanted to be sure to be on the bottom. I love it that Bob and Jillian look totally mortified and embarrassed. Hee hee hee. Yeah, you can't make these people lose weight if they don't want to. So the twin who wanted to go home, went home. Bye! See you at the finale.
On The Fashion Show, the designers worked in their houses w/ only 2 in each. They had to do 3 looks each based on the elements: earth, wind and water. I was wondering why they didn't include fire but oh well. House of Emerald made clothes that were flowy, beautiful and colorful but not too bright. House of Nami was run by Calvin cuz Dominique was in no mood to fight. Their looks looked like homeless couture complete w/ barefoot models and no color either. I don't know what the judges were smoking, but they declared House of Nami the winner. Calvin made a maternal pregnancy dress. When someone did that on Project Runway, they were sent home. It was horrible and nobody would ever buy it. Dominique was declared the winner of the day and Caesar was sent home. I thought for sure he would make it to the end cuz his looks were brilliant. His only mistake was, on other challenges, to listen too much to the stupid client.
Top Chef Allstars had it's restaurant wars. For the quickfire, they were taken to Le Bernadin to watch a guy butcher fish. He made it look really easy. Then the chefs had to butcher the 2 fish (not easy ones either) in 10 minutes. The girls didn't do well w/ them all landing in the bottom w/ Fabio. Oh Fabio, you sadden me so. Then the top 4 chefs had to make a dish out of the fish scraps (bones, fins, heads and innards). Dale Talde is really impressive this season. He did the Asian thing and used a lot of different parts to make a great dish that probably could've fed the whole village. He won. One thing I notice, is. When Marcel gets fatigued, he gets more snarky and snide. Not flattering at all. Dale won immunity and was told to pick a person to lead the other team to make a restaurant. Oh boy! He made sure not to accidentally have Marcel on his team by making him the other team's leader. What a smart move. I don't understand how Carla was chosen last since she's been doing some awesome cooking. Dale lucked out w/ being able to have Richard Blaise and Fabio on his team. While Marcel's team (restaurant Etch) had trouble coming together and refining each other's dishes and service, Dale's team (restaurant Bodega) worked like a well oiled machine. They did pop-up restaurants which in kind of like eating in your neighbors back yard for a couple of weeks. It's very cost effective because restaurants usually do a lot of business at the very beginning and there's very low overhead. Kind of like having a food truck parked in your neighborhood for a period of time but you can sit down to eat. Anyway, Fabio was the perfect host and did a great job managing front of the house staff and logistics, mediating between front of the house and Dale about to blow his stack, and also made a great dessert. I thought he'd pull out the win for sure. Meanwhile, on Marcel's team, Tiffany was maniacally laughing in the front of the house, being very fake and the customers could tell something was up. The food fell below the mark cuz nobody was in the mood to take criticism so nobody tasted each other's dishes. I did notice Richard hopping across the barrier and tasting the food in Bodega's kitchen. They needed to critique each other's food. Lay off the salt, lay off the foam, that egg not only looks terrible but tastes bad too. At least that's what the judges said. So team Bodega was called in to the judges first and you could see Richard Blaise's face fall w/ disappointment. Yeah, Bodega was told they were the losers and I loved the change in their faces. They first stood there w/ confident smirks on their faces and when the announcement was made, it changed to angry and accusatory. They all laid into Marcel and you have to admit, he was a very poor leader cuz nobody had any respect for him. Then they went back and told Dale's team they had won. You could see, Fabio was the only one who hadn't crapped his pants during the wait. The team named Richard the technical advisor and he was declared the winner. Okay. I have a feeling there was some footage we didn't see cuz Richard didn't seem that impressive to me. Cocky Marcel was sent home and that's that for the 2nd season chefs.
Finally, on The Worst Cooks in America, the chefs were first challenged to make burgers. OMG, how funny? They really did show who had a palate and who didn't. This time Georg won. Anytime you put a cheese core in the burger, it's good as long as you cook it well. The kicker was, the winning team was able to trade a cook from the other team. Pat was sent to the red team and Kelsey was taken to the blue team. Then the cooks had to replicate a dish again. Ann made lamb chops and Robert made duck. I can't believe they trusted the cooks w/ a mandolin and I'm surprised we didn't see anybody slice their hand. Even pro chefs do that. In the end, the dishes weren't as bad as usual. Carlos and Kelly won and 2 women were sent home. One was Erica. I loved her quote, "Who would ever invent a pan that wasn't nonstick?" Um...pioneers? ha ha ha.
Well, that's all. Check out some of the new shows. I have to say, America's over the decadent shows that show people w/ stupidly wasteful expensive stuff. We're also over stupid comedy disguised as clever: 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Recreation. Really? We're supposed to believe joe schmos are wearing Prada, Gucci and Calvin Klein? Whatever.
Stay tuned and see ya next time!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Another week of TV.
The awards and pageant shows are coming. I'm glad to see they're back on network TV stations. The fashion critiquing shows are able to go at full speed too. Yay!
Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker is down to 5 bakertestants. So what does the boss do? He brings back Joe the loudmouthed schlub who thinks he's all that but was brought to his knees by a little Italian spitfire. First the chefs had to do intricate piping. Some griped about it but Jay reveled in it. He won but everybody did a pretty good job; even Brian w/ his big old hammy hands. So the teams had to do wedding cakes and they turned out really beautiful. Then they were taken to a rooftop and dumped off. You could see all the stomachs of the bakertestants, turning over. OMG! All that work for nothing. Then they had to make another one in less time. Why is Joe on the show? He can't even get a support centered on a board, he can't decorate neatly and he can't make anything that looks like anything. He looks like he should be picking up garbage for the city. In the end, the team of Jay, Brian and Dana made a beautiful cake that Buddy didn't like the taste of. The team of Corina, Meagan and Joe made a leaning tower of Pisa kind of cake that tasted delicious. For a wedding, the look is important so the men won and the bride and groom did like the taste. What's wrong w/ almond flavor? Buddy realized Joe did suck after all, and sent him home. We thought it was going to be a double elimination but Buddy decided not to send anyone else home. Whew!
On The Fashion Show, the designers worked in their houses again. This time they had to make designs to go w/ old vintage accessories: a pig jewel encrusted purse, a huge feathery hat, chandelier earrings, a bustle, a neck ruffle, a loud belt, weird feather cuffed gloves and a huge brooch. Since they each got 2 things, they had to make 2 designs. This was the opportunity to go all out crazy. All the looks looked really good; even Dominique's weird humpback caped look. When Iman announced Calvin was staying, everybody was surprised; especially Calvin. For once, he was speechless. But his looks were good. The judges were tired of Eduardo making the same fantastic dress w/ a big ruffle embellishment and sent him home. Lesson? Don't make the same thing all of the time; no matter how cool it looks. Jeffrey was named the winner w/ Iman saying she wanted to wear his dress. That's the win clincher on any fashion type show.
I did watch the crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser. They're still competing as couples in teams but the twist this season is, there are unknown trainers working w/ the 3rd group and the main groups are trying to beat them all of the time. Please please, tell me this is the show's way of weaning people away from Bob and Jillian. I don't need weaning since I've been sick and tired of those 2 meatheads for the last 2 years. Anyway, the fatties are even fatter. One guy is over 600 pounds. They're still crying though. They seem to only have one challenge. Maybe the show can't afford the free gifts anymore. So the challenge was to get the team across a body of water by using floating foam things that they first had to gather together and link or something like that. The main team didn't have a leader and couldn't seem to get it together. The unknowns have Rulon Gould, who they respect as a leader and he does a good job. It also helps that they're not as fat either. Since the teams are not together to compete against each other, it just doesn't seem as exciting w/ Allison on the sidelines yelling, "You'd better get going!" the whole time. It's really hard to compete that way. That's why they have all the runners in a race run together. Anyway, the weigh-in is separate too. I wonder why? During the show, the teams taunt each other sending high calorie snacks and stuff. It's rather juvenile. The main team pulled out the win by losing the most. I have to admit, I didn't watch the rest because I really don't give a rat's ass who goes home at this point. The point is, someone went home and they were from the unknowns team. See them at the finale.
Top Chef Allstars had a fun episode. There was no quickfire. Instead, the cheftestants were split up into 4 teams of 3 and were put on boats to catch their own main ingredient. I would've LOL if someone had come up w/ a lobster or an octopus. One boat had a really slow start and I was wondering what was going to happen if they didn't catch anything but the producers had faith. Everybody caught something. I was also surprised nobody got seasick. Then the chefs shopped at a farmer's market so the whole thing was about fresh local food. They took their fish and had to feed people on a beach party setting. At least they didn't have to cook on campstoves or firepits. The team of Marcel, Blaise and Fabio decided to put all their eggs in one basket and do one dish. OMG, what a hot mess. They had too many ideas and threw them all into the dish: gelee, foam, succotash, broth, sauce (eek! make it stop!). When Chef Colicchio says, "Are you sure you want to do that?" They really should listen. Tiffany left her bloodline in the fish against advice. Anyway, the secret to the winning dishes was to have a simple concept and tweak it. Dale made fish tacos, Carla a bagels and smoked fish in lettuce wrap dish, and Antonia a po boy. The judges loved all of them. Jamie decided to use cucumber water in her dish. Really? Isn't that mostly what cucumber is and therefore, w/ not a lot of taste of it's own? So the winner of the day was Carla who won a trip to Amsterdam to go along w/ her trip to Italy. Finally, finally, finally Jamie was sent home. Everybody was good w/ that; even Jamie. Tiffany was sent home too. During this season, we see she's matured and mellowed and much more likeable. Maybe cuz she knocked off that black eyeliner too. We were sorry to see her go. Isn't that the way it is? Just when we start to like them, they're sent home. Bitch Queen, you've been redeemed. So that's it for season one. No one left standing from that team. Once again, Fabio was saved. He seems to be the iron hammer of the group.
The Miss America Pageant did it's thing which seems very early in the year. When did they change that? This time, they let America pick 2 contestants and the contestants pick 2. That's kind of dumb since those girls were eliminated after the very first round. You really think you know better than the first round judges who are experienced w/ this? Interestingly enough, one girl was really young at 17, another had alopecia so had an array of wigs. One thing I did like was they did kind of a pop-up trivia thing where they showed little bits of trivia during walks and performances. As usual, there were a lot of dogs but the judges had good taste and the cute girls made the top 11. In the end, the 17 yr old Miss Nebraska who couldn't seem to hold her neck up straight , won. Some of the talent was pretty stupid. What the hell kind of dancing was that? It looked like Pee Wee Herman in a dress. Also, we had another creepy ventriloquist. Anybody ever hear of a sock puppet? Oh well. At least the winner didn't do that elevator thing while they were putting on her crown like one year. BTW, Chris Harrison was the host and I hated him just as much here. He's so smarmy and fake. Brooke Burns was really annoying and just held everyone up w/ her stupid questions. I was waiting for one of the girls to say, "To hell w/ that stupid Miss Congeniality prize. Get the hell out of my face!"
The Golden Globes were on ABC and hosted by Ricky Gervais. OMG, he skewered all those inflated egos and some didn't like it. I was glad to see one overblown show or movie didn't win everything. When that happens, the night gets boring cuz they seem to thank the same people and rave about the same things. Sandra Bullock and Julianne Moore came out in the ugliest frocks I've ever seen. The Brits ruled the night either presenting or winning every other trophy. Who the hell gives a rat's butt what the head of Hollywood Foreign Press has to say? There was no in memorium. They rushed everybody in the beginning but let the presenters ramble later on. Terrible directing. Brad and Angie looked like they're in a rift. Brad looked disinterested and Angie looked like she's hanging on to him desperately. Ooh, I can't wait to see the fashion wrap ups.
On The Worst Cooks In America, the chefs first had to replicate sauces. Really? They expect these people who have a distinguishing palate? They can't cook and so have probably relied on take out, packages and sandwiches for most of their lives. it was hilarious. Winners were chosen and won nothing except a little pride. But how much pride can you have when they totally say it's not good and then say your's wasn't the worst? Then the chefs had to replicate a dish. Why are they making them clean shrimp? You can always buy cleaned and deveined shrimp. I think they totally do stuff to make the cooks cringe. The black guy on the blue team lollygagged around so much, he didn't even get the food on the plate. The other team made fish so that wasn't as bad. Then the cooks had to replicate another dish that was even more complicated. This time it was steak on the red team. Joshie finally got meat he could recognize and won for his team. I still crack up when the cooks either look surprised or really disappointed when their food is deemed not good. Jen cracks me up the most. Her palate must not be too good either. In the end, the black middle aged housewife was sent home and the smart guy from the blue team who was doing really good. Everybody was surprised at that one. The redheaded girl is still continuing to burn her food. It's all so hilarious.
Well, that's about it. More shows are coming on. See ya next time!
Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker is down to 5 bakertestants. So what does the boss do? He brings back Joe the loudmouthed schlub who thinks he's all that but was brought to his knees by a little Italian spitfire. First the chefs had to do intricate piping. Some griped about it but Jay reveled in it. He won but everybody did a pretty good job; even Brian w/ his big old hammy hands. So the teams had to do wedding cakes and they turned out really beautiful. Then they were taken to a rooftop and dumped off. You could see all the stomachs of the bakertestants, turning over. OMG! All that work for nothing. Then they had to make another one in less time. Why is Joe on the show? He can't even get a support centered on a board, he can't decorate neatly and he can't make anything that looks like anything. He looks like he should be picking up garbage for the city. In the end, the team of Jay, Brian and Dana made a beautiful cake that Buddy didn't like the taste of. The team of Corina, Meagan and Joe made a leaning tower of Pisa kind of cake that tasted delicious. For a wedding, the look is important so the men won and the bride and groom did like the taste. What's wrong w/ almond flavor? Buddy realized Joe did suck after all, and sent him home. We thought it was going to be a double elimination but Buddy decided not to send anyone else home. Whew!
On The Fashion Show, the designers worked in their houses again. This time they had to make designs to go w/ old vintage accessories: a pig jewel encrusted purse, a huge feathery hat, chandelier earrings, a bustle, a neck ruffle, a loud belt, weird feather cuffed gloves and a huge brooch. Since they each got 2 things, they had to make 2 designs. This was the opportunity to go all out crazy. All the looks looked really good; even Dominique's weird humpback caped look. When Iman announced Calvin was staying, everybody was surprised; especially Calvin. For once, he was speechless. But his looks were good. The judges were tired of Eduardo making the same fantastic dress w/ a big ruffle embellishment and sent him home. Lesson? Don't make the same thing all of the time; no matter how cool it looks. Jeffrey was named the winner w/ Iman saying she wanted to wear his dress. That's the win clincher on any fashion type show.
I did watch the crying fatties aka The Biggest Loser. They're still competing as couples in teams but the twist this season is, there are unknown trainers working w/ the 3rd group and the main groups are trying to beat them all of the time. Please please, tell me this is the show's way of weaning people away from Bob and Jillian. I don't need weaning since I've been sick and tired of those 2 meatheads for the last 2 years. Anyway, the fatties are even fatter. One guy is over 600 pounds. They're still crying though. They seem to only have one challenge. Maybe the show can't afford the free gifts anymore. So the challenge was to get the team across a body of water by using floating foam things that they first had to gather together and link or something like that. The main team didn't have a leader and couldn't seem to get it together. The unknowns have Rulon Gould, who they respect as a leader and he does a good job. It also helps that they're not as fat either. Since the teams are not together to compete against each other, it just doesn't seem as exciting w/ Allison on the sidelines yelling, "You'd better get going!" the whole time. It's really hard to compete that way. That's why they have all the runners in a race run together. Anyway, the weigh-in is separate too. I wonder why? During the show, the teams taunt each other sending high calorie snacks and stuff. It's rather juvenile. The main team pulled out the win by losing the most. I have to admit, I didn't watch the rest because I really don't give a rat's ass who goes home at this point. The point is, someone went home and they were from the unknowns team. See them at the finale.
Top Chef Allstars had a fun episode. There was no quickfire. Instead, the cheftestants were split up into 4 teams of 3 and were put on boats to catch their own main ingredient. I would've LOL if someone had come up w/ a lobster or an octopus. One boat had a really slow start and I was wondering what was going to happen if they didn't catch anything but the producers had faith. Everybody caught something. I was also surprised nobody got seasick. Then the chefs shopped at a farmer's market so the whole thing was about fresh local food. They took their fish and had to feed people on a beach party setting. At least they didn't have to cook on campstoves or firepits. The team of Marcel, Blaise and Fabio decided to put all their eggs in one basket and do one dish. OMG, what a hot mess. They had too many ideas and threw them all into the dish: gelee, foam, succotash, broth, sauce (eek! make it stop!). When Chef Colicchio says, "Are you sure you want to do that?" They really should listen. Tiffany left her bloodline in the fish against advice. Anyway, the secret to the winning dishes was to have a simple concept and tweak it. Dale made fish tacos, Carla a bagels and smoked fish in lettuce wrap dish, and Antonia a po boy. The judges loved all of them. Jamie decided to use cucumber water in her dish. Really? Isn't that mostly what cucumber is and therefore, w/ not a lot of taste of it's own? So the winner of the day was Carla who won a trip to Amsterdam to go along w/ her trip to Italy. Finally, finally, finally Jamie was sent home. Everybody was good w/ that; even Jamie. Tiffany was sent home too. During this season, we see she's matured and mellowed and much more likeable. Maybe cuz she knocked off that black eyeliner too. We were sorry to see her go. Isn't that the way it is? Just when we start to like them, they're sent home. Bitch Queen, you've been redeemed. So that's it for season one. No one left standing from that team. Once again, Fabio was saved. He seems to be the iron hammer of the group.
The Miss America Pageant did it's thing which seems very early in the year. When did they change that? This time, they let America pick 2 contestants and the contestants pick 2. That's kind of dumb since those girls were eliminated after the very first round. You really think you know better than the first round judges who are experienced w/ this? Interestingly enough, one girl was really young at 17, another had alopecia so had an array of wigs. One thing I did like was they did kind of a pop-up trivia thing where they showed little bits of trivia during walks and performances. As usual, there were a lot of dogs but the judges had good taste and the cute girls made the top 11. In the end, the 17 yr old Miss Nebraska who couldn't seem to hold her neck up straight , won. Some of the talent was pretty stupid. What the hell kind of dancing was that? It looked like Pee Wee Herman in a dress. Also, we had another creepy ventriloquist. Anybody ever hear of a sock puppet? Oh well. At least the winner didn't do that elevator thing while they were putting on her crown like one year. BTW, Chris Harrison was the host and I hated him just as much here. He's so smarmy and fake. Brooke Burns was really annoying and just held everyone up w/ her stupid questions. I was waiting for one of the girls to say, "To hell w/ that stupid Miss Congeniality prize. Get the hell out of my face!"
The Golden Globes were on ABC and hosted by Ricky Gervais. OMG, he skewered all those inflated egos and some didn't like it. I was glad to see one overblown show or movie didn't win everything. When that happens, the night gets boring cuz they seem to thank the same people and rave about the same things. Sandra Bullock and Julianne Moore came out in the ugliest frocks I've ever seen. The Brits ruled the night either presenting or winning every other trophy. Who the hell gives a rat's butt what the head of Hollywood Foreign Press has to say? There was no in memorium. They rushed everybody in the beginning but let the presenters ramble later on. Terrible directing. Brad and Angie looked like they're in a rift. Brad looked disinterested and Angie looked like she's hanging on to him desperately. Ooh, I can't wait to see the fashion wrap ups.
On The Worst Cooks In America, the chefs first had to replicate sauces. Really? They expect these people who have a distinguishing palate? They can't cook and so have probably relied on take out, packages and sandwiches for most of their lives. it was hilarious. Winners were chosen and won nothing except a little pride. But how much pride can you have when they totally say it's not good and then say your's wasn't the worst? Then the chefs had to replicate a dish. Why are they making them clean shrimp? You can always buy cleaned and deveined shrimp. I think they totally do stuff to make the cooks cringe. The black guy on the blue team lollygagged around so much, he didn't even get the food on the plate. The other team made fish so that wasn't as bad. Then the cooks had to replicate another dish that was even more complicated. This time it was steak on the red team. Joshie finally got meat he could recognize and won for his team. I still crack up when the cooks either look surprised or really disappointed when their food is deemed not good. Jen cracks me up the most. Her palate must not be too good either. In the end, the black middle aged housewife was sent home and the smart guy from the blue team who was doing really good. Everybody was surprised at that one. The redheaded girl is still continuing to burn her food. It's all so hilarious.
Well, that's about it. More shows are coming on. See ya next time!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Back to Reality
Well, the holidays are over and the shows are back.
The Cake Boss: Next Great Baker challenged his contestants to make a birthday cake for his 6 year old son. First they had a challenge where they had to decorate a cake w/ fondant and include a bow. I'm not sure what the point of the challenge was because I couldn't really see a prize. The southern white milquetoast guy won. Then Buddy brought the judges. They happen to be family. Buddy Jr. was brought in to tell what kind of cake he likes so the cakes had to be chocolate, vanilla and space themed. It turned out to be 2 teams. The teams took the space theme a little literal w/ planets and rockets. For some reason, I kind of thought more alien landscape but oh well. The goatee wearing doofus guy injured himself again but at least the moving parts of the cake he was responsible for worked. In the end, the team of Dana, the loud Italian girl and the goatee doofus guy won. Probably because the other team's cake fondant was falling apart. So in the end, the gay guy w/ the big glasses was sent home. Bye! I love the honesty of the judges. Dana's chocolate cake was deemed the worst cake ever. It was so bad the kid wouldn't eat it. But the cake still won. I'm not sure about that. Isn't this a baking competition? Oh well.
The Fashion Show was back. This time the designers had to work in teams of 2. The designers each pulled a ring out of a bag and whoever had matching rings, were a team. Everybody was praying they wouldn't have to work w/ that loud Philipino guy, Calvin. Poor Cindy, she got stuck w/ Calvin. The challenge was to make wedding looks for gay couples. Oh boy! So it's either 2 dresses or 2 suits. But not really. The lesbian couple wanted a suit for one and a mustard colored dress for the other. Aren't they supposed to be the brides? The other lesbian couple wanted beachy looks. Ohhh...kay. Finally, the gay couple wanted one suit and a Korean wedding gown look for a guy. Hmmm... Calvin was his old diplomatic self; not really. He and Cindy had the gay couple. Calvin managed to offend both guys. Okay, well on to the runway. Dominique won w/ her wrinkly yet cute wedding gown that was passable on a beach. Ceasar made some clown suit for his bride. I don't know why the judges didn't like it since that's what the lady wanted. Calvin and Cindy landed in the bottom due to the fact that Cindy couldn't make men's wear. It truly was a lumpy bumpy suit and really unflattering. So Calvin lives to see another runway show and Cindy was sent home. We get another show w/ Calvin driving everybody nuts. Cool!
On Top Chef Allstars, the quickfire started w/ Chef Colicchio racing around the kitchen and showing the cheftestants how to make a tasty dish in little over 8 minutes. I like that everybody got to taste it to prove it was done right and edible. Then they had to do the same. Somehow, Mike Isabella won. Maybe he's not such a dumbass after all. He not only won immunity, but also a brand new car. Then the chefs went to chinatown and were told they were to serve dim sum in a dim sum restaurant. Oh boy! I don't understand why the chefs had such a hard time shopping in a chinese store. Don't they know food stuffs by the way they look and smell? Have they never eaten in a Chinese restaurant? I couldn't believe the stuff they were planning on making: salads, long beans, rice dishes. Really? Dim Sum is like Chinese Tapas. Small varied finger foods like dumplings, shortribs, buns, and such. Sure they eat them w/ chopsticks but a one item pick up thing. Anyway, it was a disaster. Mike Isabella was the expediter since he had immunity. I expected lots of different dumplings and eggrolls and such but the chefs are so used to being pretentious, they were more into good plating instead of fast and furious food service. I was thinking, just put the food on a plate and get it out. Instead there was saucing and sprinkling: OMG. Colicchio ended up going to the kitchen and asking, "What the hell's going on here?" The chefs just looked at him like cats caught in headlights. Susur Lee was the guest judge. In the end, Dale T. was declared the winner w/ his sticky rice on a leaf dish. Really? Casey was sent home for her totally inedible chicken feet. Why do people do unfamiliar dishes in this kind of competition? She blamed it on the fact that someone else was supposed to finish her dish for her while she helped serve. That's dumb. First, she didn't need to cut the toenails off. I could see the feet had been thoroughly cleaned. That means they were blanched and the outer skin/scales were peeled off and the outer part of the toenail just pops off w/it. Then she could've flash fried the feet and braised them in a good sauce in a wok. All Antonia would've had to do was plop a couple on a plate and they're delicious. Oh well. I'm glad Casey was sent home. She always has that prom queen snootiness about her that says, "I'm cute. Everybody loves me and I can't do any wrong." Whatever. Goodbye. I'm so glad to see Fabio has pulled his finger out and is appearing in the top these days.
This is a really good season of Worst Cooks in America. The cooks were sent to a farm. I loved that they were shaking in their shoes thinking they might have to kill and clean an animal. Nope, they were taught to make omelets. OMG, these poor cooks. Why are they making them do such complicated stuff? These people either are really unfamiliar w/ kitchen and cooking stuff or disasters in the kitchen. So of course, there were a lot of overdone brown omelets. One cook hated eggs and I can totally relate. How do you judge whether something is good if you can't stand it in the first place? At least we got to see every dish being tasted. I love Robert Irvine. When something's really bad, he actually makes gagging noises and it's the funniest thing ever. Funny enough, the 2 worst cooks from last week won this challenge. What did they win? Nothing but a prideful moment. For the elimination, the cooks had to replicate a dish after being shown how to make it. Everybody took notes but the notebooks were taken away. Boy were the cooks lost. They didn't know how much, how hot, how long, how big anything had to be. It's obvious, they still don't know the rules of cooking and are being taught dishes that are way too complicated for them. I like that one cook left out the thyme and Robert Irvine could totally tell. After tasting a burnt dish, Anne said, "I've never had such a burner." Hee hee, yep, these truly are bad cooks. In the end, 2 guys were sent home. They happened to be the student and the engineer.
On Sarah Palin's Alaska, Sarah took her daughter and went logging. I love watching her try all this stuff. She's very gung ho, cheerful and optimistic. She gives a lot of positive reinforcement saying, "That was good Piper." A lot. Also, when things seem to go a little wonky, she never seems to panic and takes everything w/ good humour. Maybe that is a good sign of a leader. I just wouldn't be able to stand hearing that chipper voice coming from the oval office. I'm not sure what else there is to do in Alaska besides smoking meat and carving totems. Maybe she'll do that too. We'll see.
Well, that's it for this week. New shows are coming. The crying fatties aka, The Biggest Loser is back but I don't think I'll watch it until they get new trainers. It's just the same old show w/ different fatties. Showtime is coming out w/ 2 new shows.
See ya next time!
The Cake Boss: Next Great Baker challenged his contestants to make a birthday cake for his 6 year old son. First they had a challenge where they had to decorate a cake w/ fondant and include a bow. I'm not sure what the point of the challenge was because I couldn't really see a prize. The southern white milquetoast guy won. Then Buddy brought the judges. They happen to be family. Buddy Jr. was brought in to tell what kind of cake he likes so the cakes had to be chocolate, vanilla and space themed. It turned out to be 2 teams. The teams took the space theme a little literal w/ planets and rockets. For some reason, I kind of thought more alien landscape but oh well. The goatee wearing doofus guy injured himself again but at least the moving parts of the cake he was responsible for worked. In the end, the team of Dana, the loud Italian girl and the goatee doofus guy won. Probably because the other team's cake fondant was falling apart. So in the end, the gay guy w/ the big glasses was sent home. Bye! I love the honesty of the judges. Dana's chocolate cake was deemed the worst cake ever. It was so bad the kid wouldn't eat it. But the cake still won. I'm not sure about that. Isn't this a baking competition? Oh well.
The Fashion Show was back. This time the designers had to work in teams of 2. The designers each pulled a ring out of a bag and whoever had matching rings, were a team. Everybody was praying they wouldn't have to work w/ that loud Philipino guy, Calvin. Poor Cindy, she got stuck w/ Calvin. The challenge was to make wedding looks for gay couples. Oh boy! So it's either 2 dresses or 2 suits. But not really. The lesbian couple wanted a suit for one and a mustard colored dress for the other. Aren't they supposed to be the brides? The other lesbian couple wanted beachy looks. Ohhh...kay. Finally, the gay couple wanted one suit and a Korean wedding gown look for a guy. Hmmm... Calvin was his old diplomatic self; not really. He and Cindy had the gay couple. Calvin managed to offend both guys. Okay, well on to the runway. Dominique won w/ her wrinkly yet cute wedding gown that was passable on a beach. Ceasar made some clown suit for his bride. I don't know why the judges didn't like it since that's what the lady wanted. Calvin and Cindy landed in the bottom due to the fact that Cindy couldn't make men's wear. It truly was a lumpy bumpy suit and really unflattering. So Calvin lives to see another runway show and Cindy was sent home. We get another show w/ Calvin driving everybody nuts. Cool!
On Top Chef Allstars, the quickfire started w/ Chef Colicchio racing around the kitchen and showing the cheftestants how to make a tasty dish in little over 8 minutes. I like that everybody got to taste it to prove it was done right and edible. Then they had to do the same. Somehow, Mike Isabella won. Maybe he's not such a dumbass after all. He not only won immunity, but also a brand new car. Then the chefs went to chinatown and were told they were to serve dim sum in a dim sum restaurant. Oh boy! I don't understand why the chefs had such a hard time shopping in a chinese store. Don't they know food stuffs by the way they look and smell? Have they never eaten in a Chinese restaurant? I couldn't believe the stuff they were planning on making: salads, long beans, rice dishes. Really? Dim Sum is like Chinese Tapas. Small varied finger foods like dumplings, shortribs, buns, and such. Sure they eat them w/ chopsticks but a one item pick up thing. Anyway, it was a disaster. Mike Isabella was the expediter since he had immunity. I expected lots of different dumplings and eggrolls and such but the chefs are so used to being pretentious, they were more into good plating instead of fast and furious food service. I was thinking, just put the food on a plate and get it out. Instead there was saucing and sprinkling: OMG. Colicchio ended up going to the kitchen and asking, "What the hell's going on here?" The chefs just looked at him like cats caught in headlights. Susur Lee was the guest judge. In the end, Dale T. was declared the winner w/ his sticky rice on a leaf dish. Really? Casey was sent home for her totally inedible chicken feet. Why do people do unfamiliar dishes in this kind of competition? She blamed it on the fact that someone else was supposed to finish her dish for her while she helped serve. That's dumb. First, she didn't need to cut the toenails off. I could see the feet had been thoroughly cleaned. That means they were blanched and the outer skin/scales were peeled off and the outer part of the toenail just pops off w/it. Then she could've flash fried the feet and braised them in a good sauce in a wok. All Antonia would've had to do was plop a couple on a plate and they're delicious. Oh well. I'm glad Casey was sent home. She always has that prom queen snootiness about her that says, "I'm cute. Everybody loves me and I can't do any wrong." Whatever. Goodbye. I'm so glad to see Fabio has pulled his finger out and is appearing in the top these days.
This is a really good season of Worst Cooks in America. The cooks were sent to a farm. I loved that they were shaking in their shoes thinking they might have to kill and clean an animal. Nope, they were taught to make omelets. OMG, these poor cooks. Why are they making them do such complicated stuff? These people either are really unfamiliar w/ kitchen and cooking stuff or disasters in the kitchen. So of course, there were a lot of overdone brown omelets. One cook hated eggs and I can totally relate. How do you judge whether something is good if you can't stand it in the first place? At least we got to see every dish being tasted. I love Robert Irvine. When something's really bad, he actually makes gagging noises and it's the funniest thing ever. Funny enough, the 2 worst cooks from last week won this challenge. What did they win? Nothing but a prideful moment. For the elimination, the cooks had to replicate a dish after being shown how to make it. Everybody took notes but the notebooks were taken away. Boy were the cooks lost. They didn't know how much, how hot, how long, how big anything had to be. It's obvious, they still don't know the rules of cooking and are being taught dishes that are way too complicated for them. I like that one cook left out the thyme and Robert Irvine could totally tell. After tasting a burnt dish, Anne said, "I've never had such a burner." Hee hee, yep, these truly are bad cooks. In the end, 2 guys were sent home. They happened to be the student and the engineer.
On Sarah Palin's Alaska, Sarah took her daughter and went logging. I love watching her try all this stuff. She's very gung ho, cheerful and optimistic. She gives a lot of positive reinforcement saying, "That was good Piper." A lot. Also, when things seem to go a little wonky, she never seems to panic and takes everything w/ good humour. Maybe that is a good sign of a leader. I just wouldn't be able to stand hearing that chipper voice coming from the oval office. I'm not sure what else there is to do in Alaska besides smoking meat and carving totems. Maybe she'll do that too. We'll see.
Well, that's it for this week. New shows are coming. The crying fatties aka, The Biggest Loser is back but I don't think I'll watch it until they get new trainers. It's just the same old show w/ different fatties. Showtime is coming out w/ 2 new shows.
See ya next time!
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