Last night, I went to my favorite bar Jimmy's to hang out with Siobhan and when I walked in I saw this woman who looked really familiar. She was looking at me too so for a bit I thought I knew her. I felt her name was Gail. I don't know why.
Then I sat down and Siobhan said that they had to save some of the items on the menu for the reviewer from Food & Wine. Then it hit me! It was Gail. Gail Simmons from Top Chef! NICE.
I had the cassoulet and the Aventinus. I'm pretty sure Gail tried everything on the menu. But it just goes to show you, both Gail and I have great taste.
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COMMENT-DATE:10:12 AM
COMMENT-BODY:That's pretty cool. But doesn't her "celebrity" undermine her role as critic? Restaurants aren't supposed to know when they are being reviewed or else they can provide special service, etc. that they wouldn't otherwise provide generic patrons. Am I right here?
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
Nate
COMMENT-DATE:10:17 AM
COMMENT-BODY:hello stuffing sous chef number 1! Dyna
COMMENT-DATE:11:57 AM
COMMENT-BODY:That's why food critics love disguises.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
COMMENT-DATE:1:42 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Also, curious to see whether there will be a TWIB posting with your thoughts on the latest regarding Clemens and his steroid using wife (What???)
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:4:38 PM
COMMENT-BODY:TWIB notes are coming!
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 10/03/2007 10:20:00 AM
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My dvr is exploding these days. There's too much to watch!
Right now, I have these shows being recorded:
--Prison Break
--Top Chef
--Tim Gunn's Guide To Style
--Heroes
--Mad Men
--The War(PBS doc)
--SNL
--Mad TV(to watch Kula(!) and Dipps' work)
--Colbert
--Daily Show
--Journey Man
Wow. I think that's it. I taped Journey Man because I like that actor from Rome. But I snoozed through it. So it's coming down. But last night, I finally got a chance to plow through some of the muck. Still not through it all but I got a chance to watch Top Chef finally.
So one of the things I like to do the day after I watch Top Chef is to read Gail's blog and Anthony Bourdain's blog. I just noticed there are other blogs. Which I knew before because I on occasion will read Tom's blog and Ted's blog. Then I realized that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Because you could still read Padma's blog. But don't forget Rocco DiSpirito's blog. And Barton G's blog. Oh and what about Harold Dieterle's blog? And lest we neglect Lee Anne Wong's blog.
Or Ilan's blog. Sam Talbot's blog. Marcel Vigneron's blog. Carlos Fernandez's blog.
And Andy's blog.
That's right, they have FOURTEEN BLOGS about the show! That's completely overkill. They have like say, 3. Maybe 4. Do we really care what Padma thinks? Personally, I only care about Gail and Anthony, and then occasionally Ted and Tom.
Anyway... the final in Aspen is going to be Dale vs. Casey vs. Hung. It's prolly really just Casey vs. Hung. I'm rooting for Casey. It's a lot like Hell's Kitchen really. The technicians versus the artists. These chefs are so much more accomplished though than the Hell's Kitchen folks.
Who you got?
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Also, I want to know how to get a note to Tim Gunn. I want to know what the 10 staple items for men's clothing would be. What do you think?
I'm thinking:
--All Purpose Suit
--Fun Or Seasonal Suit(different color, or different fabric)
--Dress Pants
--Classic Dress Shirt
--Casual Pants aka Khakis
--Jeans
--Sweater
--Sportsjacket or Blazer
--Casual shirt
--Polo or similar(I hate the real polo shirt, I like a modified polo)
I need a new sweater I think, a sportsjacket/blazer, and a fun suit.
Based on Heather's recommedation, I'm going to start taping Kitchen Nightmares tonight.
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 9/16/2007 07:01:00 PM
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This was my second year going to the Lower East Side International Pickle Festival. It's a fun little thing to do on a fall afternoon. There's about 10 or so pickle vendors showing off their wares. I have to say this year was better than last year. I think there were some new entries.
This is McClure's Pickles from New York by way of Detroit.
And the selection of pickles that I purchased for home. Note the folksy spelling of watermelon.
Yum! [Note: Neil Casey claims to love pickles and even wears a Rick's Picks shirt. But he was nowhere to found. What a poseur!]Labels: Food
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: logangal
COMMENT-DATE:11:34 AM
COMMENT-BODY:i'm so pissed i didn't know about pickle day!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:10:31 AM
COMMENT-BODY:Apparently, I was also on tv during the Pickle Fest! I walked in front of an interview. Which sounds like me, nothing will get between me and my pickles.
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 8/28/2007 03:04:00 PM
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I played a bit of the Iron Chef alchemist the other night. I had some (hot) turkey sausages that were about to go bad so I decided I should cook them all up at once rather than risk spoiling some of them. So I browned them on a skillet. And then realized they were freaking huge! No way was I just going to eat them by themselves.
So I thought I'd make a sub sandwich out of it, and sauteed some mushrooms and then got out some shallots. But they were rotten. I didn't realize that onions could go rotten, but they can! They can look downright gross is what they can do. Threw them away. And decided to just go whole hog and make it into some sort of stew. I cut the sausages up into slices.
I added black olives, capers, diced tomatoes, cashew nuts, apricots, enchilada sauce and topped it off with some lemon juice to add to the liquid base to give it something more to boil off. And I simmered it forever. Trying to form a make shift ragu.
To add to its quirkiness, I scooped it into a pita and ate it that way. It was good! But maybe that's just because I made it myself. Maybe someone else would think it was gross. Hmmm... I shall find out when I have the leftovers what my second opinion is.
At least this was more successful then when I was a kid and decided to make bread by putting salt, flour, and water on a paper towel and putting it in the microwave. It rises into a giant air bubble and deflates. And it gets stuck to the paper towel. Oh, and it tastes nothing like bread. That's the problem with that recipe.
Or the time Brent and I decided to make gummy berry juice. Remember the tv show? The gummy bears had a special juice that would make them bounce.. We figured if you melted gummy bears, that would make the juice. But it doesn't. I just melts it into a foul smelling and tasting jelly. So there you go, two recipes for free of what NOT to make. Don't ever say this blog isn't educational.Labels: Food
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Olive Duster
COMMENT-DATE:12:18 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Can you send me the recipe for the Gummy Bear juice? I'm on a health kick so...
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:11:27 AM
COMMENT-BODY:Here is the recipe: Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen, TV
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Sarah
COMMENT-DATE:9:46 PM
COMMENT-BODY:OK, so Sara and CJ are cocky snotty biatches that need to go. Sara has not cooked anything successful yet but nominates herself as head chef. And why can NO ONE on either of these shows cook f'ing risotto?
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Chris
COMMENT-DATE:4:27 PM
COMMENT-BODY:I've never seen a reality show personality go from such a likable character to a real villain as Julia on Hell's Kitchen. I was so disappointed in her attitude.Labels: Food
-------- AUTHOR: Nate DATE: 8/07/2007 10:21:00 AM ----- BODY: Last night was a bit of a tease. It wasn't the REAL finale of Hell's Kitchen but rather the first of a two parter. Not much happened either. They started designing their own versions of Hell's Kitchen(Bonnie is going really ecclectic and modern with a lot going on; Rock is going very austere, black and white). And while in the midst of this they get whisked away to Vegas by Ramses. I think I'm a little tired of the classic "isn't-this-house/apartment/hotel room-amazing?" shot. It's used in just about every reality tv show these days and I think it's become hack. We get it. It's really nice. Yay. Get on with it. In the beginning of Real World, we were impressed. But no more. We're over it. Then they have the big challenge which is to cook their signature dish to a bunch of the best chefs in Las Vegas. Bonnie narrowly wins. But I think there was some hanky panky in the judging. She was winning handily when a whole slew of the last few judges voted for Rock. And they kept saying that he had to win or else he'd be out. I think the judges knew this and voted accordingly to add to the drama. Considering that the last few judges were the last two winners of Hell's Kitchen! Seems a little fishy don't it? Anyway, Bonnie won anyway for her shrimp and lobster pasta. That means she gets to pick first for her team. She picks Jen. Rock picks Brad. And then the interesting times begin. Instead of picking Julia who's clearly next best, she picks Melissa the shrewish L.I. chick. Meanwhile, did I mention that Julia is in tears the entire time that she's here? So I kind of don't blame her. Rock picks Vinny instead of Julia as well. Finally, Bonnie picks Julia and Josh is left to be last for Rock. The first time that Julia shows some b*tchiness is shown when she says she's rooting for Rock. I guess Julia believes in bros before hos too. A lot of people are saying that it's going to be Rock hands down. But I don't think so. I think the nanny steals it. She's got a better line, plus she doesn't have the Rock Rage issues. Hopefully, Rock doesn't have risotto on the menu or else I forsee problems. Stay tuned for next week!Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen
-------- AUTHOR: Nate DATE: 7/31/2007 11:14:00 AM ----- BODY: I don't know if Ramses made the best cooking related decision last night, but he made the right ENTERTAINMENT decision. Of course, we want to watch the hotty nanny and Rock square off. No way do we want to see Jen still around. Is it just me or does Jen really cry at the drop of the hat? And here's an awful statement, doesn't she look really gross when she's crying too? But some people look good when they're crying and some people don't. And Jen doesn't. So Bonnie remains and so does Rock. Did you notice too how Rock cleaned up his act BIG TIME last night? So who is the real Rock? Is he the respectful dude who showed up last night or is he the guy who proclaimed he doesn't work with b*tches? And Bonnie looked remarkably adept in the kitchen. Was that a fluke? Or did she finally get it? I think she prolly does get it, but when it was all of the rest in the kitchen it made her nervous. People breathing down your neck and such. It's been said before, but worth noting again---why do people always lose it when their parents come? They are only away from them for like three weeks? And they always go to pieces when they show up. These people are adults. It's weird! Other notes: --Rock doesn't seem too comfortable "at the pass". Not everyone can be Ramses when they are controlling things. But he looked awkward. --Bonnie shows that you don't have to be Ramses either at the pass. She calmly went over to Jen and explained what was wrong with the risotto. So she didn't seem like she was trying to be someone she wasn't, didn't anger Jen, and got the result she wanted. Call me crazy, but that's some good leadership skills. This is going to come in handy when they call everyone back from before to work the kitchen for them in the final service! --Back to pastries for Jen. At least she got that grand worth of cooking loot! Classic example of winning the battle, but losing the war here. --Bonnie will win the whole design your restaurant thing, I predict Rock picks something stark and a little impersonal for his design. Then again, I wonder what his Southern Creole restaurant looks like? All in all, I'm rooting for Bonnie. But can a personal chef really run a whole restaurant? Dunno. So this is a revisiting of last year--great palette, artistic hottie chick vs. the more accomplished chef. However, Heather from last year rarely seemed fazed in the kitchen whereas Rock has huge rage issues. I say Rock goes all Hulk in the last eppy and Bonnie wins narrowly as a result. But maybe Ramses will like it when Rock goes hulkazoid?Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen
-------- AUTHOR: Nate DATE: 7/24/2007 12:28:00 PM ----- BODY: It was going to happen. You knew it. I knew it. We all knew it. It was just a question of when. Well, last night was when. Julia, the Waffle House cook, was finally sent home. But my beloved Ramses said he was going to send her to culinary school and then invite her back to Hell's Kitchen. Pretty cool! (Be honest, girls. You swooned! You wish he were sending YOU to culinary school.) I think he was right--she had all the skills, just lacked the know-how. When she comes back, she'll totes know what creme brulee is! Also, Josh got booted during the middle of service! How exciting was that? I was thinking about Josh this morning when I had an omelette at the cafeteria. The dude was working 4 omelettes at once. And they all came out perfect! Maybe risotto is more difficult than an omelette. But I don't think that spaghetti is. In other news, Rock continues to fall into a whole bunch of crazy. He then proceeded to call the other girls b*tches. Classy. Doesn't he know that the girls can call each other that, and Ramses can do it. But he cannot. He looks like a giant ass when he does that! So Bonnie was proven to be the queen of the service. And she chose Rock and Julia and Jules took the fall. Rock was lucky. Could have easily been him. He's going to have to be really good next week. Or else he's out! What do we think? Can the nanny prevail? I don't know. She's a lot like Virginia. Pretty. Creative. Excellent palette. But a little mousy and a little shakey in service. Mostly just not a machine like Julia was. But she can be good. So we'll see. I am rooting for her just like I was Virginia. I want to see Rock talk about himself in third person when he gets booted. He's next!Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:12:59 PM
COMMENT-BODY:BTW, "Ramses" is my nickname for Gordon Ramsay. I am trying to anticipate any comments thinking I got his name wrong. I'm all over HK, fools!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Sarah
COMMENT-DATE:11:36 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Dude, Josh was on risotto every single week since the beginning and still can't get that shit right. And also still can't cook spaghetti...please. And yes, I swooned when he sent Wa-Hizzy to culinary school. Lovin' the Ram (that's MY nickname)!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Frannie Parker
COMMENT-DATE:5:09 PM
COMMENT-BODY:I'd like to hear your thoughts on Rock of Love.
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 7/05/2007 10:49:00 AM
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BODY:
We went to the Shake Shack yesterday to do some research. You see, we're students in the field of the science of Yum. It's a demanding field. Lots of competition. Long hours. You don't get into this for the money. It's the pure satisfaction you get though for entering Flavor Town(if you've never been to Flavor Town, I don't know what to say to you---how have you been living your life?).
The Shake Shack is famous not just for its titular shakes, but also famous for its really long lines(there is even a cool t-shirt they sell which says I (picture of Shake Shack) NY. And a huge line next to the picture of the Shake Shack. Pretty funny and cute.) They even have a nifty little web cam so you can see how the line is doing. Kathrine pointed out that this is of little use though unless you work or live near by the Shack, as the line will probably have changed by your journey's end.
Still, it's neat!
Get to the site of said Shack (by the way, it's totally not a Shack. I mean, it's the size you'd think of a shack, but it's made out of metal, and shacks have to be wood, right?)(what is it that marketers think is appealing about a Shack by the by? Why do we think buying electronics out of one is something we'd be interested in?(Radio Shack) and now there's shack-made shakes. But they ARE interesting, aren't they?)and the line is as advertised. LONG!
We decide to guess how long it will be. I guessed 30 mins. Kathrine guessed an hour. Who do you think was right? An hour and five minutes later, we reach the counter of the venerable shack.
They post a few menus along the way, so we had decided on the Shack Stack which is all three of the burgers(the Shack burger, the cheeseburger, and the 'shroom burger). One might think there were small and three of them, but no they are piled all together. It's a little daunting. We pushed on. When you're picking up speed towards Flavor Town, you don't get concerned over such trifles. I also got a black & white shake(I'm all about racial and flavor equality) too and we split some cheese fries(real cheese, not just whiz!)(again, American naming conventions are strange---why do we want to "whizz" on our fries?).
We hit a food coma afterwards. But it was worth it. Next time though, i would go in the late afternoon and thus avoid both the lunch time rush and the dinner crowd.
Also of note? The Poochini, a custard and dog biscuit treat for four legged friends! I didn't try it so I can't comment on that. But there were a few dogs in line, I didn't poll them but I am betting they were going to sample the poochini.Labels: Food
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Dyna
COMMENT-DATE:12:03 PM
COMMENT-BODY:The lines are just as bad in late afternoon.Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Dyna
COMMENT-DATE:5:17 PM
COMMENT-BODY:To complete your pantheon, you could watch "The Next Food Network Star," which is a contest reality show nominally about cooking. But it's almost unwatchably terrible.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
COMMENT-DATE:7:51 PM
COMMENT-BODY:I watch both, but hugely prefer Top Chef. As much as Gordon Ramsey's meltdowns make for great TV, the Hell's Kitchen contestants are usually being judged on how good they are at being line cooks, while the Top Chef crew actually have to be creative over and over again.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:10:46 AM
COMMENT-BODY:Just watched "The Next Food Network Star" the other day. It is bad. Because 1) the people aren't the best cooks, and 2)the people aren't the most camera friendly people. So it begs the question, what are we watching this for? Also, would people actually recognize the Next Food Network Star?
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: logangal
COMMENT-DATE:11:29 AM
COMMENT-BODY:top chef!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Sarah
COMMENT-DATE:12:45 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Brilliant analysis, mate. But still, Top Chef is the only way to go. I watch both but I can't even believe that the Wa-House girl is in the running to have her own gourmet restaurant, c'mon...the HK peeps are average...
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
COMMENT-DATE:8:00 PM
COMMENT-BODY:I prefer HK to TC because, TC is very boaring!!! I realize some shows may have superior chefs. Last year Virgina in HK was an awesome chef ala Charlie Trotter in her golden palate, but she ultimately lost to Heather who was superior with service. Chris
COMMENT-DATE:3:21 PM
COMMENT-BODY:I have really come around on Gordon Ramsay. I was repulsed when I first watched him but he really knows his stuff. I think he is close to insane but he's compelling to watch. Nate
COMMENT-DATE:3:59 PM
COMMENT-BODY:hey Sarah, the Waffle House cook is still in it to win it!
COMMENT-DATE:11:38 PM
COMMENT-BODY:HK for crying asian cowboy. Most LOL moment on tv EVER!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
COMMENT-DATE:9:20 PM
COMMENT-BODY:HK has mass appeal not so much on the art of cooking just the cast of "real world" type personalities. After this last season I am firmly in the Top Chef camp. Labels: Coney Island, Food
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Dyna
COMMENT-DATE:2:35 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Racist.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: HaveYouSeenLucky
COMMENT-DATE:4:51 PM
COMMENT-BODY:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_H8GOF4_s
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Nate
COMMENT-DATE:12:56 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Kobayashi is totally coming! His trainer says he is feeling better.
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 6/14/2007 11:35:00 AM
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Perhaps you've seen the little feud shaping up between Dan Rather and Katie Couric? He said this in an MSNBC interview "The mistake was to try to bring the 'Today' show ethos to the 'Evening News' and to dumb it down - tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience."
People are up in arms about the tart business there. But it's not something that hasn't been said before. I don't think it was that egregious at all. I think he's right. It's precisely what has been happening with CBS News and anyone who doesn't think so hasn't really watched it lately! It's ridiculous.
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Some TWIB Notes:
--If you are watching tv and see this Stop & Shop commercial where a bag of cat food and dog food are talking to each other? And the cat food is hitting on the dog food? That cat food is voiced by me. Now, I just eagerly await my exploding pants commercial(I am not making this up).
--Cavs/Spurs: Most boring NBA Finals of all time? Prolly. Somehow it isn't as exciting seeing Bron Bron in his first finals as I thought it could be. But the problem is he has nobody to play with. And he just lacks the killer selfish instinct to be a one horse johnny.
--Hell's Kitchen is on again! (It's pretty good. I'm not sweet on anyone has much as I was for Virginia, but still good.) I am so happy for something to cut through the summer glut. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them. So far, I am watching Creature Comforts and Hell's Kitchen, and come next week, The Flight of the Conchords.
--Speaking of, we saw them last night. They were great! I think, dare I say this, even better than Tenacious D!
--Dyna was asking me if Brent and I are going to wear matching shirts again this year. Brent's wife Meredith does this cute thing where she buys us matching shirts every year and makes us wear them. Don't know if that will happen this year or not. But my favorite still was the Hawaiian shirts from our 30th. I should compile a photo collage of our matching shirts. Note to self.
--Huck Slim goes into the studio again this weekend. So hopefully after this w/e 6 new tracks will be ready for a demo. Exciting! Look for it soon.
--I think Toys 'R Us is running some sort of scam. Or maybe the cost of moving sand really is expensive. I wanted to get a sandbox for my nephew this week but the shipping on sandbox is $200! Yeesh. So I guess we're going to wait until I see him in person to go get it. It's just as well, this means I get to play in the sandbox too now.Labels: Food, Hell's Kitchen, Huck Slim, News, TWIB
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Hawaiian Aloha Shirts
COMMENT-DATE:12:17 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Aloha, saw a mention of your blog in Google Alerts about matching Hawaiian shirts. We are a small Hawaiian shirt shop and we have some nice matching Hawaiian shirts, we plan on adding even more over time. Check out our matching Hawaiian shirts
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 5/20/2007 07:14:00 PM
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A few things...
--I went to San Loco today where they had 20 cent tacos in honor of their 20th anniversary. YUMMMM!! I had three tacos and it was less than a dollar. That's what I call a deal.
--In the process of writing that first sentence, I realized that the cents symbol is no longer on the keyboard. This is sad as it means it is no longer useful. Oh Inflation! I hate you.
--Watched a whole special on Houdini today and saw something amazing. No, it wasn't something Houdini did(although he did a lot of amazing things.) No, it was the fact that one of the talking heads on the program was Teller from Penn & Teller. Yes, THAT Teller, the one who's whole bit in that magic duo is that he never talks. So I heard Teller talk. As you might expect, it's not that exciting. If you thought that he had some sort of screeching banshee wail of a voice? Well, he doesn't. The funny thing though was that they blacked out his face. As if that saved the secret of him talking, and yet they still had the little byline underneath his blacked out form saying he was Teller. Weird, right?
--The most interesting thing learned about Houdini is that he always said that no one could ever hurt him by punching him. I guess he had really strong abdominal muscles or something. So when he's over 50, he gives a speech at a college and later that day, some college students come by to visit him. And one of them wants to test his lifelong challenge and asks if he can punch him. Houdini agrees. And the dude punches him. Not once but three different times. And apparently Houdini wasn't ready for one of the later punches, he hadn't tensed his stomach muscles. And as a result of this he has appendicitis.
Well, Houdini has a show to do. And he refuses to go to the doctor, he decides to finish the show first. And he ends up dying as a result. Some people say he would have died anyway. But the punch story is interesting.
--In the topic of most annoying cheapie cable commercials, there is a new contender in the field. I was at an audition the other day with Anthony and he mentioned the Sir Charge(Surcharge) commercials for Time Warner. And yes, those are ridiculous. But there's also commercials for Daisy Mae BBQ. Now, if you haven't been to Daisy Mae, it's some tasty 'cue. Let me get that off my chest, before I trash their awful commercial. They must spend all their money on tastiness and none on ad budget. Because the commercial has this lame theme song that I suppose is supposed to sound like the Pogues or some sort of Irish band. But that's not the worst part. No, the worst part is this girl who is playing I guess a waitress and she's using this really weird lame faux put on Southern accent. It's actually hard to tell what sort of accent she's using. It's the sort of Southern accent one might encounter in 7th grade while taking Speech & Dramatics or something like that.
Which makes me wonder about these commercials, and the actors in these commercials. Who are they? Are they really actors? I am hoping instead that they are friends of these places. I hope that Sir Charge and Daisy Mae girl are just good friends of Time Warner and Daisy Mae BBQ. Maybe they work there. I mean, we KNOW Nino is invested in Nino's because he's NINO. So that makes sense to me. But when it's someone that isn't easily identified as belonging to the company?
I also wonder about all of those testimonial commercials. Because after awhile you realize that a lot of times, commercials are just filled with actors, even when they say or seem to represent normal people. But I can't believe that the person who was in those famous Broadway commercials("we laughed, we cried, it was better than Cats") are actors. If they are, they are awful. And if they are awful, why are these companies hiring them? But maybe they can't tell? I don't know. The whole thing just bothers me.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: Dyna
COMMENT-DATE:2:00 AM
COMMENT-BODY:This post reminded me how much I live Nino's ads.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:
COMMENT-DATE:8:41 AM
COMMENT-BODY:I know I'm replying to an old post but this is the only discussion I could find about the awful Daisy Mae commercial. Nate
COMMENT-DATE:9:28 AM
COMMENT-BODY:It's horrible! It's so late night crappy cable, it's not to be believed. I am holding fast to the belief that it's all relatives and they don't know anything about making a commercial. Because to think these are real actors makes me too sad.
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 5/17/2007 11:56:00 AM
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BODY:
Well, this news should make all of my fellow DC expatriots happy. Five Guys is coming to NYC! Five Guys make one of the most delicious burgers known to man. I first discovered them because they were within walking distane of my very first grown-up apartment in Park Center back in Arlington, VA. It's messy. But it's GOOOOOD.Labels: Food
-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Justin
COMMENT-DATE:2:30 PM
COMMENT-BODY:this is huge! free peanuts!
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COMMENT-AUTHOR: logangal
COMMENT-DATE:2:55 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Field trip to Five Guys in the future!
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