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no one special:
--- Quote from: anydelirium on 24 Feb 2008, 13:52 ---Alton Brown is just pretty dang cool.
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Eddie Izzard paraphrase FTW! :-)
Like almost everyone else in this thread, I love watching Alton Brown's shows. He's brilliantly entertaining and educational... love it! They used to show repeats every weeknight at 11pm - I wish they still did...
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Feasting On Asphalt - that show is just all kinds of amazing! Even aside from all the amazing travels and diners they visit, watching Alton and his crew interact with each other is just awesome.
I just REALLY, REALLY wish he hadn't gotten involved with Iron Chef America. There is absolutely nothing good about that show - not one damn thing. There is almost nothing in the entire world that could make me watch an entire episode of Iron Chef America. I mean, the guy playing the Chairman is the bad guy from Cradle 2 The Grave, for Pete's sake! Ugh.
My hatred for Iron Chef America basically comes from the fact my whorish love of the original Iron Chef. I love that show SO much - it just has a style and grace that Iron Chef America will never have. The look, the style, the interaction of the commentators, Kaga's rambling introductions... everything was interesting and imminently watchable about that show. Even the competition itself was just more engaging. Often times American television will co-opt something interesting from abroad, bastardize it, and air it - this is just another example.
Also, Bobby Flay. Any show that features Bobby Flay need to be drenched in kerosene and burned. Then, burned again, then smashed, then destroyed.
valley_parade:
Today's secret ingredient is ....
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Ozymandias:
I like Iron Chef America. In the beginning, it was really dumb, but it's grown into its own thing like the American Office vs the British Office.
thehollow:
--- Quote from: no one special on 09 Mar 2008, 11:23 --- I mean, the guy playing the Chairman is the bad guy from Cradle 2 The Grave, for Pete's sake! Ugh.
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yeah, but he also played the good guy in Brotherhood of the Wolf. And that movie is great. Honestly, I really enjoy Iron Chef America. The chairman's over-the-top attitude is funny, and the commentary is great. I can't imagine anyone else doing the commentary with the same effectiveness as AB. The floor reporter dude whose name I can't remember, however, never seemed to serve a distinct purpose besides giving Alton less work, as he's not all that entertaining.
karl gambolputty...:
I think the quality of any Iron Chef America episode depends greatly on the particular iron chef. Not even Alton Brown can make me watch something with Bobby Flay in it for more than 30 seconds, but Morimoto is as good as he was on the original, and Batali is always entertaining. Aside from being kinda hot, Cat Cora doesn't really hold my attention.
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