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Reality contestants Must not Watch TV
Posted by Stillthinking • 5/01/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: reality tv
I was watching Hell's Kitchen last night and the thought occurred to me, I know Chef Gordon Ramsey's menu better than the contestants do.
Beef Wellington (medium, not well done)
Lobster spaghetti
Scallops with fried quail egg
Mushroom risotto
John Dory
Caesar Salad
So, why don't these contestants practice making these dishes at home before they go on the show? The menu stays the same, season after season. I am sure the recipes from Hell's Kitchen are probably available online. Instead, week after week we see contestants screw up the Wellington and overcook the scallops and fish.
America's Next Top Model. Why do they have meltdowns during the makeovers? Don't they know, the girl who has the meltdown always ends up being sent home?
It makes me think that people who go on long running reality shows don't actually ever watch the shows.
If I went on a reality show, say the Bachelor, I would know that the Asian girls always get kicked off in the first elimination. In the end, he's going to pick the one he thought was really, really hot. Some guys go for the bleach blonde with big boobs, some go for the nice brunette from next door. Either way, they are always broken up by the reunion show.
So, it makes me wonder. Do these reality show wannabes ever actually watch the shows they are going on?
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I can only take Gordon Ramsay in small doses. The man is such an ass. Liked "Kitchen Nightmares," tho.-
I think it's just a part of his TV persona. The man has two Michelin stars and from all accounts, manages to keep an immensely loyal staff working for him.
Kitchen Nightmares is another one. These restaurants know what they are signing up for when they call the show, but then complain, bitch and moan the entire time. -
I like the "do-or-die" aspect of saving a business in Kitchen Nightmares.
I just hate the open-shirt BS that Ramsey does at the beginning of a lot of his shows. Gotta rip off his top and act like Fabio. Blech. Something for the middle aged ladies, I suppose. -
I am guessing you have a restaurant at your Wine Country Inn.
Would you like me to call Gordon Ramsey for you? -
It really wouldn't be worth watching if it weren't for his tempermental explitive laced explosions! That's why people watch -
you don't have people who "work like pigs" do you... cause everyone on that show does
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No restaurant, but we do have catering and F & B. Our restaurant is located at another hotel.
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Which show? Kitchen Nightmares or Hell's Kitchen?
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Kitchen Nightmares of course. You could duke it out with Ramsey and swear like crazy on the show.
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I'll be like the dude from Blackpool and serve him salmon with strawberries. That would drive him apes##t.
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I don't really understand the obsession of fish with fruit. I went to hideously awful restaurant with a "chef" that served halibut with a vanilla-mango sauce.
Chef Ramsey would have vomited that one back up. -
I wanna be like the old guy at the pub with an obsessive compulsive disorder who collected weird plates until no one could move around his kitchen anymore. He made black tar sauce and put it on everything. Ramsay actually filled a pothole with the goo.
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I could do it! Of course, you would have to dirty up your kitchen a bit and put some moldy rice in your walk-in.
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Of course, the shows are always edited and scripted in Ramsay's favor. Anyone says one peep out of line and it will make it to the final cut and make the person look foolish. Things are always biased in Ramsay's favor.
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Oh, I like watching Ramsey, it reminds me of some of the chefs I've worked with/for in the restaurant industry.
Made me nostalgic *sniff*.
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That is true, Ramsey is highly entertaining. But my question is, why aren't these contestants better prepared? They know what's in store.
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Every show seems like that....I don't know what the US Apprentice is like...but in the UK I swear the contestants have never ever seen it before it's mad!
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The regular Apprentice is off the air and now it's Celebrity Apprentice which breaks all sorts of reality show laws like letting them leave and comeback for other gigs or call up their lawyers, agents, celebrity friends to come out and donate massive amounts of money.
I wonder how it is these contestants always try to act so surprised by what's going on.
It's so weird, but Donald Trump doesn't even pretend to base who's going to get kicked off on any reason other than he just wants them gone. -
probably they give contestants a qualifying quiz, and only select those who flunk
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I've never watched that show. I hate most reality shows. The one exception that I have enjoyed watching is The Amazing Race. Oh--and I like Top Chef too.
Gordon Ramsey is an insufferable windbag, imo.-
@mtyler
I'm not a big fan of reality shows either. "Big Brother" was entirely lost on me. As for "Celebrity Stuck on Islands" programmes, I always thought they should be stranded there. -
Reality shows are a weakness of mine. I like America's Next Top Model, the Gordon Ramsey shows, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars.
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@green--I loathe the celebrity reality shows more than any others! In fact, I don't even know who half of them are--because they are a bunch of has-beens from some TV show that I never watched. Those shows offend me more than any other.
I watched about 10 minutes of Big Brother and really couldn't stand it. A student recommended it because she thought, as a psychologist, I would find it interesting. I didn't--I was embarrassed for the 'contestants."
@stillthinking--it's okay--we all have our guilty pleasures. Mine happens to be old Humphrey Bogart movies (and hot fudge sundaes--YUM!). -
@Still
You do realise that the television channels are going to keep pumping those out because they save money on actually coming up with programmes that have an engaging plot.
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@mtyler
Do you prefer the Maltese Falcon, the Big Sleep or Key Largo?
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I love the African Queen, Casablanca and hot fudge sundaes.
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There's also the very obscure Bogart films like All Through the Night. Bogart versus a secret Nazi conspiracy, all uncovered because Bogart's character likes cheesecake. No, I'm not kidding.
The Roaring Twenties also qualifies as a Bogart film, even though he plays the baddie. -
I guess Dark Victory is more of a Bette Davis film than Humphrey Bogart.
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@Still
Dark Victory could also be called a Ronald Reagan film, but we'll leave that to the side for the moment. -
@green--my favorite movie of all time is Casablanca--but of the three you mentioned, The Big Sleep comes in first.
I also loved To Have and Have Not. Bogie and Bacall were so brilliant in that. -
@still--I loved Dark Victory too.
In fact, I am an old movie buff. I can spend entire weekends watching old 30's/40's films.
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Reality TV shows are miles and miles away from reality. The diners for these shows are hired from casting agencies - that's why they are so much more vocal and obnoxious than anyone we might actually ever see eating in a restaurant. They actually get to eat a meal though, so for struggling actors, it's a pretty sweet deal.
I love Ramsey's shows though, they're good entertainment.
I have seen the application questionnaires for many reality shows and the one thing they all have in common - they really want people who are dramatic, come from troubled backgrounds, cry & scream easily, and are prone to do idiotic things.-
Clearly, then they hire one or two actual contenders and mix them in with the crazies.
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Polybore watches the UK version of the apprentice. Usually from behind the sofa, with fingers in ears and saying "la,la,la". The reason for this defensive posture is that polybore gets extremely embarrassed for the contestants. Can hardly bear to watch for much of the program.
Not sure what the reason for this display of polybore empathy is because most of the contestants seem have their head right up their arse.
Anyway to answer your question. These reality contestants probably do go in well informed about what has happened previously on the show, but then they just get caught up in the moment.
Like when polybore goes to an interview. Polybore must not take the piss out of the prospective employer, polybore must not take the piss out of the prospective employer...
Interviewer: "Hello polybore take a seat"
Polybore"Hi, before we start have you noticed your company logo looks like a turd? Ha, ha, ha!"-
hahahaha!
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