[TV] is the only parent I ever knew

Stilts

King Riptor wrote: »

He doesnt actually do that. They play it up on hells kitchen but hes no more belligerent than the average chef.

His appearance on Hot Ones suggests that, while Hell's Kitchen may be slightly exaggerated behavior for the sake of TV drama, he does actually believe it builds character to fling abuse at people. I looked up the transcript to make sure I'm not just exaggerating, so here he is talking about one of the three chefs he mentions as having a big impact on who he is today:

Robuchon was a taskmaster combined with Marco, Tony Bourdain, Guy Savoy, Albert Roux all together and you’ve got Joel Robuchon. Because you know, on the outside world it was this incredible, successful genius. But behind the scenes, oh my god you know from raviolis flying over your head to fucking copper pans to… I used to see ducks flying from one end of the kitchen to the other thinking they just reborn their fucking wings. The only thing that was missing were the feathers. I remember him telling me that the best thing that ever happened to me was the shit that ran down my mother’s leg when she gave birth to me. How do you get up in the morning and concentrate on work the next day on that one then? So for all those beautiful millennials and snowflakes out there trust me, the more you get pushed the thicker your skin, the thicker your skin trust me the higher you’ll go.

So yeah, that dickhead can go jump in a lake.

WheatBun01

im sure the perpetually sweaty and angry old white british guy has extremely thick skin and handles critiques and criticism really well

Zonugal

I think he's a bit of an asshole when adopting that angry chef persona.

But I've also seen how Gordon Ramsay calls out exploitative managers in defense of employees and also is very nice towards children.

So, he's kinda neutral for me

astrobstrd

We are who we pretend to be.

Poorochondriac

Sometimes I'll be in the shower and I'll catch a lot of water in my mouth and I'll spit it out and pretend to be a fountain

Cristoval

The British version of Kitchen Nightmares is like night and day compared to the FOX version. He's not so much mean to people as much as he's dissapointed in them and even the cusses seem more loving in their deployment.

Jimothy

astrobstrd wrote: »

We are who we pretend to be.

Poorochondriac wrote: »

Sometimes I'll be in the shower and I'll catch a lot of water in my mouth and I'll spit it out and pretend to be a fountain

It’s why people are always throwing change at you

tynic

I started watching Secret City, and it’s really weird seeing Canberra filmed as though it’s Washington DC

Edit: ugh this dialogue is fucking terrible. Nice to see Marcus Graham again though.

Double edit: i was gonna give this at least an hour but I’m ten minutes in and I want to drown all the scriptwriters.

Munkus Beaver

3clipse wrote: »

Maybe Gordon Ramsay is a super nice guy in private, but every interview, public appearance (even unplanned moments), everything I've ever seen of him just shows him as a mean-spirited shithead who sniffs his own farts and takes himself extremely seriously.

At a certain point, the persona just becomes the person and it doesn't matter how he is behind closed doors.

If you watch the stuff from when he was on BBC you see that he’s generally pretty chill and only got mad when chefs were doing super egrious things, and often he was mad that the chef wasn’t living up to their potential.

Then he goes on American tv and whoops gotta play up the anger add in horror movie stock sound effects whoopsiedoodle

astrobstrd

I mean, it takes a certain mentality to cultivate a public persona/role of the mean shithead. It isn't the same as an actor taking a role or someone being goofy in the moment. I am exceptionally wary of anyone like Cowell or Ramsay who plays an actual sore on human existence, by choice and under their own name, and gets described by the media and others vested in their success as great behind the scenes.

It may be turned up to 11 for the camera, but you don't get there unless you already live at a comfortable 7. Plus, the past 3 years have got me pretty sensitive about the damaging effects of reality show monsters for some reason.

King Riptor

So I guess Teen titans go decided to do a doom patrol thing and

Could this be the show now? Without beast boy of course

Gustav

Honestly kitchen culture is horrific and abusive as hell and yelly asshole kitchen men shows make that seem fine.

Gustav

Also Billy Eichner is hot and great and can keep yelling.

Garlic Bread

My favorite Billy on the Street is "for a dollar, would you have a threesome with me and Jon Hamm?"

The one woman is like "No! Wait, Jon Hamm??? "

Raijin Quickfoot

The one he did recently with Chris Evans is great.

Kwoaru

Finished whatever season of Schitt's Creek is the newest one on netflix, still a very good show and I love it a lot

I want one more season then it can be done

Reynolds

Garlic Bread wrote: »

My favorite Billy on the Street is "for a dollar, would you have a threesome with me and Jon Hamm?"

The one woman is like "No! Wait, Jon Hamm??? "

tynic

I dunno, I can see having Billy Eichner in the bedroom being pretty much the only thing that could kill the mood with Jon Hamm.

Straightzi

I think Billy Eichner being there means it's a comedy

And all Jon Hamm truly wants is to do comedy

Raijin Quickfoot

tynic wrote: »

I dunno, I can see having Billy Eichner in the bedroom being pretty much the only thing that could kill the mood with Jon Hamm.

HEY! MAKE SURE YOU CUP HIS BALLS!

tynic

Straightzi wrote: »

I think Billy Eichner being there means it's a comedy

And all Jon Hamm truly wants is to do comedy

I'll have you know my bedroom activities are always a comedy regardless of Billy Eichner's presence.

Raijin Quickfoot

tynic wrote: »

Straightzi wrote: »

I think Billy Eichner being there means it's a comedy

And all Jon Hamm truly wants is to do comedy

I'll have you know my bedroom activities are always a comedy regardless of Billy Eichner's presence.

You know what? I believe this.

astrobstrd

tynic wrote: »

Straightzi wrote: »

I think Billy Eichner being there means it's a comedy

And all Jon Hamm truly wants is to do comedy

I'll have you know my bedroom activities are always a comedy regardless of Billy Eichner's presence.

Much like my experience with stand-up, I struggle to fill five minutes.

Straightzi

tynic wrote: »

Straightzi wrote: »

I think Billy Eichner being there means it's a comedy

And all Jon Hamm truly wants is to do comedy

I'll have you know my bedroom activities are always a comedy regardless of Billy Eichner's presence.

Personally I try to avoid getting married at the end

tynic

oh, I definitely did not say rom-com.

Schmimpy Pim- no god what am I saying

One of them off kilter Coen bros. ventures more like

Jedoc

I get down like Buster Keaton: it looks really silly and at the end you're amazed that nobody was killed in the process.

Reynolds

https://twitter.com/markeiamccarty/status/1200531956548558848

Poorochondriac

Finally getting around to Succession. Midway through season two.

Cousin Greg is obviously the best, but I think the most INTERESTING character might be... Tom? That can't be right, can it?

Mr. G

Poorochondriac wrote: »

Finally getting around to Succession. Midway through season two.

Cousin Greg is obviously the best, but I think the most INTERESTING character might be... Tom? That can't be right, can it?

I mildly resent that they really make me feel for Tom in season 2, despite him almost certainly being a serial killer

Aistan

Stumptown episode 6

Diegetic sad lady covers

Poorochondriac

Aistan wrote: »

Stumptown episode 6

Diegetic sad lady covers

I haven't done MUCH for @Rorshach Kringle over the years

But I haven't done NOTHING

Poorochondriac

Whoa what the fuck

Cousin Greg was in Sky High????????

Tef

Oh shit pooro, are you working on stumptown? My wife and I love that show! Great work, if so

Poorochondriac

Tef wrote: »

Oh shit pooro, are you working on stumptown? My wife and I love that show! Great work, if so

It's impossible to overstate how far down the ladder I am, but thank you!

Moriveth

Pooro’s so far down the ladder that weird vocals only version of Snake Eater hasn’t even started yet

DJ Eebs

I'm always far down the ladder...because I'm afraid of heights!

King Riptor

Those lunch orders are important man. If Colbie doesn't get her steak bagel the show cant go on

Raijin Quickfoot

Oh shit! Paul Scheer is competing on this episode of Nailed It!

I love this show

Lasbrook

https://twitter.com/tomaznable/status/1201177104349638657

I had no idea @Rorshach Kringle did fancomics.
(Source is in the first reply if you want to read it).