Michelle Obama will be on Restaurant Impossible on 6-13-2012.

[AtomicKitten]

[mopinko]

1. coooooool!! i usually hate that show, but

i bet this one will be great.

[soleft]

2. What's to hate?

Robert Irvine does miracles. He seems tough but has a heart of gold. He's done shows about helping soup kitchens and community centers before - should be a tear jerker.

[hifiguy]

3. Compared to Gordon Ramsey, Robert Irvine

is a teddy bear. Both of them have probably saved many of the restaurants they have redone.

[RebelOne]

5. I love them both. n/t

[obamanut2012]

13. I actually just read an article about the success rates

of Kitchen Nightmares and R:I. So far, Robert Irvine is ahead by quite a bit. He also usually does much more low-profile establishments, so maybe that has something to do with it.

[mopinko]

6. it was the rascals episode that put me over the edge.

the place closed shortly after, i believe, and the owner insisted that they had trashed the place up to make it extra bad. that one i wondered if the guy committed suicide after the show. (not really, but....)
but really, it is just the artificial stress, repeated ad nauseum. same shit every show. i sure wouldn't want to be one of his contractors. i liked it for a while, but i got tired of it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. was that the guy who was a hoarder - really dirty kitchen and stuff outside too?

[mopinko]

8. yup.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. I wondered who would EVER eat at that restaurant. it was beyond disgusting. I remember it being

a two part cleaning. Professional crew cleans ups the vermin and crap. Moving oven, more vermin found. Then the rotting steaks out in the patio. ugh. The guy had problems.

[mopinko]

11. they never should have done that show.

took a sad guy and made a spectacle of him.

[obamanut2012]

15. He wasn't sad, he's an SOB

Newspaper articles and Yelp reviews showed that. He was also an awful employer.

[obamanut2012]

14. That owner was a hoarder and ran a filthy kitchen

FILTHY. It was obvious the health department folks are his buddies.

A couple people have tried to pull that garbage on Ramsay too, and they've lost in court. They run a disgusting establishment and then try to say they've been set up. BS.

Also, THEY ask for help and allow cameras into their establishment. They aren't made to by court order.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. Thanks for the headsup AK! I'll definitely set my TIVO. She'll be on an NPR show tomorrow.

@ 2 pm Eastern.

[AtomicKitten]

10. I'm looking forward to seeing it too.

Robert Irvine worked miracles with a soup kitchen and completely equipped a veteran's kitchen.

The guy really does good work.

[obamanut2012]

12. MObama and Chef Robert in one room?!

[GObamaGO]

16. That is awesome

I LOVE Robert Irvine, and I think his show is much more realistic than Kitchen Nightmares (I cannot stand Gordon Ramsey - he's a total asshole)

[obamanut2012]

17. I love Gordon Ramsay

But R:I is definitely a more realistic show.

[politicasista]

19. He just seems so mean

He makes Simon Cowell look a nice dude.


That said, FLOTUS will do fine on RI.

[AtomicKitten]

18. REMINDER: This is on tonight.