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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:41 PM Original message |
Anthony Bourdain has jumped the shark. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Try to see the Beirut episode |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. That was an outstanding episode. The Texas episode, too... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I saw him on a PBS on a documentary about Typhoid Mary.. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. All the past episodes are fairly enjoyable... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I'm reading Kitchen Confidential right now too |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Kitchen Con was hilarious! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
78. I really liked the PNW episode. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. He jumped the shark with his second book... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bourdain is a no-talent dipshit. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. .... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Don't make it personal. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. maybe you should take your own advice there. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I totally disagree. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Rabrrrrr, I don't think I've ever been more enlightened by you in the past, but |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. sure, perhaps |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. My wife and I both think it's all about him |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. I think he treats indigenous peoples with great respect. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Agreed. He seems, to me, to always treat the indigenous people with respect |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. He certainly treats them with more respect... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Ironically, Bourdain would probably heartily agree with you. But you'd both be wrong. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. nicely said, Shakespeare... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. That Typhoid Mary bio was awesome!! |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. not disputing your right to hate him over his comments re vegetarianism |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Coke, LSD and heroin might deserve an assist. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. that's better :) |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. psst: |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. It's funny - I have this neighbor couple - the wife is a vegetarian, the husbnd isn't - |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. and it's hard to have a chosen limited diet |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yay for omnivores |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. I hate cooking when my BiL is coming for dinner |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. exactly |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Oh yes. And my neighbor who won't eat like 99 ordinary things seems to take it as a personal |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
76. Thanks, that's nice. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. hes fat??? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Does that make you, "Yams and Caratfat" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. The guy's an ornery french chef. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. His TV show may have jumped the shark |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. I didn't particularly hate the Jamaican one . . |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I thought the Jamiaca one was pretty good- he went deep (literally) into their culture |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. Watching Beirut die by Anthony Bourdain. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can't stand Anthony, but I like the show. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. he took the easy way out in Romania |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. No, his producers took the easy way out. He visibly cringed throughout the show because..... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. point well taken |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. probably not much |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
74. I wished he had talking about the Romanian Pig controversy. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. I've been missing the shows this season |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The New Orleans show was really good-Emeril too!! |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is OBVIOUS when he hates where he is at |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I especialy liked his Singapore show. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Yes, and when he goes to Thailand, you can feel it in his narrative |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I thought he handled the Vegas show well, given that it was so loathsome to him. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I hear you...I want a job like his for ONE year |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. I really liked the one where he went to Japan. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. I haven't watched much lately |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. LOL! My husband and I said the same thing about the Bizarre Foods guy... |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. OMG - we are the same way in our house |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yikes |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. We saw balut for the first time on a TV show a couple of years ago, and |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. ugh |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:48 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. You have SEEN it up close? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. i've always had a love/hate thing with him. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. I like some of his episodes more than others... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hm, I like him better now than I used to, as some of his edges have been worn down a bit. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. The New Orleans show was pretty amazing |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. I thought his shows in Africa were pretty good. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Andrew Zimmern would gain a lot of points with me if... |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. He does have that tendency |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. Acting superior is the only thing he's good at . |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. Just in the interests of full disclosure |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You read an awful lot into my short post. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Actually my reply was directed not so much at you |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Dupe - delete |
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Pogue.Mahone (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I like the fact... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
62. I agree, about the Romania episode. BORING! He seems to prefer Asian cuisines, IMHO. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
68. He has blogged about the Romania show. Link inside. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Yep. You could see the scarcely contained anger throughout the entire show. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I totally agree with Tony. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
73. I liked both episodes. |
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