"it's been frustrating how much the show has been about gimmick issues (like bad equipment, lack of utensils, etc.) "

I think you're inadvertently proving my point. It IS compelling to watch the chefs adapt, I certainly don't disagree with that. But it's compelling on a personal and an emotional level. It's compelling to see how they as individuals react and respond. It's not so much about what they do with the food, but how they…

He who is wise doesn't say. He who says isn't wise.

now, every time I see/hear eric ripert, I always flash back to one time on Top Chef when Bourdain referred to him as "My esteemed colleague, The Ripper".

I personally would prefer that, but I think the problem there is that Top Chef's great success is attracting people who otherwise don't really care about food to watch a show where that's the center of focus. The problem is, those people still don't really care that much about food, so the show ends up being much more…

Awful, just awful
I find James Oseland generally unbearable as it is, but when they pair him up with that cretinous little henchman, i wince a little every time they're on screen.

Casey Wilson is a star?
Is she really an SNL star if I've never heard of her?

I guess that's fair. Thanks much for the reply. I wasn't expecting one.

yikes
"If Michael Scott is anything, he is multitudinous, so diverse in his characterization that every viewer has a fundamentally different image of the character in their minds as they watch the series."

I'm sure there are reference sin there I didn't catch…
…inasmuch as I only realized something was up at the filibuster (vigilantly) line,

Admit it, O'Neal
You had to scan through the wikipedia "list of us veeps" page to get that deep-cut Schuyler Colfax reference. No way you had that baby top of mind.

Admit it, O'Neal
You had to scan through the wikipedia "list of us veeps" page to get that deep-cut Schuyler Colfax reference. No way you had that baby top of mind.

::narrows eyes::
"obviously, Baldwin will play Woody Allen's film surrogate, while Eisenberg will play the aging playboy type who makes Baldwin nervous"

Sure it could have happened that way.

Timing
I'm a little confused by the timing of events as they pertain to the janitor.

"Off the record"
These are English words with syntactic meanings, right?

What, no love for Sinbad?
He only has one name, too, y'know.

dirty pool?
Legal copy in the credits of the show says, "Winning and elimination decisions were made by judges in consultation with the producers. Some elimination decisions were discussed with Bravo."

nielsen ratings
point of clarification regarding something someone said. I'm a nielsen rated household, and the ratings are not gathered via survey. rather, viewing data is tracked electronically with a box they install when you start participating. so as crappy as the data is, its not so crappy that relies on an…

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=exeunt…