About Last Night: Top Chef and Celeb Rehab

15 Comments

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   giffordsaz
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 11:15 am

   I need to rewatch Top Chef cause I missed most of that stuff… I guess watching after midnight on my couch with a snugglie blanket isn’t a good idea.

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   vallegirl
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 11:17 am

   I will finally admit this but…Pigshit isn’t bothering me this season. I know, it’s embarrassing to admit but I think he’s managed to bask in the magical, glittery, Citrussy glow of OranJello and their friendship makes him more likable.

   I hate that he’s not as hateable as he was in his season, and maybe I should be blaming Angelo for that. But luckily, TurkeyHair steppe d up to fill that void.

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   vallegirl
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 11:20 am

   And thanks to last night’s episode, I will always picture OranJello, lounging in a claw-foot bathtub, proudly unfurling his fish tail, just like Darryl Hannah in “Splash.”

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   LAC
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 11:34 am

   It is not a spoiler to say Marcel the ass monkey had the biggest asshole moment. He has been having them since he was in diapers…

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   mere2142
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 11:58 am

   I have to admit, the budding bromance between Fabeeoh and Blaze made me hate them both a little less.

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   vallegirl
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 12:44 pm

   But then Blais turned around and became a punk with Fabio, undoing it. Not that I like Fabio but Blais was such a douche in the way he’d nitpick and argue with Fabio.

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   2Hyper
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 1:03 pm

   Thanks JMo for always giving me a succint recap but not giving it away until the recaps. For peeps like me who has kids and DVR everything so I can watch it at like 2am, its much appreciated. I like to know what happened without knowing who won until I watch the show….thats for understanding

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   notwithoutmytv
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 1:16 pm

   The hairstylist for Top Chef (why is there a hair stylist for Top Chef??) should be stood up and shot. He/She commits these crimes against television and humanity like the Sidehawk, the Gel Spike, and whatever the fuck Turkeyhair’s got goin’ on, but he/she leaves the unwashed, conditioner-free lesbian hair au naturale.

   Tom, at least, is safe from the Top Chef hair-based terrorism. And Beaker, of course. If that shit ever got loose, you wouldn’t be able to tame it with a chair and a whip. The National Guard’s bazookas would be useless.

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   sarcasatire
   Posted January 13, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   Turkeyhair’s teeth bother me. He looks like a vampire mouse.

   I caught this episode 10 mins in and saw them fishing and was like, “The East River??? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
   When they pulled that striped bass out of the water and it didn’t have three eyes and a webbed foot, I realized they must’ve gone fishing in the Hamptons. It seems I wasn’t the only one with these concerns as I heard a few patrons asking where this fish came from. No New Yorker will ever eat anything from the East or Hudson Rivers..blech!

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    Alafoss
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    I know exactly what you’re talking about with Marcel. I wanted to beat the crap out of him through my TV screen when he pulled that. Have some friggin’ class.

    I loved Fabio during his season, and I still like him as a contestant. He’s just very limited as a chef and is trying to hard too to be funny and charming, which only makes him come off like a d-bag. And unfortunately, I agree with vallegirl re: SP. I’ve found him tolerable this season. I think not having the Voltaggios or Jen to pal around with in the kitchen is making him rein in the personality.

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    lestermaddox
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    I was half excited about who was eliminated. I think Tom and Padma took the easy way out with the second person to leave. So I guess their strategy worked for Blaize, Fabio and Marcel. Make one dish that they all contributed too and the judges won’t know who to send home, so someone else goes instead. Good job there boys.

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    Pixielated
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    Though I think they could have guessed who was responsible for the “jamon foam.”

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    Jimbob Jones
    Posted January 14, 2011 at 8:02 am

    The one thing I really don’t like about this season of TC is that 90% of the people are playing it “as a game”, instead of as a cooking competition. I don’t think those people will win in the end, but it would be nice if they really seemed to care about the food (except for the few plates for the judges).

    Also, if you’ve seen the episode, but haven’t read Bourdain’s blog this week, you’re missing out. One of my favorite (non-spoiling) lines:
    “We also learned that when Jamie says ‘I’m excited,’ it means she’s visibly breathing.”

    I’m wondering if Turdle didn’t hit some of Antonia’s stash, because DAMN has she seemed lethargic all season.

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    vallegirl
    Posted January 14, 2011 at 8:43 am

    But wouldn’t she be more likable if she did? All the potheads I know are pretty mellow.

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    2muchbravo
    Posted January 14, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    @jimbob Daddy Tom looks at it like a game. He referred to it as such in a blog earlier on in the season. I don’t remember which epi it was but there was a big bruhaha over who got eliminated vs who everyone thinks should have gone. Prolly when Jen got kicked off. It’s not a cummulative counting of points or who’s had the most wins who ends up as Top Chef at the end. It’s the chef who gets there most successfully whether that includes good cooking or a better cook getting sick or having a brain fart. Last season’s D-Bag won because Angelo was sick. Others have lost because they tried something they’ve never done before IN THE FINALS! Granted, the chef who wins may be a good chef, but they may not be the TOP chef. They just happened to win the game.