At the end, there were perhaps 3 different times when he was talking about having so little time to do the finger curl (and *he* is the only one who can do it so fast, by the way), he kept reducing the time - first it was an hour, then 30 minutes, and then when he was rehashing the whole thing again while he was driving to the airport, it suddenly became 15 minutes. Gee, does he exaggerate much?

You know... I have absolutely no idea what show is being recapped here.

Blowout? Never heard of it.

jeff-its a show on bravo following an extraordinarily self-absorbed hair stylist and his daily travails as the hair stylist to the well-moneyed/celebrity set.

the only saving grace of the show is the main character is an idiot.

Didja pick up on the heavy "I was up your ass, boy" vibe when the Altuna fellow kept prodding our hero about "that time with you and me and that old rocker dude; remember that?" Then he seemed totally stunned to learn about little Asher. Then Jonathan hugely emphasized his "finance--I think you know her..." The subtext was soooo "Look, dude, that was just experimental fumblings, and I'm totally straight now, and we don't really need to reminisce too graphically in front of the cameras and all, do we? Like, I have a reputation as a virile Hollywood hairdresser now, and the past is so 1980, right?..." LMAO!

OK, men, help me out here. Jonathan was talking with that old friend of his, and he referred to himself as an "old hag." Is this something a straight guy would call himself? Why doesn't he just admit it and get it over with it. His "fiance" can find herself someone else and maybe his kid will have a chance to be well-adjusted.
Unless, of course, he raises the kid in his own weird self-absorbed image. And it turns out he's at least 10 times stupider than I thought. Hmmm...maybe he's just too stupid to know he's gay.

Wait. People actually watch this show about a guy who cuts hair? Really? Garbagemen need the same amount of training as those idiots. Seriously, you cut keratin that grows out of people's skin. Jesus.

Svan- Please listen to what I am about to say with an open mind. You gotta watch what you say, man. Simply out of kindness and respect for others.
It is possible that there are people who read this site that are hair dressers. They went to school for it, got a degree for it, and worked hard to get it. It is also possible that there are people who come to this site who never had an opportunity to go to school and are now Garbage Men. Please don't refer to them as idiots. It's just not nice. I know that you are either in med school or pre-med, and yes that is impressive and difficult... Lots of school, lots of time, lots of money. But, with all due respect, if you plan to be a doctor, than I strongly suggest you try and be sensitive to all people in all walks of life. I am not saying this to single you out or humiliate you (and that is the honest truth). But, once in awhile I get a glimpse of the nice guy that I think you probably are underneath the hard-ass exterior. It would be nice to see more of the nice guy and less of the mean guy.
And I am sure that you are going to ream me a new one now, which is fine. If that's what you need to do- I can take it. I just really think it is unfair to attack people for what they do. Not everyone gets the same opportunities. Ya know? Thanks for reading...

Sincerely,
derder

I dig the Gordon Ramsay shout out. He should be quoted more often.

I hate to say this, but I'm actually intrigued by Jonathan's showerhead idea. The water in So Cal is pretty hard (you get lime deposits on faucets & dishes), and I have noticed a difference in my hair when I travel to places where the water is better.

On the other hand, Jonathan's a complete tool. Should I support him economically? Laughing at him on TV is one thing...

Did you know Jonathan's sister is/was dating McG (the director). Got that from the movie "My Date With Drew" which was actaully a good movie.

I would be sooooo pissed if I was paying $700 for a cut with Jonathan and all he did was cut a few times and left everything else up to other people.

Garbage Men in San Francisco make almost double what teachers make.

$700.00 in a half hour. Doctors don't make half that much money. Those hair stylists are "real idiots".

You can get a shower head filter at K-Mart for about 15 bucks, and I sincerely recommend the $4 hair cuts from the Manly Man Military Haircut Depot in La Jolla.

I've not seen one 'do on this show my stylist (not Manly Man, but my friends do well there ...) can't do for 60 bucks.

I hate uptight tools like Jonathan always using the words "rock" and "edgy" -- like he isn't the most fawning kiss-ass in creation.

I refuse to believe that Jonathan is stupid enough to seriously think Scott from Zorbit would just bring him a used, nasty box shoebox and say "This is your display box! Enjoy". The guy got angry over a shoebox, wtf!!

Anyways, love the 'SHUTITDOWN!', The Qwertz. Thanks for the recap.

An hour for this show is too, too long. I just can't sit through it. Maybe a half hour would be better. Or maybe just commercial-length bits and pieces. Antin comes up with about 2 or 3 f*** retarded quotes per episode and they're just as dumb/funny out of context, so the the commercials are enough for me.

Two gems from this week:

1. Did anyone else hear him say "anecdote" when he meant to say "antidote." Dope.

2. When the "Hair Sheriff" (cringe) was telling us how long it takes to do a finger wave he says that it takes two hours and all he has is a half hour. Then there's a brief pause finished with "You do the numbers." I'm no math major, but, um, yeah Jon, that's an hour and a half difference. Could he really not do that calculation?

On another note, as a shout out to #7 and the Svan, the world needs garbage collectors as much as doctors. It's an important job. And we need hair stylists, or else we'd all look like tools.

We should respect people in these positions. They make the world go round.

Good God! Whoever told this man he was all that and then some? The ego kills me, but I keep watching. So I can see him CRY, CRY, CRY and get a glimpse of that mega head kid of his, and the woman willing to put up with him! Also, would he like it if people kept mis-pronouncing HIS product name?

Thanks for the heads-up on the shower filter, holyterror (pun not intended). Although I'll miss out on whatever fantabulous packaging Jonathan will ultimately come up with.

jfn- I also find the whole hour hard to get through, that's why I love the re-caps. I only surf through parts of episodes until I can't take it. TVgasm writers not only make us laugh, they take a bullet for us by watching this crap in the first place.

derder, that was great, very upstanding.
brilliant mistake, water here in MO is bad as well. if you want to get a shower filter, target-as well as many other places i'm sure- sell them and then we don't have to give the ultimate tool more money. cause we all know he don't need it!

Yeah, Blowhard's "signature haircut" involves pushing all their hair in front of their shoulders. In fact, I don't think I've been able to distinguish the "before" and "after" shots for all three seasons yet.

mentos/#11: the hairdressers are genius...if I could make $700 a day (let alone a half hour) to do my job, I'd totally charge it. (Unfortunately, I don't know anyone willing to pay a legal secretary that kind of cash.) It's the patrons who are the idiots.

And I'm in total agreement that this show should NOT be an hour long. GEEZ...I'd rather watch Real World and/or Surreal Life for that long.

also, wasn't this the episode where he cut some aspiring singers hair and her "people" called to tell him not to cut her hair too short and he got all pissed off and started rambling about how he's cut EVERY rock star's hair and has never been told how to do so? This annoyed me to no end - primarily because I happen to know a lot of ppl in the music industry and I don't know ONE of them who have ever gone to Jonathan. (and if you're wondering why I would know that, it's because most of them have their own stylists and don't walk into Jonathan Salon on Beverly or wherever his damn shops are)

livemusicjunkie (#19)-
I agree. I was being sarcastic in response to The Svan's rather harsh judgement.

what was the bacardi execs
names on the blow out lymon
show ?