Yup, this was the Quickfire where Moonfaced Moron wound up kicking everyone's ass by serving "sushi rice with salmon and carrot chips". Yes, that all sounds very orangey, but I still think you'd have to be stoned out of your gourd (like he was) to serve it to someone with a straight face. Papi Tom 2.0 is a little leery of this challenge already as he points out single-color dishes generally don't appeal to most people. He has obviously never known the joy of diving into a brilliantly orange plate of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
Now we also get to meet today's judges for the Quickfire...
...it's the cast of "Self-Stimulation In The City"! ...
I'm kidding! Actually the Weird Sisters here are comprised of a food stylist named Chris Oliver, a cookbook author named JoAnn Cianciulli (pronounced "chan-CHEW-lee") and a food photographer named Christina Peters. Nope, still not impressed. They did better having previous cheftestants (or even rabid little girl scouts) to judge this stuff. These three just look ready to bitch faster than you can say "dateless".
Bok Choi's trying to convince us of their relevance here by insisting that they're super-qualified to judge because they spend their lives thinking about how food looks as well as tastes, and I have to call bullshit on that, because I've seen plenty of those food styling and photography competitions on TV and they don't have fuckall to do with how the stuff tastes, because a lot of the time they're not even using fully cooked food or even food at all! Based on that, I'm thinking the only one who might have the valid foodie creds is JoAnn the cookbook author, but then I read her TwitterTwatters and they're annoying so I'm kinda not caring for any of them at this point.
However, one lady I do care about is our gentle Granowlycyn, who says she's suddenly far more nervous than she thought she'd be, "I am older, and I'm not as fast as I used to be." Awww, buck up there Cindy, and don't let these three intimidate you! With that, Bok Choi gives them their 30 minutes and it's time to get colorful!...

...and let's face it, if this boob can do it, then these four should be golden...
Bayleafs is a little freaked because so much of his style of cooking requires slow heat over a course of hours, and 30 minutes is barely enough time to do one tortilla, much less an entire dish. Le Ludocrous, on the other hand has jumped right on into his hue, "Red eez a vayree eentense colouer... and Ay'm vayree eentense!" Ooh la la!
LuLu's going to make a red beet gazpacho, coupled with steak smothered in Gorton's Tartar Sauce... Whoa, scratch that... it's actually a steak tartare... which is a term derived from an old Turkish word that means "explosive bacterial diarrhea". He's going to gussy up his mound of finely chopped raw beef with some olive oil, tomato and watermelon. Well, why not add some Twizzlers™ and Cherry Kool-Aid™ to the mix while you're at it? They're intense red, too.
Ah, but now it's time for Le Ludocrous to explain to this audience of simpletons that we ignorant Americans have no ideeea how chefs are trained in France, we just have no ideeea, "Zey reeely poosh yoo! Zey haff so mush prayssure!" and says that when he worked with Alain Passard...
...perhaps because he caught a glimpse of the state of his hair?...
Well, wah wah wah, I bet it's no picneeck studying with LuLu, either. Anyhow, he says the whole crying incident caused him to realize he takes his cooking very personally and very seriously. And we probably should, too. But I won't and he can't make me, so there.
Now here's something interesting... Granowlycyn's talking about how she never thought she'd be able to own a restaurant on her own because when she started out a lot of male chefs didn't even want women in the kitchen (well, at least professional kitchens, they had no problem with women being imprisoned in the home version)... "They thought we could be in the pantry or the bake shop but we could never become chefs... and they would tell you that, point-blank."...
...once again, hairstyles weren't the only thing we were wrong about in the Seventies...
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Comments (29)
Wow, it's a good thing that I went to the bathroom before I started reading your recap or I would have pissed my pants by now.
Picking a favorite joke would be like picking the bugs out of Le Ludocrous's hair. There's too many and not enough time in the world. I'll try anyway and go with the colored food quips. I, too, would like to see some Twizzlers and cherry Kool-Ade in his dish. Better yet, he could take a bath once in a while. Is that his strategy? To gross the other cooks out with his B.O.? It's sure working on me, and I'm not even there.
Big hug and kiss,
Twunty
1 of 29 | Posted by twunty mcslore | Posted on July 1, 2009 9:14 AM
J-Mo, one of these days I will get in big trouble for laughing hysterically at your recaps while I'm supposed to be working! You are one seriously funny mo'fo'mo!
Totally with Twunty, so many funny moments, it's hard to choose. Although 2 of my fav screengrabs were "which is French for "pissy-faced boogersnot"... and
it's the cast of "Self-Stimulation In The City"!"
But it was the Friskies can that put me over the top and nearly cost me my job....
I knew that you would have a field day with Ludo - I was yelling "shut up Frenchie!" at the TV every few moments. What an arrogant dick. I thought it was hilarious that he was worried about FugT bashing him because of the
English/French hatred - and yet FugT was the only one who complimented him!
And an unrelated note - why does Gramma Gael look like an extra from Murder on the Orient Express each week?
Because you are such a witty darling, I will forgive you for putting Flesa's ugly puss in front of my face. Great pic and video - you and da boyz got some great moves! Thanks for sharing with your fans xoxo!!
Keep up the great work, you make my day with your recaps - hugsxoxox
2 of 29 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on July 1, 2009 9:40 AM
J-Mo, LOVED the video! You guys definitely worked it and I'm sure you had a lot to do with Ms Shane's win. :)
3 of 29 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on July 1, 2009 10:17 AM
Oh look, here comes the Gang Of Ugly Critics That Make Kelly Choi Look Like A Supermodel!...
..♪."I feel pretty..♪. oh so pretty..♪."...
bwaahaaaahaaaa
4 of 29 | Posted by qupert | Posted on July 1, 2009 12:12 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the distinct lack of physical appeal of any of the judges for this iteration of TC.
I make beleive that the judges are actually a gang of supervillians called the "Cretinous Critics"
They are The Human Prune, The Crone of Endless Horrifying Hats, and Oilslick.
You can imagine who is who.
Sometimes Bok Choi is almost pretty, and then from other angles I wonder what in the hell I was thinkin'.
5 of 29 | Posted by NotWithoutMyTV | Posted on July 1, 2009 12:41 PM
Hilarious -- loved your take on Le Ludocrous. Wasn't he a guest on some other TV show -- the husband of some contestant who came in and cooked for everyone in the house? Was it Top Chef?
BTW -- L'Orangerie was a super-duper fantastic resto. RIP. Le Ludocrous is famous (at least in food circles in LA) for taking over from the superb Alain Giraud at Bastide a few years ago and serving "foie gras lollipops" and meals with "gummy bear reduction." I am not making this shit up.
6 of 29 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on July 1, 2009 2:59 PM
Oh love love love, heart heart heart (and not ears or stomach!)
J-mo, you . . . .you . . . I can't describe how completely blown away I am at you and your gangs dancing prowess . . do the other diva's have back up dancers like you? Just incredible, and even if I didn't know it was you up there, you would have definitely been the one to hold my attention, sorry ebonae . . . just admirin' your team! I bet you also do the choreography--so smooth with the moves!
Great recap too, it's fun having you along for a ride with the masters . . . couldn't believe how sour Lisa looks after all this time, my my, she must have forgotten extra batteries for the competition, and couldn't find any at whole foods (Gawd, I'm awful--but so is that face!)
Wish Daddy 2.0 had made the cut, he is a fine piece of man flesh to admire . . . and so sweet when he talked of his charity . . . ah well.
That prissy face is just too much, i never notice all the lemon sucking faces till I read these--hope he doesn't . . . . at least if I was him, I'd not want to see how bitter sucking I was . . . but then again, he could totally fill in for Snape in the Harry Potter movies . . .
Thanks again for sharing the video--I totally have to have a trip out to check one of these comps with my besties!!! Would be a blast!
7 of 29 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 1, 2009 3:11 PM
Thanks for the great recap, J-Mo! And for the record, I've been to France twice in the last few months and the people there were super nice. I just think that guy was a dheek. :p I'm glad the honorary Mexican guy won. He seemed really down to earth and all of his food sounded good.
I love when you show us your videos! You guys are really fun to watch! Someone else already asked this, but I am also curious about it. Do the other performers also have back up dancers?
8 of 29 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on July 1, 2009 3:28 PM
Damn J-Mo, your dance crew, like your recaps are fanfuckintastic.
I love where your twisted, brilliant mind takes us each week. Twizzlers & Kool-Aid, ha, who hasn't had that for dinner before? And don't forget that Waffle House is open 24-7. Just write your recaps there.
Wonder if Fug Taser and Frenchie hooked up? They make an appropriate couple. Give my love to your co-dancers, you all are awesome.
shanti
9 of 29 | Posted by shantigal | Posted on July 1, 2009 4:37 PM
Ok, I haven't even read the recap yet, but from the title alone, I'm hoping Merlin from Fashion Show has done a crossover!!! Wouldn't that be awesome???
10 of 29 | Posted by Brattygrl | Posted on July 1, 2009 4:43 PM
J-Mo,
Do we have to have the tartare conversation EVERY week? It is tasty shit, I tell ya!
Also, does it bug anyone else that the shadow of the chef slots yet to be filled (last screencap) look like Le Mullet?
And J-Mo, you are a hottie! I am a chick, but I can make some awesome junk food and the pantry is always stocked here. Sure you don't want summa this?
11 of 29 | Posted by messystation | Posted on July 1, 2009 6:05 PM
You CRACK me up! I was literally L-ingOL. So loud, in fact, my husband came in to ask me what was so funny.
Bok Choi is so skinny she looks like she would snap in two if she stomped her foot. I think a food judge should have some meat on them to give their critiques a little validity.
FugTaser. What a loser. You can just tell his personality is the kind where knocking other people down makes him feel better about himself. Kind of pathetic.
And you? Man, you can DANCE! You're the best in your group, you know!
12 of 29 | Posted by baffled | Posted on July 1, 2009 7:41 PM
Do they offer a course in writing for accented voices there at TVgasm? You and Flipit just nail it every time. I can actually "hear" the voices, which makes the recap that much funnier.
And J-Mo, you're just one helluva creative force to be reckoned with, aren't you? Not only do you write well (and hilariously), you're one heck of a hoofer, AND an amazing artist to boot. Your flies hovering around Rudo are just lovely!
I couldn't believe Rudo chose to make quesadillas. I've always thought they LOOKED like pig ears. In this instance, that's just gross. I should think he'd want to avoid reminding people of what they're eating.
I have a deeck story for you: I was watching a high school hockey game with some Russian friends. Their son was called for a penalty, so Dad ran over to find out what it was for. When he came back he said something to his wife in Russian who then shrugged her shoulders and looked at me. "Vot means deke?" Thinking they should know this, I explained that it was a quick move to get around the goalie. She conferred with her husband, turned back to me and asked, "No, vot means you call someone a deeck?" I guess it means you get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. LOL!
13 of 29 | Posted by xqzmoi | Posted on July 1, 2009 9:28 PM
Loved the Missy Elliot Megamix!
14 of 29 | Posted by natpatben | Posted on July 1, 2009 10:00 PM
J-Mo, you hunk of handsomeness you! Thanks so much for sharing the vids with us - you guys kick some serious ass.
As always, your recap also kicks all kinds of ass. I was thinking of you while watching this episode - I knew you were going to love Papi Tom 2.0! I hope they keep having a hunk of manliness for you to oogle each week!
You had me rolling on the floor throughout the entire thing. Oh, except for one part. Fleasa. Eeewww. I had forgotten how fucking DIRTY she looked. Nasty.
SWAK, PottyMouth
15 of 29 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on July 2, 2009 4:09 AM
Awesome, filarious recap, J-Mo. I too was watching the show thinking of you and the comments you’d have about the resident Frenchdouche ™
Way too many funny moments to list them all out. You had me at "Bienvenue."
Aaaarrrrgh, but the pics of Fleasa, yikes! I wish there was some footage of Fleasa tripping in the kitchen or something. That way we could have clips of “Fleasa falls” along with “Lisi falls.” Such joy that would bring to my day. O well, Fleasa FAILS so I guess that’s close enough.
And THIS is why I call you J-Mobile, cuz you’re such a lithe, mobile, graceful, teddy bear of a man. I LOVE watching you dance. So fun and awesome in every way. You boys (esp you) do steal the show though; not sure if the queens will like that or not ;)
16 of 29 | Posted by zbird | Posted on July 2, 2009 7:33 AM
Erm...hilarious, not filarious.
On second thought...maybe filarious works just fine?
NM.
17 of 29 | Posted by zbird | Posted on July 2, 2009 7:40 AM
Great recap, as usual! I never post on here, but had to to respond to DonnaMartinGraduates. Ludo was a guest appearance on the Apprentice 6 - his wife Christine was a contestant on the show and won a prize of having her hubby visit her. She later posed for Playboy (she was hot in a take off your glasses and pull out your ponytail kind of way).
18 of 29 | Posted by nycid | Posted on July 2, 2009 10:09 AM
Awesome recap!!
I like this show much more than I thought I would!
I have to say I thought granny was robbed a bit. Not so much that she should've beat Bayliss, but more like she was the only one that really featured her protein - hey anything tastes better when smothered in cheese and stuffed into tacos/pitas/quesadillas...no?
I absolutely love it when a contestant on this show is super-competitive and gets all feisty as they desperately try to reign supreme over the one-to-beat. While at the same time, said one-to-beat is totally clueless and really just having a great time because they love to cook and end up winning hands-down only to send Mr. Competitivo back to the Offal-Tower whence he came! LOL - brilliant Bayliss - I only wish LuLu came in last!
19 of 29 | Posted by carmelicious | Posted on July 2, 2009 12:45 PM
Yay J-Mo!
Yet another fantastic recap of an awesome. Thank God Frenchie showed up, otherwise it would have been another week of polite professionalism, and who really wants to watch that.
When Frenchie and Fug got into it, was I the only one waiting for Frenchie to call him "a stupid English Ca-Nig-ette"?
Oh, and is there any chance someone at BRAVO could get Nerdmosexual to say suffering succotash at least once episode? I really think it would make me laugh until I pee, err make the show better?
Anyway fabulous as always J-Mo, can't wait to read the next one!
20 of 29 | Posted by waffleboy09 | Posted on July 2, 2009 2:30 PM
Cha!
21 of 29 | Posted by Quean CeCe | Posted on July 2, 2009 4:48 PM
Dang, J-Mo, I knew you were clever, but never knew how hot you are! Watching you move makes parts of me move too! Thanks for everything, but especially thanks for including those videos!
22 of 29 | Posted by alaskanactor | Posted on July 2, 2009 8:01 PM
THANK YOU nycid -- "Ludo was a guest appearance on the Apprentice 6."
It was bugging me.
23 of 29 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on July 3, 2009 10:56 AM
zbird, I thought "filarious" was a new mash-up word like "fugly." It's cool.
Someone beat me to it, but JMo, you do the best writing of accents! I loved the Brazilian (Portuguese) accents you did for ANTM, and you did yourself proud with Ludo as well.
I had menudo once, and it was a little on the bland side. And greasy. But that was "white menudo" and I noticed Granny made "red menudo," which, it stands to reason, would be spicier. Wouldn't most people want it spicy or salty or something, to cover up the greasy, tripiness?
Why is it so many "hangover cures" (which menudo is) are so gag-worthy?
24 of 29 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on July 3, 2009 11:51 AM
OMG fantastic recap had me laughing out loud all the way through! Yes you are wonderful! :)
as for the short film fantasy with Daddy Tom and Papi - nah - its my Dream - but one change - im in the bed too! LOL :)
big hugs and Happy Fourth of july!
xo
rebecca
25 of 29 | Posted by Rebecca1968 | Posted on July 3, 2009 6:08 PM
OH BTW - thank you very much for sharing your photos and videos LOVE LOVE LOVE them!
xo
rebecca
26 of 29 | Posted by Rebecca1968 | Posted on July 3, 2009 6:11 PM
"Why is it so many "hangover cures" (which menudo is) are so gag-worthy?
"
Likely to shock your system and well throwing up sometimes does make a person feel better.
Btw I find very spicy hot food like haberno quality is the best for upset stomach as well as upset intestines. It just shoves whatever food is causing the problems out in about an hour or two.
27 of 29 | Posted by User Name | Posted on July 4, 2009 6:57 AM
Okay, where do I put in my compensation request for PTSD?
If you're going to scare us w/pictures of Fleasa, I think we should be compensated.
Can you imagine Rudo trying to seduce Fleasa? "What you mean you lesbeen? I am zee French! Zee greateest loveers in zee world! Wimin love zee French men."
Although I like Fug-T's name, I think he's the best judge, and it's his parents fault he was born with that mug.
Warning: Never read more than one of J-Mos recaps at once unless you're wearing Depends and have an oxygen tank nearby.
28 of 29 | Posted by hutchlover | Posted on July 4, 2009 8:46 AM
Hey guys, sorry about the delay in replying, I had a house full of kids for the weekend... okay, well, two, but one of them was a total boogerface and it wiped me out restraining my urge to beat the shit out of him.
twunty mcslore... "Picking the bugs out of Le Ludocrous's hair"... now THAT'S the kind of thinking that brings a joyous tear to my eye. xoxo :)
njgasmifan... let me apologize for polluting the net with more FFFF's (Fucking Fleasa Fernandes Fotos) but I just wanted to illustrate how dedicated to his craft Wilo Benet is... plus we should never forget the face of evil, lest we fail to recognize it in our daily lives. xoxo :)
here4beer... aww, shucks, darlin' thank you, you're sweet and I wish Ebonae or Candi HAD won (the actual pageant winner left me a little underimpressed). xoxo :)
qupert... LOL, glad you liked the song choice. xoxo :)
NotWithoutMyTV... ROTFLMAO at "The Human Prune"! Even more so because when I look at him I want to go to the bathroom! xoxo :)
Donna Martin Graduates!... Gummy bear reduction?!? OMG, that sounds DIVINE! xoxo :)
juddfan... LOL, you're making me blush and now I look like a big fat beet! To answer your question, yes, several of the other divas have their own little cadres of dancers, and a lot of them are quite good... however, a lot of them were chosen more for their looks and/or body than their dancing ability, and for that reason I've always thought that we were just a smidge better since the criteria for our group is the other way 'round. And just FYI, those FFFF's were not new, they were just cadged from the net from Season 3's run. I have no idea what Fleasa looks like now (and don't care to know). xoxo :)
Snootchy Bootches... I'm so glad that you had a good experience with the French, I'm sure that as long as people are kind to each other they generally receive the same in return, I would be willing to bet that people who have issues with them may have acted like stereotypical "ugly Americans" in the first place. xoxo :)
shantigal... thank you for the kind kudos, I will pass them along to the rest of the Fly Boyz. xoxo :)
Brattygrl... I would LOVE for Merlin to wander into this show and try to redress Bok Choi! xoxo :)
messystation... I'll take your word for it about the tartar, but I don't think anybody will ever be able to serve me what looks like a Gaines Burger™ and get me to eat it, I'm just weird that way. And thanks for the hotness compliments, that's completely unexpected and surprising, and I appreciate that very much! xoxo :)
baffled... LOL, tell your husband all is well and you're just enjoying your daily TVGasm... and thanks for the dance compliments! xoxo :)
xqzmoi... I'm so happy you liked my flies, I labored over them pixel by pixel (I'm not kidding, either) and thank you for the deeck story, that made my day! xoxo :)
natpatben... I wish I knew who authored that particular Missy mix, I know it was lifted from another drag queen (except our DJ Tony had to remake it from scratch because the old version had all the typical Missy Elliot profanity in it, and they frown upon that in the Miss Gay America Pageant system!) xoxo :)
PottyMouth... Awww, thanks for the sweet words (and as we all know, they're even sweeter when they come from a PottyMouth). xoxo :)
zbird... Thanks for the compliments, I love being described as a "teddy bear", which is a nice change from the usual "fat ass" I get everywhere else! That makes my day! P.S. "filarious" is my new favorite word! xoxo :)
nycid... Thank you for the extra info, I will have to see if I can find that episode and see if Ludocrous was just as big of a deeck on that show (except he couldn't possibly have been because that show has Donald Frump). xoxo :)
carmelicious... you know, you bring up an interesting point, and I actually kind of agree with you, I think she should have scored higher than she did (plus it would have been LOVELY for LuLu to wind up dead laaaaaaast!) xoxo :)
waffleboy09... "thufferin' thhhuccotash!" would be a PERRRRRFECT catchphrase for NerdMo'! You are a gem! xoxo :)
Quean CeCe... Cha-Cha! xoxo :)
alaskanactor... Thank you for the extremely sweet (and graphic) compliment... which parts of you are moving? xoxo :)
Rebecca1968... Okay, there's room on the Fantasy Mattress for you, too! Glad you liked the pics and vids, too! xoxo :)
pixielated... LOL, I'm glad you like my accents, eet eez vayrey fon too geeve yoo zee sainse off how zeez peeple toke! And I'm right with you on the pukeyness of menudo, blech! xoxo :)
User Name... You are right, I always feel better after I barf. Thanks for sharing about the habañero shoving food out, I'll have to try that sometime, LOL! xoxo :)
hutchlover... LOL, also sorry about the Fleasa Flashbacks, I suffer from them, too. You're sweet to read on anyhow! xoxo :)
love to all you guys, hope you had a great Fourth of July and a new episode airs tomorrow night!
love, J-Mo :)
29 of 29 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on July 7, 2009 1:51 PM