Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Top Chef

OK, is it me or is every contestant on Top Chef that is from NJ/NY a gumba? What is up with that?

I have a hard time defending my home turf when we are represented like that, even on the damn cooking shows!

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9 comments:

heathandpete said...

Not for nuthin' , but i don't know what ya talkin about. I mean wadda they think we are a bunch of jerkoffs. F-them livin in the middle of f-in martian-land.

No, I completely agree. This blatant stereotype of the east coast as a bunch of hairy greasy ginnies...wait. Uhh, back to my rant. The strange thing is that when you live in NM as a hairy greasy I-talian, they want to call you an anglo...go figure.
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peggy wolff said...

My favorite is when they can't figure out whether Michael is Spanish or Arabic. Those who think he's Spanish treat him like a bro' and those who think he's Arabic treat him like he's got a shoe-bomb ready to go off. Going through airport security is always a treat...until they look at his license and see that he's Jewish! ;)

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MeMe Deb said...

So many people have the impression that NJ looks like what they see around Newark/Liberty Airport. Maybe they should look through the eyes of a child. Jason said that Cole saw the shot of the NY skyline on the Today Show and said "Look at all the castles". The Soprano's sure didn't help the cause even if we all loved the show.
Poor Michael. Does he have an identity problem? Does he know 'where' to look when he is finding himself?

Jason said...

I have less of a problem with people from NY/NJ being portrayed as goombahs than the big tough Italian guy crying like a child when he got kicked off. He was constantly talking crap and being a general pain in the butt during the show and then turned into a weepy mess when his crappy dish was voted the worst.

peggy wolff said...

Yeah, so much for the guy that was always picking fights and telling the other goombah (is that the spelling?) to "be a man"!

No, Michael doesn't have an identity problem. It's actually not a bad thing around here to have "bro' appeal" (as I'm sure Pete could attest to). He doesn't even have to wait in line at the bank. His "bank-bitches" always pull him out of the line and say, "Oh, Michael. Come on into my office and I'll take care of you!" I just wait in the truck to speed things along :)

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peggy wolff said...

Quite frankly I hope Howie goes next. He is the king of goombahs!

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P.S. Do you guys watch "Hell's Kitchen" or "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"? Those are actually our favorites.

heathandpete said...

What station is the Ramsey Kitchen thing on? We watched one episode of it. A mother and son ran a small place and the son, who cooked, was a drunk. It was a good show, but we only caught it once.

So, do you like the show because you know the workings of a restuarant?

Dave & Cathy said...

I thought
Michael was
MEXICAN!!!!! Ariba!!!!!

peggy wolff said...

Dave, you SOB!

Yeah, we can really relate to the restaurant shows. I think I remember reading that some of you watch "Top Chef" in that q&a thing. So do you think it's karma that Rocco de Spirito had such an OBVIOUS botched eye job? He looked like an elf. Remember when he had his poor old mother making meatballs all day in "The Restaurant"?

Dave, you SOB!

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