Thread: FoodTV poll: Most annoying: Rachael Rae, Paula Deen, Bobby Flay or Alton Brown?

Originally Posted by *BLoTTo*

And last but not least, good ol' ALTON BROWN. Oh where to begin. First off, Good Eats is one of my favorite shows. It's very well conceived, informative, imaginative, and kinda cool for those of us who are fascinated by the scientific aspects of things. But a 30 minute dose of AB is almost too much. JUST as you're reaching your limit of him--the show mercifully ends. In real life I'm guessing mr. Brown has very few friends. Who could stand to be around such a pompous, anal, know-it-all, self-absorbed, psuedo-intellect weenie such as he? Not I, and most likely not you. And what's with the tweed sport coat with elbow patches????? I thought only people with advanced educational degrees were awarded the right to be that lame. Oh yeah... I didn't watch much of it for the reasons set forth above, but tell me that when he fell over on his motorcycle in that road show and broke his collarbone that his crew WEREN'T a little tickled. I don't wish physical harm on anyone, but karma, baby. Karma.

I'm surprised by this one. I've seen just about every good eats show and loved his Feasting on Asphalt. I know he is a know-it-all on Good eats but isn't that part of his schtick on the show? Same thing on Iron Chef. If he wasn't the know-it-all on Iron Chef, someone else would be.

What I really liked about Feasting on Asphalt 1&2 was that he did seem very down to earth. He seemed like a guy that I'd like to sit down for some BBQ and a beer. There were times on the show where you could tell that it was very impromptu and unscripted and the true Alton seemed like a pretty cool guy.

That's my take anyway...

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

I voted Bobby Flay solely because of his antics after he won the Iron Chef competition (the Japanese one). But, how the hell can you leave the Barefoot Contessa off this list? Dear God, I just cannot stand her and her douchebag housband. If I were as rich as her husband obviously is and my wife did nothing but sit at home so that she can cook and get fatter I'd be kind of pissed.

Yeah honey, I really do love how you went down the the cheese shop and bought that fresh fetta to crumble over the freshly chopped vegetables from our garden but can you do me a favor and jump on the ellypical machine a bit more often. It would be nice if one of these days you weren't TWICE MY SIZE!!!

Dude, first off, she's awesome. Second, she's earned it after spending years working as a nuclear energy budget analyst in the white house.

Originally Posted by CammiGirl13

Rachel Rae hands down. It's her voice. Good lord, shut her up sometimes.

Oh...I can shut her up. No problem.

QUACK!

Originally Posted by Fooferah

Dude, first off, she's awesome. Second, she's earned it after spending years working as a nuclear energy budget analyst in the white house.

I'd still be pissed

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

That's not her husband, is it? There is always a guy named Jeffrey on the show that looks nothing like this guy... I'm convinced he's gay and they are married just to be married so that they can fit in, in the Hamptons.

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

I'd still be pissed

Well, her husband eats better than probably 90% of the husbands in this country, and he seems very happy about it.

Originally Posted by BleedingPurple

That's not her husband, is it? There is always a guy named Jeffrey on the show that looks nothing like this guy... I'm convinced he's gay and they are married just to be married so that they can fit in, in the Hamptons.

No, this is him.

Originally Posted by Fooferah

No, this is him.

Exactly, thank you. So who's the guy in the other photo?

Originally Posted by Fooferah

Well, her husband eats better than probably 90% of the husbands in this country, and he seems very happy about it.

Hon, I'd rather eat Pop Tarts and bang a hot wife than eat veal & brie but have to lay down with someone twice my size.

You are missing my point. The key word is TWICE MY SIZE. OrangePuck does not object to the occasional cute chick with curves. I'm a 250lb guy. I don't think it's a lot to ask for my woman to not be TWICE MY SIZE.




















although half my size would be preferred