Morgan Bellare we trapped in Gordon Ramsay's gingerbread house?
July 20th 2008 16:54
Gordon Ramsay has a heck of alot of TV programs at the moment!
at any one time we are seeing both new episodes and re-runs of the British "Kitchen Nightmares", the American "Kitchen Nightmares", the survivor-island-style "Hell's Kitchen", and now Gordon's own home and workplace in "The F-Word" . . . oh and dont forget Ramsay's "Boiling Point" . . . i am officially at Gordon Ramsay saturation point!
now dont get me wrong, i do like Gordon Ramsay, but the frequency with which he is appearing on my TV screen has made me begin to wonder if im actually living in a communist country where Ramsay is the dictator contolling all the broadcasting and conditioning my little mind with his culinary messages!
too paranoid?
well i do watch alot of movies so im always on the look-out for gliches in The Matrix, or staged domestic scenes like The Truman Show, or government facades like The Island where i am lulled into a false sense of security and then have all my organs harvested!
like what if i wasnt really in Australia, what if i was really in somewhere more like North Korea, but i thought it was Australia because all of the media kept reinforcing to me that it was . . .
what if Ramsay was the ruler of North Korea, or China, or some eccentric Mugabe type, who drew the curtains on the rest of the world and ensured all of my information was filtered through him so he would be perceived as a likeable fellow?
what if Ramsay is a cannibal and this is all a giant gingerbread house he is keeping me captive in while he fattens me up to eat me?
a bit of variety in the media really would be the spice of life!
at any one time we are seeing both new episodes and re-runs of the British "Kitchen Nightmares", the American "Kitchen Nightmares", the survivor-island-style "Hell's Kitchen", and now Gordon's own home and workplace in "The F-Word" . . . oh and dont forget Ramsay's "Boiling Point" . . . i am officially at Gordon Ramsay saturation point!
now dont get me wrong, i do like Gordon Ramsay, but the frequency with which he is appearing on my TV screen has made me begin to wonder if im actually living in a communist country where Ramsay is the dictator contolling all the broadcasting and conditioning my little mind with his culinary messages!
too paranoid?
well i do watch alot of movies so im always on the look-out for gliches in The Matrix, or staged domestic scenes like The Truman Show, or government facades like The Island where i am lulled into a false sense of security and then have all my organs harvested!
like what if i wasnt really in Australia, what if i was really in somewhere more like North Korea, but i thought it was Australia because all of the media kept reinforcing to me that it was . . .
what if Ramsay was the ruler of North Korea, or China, or some eccentric Mugabe type, who drew the curtains on the rest of the world and ensured all of my information was filtered through him so he would be perceived as a likeable fellow?
what if Ramsay is a cannibal and this is all a giant gingerbread house he is keeping me captive in while he fattens me up to eat me?
a bit of variety in the media really would be the spice of life!
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Comment by tlcorbin
I feel much better knowing that I am not alone,
wondering,
in the dark,
or
playing with knives,
in a B movie.
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Comment by Wayne F
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I think Ramsay is somewhat the flavour of the month for the Australian general public. I'm talking about people who don't have pay-TV or have pay-TV but have never seen Ramsay's shows on it before. Australia is Ramsay crazy atm and it's most likely due to the fact Ramsay is so blunt, like a lot of Australians are.
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Either like him or lump him - but I'd suggest that his tenure will be short as the world moves on to something and someone else.
15 minutes of fame . . . me thinks he's about half way through his allotment.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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its a funny feeling when it washes over that everything around you may not be what it seems . . . question everything!
hi S.L.
yes my mind wanders a bit sometimes and i toy with a strange thought . . . tv producers do like to beat a dead horse sometimes!
hi Wilson,
haha reality or nightmare, its all in the eye of the beholder!
Ramsay is a tough boss, but his meals look divine!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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wow i looked at that for ages thinking "i know its gunna be funny when i get it" and IT WAS! haha
Ramsay St from Neighbours . . . look honestly i wouldnt be surprised if he became a regular guest on that show as the descendant of the original Ramsay!
hi Wayne,
yeah i think Ramsay is a good guy and enjoyed the British "Kitchen Nightmares" but these American shows have been very formulated!
i like his bluntness too, and i think you are right about Australia being Ramsay crazy at the moment!
hi MNG,
i found it really refreshing to watch Jamie Oliver the other night (who i havent seen around for awhile), i think im a bit Ramsay'ed out!
maybe Oliver could taker the spotlight for the next 15min while Ramsay formulates another ten programs for us to watch? haha
thanks for the comments everyone!
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oh now you mention it yes he is being featured on alot of news and interview programs aswell . . . i think he was getting sued by a disgruntled restaurant manager in America and then there was an expose into the hygiene of his own restaurant (a media beat up)
Groundhog Day! another great movie reference!
Comment by RubySoho
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the worldOrble. By encouraging posts on the over-exposure of foul mouthed British celebrity chefs.It's only a matter of time...
If any of you have no idea what I am talking about, consider yourselves lucky.
Comment by RubySoho
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Or at least slap a "mature content" label over his potty mouth.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you are indeed a diabolical puppet master! haha
god it would be awful watching an episode of Ramsay if all the expletives were bleeped out . . . parental guidance is definately recommended!
Comment by Anonymous
Great post. One of my daughters is studying culinary arts so I'm paying more attention to this guy. Originally I thought he was another ham-it-up chef who liked Patton in the kitchen for effects in order to gain more ratings. Of course that's true, but I think there's more in the cake batter on this than the show producers have let on.
Perhaps he's another Sweeney Todd in chef's dress whites just acting like he's Patton. I find the pace way too much and the humiliation part of it all way over the top knowing how many viewers tune into his show. What next a "Hell Week" at any of our leading military academies, and I'm including the state and private military colleges and universities as well.
(Living in Austrailia, you're probably not that familiar with Norwich University, The Citadel or Virginia Military Institute, all of which offer military commissions.
But no, I'm not sure I'd want to see Ramsey strutting around packing heat, whipping a riding crop or carrying a rifle with a fixed bayonet (even to make his point that something needed a little more "seasoning." (My daughter would find a way to organize a mutiny first ... then he's at her mercy, and she's a Culinary Institute of America student -- the West Point of cooks and bakers.
Ramsey's "restaurant fix-it" show was better. Besides, he couldn't pull his usual crap on somebody else's turf unless they signed their mental health away in advance for the free publicity. Bear in mind, that the "casualty rates" in the business end of the restaurant business is already awfully high.
The risks of adding him along for business that's presently enduring a sluggish or bumpy ride just skyrocket exponentially. One outburst and no matter how many times the patrons have been "warned" of his presence on the premises might just torpedo that place for good.
Or, create miracles. Usually his suggestions are winners, but with the paying customer, vs. the freebie tv watcher, those risks are as sharp as both his knives and tongue.
Hope it warms up for you down there. Whenever I'd catch a glimpse of the Pope's visit, I saw people freezing.
Comment by Mrs M
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I find it amusing that he thinks he's not a tv celebrity chef.
Love & stuff
Mrs M
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oh i love your idea about Gordon Ramsay being Sweeney Todd!
i dont think i would want to work under Ramsay if it was going to be televised, like you said there is a huge humiliation factor to consider!
thanks for the detailed comment, i can tell you have been watching Ramsay like a hawk . . . military Ramsay, hmmm i dont know if im ready for that!
hi Mrs M,
does Ramsay claim to not be a TV celebrity chef? haha
thats just crazy!
surely hes the most well known TV chef in the world!
does he make some differentiation between cooking in a studio and have reality style camera work in his own kitchens?
Comment by Mrs M
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I don't mind Ramsay but I have to say that I generally end up watching him because there is nothing else on.
I think he said something like he's just a chef that happen to appear on tv on something stupid like that.
But having seen the opening credits for "The F Word" that guy is loving the celebrity.
I just wish we didn't have to see him take his shirt off to put his chef's shirt on. It's not like he's buffed or anything. Put it away Ramsay!!!
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
RAMSAY.... F*@#K ORRRFFF!!!
Personally, I don't know what the laws are overseas, however, he would have a time of it trying that behaviour in Oz, in a work situation.
He may get away with it within a TV show, but, even then, if someone takes offense..!!
Anyhoo, I agree, he has too much on, but that is because Oz won't pay the big dollars for the programmes when they air initially overseas, preferring to wait some years, then getting a 'job lot', so to speak, at a reduced rate.
It isn't Ramsay's fault they are all being aired more or less at the same time, it is the contempt with which the local producers hold their audience on free to air... what is the bet, free to air disappears within the decade?
cheers
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OH I KNOW! keep the shirt ON! hahaha
ive never worn a chefs uniform myself but i would imagine its just a tunic, you could still keep your t-shirt on under it surely!
like regardless of what his body looks like it is just so showy and blatant! haha
ill admit i know alot of women who find him very sexy though!
good evening Foggles!
actually it wouldnt surprise me!
it makes sense what you say about them getting a 2 for 1 (or 6 for 1 haha) discount on Ramsay related programs . . . if theres some kind of subliminal messages in them ive been completely brainwashed by now!
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You said it, babe...
I don't watch much TV so I haven't been exposed to this Ramsay character... but I'm finding that I don't really like chefs. I judge a restaurant's food by how anal retentive the chef/s seem - the less they smile, the more I trust the quality of the cuisine.
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wow there is still someone in the world that hasnt been exposed to Gordon Ramsay . . . you must have one of the most unique life experiences of anyone i know, i imagine you are doing all this really constructive stuff other than watching TV!
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Oh this is why I barely ever turn my TV on. More and more alternate reality programs. I can't watch them...any of them.
I've never seen any more than the ad for this guy and it made me want to kick the TV. Perhaps they should lock him in a Big Brother house with past and present contestants, those ridiculous models who never eat anything and Judge Judy. I'm sure she'd set him straight.
Norm, you kill me. I almost choked on my chocolate chip cookie when I read your comment
Comment by Morgan Bell
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oh my, imagine if all the reality TV programs merged into one . . . and we sent them all to survivor island!
i must confess im a sucker for my reality TV, must be the voyeur in me! haha