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» Robert Dailey - Give us content.

Jaqueline: I agree with you wholeheartedly. I don't even watch those programs because, quite frankly, I'm embarrassed at the obvious crassness and "action-oriented", neurosis that passes as cooking shows. I find that DIY has done the same thing with most of their garden shows.
My kids like Emeril, but I can only take a short time of even him. The "let's please the audience, let's be a character, let us entertain you attitude is certainly in vogue, but I find it terribly distracting.
I used to cringe in shame when Justin Wilson came on TV with his "Cajun" dialect, and clownish cooking. (He wasn't even a Cajun). It was sort of like being black and watching Amos and Andy.
Most of the cooking and other how to shows are fluff, with a couple of usable ideas thrown in.

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» Jacqueline Church - Give us content.

In response to Give us content. posted by bobcajun:

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. Then again, I've heard of drinking games spawned from the absurdity. For example, each time Rachel says "Yum-O" or "Sammy" or "Duh-Lish!" everyone knocks a shot back. My favorite Emeril peeve is when he says "there's a reason for my madness" by which I believe he means, "there's a method to the madness."

But I could go on...how do you feel about Alton?

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