The decline of television is not just natural history related. Some of these quotes are not only hilarious, but applicable to reptile documentaries How did this polar change happen? Two words: Guy Fieri. That’s right, the so-called rock-n-roll comfort food king — but more accurately the extremely unhealthy looking, ear-splitting maniac who thinks he’s fronting a college garage band circa 1995. Guy’s trying to kill us. While Michelle Obama campaigns for Americans to make healthier food choices, the Food Network relentlessly promotes Guy Fieri – a guy who wants us to combust via consumption of highly processed inedibles. Yet, despite being a grown man with a penchant for Billabong apparel, Guy shouldn’t incur all the blame. After all, there are a myriad of maniacs out there engaged in reckless behavior. The real fault should be assigned to whoever spotlights such an aberration and gives him a platform from which to spout his nutso rants. The Food Network’s programming schedule should be populated with the pacifying voices of Ina, Martha, Nigella, even Mario Batali. Instead we get Guy Fieri screaming at us to adopt a diet that will at best yield diabetes. And please note how Guy isn’t actually cooking on any of those shows. Considering the slop he tries to pass off as palatable, this is actually a blessing. However, he’s still there, in our face, gorging himself and ranting like an imbecile on fire. Perhaps this is why there has been a mass exodus of actually talented chefs, such Jacques Pépin, Sara Moulton, Ming Tsai, Lidia Bastianich and others to more esteemed networks like PBS. They just couldn’t compromise their brand integrity and personal dignity for the sake of those lucrative Food Network tie-ins. salon/2014/08/08/how_one_man_destroyed_the_food_network_guy_fieri_has_made_culinary_tv_into_a_viewers_hell/
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 04:18:48 +0000
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