No joke, if Gordon Ramsay didn’t have to fix the restaurant in Kitchen Nightmares, if the entire show was simply him pointing out the most disgusting aspects of a restaurant, be it a rotten tomato, a green burger patty, or meat in the vegetarian dishes, I think this could be the best show on television. It all falls down because the structure of the show mandates that Ramsay fix the restaurant in a sort of miraculous turn around over the course of the week. It’s completely improbable and not terribly realistic. The disgusting areas of the restaurants however are both highly probable and, sadly, hugely realistic. The show ought to be more akin to a health inspector going to the dingiest dives and exploring them in nauseating detail. Sure, it would turn some people off, but imagine the wonderful visuals of it. If it could only be done in Smell-o-vision.
Then, completely separately, I’d like to point out that tonight is premiere Thursday on NBC. Man, I remember when I waited for this night for a whole year, when I wanted to watch ER. When Friends was still on. When the 3 hour Thursday block was just the be all and end all of television. I still like the comedies, but, as I’ve said before, ER has been recycling for years now, and dark lighting does not make up for a lack of drama. Maybe I should ask the people at NBC about this all, after all, they will be doing live blog events following My Name is Earl, The Office, and ER tonight, one for each show. The ER one even has Parminder Nagra. All times Eastern on those chats. I’ll be watching two of the three hours and will let you know my thoughts on the morrow. Until next time.
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