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Twice have I watched this show and twice...

posted 10 years ago by Caffeine-Free
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... have douchebag Joe and his duncecap partner chosen the more difficult, less capable and least marketable team. The Banza brothers and the Sugar Skull couple... bad choices. That pasta was so easily messed up in cooking it for how niche and pricey it was, and I'm a dessert fan but a $6 luxury S'more is stupid. Yuppies with a hole burning in their wallet would buy that and no one else. They might need to be drunk already too to be interested.

You can't market it to kids, and it's so serious anyway. Making the old fashioned smore too snooty and complicated.

[–] dmrmlr-1 10 years ago

You must have missed the episode where they gave a chance to the mother-daughter team who served food in waffle cones, savory and sweet. The whole point was being able to eat the food in the cone, but everyone had to use a fork! Joe and Tim have made some really bad selections, in my opinion, when they pick the concepts.

[–] Ramenbo 10 years ago

The producers probably make the choice based on which team will create more drama. The bacon chocolate people would be a better choice for business, but the novelty of the s'mores makes for better TV.

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

Hard to say. In the intros of each episode, I was hoping for the team not chosen.

[–] cujokay 10 years ago

They did it again yesterday. They chose these donut makers over the mac & cheese/soul food lady.

When they were originally testing the donuts, they said the donuts were too dense. They told the mac & cheese lady that she made EXCELLENT mac & cheese; better than usual.

What do the meatheads do? They choose the dense donuts. During the testing, they said the donuts were really heavy. They already knew that. They are really stupid.

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

I can't take it at all. There are so many shows like this and none of them are quite as bad as this one. Those seem genius and the people involved totally credible by comparison to Bert and Ernie and the lady with the bizarre name.

It isn't edgy or cool to choose the worst team. Maybe it's less predictable, sure, but that surprise wore off after the first time. Now we know every time they are going to do that and it's just disappointing.

The one with the best food should get the chance every time. They can still drum up phony shenanigans and drama that are resolved five seconds later to check that off their reality TV requirements list. Like Joe ripping a box of pasta open and dumping it all over the table.

But in the end, choose the team the audience actually likes and that might actually want to buy their product. Stop giving the platform to the clowns.

[–] cujokay 10 years ago

I can't take it at all. There are so many shows like this and none of them are quite as bad as this one. Those seem genius and the people involved totally credible by comparison to Bert and Ernie and the lady with the bizarre name.

You almost made me snort my milkshake! Milkshakes are thick, yo! lol

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

Sorry about that. But in all seriousness, which Muppet do you think the lady resembles? Either in looks or personality, you decide. Joe is Bert, Tim is Ernie and who is Waylynn?

[–] raicilef 10 years ago

Waylynn = Janice

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] jpkrunch 10 years ago

Bingo!

[–] zhcole 10 years ago

It's also so annoying how they contradict themselves every five seconds. They'll pick the team that has the worst food of the two, then later in the episode say that, "Ultimately the food is the most important part." Well why the *beep* do you decide to go with a concept because of a business perspective, (even then, they still choose wrong sometimes) and then b*tch about the food later and says it's what's most important?

[–] dmrmlr-1 10 years ago

It was ridiculous that the donut guys were chosen. Joe and Tim didn't like the donuts during the pitch, yet they expected the team to miraculously come up with a new, perfect dough in a day?

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

It never makes sense. With the Sticky Pig vs. Sugar Skull episode, they knew the bacon girl had a solid, established concept where the s'mores people really didn't. They liked her food, where Joe acted like s'mores were some totally foreign entity to him and didn't like the idea at all.

They knew it was bad from a business perspective with the alcohol content being an issue as well. They hated their logo. They hated pretty much everything about it and liked most about the bacon desserts. They just didn't like the guy who *was* kind of a dumb decoy, but other than that, they were the obvious choice.

And then they lose.

Frustrating.

[–] cujokay 10 years ago

I've just starting watching Whole Food Beast, (I think that's the name) vs. Bon Chovie or whatever.

Bom Chovie got the investment. They haven't opened their pop-up restaurant but I feel the Whole Food Beast is a MUCH better idea. Common sense says that more people eat meat than fried anchovies (YUCK). I don't eat them at all and no one that does. We don't get anchovies on pizza or anything.

How is it possible to make more money selling fried anchovies and Cod sandwiches than the head-to-tail cooking of Whole Beast?

Seriously, I don't get it. I can't wait to see what happens. They chose a company that has made $60 thousand over a company that has made $400 thousand? REALLY?

We'll see. I would NEVER go the fried anchovy place. EVER. And I make a good cod sandwich myself so what would be the point?

[–] cujokay 10 years ago

Oh, this restaurant is going to suck so bad! hahahahahaha!

They have no idea what they're doing. He's going to get 10 percent NO MATTER WHAT. All of the equity comes out of what would have been her 90 percent, which they have whittled down to 40 percent! She has to put up $20 thousand. I don't see how this is a good deal for her at all. She's given up more than half ownership & profit.

Yeah, good luck with that.

This show sucks!

[–] Caffeine-Free 10 years ago

The bad decisions continue on this show, do they? Awful. I really hope this gets canceled. It's such a disaster from nearly every standpoint I have as a viewer of television.

[–] cujokay 10 years ago

sorry, double post.