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Jamie Oliver's trying to be Louis Theroux..

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  • 01-09-2009 9:24pm
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    Basq
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    His new show is woeful.. he's trying to be like Louis Theroux without the intelligence and ability to engage the interviewee.

    There's a shot of a pineapple or a pepper every now and then... but he's a fecking chef.. who's he trying to kid?!

    I've always liked Jamie Oliver's projects not directly related to food, such as 'School Dinners' or 'Ministry of Food' but this is something else entirely.

    Give it a rest Jamie and do some fecking cooking!

    PS - on hindsight, maybe this belonged in 'Ranting & Raving' actually! ;)


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    hblock21
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    basquille wrote: »
    His new show is woeful.. he's trying to be like Louis Theroux without the intelligence and ability to engage the interviewee.

    There's a shot of a pineapple or a pepper every now and then... but he's a fecking chef.. who's he trying to kid?!

    I've always liked Jamie Oliver's projects not directly related to food, such as 'School Dinners' or 'Ministry of Food' but this is something else entirely.

    Give it a rest Jamie and do some fecking cooking!

    PS - on hindsight, maybe this belonged in 'Ranting & Raving' actually! ;)

    Whats the name of the show? Wheres it on?


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    Basq
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    hblock21 wrote: »
    Whats the name of the show? Wheres it on?
    It's on Channel 4 now - it's called 'Jamie's American Road Trip'


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    ChewChew
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    I thought it would be inspiring. Quiet the opposite. He's a bit of a moron. oohh oohh a cactus farm. lets all jump up and down ooh oohh I stepped in dog poo. I didn't think dogs pooed in the mexican part of LA :rolleyes:


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    flo8s967qjh0nd
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    This was awful. A real let-down.
    Message to TV chefs everywhere: " Just cook the f*cking food!"


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    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,662 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    basquille wrote: »
    but he's a fecking chef.. who's he trying to kid?!

    And a bad chef at that.
    He is an insufferable plonker ,cant stand him .
    About as much charisma as a lump of coal.


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    missingtime
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    I like him and was looking forward to these shows but I'm a bit wary now.


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    Newjellyboxer
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    Coincidence that I watched both shows last night. Louis was fantastic at illiciting information from all those involved in the hunting in South Africa and it was just such a better more complex piece of television than you would initially have thought.


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    BaZmO*
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    Was watching it last night and the first thing that came to mind was, "Ross Kemp does Enchiladas"

    Show doesn't really know what it's trying to be.

    He should stick to one thing. Fair enough if he wants to do a road trip showing the darker side of life in certain areas. But when he's talking to someone about their boyfriend/uncle/father being locked up/incarcerated/in a wheelchair it really loses it's poignancy when he then turns to the camera and says, "Yeah, and just chuck a big handful of coriander and a glug of oil into boil and bish bosh bang, Bob's yer uncle mate!"


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    Thargor
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    It feels like they did no research beforehand or something, just got off the plane and started wandering around to their versions of Aldi and Lidl and a couple of other boring locations, thought it was utterly pointless when I was watching it.


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    scull2009
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    it would have been a better show with more cooking - i like the idea of him going to normal people and getting their own recipes which have been passed to them


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    sioda
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    Liked the bit at the swap meet though :)


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