On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:05:58 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 7/29/2015 10:07 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> > I liked it too, except for the retard factor. Where he would explain
>> > things using toys, dolls, dressed up people, silly accents and all
>> > that. But I guess one wants to keep the retards on board in the
>> > ratings and every country has a staggering amount of those.
>>
>> Too true, Bruce! Years ago I was helping my brother out after he had
>> surgery. I stayed with him for nearly a week. I did the cooking, the
>> laundry, ran errands. That's the first time I saw 'Good Eats'. Yes, I
>> got the impression AB thought everyone is retarded. In one show he was
>> cooking fish so the set was decorated as if he was on a boat. (I'm sure
>> he could afford an actual boat.) He was wearing some sort of silly
>> Captain Kangaroo costume. And yes, there were toys and maybe even some
>> puppets involved. It was annoying.
>>
>> Jill
>
>His shows were entertaining to me, not annoying.

Me too. His impetus was to change up the format of cooking shows. He
felt that the shows back in the day were too stylized and off-putting
to someone who really wanted to learn. He didn't want to just hand
out recipes but provide the 'whys' so they could be applied elsewhere.
His sense of humor appeals to me. It's very visual and tongue in
cheek.
Janet US