On 1 Feb 2005 22:39:15 -0800, "Mad Dan" >
wrote:
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>Michael Odom wrote:
>> Anybody besides me like this show on BBC America?

>I will admit up front that I've never seen it/him, but from what I've
>heard, isn't he one of those types that seems to think "boorish
>abusiveness" and "wit" are the same thing?
>One of the reasons I have no inclination to tune in.

That's not the impression I've gotten from the two episodes I've
watched. He's mean rather like a boot camp DI might be at times, but
it's in the face of (to take an example from the show I saw last
night) the likes of an incompetant restaurant chef who's just handed
him his signature dish only to find that the scallops he used were
spoiled.


modom

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