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Came here to say the same thing. Especially at the reveals — if they think what they are wearing looks good on them then I seriously question their taste. They look like puffed-up clowns. I mean, rich puffed-up clowns, so who is laughing all the way to the bank here?

Michael Symon is a bit of a hollerer, too. Maybe if they could pick the cooking-from-home Michael Symon and not the previous loudmouthed version.

I heard Juanita Broaddrick on a podcast a couple of years ago (can’t remember which one) telling her story, and either she is the best actress since Meryl Streep or she is telling the truth. It was even worse than what they showed here. I believe her. And Bill Clinton is a miserable excuse for a man.

That was pretty brutal, though. I remember watching it at the time and thinking maybe it was too much. I am curious whether anyone else noticed the many shots of Clinton fiddling with his eyeglasses in this episode. What in the world are we supposed to be getting from that?

Erika the vicious sneering dominator with the ridiculous makeup two nights ago … how can that be the same person as Erika the funny teasing normal person telling Garcelle and Sutton she could hear them from downstairs? HOW are those two people the same person?

If they had written it the way Monica says it actually happened, and she modeled the dress and Linda said “hey, what’s that stain on there?” I am sure we — or I, anyway — would have said “Oh, come ON! That is totally unbelievable that Linda Tripp is the one who noticed the famous stain on the famous dress!”

Oh, the editing! The always-hilarious editing! The dinner is tense. Erika is glowering. Sutton is glaring. Kathy is squinting and smiling like she's a little high on something. Rinna is drinking. Garcelle is looking surprised. Pippi Longstocking is gaping. Crystal is looking at her plate. And Kyle is chewing. Back to Erika, seething. Kathy, tilting her head like a puppy who doesn't understand. Kyle is chewing. Glug glug glug, Rinna drains her glass. Sutton is still glaring. Kyle: chewing. Garcelle is crying. Pippi is blathering. Kyle: chewing. Rinna: drinking. Quick cut to Kyle, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. Rinna is pointing. Kathy is fuzzed out. Rinna: shit-stirring. Kyle: chewing. Erika: frozen into a block of snippy superiority. Kyle: chewing chewing chewing. I sure wish I'd had "quick cut to Kyle, chewing" on my Bingo card.

Well, there you go! I stand corrected.

When Alex first showed up on Food Network it was with her own show, Alex's Day Off, which was what they call a stand-and-stir show. Just Alex, cooking and talking, with weird background music I personally found slightly porn-y. The talking ... it was so ridiculous sometimes I used to copy it down word for word and post it in the old TWoP forum (from which these forums descended). I wish I had saved some of those posts because she would say the nuttiest things. Once it was something about a slip, like the idea that adding nutmeg (let's say) to your sauce was like wearing a slip -- you knew it was there and it made you feel good but other people didn't have to know about it. Something like that. She was unintentionally hilarious with that stuff. Also, as I said back then: Who on earth is wearing a slip????

Whoever is doing Alex's hair and makeup now that they are back in the studio is really doing her a disservice. She looks 10 years older than she is, and the makeup (and the terrible-color-for-her rust-colored sweater last week) make her look like she is having a hot flash. Outdoors Grilling Sunny —- I got nothin. Makes no sense to me. Although now that I think of it, if it keeps snowing she could present us with ideas for when we’re snowbound and the power is out.

To be charitable, perhaps they got their instruction sheet that told them they had to be outrageous or they wouldn’t make the cut to get on the show? If not that then I have no explanation. I missed the beginning, too, so kept wondering where in the world they got all their money. Where do people get this money? Maybe BabyMan inherited it. I can’t see him employed in a real job with a big paycheck. And Mrs. BabyMan — yuck, what an unpleasant person she came across as. A Cat Room! Red flag of impending divorce, IMO. Did you see that look on her face at the end when he brought up (again) how they were interested in having kids? She did not look like a person who was interested in having kids. I agree, something seemed off. And that house was insanely huge.

Anybody see the episode on Saturday with the guests who were finalists (or something) in the Pillsbury Bake-Off? It got pretty tortured there with the very quiet careful guests demonstrating their dishes, contrasted with HOLLERIN' JEFF MAURO and SCREAMIN' SUNNY ANDERSON. (In caps because that's how they talk whyyyyyyyyyy??) I am sure those women are perfectly nice women but compared to the usual hullabaloo going on on this show, they came off like slow whispering meek little lambs. It was kind of cringey. At a couple of points during the two guests' demos, Jeff could be seen exchanging a kind of an eyeroll face at GZ or Katie. I wish they had edited that out. Viewers should not have seen that. I just don't get the hollering. I think it's possible to have energy without hollering.

“That’s one French hot mess! Isn’t that disgusting?” Said Rachael Ray at the end of the last episode of 30-Minute Meals I just watched. Niiiiiice. I mean, yeah, I thought it looked disgusting but you’re the person who made it, you idiot. You’re not supposed to say that. However, on the positive side: SHE TOOK HER RINGS OFF before sticking her hands into the burger mixture to firm the patties. OMG. I have been hollering about this for years.

I think the facelift is settling. She doesn’t look quite so weird now (as of the episode that aired last weekend with David amenable from QVC as a guest). I’m glad because that new face was freaking me out.

I can't get over her creepy new face. It's okay when you don't look at the screen, though. :) Something she made in this last episode where the friends from Italy came over and they made pasta looked good but I don't trust Valerie's recipes ever since I made her turkey chili and it was the worst thing I ever made.

Nominations are open for The Opposite-of-Emmy award for "Person Who Shows Up Semi-Regularly on His Mom's Cooking Show Who Clearly Despises Said Cooking Show and Has to be Forced to Participate and then Makes it Completely Clear How Much He Hates the Whole 'Let's Pretend This is My Mom's House and She's Throwing Me An Album-Release Party With Two Friends and One Aunt and Uncle and My Girlfriend' Thing Aaaaaack No Please Don't Make Me Do It!!!!" I'll go first: I nominate Wolfgang "Wolfie" Van Halen.

I am becoming obsessed with how when they pass the food down to be tasted by the other hosts, Sunny always grabs hers first and digs in. No passing the plate down to GZ or Jeff or Katie -- nope, she gets hers and CHOWS DOWN.

I could not agree more. I came here just to comment about that segment the other night with Beschloss and Milbank. That was rough. Dana Milbank really tried to keep on talking despite the constant interruptions. The paycheck must be worth it for the guests to come on and end up saying nothing more than "The president is--" and "The Fourth of July--" before getting cut off. It's ridiculous. Chris Matthews needs to hang it up and retire already. Hey, maybe they could bring back Greta Van Susteren for the Hardball timeslot. That way they could re-use all those expensive promos they made for her short-lived show. Of course I wouldn't watch her but that would still give me my 7 p.m. hour back like I have it now because I almost never watch Hardball because there's no point.

Eeeeek! Somebody went out and bought herself a new face. She sounds like Valerie Bertinelli but alas, she no longer looks like her.

I loved her helpful tip during an episode where she made a faux chicken pot pie -- she was chopping an onion (btw, did you know she does it differently from other people? she does! it's amazing. It's a thing that makes you go 'hmmm.") -- and she went through a long story about how no onion-chopping tricks work AT ALL if you cry when you chop onions. So her tip is GET OVER IT. SUCK IT UP AND CHOP THE ONIONS. Today I watched the one with the Korean-inspired sloppy joe and I was pretty grossed out by her hair hanging down in her face the whole time. She seems to think she's awfully cute and I guess she has ten tons of cash in the bank to show that she's not the only one who likes her but I am pretty much interested only in hate-watching and making fun of her.

Also I know it has been said a million times but those stupid oval pot and pans of hers — how does that shape even make sense? I have round burners so if I put long oval pans on there wouldn’t part of the pan always be not on the heat?

She’s making me cringe with the “sexy beast sexy beast” stuff as she sprinkles Parmesan cheese on the butter-and-oil-drenched garlic bread. Ugh. In the following episode her menu is deep-dish pizza and steak fries. Yeah, that’s a thing a 50-year-old ought to be eating for a meal. 30-Minute Calorie Bombs would be a better title.

Sunny just refuses to get the memo about STOP SCREAMING AT ME. Sheesh. She is unwatchable.

This. She acts like she’s the prosecutor in a criminal trial and she’s brilliantly trapping the defendant into an admission of guilt. This is why Iyanla has been bugging me since Starting Over. I keep waiting for whoever she’s talking to to say “Wait — WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME? Because you do not make sense!!!” (Back in the day, Dr. Laura on her old radio show used to do the exact same thing.) Also, <shallow> did she get a new wardrobe/hair/makeup squad? She’s sporting black lipstick in this Bad Girl of Gospel episode and is wearing a dress I would describe as Mrs. Wiggins Goes Body-Con. NOT flattering.</shallow>

I saw it. Oh, that flour! All over everywhere! Anyone who's ever watched anybody bake anything on TV knew that was going to happen. I couldn't believe they didn't re-shoot that segment. Poor Patti. She is a good host on her own show but she sure seemed flustered (and floured!) on this show. Actually, now that I think about it, why on earth didn't they show that flour explosion in slow motion at the end of the show? Make a thing out of it. That would have been funny.