S12.E06: Good Mythical Morning

[cooksdelight]

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The finalists take their culinary prowess to new levels with edible art; Will it?

Edited June 26, 2016 by cooksdelight

[NewDigs]

Do new levels of "low" count?

[spiderpig]

I'm so excited.  What if tonight's show is really good?

[Rick Kitchen]

Good Mythical Morning?  With Rhett and Link?

[spiderpig]

I have an overwhelming urge to eat my Picasso.

[Crucial]

When it was Domiano's turn and  Bobby said I pleasure that then it cuts to Domiano saying I pleasure that too Bobby.  My dirty mind immediately thought they were referring to Giada and not the food.  Kind of figured the lunch lady was going.

[Commando Cody]

I really thought Ana would be gone. I was surprised she didn't make it in the bottom two. No way were they going to send the southern lady home yet. 

[SoCal Mema]

Can someone please explain to me what was so freaking funny to Bobby and Giada this entire episode?  It was bordering on total absurdity.  They keep throwing these contestants into randomly abnormal situations where guests hosts are doing nothing outside of trying to sidetrack them.  Is this a cooking show or a "how we be better than 2 YouTuber's?" show?  I'm okay with Rob going home since he has not done that great with his presentations (again, caveat to ridiculous here), but Anna has got to go at some point.  And FNS, stop stealing from Top Chef - Salvation Kitchen?  Ok, rant over.  Thanks for playing.

[LexieLily]

I don't think I'd want to watch a show by any of these people.

Except maybe Jernard, so with my luck he'll be voted out next.

Edited June 27, 2016 by LexieLily

[Madding crowd]

I think these tasks have gotten ridiculous. I agree that Bobby and Giada were acting so silly and laughing hysterically over every word these you tube guys were saying. Their mythical nonsense show sounds juvenile and boring to me. Do they honestly do that same thing every episode? I also thought it was unfair to the contestants. Putting together ingredients that can't possibly taste good together and then being upset because they didn't think of enough cool and hip things to say. I'm surprised they thought Damiano was good. To me he seemed to not really get what that show was about and his comments were more floundering than anything else. I do want to root for him since my grandparents were from Sicily and I am of Italian heritage, but he often looks very confused to me. I guess if he had his own show they could cut out silly stuff like this.

I guess Jernard and Treygave are doing well but I can't imagine watching such goofiness and high energy on a weekly show. I can't stand Ana and Joy often looks upset. So, I don't care who wins. 

[Rick Kitchen]

Rhett and Link got their starts making funny ads for local companies.  A lot of their work became viral.  Here's just one:

 

[MerBearHou]

Giada has GOT to stop that cackle, shrill laughing.  I hate it so much.

The challenge to spin a wheel and combine two ridiculous foods was beyond, beyond absurd.  

I didn't mind that they had to present to the YouTube guys -- the little on-camera banter and food explanation seemed relevant -- but the combo of the horrible food groups was terrible.  Don't know how Joy came up with anything -- Kim Chi and Bread Pudding together??

I loathe when women flirt to get ahead in these competitions -- Ana sure goes there.  Joy did too to a lesser extent -- come on, Joy.  

Tregaye and her fleek bit is so lame.  When she's not trying to be super trendy and waving her hands at Bobby and Giada, I enjoy her.  She's pretty, warm and can cook.  

Jernard is a dear but his 32 kids/9 kids/chef of love is not a show I'd like to watch.  I like him -- I don't like his POV.

I saw Erin on the Holiday Baking Championship and found her to be a bit silly and annoying (lots of cutesy and smidgens).   She has won me over on this show -- she is much steadier and approachable.

I had no problem with Rob being the one dismissed this time.  Seems like a really good guy but I'd never watch a show with him.  

[Tyrone Biggums]

Watching stupid-ass, unlikable contestants doing a dog-and-pony show for stupid-ass, unlikable YouTube "celebrities" and stupid-ass, unlikable judges.

I never thought Food Network could get worse with Medusa and Kermit leaving, but I'll be damned if they didn't pull it off.

Pass on the rest of this season.  Let whomever wins make their six episodes, burn them off, and they can then disappear back to the Guy's Grocery Games judging circuit.

[TDT]

Farewell to"the lunch lady"..but what if he makes it back onto the show via Star Salvation?

[xaxat]

Is this the beginning of a redemption edit for Ana? She was much more personable, she's taken over Monterey's spot as the favorite talking head and her "random" assignment was to make eggs Benedict after making eggs Benedict. 

What is Giada's obsession with dresses with cutouts? I like the grey one she wore. . until I saw she had taken a butcher knife to the sides of it.

Couldn't pay attention to anything Jennard said after he talked about his grandfather having 32 kids. Normally I'm not into moralizing, but that's disgusting behavior.

[LittleIggy]

19 minutes ago, xaxat said:

Couldn't pay attention to anything Jennard said after he talked about his grandfather having 32 kids. Normally I'm not into moralizing, but that's disgusting behavior.

Thank you! I couldn't help but think that the first wife died in childbirth or from being worn down from having so many children, then the asshole goes and marries another woman to be his brood mare.

i wouldn't watch Damiano because I can't understand the majority of what he says, and he is not handsome and charming enough to negate that fact.

[LexieLily]

Joy's idea for edible art was to...make a smiley face out of bacon and fruit and macaroni hair? Isn't that something any mom or grandparent or babysitter ever has done for their kid?

Edited June 27, 2016 by LexieLily

[Lillybee]

I am liking Ana more and more as this goes on.  She seems to be ignoring most of the crap that they want from her.

[Totale]

Pretend you've lived a truly charmed life, and managed to reach whatever advanced age you have without ever encountering an asswipe, Would your introduction to the concept by way of those two YT "sensations" impress you?  Hope so, because judging by all the Ed McMahon level ho-ho-hee-hawing over every word that dribbled out of their untrained mouths they are going to be the Next Food Network "Stars" - I bet they have a show on within months.  Obviously none of the wet noodles they've cast to play the fools in this season are up for it.  Now I know why in the still slide they put up on other FN shows to promote this one Flay looks like he's just been nabbed in the nads by a lobster claw.

How did they keep spinning the Wheel of Assholery which they so dramatically revealed to have four positions and come up with seven different contests?  Why not just put seven choices on it to begin with?

[Rick Kitchen]

How did Ana cook those eggs for her "girls"? They weren't poached.

She also needs to stfu about the other cooks.

So in the second dish she also fried the eggs for her Eggs Benedict?  smdh

Tomato basil yogurt sounds absolutely revolting.

"Fleeking" and "fleeky" are now words?  Ugh.

"In Italy we take big bites."  Shut up, Giada, you're American.

"You'll see me again."  Of course, because they all hop around from show to show.

[Brookside]

Funny how the cutouts in Giada's first dress reflected the vagina of doom table.

A lot of people can't understand the Italian guy. I have no problem with him, but I can't understand half of what Jernard says.  And was he named after his grandfathers Jerry and Bernard?

[spiderpig]

I detest Tregaye's shouting, pointing, fleeking and gyrating.  She's a grown woman and it isn't cute.  Bobby and LBH seem to think she's the bee's knees, though.

The cooking gimmicks continue to get more ridiculous. When the two youtube guys said they didn't think fish and cheese were supposed to be served together - um duh! - Jernard's dish was supposed to combine ahi and a patty melt.  What was he supposed to melt - candlewax?  (Actually, I thought his sandwich looked the tastiest of all the drivel that they were forced to come up with.)

Joy had to bring up her five kids, of course.  At least she's not in MasterChef/Chopped territory with "single-mom syndrome".  Yet.  But kim chi bread pudding was just nuts. No win situation.

I thought Ana was Most Improved this week.  Her eggs benedict bikini showed she had a sense of humor, even if it doesn't come across much on cam.

Italian speakers: is Damino's exaggerated accent legit (ending every other word with ah, like food-ah and meatball-ah), or is he exaggerating it as a stereotype.  Italian's a beautiful language, but I keep wondering if Damiano is playing us a bit.

The first week we thought Lunch Lady Rob was a shoo-in, but he really choked in the past couple of weeks.  I just checked on the FN website (it's 10:45pm Pacific) and Salvation isn't up yet.

[backformore]

2 hours ago, TDT said:

Farewell to"the lunch lady"..but what if he makes it back onto the show via Star Salvation?

Good.   I hated that he referred to himself as a "lunch Lady."  It comes across, in a sarcastic way, as a put down of women who work in school cafeterias.  Call yourself a lunch SERVER, and forget calling up the stereotype just so you can say you're different.   I bet most lunch servers don't fit the stereotype either.

[spiderpig]

Salvation #3's up now.

[bluepiano]

3 hours ago, Tyrone Biggums said:

Watching stupid-ass, unlikable contestants doing a dog-and-pony show for stupid-ass, unlikable YouTube "celebrities" and stupid-ass, unlikable judges.

I never thought Food Network could get worse with Medusa and Kermit leaving, but I'll be damned if they didn't pull it off.

With you 100%. The point of this show seems to have become to entertain Bobby and Giada.. Each week they howl with laughter at the dumbest things.  It's like they're either stoned or have reverted mentally to being 13 years old.  They especially love Jennard and Tregaye because they are more than happy to play caricatures and be clowns for the amusement of the judges.

And I never thought I could miss Medusa and Kermit, but at least they held the contestants to some standards. They would've told Tregaye that no one can take her seriously as a "food authority" with all her "on fleek" and "poppin" and cutesy-poo BS. Would her show be aimed at junior high school students? (Jennard also said "poppin" a couple of times this week. Guess that was the word of the day, like Pee Wee Herman had on his show.)

I don't feel one way or another about "You Tube sensations," but these two hipster dudes were just really grating and too full of themselves. In the past we've seen challenges where contestants were thrown a curve ball during an interview and had to improvise. But these guys were just interrupting for the sake of interrupting, and to make the segments about themselves. So for the contestants you were kind of doomed either way. If you engaged with them you wouldn't have time to talk about your food. If you ignored them the judges would've said you weren't too rehearsed.

When it got to the final two, obviously Rob was going home. Joy is clearly TCO. Rob seemed to have potential, but neither his food or personality were consistent. In the end, he probably wasn't even as good as Pie Style.

Edited June 27, 2016 by bluepiano

[backformore]

Making faces with food on this show?  Haven't we all been doing that for kids since the first time someone made a mickey mouse pancake?   

The eggs benedict bikini though - Anna basically made a bra, with fried eggs as boobs.   Maybe they should have ALL gone in that direction, using vegetables and fruits to portray nude body parts.   Takes "food porn"  to a new level.

[GaT]

Wow, that was like watching an episode of Chopped with You Tube people. What was the point? If the winner gets their own show, is someone going to give them ice cream & swordfish one minute before they go live & tell them to make up a dish? I don't think so. What did the challenge prove? 

I really do not like Tregaye, fleek this.

[HappyDancex2]

I had an inward reaction to these people as "food authorities" when a lot of people on this episode hit the fryers with their ingredients.  Serious eye roll.

And Rob seemed proud that he gets kids to eat things because kids love anything fried.  Yeah so do most people.  Fried food is the easy way out and isn't good for anyone's lifestyle, especially kids.

The first challenge was stupid.  I'm easily entertained but even I was wondering what I was watching.

I would like to replace bobby and giada with aaron sanchez and maneet chohan.  They are fun but still articulate.  Both have a distinct style and opinion.

[Rick Kitchen]

Aron Sanchez is the celebrity chef guest on Masterchef this week.

[TDT]

shocked Jennard didnt rip his pants when he did that split(unless he did and didnt say anything..)

 

1 minute ago, Rick Kitchen said:

Aron Sanchez is the celebrity chef guest on Masterchef this week.

i wonder if he'll make reference to Andrea(aka Cuban Cupcake)'s appearance on Chopped..

[HappyDancex2]

Just now, Rick Kitchen said:

Aron Sanchez is the celebrity chef guest on Masterchef this week.

I like him a lot.  I through out those names because I happen to have Chopped on and they are the judges!  Maneet is underutilized on the network so she would be a good too.  Amanda wouldn't be bad either.  There are times her low energy isn't very compelling though.  I like Alex too but she seems to be pimped out on the network enough.   Heck not sure why Ted Allen isn't as qualified as Giada, that's for sure!

[Albino]

11 minutes ago, HappyDancex2 said:

I would like to replace bobby and giada with aaron sanchez and maneet chohan.  They are fun but still articulate.  Both have a distinct style and opinion.

I agree about Aaron but I generally want to punch Maneet in the throat.  Maybe judges with more gravitas would improve this sideshow. There are dozens of FN 'stars' to chose from. Bobby can get appropriately testy but Giada has basically devolved into a giggling schoolgirl most of the time.  This episode and the room service one were obviously created only to amuse and entertain the audience.  Epic fail.  Just give the contestants challenges that make sense, give us judges who take the show seriously and everything will be poppin'.  

Edited June 27, 2016 by Albino

[bluepiano]

26 minutes ago, backformore said:

Making faces with food on this show?  Haven't we all been doing that for kids since the first time someone made a mickey mouse pancake?   

That's one of the reasons I think Joy is a lock to win this thing. She's been really weak in a couple of recent challenges, like using a blender to blend in the "hack" challenge, and making a face with her food as "art." That was something a 10 year old could do. But the judges gave her a pass each time.

I laughed when she got the kimchee, after previously having made clear her distaste for Asian food. Apparently because she doesn't like the taste of kimchee she barely used it in her dish. Glad she got dinged for that. But I think the real reason she was bottom two was to try to make it look like she doesn't already have this in the bag.

Edited June 27, 2016 by bluepiano

[HappyDancex2]

I think judges with more gravitas are a waste for this show.  They are basically judging food clowns who shriek at octopus and kimchi.  I guess if some of the Top Chef cheftestants that didn't win want to become a TV food judge then it's possible.  Like Antonia on Cutthroat Kitchen.  I've seen Leah make an appearance as a judge on Beat Bobby Flay.   Whenever I see her face all I can hear is her moaning at Hosea.  LOL.  

When does the next season of Top Chef start?  Sigh.

[Hero]

I CANNOT stand Damiano. I feel like he has no sense of humor and takes things way too literally. I honestly still think he is in the game because of Giada. She has this creepy Cheshire cat grin every time she sees him. 

Erin can go, too. Her "cutesy" act is getting old and yes, we know you are a baker.

[Evangeline]

1 hour ago, Suzy123 said:

I CANNOT stand Damiano. I feel like he has no sense of humor and takes things way too literally. I honestly still think he is in the game because of Giada. She has this creepy Cheshire cat grin every time she sees him. 

Erin can go, too. Her "cutesy" act is getting old and yes, we know you are a baker.

Agreed on both points.  The risotto tulip was clever, but the "hack" challenge I think they said he won was silly -- his hack was likely harder and far more limited than many alternatives, and he didn't really do anything with the cantaloupe. He's making me like Ana, because I loved her laugh and "whatever" when Damiano was criticizing her.

Tregaye annoys me, but she seems to actually do an impressive job with some of the tougher challenges. 

The odd pairing challenges never seem to be that fair -- some always seem way easier than others. There are enough weird food combinations out there, I'm sure they could find more equally challenging pairings.

[Amarsir]

Obviously, way too much "on fleek" and "popping". Honorable Mention of annoyance at Joy using "put on my big girl panties" for at least the second time in this competition.

6 hours ago, Totale said:

How did they keep spinning the Wheel of Assholery which they so dramatically revealed to have four positions and come up with seven different contests?  Why not just put seven choices on it to begin with?

They took the sign off the wheel and put it below the platter. Then replaced it with something else for the next spin. I actually thought that was a reasonable way to do it, if a little over-engineered.

5 hours ago, spiderpig said:

The cooking gimmicks continue to get more ridiculous. When the two youtube guys said they didn't think fish and cheese were supposed to be served together - um duh! - Jernard's dish was supposed to combine ahi and a patty melt.  What was he supposed to melt - candlewax?  (Actually, I thought his sandwich looked the tastiest of all the drivel that they were forced to come up with.)

I suspect all of you are better cooks than I. So was I wrong that I thought Jernard's was by far the easiest? Oh no, they wanted him to invent a tuna melt. Or to be really exotic, parmesan crusting. But he called it "unthinkable". I'm not suggesting he should strive to recreate a Filet-O-Fish, but if McDonalds can sell them it's not that sophisticated a palate thing.

Speaking of which, there was not a single dish where the judges said that elements didn't go well together. The criticisms were "too much" and "not enough". I have to think they were being incredibly generous, to the point that they're not even looking for cooking talent anymore. You just can't be fall-on-your-face bad.

Edited June 27, 2016 by Amarsir

[smiley13]

Those two men on there were completely useless and rude.  I have no idea who they are and have no need to know anything more about them.

Ana and her flirting and stupid looking bikini should have gone home.

Joy had the worst combination to work with.  Does anyone like kimchee?  

[cooksdelight]

6 hours ago, Rick Kitchen said:

How did Ana cook those eggs for her "girls"? They weren't poached.

She also needs to stfu about the other cooks.

So in the second dish she also fried the eggs for her Eggs Benedict?  smdh

Tomato basil yogurt sounds absolutely revolting.

"Fleeking" and "fleeky" are now words?  Ugh.

"In Italy we take big bites."  Shut up, Giada, you're American.

"You'll see me again."  Of course, because they all hop around from show to show.

Thank you!!! She's written a cookbook and she fries eggs instead of poaching them??? Please.... do not let this woman get any further.

Comments from the boyfriend who never watches this show unless forced to:

"That Italian guy is an asshole. Why is he sometimes speaking with a heavy accent and other times not?"

"Why is that woman (Tregaye) waving like a 5-year old?"

"Let me guess.... she (Joy) was prom queen and has a dozen kids."

"Why does that woman keep her head bowed all the time (Ana), she hates being on camera."

"Her (Erin) shirt looks like a kid threw up all over it. I can't stop looking at that, who sees her food when she's wearing something so distracting?"

[PRgal]

Having watched the entire season so far, does anyone think they've kept Joy around just to exploit her mom-style, not-so-sophisticated cooking?  Because all her comments seem to come off as ignorant about certain types of food.  And being grossed out about most types. 

Also, why did Ana fry her eggs for her bennies?  I've only seen sunny bennies at some diners.  Most places serve them poached. 

[Wings]

8 hours ago, Rick Kitchen said:

"In Italy we take big bites."  Shut up, Giada, you're American.

I found this hysterical!  She is besotted with the guy.  

This show is a programming/revenue decision more than wanting to find another 'star.'  Reality competitions draw more viewers than the stand and stir daytime variety.  If they find a new 'star', excellent, if they don't, so what.  I doubt they began with a winner in mind as some think.  They have no idea how they will work in front of a camera until they try.   I think they just roll with it knowing it is a money maker for them.  

I am warming to both Ana and Erin.  Fine with me that Rob left.  I think Monterey is the likely winner.  She has a Goldie Hawn quality about her (Laugh In).   They can find some place to use her, she is really cute/beautiful.  

[Passing Strange]

I dislike it when people on cooking shows get all huffy about the horror of fish and cheese. Whenever they start complaining I want to shriek, "Tuna melt!" Then there are shellfish dishes like scallops mornay, shrimp fettuccine alfredo, and lobster mac and cheese. Get off your high horses and go drink some red wine with chicken. 

I can't stand when someone is the anything of love, so Jernard irks the hell out of me with his Chef of Love shtick. I'm not impressed with his grandfather's 32 children or his 9. It's not like conceiving them took any kind of talent. Their wives had to do the resulting heavy lifting. Plus, I wonder if he, Bobby and Giada have ever actually listened to the lyrics of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." It's not a compliment.

Tregaye's act with the octopus was annoying, but Tregaye's act has annoyed me from the beginning. All that hysteria when she got the octopus, but she was quite capable of preparing and cooking it. She can't pop and fleek her way out the door soon enough for me.

[smiley13]

Jernard and Tregaye were the stars of the show last night to me.  Poor Joy got the worst ingredient of them all though.  I still like these three the best.

Ana needs to go far, far away.  I am not sure why she thinks she is hot stuff because she is not.

[rab01]

Lets thank the editors for some of the comedy gold we got in this episode:

Erin getting dead air and sarcasm in response to saying "I'm a baker" after she was criticized by the idiot Irvine for not saying she was a baker last week

Giada saying "we" take big bites in Italy when none of us have ever seen more than the very tip of a fork go past her teeth.

Giada criticizing Joy for only being able to cook within a certain limited area -- because we all know how wide ranging Giada's cooking interests are.

Bobby and Giada having to pretend that Damiano's on-air segment was anything more than a disqualifying train wreck.

The tight close-up of the kimchi bubbling

Damiano complaining, actually complaining for real, that he had to work near kimchi and octopus (when he wasn't stuck with either ingredient himself)

[allypenguin]

I thought Joy was incredibly immature and ignorant when working with the kimchi. The way she was gagging at the kimchi smell had me rolling my eyes, you'd think it was the worst thing on earth. If you're on this show purportedly to be a "food authority" can you really poopoo foods that you haven't tried before, doesn't that seem pretty close-minded? Also kimchi is basically a staple in so many households. I'm not even Korean, and my family makes our own kimchi. Walk into any Korean sushi place, or KBBQ and they'll give it to you before the main course. While I've never tried kimchi with sweet combinations, like bread pudding, and understand it would've been an extremely hard challenge, it's not like kimchi doesn't mesh well with other flavours. Personally, kimchi fries is one of my favourite snacks, and is super trendy right now. I've never met anyone in my life who had such a visceral, over the top reaction to kimchi in my life.

[backformore]

6 minutes ago, Passing Strange said:

I can't stand when someone is the anything of love, so Jernard irks the hell out of me with his Chef of Love shtick. I'm not impressed with his grandfather's 32 children or his 9. It's not like conceiving them took any kind of talent. Their wives had to do the resulting heavy lifting. Plus, I wonder if he, Bobby and Giada have ever actually listened to the lyrics of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." It's not a compliment.

Yeah, if someone tells me about a guy who fathered 32 kids, I want to know if he actually raised those kids, supported them financially, or did anything past impregnating several women.   "Papa was a rolling stone" implies that he left a lot of women raising his kids while he moved on to the next one.   It pisses me off.  I have the same reaction as when people say "you look so young to be a grandparent!"  Yeah, there's a trick to being a young grandparent - get pregnant young, and make sure your kids do the same.   Bringing children into the world is not an accomplishment by itself - raising them is.   When Jernard talks about being the chef of love, it makes me wonder if he is bragging about being like his father, does he plan on beating his dad's record?

Fish and cheese, as I understand it from watching Chopped, is some sort of sin to some Italian chefs.   But Ahi tuna with melted cheese?  yeah, that sounds OK.   Damiano is awful.   I think they are hoping he becomes popular as some kind of sexy chef that women will want to watch prepare food and talk to them in his sexy accent.  But his charm lasts about 5 minutes.  He has no sense of humor.

Kimchee did not have to be paired with a SWEET bread pudding, Joy should have made a savory bread pudding, it could have brought out the tangy/spicy flavor, she could have added a little meat to it, and had a really good dish.   Both Joy and Ana didn't like their task, so they basically tried to do something else.   Damiano has done that on past episodes, but Giada pretty much will let him-a do-a anything-a he wants-a.

[bluepiano]

24 minutes ago, allypenguin said:

I thought Joy was incredibly immature and ignorant when working with the kimchi. The way she was gagging at the kimchi smell had me rolling my eyes, you'd think it was the worst thing on earth. If you're on this show purportedly to be a "food authority" can you really poopoo foods that you haven't tried before, doesn't that seem pretty close-minded?

I've written about this before. It's annoying that Joy seems proud of the ignorance/contempt she has regarding non-American foods. I get that southern comfort food is her "POV" and what her show would be about. But if you are a food professional you at least show respect for other kinds of cuisines that are eaten and enjoyed by millions of people. And because FN rotates their "stars" through different shows, it's not unheard of for someone to have to cook, or at least be able to talk about, a food that is not in their wheelhouse.

Joy is probably a reasonably nice person, but her "ooh, that's icky" act makes her come across as the entitled prom queen/pageant winner she probably was. And why am I need surprised that she performed on cruise ships. Probably Disney I would guess?

And did you know she has 5 kids? And Jennard has 9?

Edited June 27, 2016 by bluepiano

[backformore]

I liked Rob when he scoffed at the Kimchi-hate, saying it was just sauerkraut, with spices. 

Kimchi is also considered very healthy.

[spiderpig]

Didn't Joy say she was a former Miss NC or something?

(Personal opinion... I hate beauty pageants.)  That said, she often comes across as unkempt, with straggly hair.  I look that way every day, but I'm not trying to be a Food Network Stah.

I agree, being from the South doesn't mean you have to be butt ignorant about world cuisine.  It just tells me she's lazy and uninquisitive.

[LittleIggy]

Who are "Medusa and Kermit"?