The Comedy Thread.

This seems like something Beerman would do

Serbian Taxi Driver scene from the movie "Fat Pizza vs Housos" One of the few movie scenes which nearly killed me. 

He's a legend, and unlike most TV Chefs, the guy is also one of the best in the business, 16 Michelin Stars! Most top chefs would be happy with just one.

He has restaurants all over the place, I assume the best ones are expensive though.

Yeah, that nasty thing is a bit of an act he puts on for the cameras, and is far more exaggerated on the American versions of his shows. I've read that he's actually a really nice person in real life, he even remembers the names of minor members of the production crew.

He realizes that Americans like more drama, so he goes one step further. On the UK versions of his shows he does swear a lot, I think he holds the record for saying "fuck" the most times in a 60 minute program, and none of it is censored. Although on a show like Kitchen Nightmares, on the UK version it actually seemed like he genuinely cared about saving the restaurants, and spent loads of time there to help them get everything right, and he also had a higher success rate a result. On the US version he stays for a few days, creates loads of drama, and then basically just get others to do the actual fixing.

I do like both versions, but it's interesting to see how they're deliberately tailored to different audiences.

He got better as the seasons went on, the success rate in the earlier seasons was pretty poor, but improved with each season to the point where most were being saved. I know on the original UK version he would keep revisiting for months afterwards, even taking control of the finances and everything, to help them get everything working properly.

There's definitely different styles though, the UK version has less editing and voiceovers.




I also recall it had the just one occasion I can remember where he actually loved the food. Some African American lady with a soul food place in Brighton