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05 December 2006

JONMC YOUR WILDEST DREAMS (and my nightmare) IS FULFILLED.

post by: loquacious at: 08:48 | 28 comments

I. Hate. Rachel. Ray. That is all.

posted by LunaticFringe 05 December | 08:53

LF, don't hate on my TV girlfriend.

And the songs she chose could be worse. But, no loq, my wildest dreams won't be fulfilled until she does her Playboy pictorial. (a sex tape isn't classy enough for Rachel).

posted by jonmc 05 December | 09:15

Hey loquacious, check your email.

posted by By the Grace of God 05 December | 09:15

Ahh, it's only got her picture on the cover; she's not singin', dam-bit.

posted by mischief 05 December | 09:16

Someone was telling me she only tips 7%, now I hate her too.

posted by matildaben 05 December | 10:54

mats, it's a TV show where she has to come in under a certain amount, so she skimps for the show's sake, but the show gives a lot of good publicity to local independent eateries, which I think is great.

posted by jonmc 05 December | 10:57

i am simply repelled.
eww.

posted by ethylene 05 December | 11:06

She's not singing on the CD? Thank goodness. I was picturing the next thing: "Rachel Ray as Roxie in CHICAGO, on Broadway!"

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 December | 11:14

Ah, tomato, canned-tomato-paste. You say skimps-for-the-show's-sake, I say intentionally-misleads. If the only way you can bring it in under budget is to drink tap water and tip 7%, it's time to either raise the ceiling or find some cheaper restaurants.

And I've only seen two Ray shows about cities I'm intimately familiar with, but, in both cases, she focused on tourist traps and venerable-but-overrated establishments instead of, y'know, the best (best value, most interesting, whatever) places in town. Does anybody know if this is typical?

Also, did I read somewhere that she's going to open some kind of chain of burger joints, or was that just a bad dream?

posted by box 05 December | 11:15

Someone was telling me she only tips 7%, now I hate her too.

I heard that too, and in "real life", not for the show. Supposedly she's a real tightwad. I have nothing against frugality, but tips is tips, and the woman has more money than god at this point. Share the wealth a little.

so she skimps for the show's sake, but the show gives a lot of good publicity to local independent eateries

As far as the show and its budget go, she advocates that it's ok to scrimp on the tip as long as you have enough to pay for what you want to eat. So she may be giving publicity to the restaurant that she films in, but her message is being heard by people frequenting restaurants that will never been seen on the show. The waitstaff in all restaurants will feel the pinch of her words though.

I don't know what it is about this woman, but I honestly can't stand her. My husband can't either, and he likes everybody. But since we seem to end up discussing Rachel Ray here on a weekly basis, she must be doing something right. I just don't want to know what it is.

posted by iconomy 05 December | 11:16

box, I admit I mainly watch her shows because I think she's pretty. and when I met her at a signing she was very nice and the perkiness seems genuine. I don't nominate her for sainthood or anything and i probably won't buy this CD.

(and for once, it wasn't me who posted this thread)

posted by jonmc 05 December | 11:18

Not a bad dream.

posted by box 05 December | 11:18

from what i can tell, it's old men who like watching her with the sound down and oprah.

i've heard lots of bad things about her but i have to go make coffee before the back of my head blows off and rumors about other people spill out.

posted by ethylene 05 December | 11:23

We keep a bottle of E.V.O.O. next to the bed.

posted by Pips 05 December | 11:25

jonmc, I assume you saw when she was in Maxim/Stuff/rando lad mag some years back?

That's just wrong, Pips.

posted by Rock Steady 05 December | 11:29

Probably won't buy the CD? Hahahahaha. If you're ever tempted, buy this instead.

eth, I want to hear bad things about her. Or good things, for that matter--I'm not a big fan of Ray's persona or her cooking style, but I think her success is fascinating. Is there a bit of anti-intellectualism in her pitch, or am I reading too much into it?

posted by box 05 December | 11:29

jonmc, I assume you saw when she was in Maxim/Stuff/rando lad mag some years back?

Of course.

Is there a bit of anti-intellectualism in her pitch, or am I reading too much into it?

You're reading too much into it. I don't think that lack of intellectual pretensions automatically equals anti-intellectualism.

I think her success is fascinating

It's equal parts girl-next-door sex appeal, hey-this-is-easy instruction, and perk.

posted by jonmc 05 December | 11:33

box, i've gotten pretty good at dumping unwanted information, but i don't think i ever got the full story about how she got popular. i think it has something to do with the unholy influence of Oprah.
and i just deleted some stuff i wish i didn't.
fuck.

posted by ethylene 05 December | 11:38

I like Rachael Ray (the extra a, folks!). I think she does a great job with removing the barriers to cooking for people who are hesitant to cook or who just think they suck in the kitchen.

However, I don't watch her show much anymore; I only wish it was because I have become a super cook. Honestly, the repetitiousness (EVOO! Garbage bowl! Yum-O!) was starting to get to me.

posted by initapplette 05 December | 11:43

I heard she eats third-world babies. Unpasteurized

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 05 December | 11:53

That Maxim spread was the funniest thing ever. I've never seen anyone look so uncomfortable in my life.

posted by eamondaly 05 December | 12:13

she advocates that it's ok to scrimp on the tip as long as you have enough to pay for what you want to eat.

And enough gas to idle at the drive-thru window. Seriously, stick to fast food or eat in if you can't/won't tip.

posted by trondant 05 December | 13:23

I'm waiting for the drunken karaoke tape bootleg. I can say with certainty that such a document would be entertaining.

posted by cortex 05 December | 14:27

not sure why you want to see her in playboy, jon. not like the pictorial will even remotely resemble what she looks like by the time they are done editing the photos. "oh no, a freckle! destroy it!"

and yeah i have heard that she is a bad tipper and just really greedy in general. don't know if it is true but a few things i have heard her say made me like her a lot less anyway and i suspect she really is that cheap.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 05 December | 15:33

not sure why you want to see her in playboy, jon. not like the pictorial will even remotely resemble what she looks like by the time they are done editing the photos. "oh no, a freckle! destroy it!"

OK, then papparazzi shots of her on a nude beach. It'll happen.

posted by jonmc 05 December | 15:43

She could pull a Britney, but I get the feeling Rachael doesn't shave.

posted by mischief 05 December | 19:30

Hm, a feeling?! More like wishful thinking, I guess. heheh

posted by mischief 05 December | 19:37

... stick to fast food or eat in if you can't/won't tip.
Or, move to a country where tipping is not the norm. Like, say, Australia.

posted by dg 05 December | 20:07

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