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empty baggie posted:An interesting read about the Y-Not III/Nick's House grand reopening: http://milwaukeerecord.com/food-drink/bar-rescue-turned-y-iii-70s-themed-bar-called-nicks-house/ This just cemented that I turn the show off after they show the bar to the staff. I knew it was staged to an extent, but not nearly that far. Taffer is also an enormous rear end in a top hat that cannot stand being talked to or complimented on by the unwashed masses of people he designed a bar for. Why am I still watching this show?
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It's so weird to me that they would go that far and do all that rigamarole to stage the relaunch, when that turns into MAYBE 3-5 minutes of footage in the end.
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limp_cheese posted:This just cemented that I turn the show off after they show the bar to the staff. I knew it was staged to an extent, but not nearly that far. KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. DO NOT TALK TO ME OR LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERAS.
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limp_cheese posted:This just cemented that I turn the show off after they show the bar to the staff. I knew it was staged to an extent, but not nearly that far. I don't think it's unwashed masses so much as ten minutes of Taffer being swamped by the public and signing autographs would make for some pretty boring tv. Those directives are standard "you are going to be on tv" fare, if everyone in the bar was looking at the cameras, taking pictures and high fiving Taffer... And yes, it takes three hours of staging to set up five minutes of tv with a hundred plus extras.
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Dec 14, 2014 17:57
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Nothing takes me out of reality programming faster than reality somehow creeping in.
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Don't know if a new thread is in order, but just found out that the return of the show this Sunday will feature the first re-rescue, as Taffer tries to bring Second Base back from the brink of bankruptcy. Wonder if they'll mention the incident where someone was killed in the parking lot.
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OmegaBR posted:Don't know if a new thread is in order, but just found out that the return of the show this Sunday will feature the first re-rescue, as Taffer tries to bring Second Base back from the brink of bankruptcy. Wonder if they'll mention the incident where someone was killed in the parking lot. Just watched the episode and no mention. The owner might be the most unbelivable shithead I've ever seen in a business repair show like this. He's so obviously just trying to get a free remodeling it's insane. He also acts like a horrible prick to the woman who is literally cleaning his bar for free. The best part is when Taffer spends like 3 minutes straight doing nothing but lay burn after burn on the guy and then forcing him to reveal what a scam artist he is. "My other bar is doing amazing, we're rolling in dough  ""Okay, so invest 30 grand back into this bar and I'll give you a 100 grand remodel" "Oh no no no, my other bar is barely scraping by! I have barely enough to live on!"
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Feb 5, 2015 00:49
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Woo, second-ever walkout! O'Face was way better, though. This one's an eager staff but a dipshit owner. Headhunters without the filth. (Well, most of it.) e: Actually somewhat surprised they didn't mention the incident. D.N. Nation fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Can't believe Terry turned out to be such a jackass. Second Base was one of those rescues that really seemed to go perfectly (which is probably why Jon agreed to come back,) but the girls themselves said it: "Is he doing it on purpose or is he just really stupid?" "He's just that stupid." A hundred thousand dollars on the line, and he couldn't even invest a third of that. I don't know how somebody screws up that badly, unless he did exactly what Taffer said and took the money for himself.
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Feb 9, 2015 06:51
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So, did this owner just hire strippers or something so he can flirt with/gently caress them? That guy seemed hilariously delusional about how to run a bar and just didn't give a gently caress.
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Feb 9, 2015 08:22
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Dimples, the sad, sad Karaoke bar just on the outskirts of Universal Studios, is scheduled to close before summer. Kind of sad, but it was pretty apparent the owner wasn't going to change.
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OmegaBR posted:Can't believe Terry turned out to be such a jackass. Second Base was one of those rescues that really seemed to go perfectly (which is probably why Jon agreed to come back,) but the girls themselves said it: "Is he doing it on purpose or is he just really stupid?" "He's just that stupid." I don't know how people don't know what a password hint is or how to turn on a computer but they exist and they are dumb as gently caress. There are really really really really stupid people who are alive and probably shouldn't be.
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FilthyImp posted:Dimples, the sad, sad Karaoke bar just on the outskirts of Universal Studios, is scheduled to close before summer. Good. I've been there and gently caress that place. The owner's creepy as hell, the whole place is dirty, and drinks are cruise-ship level in both price and watered-down-ness. And it's always packed to the gills with insufferable musical theater actors hoping to get discovered by Disney.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:47
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I can't shake the feeling that Jon did this just as a drama grab. I wouldn't think he would ever agree to a re-rescue under any other circumstances.
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CVagts posted:I can't shake the feeling that Jon did this just as a drama grab. I wouldn't think he would ever agree to a re-rescue under any other circumstances. I assumed they wanted another walk-out example. I didn't remember what bar it was until the beginning explanation. Afterwards why they did it made a lot more sense. It is Spike TV so I assume any chance they can show beautiful women with large tits and great asses in tiny bikinis is going to happen.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:56
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She has a nice smile.
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Feb 10, 2015 09:30
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Lame episode, really did feel like a drama grab. It's pretty obvious that the guy is just sinking all of his profits into his other bar and waiting for a remodel, as Taffer pointed out.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:10
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So I'm watching this repeat and did John's 'Expert" Bartender really just include loving pizza sauce in a cocktail?
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Feb 16, 2015 05:49
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Felt like this was going to be a repeat of Piratz, though I guess she has her son to help keep her in check.
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Feb 16, 2015 06:54
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This show really reinforces the reality that 90% of restaurants/bars fail within 5 years because people get into the industry and fail as a result of getting personally attached to their idea of what they want the business to be instead of trying to make money.
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Feb 16, 2015 07:18
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OmegaBR posted:Felt like this was going to be a repeat of Piratz, though I guess she has her son to help keep her in check. As soon as they broke out the gimmick ice I had Piratz flashbacks. And yep, sure enough.
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Feb 16, 2015 07:42
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CVagts posted:As soon as they broke out the gimmick ice I had Piratz flashbacks. And yep, sure enough. Soon as he said "young professionals" I knew. Also, I thought I had heard the Blue Frog people had unkind words for the show, but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I know they renamed the bar from "The Local" to "Blue Frog's Local 22" though.
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Feb 16, 2015 09:10
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I hate this woman so much. She is the worst non scumbag owner they've had on. She has a fantastic looking bar. And she turned it into garbage. Do we know where on the spectrum she is? Because she is in no way normally functioning person. I'm really looking forward to her bar going out of business and turning into something good. A pawn shop would be better for this neighborhood then her daycare center looking abomination.
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These reviews posted on Bar Rescue Updates sound fake as gently caress.quote:"Great intimate place to hear awesome live music. Staff is very friendly and Lonnie gets the whole audience involved. I highly recommend it."
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The American Dream posted:Do we know where on the spectrum she is? Auphishstic
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Jon Taffer had his own "Bar Science" category today on Jeopardy. They only did like 2 clues before time ran out I wonder if they get their bribe money back
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zVxTeflon posted:Jon Taffer had his own "Bar Science" category today on Jeopardy. They only did like 2 clues before time ran out I wonder if they get their bribe money back Were they video questions?
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Feb 20, 2015 23:03
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Yeah. Was pertty disappointed they didn't get to all of them I really wanted to hear trebek say the word butt funnel
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Feb 20, 2015 23:17
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After last week's flaky old stubborn hippie owner, we are back this week to the tried and true bar of filth, with lazy feuding owners/waitresses with attitude/worthless redneck cook/disgusting mold-filled bar.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:25
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Holy moly how did the owner not just instantly fire the poo poo out of that awful bartender chick who didn't know her cocktails and gave away two thousand dollars worth of liquor when she stopped giving a gently caress
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Feb 23, 2015 06:30
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LOL, nice Piratz callback.
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Hazo posted:Holy moly how did the owner not just instantly fire the poo poo out of that awful bartender chick who didn't know her cocktails and gave away two thousand dollars worth of liquor when she stopped giving a gently caress Same reason none of the owners don't instantly fire the bartenders who give away thousands of dollars a week in liquor I imagine: they're total morons.
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Hazo posted:Holy moly how did the owner not just instantly fire the poo poo out of that awful bartender chick who didn't know her cocktails and gave away two thousand dollars worth of liquor when she stopped giving a gently caress Then they would have to train a new bartender, which they don't know how to do since she was giving away that much booze.
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I think when they do the value of how much they give away it's how much the bar could get for it and not how much it's actually worth. Kinda like when they show how much a celebrity vacation is and include everything under the sun to get it up to that price. Like a $20 bottle of absolute could be $6 a shot so a 18 oz bottle is $108. Really she gave away $20 but technically she gave away $108
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Hazo posted:Holy moly how did the owner not just instantly fire the poo poo out of that awful bartender chick who didn't know her cocktails and gave away two thousand dollars worth of liquor when she stopped giving a gently caress She really only "gave away" $50 worth of booze (the cost of 2 bottles), and IMO it was actually a good "gently caress you" response to Taffer's typical contrived tactic of instantly filling a small bar to try and overwhelm the staff.
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I guess I'm more bewildered why they would keep around someone who's clearly so incompetent and disrespectful when it's really not that hard to find a bartender who knows their basic technical drinks and can make them in a reasonable amount of time. But as has been said, the owners probably are more concerned with keeping their friends/pretty girls hired instead of maintaining a business:Luigi Thirty posted:Same reason none of the owners don't instantly fire the bartenders who give away thousands of dollars a week in liquor I imagine: they're total morons.
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Feb 26, 2015 17:35
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Sometimes, you just get the feeling that Taffer wants to waterboard some of these bar owners.
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I'm getting sick of the whole "owner is an rear end in a top hat jerk right after the stress test but has done a complete mental and emotional 180 the next morning" trope this show is taking.
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CVagts posted:I'm getting sick of the whole "owner is an rear end in a top hat jerk right after the stress test but has done a complete mental and emotional 180 the next morning" trope this show is taking. Welcome to being a Kitchen Nightmares fan. 
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