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Re: The Bear. People with severe substance abuse issues who are in the process of rapidly dismantling their own lives sometimes make some pretty irrational plans and decisions!
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It was a good show until that. i guess we have to wait and see if the money came from somewhere else, or if he borrowed a bunch of money from a shady dude just to stash it in cans of tomatoes that he had to buy and then open and stuff with money and then reseal
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The Maestro posted:It was a good show until that. i guess we have to wait and see if the money came from somewhere else, or if he borrowed a bunch of money from a shady dude just to stash it in cans of tomatoes that he had to buy and then open and stuff with money and then reseal Carm straight up says to Tina “it matches up exactly to what Mikey borrowed from Cicero”, when looking at the KBG (whatever it was) book entries, so pretty sure that’s your answer. In general: it was a pretty meh ending for me. I’m happy they get some form of happy ending instead of just everything being stressed and terrible, but it feels like a massive deus ex machina that just waves its hands to make everything great. Like, do we think Cicero is just gonna be fine with Carm still owing 200K+ but completely renovating and opening a new joint? I would have much preferred something a little more mundane, like them getting through a busy service super smoothly, with filled takeout boxes on a shelf, showing they are busy AND have their poo poo fully together, then like a shot pans across a notebook with notes about the family style joint, called The Bear
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Sep 2, 2022 18:25
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Yea it’s really stupid.
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Sep 2, 2022 18:28
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Maybe it'll bleed into s2 but i think they just wanted a clean slate wrt s1 main conflict.
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Sep 2, 2022 20:18
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the showrunner went into some detail about it spoilers within, obv
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Bayham Badger posted:the showrunner went into some detail about it spoilers within, obv
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Sep 3, 2022 07:09
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A suicidal drug addict hid money in the cans because he was nuts and it made sense to him, and Carmy is going to probably talk to his uncle and use the money to renovate and bring him in as a partner. It isn't really that off the wall, but it was a tonal shift for sure. I think it's going to be fine, guys, take a second in the walkin.
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How do you folks feel about the film Boiling Point? I'm a UK bartender and honestly, it's one of the most accurate depictions of working in hospitality that I've ever seen.
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Sep 3, 2022 14:39
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I love that movie! The second to last episode of The Bear is that movie's twin sibling.
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Sep 3, 2022 15:29
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I'll have to check The Bear out, but can't seem to find it on Google. What's it on?
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Sep 3, 2022 15:48
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Drinkslinger posted:I'll have to check The Bear out, but can't seem to find it on Google. What's it on? It’s subject to heavy localization licensing and search engines easily confuse it with the animal, of course. You can reliably find info on it by searching “bear men near me”.
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Sep 3, 2022 16:13
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Discendo Vox posted:It’s subject to heavy localization licensing and search engines easily confuse it with the animal, of course. You can reliably find info on it by searching “bear men near me”.
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Sep 3, 2022 16:15
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Drinkslinger posted:I'll have to check The Bear out, but can't seem to find it on Google. What's it on? USA = Hulu
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Drinkslinger posted:How do you folks feel about the film Boiling Point? Speaking of that, it's kind of weird that there aren't more movies and sitcoms that are primarily set in a restaurant and center around that crazy world of cooks, servers, dishwashers.managers and hosed up customers. Not counting "reality" shows. When I was 16 and 17 I worked in a Denny's doing just about everything on every shift at some point or another and holy poo poo would the things I witnessed there make for a great show/movie.
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BiggerBoat posted:Speaking of that, it's kind of weird that there aren't more movies and sitcoms that are primarily set in a restaurant and center around that crazy world of cooks, servers, dishwashers.managers and hosed up customers. Not counting "reality" shows. When I was 16 and 17 I worked in a Denny's doing just about everything on every shift at some point or another and holy poo poo would the things I witnessed there make for a great show/movie. That would risk humanizing lower level cooks and kitchen staff, and that is a big fat no-no
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BiggerBoat posted:Speaking of that, it's kind of weird that there aren't more movies and sitcoms that are primarily set in a restaurant and center around that crazy world of cooks, servers, dishwashers.managers and hosed up customers. Not counting "reality" shows. When I was 16 and 17 I worked in a Denny's doing just about everything on every shift at some point or another and holy poo poo would the things I witnessed there make for a great show/movie.
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Sep 3, 2022 17:32
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The brittish show chef was fun but idk where to find it anymore
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Sep 3, 2022 19:30
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The Boiling Point miniseries was really good.
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Sep 3, 2022 20:19
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"Whites" was a decent show with Alan Davies as a hotel chef. Although, in America it was on Hulu and Hulu was trying to market their exclusive content more since it was mostly known as the place you could watch the same poo poo you can watch on network television and the way the pointed out Hulu was the only place to watch the show was slowly going through the phrase "Whites only on Hulu" so there's an uncomfortable couple of seconds where the screen just said "Whites only"
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Sep 3, 2022 20:38
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haha holy poo poo whites only on hulu isn't much better
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:That would risk humanizing lower level cooks and kitchen staff, and that is a big fat no-no "Humanizing and a no-no" for whom? I don't think Hollywood or TV execs would much care. I just think it's a ripe setting for drama, romance and comedy. You could do a lot with it just based on the setting alone and lord knows there's 100 different characters that would basically write themselves. You've got sex, politics, money and drugs right there and then all the other weird poo poo that goes on in a restaurant with crazy customers, unexpected kitchen bullshit and what have you. Typically, though, anything with this type of setting is more of a backdrop than a main plot where one character is a server or a chef and the main story is something else but most places I've worked are practically their own little odd societies in and of themselves with a plethora of hosed up poo poo going on. This thread is a great example. I guess "Cheers" is a decent enough example of what I'm thinking of. But a sitcom based on the Denny's or Village Inn graveyard shift would be loving gold.
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The writers with experience in the industry will be at odds with the producers who will insist on dumb poo poo, like the food tampering scene in Waiting. The actors who had been BOH were dead-set against it, too. Don't know why they didn't just completely flub each take. Maybe Dane Cook was afraid the Myspace comedy tour money would dry up and wanted to avoid pissing off Hollywood. Wonder what ever happened.
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:The brittish show chef was fun but idk where to find it anymore Serious. Serious profession.
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Sep 14, 2022 04:15
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Recently there was Sweetbitter, based on that memoir
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I want something based more around front of house. Something like Waiting, but not a piece of poo poo.
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Party down was pretty good, it was catering though.
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greazeball posted:Party down was pretty good, it was catering though. That's the closest.
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Sep 14, 2022 12:24
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Party Down rules. Watch it if you haven't yet
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The Slammon' Salmon is a pretty underrated gem of a film no one heard about by the guys who made Super Troopers. The premise is the owner of a fancy Miami steakhouse loses a bet to the mob so he has a contest with his waitstaff to see who can sell the most food in one night. Shenanigans ensue. Every moment of Michael Clarke Duncan being on screen is worth the watch at least.
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I like The Slammin' Salmon more now than I did when it first came out. Same with Club Dread. I think it was just really hard to follow Super Troopers or Beerfest, no matter what they did immediately after those would have seemed mediocre in comparison. Part of me thinks Beerfest would have been a disappointment if it came right after ST instead of being more like a return to form after a few years.
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The Slammin' Salmon is good, but yeah it's hard to measure up to ST. I think Broken Lizard enjoyed their lane, which is mediocre cheap-laugh comedies. They just happened to get really lucky with Super Troopers. I know it's kind of crap but I do enjoy Waiting... for what it is. I also think it couldn't have been a coincidence that it came out a few years after ST and the restaurant is a Shenanigan's, "that place with all the crazy poo poo on the walls." Party Down was good, anything with Ken Marino is gonna be good. Friends keep telling me I look like the guy from The Bear and I have to tell them I'm not that young buff line cook anymore. 
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Inspector 34 posted:I like The Slammin' Salmon more now than I did when it first came out. Same with Club Dread. I think it was just really hard to follow Super Troopers or Beerfest, no matter what they did immediately after those would have seemed mediocre in comparison. Part of me thinks Beerfest would have been a disappointment if it came right after ST instead of being more like a return to form after a few years. I saw Beerfest on opening weekend at an Alamo Drafthouse. Packed room, tons of beer, easily a top 3 cinema experience for me.
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Inspector 34 posted:I like The Slammin' Salmon more now than I did when it first came out. Same with Club Dread.
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Woman on the phone: "Hello, can you tell me what fish dishes you have on your menu for Sunday?" Me: "Well, to name two, we have a nice mackerel nicoise salad starter, and our battered haddock and chips is always popular" Woman: "Oh, haddock? Is that fish?" Me: "..." Me: "Yes, haddock is fish" I'm so done with this week.
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Drinkslinger posted:Woman on the phone: "Hello, can you tell me what fish dishes you have on your menu for Sunday?" She probably just doesn't eat much fish herself but is eating with someone who has dietary restrictions, like pescatarian or south beach or something.
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She just doesn’t know that fish is sole food.
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Coasterphreak posted:She just doesn’t know that fish is sole food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzoKIvvbI0
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Looking for some suggestions for shoes. Need ankle support along with the usual non-slip / water resistant features.
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odinson posted:Looking for some suggestions for shoes. Need ankle support along with the usual non-slip / water resistant features. If you can afford it, redwings heritage boots used to be my go to kitchen ware. Thick leather and water repellent seams, non slip cork soles. I bought one for 300$ and it lasted me a good 10 years plus. It needs a week of breaking in tho and a set of insoles, and regular care as if you were taking care of your knives (weekly brushing, and monthly waxing).
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