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Madelane

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippyt, they sure did give this guy too much stuff. And yet, who would have known he would panic like that? The Fab Five looked really surprised that he suddenly spazzed out and were probably regretting all the instructions they gave him. There he was, nodding away, seeming to understand everything, then the first thing he did was shave!

I also thought Jai could have helped him pick out some music to play softly in the background - the silence was deadly. Deadly hilarious.

Hippyt

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I couldn't get over him beating on that cookie cutter with a book,trying to cut that bread. Guess he never helped Mom bake cookies,eh?

Brenda1966

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, my second guess for the guy dating a woman was Jai. I think he's adorable (he reminds me of an ex- of mine so I won't go there...)

Also, the guy last night wears second hand clothes and drinks out of plastic cups, so I still think martinis and mint julips are taking things too far! Did anyone even drink them? No, no one wanted them. For goodness sakes, teach him how to pick out a good wine and make a normal mixed drink.

I think the other "designers" do a better job of considering the lifestyle of the person they're helping (Kyan and Carson are great at this) but Ted, the food guy, doesn't seem to consider it much at all and seems to have some agenda to push all sorts of gourmet food onto them. Serving foods that are an odd/acquired taste is not a way to win your guests over and make a great impression.

I still love the show.

Squaredsc

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 02:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
rofl hippy. you know im always calm. i want to see tom make sushi again though, yummy.

Madelane

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
CALM! CALM? How can I stay calm when someone is drinking out of plastic cups!?

Just kidding. I'm thinking you're right at least about the mint juleps. I had a friend once who threw a mint julep party and I was all excited because it sounded so good and then I tasted one. I never knew how nasty bourbon was. Moral of the story, you do have to upgrade people slowly or they will never try new things. Like, I finally tried eel sushi and I was pleasantly surprised. But this is only after watching my friends eat it happily for five years.

And what is with guys and their nasty bathtubs? Do they never want to sit down?

Squaredsc

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 02:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh i actually hate the taste of mint, even mint iced tea. but i would've loved an apple martini.

madelane, they are very ewwww.

Kady

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with you Brenda. I don't think Ted gives them food to prepare that fits their lifestyle or their budgets. I would like for him to show them how to properly prepare more "ordinary" foods and serve them attractively.

kady admits she doesn't know what proscuitto is or what is in a mint julip

Italiana

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Texannie

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am a pretty amazing cook, if I say so myself, LOL. I love to experiment, but I would never host a party and serve things that my guests wouldn't like (no matter how much I wanted to educate them), that's just tacky. I amd with Kady, I think Ted should teach them how to do to spectacular things that fit their lifestyles or even the occassion better. In the beginning he seemed to..the Greek fabio guy who grilled the lamb and veggies, the guy who was proposing..those meals fit the occassion and made sense for the people.
Madelane, bourbon is wonderful, putting SUGAR in it is nasty! LOL And he used powered sugar last night! LOL

Madelane

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is that the problem? The sugar? I think it's everything, because I also hate the taste of mint. I'll take your word for it on bourbon straight though.

I did think it was strange to make sushi at home. No reason to work that hard when you can get it 100 times better at a sushi bar.

Fabnsab

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I complained about Ted earlier in this thread and I still hold to my post. He makes things too difficult for these guys. I have been in the restaurant business all my life. I know alot about food,I love to help those who don't but I would never start a guy out on making sushi for a party. Eating it is one thing, but making it- its an art!

The Fab 5 do a great job of thinking of their subject and adapting their ideas to his lifestyle. But Ted misses the mark alot.

Ted can educate these men on fine cuisine but not offer such a challenge. The canapes last night were great but why couldn't he leave it with a good martini? Did he have to pull out the mint julips? I don't think so. These guys are stressed and Ted's job is to make it gourmet but seemingly effortless, something the guy could do over and over. I think he fails. JMO, of course!

Texannie

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ted can educate these men on fine cuisine but not offer such a challenge. The canapes last night were great but why couldn't he leave it with a good martini? Did he have to pull out the mint julips? I don't think so. These guys are stressed and Ted's job is to make it gourmet but seemingly effortless, something the guy could do over and over. I think he fails. JMO, of course!

EXACTLY!!! well said, Fab.

Seamonkey

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 12:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to agree with the above views on Ted. He means well, but this isn't the first time he's made things just a bit more complex than necessary, or perhaps a bit too sophisticated.

Ocean_Islands

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 03:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, but the problem is he has to make it interesting, and it has to be different each time. That's a tall order.

Nathalia

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone hear the rumor that ONE of the Queer Eye guys is actually straight? I heard this on Good Day Live the other day and Jillian Barberie confirmed she knew which one it was because they were guest starring on Good Morning Miami a show she is currently guest starring in also. However..she didn't reveal which one of the Fab Five was the straight one.

Fabnsab

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Earlier in this thread, someone said it was Jai. It would be odd because I saw them all on Oprah's "after the show" on oxygen and they all spoke of coming out to their families and Jai said it was easy because he was in theatre and dance and they kinda had an idea. He also said it was hard because of his heritage which I do not remember, but it was something very traditional and known for their lack of tolerance. He didn't skip a beat when discussing his gay lifestyle.

They said that the show definately hired only openly gay men.

Jai seems like the type to absolutely adore women and have a ton of female friends with whom he is affectionate. I don't know. I don't think I believe this rumor.

Hippyt

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah,I don't really buy it either. I love Jai,he's my fav. I couldn't care less if he were dating a goat.

Texannie

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fab...I was so sorry I missed "after the show"..what else went on?

Fabnsab

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 11:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was a nice show, Texannie, because she finally interviewed them which I wanted her to do on the real show.

They discussed the casting call

Carson- put down his designer bag, told the rest to go home, he was getting the job.

Kyan was a hairstylist before then got interrupted so I didn't hear more

Thom owns a design firm and met someone on an elevator connected with the show and thats how he got it(if i heard right).

Jai was a late choice(after Blair). He said they wanted an actor/dancer and he was in Rent and other things so his agent basically told him. He said he had to interview sitting between Carson and Ted and they talked in his ear. The producers wanted to see how he could handle himself with them and what the chemistry would be like.


On coming out.
Ted said he just came out to his family last year and this show has helped them accept him because their fears for him are put to rest because he is so accepted.

Kyan came out first to his grandma and he said the lady in the audience reminds him of her( he went to kiss her in the beginning of the oprah show)

I forget the others- sorry. Kyan made a nice speech about how this show is good for the gay-straight relations because he knows straight guys are kinda scared of gay guys and vice versa. He siad he always feels some element of fear when around straight guys because he doesnt want to be judged and he feels this show helps both sides. Then Carson said something about "yeah, and it makesit ok to wear pink."

One of the subjects said how down to earth carson is and oprah was shocked and the fab 5 jumped to his defense and said he is the most down to earth guy.

It was a nice show. Its hard because carson does always get the one liner in when someone else is talking. I love him, mind you, but its like a tennis match.

Fabnsab

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 12:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.jai-rodriguez.com

Thought you Jai fans would like this.

Italiana

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
For those of you who did not see the Oprah show with the Fab 5, it will be replayed on Tuesday Sept. 30 at 1:05 am on ABC.

Texannie

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 05:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Fab, that is interesting about Ted. He seems so comfortable with himself that I am surprised he took so long to come out. I have heard that Carson is incredibly smart. I bet that audition was a hoot...wish we could see tapes of that!
Love on that website you posted that Kyan's fashion faux pas was nose hair! LOL
Italiana..wish I was up at 1:00 in the morning on a school night! LOL

Fabnsab

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Also, Ted is in a long term relationship so he kept his boyfriend from his family. That would have to be so hard to do, huh?

Texannie

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 10:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had heard he was in a long term relationship, and had the same thoughts too.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 07:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Also, Ted is in a long term relationship so he kept his boyfriend from his family. That would have to be so hard to do, huh?"

Yes, it is VERY difficult to do....although many str8 people who claim they aren't prejudiced and say that they have nothing against gay people will then add that they "just don't want to *hear* about it"....and they often go on to say that "gay people should just keep quiet and stay in the closet." I don't know how many times I've heard this on talk shows.

They have absolutely NO idea what they asking. I totally understand about Ted waiting so long to come out of the closet....it makes perfect sense and is no surprise at all. Many gay people lose jobs, friends, and family....simply for being honest.