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Nick takes a look at careers and personalities that represent good things afoot in the entertainment business.

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post #2 of 55
I'm already in love with this feature.
post #3 of 55
Sounds like this cat has a hell of a rep. As someone who has never heard of Anthony Bourdain, I now wanna check out some of his written work for that Julia Child and Hunter S. Thompson comparison. Reading this is a lot more interesting than anything I've seen spotlighting celebrity lately in current media.
post #4 of 55
I always heard of No Reservations and figured Bourdain was a tea sipping dandy. MISTAKEN.
post #5 of 55
I can't stand this guy, but I do consider him interesting, and you make a good argument for him being on this list. Your first two sentences after "Why He's Here" nail him.

This is the guy who tore into Sandra Lee for showing Moms how to make cheap meals, assumedly because he feels his tabloidish reality show where he eats beating snake-hearts makes for nobler infotainment. At least he's lost the earring.

I'd love to hear his thoughts on the Calorie Commando scandal.
post #6 of 55
Bourdain's a tough-ass, and I love the new font used in the main article header.

And Sandra Lee deserved to get ripped, her show is all about making SHITTY cheap meals. She's balls.
post #7 of 55
Bourdain is the man. Seriously. I've only watched a few episodes of No Reservations but he was great. By far the best at this sort of thing. And he pounds his alcohol with the best of them when he's presented with the opportunity.
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I always heard of No Reservations and figured Bourdain was a tea sipping dandy. MISTAKEN.
This guy would hunt the Yeti down and kick him to death just to taste him.
post #9 of 55
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This guy would hunt the Yeti down and kick him to death just to taste him.
Somehow I had this image in my mind of a petite Englishman. Bizarre how the mind can fill in the blanks like that with nothing to go on but a name.
post #10 of 55
Well... full disclosure: Sandra Lee is a member of my swingers' group.
post #11 of 55
Yeah, great list idea and great first entry. I'm not always in the mood for Bourdain's acerbic wit but he's great at what he does and he's got a stomach worth envy. Seriously, the dude can and will eat anything and not make a big deal about it (like the Man vs. Food guy.)
post #12 of 55
Rhodes, hope you have enough vodka on hand for that broad: word is she chugs it like water.
post #13 of 55
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Seriously, the dude can and will eat anything and not make a big deal about it (like the Man vs. Food guy.)
That damn crybaby isn't even in the same league as Bourdain.
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Rhodes, hope you have enough vodka on hand for that broad: word is she chugs it like water.
Yes, and plenty of Kool-Aid and shiny cake-sprinkles for her to mix it with!
post #15 of 55
Great feature! I’m a big Bourdain fan. I find his show eminently watchable, and his humor and sarcasm are right in my wheelhouse. He’s got a kind of wintery New York personality that I can imagine some would find grating, but it’s one that I get a real kick out of watching. I’ve always meant to read something of his, so this is just a great reminder for me to get on that.
post #16 of 55
This guy can write about food with the best of them. I don't care how gross you think something is, Anthony will write about it and have you drooling by the time you finish reading the sentence.

There was a passage early on in his newest book where he's talking about eating Ortolan, a type of bird. I have the book here and if someone wants I'll type up the passage. But needless to say, this man is a badass and he knows food.

Look forward to the rest of the list.
post #17 of 55
This is a wonderful idea for a list and a great way to start it off. Apparently, I've known about this guy for some years without having a name or face to put to him. Now I have both!

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... and I love the new font used in the main article header.
Me, too. It's probably one of the most striking fonts used in a CHUD list ever. Very refreshing.
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This is a wonderful idea for a list and a great way to start it off. Apparently, I've known about this guy for some years without having a name or face to put to him. Now I have both!



Me, too. It's probably one of the most striking fonts used in a CHUD list ever. Very refreshing.
Good, because that's the font of THE NEW CHUD.
post #19 of 55
LONG LIVE THE NEW CHUD
post #20 of 55
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PAULA DEEN: I’m reluctant to bash what seems to be a nice old lady. Even if her supporting cast is beginning to look like The Hills Have Eyes
I have my issues with the man. But he stays in my book of awesome for that quote alone.
post #21 of 55
Great idea for a list and great way to start it.
post #22 of 55
Cool column, good start. Nick, you know Bourdain's coming to town this month? Speaking at the Cobb Energy Center on the 20th.
post #23 of 55
Although I find his disdain for any sort of vegetarianism or animal welfare pretty offensive, and I think he's incredibly full of himself... it's hard to argue with this choice, because even though I think he's an asshole, he's still an interesting one.
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Bourdain is also known for sarcastic comments about vegans and vegetarians, saying that their lifestyle is rude to the inhabitants of many countries he visits. Bourdain says he considers vegetarianism, except in the case of religious strictures as in India, a "First World luxury."
Although I think Bourdain is an asshole for the Gordon Ramsey-esque comments like these (and, despite his culinary knowledge, statements like the one above sound incredibly ignorant), I agree that he's an interesting one.
post #25 of 55
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Although I find his disdain for any sort of vegetarianism or animal welfare pretty offensive, and I think he's incredibly full of himself... it's hard to argue with this choice, because even though I think he's an asshole, he's still an interesting one.
How is that offensive? He's right in that most 2nd and 3rd world countries would be elated to have an overabundance of livestock. And it would be rude to not eat something that an entire village slaved over because "you don't eat that" as opposed to "that would make me sick."

A cousin of mine was a pretty strict vegetarian when she left for the Peace Corps. After 3 years in Africa, she came back a happy omnivore. First meal we had back in the states together was Dinosaur BBQ.
post #26 of 55
Please, let us not derail this thread with another vegetarianism debate.
post #27 of 55
Fucking great idea for a list Nick, and once again chud proves that it has a direct connection to my consciousness. I love Bourdain - LOVE the guy.

I've been a huge fan now for a lot of years, from A Cooks Tour through No Reservations he's one of the few must-watch guys for me on cable TV outside of Jon Stewart. The guy has obviously reached a point of wisdom that comes from his serious hard mileage so that even tho he can be a cranky asshole, it's usually at targets that are well deserving, yet he's also not afraid to get in and try new things and explore something different at the same time.

The guy is officially my foodie/travel hero. He respects exotic locales, great sushi, perfectly cooked pork and lots and lots of alcohol. If I could have any celebrities life, it'd be his.
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Good, because that's the font of THE NEW CHUD.
Let me be the first to second andrew's "LONG LIVE THE NEW CHUD!"
post #29 of 55
I think one thing many people miss about No Reservations is that it's not, at its core, about food... it's about culture. Bourdain is incredibly sensitive to this and respectful about the huge cultural differences in the places he visits. The show's most important quality is what it reveals about the world, its people, and their history.
post #30 of 55
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I think one thing many people miss about No Reservations is that it's not, at its core, about food... it's about culture. Bourdain is incredibly sensitive to this and respectful about the huge cultural differences in the places he visits. The show's most important quality is what it reveals about the world, its people, and their history.
Totally. He's made me want to visit more countries than I can mention. Hell his specials on the Philippines and Thailand are actually one of the big reasons I'm going to both for my first holiday in a decade at years end.
post #31 of 55
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How is that offensive? He's right in that most 2nd and 3rd world countries would be elated to have an overabundance of livestock. And it would be rude to not eat something that an entire village slaved over because "you don't eat that" as opposed to "that would make me sick."

A cousin of mine was a pretty strict vegetarian when she left for the Peace Corps. After 3 years in Africa, she came back a happy omnivore. First meal we had back in the states together was Dinosaur BBQ.
First of all, there's more to his stance on vegetarianism than the one sentence about it on his wikipedia page. Secondly, even that one sentence/quote is an incredibly straw-man argument and quite frankly the weakest and lamest argument against vegetarians out there.

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Please, let us not derail this thread with another vegetarianism debate.
Agreed.
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Anthony Bourdain, chef, author and host of Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations," and his four-person crew were trapped in Beirut while filming the series. After a week of laying low, Bourdain and his production crew landed back in the states on Friday, July 14, after an exhausting journey that included time on a military landing craft and the USS Nashville.
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Anthony Bourdain: I watched the airport being bombed about a mile from my hotel. I watched the second missile strikes on the airport fuel depot.

My crew and I were all assembled in my room emptying my minibar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...072501108.html

I thought that this was kind of hilarious.
post #33 of 55
What I love about the guy - and what I think many people miss - is that despite the cranky ranting and the cynicism, Bourdain is actually first and foremost, a bit of a romantic...

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I am a total whore for a grand, old, colonial hotel in Southeast Asia. In my early, adolescent fantasies of what it might be like to be a writer and what land such exotic creatures might occupy, I imagined a place where Somerset Maugham or Graham Greene would look at home. Pierre Loti, Norman Lewis. In short, it would look like this:

Le Royal in Phnom Penh, the smell of jasmine flowers and burning coal, the occasional waft of jackfruit. Gin tonics by the pool, fiery noodles in broth for breakfast, and the history bearing down as heavily as the humidity.
http://blog.travelchannel.com/anthon...zone/#more-244
post #34 of 55
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
This guy would hunt the Yeti down and kick him to death just to taste him.
Yeah right. This guy is a fucking pansy and then some. He only does things when the camera is rolling. He smokes, drinks and is lazy as hell. He can't hunt shit ie. the episode in Europe somewhere hunting wild boar, fucker damn near died from just walking.
post #35 of 55
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Yeah right. This guy is a fucking pansy and then some. He only does things when the camera is rolling. He smokes, drinks and is lazy as hell. He can't hunt shit ie. the episode in Europe hunting wild boar, fucker damn near died from just walking.
Christ, he's not Ted Nugent or Bear Grylls and doesn't claim to be. He quite happily admits how unprepared he is for the rugged outdoor life when that's what his show calls for.
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Christ, he's not Ted Nugent or Bear Grylls and doesn't claim to be. He quite happily admits how unprepared he is for the rugged outdoor life when that's what his show calls for.
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This guy would hunt the Yeti down and kick him to death just to taste him.
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Welcome to the world of literary license.
post #38 of 55
You are the worst, Forsaken.
post #39 of 55
If the point passes over someone's head so high that he can't even see it, is there still a head?

Yes, Forsaken. Bourdain has hunted and eaten both yetis and chupacabras in addition to megalodons, salt water crocodiles and condors. Oftentimes raw.
post #40 of 55
He also enjoys the hypothalmus, and therefore shalt be known as The Relic henceforth.
post #41 of 55
Great Idea for a list Nick.

Although I'd bet money Michel Roux Jr could beat the crap out of this guy and Gordon Ramsey while schooling them on how to be a proper chef.

That man is a total legend.
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Originally Posted by Pop Zeus View Post
How is that offensive? He's right in that most 2nd and 3rd world countries would be elated to have an overabundance of livestock. And it would be rude to not eat something that an entire village slaved over because "you don't eat that" as opposed to "that would make me sick."

A cousin of mine was a pretty strict vegetarian when she left for the Peace Corps. After 3 years in Africa, she came back a happy omnivore. First meal we had back in the states together was Dinosaur BBQ.
That is about one of the worst straw-man arguments against vegetarianism that I've ever read (it also simplifies the various reasons that lead people to vegetarianism, and I can assure you that it doesn't all boil down to "I don't eat that"). A more patient vegetarian that I am could go over the numerous reasons that statements like these are simplified and just plain wrong, not to mention a touch hypocritical in terms of selectively caring about supposed 1st world luxuries. Seriously.

But yeah, don't want to derail here...
post #43 of 55
Good. This thread is about Bourdain's hunting prowess.
post #44 of 55
I hope to put the next one up on Thursday. If you guys continue this thread and discussion like the first one I'll be a proud wop.
post #45 of 55
I heard he once tracked and killed Bear Grylls, and then sauteed him in white truffle oil.
post #46 of 55
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If you guys continue this thread and discussion like the first one I'll be a proud wop.
Fucking racist!


Bourdain and his show are truly top-notch. I always figured he was a bit of a dandy as well until I actually watched the show.
post #47 of 55
Don't want to derail this thread either so I'll keep my comments brief as possible.

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First of all, there's more to his stance on vegetarianism than the one sentence about it on his wikipedia page. Secondly, even that one sentence/quote is an incredibly straw-man argument and quite frankly the weakest and lamest argument against vegetarians out there
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Originally Posted by Draco Senior View Post
That is about one of the worst straw-man arguments against vegetarianism that I've ever read (it also simplifies the various reasons that lead people to vegetarianism, and I can assure you that it doesn't all boil down to "I don't eat that"). A more patient vegetarian that I am could go over the numerous reasons that statements like these are simplified and just plain wrong, not to mention a touch hypocritical in terms of selectively caring about supposed 1st world luxuries. Seriously.
Hey, I wasn't trying to oversimplify vegetarianism. I was only trying to advocate the point that as long as the dietary restriction is voluntary, in certain situations the reasons for choosing to be a vegetarian are moot. At least, the reasons for being a veg are outweighed by other more mitigating factors. And for a large part of the world, this is the case. Now, don't get me wrong-- I don't think it's fair for people to expect you to eat whatever they put in front of you either, so maybe I'll just shut up about this topic.
post #48 of 55
Loved the article and the concept in general. This and "The First Two Hours" video game articles are going to be my highlights on the new site I think.
post #49 of 55
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I hope to put the next one up on Thursday....
Wonderful! I meant to ask before about the schedule for these so thanks for clarifying.

There are a few people I can think of off the top of my head that I'd love to see included in this, but I don't want this to turn into one of "those" list threads where there's more focus on whose excluded than included. This isn't about the 25 most interesting celebrities alive according to me, after all... (I doubt many people want to read an entire series of articles on the greatness of Bob Mould and Greg Dulli; probably not even the men themselves.) I look forward to the rest!

And while it's in my head, the introductory paragraphs crystallize exactly why I don't watch most everything on TV and balk at what little "culture" most people I know enjoy. Bravo!
post #50 of 55
nice. never heard of the guy (never been big on cooking shows) but now i'm curious.


and i can't wait to see who makes this list
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