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[OT] Iron Chef
Joel thinks its slightly bizarre that I *insist* on tuning into a show - and
a weird show that is playin gon our 'community' channel at that - purely by the fact that some cat group on the internet has recommended it. Never the less, I was delighted to discover that "Iron Chef" had finally made it onto Oz TV, and Iw as finally going to see what the Big Deal was. I don't know whether it says anything about the quality of TV during the summer ratings - free season, but this is the ONLY show I actually look forward to during the week,. And woe betide if Joel starts fussing with the TV's picture or sound or whatever it is Joel likes fussing with on his beloved electrical junk during that precious half hour. It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. Thankyou RPCA, for calling it to my attention. Its cool! Yowie |
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I love it when the translators laugh... they actually say "Ha ha Ha!". LOL..
we used to watch this alot... it's a gas! Stacey "Yowie" wrote in message u... Joel thinks its slightly bizarre that I *insist* on tuning into a show - and a weird show that is playin gon our 'community' channel at that - purely by the fact that some cat group on the internet has recommended it. Never the less, I was delighted to discover that "Iron Chef" had finally made it onto Oz TV, and Iw as finally going to see what the Big Deal was. I don't know whether it says anything about the quality of TV during the summer ratings - free season, but this is the ONLY show I actually look forward to during the week,. And woe betide if Joel starts fussing with the TV's picture or sound or whatever it is Joel likes fussing with on his beloved electrical junk during that precious half hour. It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. Thankyou RPCA, for calling it to my attention. Its cool! Yowie |
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Allez Cuisine!
Did you know that Takeshi Kaga, who plays Chairman Kaga, played Jean Valjean in the original Japanese production of "Les Miserables"? There's a video of the 10th anniversary production of Les Miz, a concert version from Royal Albert Hall in London (I *love* Lea Salonga's Eponine). Part of the encores was a group of 17 Jean Valjeans from various international productions, and he was part of that group. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:13:32 +1100, "Yowie" wrote: Joel thinks its slightly bizarre that I *insist* on tuning into a show - and a weird show that is playin gon our 'community' channel at that - purely by the fact that some cat group on the internet has recommended it. Never the less, I was delighted to discover that "Iron Chef" had finally made it onto Oz TV, and Iw as finally going to see what the Big Deal was. I don't know whether it says anything about the quality of TV during the summer ratings - free season, but this is the ONLY show I actually look forward to during the week,. And woe betide if Joel starts fussing with the TV's picture or sound or whatever it is Joel likes fussing with on his beloved electrical junk during that precious half hour. It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. Thankyou RPCA, for calling it to my attention. Its cool! Yowie |
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"Stacey" wrote I love it when the translators laugh... they actually say "Ha ha Ha!". LOL.. we used to watch this alot... it's a gas! nitpicking I haven't seen the show, though we did get it here in Finland for a while, but it sounds as if it's the interpreter, not the translator, who does the laughing. An interpreter translates live, while a translator translates text on paper. Actually the terms would fit better the other way around, because an interpreter doesn't really have much time to interpret (though for a TV show, they've probably translated the text beforehand, and the narrator reads it on tape), because they have to do it on the run, while a translator has time to actually interpret what they are translating, since they do not translate speech into speech, but text into text. /nitpicking And no-one will probably be able to interpret what I was trying to say there. ;o) -- Marina, translator, not interpreter Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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We get this show on local cable....and to most of our friends, it's a real
hoot. We have strange senses of humor, granted......but.......the main hilarity to us is the raw ingredients shown in heavy-duty *close-up* zoom shots of camera: recently living, but newly dead critters - rarely mammals - that any self-respecting *cat* would snarf right up, raw and smelly all to the goodie factor. Oh, yeah, there is great ingenuity in the chefs using said ingredients for final stupendous offering savored over and complimented, always, by the ever-polite far Eastern "judges" (but in their own language! Interpreters only feed *us* God-knows-what in comments; I'd love to know what they're really saying).....another interesting factor is that no one I know would touch any of it if they were starving; the finished dishes are *not* for the American palate, no way. If a group of us are sitting around and a few drinks are imbibed watching the show, rude and raucous comments are made by we, the viewing audience, especially when the closeups of the munching "judges" zoom in! I will not repeat the comments here. I believe it is a widely-held belief that most Americans are not very adventurous in their eating habits; this is sure true for us. Maybe we wouldn't think the show so funny if we were. "Marina" wrote in message ... : : "Stacey" wrote : I love it when the translators laugh... they actually say "Ha ha Ha!". : LOL.. : we used to watch this alot... it's a gas! : : : nitpicking : I haven't seen the show, though we did get it here in Finland for a while, : but it sounds as if it's the interpreter, not the translator, who does the : laughing. An interpreter translates live, while a translator translates text : on paper. : : Actually the terms would fit better the other way around, because an : interpreter doesn't really have much time to interpret (though for a TV : show, they've probably translated the text beforehand, and the narrator : reads it on tape), because they have to do it on the run, while a translator : has time to actually interpret what they are translating, since they do not : translate speech into speech, but text into text. : /nitpicking : : And no-one will probably be able to interpret what I was trying to say : there. ;o) : : -- : Marina, translator, not interpreter : Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi : Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki : |
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It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of
Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. It sounds *vaguely* like our "Ready Steady Cook" where there's two chefs in the kitchen and each has a "member of the audience" bring dwon a carrier bag of assorted ingredients to a specific maximum monetary value. The chefs then decide what they'll be cooking with the ingedients and have to produce several dishes over the next 20 minutes. The audience then decide which chef has done the best and a prize is given to the person who brought the ingredients. Is it a bit like that? Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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in article ,
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers at omcom wrote on 12/21/03 6:28 AM: It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. It sounds *vaguely* like our "Ready Steady Cook" where there's two chefs in the kitchen and each has a "member of the audience" bring dwon a carrier bag of assorted ingredients to a specific maximum monetary value. The chefs then decide what they'll be cooking with the ingedients and have to produce several dishes over the next 20 minutes. The audience then decide which chef has done the best and a prize is given to the person who brought the ingredients. Is it a bit like that? Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ Kind of. But half the fun of IC is the elaborate and dramatic presentation of the ingredients. It's extremely dramatic and showy. But the basic rules are the same except there is usually ONE main ingredient the chairman selects and often it is some enormously expensive ingredient. Karen |
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"Karen" wrote in message .. . in article , dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers at omcom wrote on 12/21/03 6:28 AM: It is *such* a cool show. I"ve even converted Joel. It kicks the crap out of Nigella Bites or anything by Jamie Oliver, and always absolutely *astounds* me how anyone can make 5 full courses in only an hour. Of course the commentary has its own translated charm, and the costumes of the host are a definate highlight of the show, but its now my favourite show on TV. It sounds *vaguely* like our "Ready Steady Cook" where there's two chefs in the kitchen and each has a "member of the audience" bring dwon a carrier bag of assorted ingredients to a specific maximum monetary value. The chefs then decide what they'll be cooking with the ingedients and have to produce several dishes over the next 20 minutes. The audience then decide which chef has done the best and a prize is given to the person who brought the ingredients. Is it a bit like that? Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ Kind of. But half the fun of IC is the elaborate and dramatic presentation of the ingredients. It's extremely dramatic and showy. But the basic rules are the same except there is usually ONE main ingredient the chairman selects and often it is some enormously expensive ingredient. Karen The host wears elaborate costuming, and they introduce the chefs with lights and driving BOOM music... I can't explain it. Kind of like American Idol with chefs? Stacey |
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