MasterChoke
Am I the only person in Australia who hates MasterChef?!
Australia’s number one television show once again blew the ratings out of the water with its ludicrously popular second series. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it (which is in itself quite an enviable achievement), MasterChef is a reality show in which amateur cooks compete with each other to produce the fattiest, sugariest, and most cholesterol-laden dishes possible, in order to see who has the honour of being crowned Australia’s Most Unhealthy Chef.
At first, I thought the aim was to see who of a randomly selected bunch of boring, everyday Australians was the best cook. However, this illusion was dashed a month ago when the unanimously agreed ‘best cook’ was eliminated for being too boring. This is slightly ironic, because the following week, the second-best cook was eliminated for being too mean.
Don’t get me wrong; I have no problem with reality shows lauding and vilifying people on the basis of personality, or emotion, or whatever the hell they want, to be honest. But please don’t call it ‘MasterChef’; call it Big Brother, or Survivor, or Question Time.
I’m sure you’re wondering how I know so much about the show if I hate it so much. Unfortunately, my darling girlfriend (who is both rational and intelligent) and her similarly charming housemate (who is similarly intelligent and sensible) fell victim to the cultish spell that is this Channel 10 cash cow, and thus my hands (and the remote) were tied. The same thing happened last year during Farmer Wants a Wife, a reality show based on an equally preposterous notion, though at least with a little romantic comedic value (the only sexual chemistry to be seen in the MasterChef season was when the rotund judge Matt Preston devoured a chocolate tart).
I simply don’t understand MasterChef’s popularity, but clearly I’m on the outer on this one, so there must be something I’m missing. I mean, there’s no way the majority of Australians could be wrong, no way the majority of Australians would ever blindly anoint something so nonsensical, so ridiculous, so unintelligent, as their number one choice. Right?
Wait, when’s the election again?
Smurf – you are asking how can the majority of Australians be wrong? The majority got lured in by a Rhyme at the last federal election, we thought we were going to win the last ashes series, we thought that we had a chance of beating Germany in the world cup. Lets face it, TV shows like those aformentioned are just like politics – sell to the lowest common denominator.
Sam H do you realise that Fi is not only the one who gave Dave that black eye? but she also broke his ankle… and for a lot less than a joking blog post?
@Brian: Lazy Sod – Blocked Emails, 1-0. Having said that, Treasury fairly randomly blocks my external emails, though ironicaly, mainly from chess players…
@Sam H: She is going to kick you. Be afraid.
“… my darling girlfriend (who is both rational and intelligent)…”
hmmmm.
Are my emails being blocked by Treasury or are you just a lazy sod? Please phone me to discuss KL. Brian Jones
Unfortunately not. It’s certainly one of the tamer rumours I’ve heard about myself, though. You mean the Poms are responsible for ruining my evenings?!
A strange post given that rumour has it you were addicted to BBC Masterchef during your time studying in Amsterdam. Does the phrase “If I didn’t eat that I’d want to take it home and marry it” ring any bells?