Can't stand the heat

I have previously mentioned some television shows that I consider guilty pleasures. Last fall, I was sucked into Tommy Lee Goes to College, and I have also written a little about Deal or No Deal.

The latest show in this vein is Hell's Kitchen on Fox (Monday nights). I caught a little bit of it last season, and I enjoyed it, but this season, I am addicted. Here is the premise: World-renowned top chef Gordon Ramsay leads an elimination reality show of aspiring young chefs hoping to head up Ramsay's newest restaurant. I am a Food Network junkie, so I knew I would like the cooking aspect of the show, and I do enjoy all of the little cooking challenges. But what makes Hell's Kitchen so great is that Gordon Ramsay is the most ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, berating, belittling, and demeaning asshole on television. And I love it. He screams, he throws things, he calls the chefs names, etc.


For example, the other night, one of the contestants messed up, and when he tried to apologize, Gordon Ramsay responded with something along the lines of "Get the fuck out of my face you fat fucking sack of fucking Yankee-Doodle shit."

Now that's television! I highly recommend it.