Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Scott Wolf, Party of Five


Welcome to Con de Struction

Our Mission: At Con de Struction, we focus on deconstructing the average dinning experience.

Our Food: An ever-changing menu consists of unique combinations of classic American comfort food deconstructed, reconstructed and re-deconstructed until only the slightest hint of the dish’s pure essence remains.

Enjoy tonight’s three-course offering in the motif of a summer backyard barbecue.

Ap peti Zer

Potato chips with Greek yogurt and dill dipping sauce:

A large, unwashed potato arrives with a small cup of oil and a paring knife. The diner will whittle this potato into a sex object, dip it in the imported grapeseed oil and fuck himself/herself while our eager waitstaff throws salt in the diner’s face. For the full culinary experience, this traumatic incident is accompanied by a dill-infused yogurt foot massage administered by a Greek man who keeps changing his pronunciation of the word “gyro.”

En Trée

Old-fashioned Cheeseburgers:

Our twist on the classic American cheeseburger starts with an eye dropper half-filled with a paté of the finest waygu beef infused with bright, organic herbs grown at a community garden, and topped off with tears from the very bovine you’re consuming.

This nostalgic nosh concludes with three lines of pure, powdered Vermont sharp cheddar cut with the crumbs of an artisan, 7-grain loaf baked with sunflower seeds plucked directly from the beaks of local song birds. Diners are read disparaging e-mails sent by their mothers while they use our straws—made with 100-percent recycled pool noodles—to snort the delicious cheese and bread powder off our vintage fun house mirrors.  

A vegetarian version of this dish is available where the beef has been replaced with a puree of squashes native to the American Southwest, finished with local herbs, and accented by the sweat of migrant workers paid no more than $2 an hour to pick squashes native to the American Southwest.

De s Sert

Root Beer Float:

A chilled bottle of house-brewed root beer is served next to a frosty glass mug. The bottle of root beer is broken over the diner’s head, and—in rare cases where consciousness is not lost—the ice-coated mug is used as a bludgeoning device to ensure a complete blackout. The diner awakes to find they’ve been hooked to an IV drip of pure, organic vanilla extract, and are dressed in the garb of an old-timey milkman.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Weight of Adam Richman is on My Shoulders

There's been a Man vs. Food marathon on TV tonight. I've been ignoring it. My life is sad and gluttonous enough without watching the food version of S&M porn.

The truth is I love Man vs. Food. The real reason I'm not watching it is because I'm too busy participating in my own reality-challenge show. I like to call it Man & Food vs. Feeling.

I don't have distribution, but if you're in my local area you can catch new episodes weekdays at noon and 6 p.m., with specials airing every Friday and Saturday night.

The premise of Man & Food vs. Feelings is simple. Basically, each day at lunch and dinner I team up with whatever fatty, carb-filled plate of comfort that strikes my fancy, and I use it to pile on enough sweet and savory to bury whatever bullshit I'm dealing with that day.

Recent episodes have included:

The Colossal Club Sandwich of Work Stress and Personal Disappointment Challenge

SPOILER ALERT: With the help of two tacos, a burrito, some fried mac 'n' cheese bites, and a Pibb Xtra from Del Taco, I was able to choke down the dual frustration of my job and the dreams I'm too lazy to chase.

The Macho Nacho con Failed Romance Cage Match

SPOILER ALERT: I took down a Mexican flavor fiesta of lost loves and romantic misfires. It required a lot of help from my partner, a whole box of Kraft Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese, but we triumphed. I think I won a strip club T-shirt for that one.

The Buffalo Wing Body Image Challenge

SPOILER ALERT: These body image challenges are always the hardest. Luckily I got through it with a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and a burrito from the grocery store deli counter. There was also a much-needed assist from three episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Man & Food vs. Feelings hasn't been what you'd call a hit (although our DVR numbers are strong, and our average rating on iTunes is respectable), but I'm already working on the spinoff—Man & Food vs. Feelings: Freshman 15. Instead of mowing through a box of Reese's Puffs to defeat the Car Troubles Trio Challenge, I'll be going around to colleges and helping freshman learn to effectively eat their feelings. Teaching the next generation how to pack a full bag of Pizza Supreme Doritos on top of their anxiety is the least I can do. And it would make for pretty great television.