Tony Bourdain is like a chocoholic, except for, uh, culture?

 (Yes, late to the party here, I know.) Props to Tony Bourdain for 100 episodes of No Reservations. If I had better food on TV skills, it's one of the few I'd watch on purpose.* I did notice something a bit strange in the print ad for the show. It's TB leaning against a knife - of WORDS! Sure, 100 
  episodes, 100 words, and maybe the copy folks run out of gas somewhere in the middle of the knife, but one of the choices towards the top seemed curious. (See detail at right.) But "culture junkie" seems like a curious choice for someone who documented his own career as and actual, you know, heroin junkie in his breakout book.** Not quite ready to break out the life imitates Onion category yet, but it is eerily reminiscent of the Onion's "I'm like a chocoholic, except for booze." 

  *The corollary to this is The Gurgling Cod's own version of the Bechdel Test: if you see Guy Fieri on your TV, throw wrenches at it until the image subsides. For a plasma screen, an open ended 1/2" does the trick, but if you have a CRT, keep some 9/16" and 5/8" by the TV. 

That said, it's impressive that TB not only managed to kick the smack, but also mostly kick talking about smack. 

Comments

[Cookie]

Huge props for that last achievement.

[Natalie Sztern]

Can u tell me what it is about Guy Fieri that cooks don't like? I truly don't understand this; altho I understand a Rachel Ray or the next food network star; and trust me we have a lot of Canadians on the food network that i understand now take center stage on The Cooking Channel that could create literal vomit...but tell me ur beef on Guy I am curious because I have heard negative words about him.

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