Just as this dumb-ass year comes to a close, my Stateside brothers and sisters have thrown up one last reminder of American ingenuity and the great promise we represent to the world.
Category: Food
Letter from America, part 15: This shoe is a cake
We are shuttered inside due to a worldwide pandemic and our response is … “What if that couch was really a cake?”
MMR #38: Cooking with Paris Hilton
Podcast: Paris Hilton is in a kitchen, cooking lasagne. #CookingWithParis. Doesn’t sound that great, but it is. Is she desperate? Or is she just out to make an honest sliving? Sean and Robin hail a work of comic genius. Contains onion. No wait, it doesn’t.
Letter from America, part 13: Words with an ‘F’
Thanksgiving. A time to reflect on all we have … food, family, friends and football (the one played with hands). I don’t actually watch football (either kind), but lots of Americans watch it on Thanksgiving weekend and it begins with an “f”, so I added it to the list.
Britain’s Favourite Takeaway: will the celebs ever escape?
It’s a C-list humanitarian crisis in here. The captive slebs have had their guts crammed with sweets, chocolate and crisps and now they’ve had to scarf down chips, pies, burgers, kebabs and parmo in one sitting.
MMR #15: Britain’s Favourite Crisps – Wotsit all about?
Podcast: The celebs are back on Channel 5 with Britain’s Favourite Crisps, in the series that’s turned into a cult. Dom Joly, Vanessa Feltz, Basil Brush and all that lot, holed up in the studio, chewing fatty snacks. Robin Gibson and Sean Gollogly crunch the numbers. Contains salt and vinegar.
MMR #12: MasterChef: The kitchen never closes
Podcast: Robin and Sean digest MasterChef – the bottomless stew of sustenance where the beating, boiling, grinning and gurning go on for ever and ever.
MasterChef, episode one: wet-bottomed soufflés make the cooking world go round
You cannot beat the first round of the first episode of 239 of a new series of MasterChef. Clumped noodles (Gary). Soggy plums (Maria).
MMR #8: Britain’s favourite chocolate bar … and Britain’s favourite sweets!
Podcast: Dairy Milk? Haribo? Black Jacks? What confection sums up pre-Brexit Britain? By popular demand, Robin and Sean visit the Channel 5 celeb factory. Contains sugar.
Britain’s Favourite Sweets: A case of suck and blow
You’ve got to be thinking Channel 5 have mixed emotions about this series. Did you know it was a series? It wasn’t that clear when Britain’s Favourite Chocolate Bar aired. But yes! BFCB was only episode one.
Letter from America, part two: Brit cheese beef and Philly cheesesteak
I never expected the reaction to be so profound. I never expected a reaction at all. Who could feel that strongly about 1980s British cheese documentaries?
MMR #6: Veganuary, Dry January and abstinence in the UK
Podcast: Is the vogue for self-restraint a conspiracy to flog fake gin? Robin and Sean dive into the media torrent of #Veganuary and #DryJanuary. Contains Piers Morgan (not in person, though).
Letter from America, part one: Cheese, TV and modern media in the UK
There were four channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4. (You British are very creative with your naming schemas.)
Britain’s Favourite Chocolate (Bar): All the air sucked out
It was a tough choice between this and the interactive Black Mirror. But it’s no time of year for a DIY dystopia.
MasterChef final: Emotion orgy in the grated community
Oli stuck a can of beer up a duck’s arse and put it in the oven, which didn’t surprise Monica Galetti, but was probably a shock for the duck.
I’ll Get This: But who gets it?
There’s no empathy. You just can’t feel the feelings of such as Richard Madeley, Gemma Collins or Victoria Coren-Mitchell.
Modern Media Review Podcast 