Even the best reality competitions — and “Top Chef” is certainly that — rely on a format that’s as predictable as it is comfortable to viewers. That’s what makes this video from Jest so funny: in a TV landscape where spin-offs are everywhere, the notion of “Top Chef” focusing on hapless fathers isn’t THAT big of a stretch. And the way this catches the details of “Top Chef” — the kitchen confrontations, the confessionals about teammates, the camera sweeping across the completed dishes — in an economical two and a half minutes makes this a great little spoof.
Judge 1: Charles. I really love the decision to serve the pizza cold.
Judge 2: And the orange soda being flat was a nice touch.
Charles: I lost the top a couple days ago, so I covered it in plastic wrap. No sense in throwing it out!
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As a dad of two, my signature dish is scrambled eggs with chopped up hot dogs thrown in. Great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. As @DadBoner would say, “bold flavors.”
the knives at the end really brought that home for me.
It needed someone lying and saying something they screwed up was actually done on purpose
It reminds me of the SNL sketch of Iron Chef with Charlie Sheen as the bachelor. Except much better.
I can’t tell you how many times I have served my kids spaghetti tossed in butter and Parmesan cheese. And it’s the kind from the green can, not the good stuff. My other specialties: tortilla chips with prepackaged cheddar cheese melted on them in the oven, toast with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon baked on it (Daddy Toast!), and pureed Campbell’s bean soup with crackers.
” it’s the kind from the green can, not the good stuff.”
There’s cheese that doesn’t come in a green can? I thought the green can was the good stuff.
I can’t believe they got Marcel to do this.
Sliced hot dog plated as a smiley face is my go to dish when the youngest is being especially picky.
I liked the background noise of a football game being telecast while they were cooking, explains the lack of anything getting done even though they had 3 hours.