Anthony Bourdain

[LoathedVermin72]

No one can step up. He is not replaceable.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mickey]

Not only do I not think that there's anyone who can step up, but it's also a hole I don't exactly want to fill. I think Bourdain was a sort of singular reader of global culture and politics on a grand scale--in as much as that sort of thing exists--and the loss of his voice for me isn't something that I feel ready to supplement. I yearn for more Parts Unknown eps but I don't want a new Tony.

[LoathedVermin72]

Asking for a replacement for him is like asking for a replacement for Kubrick or Picasso or Michael Jackson or Michelangelo or...you get it. He was an artist. His perspective and talent was his alone.

[Mickey]

Yeah honestly Joey what the fuck

[Whitey McTeeth]

Guy Fieri is always available.

[simple schoolboy]

Rick Steves is still alive people, jeez.

[epilogue]

Asking for a replacement for him is like asking for a replacement for Kubrick or Picasso or Michael Jackson or Michelangelo or...you get it. He was an artist. His perspective and talent was his alone.

I understand. I'm saying he's different. Even behind those you mentioned. It's not just about replacing him which obviously can't be done, it's about filling the niche, about replacing what he did.

There is painting without Picasso. There is pop music without Michael Jackson. There is still doom without Kubric.

[LoathedVermin72]

I reject your hypothesis.

[wease]

Hypothesis rejected

[dimejinky99]

English chef Rick Stein was kind of Bourdain before we had Bourdain.
Deeply passionate about food and traveled around exploring. Seafood particularly was his thing.
He’s worth looking up. He had several series on bbc.

[epilogue]

I reject your hypothesis.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Gordon Ramsay has a new show coming out on the NatGeo channel that looks in the spirit of what Anthony did. It looks interesting

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[dimejinky99]

Gordon Ramsay has a new show coming out on the NatGeo channel that looks in the spirit of what Anthony did. It looks interesting

You just think about what you just said.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I just said the show is in the spirit of Parts Unknown, etc. Of course it won't be the same. That's ridiculous

[E.H. Ruddock]

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Bourdain's friend, and one of my favorite "celebrity" chefs, Marcus Samuelsson, has a pretty good show called "No Passport Required" on PBS where he explores foods in U.S. Cities

[dimejinky99]

I just said the show is in the spirit of Parts Unknown, etc. Of course it won't be the same. That's ridiculous

It’s slimy opportunism on Ramsay’s part.
He’s going for that same niche. He in no way has the same ability to relate to people or appreciate food in any form the way Bourdain did. In fact he’s the worst kind of snob.
It’s kind of obvious.
I don’t like the guy if you do, no harm I guess.