Please Rocco, don't do another reality show

by Bob Sassone (Subscribe to Bob Sassone's posts)
Posted Jun 17th 2006 3:12PM
Filed under: Television/Film, Trends, On the Blogs

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What on Earth would make Rocco DiSpirito want to do another TV reality show? Didn't he learn his lesson from doing that utter disaster of a reality show, The Restaurant, where he was made to look petty and conniving? From all accounts that I've heard (I've never eaten in any of his restaurants), DiSpirito is a great chef, so why is he getting so far away from that and doing another reality show? Granted, this one sounds a little less cheesy and fake than the NBC show (seems to be centered more about a person's special relationship with food in their lives), but this just seems to be the wrong direction to go in.

Of course, I'm one to talk. If a TV show called me up and asked me to be on a TV show where they covered me in cream cheese and tied me to a chair in the living room of the latest Real World house for a lot of money, I'd be there in a second.

Tags: couples, eating, food, reality show, RealityShow, relationships, rocco dispirito

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6-17-2006 @ 3:43PM

jmchez said...

You guys are aware that Rocco's new show is a total ripoff of the Food Network's "Food 911" with Tyler Florence? Right? The premise is exactly the same and Rocco even looks a little like Tyler. There's zero originality here.

6-17-2006 @ 6:23PM

JACKIE H. said...

DOESN'T ANYONE HAVE A LIFE ANYMORE? LIFE IS SO CONTEMPTUOUS ALREADY SO WHO WANTS TO SEE ALL THESE SICKENING 'REALITY' SHOWS? ONE CAN STAY HOME, VACATION, WORK, ETC. AND FIND ENOUGH REALITY IN THEIR LIVES.....WE NEED MORE LAUGHTER, FUN AND COMEDY....SO GET WITH IT HOLLYWOOD.

6-17-2006 @ 11:51PM

Angela Pitt said...

Too much reality is bad for your health. Reality bites
and Rocco should be once bitten, twice shy. He should
stick to what he knows, how to be a great chef. I guess once he got a taste of TV, the bug bit him hard.
I hope he doesn't bite off more than he can chew this
time. Enough with the biting already!

6-18-2006 @ 6:31AM

nika said...

He is a big boy, he can decide if he wants to be a food-bunny or a serious chef. He should be able to see how the previous show made him look like a complete ass and baffoon.

In my mind, he has chosen to be foodie eye candy and part of the circus. If you can make a living at it, go for it. He likely knows the price he will pay.

6-19-2006 @ 6:16PM

Valerie said...

YAAAYYAYAA!!! Can't wait to watch it! Love you ROCCOOOOOO!!!!!!

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