Graham Kerr -- The Galloping Gourmet
Good cooks can take cooking too seriously, mussy fussy. Go back several, okay many, years and that’s not so. When Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet, blithely buttered up audiences with standout recipes, he did so with a wink. Bring back the wink!
In 1970, he was on the Tonight Show, playing a drinking game of sorts with Johnny Carson, who giggled as a cocktail poured, at Kerr’s instruction, from his forehead over his nose and into his mouth.
In another ep, there were no do-overs but guffaws as the cherries the Galloping Gourmet cooked, well, flambeed in a too-big way. The laugh track ran loud. I can’t wait to share kitschy moments with him and the Two Fat Ladies–a pair of wild-child women who barreled into new places with vim and verve, nothing but smiles.
Whether her style was intentionally comical or not, Julia Child will be on my watchlist, too, garnishing her often messy recipes with witty life wisdom–”I think every woman should have a blowtorch.” Yes, me too. Pith, no oranges needed–just ask Dan Akroyd, who famously mimicked Julia on Saturday Night Live. I doubt she found his send-up anything but amusing. (Decades later and a good bit after her death she comes up time and again; last week Eater lauded Mario Cantone for his hilarious impression of Julia on the Rachael Ray show.)
It’s good to laugh in the kitchen. But it seems like fewer hosts and shows seek being seen as funny–am I missing some (please share)? Cooking–whether modern or retro–can be plenty amusing, and so can flaming cherries and charred chicken and sunk souffles. What’s the harm? Pour a drink over your nose, grab that blowtorch and cook–just for good old-fashioned fun.
Thanks for the sensible critique. Me & my neighbor were just preparing to do some research on this. We got a grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I’m very glad to see such wonderful information being shared freely out there.
Hello! Would you mind if I share your blog with my facebook group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really enjoy your content. Please let me know. Many thanks
The next time I learn a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my option to read, but I really thought youd have one thing fascinating to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you might repair when you werent too busy searching for attention.
The sweetness Boutique offers permanent cosmetics. “I have already been trained by Nouveau Contour, as seen on television in ‘Extreme makeover’” said Jenny Brown Salon Owner. In addition they now provide universal body contour wrap, a slimming wrap that works after an individual treatment. Are going to managing a 10% discount for that first 2 weeks in June on our bodies wraps.
I like the valuable info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and check again here frequently. I am quite certain I will learn a lot of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing around your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon!
I’m not intending to say what all others has already said, but I truly do like to reply to your understanding of the topic. Youre truly well-informed. I can’t believe simply how much of this I simply wasn’t conscious of. We appreciate your bringing more details for this topic for me. I’m really delighted and truly impressed.
It’s good to laugh in the kitchen
WOW! check this out!……
Amazing Post, worth a read……
Hi there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found that it’s truly informative. I’m going to watch out for brussels. I’ll be grateful if you continue this in future. Lots of people will be benefited from your writing. Cheers!
hello there and thank you for your info – I have definitely picked up something new from right here. I did however expertise a few technical points using this site, as I experienced to reload the website a lot of times previous to I could get it to load correctly. I had been wondering if your hosting is OK? Not that I am complaining, but slow loading instances times will often affect your placement in google and can damage your high-quality score if advertising and marketing with Adwords. Anyway I am adding this RSS to my e-mail and could look out for much more of your respective exciting content. Make sure you update this again very soon..
of course like your web site but you need to check the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Several of them are rife with spelling problems and I find it very troublesome to tell the truth nevertheless I’ll certainly come back again.
I think this show was the beginning of my interest in cooking. I watched it whenever I could as a kid.