She's not the only taste maker, amirite?

June 6, 2009 4:22 AM

NYT linked MeFi in their article "A Foodie With a Taste for the Surreal." It's about Thu Tran and Food Party, her brainchild. She's getting a show on IFC. [MeFi discussion]

Following its arrival in New York, “Food Party” garnered endorsements from Web sites like metafilter.com and the Grub Street blog of New York magazine (nymag.com/daily/food), eventually attracting the attention of executives at IFC.

posted by defenestration to MetaFilter-related at 4:22 AM (20 comments total)

I'm not sure I would have called that thread an endorsement...
posted by Houstonian at 5:03 AM on June 6

I'm so glad I missed this the first time.
posted by bardic at 5:32 AM on June 6

We endorse things?
posted by jbickers at 7:51 AM on June 6

The article is poorly written in general.
posted by defenestration at 8:05 AM on June 6

Yeah, don't you remember last week when we endorsed bio-identical hormone therapy? And then we endorsed Susan Lewis just the other day. And last night we endorsed MC Hammer's reality show!
posted by hermitosis at 8:05 AM on June 6

I have a policy of only giving paid endorsements. Any idea when our checks will arrive?

I watched the first minute of “BAGUETTE DRAMA” and I am a bit confused. Is IFC a public access channel or something on youtube?
posted by cjorgensen at 8:22 AM on June 6

Ok, I spent entirely too much time watching portions of those videos, and I have to say it's pretty sad when the host is being out-acted by a puppet. I hereby retract the metafilter endorsement (anyone can do that, right).
posted by cjorgensen at 8:35 AM on June 6

last night we endorsed MC Hammer's reality show!

Which led directly to a segment on GMAW! We RUN this town!
posted by mwhybark at 9:23 AM on June 6

I'm endorsing right now.

And loving it!
posted by ODiV at 10:04 AM on June 6

*McDonald's jingle*
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:34 AM on June 6

If you would like to endorse this show please favorite any comment in this thread.
posted by bigmusic at 10:42 AM on June 6

We endorse things?

Of course we do. We Have Cameras!™
posted by Smart Dalek at 11:36 AM on June 6

A&E: Arts and Entertainment bloody crime scenes
MTV: Music Television whiny rich kids
CNN: Cable News Network inane celebrity gossip
TLC: The Learning Channel friendly sideshow exhibits

IFC: Independent Film Channel ?

(That said, shut up, I like this show.)
posted by Sys Rq at 12:29 PM on June 6 [5 favorites]

I endorse this comment.
posted by juv3nal at 12:36 PM on June 6 [1 favorite]

Sys Rq, you forgot AMC American Movie Classics two of the best dramatic series of this decade...
or the fact that MSNBC MicroSoftNetworkBroadcastingCompany has no MicroSoft-oriented programming at all.

Cable Network Mission Creep is one of the most interesting media phenomena of the last 25 years, and is not always a bad thing. (Usually, but not always.) Cartoon Network Adult Swim showing the non-cartoon Pee Wee's Playhouse? Good. Saved By the Bell? Bad.
posted by wendell at 2:43 PM on June 6

Y'all are never going to graduate to television if you keep this up.
posted by mediareport at 3:44 PM on June 6

Couldn't be bothered clicking the link, but I endorse the concept, I guess.
posted by ryanrs at 4:11 PM on June 6

NYT linked MeFi

In other news, the sun orbited around the earth, salmon swam downstream to mate, and the city of Boston turned out to cheer on the New York Yankees.
posted by koeselitz at 4:33 PM on June 6 [1 favorite]

I endorse ewoks battling for.
posted by cortex at 4:48 PM on June 6

Cable Network Mission Creep is one of the most interesting media phenomena of the last 25 years, and is not always a bad thing.

I concur. What's weird, though, is that while the initial stages of mission creep can seem like a crass attempt to draw in a more general audience (or to push viewers to the new, more specialized digital offshoots), the post-shift product is often every bit as specialized as the pre-shift one, only differently so. They all follow the basic formula of The Nashville Network > The National Network > SpikeTV, but without the all-important sense-making name change.

One example of an undeniable improvement is the case of TBS: Once absolute shit, it's now actually pretty solidly excellent in many ways. (The drawback being, of course, the Superstation/PeachtreeTV distribution fiasco, which resulted in Canada getting stuck with the old, shitty version under a stupider name. Damn you, Ted Turner!)
posted by Sys Rq at 5:30 PM on June 6