Ransom Riggs
The Late Movies: Bizarre Cooking Shows
by Ransom Riggs - December 7, 2009 - 10:30 PM

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Postmodern weirdness has finally invaded the last vestige of TV-dom I thought was safe from irony: the tried-and-true cooking show. I don’t know how much you’ll actually learn about cooking from watching these shows, but they’re certainly worth a laugh or two.

Food Party

This show on IFC features lots of weird graphics, a wacky host and lines like “We’re gonna make everyone think you have a food budget that rivals Scarface’s coke budget!” It’s kind of like Tim and Eric meet Yo Gabba Gabba.

Cookin’ with Coolio

“We will not be eatin’ no bullshit today!” Coolio brazenly declares before freestyle rapping about the game day turkey he’ll be preparing. Warning: Coolio is off da hook and somewhat NSFW.

The Huntress: Squirrel Melts

“You’ve heard of tuna melts or patty melts — why not squirrel melts?” Before this all-American mom can cook her son a nice after-school snack, though, she’s got to get her hands on a squirrel, which she shoots in the backyard.

Cooking with Werner

Actor Will Maier gives an inspired performance as filmmaker Werner Herzog, who cooks a grilled cheese sandwich with a side of ecstatic truth.

Cooking with Dog

An internet cooking show. Don’t get the wrong idea: it’s a woman who cooks alongside a dog, not using dog as an ingredient.

Mr. T’s Flavorwave

Okay, it’s not exactly a cooking show — but it almost makes you want to buy Mr. T’s answer to the Foreman grill.

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Comments (7)

  1. Not a Cooking Show, rather a Celebrity Chef demo…

    Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh

    posted by Amy on 12-7-2009 at 11:10 pm

  2. We loved the Two Fat Ladies in my house. They were two plain, middle-aged, overweight English women who used butter, butter, more butter, lard, butter, and lard in EVERYTHING. They were hilarious, to boot.

    posted by Lacey on 12-7-2009 at 11:36 pm

  3. The only bad thing about the “Cooking with Dog” show is I want sushi!! Too bad I’m pregnant, and sushi is hard to find in Germany. That makes it expensive, and I can’t eat the yummy raw stuff. I could still go for the futomaki and California roll, though. Darn my insatiable hunger!!

    posted by Tamsyn on 12-8-2009 at 8:00 am

  4. I came across this one a while back, hippy gourmet. I thought it was the weirdest thing

    http://www.youtube.com/user/hippygourmet

    posted by and also on 12-8-2009 at 2:00 pm

  5. @ and also
    LOL! I’m actually a subscriber of the Hippy Gourmet. Yes, it’s a bit weird, but then I’m pretty weird myself. Especially as I’m of that bizarre breed of humans called “vegetarians”. :)

    The most entertaining online vegan cooking show, IMHO, was the “Post Punk Kitchen” http://www.theppk.com/shows/ (nsf: kids or office) Too bad they only did a few episodes.

    posted by Nerak on 12-8-2009 at 3:49 pm

  6. Does anyone watch Good Eats on Food Network?. It has become kinda strange as of late. Very Monty Python.

    Still, it’s my favorite show on the F.N.

    posted by CarsonC on 12-8-2009 at 4:11 pm

  7. Check out Merrill Howard Kalin on Youtube…it will change the way you look at Jello, at least.

    posted by Cory on 12-8-2009 at 5:23 pm

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