M*A*S*H Season One

Advantages: Funny, witty with a serious side on occasions
Disadvantages: fake laughs - they can be turned off though

...M*A*S*H is based on a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. I didn't think I would like this as its quite an old series and it was first broadcast in 1972 and I didn't enter the world for some 6 years after, it never really appealed to me. However, my partner loves it, so though I would give it a try. The first season primarily introduces you to the characters in the show from the Colonel Henry Blake to Chief Surgeon Hawkeye Pearce to Company Clerk Radar O'Reilly. A valiant attempt is made via black humour to show the team spirit that was imperative for a M*A*S*H unit to function. We are given glimpses into the main characters personal lives and their personalites, for example, Hawkeye's admiration for his father and for the nurses and Frank's (Surgeon) utter childish behaviour and desire to please Hotlips (Chief...

msty29368 11.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of M.A.S.H. - Series 1 (Box Set) (DVD)

How would you cope working in Hell's Kitchen?

Advantages: Fantastic format, Marco Pierre White is a fantastic chef, some relatively unknown celebs (to me!).
Disadvantages: Claudia Winkleman is just not my cup of tea.

...Hell's Kitchen is an ITV1 based cooking show which has been hosted by Angus Deayton (Series 1-3) and Claudia Winkleman (Series 4 -) and the head chefs have been Gordon Ramsay (Series 1) Gary Rhodes & Jean Christophe Novelli (Series 2) Marco Pierre White (Series 3 -) and it is has recently finished it's 4th series. Each series has had a slightly different format and slightly different voting styles and in the most recent series (4) Marco Pierre White was responsible for choosing the first four sackings and the second four sackings and subsequently the winner were voted for my members of the general public voting. Series 4 ran for 15 days and there were 8 celebrity contestants who had to learn how to produce set meals chosen predominantly by Marco and they had to take part in all of the food preparation as well as the cooking...

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Review of Hell's Kitchen

W.A.S.P. Bad Ass 80's Metal

Advantages: SOME OF THE BEST 80's METAL RIFFS EVER. TRUE ROCK AND ROLL!
Disadvantages: SOME WEAK SONGS. BUT MADE UP FOR BY OTHER AMAZING ONES.

...When it comes to doing reviews of music, I can focus more on the actual music of the album in a more isolated way, or the band and their previous musical efforts. Unless you are a fan of the band, it seems pointless to write extensively about the previous work aside from drawing a comparison. So I shall review this album for "WASP virgins", who have never heard their music before. Here goes... First, of all, the band W.A.S.P. which allegedly stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, are not from the Bible belt! This is definitely NOT Christian Rock/Metal! Blackie Lawless (the lead vocalist) is not the name you would give to a man of virtue and purity. Quite the opposite. That out the way, let's focus on the type of music that the band play. First a little bit of history is required to explain their sound. With bands...

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Gifts from the Kitchen

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...Gifts from the Kitchen ? Ann Kleinberg: I have a thing for cookbooks, I have loads of them and I love nothing more than snuggling up on the sofa and just looking through them. This particular book was a birthday present from my Mum last January and now that Christmas is here, (woohoo), it has been getting plenty of use. Gifts from the Kitchen is a very pretty and girly hardback book from marks and Spencers. It is styled in a very kitsch way with lots of pretty pictures, pink and gingham! It is the sort of cookbook that instantly makes me want to a don a pinny and morph into a 1950s house-wife! The theme of pink and pale green flows throughout the book and teamed with the beautiful photography it works perfectly to get you into the mood to make lovely edible gifts which is, of course, the theme of the book. There are forty recipes in...

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Dream Kitchen @ Trade Prices - NOT!

Advantages: I'm not sure there are any!
Disadvantages: Expensive, Persuasive

...My partner and I are in the process of renovating our property. An extension is going on the back of our house and as we have to knock out the kitchen window as access, we will be replacing our very old and much neglected kitchen. I had searched around on the net and found a few kitchen companies and requested some brochures. I came to the kitchen direct website and entered my details for brochures to be sent. I had to enter my telephone details as well as postal address for them to send the brochures out. Within 2 hours I had a telephone call from the company wanting to come and do a design appointment in my house. I agreed and made the appointment for when both my partner and I would be home. Meanwhile, I researched some kitchens and prices online. We knew roughly what we wanted and how much we could afford to spend, so we...

abcdefg 21.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kitchens Direct

Hell's kitchen 3

Advantages: Good entertainment
Disadvantages: Not live - well it is when the presenter's talking but it show's last night's service

...such as S.M.T.V live. Paul Young - 52 year old English musician.He has three children. *The Red Team * Rosie Boycott - A 52 year old British Journalist.Previous editor of men's magazine Esquire.Rosie was the first to leave the kitchen by public vote. Abigail Clancy - 21 year old Model from Liverpool.She is the girlfriend of Liverpool fc footballer Peter Crouch. Kelly Lebrock - Born in New york city but raised in London , the 47 year old .She is an ex supermodel and actress.She has three children. Adele Silva - A 26 year old actress.She plays kelly in emmerdale.On hell's kitchen I get confused because when someone says kelly I think they mean Adele because that's what I'm used to her being called on Emmerdale.She dated Anthony Costa from Blue (I think the romance might still be on ) Anneka Rice - A 49 year old British...

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Review of Hell's Kitchen

Not in my kitchen!

Advantages: None that I could see
Disadvantages: expensive, time consuming, poor customer relations

...explained the situation and said that in order not to waste anyone?s time there was only any point in them coming to the house if they could guarantee the kitchen would be with us in four weeks. I was assured that this was no problem and they made an appointment for the designer to come the next evening . I was told to expect a confirmation call. The appointment would last for a maximum of two hours. This all seemed fine so I made the appointment. Then things got interesting- what was my address? I told them. Was I sure? Yes, I think I know my own address. Well, it would not come up automatically on their system. I suggested that it was entered manually. ?Sorry, madam, we can?t do that, but do you recognise any of these other houses?? I did, they were neighbouring houses from around the corner. ? Pick one of those and we will put...

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Review of Kitchens Direct

Tiny Kitchen for Tiny Children

Advantages: Colourful and the right size for very young children
Disadvantages: Flimsy and low value for money

...Bubble Cook Mini Chef Kitchen Tiny Kitchen for Tiny Children We wanted to buy my daughter a kitchen for her birthday and being only small, we didn?t know whether the larger kitchen toys would be too big for her, so when we saw this Bubble Cook Mini Chef Kitchen in Asda for half price at £15 instead of the usual £30 we jumped at the chance. On the box it looked great and we felt that it would be perfect for our daughter. ****************** PACKAGING ****************** The kitchen comes in a rather large box which is a little misleading to the actual size of the toy. Unfortunately we didn?t come equipped with a tape measure on our visit to Asda, so had to guess what the measurements were ? and me being me, got it slightly wrong. The measurements are on the box in smaller print at 49 x 28.5 x 66.5 cm which I knew was small though I...

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IKEA Kalsebo kitchen

Advantages: Good quality, easy assembly, great price!
Disadvantages: Having to visit the warehouse ...

...with little difficulty. I did have to decide on an alternative sink, as my choice was no longer available (I had chosen from an old catalogue), but the salsperson I dealt with was very helpful and knowledgeable. My kitchen was delivered as agreed, by two very helpful blokes who even waited while I checked off every item on the delivery paperwork! (No easy task as IKEA lists every component separately and in no particular order so I had over 100 items to find, listed on 3 small-printed sheets of A4 ... ) Once I was sure everything was in order, it was simple to begin construction. The units are made of 16mm MDF faced with white melamine, solidly built and well finished. Drawers have metal frames and runners, with MDF bases - very sturdy and quite capable of storing heavy items such as tins and bottles. The units come flat-packed with all...

sgjenning 16.08.2006 (15.01.2007) · Read review
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Marco's Kitchen

Advantages: Marco, celebs getting flustered
Disadvantages: not long enough

...I was once told that I was just like Marco Pierre White. Taking this as a compliment I mearly assummed that they were referring to how incredibly talented I am when working with food. Sadly this was not what they were getting at. I have recently discovered that it was more down to the fact that a lot of the time I say things which make no sense whatsoever! This is one way is what can make Marco's Hell's Kitchen so funny. I never watched it when Gordan Ramsey was doing it. But since Marco has taken over I've become completely addicted to it. Down to the fact that they've cut down the programme from what was 90 minutes to the hour, the amount of cooking where we actually got to see how they were doing it has been decreased. Appareantly due to the fact that ITV are 'skint' they couldn't afford to get any celebrities of a high standard...

crezzie 25.04.2009 · Read review
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