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Bourdain's Last Interview

Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:02 pm
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9523 posts
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:02 pm


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Anthony Bourdain had started smoking again, was the first thing I noticed as he sat down with me last February. He was a bit hung over from a recent working trip to south Louisiana for Cajun Mardi Gras; “Harder partying than I’m used to, I gotta say,” he said, laughing.


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Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:09 pm to
I knew they would blame this on the Popeye's buffet.

Bastards.
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
79085 posts
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:22 pm to
good thing he drank and partied as much as he did during his visit bc that episode was terrible
Posted by Enadious
formerly B5Lurker City of Central
Member since Aug 2004
17687 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 6:09 am to
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He showed me his trepanning tools


Uhh...why did Bourdain have trepanning tools in his apartment? Didn't seem to go with books and art.
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11663 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:43 am to
People really like this guy, huh?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75097 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:08 am to
Absolutely, people love him. Have you watched any of his shows? If you enjoy food and travel, it’s hard to find a better show.
Posted by mmonro3
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2013
3918 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:09 am to
I love travel and food, but his show was so boring and he came off as very smug.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75097 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:17 am to
Tony was great. I love his show and the way he narrates it. Plus, he wore cowboy boots. You should watch the New Mexico episode. He could shoot a gun too, not bad for a city guy from NY.
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 9:20 am
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11663 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:57 am to
quote:

Have you watched any of his shows?

No
quote:

If you enjoy food and travel, it’s hard to find a better show.

I enjoy traveling, not watching other people travel. Didn't he do off the wall stuff like drink tribal, fermented spit and shite like that?
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171024 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:59 am to
quote:

I enjoy traveling, not watching other people travel


You don’t travel like he did. Not even close.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11801 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:01 am to

quote:

Didn't he do off the wall stuff


At Sushi Yama for lunch one day, his show was on the tv behind the bar. Everyone sitting in front of the tv watched as he ate the anus of a warthog off the end of a stick.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34911 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:04 am to
Read the whole interview. Jesus frick once it went to politics the interviewer completely lost his shite.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75097 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:12 am to
He strikes me as the all inclusive punta cana type of maybe sandals
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11663 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:39 am to
quote:

all inclusive punta cana


I've actually done a few Iberostar Grand & Excellence stays that I really enjoyed. I ain't mad.

quote:

sandals

Never been to one. I'm sure they're nice, tho.

We're on track to pay off $245,000 in Med School debt in under five years, so we only take a +/- $10k Euro trip every other year.

I guess my initial comment was that I don't understand why people are so enamored with TV personalities. There are threads on here pretty frequently. Hell, there's even one on the OT right now. He's gone. Oh well...
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 10:47 am
Posted by BlackenedOut
The Big Sleazy
Member since Feb 2011
5798 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 10:40 am to
Totally bizarre interview. Granted it was a transcript of an entire conversation (Which probably was meant to be developed into a coherent article, but yikes). Halfway through the meandering political diatribe I tried to suss out just exactly what type of political system these folks wanted.

Communism? They hate it.
Conservatism? Death to it.
Liberalism? They must be kicked off the train at the first turn.
Obama? Let everyone down but likes pho.
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 11:37 am to
He comes across as unhappy as hell. He only spends 5 days a month at his NY apartment, but during his precious downtime in NYC he's got 2.5 hrs to spend with a random journalist he doesn't know? It made me sad. I wonder how much his relationship with Argento had an impact on his mental health. Not all people who feel a deep connection are terribly good for each other. The desperate drive to work-work-work isn't such a positive sign.
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4622 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 12:49 pm to
quote:


I enjoy traveling, not watching other people travel. Didn't he do off the wall stuff like drink tribal, fermented spit and shite like that?


Not really his shtick, though he did some of that when his show first started. It was really just about eating whatever interesting local cuisine people had. Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods) is the one whose whole show was centered on eating "disgusting" foods from various cultures.

Bourdain's show really reminded me of a good creative non-fiction travel essay. It viewed pretty much like reading really good travel writing, imo.

Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11801 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

Bourdain's show really reminded me of a good creative non-fiction travel essay.


His locations were well researched and shows were well produced. His shows were more like documentaries and less like food network shows.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
29820 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:01 pm to
is he back from the dead? if not then go have sex with his dead corpse if you love him so much but no one cares, stop posting about this cuck
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
10946 posts
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:20 pm to
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is he back from the dead? if not then go have sex with his dead corpse if you love him so much but no one cares, stop posting about this cuck



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