Alton Brown's Transformation Is Causing A Stir
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Alton Brown forever changed food television. His Food Network show Good Eats mixed humor, science, history and pop culture with cooking in a way no one had seen before. He also never, as he put it, "fetishized the food." He showed that the process wasn't perfect.
Brown has changed a lot over the years, dieting to lose a considerable amount of weight, enduring rough patches in his personal life and exploring his religious beliefs. He has hosted game shows and gone on Broadway. But he's always come back to cooking, even in quarantine. Here's how Alton Brown's transformation is causing a stir.
#Transformation #AltonBrown #TVHost
Moved to Georgia at 7 | 0:00
Tough time fitting in | 1:05
Studied filmmaking | 2:05
Food shows bored him | 3:03
Good Eats was a hit | 3:45
Host of Iron Chef America | 4:52
Bored with Good Eats | 5:40
Host of Cutthroat Kitchen | 6:12
Broadway | 6:52
End of first marriage | 7:47
Glimpse of his personal life | 8:36
Back where it all began | 9:29
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Good Eats was probably the best cooking show ever created. I learned so much just from Alton Brown compared to most other food shows. He also presented accurate measurements which make recreating recipes much easier.
NOT PROBABLY
Made cooking more interesting for sure. Kind of how history in school is boring as all heck, real history is a lot more interesting. Adam ragusea CZcams channel has some good eats vibes.
Yessss... And Cutthroat kitchen! Loved it love Alton
I loved the fact that he credited his two biggest influences in making his show was Julia Childs and Monty Python.
I think he always references Mr. Wizard as well. Those three are how he has described the show.
I had thought of that before I heard it because it was so evident, that concept is so much fun for a food and science nerd like many of us...
“There was a new wave of shows sweeping across Food Network which could annihilate existing shows like his own.” ...no, the parent company was firing all the old shows and intentionally shifting to food-themed reality shows instead of food education as the network started as.
And here we are on CZcams discovering all these people making all kinds of great food on demand. CZcams is a way better platform than TV. We can literally find any recipe we want and many different ways from many different people. And finding other recipes from those people.
But Bobby and Guy need 8 more shows each
There are so many networks that shift away from their original founding format, lose viewership, and then wonder what went wrong. MTV, for example. They stopped playing music videos and started playing reality TV stuff. Now nobody watches them anymore. Can’t imagine why. In fairness, they wouldn’t have survived CZcams, anyway. Same videos, no commercials.
I really miss the old days of Food Network.
@@kylemarston8650 Guy is at least a good dude who does good things for the world
@@t.l. Never said He was not but you can't turn on food network without 14 hours of Guy. I meet him when he opened the Richmond locations in Virginia seemed decent if not a typical celebrity. But these show styles do little to educate unless you happen to get mislabeled cans during the apocalypse
Alton Brown on Good Eats was the last, best, cooking-instruction show. Everybody since is just showing food, or playing games, not showing the technique of cooking.
Oh, he had some quirks, but once he left, something good left with him.
always enjoyed GE, and the toned down Essence of Emeril.
Nailed it!
Blame Guy Fieri. He single-handedly ruined the Food Network.
@@Black_Adam911 Guy is cool. He likes driving his Sandrail in the dunes at Glamis.
@@Black_Adam911 Totally serious question: How did GF ruin FN? I quit watching when it became a series of competition cooking shows. Is that his fault?
I like AB’s rougher style and personality over the last couple years.
I think Quarantine Quitchen brought out that relatable quality in him.
Really enjoy it also
Yet I don't enjoy his angry, seemingly alcoholic quarantine kitchen attitude. Much prefer the informative and lighthearted good eats persona.
Alton Brown and Good Eats is how I was introduced to the Food Network, I love his method of teaching while entertaining people. I prefer the shows that tell history, locations of eateries, origin's, and how to's related to food. All the competition shows have really burned me out. Unwrapped, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives are shows I prefer on the Food Network...
Same! I don’t watch the channel anymore and the same goes for Cooking Channel since they turned into cook off channel #2
Agreed- although I also miss Emeril Live!
I'm getting tired of the marathons of "DDD".
Day and night. Night and day. It's almost constant.
@@anakelly76512 I like the show in moderation, I have been watching Alton Brown on CZcams and purchased a few of my favorite classic TV episodes of Good Eats.
@@anakelly76512 I dropped my cable for Roku back in December (and I won't shell out the money for Discovery+) so I haven't watched DDD since then... kinda miss it, but I'm sure any new episodes would be "Woke" anyways!
He always reminded me of a culinary Bill Nye while on good eats. Making science quick, whacky and fun
Wacky, you mean.
Alton actually knew what he was talking about, Bill Nye is a political poser
Except that Alton uses real science.
Yeah no. Alton is actually an expert in his subject.
Nye is a crock and tries to pass himself off as a real scientist
nye is a joke. Alton is the real deal.
I appreciate how he has managed to meld all of the great loves of his life into his work. The mix of music, theater, science, food, and videography is quite impressive.
Although there was an evolution of cooking shows, Alton Brown’s stood out among the crowd.
He took us on a journey through the process and background of the ingredients. He fed our intellect and urged us to try recipes.
So cool.
Surprised they didn't mention Feasting on Asphalt! That's my favorite thing he's done so far.
Yes, it was really great and when he was on a sailboat was interesting also...
anything or anyone sure beats the high paid food tester GUY,,,,named GUY.....
Mine too
I liked the way he cut through the BS and didn't "fetishize" the food. Like when you see people on here arguing about which $10k ceramic smoker is the best and then you see Alton smoking ribs in a cardboard box.
Alton Brown is a goddamned legend. Good Eats is probably the best food related show ever, or at the very least in the top 3 with Bo Reservations and Bizarre Foods.
i loveee bizarre foods!! i met andrew a few times!
Bo Reservations, with your host.... Bo Jackson!
Good Eats is definitely awesome and, to this day, I still watch Bizarre Foods just about every night before bed.
@@yourfavpersuasion9385 did he try to rob you?
Bo knows reservations.
the original run of GE was legendary. I remember watching it in high school and college. Reloaded and the new eps have been cool, but nothing like the original.
Quarantine Quitchen was such a great idea
I have always like the way he presents his recipes and the choice of recipes themselves. Alton, its been a pleasure and educational too.
I still make his Turkey, his Standing rib roast, His tofu-chocolate pie. His recipes are awesome
I still make some too
Yes! His brined turkey is amazing.
I’ll go to his home and make his turkey any day of the week
I've been wanting to try a standing rib roast. I'll check out his recipe... maybe see if he did a Good Eats about it.
I stood in line for his autograph in his first cookbook in St. Louis. I never stood in line before or after that for anyone's autograph. I just enjoyed watching him that much.
He is a amazing personality and his hardwork reflects in the videos of his
Now I'm watching him on CZcams, if you like Alton you need to look him up on CZcams. He drinks, he tells you what products he likes, and he even curses.🙃
Yeah, I've noticed that he seems to drink a lot actually. Somewhat concerning. Really loved Good Eats, but not so much the latest incarnation. He just seems mad all the time now.
Linda Birdbike Linda pointed out there is a elephant in the room, agreed
I learned to properly grill steaks from Alton. That was over 20 years ago and I still use his technique to this day along with other preparations and methods from Good Eats. Thanks, Alton!
I was obsessed with Good Eats. I watched it religiously. Those days of Food Network were a blast. They just haven’t been the same in recent years.
i grew up watching his show good eats.. i always liked it even as a kid it captivated me.... to this day im very clean and meticulous on how i do things maybe it was partly from watching his shows lol
Good Eats is STILL my favorite cooking show, simply because of Alton, he make that show very informative and fun.
"Good Eats " was my favorite show on FN.
Now, it's marathons of "DDD" and "GGG" and countless games and competitions.
I miss the older FN.
FN is supposed to be about food. Now, it's like a game show network.
I thought Alton was on his 3rd marriage.
Alton Brown and Good Eats are literally iconic of my childhood. Shows like Good Eats is what propelled me to pursue the practice culinary arts. I am deeply thankful for his work.
I like Mr. Brown. I found his show "Good Eat's" to have been educational and informative!
Alton and Good Eats best cooking show period.The science and entertainment parts were very enjoyable.
I loved everything about "Good Eats". The special guests he had on. The lady in the cookware department, nutritional facts, science, and history. The best cooking show every. Love ya!
Good Eats, and watching it every day in High School is what generated my love for cooking. Alton Brown truly changed my life. Making great food for others is so rewarding.
Sounds like mid life crisis for Thomas Dolby
As soon as he started doing competition shows it was all over for me.
Those competition shows were the exact opposite of Good Eats.
I hated them too.
Arrggh! How could you NOT mention that Alton Brown was the Steadicam Operator on Spike Lee’s second feature film “School Daze”!!!! This was the film that put Spike on the map and Alton had a lot to do with it!!!! I tell my film production students this fact every time I get a chance!!
I remember seeing him in the late 90’s, thinking “Thomas Dolby is hosting a food show now. Weird.”
SCIENCE!
@@LaundryFaerie “good heavens Ms. Yakamoto , you’re beautiful.”
I loved Alton Brown's Good Eats TV Show. So many wonderful episodes that you can not see on youtube because they are copyright. But man ! What a wonderful show it was. I loved it.
He tells viewers how to build a clock when asked what time is it. LOL
I am just like that myself. Well done, Alton
I've always thought that cat was cool. I used to love his show! I'm happy things worked out for him❤
He literally thought me how to cook in high-school using the science of food, best way to learn!
That's what I taught, er I mean thought
@@gusdupree2508 Literally! (or illiterately...)
Such an original take on food and cooking it. Always a pleasure and informative.
I have been watching Alton since the beginning. Back when Emeril was king of the channel. I love Alton's, Quarantine Kitchen on CZcams. I hate seeing a good chef, like Tyler Florence, having to lead a bunch of yahoos in trucks, and being subjected to other famous chefs going on to mentor the OVER-THE-TOP FREAKS on Worst Cooks. UGH.
I only watch Alton Brown's reruns of Good Eats, Returned or Reloaded. I like Beat Bobby Flay, even though I know it's fake winners and losers., much like Chopped, again fake, promoting the person with the saddest story.
I do enjoy watching Guy's From the Ranch show, to watch some interesting food being cooked up.
All scripted fake winner and loser games and no real teaching how to cook...but, that's why I now come to CZcams for inspiration.
You must have done a lot of research to understand how fake all these programs are/were. Not sure why they would go to that much trouble however.
Good Eats in the past was my favorite the mixture of science and the use of it in cooking was a very nice way getting a better understanding of cooking
TFN has totally lost its way over the past 10 to 15 years. I started watching TFN to LEARN how to cook and pick up new ideas on how to cook. Sadly, you can no longer find that on TFN. It's now just food trucks, grocery games, and other "Show biz" type shows which essentially have nothing to do with how to cook.
I Love Good Eats! Always have! I know every episode by heart! I missed it when there were no more… Alton is, IMO, a genius!
AB inspired my son to learn to cook! And learn about the ingredients that he is cooking. Plus his entire demeanor is just a sarcastic naughty pleasure to watch! You never know what’s gonna come out of his mouth, and we find that refreshing especially when knives and fire are involved!
Loved this guy in Good Eats. Not much since then.
I watched Alton for years but even before him was Two Hot Tamales. That was a great show back in the day.
I remember listening to Two Hot Tamales (and Merrill Schindler) on an NPR radio show before they went to TV..... Damn, I AM old!!
It's amazing that his video got uploaded online in 1997. Back then, even just uploading the audio was a difficult thing to do.
I loved watching Good Eats. It was my only favorite at the time. I still watch him but it's still taking a while to get used to his second wife being there. I much prefer him by himself.
While working at an elementary school in North Hollywood, I was doing some filing and came across his registration card. I learned that they kept the registration cards for every student who had ever been enrolled there. I thought that was kinda cool 😊
"THE HATCH JUST BLEW! IT JUST BLEW!"
Thank You Good Eats!! You are responsible for my love of investigative & scientific cooking!!
I still use his book I’m Just Here For the Food as a reference book. Happy chef!
Alton is so lovely! He reminds of my brother in many ways! He was absolutely amazing in Iron Chef America. It was fun to watch him on Quarantine Kitchen at home as well! I am still in quarantine so I would love to see more! I learn a lot from watching Good Eats/Good Eats Reloaded. I enjoyed CK as well including the judges.
I'm a frequent watcher of Alton and Elizabeth on his CZcams channel show... the name now just shortened to QQ since the end of the quarantine. It's awesome... and nuts... and definitely an adults only show.🤣 I still love Good Eats though and glad to know there will be more.
Quarantine Quitchen is hysterical
I saw one interview where he said the idea was a cross between Julia Childs, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Monty Python. A perfect description of Good Eats.
Can't believe I have watched and loved him for decades and never even knew he was a musician.
I don't know that either 😄
Great video on Alton Brown's career, but how exactly is this "transformation" making a stir?
I have always love to watch Alton brown on Food Network Cooking Channel he’s fabulous he’s a genius I love watching his gimmicks he is always come up with something new I think he’s fabulous lots of fun watching him love Alton brown🥰😁👍
The most surprising thing about this is how old it makes me feel.
Good Eats and The Frugal Gourmet were my favorite cooking shows.
They both used humor. They both loved the food and spoke to the public.A lot of food shows make things that look good on camera but aren't things the public will use.
I grew up with the Frugal Gourmet! To this day I cringe every time someone slides food across a cutting board with the cutting edge of a knife!
I didnt grow up with tv as we got rid of any tv access early on in my life due to a serious tv addict in the family. However once the internet was born and i learned about TV i knew of Alton Brown and Good Eats years before I learned about anything Gordon Ramsey. I still love to go back and watch original good eats episodes and watch reloaded as it is available for streaming. I have learned so much about cooking and science watching this wonderful entertaining teacher on TV, he has well outdone every teacher i ever had in school. Ramsey i just watch his stuff for fun knowing i will never have the money to eat his food or make most of it.
His cheesecake recipe is the best I have ever eaten, and for it I am grateful.
I raised my kids on Good Eats, bought the cookbooks and have the framed poster in our kitchen. It's easy to get confused or overwhelmed by culinary situations but we just refer to the poster and ask, "What would Alton do?" We've had years of fun!!
He's amazing👍🏼
I always thought of Alton Brown as The Bill Nye of The Food World, especially with my introduction to him on Good Eats.
Does anyone know where did that film of The Beatles came from? It’s amazing. Looks current. I can’t find it on CZcams.
It takes Alton 30 minutes to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Good eats come to those who wait sometimes! 😅
I got into food network because of Alton Brown. My dad was a Food Network fanatic and when I watched it with him once, it caught my appeal. Because it reminded me of Bill Nye.
I loved Good Eats, it was scientific, funny, and Good Eats. Alton didn't just show you how to cook but what the ingredients are and how they interact with each other in a chemical way. I learned a lot of things about the food I ate and things I never or seldom ate.
Alton Brown, from Good Eats to Cutthroat Kitchen is the living embodiment of the wise words of Harvey Dent: "You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain"
This guy is AMAZING.....I LOVE watching him....
Thank you. 🙏🏾
Living Legend
He got me hooked on Food Network. Now Food Network sucks, it's all competition shows. I miss all of the old cooking shows . Although, Guy is kind of bomb and his personality is great
yeah, FN has lost some of it's charm over the years, sad to say... i mean i LIKE Food Competitions, like Triple G and Halloween Baking Championship, but really they need to keep their focus on Cooking, not trying to turn it into a sport.
yeah, not a fan of the reality tv/game shows FN has now. Miss the 90's - mid 2000's run of cooking shows. I was even a fan of Semi-Homemade with Aunt Alcoholic sandy
@J D Guy's cool as shit, he's a great host but Alton excelled at both Hosting and Cooking.
Guy makes me puke in my mouth a little. He’s such a scripted fake. Yuk. I do miss the real cooking shows and am sick of all the competition bs!
Everything turns into money and profit. Screw the viewers.
Good to know. Love his shows
I loved watching GE and when it was released on to purchase- it was always oos onsite. The following reviews on the vhs/dvd were 2-3/5. I really wish they would clean it up and release it again. I would buy it!
On my cable service In Sacramento Calif u can watch every season of Good Eats on demand for free
Plus its still shown on cooking network 2hrs or more every day
He has always been creative which I think is awesome very unique😁🥰👍
Alton Brown probably has taught me about 70% of my food knowledge. Of course... The rest can be attributed to Mom, Emeril Lagasse , and some other cooking shows. Everything that I make for my family is a hit.
As of 1/20/2023.... I just watched an AB live video a couple of days ago. He hadn't done that in a while. He seemed conflicted on what he wanted to do; sign to a streaming service or just do "Him".
Anyway.... Good Eats has been the most influential show ever. Personally.... I really want to see more of Alton.
Fun fact: the first two episodes were first shown on the Chicago PBS station WTTW. I remember watching those episodes
I love Good Eats, and I have learned a lot from it. I also loved him on Next Food Network Star because he brought in the fun. quirky and wacky people that make the shows I like to watch. The Other Hosts tended to bring in less interesting people. I love that he brings humor into the shows, because a lot of them are rather dull in comparison.
I always was a fan of Brown, and Good Eats. Great content and style.
And they still do their CZcams show to this day!
Alton Brown is a legend. He is an influential part of my culinary journey.
My favorite episode was where he just talked about the chicken egg. I learned so much.
Did Good Eats ever used to be on PBS before it was on Food Network? I could swear I remember seeing a very old episode on PBS where he was in Mexico and talking about which drinks are safe to get and which ones aren't. Did he ever do an episode in Mexico?
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say no to the PBS thing, but an episode in Mexico is definitely a possibility
Yes...he did a couple of the very earliest shows on PBS! Good memory!!
I feel like I just listened to someone's book report...
Very likable and have been following him since the beginning. Seems a good dude.
I've certainly watched my share of competition food shows in the past but now consider all of them a waste of time because they provide little; if any, learning value. I like shows that teach me something, a meal I can make, an ingredient to try, a cooking tip. Good eats is a prime example of the best, the show teaches you things you can use and is entertaining as well.
The only competitions I like are Halloween Wars, Halloween Baking Championship, Spring Baking Championship and Holiday Wars.
That's because they only show up once a year.
Awesome guy
Only show I watched on Food Network. Loved the idea of teaching technique over recipes. Plus, the guy was funny.
yeah, he had a dry humor that i always enjoyed.
Best show about food preparation 👍🏼👍🏼
I grew up with altons shows and he will forever, at least to me, be the epitome of the food network food show.
I met Alton Brown once, on his book tour for Good Eats The Later Years. Got his autograph. I stand 6' in my bare feet and he was head and shoulders taller than me. Couldn't have been a nicer guy.
Hmmmm Alton Brown is 5'9" tall.
Alton is a national treasure. That is if you eat food.
I loved watching his shows.
Alton brown is the reason why I enjoy cooking. I enjoyed hearing why a dear is desirable on meat, why yeast acts the way it does, why salt is so essential in recipes, etc
I love his work, and cannot wait to see what's next.
In the beginning he was a great educator and entertainer. This all changed to arrogance as the years went by. I keep the remote close when he pops up.
Some of his best stuff was the "Feasting on" adventure series. Also, What's the stir?
click bait
Or when he combines ingredients...
*badum*
When The Food Network first came on air, I watched as many cooking shows as possible, including Good Eats. Don’t really care for these competition shows today, Ramsey comes to mind. I enjoy cooking instruction shows much better.
I have seen some of the lockdown CZcams stuff and the language censors are out the window. LOL