Watched Cliques / 22 Klicks. It's an okay episode despite the OTT military suckup. These shows could be so much better, though. They always seem to ditch too much story in favour of product placement / recaps. In this episode, for some reason Kim went from being a bad manager to a potentially good one, yet zero time was used showing how or why that happened. I know they need to use interview segments to fill in for missing or too-hard-to-edit footage, but it's like making a narrative is not a priority. I think I got spoiled watching UK Kitchen Nightmares, where they seemed to put effort into using the footage they shot. I wonder what the time and budget differences are between doing that style of show and this one.
― the tint-shifted anigif from DOWNTOWN ABBEY (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Saturday, 12 October 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah UK Kitchen Nightmares was a much more lowkey reality show, and iirc they rebuilt the restaurant using low cost measures, including having the staff help refurbish the restaurant? the US versions are much more tabloid-y, and I think you have to enjoy them for that as opposed to being realistic. but yeah, Bar Rescue sometimes has episodes where they show the 'stress test' and it's lousy and suddenly they get to relaunch night and they're fine without explanation. It's usually pretty funny.
the show is much better if you watch with friends and riff on it the entire time.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
Agreed. It's kitsch. Addictive though.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Sunday, 13 October 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
I think I got spoiled watching UK Kitchen Nightmares
OTM. I get sad when I think about how great that show was compared to the - admittedly sometimes enjoyable - shit they show here.
― What, me infallible? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 13 October 2013 05:40 (ten years ago) link
i enjoy bar rescue but yeah it's all bullshit; especially the piratz one which while very entertaining, they've come out and blatantly revealed which parts were fake - namely both the stress test and reopenings were both stuffed with ringers and directions
― Nhex, Sunday, 13 October 2013 05:47 (ten years ago) link
"Cheap, tacky and not good enough for Las Vegas."
Damn, John!
― ΙΧΘΥΣ blindness (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 October 2013 06:02 (ten years ago) link
This Underworld / The End episode seems like they were trying to make up for Piratz / Corporate Bar & Grill.
― the tint-shifted anigif from DOWNTOWN ABBEY (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Monday, 14 October 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
I didn't finish that one. I find I have to watch the episodes in spurts, as they're getting so formulaic now.
sexist bartender tho, ick
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 October 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
Corporate. Bar. And. Grill.
Who the fuck would think this is a good idea
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Someone who works in one of the two or three office towers located within a quarter mile of the pirate bar. Fuck, Bill. Didn't you even watch the episode?
― how's life, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
do these bars have to give up any percentage of earnings for the expensive free shit the network/Taffer's team install?
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
No I don't think so but apparently the expensive free shit isn't quite what it seems. It's out there that the makeover at Piratz Tavern was not what it seemed. The new floor and bar were actually just cosmetic and didn't last much longer than the filming of the launch; the self-serve taps and drinks mixer machines were rentals and had to be paid for by the bar after the first two months. Also, the self-serve thing was actually not legal there so it was useless from the get-go.
― everything, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Also practically everything about the show was faked. As if that wasn't obvious.
― everything, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPkbJohdyo
― everything, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
good info - I've been wondering how much of the new shit they get fitted with actually stays or makes a real difference.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
Kind of a creepy WBC vibe to that vid imo
This show is amazingly addictive. Just watched one where Taffer chastised the owners of a biker bar for their shit booze selection: "Big tough guy bikers aren't going to want to drink this!" then not five mins later midlevel diageo exec world renowned mixologist guy is creating the bar's new signature drink with like apricots and hibiscus petals.
― sktsh, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
Also another one that had a lot of really well endowed bar staff and was next door to a strip club that shared its name. Taffer worried that women weren't going to go, or let their husbands go.
His new bar name, as revealed by the logo on well endowed bar staff's very low cut new uniforms: "racks".
― sktsh, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
lol at Taffer screaming at the two grandkids who steal from their grandkids register.
the granddaughter seemed to be practically reading off cue cards.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
grandFATHER'S register
lol "I want to vomit, and I want to vomit on you guys"
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
lol at Melody asking to be excused after she just got fired.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
"Bacon Bar"
seriously i love this show and i think Taffer is hilarious, but some of his ideas are horrible
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Bottles. And. Cans.
― off that fog juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 11 November 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link
http://www.barrescueupdates.com/
― dan selzer, Thursday, 14 November 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
This was a pretty good rescue
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 14 November 2013 02:54 (ten years ago) link
He seems like a Fred Armisen character.
― Yerac, Friday, 15 November 2013 00:54 (ten years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/spike-tv-apologizes-airing-bar-659861
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
BigKahunano•3 hours agoIm Pissed that it didn't air like it was supposed to. I set my DVR to tape and it taped another episode. So what if it aired. Its not like someone from Spike shot the dude. Its life, the show must go on. Stop being a bunch of sissy babies and get over it. Come on Spike let me get this episode.
Im Pissed that it didn't air like it was supposed to. I set my DVR to tape and it taped another episode. So what if it aired. Its not like someone from Spike shot the dude. Its life, the show must go on. Stop being a bunch of sissy babies and get over it. Come on Spike let me get this episode.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
BigKahunano belongs in a thread for internet wannabe alpha-males
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 01:51 (ten years ago) link
http://i57.tinypic.com/2ica0km.jpg
Would not drink or eat here based on the facade. Might use their bathroom.
― brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 24 March 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
looks like another bang-up job by Taffer
― Nhex, Monday, 24 March 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
Maybe Air Force guys don't want to look at or think about planes when they're drinking, Jon?
― brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 24 March 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
"Napalm's"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 24 March 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
Also, he never seems to realize that when you block out the windows like that, it looks like a strip club
― Nhex, Monday, 24 March 2014 04:54 (ten years ago) link
HEY TREVOR, CHECK IT OUT! PLANES! IT'S A PLANES BAR! JUST LIKE OUR JOB IS! WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT!
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 24 March 2014 05:18 (ten years ago) link
TASTY SPUDS
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 24 March 2014 06:06 (ten years ago) link
The one from the other nite was unreal. The most immature people i have ever seen. Taffer blew them off, he couldnt stand them
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
i haven't seen/won't see the episode but i can't take anyone seriously if they ever think taffer has any sort of high ground to anyone ever
he's the one who has some control in these situations and he CHOOSES to present himself like that
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
did i post this? http://k23detectives.com/2012/09/23/piratz-tavern-bar-resue/ this show has me emotionally invested in defending piratz. i live a block away i'll make sure to interrogate some waiters for the truth next time
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
asked our waitress about the show, she wasn't there for it but was told the funny story about how taffer instructed the dude to be really lewd to his wife when she came in "undercover" and he said something really lewd and it made taffer so angry he stormed in and punched the guy and now there's a lawsuit
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 12 April 2014 07:38 (ten years ago) link
wasn't clear but i think it was taffer who filed the lawsuit
He probably named the bar "the quiet room" or the " library" afterwards.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 13 April 2014 03:59 (ten years ago) link
the archives of this are such a fun rabbit hole to go down
search: the o face, the MT bottle, headhunters, whichever one had dj green lantern giving dj lessons, whichever one had the doormen constantly trying and failing to pat down customers, the chicken bone (i used to work in that town and went out for lunch there MANY times in its previous chuck e cheese-style incarnation)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 16 May 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
Taffer said "He's not El Comandante, he's EL MORON-TE!" at least twice in the episode I'm watching (Puerto Rican bar in Jersey City). Sick burn.
― Temple of Infinite Grohls (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 17 November 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link
kind of a weak season so far, but the dirty rooster ep was awesome - i kept losing it @ taffer mispronouncing "fiduciary"
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
Yeah what the fuck was that. how does he not know how to pronounce that.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Monday, 8 December 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Zb8yLC6.jpg
so classy
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 8 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
the re-rescue episode was surprisingly anticlimactic.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
btw, has anybody seen the competition show Barmaggedon? they basically take two bars (usually successful) and swap owners for a day and then see who wins based on who increases the other place's revenues the most.
interesting concept, but it fails on a number of levels. One day's revenue when compared with averages can rise or fall based on any number of things outside of the new owner's control. Likewise, the only changes the owner could implement that would have any real impact on sales are promotions (ie, changing or adding happy hour) or increasing sales per ticket/improving table turns, as anything like a menu or philosophical change would need days or weeks for a downstream impact to be seen.
I like it as its more lighthearted and less tabloidy than Bar Rescue, but I don't get that it makes much sense....still, some potential if they tweak it a bit.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 February 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
http://m.gazette.net/article/20150327/NEWS/150329328/missteps-unwanted-attention-scuttle-silver-spring-x2019-s-piratz&template=gazette
― how's life, Thursday, 2 April 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link