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Good Eats: Behind the Bird
Alton granted aspiring filmmaker Blair McGuffin permission to chronicle the production of one of the very first Good Eats episodes, Romancing the Bird – A Good Eats Thanksgiving. But as the crew films, trouble brews – trouble in the form of snow! A solid inch of the white stuff paralyzes Atlanta. Now Alton must find a way to feed his trapped crew – and he does, with the leftovers from his thanksgiving feast: In a Cranberry Jam, Tart Cranberry Dipping Sauce, Sweet Corn Bread Pudding, Turkey Re-Hash, and even a delicious soup he calls Bird to the Last Drop.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 3x5 Production Number: EA1C14 Airdate: Saturday November 18th, 2000 |
Recap
The episode is presented as a documentary, the work of a young filmmaker named Blair McGuffin. Blair was given permission to film her documentary about the "Romancing the Bird" episode. But after the episode wrapped, trouble began to brew...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
The sandwich was born in 1762 when the 4th Earl of Sandwich placed roast beef between two slices of bread so he could eat and play cards simultaneously.
This episode is on the DVD Holiday Treats.
The Food Network site calls this episode "The Remains of the Bird."
Cultural References
W, the ascerbic sendup of James Bond's "Q", is revealed to be a cyborg with 12 gigabytes of onboard memory. She's kept in the prop room when not needed. Alton was surprised viewers didn't realize it, because "real people don't talk like that".
The helicopter Alton's mother supposedly borrowed from Emeril was described as a V-22 Osprey. The Osprey is real enough, but it is a military machine that has only recently gone into production. Emeril would have needed some real connections to get one back on 2000!
Alton's friend has constructed a toaster that "goes to eleven"; that is, it toasts bread darker. In the cult hit "This Is Spinal Tap", there's a discussion between two of the characters over amplifiers that "go to eleven", because "it's one louder, innit?"
The young documentary filmmaker is several pop cultural references rolled into one. Her project could be called "The Blair McGuffin Project", especially since, towards the end of the episode, she uses a strangely lit, "up shot" like the one employed by the narrator of the breakout hit The Blair Witch Project. Her last name may refer to Alfred Hitchcock's famous definition of the "McGuffin" - the thing very important to the characters, but of little importance to the story.
Episode References
This episode draws inspiration from Romancing the Bird - A Good Eats Thanksgiving. It is theoretically the behind the scenes story of that episode, and the recipes are built on turkey leftovers.
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