Trivial. Banal. Not entertaining. Sorry.

@Gourmet- so are your comments! Seeing Paula Deen fall on her fat ass and wiping away croc-tears on "Today" IS entertaining as hell. 5s

"Gourmet"?! Wrong handle. "Junk Food" more like it.

I'm commenting on the alleged parody, not Deen's performance on "Today." Learn to think, you short-order jerks!

Uh, doesn't the parody, which is clearly slamming Deen, address the Today Show AND her credibility? Maybe Gourmet needs to have a taste of "Fried Deen" before making a critical review ;-)

Mentioning a risible interview in a parody does not make the parody funny or entertaining. Flip another burger, short order cook.

Gourmet, your remarks are less entertaining. And the votes put you in a minority. Btw, are you even a parodist here or passing through? If a parodist, then why hide under Gourmet? I would love to read your parodies, so post a link so that we other "cooks" can grill you ;-)

Votes, shmotes, Jimmy Dean (are you the late actor or the sausage?), you know that scores are given for all the wrong reasons. I am a parodist who has quit, just like JAB, TT, OMR, Lifeliver, etc. The only difference is that I am the best parodist of them all -- probably in the galaxy -- and the only thing I care to do now is to rid the site of talentless fools and to demand the joy of excellence and the excellence of joy. Go through the oeuvres of authors. By all means, DISREGARD QUANTITY. You will recognize me at once by my impeccable precision, wit, and ineffable genius. Returning for the second and final time, I am sacrificing much of my limited stay on Earth for the advancement of parody, and in my infinite Mercy I have bestowed my efforts on this forlorn site. May I have a salad instead of the fries?

You can do anything you want disgruntled Vet as all you have provided AiR with is your personal opinion. My author sheet reveals a buffet of topics instead of "a salad or fries." That is TRUE freedom of choice for anyone. And if you don't like it, nobody cares anyway! Moving on towards 2050 parodies, Btw, we're waiting for you to post your real name and author page. If you won't provide them then you are nothing but a pitiful 1-bomber at best- farthest thing from "best parodist ever!!!" Now THAT's hilarious!!!

What's with this gourmet stuff anyway? I've eaten all over this nation and world in those places and for $80-200 US per plate been served tiny portions of questionable culinary delights served by pompous chefs and tip-mongering waiters. I'd much rather grab a bag of Kingsford, lighter fluid, and all the red meat, poultry, and fish I can get and have a blockparty for less money!!! Gourmet here really means snob. I wonder if the gourmet serves salad at a Superbowl party? Why is it that the most critical of people tend to lack common sense? McDonald's serves billions. How many gourmet restaurants can claim the same and globally? Give me a Big Mac or Angus burger anyday over quail, pigeon, duck, and snails. Cavier and cold potato soup are also heavily overrated!

Hey, Heavy Eater, you're a gourmand. Chacun a son gout. Enjoy yourself.

Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia: A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure in food; a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater. The word has different connotations from the similar word gourmet, which emphasises an individual with a highly refined discerning palate, but in practice the two terms are closely linked, as both imply the enjoyment of good food. An alternative and older usage of the word is to describe a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink, synonymous with a "glutton" or a "trencherman".

Me, I like Iranian caviar. De gustibus non est disputandum. Too bad we have to nuke the place.

Unfortunately, I don't have time to provide you with the definition of "schmuck." My escargot are getting cold.

Recently, some critic with the S/N Nan Sequitur was challenged by several people to provide a link to, or an example of, his work. He obliged by sending his own original parody as part of a comment. And a very fine parody it was, as I recall. Did his challenging doubters thank him or congratulate him? No! They have been silent. I think that's insulting. Therefore, in expectation of the same silent treatment, I will not give the link to my page. You'll have to trust me: I am the god of parodies.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Nice diversion comments, but you are admitting cowardice with no link to your author page. No one respects someone who can't back-up what they say and who masks their identity. I am Rob Armdt and KNOW WHO I AM, so do others. WHO ARE YOU??? As for NS, don't care. A single parody says nothing about overall production nor values. Btw, noticed that you HAD to respond two more times... absolutely pathetic. Must be that "last word" thing for the terminally insecure. I can't imagine what self-inflicted psycho-trauma you have...

Mr. Arndt is either engaged in a bizarre coverup, or he has made a classic typographical Freudian slip. He writes that he knows he is Rob Armdt. I will be charitable and blame it on the proximity of m to n on the keyboard. But this is the last time I'm cutting him slack.
I myself have often made the slip of singing "Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen." O.K., your turn.

No need to accept any charity from you as you already knew that I am permanently disabled and have nerve damage to my right hand, so I DO make constant typos, mis-spellings, and my keys are worn off so badly from writing over 10,000 pages online that it resembles an Intel "Blackout Board." I doubt you know what that is or who uses it for what purpose but you can TRY to Google it or consult WEAKipedia which is lame. I saw one firsthand. And trying to turn the comment box into a NG format is a loss for you as I was leader of RAM and a NG tyrant on an unmoderated group- somewhere where you would be torn apart verbally and dissected. So don't go there. So far in summation, you refuse to provide your real name, S/N, page link, and have demonstrated that you are but a mere nuisance 1-bomber who lost. Tabulate the votes and you and your buddy are outvoted. You can't get rid of me nor my niche fanbase. Epic fail on your part. See ya later, I'm writing more frags and parodies. Army Group Singular advances, even at 9 parodies a week... way down from my 25+ for most of the 24 out of 27 months here. My highest was 112/mo and avg for years was 100/mo (not counting the other 200 submissions/mo)!!! My record-breaking stats still stand. Bombing will not force me off-site at all. And when you post again, what comes around goes around. NFR (No Further Reply for the uneducated).

I don't know Paula Deen from, but just dropped by here to acknowledge 'Gourmet's' namecheck. Thanks for remembering me, sir. I haven't quit - just too busy to post/comment much lately, but I do still check in for a read regularly.

And what do I find here? Twenty 555s. TWENTY!!! And not one single supporting comment, just a long tit-for-tat thrust-and-parry between you and a rather persistent detractor. This happens a lot on your parodies, no matter how slight in quantity or quality. It's been going on for quite some time, and doesn't happen on others. Interestingly, if any of your works cop negative comments, your fives-boxes explode.

I'm glad to hear you know who you are, Rob Arndt. But do we? Either you are spectacularly popular on the site, or you've orchestrated a phantom fanbase. Which is it? Just asking.

Lifeliver, all it takes is one person with access to 20 unrelated computers. Just another glaring problem with the scoring system.

Also, each different browser that you have on your PC will record a separate vote. You can put one vote on with Firefox, another with Explorer, then another with Chrome, etc.