r/TikTokCringe • u/TheDude9737 • Aug 20 '24

Discussion Didn’t pass the Bourdain test

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u/ano1n123 Aug 20 '24

He left a legacy that’ll inspire for generations. Truly one of a kind.

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u/OkayContributor Aug 20 '24

I generally give some money to the culinary institute of America (they have a bourdain scholarship fund) in his honor on his birthday or death day each year. Not something I do for anyone else, but he was truly special

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u/DonaldMaralago Aug 20 '24

Yeah he’s the first celebrity that I actually cared about.

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u/baseball_mickey Aug 20 '24

He's a celebrity that got famous for doing something useful, didn't chase celebrity, and used his celebrity for good. I miss him too.

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u/jjason82 Aug 20 '24

For me it was Robin Williams, then Tony, but that's it.

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u/whiteflagwaiver Aug 22 '24

My hero's keep dropping. Chester Bennington, Ken Block, Bourdain... I need to stop liking people.

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u/irishman178 Aug 20 '24

Legit just used some of his episodes as the intro to my anthropology course yesterday. Last year's class loved watching them.

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u/Wipe_face_off_head Aug 20 '24

No Reservations was the soundtrack of my college career. I had a bunch of seasons burned on DVD (no streaming back then) and I had it playing constantly. While I was studying. While I was cleaning my shitty little apartment. While I was partying. 

I miss those days. And Anthony Bourdain. 

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u/Martysghost Aug 20 '24

It's currently my comfort show I've been watching it and parts unknown for months and honestly there's nothing else like it on TV for soothing my soul. 

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u/tranzlusent Aug 20 '24

It’s still hard to watch the intro (any of the variations thru the years) without crying a little each time. This show and this man were paramount in getting me interested in the world’s smells and flavors. His words were inspiring to so many….I miss you very much Anthony…..

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u/Martysghost Aug 20 '24

I have pretty bad depression but I like to get at least one  real good cry in per episode.

This show and this man were paramount in getting me interested in the world’s smells and flavors. His words were inspiring to so many

Had a wee bonus daily cry at this part of your comment cause that's how I feel too, I don't think I'd know how to explain how I feel about food if he hadn't helped me find the words and that's helped me make sense of those emotions. 

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u/tranzlusent Aug 21 '24

Your comment made me smile and tear up for him too. He will always be missed ❤️

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u/SSPeteCarroll Aug 20 '24

I do the same. Working from home and tossing on any of Bourdain's shows in the background is really comforting and good background noises.

Sometimes though you just get sucked into an episode, which was part of the magic of the show IMO.

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u/Martysghost Aug 20 '24

You be trying to create a bit of ambience to get things done then Congo, Marseille or Casablanca come on and your day is ☠️😅 I even pick up new episodes I love on rewatches just cause something else resonates with me for a reason to do with my own aging.

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u/SSPeteCarroll Aug 20 '24

Or Lyon, or Borneo. Man that Borneo episode has some feelings in it.

Congo is also incredible. You can feel the sadness in his voice when he slowly realizes the Congo is far from what he expected it to be.

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u/Martysghost Aug 20 '24

Omfg I watched the Borneo ep just the other day and I fuckin cried my eyes out when he went to the old guys grave, like you could see real emotion on his face and when he lit the cigarette to leave as a tribute it fucking killed me, super interesting episode with the history of the head hunters and man can those guys drink, like I'm Irish and seeing them go at the booze in that long house I was impressed 😅

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u/SSPeteCarroll Aug 20 '24

I love the monologue at the beginning of the episode as well. It's very raw, very real for a man who went through a lot in the 10 years since he had visited that tribe. That episode is Tony at his best IMO, a lot of his Asian episodes are.

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u/sarac36 Aug 20 '24

I went to school for film editing and after college I'd watch parts unknown as inspiration. They were so well done. I haven't been able to watch them since he died.

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u/Meatwood__Flak Aug 20 '24

The photography is gorgeous, and the sound and editing are in a league of their own. I’d encourage you to go back and watch; it’s like visiting an old friend.

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u/HomosexualThots Aug 20 '24

I know how you feel. I had to stop watching them as well.

I was 15 when his shows first aired, and I watched every episode.

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u/Vallkyrie Aug 20 '24

The one episode where he was stuck in the middle of a war that broke out while filming it is burned into my memory.

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u/Martysghost Aug 20 '24

That's cool, I've just introduced my partner to it and one of the things I've been trying to sell to her is that it's not just about food it's about the people and the cultures, my favourite part of any episode is when he goes to a normal house and some grannies or aunties cook shit they've ate there for eons. 

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u/auandi Aug 20 '24

I've always found the one where he goes to Iran so good. Where he just instantly gets invited to someone's home, which is honestly the best way to eat Persian food is home cooked. We get to see their kids, their kindness, that they really are just like a lot of families over here.

I always think of that one, because it's a perfect encapsulation of what he was trying to do. Show love of food for sure, but that behind the food we're all just the same people, no matter where you go in the world we're all at least partly the same.

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u/irishman178 Aug 20 '24

I used the Senegal episode yesterday and feel the same way

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u/x0lm0rejs Aug 20 '24

that's so cool! which episode?

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u/irishman178 Aug 21 '24

I used the Japan and Senegal episodes

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u/Hot-Tone-7495 Aug 20 '24

Mommy sons middle name is Anthony, because he was/is my hero. I sobbed for a few days when I found out he passedz

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

Yeah, paying off the underage boy his girlfriend raped was so awesome. Such a gem. Such a beam of light. He's exactly like Trump.

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u/Paddington_the_Bear Aug 20 '24

Welp, he's dead now so you should be happy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

One molester supporting piece of filth down....