When Fandoms Collide!

[offbalance]

I've been enjoying Alton Brown's new show, Feasting on Asphalt. For those with no interest in clicking the link, basically it involves my favorite quirky, geeky, snarky, and smart Food Network personality getting out of his Good Eats studio, and exploring the country with a few friends on touring motorcycles, in pursuit of classic/wonderful road food. Considering that AB started as a documentary filmmaker, this show was a natural idea, and was an ideal fit for his personality and style. They're running a marathon of the first 3 episodes, leading up to the remaining fourth, next Saturday.

So, as I'm enjoying episode 3, I watch with glee as he heads to (what I thought was) Lawrence, Kansas, for a barbeque festival and cake auction. I may have squeed, thinking of how it would be research for fanfic (yes, I have had my brain eaten by the Supernatural fandom, how did you guess?) as well as crossover ideas that involved Alton talking to John Winchester about pie.

Unfortunately, as I look at the site, I see that it was Florence, Kansas, and not Lawrence. Boo. Urns. Never mind. I'll just strap on my trusty tin hat and pretend I was right the first time.

Of course, someone is going to be a smartass and say that Lawrence doesn't actually exist. Sure. Next thing they're going to say that Neptune isn't real either. Pshaw.

Hurrah saturday night spam posts.

Comments

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

There is a Florence, Kansas? That's news to me. Lawrence, Kansas, however, is where one of my friends from college is from. [The city's official website makes no mention of SPN, however.]

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Check it out - there IS a Florence!

(That makes me feel better, though - I was pretty sure that Lawrence was a real town, but you never know. And if they're not capitalizing on the show? They are silly. WinCon 2007, baby!)

[quodlibetic.livejournal.com]

Jeremy and I are watching it, too! Though I paised it, as we decided that dessert was necessary for continued watching. Jeremy blames the pie scene.

[quodlibetic.livejournal.com]

paised, paused, whatever. :)

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

hee. Mmmm. Pie. I wish I had access to pie right now. But that would require leaving the apartment, and walking...and that's more than I feel like doing right now.

But I think there might be cookies in the kitchen...

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Lawrence is totally a town.

and looking over its history and trivia is a good way to get an idea, however vague, of why it's relevant to the show.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

you've mentioned before. I really wish Alton Brown had been in actual Lawrence, because that would have just been amazing. But alas.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

It would have been, *sad*.

[redesigner.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that NO place in Kansas is good.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Are you speaking from experience?

[redesigner.livejournal.com]

I was in Arkansas and that's close enough for me.

[wint3rhart.livejournal.com]

Much love for Alton Brown! I haven't been able to catch the new show so far, although I would really love to. Hopefully this week...alas for my lack of a DVR.

I wanted to swing by and drop off a link to this tshirt (http://www.onehorseshy.com/most_recent/bad_grammar_makes_me_sic/), in case you hadn't seen it yet. I laughed, and figured that you might, as well ;)