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Here at the Chicagoist HQ we've been spending the last couple days wondering if there's anything Oprah can't do. Right now we wouldn't even bat an eye if she healed the sick by touching them, found a cure for cancer or raised our long-lost childhood pets from the dead (we miss Tom the Hampster & our bunny Hops!). Ok. So maybe those things are a bit of a stretch, but in between forgiving Hermes, helping hurricane 
victims and redesigning her book club, Ms. Winfrey has also given Rachael Ray a new show and has even helped capture a fugitive.
So.. catching a fugitive, how does that work? Oprah broadcast the photo of a wanted child molester and said she'd give out a cool $100,000 for his arrest and just 2 days later the guy was busted and in jail. Some lady in Minnesota recognized the guy as the upstairs neighbor of her friend in Fargo. He was one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Forget 1-800-CRIME-TV* and Crime Stoppers, let's just have Oprah featured a wanted criminal at the end of every episode and have the housewives of America call them in!
As for Rachael Ray**, Chicagoist is going to hurt some feelings by saying we don't really like her. We know.. her meals are quick and yummy and she find us great bargins wherever she travels.. but her VOICE! It's torture to listen to her. And this deal she's got in the works with Oprah - it's for a TALK show. Kill us now and save us the pain! Plus.. Rachael Ray.. she's like the worst tipper on this planet. But for some reason Oprah took a liking to her and is waving her magic wand, ala Dr. Phil, and giving Rachael her own show, which we're sure will be a hit.
* Are we the only ones who remember when the phone number used to be 1-800-CRIME-89? Are we just old?
** These photos of Rachael Ray in FHM are some of the most disturbing images on the Internet.
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And by disturbing, you meant awesome, right?
Everytime she takes her first bite of food, whatever it may be, her head tilts up, her eyes roll back and she has a little rachel-ray orgasm. She could eat sh*t and still pull it off. That's talent.
I think Rachel is cute as all hell, but there really is something weird about those pictures. Dressing her up in a cheerleader outfit would be less degrading.
I know many people that can't stand her... but I like her. I do think the FHM pics are disturbing... but I like her voice. Go figure.
dude, rachelle, i am sooo with you on the "can't stand rachel ray" situation. her voice is incredibly annoying and the fact that she smiles ALL THE TIME just disgusts me. is that wrong?
Shame on FHM for forcing Rachael into those outfits and taking those pictures without her permission.
Oh wait...
Photos aside, what's worth watching on Food Network? Her show is quick and to the point, she mostly makes dishes that are makeable by the common person.
Bill V.- Everything on the food network is worth watching, except for Emeril Lagasse...THAT GUY has an annoying voice and an even more annoying persona. I like Rachel Ray...but I probably wouldn't if I weren't a heterosexual male who loves food.
Her voice is imperfect, but it makes her cuter, I think. The overperkiness is a bit much sometimes, though.
Those FHM pictures inspire quite a bit of ambivalence in me. Awesome, yet kinda degrading.
I think those shots are awful. She makes me never want to eat again. Every time I go near my kitchen I'll have nightmares about her grinning face.
I think those shots are awful. She makes me never want to eat again. Every time I go near my kitchen I'll have nightmares about her grinning face.