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Cloudy, With A Chance Of Meatballs
Published on: September 24, 2009 – 9:29 am by Jillian Madison 
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Sorry, Jennifer Aniston. Sucks to be you, Matt Damon. You might not be as hot as you think you are, Megan Fox. The most popular movie in America right now doesn’t star any of you. It’s actually Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, an animated film inspired by the popular 80s children’s book with the same name.
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I loved that book as a kid because it was all about food. Even back then I was a foodie. Ah the memories!
“Rachel Ray and her stupid husband!” LOLOLOL!!!!
LMAO at Cloudy With A Chance Of Favoritism. SO true, though it is more like Cloudy With Some Definite F*cking Favoritism!
Am I the only one who is mildly excited to see what costume Sandra Lee whips up this year? She’s done Madonna, Cher, Barbara, Liza, princesses, wenches. What’s next.
At this point, people could start going to Halloween parties as Sandra Lee. I think that would be hilarious. Spill a little extract on your shirt, walk around holding a gigantic cocktail and a container of Cool Whip.
Or, you could just go dressed as the Kwanzaa cake itself.
LOLOLOL. Only you guys could find some way to work my favorite book from my childhood into snarky hilariousness. Nice.
So I now know what I am going as to the FNH Halloween Ball.
I’ll go AS Sandra Lee AS Cher.
I bet it would be the only place on earth (outside of the NY AG’s house) that people would get it.
Cloudy with a chance of frozen bacon by faux-French Melissa D’wannabe.
[Quick note guys: I deleted a comment in this thread by the same person who was here making up different names and spamming the boards last week. I refuse to feed the trolls here on FNH. Carry on!]
Gayle, that could be so much fun, going as Aunt Sandy. At least I’d have an excuse to be smashed.
That is the most corn-pone picture of Pauler I’ve ever seen. Nice neck goiter too.
Cloudy with a chance of major scowling.
–by Alex Whatshername
Cloudy With a Chance of Good Vanilla
by Ina Garten and the “boys”
The Sandra Lee one made me laugh out loud and spit the water I was drinking out. Too damn funny.
You must have forgot:
“Recipes With a Chance of Cardiac Arrest”
by Guy “Not My Real Name” Fieri
That book rocks by the way.
“Cloudy With a Chance of Brassieres”
by the Italian women’s group of upstate New York’s senior citizens
@Tim, didn’t Paula co-write that book?
*heehee*
“FABulous … with a Chance of Rainbows”
(BB)
Nice.
And I guess so it’s Cloudy With a Chance of Candus Spamming the Board…
Cloudy, with a chance of SLOWEST NEWS DAY EVER!
Cloudy with a Chance of I think I’m gonna add me sum badboy meatballs” by Aaron McCargo Jr.
“And I guess so it’s Cloudy With a Chance of Candus Spamming the Board”
Yay!
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
Again, Giada would not pronounce “spaghetti” incorrectly. She would say “spa-GEHT-tee”, not “spa-GIT-tee”. Paula Deen, however, would say it similar to that pronunciation (the latter).
I don’t know what network you’re watching Memoria, but I’ve heard Giada say Spa-GIT-tee at least 20 times.
You say spa-git-tee, I say who gives a rat’s ass? Bitch is annoying regardless of how she pronounces it.
@Jillian. I guess that makes the thread all that more impressive…
“Cloudy With a Chance Flay Has No Balls”
Princess Giada says “spa-gheeet-tee. I’ve heard her pronounce it dozens & dozens of times.
“Lousy with a Chance of Boob-spillage”
by Giada Bobblehead
Cloudy with a chance of Fieri Douchebaggery.
@Ferd wins.
The Rachael Ray/sammy illustration just knocked me over. PERFECT still shot! How about, “Susie Fogelson, With A Chance Of Hideous Blouse.” I can’t get over that thing. *shudders*
Speaking of douchebaggery, did anybody just see Fieri dry rub meat and then simply rinse his hands off with no soap!? Nummy.
Giada did the same thing on one of her shows this week after she finished crunching proscuitto on the crostini she was making. EEEWWW! I can’t stand to have grease on my hands and wouldn’t think of touching anything without washing it off – with soap and water.
Cloudy With a Chance of Food Poisoning?
@KittyKitty. LMAO! That’s what I was thinking about Guy!
@Designer Jeans. Ewww. Sounds like a greasy mess.
Sorry, I meant CherryRose. You all post such funny things, I can barely keep up.
I just tuned into that Guy Fieri episode. WTF is going on with the nail on his pointer finger?!
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/guy-finger.jpg
Ew! He probably spilled some nail polish on it when he was painting his butt buddy kleetus’s nails.
I don’t think I have seen Fieri’s ring so up close before. It is truly Fugly.
I’m watching too. I’d like $1 for every time this douchebag has said BAD BOY over the last 20 minutes. I could retire in Maui.
I can only imagine it’s a piece of food stuck there!? Good grief. Although, I don’t see it on screen now. I really need to get high definition television.
Yet another FN idiot wearing jewelry, getting all that ring finger crud in the food. Who cares what’s on his finger. You can SEE that stuff. It’s what you can’t see under that ring, especially since he obviously didn’t wash his hands.
Boy, does Fee-eddi ever have short fat stubby sausage fingers. Thanks for providing the link.
I think I know what this means. The midget has a weiner the size of a cocktail frank.
@Byrdie. Ha ha, I simply had to click on your profile, because it looked like you had Dick Cheney as your pic!
How did Paula show up without butter?
I just saw Sunny Anderson eat a bite of meat with a BLOB of fat on it! Gag city.
@Shaken. I’m sure she uses butter as a facial moisturizer, so her skin is smooth as a baby’s rear.
Squarebob! Yikes. Never never never Chaney. ugh. No, it’s good old bumbling Col. Klink!
I tried my best to stay on the “chance of” topic but could not help but drift to; Will the sequel be written by Ina G and be called “it’s raining (gay) men!”
Cloudy With a Chance of Guy Fieri Spittle ?
Seriously, though, anytime I happen to try to watch DD&D, this slob’s manners back in the kitchens of the diners thoroughly repulse me. If I was in a diner and saw Guy head back to the kitchen, I’d get out of there fast, lest I consume some undesired “additives” in my food.
“Grilling with a Chance of Narcissistic Dickishness”
By Bobby Flay, man!
I think he’s been leaning over that bbq so long he’s got grill marks on his little red weenie.
And speaking of ol Bobble-Head Giada with those claws…Can she please stop with her pesto re-inventions? Peas, Broccoli Raaaaaaaaabe, Spinach, Aruuuuuuuuuuuuugulah, Aquarium Algae, the Ficus plant?
Time to move on Giada, to some Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaretoh cookie dessert re-treads.
Do they mention 15 pound meatballs?
Animated men who battle food want to know.
Cloudy with a chance of guy fieri has no balls
@Olive Loahf. Did you see his Grillin’ show today? It was all Korean barbeque and such! Now he’s an expert on Korean cooking!? I guess he picked up some hints from Debbie Lee…
Jeff Corwin, With A Chance Of Cliche White Person Exploration Of Foreign Cultures.
Styrofoam with a Chance of Fondant and Maybe Some Actual Cake.
by Duff Goldman.
@OliveLoafe: Time to move on Giada, to some Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaretoh cookie dessert re-treads.
Her Am-a-rit-tea (cookies) rhyme with spa-git-tea.
My grandparents, 2nd generation immigrants, didn’t talk like this. Pasta was ‘macaroni’ and ricotta was ‘re-goht’.
She’s become a caricature of herself.
Right on Oh Come On
So true…Giada is practicing this obnoxious ItalianoCentric blather to the extreme
Lidia Bastianich who has first generation Italian roots never indulges in this behaviour…and she has serious bragging rights!!!
Giada’s insecurities about being “really Italian” (whatever that means) is showing right past her Malibu beach-view kitchen window…
SquareBob
Yes I saw the Korean BBQ…”Hunky Bobby FlaY” had this lovely Korean American guest showing him the techniques of Korean BBQ…
So now Bobby the Bitch Flay can now rip off the Korean culture into a mega Bobby Kim-Chee Upper Westside Bistro…Korean slaw, Korean Bull-Gogi Beef Bar and Korean Beer marinated Peach Salsa.
Bolo restaurant with a “Korean authority Pass Ala Flay”…
With a wink, with a smirk and with an all telling…Bobby Flay Does It Better…
Cloudy, with chance of Fudge-Packin’, by Bobby Deen. Sorry, couldn’t resist.
” Cloudy with a Very good Chance of Poblano Peppers ” by my hubby, Bobby McGillicuddy.
Cooking together, with a chance of a butt squeeze…
The Neelys
I almost forgot about Giada’s upcoming book:
“The Same Old S*** With a Chance of Tits in Your Face”
Was that out of line?
The FN All-Star Game Program Guide:
Wankers & Douchebags, with a Chance of Sluts and Salmonella.
I have waiting till family friendly good animated movie coming. But of course I had to wait long time for that. Yep, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) movie was came out with wonderful cute characters. I really love that movie. I have never seen such a wonderful animated movie so far.
“Looking for a Real Weave, with a chance of a cheesy orange Wig” By Sunny Andersen.
Sunny, you are on TV! Not stocking toothbrushes at Walmart. You need a stylist and a Cardiologist immediately. Topping mac & cheese with crumbled potato chips is not only artery clogging, but wearing a hideous wig while making it just adds insult to injury.
On the plus size, you will be in good company in the Coronary Care Unit with Ol’ Paula cackling when she’s off the ventilator, the Neely’s sharing a bed with matching IV’s while Tub-A-Goo Tyler Florence screams that his EKG is going “Off the Charts”
“On the plus size, you will be in good company in the Coronary Care Unit with Ol’ Paula cackling when she’s off the ventilator, the Neely’s sharing a bed with matching IV’s while Tub-A-Goo Tyler Florence screams that his EKG is going “Off the Charts”
Ina Garten will be there, too, but Jeffrey would probably arrange for her to have a private room. Ina will undoubtedly want a back massage with “good” olive oil that is laced with “good” vanilla and fresh herbs from a friend’s garden. Ina will not eat hospital food but will, instead, have her crew of fine “boys” deliver fabulous meals that she’s cooked for them in the past. Ina will have lots of flowers in her room – mostly hydrangeas, as they are her favorite.
CherryRose…….Hilarious, you nailed it. Ina would have nothing less, I’m thinking Ina’s “boys” will redecorate the room. Raid Crate & Barrel and create an “Ina” feel with big fat beeswax candles in big hurrican lamps, install a pantry for the “good olive oil & good vanilla”, bottles of very expensive French liquours & Italian oil packed tuna. I suspect Jeffrey will be at the bedside with his laptop and his month’s worth of butternut squash soup in catering containers.
@OliveLoahf: One thing’s certain – Ina won’t want Sandra Lee to do said decorating! She mocked “tablescapes” in one of her episodes ;)
Is your avatar Bette Davis or Phyllis Diller?
CherryRose
Bette Davis in “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane”
Kudos to you for also being a Bette Davis fan.
Here’s a famous Bette Davis quote from brainyquote.com
I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
Bette Davis
@Olive Loahf: I thought so but couldn’t make out details, even with readers :) I’m certain that I’ve seen every Bette Davis movie ever made and own quite a few, too. I never tire of them and watch whenever they’re shown on TV.
@Cherry @Olive – my fave is ‘All About Eve’. To me it’s Bette Davis at her best. Marilyn Monroe is funny as hell in that film as well. I believe that was MM’s film debut.
@Byrdie: My avatar is from “All About Eve”. The postage stamp that honored Ms. Davis last year was also from that film, and I noticed immediately that her cigarette had been photoshopped out! I don’t know that I can claim any Bette Davis film as a favorite because I like so many of her performances for very different reasons. “All About Eve” is at the top of the list, along with “All This and Heaven, Too”, “Now, Voyager”, and “The Little Foxes”.
@Cherry – I like Bette, don’t get me wrong. She’s just not my fave. There are so many like Myrna Loy, the REAL Mommy Dearest, Joan Crawford.
Byrdie: I’m sure there’s a few of us here who could talk about “old movies” and their stars for hours on end – LOL! How about Vivien Leigh, Olivia De Haviland, Joan Fontaine, Rosalind Russell, and Judy Garland? These classy and talented women are one of the reasons that I enjoy watching “old” movies – when I’m not watching reruns of Law & Order ;)
This kind of thing has killed many an interactive website.
Get a ROOM, Ya’ll!
@FootLongSausage. You can’t really blame them. There hasn’t been a new thread posted in a couple of days.
Honey, They Shrunk My Penis, by Guy Fee-Yetti.