Video one gives you an insight into the characters of the show Cake Boss .
Italian baker Buddy Valastro is one of the best cake artists in the United States. He is also the Master Baker of Carlo's City Hall Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey; he has earned the nickname "Cake Boss."
His series Cake Boss is a reality show about the everyday drama of running a thriving bakery as well as supervising his whole very Italian family. Everyone works in the bakery including his mother, four older sisters and three brothers-in-law. They are loud, obnoxious, and loving family.
In this segment Buddy, aka the "Cake Boss," has a 100th anniversary cake-off. Because there is a great deal of competitiveness in the bakery, he decides to have a cake-off with three bakers from his bakery. However, all three are family members, his brothers-in-law Mauro Castano, Joe Faugno, and Remey.
Buddy's brother-in-law "Remey," wins the bake off. He built two cake buildings that were replicas of the bakery in its original location and the present bakery in its new location. The cake was used to showcase the 100th anniversary of the bakery.
During the show the commercials that aired were family oriented ads like Disney Land and pet commercials.We believe their target audience to be 35 and above and family oriented.
This show definitely had all the patterns of most reality shows. It had drama, and colorful characters, "each one had a personality almost everyone can relate to." It also portrayed the every day struggles of running a small business in America.
Other countries may find this show interesting and wonder if all the families in America are so loud mouthed.
Dineen's thought: I love this show. I am from a large Italian East Coast family. The everyday competition and drama that occurs in the bakery reminds me of my childhood. I have three big mouth sisters and three brothers who were always competing in sports, school, you name it. Like the show my family had two volumes, loud and louder.
Carla's opinion:Having owned my own bakery business, the stress of baking and decorating cakes is no stranger to me. The predicament of having a time crunch is especially memorable.The “Bake Off” idea I thought was fantastic. It puts the fun back into competition.
Toward the end when the competitors had to move their cake to the judging room, it brought back memories of close-call cake dumps and a real one. In most of the episodes the cakes are transported as one unit. This is the most difficult way of transporting. The recipe they use must be some style of a pound cake, or they are freezing them.
We both agreed that this show works because of the stereotypes of the Italian family down to the intense fights, the flying hands (Italians tend to talk with their hands.) This is a comical rendition of a mafia family set in a bakery. Even though at times is seems like certain scenes are staged.
For a great laugh and amazing views of the most artistic designed cakes, everyone should see this show at least once! The Cake Boss airs on TLC Mondays at 9 pm/ 8 pm Central time.
My one warning, at the end of the show you will find yourself driving to the store, for some reason you will be craving cake.
The critics on the "Common Sense Media" warned parents about the obnoxious loud nature of the people on the show. However, there are real families like this one, so I am not sure shielding children from loud people is good advice.
The critics have called it an "okay show that hasn't perfected its recipe yet." We feel perhaps the critics should work on their really bad puns.
Buddy's brother-in-law "Remey," wins the bake off. He built two cake buildings that were replicas of the bakery in its original location and the present bakery in its new location. The cake was used to showcase the 100th anniversary of the bakery.
During the show the commercials that aired were family oriented ads like Disney Land and pet commercials.We believe their target audience to be 35 and above and family oriented.
This show definitely had all the patterns of most reality shows. It had drama, and colorful characters, "each one had a personality almost everyone can relate to." It also portrayed the every day struggles of running a small business in America.
Other countries may find this show interesting and wonder if all the families in America are so loud mouthed.
Dineen's thought: I love this show. I am from a large Italian East Coast family. The everyday competition and drama that occurs in the bakery reminds me of my childhood. I have three big mouth sisters and three brothers who were always competing in sports, school, you name it. Like the show my family had two volumes, loud and louder.
Carla's opinion:Having owned my own bakery business, the stress of baking and decorating cakes is no stranger to me. The predicament of having a time crunch is especially memorable.The “Bake Off” idea I thought was fantastic. It puts the fun back into competition.
Toward the end when the competitors had to move their cake to the judging room, it brought back memories of close-call cake dumps and a real one. In most of the episodes the cakes are transported as one unit. This is the most difficult way of transporting. The recipe they use must be some style of a pound cake, or they are freezing them.
We both agreed that this show works because of the stereotypes of the Italian family down to the intense fights, the flying hands (Italians tend to talk with their hands.) This is a comical rendition of a mafia family set in a bakery. Even though at times is seems like certain scenes are staged.
For a great laugh and amazing views of the most artistic designed cakes, everyone should see this show at least once! The Cake Boss airs on TLC Mondays at 9 pm/ 8 pm Central time.
My one warning, at the end of the show you will find yourself driving to the store, for some reason you will be craving cake.
The critics on the "Common Sense Media" warned parents about the obnoxious loud nature of the people on the show. However, there are real families like this one, so I am not sure shielding children from loud people is good advice.
The critics have called it an "okay show that hasn't perfected its recipe yet." We feel perhaps the critics should work on their really bad puns.
We learned that with cuts and splicing a viewer is liable to think that cake decorating is not that time consuming.
ReplyDeleteWe also learned that building a blog and reviewing any media, whether it be television, internet shows, magazines, ads, etc is not an easy task.