Gordon Ramsey, of TV’s Hell’s Kitchen, may have a nasty streak but he’s doing a nice little reclamation project in my home town of Babylon, NY this week. He is filming an episode for Fox in which he brings a restaurant back from the brink.
If I knew how to load pictures on my blog I’d put up a camera phone shot of Gordon and my son. Hopefully, I wouldn’t get sued. Certainly my son can’t sue, he signed a waiver — as did the rest of the school kids and teachers. Why? Because as part of the episode Gordon threw a picnic on the football field and should any of the kids or teachers likenesses be aired, the network needs signed releases.
As an added bonus, the school band was asked to perform at the picnic. However, at the 11th hour the band had to go back to school and learn a new song, because the initial song they had prepared and practiced was “rights protected.” (Something from the Beatles catalog, I wonder?) Off they went to find a song that was royalty-free. They didn’t have much time to practice, the new song just “okay,” and their collective 15 minutes of fame tarnished. When will this madness stop?
