http://blogs.btedmonton.ca Behind the scenes of Breakfast Television: Edmonton's best-loved morning show on Citytv Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:09:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally, some drama! Monday night's episode of The Bachelor came at exactly the right time for the millions of fans who were no doubt starting to lose interest in Ben Flajnik's bland, boring, somewhat predictable road to romance. Gone were the petty disagreements and tepid interactions - instead, we saw ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/how-dramatic-in-a-good-way Time to call a spade a spade. This season of The Bachelor is a slow-motion train wreck. From an (alleged) stripper starring at baseball to a manipulative former model dropping her drawers, Monday night's episode didn't disappoint. That is, of course, unless you were tuning in to see an intelligent, grounded, ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/lady-hair-the-tramp [caption id="attachment_14694" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Rob the Viking, Madchild & Prevail @BTedmonton"][/caption] If it's a "rock star move" to party into the wee morning hours after a gig, it must be a rap star move to roll that momentum into the next day for an appearance on Breakfast Television. Our whole team ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/swollen-mornings [caption id="attachment_14641" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Image courtesy supportyourlocalgunfighter.com"][/caption] You had to know it was only a matter of time before a full-blown catfight broke out at the Bachelor mansion. Okay, maybe not "full-blown." No punches were thrown, no hair torn out by hand. But still...Courtney and Emily gave us something to get ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/cue-the-catfights [caption id="attachment_14563" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photo courtesy Spacelord's Rants"][/caption] I feel for my friends in Vancouver. I mean, -6C with 3cm of snow? How's a person supposed to stick to a daily routine with such unforgiving winter conditions? Snideness aside, there is a certain swagger from us Edmontonians when it comes to how ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/our-sub-zero-science-experiment [caption id="attachment_14530" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photo courtesy US Weekly"][/caption] Now that took guts. From contacting The Bachelor producers mid-season to crashing the cocktail party on Monday night's episode, former contestant Shawntel Newton ("The Undertaker") ruffled more than a few feathers with her courageous climb into the mix. Aside from the nasty collage of ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/riding-in-on-her-high-hearse [caption id="attachment_14451" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Bachelor Ben and his Beautiful Babies"][/caption] And people wondered how Ben Flajnik would ever recover from the devastation of a denied proposal... Cut to the current season of The Bachelor and Ben's got his hands full with more women than he knows what to do with. Sure, some ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/the-bachelors-back-at-it When BT viewer Nathan Richards challenged me to a "Wall Sit War" to benefit the Bissell Centre, I knew he was on to something. Anytime you combine the total humiliation of at least one human being with a charity benefit you've got TV gold. I won't say I expected to outlast ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/stealing-the-show Two games into the 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship and Team Canada is sitting pretty. Two wins, four lines that are clicking and two goalies battling for that coveted starting role. Many pundits predicted Team Canada would lack the scoring depth necessary to snap a two-year gold medal drought. Others ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/tough-call-for-team-canada [caption id="attachment_14309" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="From our family to yours..."][/caption] Broccoli casserole (as seen in our family cook book Udderly Delicious) is an institution come holiday time in the Jespersen household. You need a few basic ingredients and ten minutes to spare. It's almost impossible to mess up...and people will love it, ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/ryan/easiest-christmas-dish-ever