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Recap for Monday, April 19

For me, there were only two reality shows on…The Restaurant and Family Plots. Now, I have a relative-by-marriage who is involved in the funeral home industry (field? occupation? seems too…odd to be called an industry) so I really had no interest in watching it. After reading other recaps on the show at other websites…doesn’t sound like I missed much.

So, now on to The Restaurant!

First off, I’ve got to say that I like the hot and sexy Apprentice-ish intro now with cool headshots of the big players and the standard NY skyline shots…I half expected the restaurant to be called “Trump’s 22″ when all was said and done.

I did watch the show the entire last season and caught a few episodes on MSNBC’s (maybe it was CNBC) marathon over the past few days and I was waiting to see what Wacky Wocco would do next! So far, it appears as most of the waitstaff has jumped ship for Queer Eye internships and now we’re stuck with the crabbily unemployed who get stuck at The Restaurant.

Hat Check Girl…I’ve got a problem with her for the sheer fact that they made her a hat check girl after she applied for a hostess position. “Administrative Assistant? But I applied to be Division Manager…that’s my desk? Well…okay…I’ll just sit over here with the toner.” No. Don’t like that one little bit but hey, you can lead a hostess to water but you can’t make her check coats.

We are also introduced to Italian Tony, who apparently whetted Wocco’s whistle during a 10-day trip through Italy…whetted it so much so that they brought him over to…well, that I don’t know…give Mama’s meatballs a run for their money…who knows. What I do know is that they were going to have Italian Tony fly first class but the business card budget caught them a little short so he was back in SkyDeli land with everyone else. {{rimshot}}

American Tony…love the pants, buddy…that’s a sure sign that you’re a real chef and not a reject from Ready, Set, Cook! Am I the only one who was feeling the tension when Wocco knocked him down a few notches in the kitchen? I suppose that I wouldn’t have a problem venting my frustration to the “other owner” if my training was serving no useful purpose but to bring Wocco and Italian Tony plates.

We cannot forget however, the man that is…Evil Partner! No, his name isn’t Tony but wouldn’t that be great? Apparently, this guy has flown under the radar for awhile and was just “getting out of” Wocco’s way so he could run the restaurant however he wanted. Evil Partner, whom I will refer to as “Jeffrey” going forward…to give the restaurant that hoity-toity feel…has come to the Big Apple to find out why Wocco’s is the only restaurant in his food empire that is losing money. I’m guessing business cards may have had something to do with it.

Speaking of hoity-toity, it was great to see Laurent again and even better watching him play both sides of the field. Kiss Wocco’s butt, kiss Jeffrey’s butt…yell at the wait staff and replace all the wood hangers in Coat Check Girl’s Hussein-esque foxhole with wire hangers…bwa ha ha!

The jury is still out on Drew…I’m sorry, but how old is he? He’s an “intern” yet he’s calling an awful lot of shots…but he does have that management look-of-exasperation down pat. I’m thinking part of it was the mob mentality of the “meeting” at the restaurant…I’m curious to see what he’s like when he’s on his own.

Yvonne…Wocco’s girlfriend/model/Italian translator…where did she come from? And why would Wocco tie himself down to one hottie when there are so many chef groupies to be had? They’re EVERYWHERE!

I was really disappointed when Wocco wandered off and pouted instead of being gracious to his staff during the birthday festivities. But then again, when your world is teeny tiny, adversity can take up an awful lot of space.

There’s no “Rocco” in “team”, buddy.

Coming up on the Tuesday recap…American Idol.