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We come toThe Great British Bake Off,orBaking Show, whatever we come to it for comfort.
Theres stress, yes, and theres frustration.
Thereve been changes to the judging and hosting cast, and thats a tough readjustment.
But these are the tyranny of small dramas.
Is Achy Breaky Tart good?
Yes, it will.
Everything about this segment, though, is alarmingly unpredictable.
Prues mustacheSpeaking of facial hair: Prue Leith is relatively blameless in this whole thing.
The jumping cupcakeThe cupcake they get to bounce over the lyrics like this is a damn sing-along?
That cupcake did something.
No one knows what, but that thing is too jaunty by half.
Everyone involved in this agreed to be there.
They all decided it was a good plan.
There mustve been a dozen points where someone couldve stepped back and reconsidered, but no one did.
Thisverylow U-neck tank top?
Its the energy of the co-worker you least like doing his third karaoke number in a row.
Its like an adult cartoon doing satire of childrens cartoons.
You thought the wigs would be No.
1, didnt you!
Yeah, well, theyre bad.
It doesnt matter that no one is actually touching anyone else it just cant be sanitary.
You might need to wipe down your screen with those Lysol towel things.
On the plus side, it really takes the air out of the dreaded Paul Hollywood judging demeanor.
Attempting to look at him without laughing will now be the biggest challenge inBake Offhistory.
