M a r c h 2 , 2 0 1 2 | WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA A&E 9 BY LORI ACKEN BY JAY BOBBIN Food’s in.” As “Dinner” reached its eighth (and final) season, Irvine pitched “Restaurant” again, and “three seasons later, it’s doing great!” As are the businesses the show has Robert Irvine helped, which can move Irvine to tears. “FOOTLOOSE” “I choke up all the time!” he admits. “I may be a tough performs the guy, but I have kids, too, and in this show you see a lot of If the title is familiar, the emotions. You see the frustration; you see the joy; you see story surely will be, too. This ‘Impossible’ the goofiness. There’s no script. We turn on the camera, acceptable update of the and whatever happens happens. popular musical-drama is When Robert Irvine walks into Woody’s Tupelo “That’s what I love about this – this is reality TV in an almost by-the-numbers Steakhouse in Tupelo, Miss., on the Wednesday, March its truest form,” he says. “There’s nobody saying, ‘Oh, Robert, can you stand over there and say this?’ It’s real. It’s revisiting of the tale about a 7, episode of “Restaurant: Impossible,” he finds much Kenny of what he’s often faced with on the Food Network hit real people. Real emotions. And real endings.” city-bred newcomer (Kenny Wormald – outdated decor, ho-hum food and horrendous service. Wormald) to a town where But rehabbing restaurants is only part of what drives tIs anything too nasty to show on TV? dancing has been banned. Irvine to devote so much of himself to the show. For the “No, we show everything. If it’s dirty, you get it. As he tries to get it reinstated, famously tough guy with the surprisingly tender heart, it’s If it’s rat-infested, you’ll see it. There’s one thing his main nemesis is a minister really about the folks behind the businesses whose lives that we swore we would never do, and that’s (Dennis Quaid) whose and livelihoods are intertwined with their eateries – in sugarcoat the show.” rebellious daughter (“Dancing this case, Woody’s debt-ridden owner, Feather Burns, and her mom. tWhat happens to the stuff you strip With the Stars” personality “I truly believe that it’s a God-given out of a restaurant? Julianne Hough) becomes talent – and my job – to save these people “(For example) Rascals – which is now called involved with the outsider. from themselves, to put their businesses Beach Bums – there were 11 tons of aluminum Blake Shelton performs a back on track and save their relationships and stainless steel that we donated to charity. Not cover version of the original with their loved ones,” Irvine says. That only are we coming in and cleaning things up, we’re helping charities along the way.” Kenny Loggins title tune. conviction inspired Irvine, then the star of “Dinner: Impossible,” to approach his Andie MacDowell also stars. executive producer, Marc Summers tWhat are you working on now? ››› (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also (“Unwrapped”), about trying “A book called ‘Fit Fuel.’ ” on Blu-ray) something more benevolent Robert Irvine some five years before the Jan. tWhen was the last vacation you took 2011 debut of “Restaurant.” – where and why? “I always wanted to do “I travel about 330 days a year right now. I love restaurant makeovers,” Irvine it. The only drawback is the air travel, because says, “but at that time I don’t they fill the flights and then they cancel them. I feel think the businesses were ready like George Clooney (in ‘Up in the Air’). If only I looked like him and had his money, that would be Family Viewing Ratings to ‘drop their trousers’ and show you how much trouble they’re great. But I know secretly he wants to be Robert AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence Irvine, too – or at least cook like me.” SUNDAY Morning March 4, 2012 6 AM 6:30 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 # [2] Tribal Trails Intrntn’l Fellowship In Touch Ministries EP Weekly (CC) Kingstar (CC) Kingstar (CC) Kingstar (CC) It Is Written Tribal Trails Kingstar (CC) Sport Fishing $ Road to Avonlea A famous actress visits. The Marilyn Denis Show (HD) (CC) The Littlest Hobo Children’s Villages PLAN Canada “The Big Picture” (HD) Operation Smile (CC) Question Period (N) (CC) % Super Why! 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