Despite writing novels and memoirs and starring in several of his TV shows, Anthony Burdain wrote about some high-class TV dramas. In 2011, he wrote two scripts for Season 2 of the HBO Treme show and returned next year to write two more episodes for Season 3. His contributions were surprised at many Burdain fans, as he did not publish much of his writing in more than ten years.

Burdine's time on "porch" is more impressive that this was a show led by David Simon, Creator of the widely desired "The Wire", Meaning, Burdain held his own set of the writer driven by the boy who created the best show on the entire TV medium ever. Like the "Wiraica", "porch" was criminally underestimated while broadcasting, with a rating much lower than it should be for an exhibition of his caliber. His 97% rating on rotten tomatoes meant a little about regular spectators.

But since the "wire" eventually enjoyed its boom in popularity, the porch remained ignored by the larger public. Even though it is similar to an ambitious, widespread show for a fighting American city - this time Oru Orleans on the eve of Hurricane Katrina Instead of Baltimore - "porch" is overshadowed not only by the "wire" but also from later David Simon New York -based TV series, "DES".

However, Anthony Burdain did not seem to bother this strange beam of the American public. In a discussion for 2016 with Foundation interviewsHe spoke with enthusiasm for asking him to write about the series, comparing the call he received from Simon in being a fan of Yankis in the 1960s, asking Mickey Mantle to play catching. "I immediately called my agent and said," Look, David Simon will call and what he wants, just say to, "Burdain recalls.

Burdain explained further on his experience "Trem":

"It was, in many ways, the most fun I had at work. I would never do anything similar. I was part of a team of writers, they were all far more experienced and wonderful than me. You know, I was well acquainted with the people who would be on the" wire ". I mean, George Pelecanos and Richard Price.

Burdain explained how one of his major contributions in the series is to get the famous chef Emeryl Lagase to appear in Season 3. "I wanted to make Emeryl say the word" f ** k "on television," he admitted. "It was very important to me." He also came up with one of the funniest scenes on the show, where real -life food critic, Alan Richman, appears in the show just to get a drink thrown into the face of one of the characters.

"I suggested that in the story meet this, you know, there was this notorious article by Alan Richman for Newoo Orleans," Burdain explained. "And I said," We need, you know, to have a critic like Alan Richman, who publishes the article similar to Alan Richman, and then our character can throw a drink in the face, "and David Simon says," Why don't we get Alan Richman? It was kind of extraordinary. "

Laura Lipman, a journalist and fiction writer who is married to David Simon, wrote a piece for a vulture in 2018 (On the eve of Burdain's tragic pass) explaining how and why Burdain was invited to write about the show. She wrote about how Simon was a huge fan of Burdain's TV, "No Reservations" and how she devised a "scheme" to make them meet in real life. "He's a chef," she recalls she told Simon. "You have a chef character in this show in the Newoo Orleans you have sold. Call it and say that you have to choose your mind. Oh, and there is one condition: I go with you."

After the two dinner with Burdain, Lipman explained, the two became convinced that they really needed for the series. "David needed Burdain to get the kitchens properly," she wrote. "He also needed Burdain to recruit other chefs. Tom Quantichio, Eric Ripert, Willie Duffren and David Young will all come to the Newoo Orleans for Treme's Comeos, thanks to Burdain."

The result was that, although Simon himself was not particularly experienced with the culinary world, "porch" still managed to be a unique authentic overview of it. As David Young, one of the many chefs of chefs brought him to the series, said in A. Interview at Yorkyor Times"(Burdain) nailed it. ... Everything he wrote happened."