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Food Network premiered a new show today, " What Would Brian Boitano Make ?", and if the first show is any indication, this is a major league home run. Please forgive my using a metaphor from the wrong sport. Seriously, which might be the wrong attitude to use when discussing the show, everything works here. Boitano mixes deadpan humor with almost slapstick asides and his personality pervades every minute of the show. And that's a good thing. Now don't get me wrong, while the food on the show is good and Boitano seems to know his way around the kitchen, this show is not about food. The show uses Boitano's celebrity from the ice rink and from the Southpark " What Would Brian Boitano Do ?" song to great effect. The first episode was really a work of art and I hope they can maintain this quality level across multiple shows. There was irony--like when they show a chef stand-in doing the nut chopping then Boitano exclaims about how difficult it was to chop t...