| Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child | |
|---|---|
| Battle information | |
| Release date | May 18, 2016 |
| Number | 60 |
| Views | 48M |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Timeline | |
| Previous | J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin (Season 5 premiere) |
| Next | Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson |
| Beat Information | |
| Beat(s) | Apocalipsis Today (Ramsay) Julia Child (Child) |
| BPM | 95 |
| Beat producer(s) | Hollywood Legend Productions (Ramsay) Jose "Choco" Reynoso (Child) |
| Other information | |
| Actors | EpicLLOYD Mamrie Hart Michelle Maloney Layne Pavoggi Yev Belilovskiy Ceciley Jenkins Jay Houn Pebbles Felicia Folkes Sulai Lopez Dante Cimadamore Mike Betette |
| Rappers |  
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| Cameos | Gordon Ramsay's production team Pebbles The blue team |
| Location(s) | A production set Gordon Ramsay's TV pilots Hell's Kitchen |
Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child is the sixtieth installment of Epic Rap Battles of History and the second episode of Season 5. It features Scottish-born British chef and television personality, Gordon Ramsay, rapping against culinary PBS television host, Julia Child. It was released on May 18th, 2016.
Cast
Ceciley Jenkins, Michelle Maloney, Yev Belilovskiy, Layne Pavoggi, and Jay Houn as Gordon Ramsay's production team (cameos)
Dante Cimadamore, Mike Betette, Sulai Lopez, and Felicia Folkes as the blue team (cameos)
Pebbles as herself (cameo)
Lyrics
[Note: Gordon Ramsay is in light orange, Julia Child is in light blue, and the blue team is in blue.]
Gordon Ramsay:
And that's how you make a perfect risotto.
Right. Mrs. Child, welcome to the grown-ups' table.
I've got exactly two minutes, and you should be grateful
'Cause I'm in the fucking weeds with all these shows to pitch!
I keep my ovens preheated and my pilots green-lit!
I'm a seasoned skillet; you're a PAM-sprayed pan!
I got Michelin stars; you're like the Michelin Man!
I'm rolling in dough like beef wellington from hollering,
And I'm shitting on you like I'm whack-flows intolerant!
Julia Child:
Oh, isn't that a wonderful thing?
A grumpy little chef who thinks he can bring
Enough stuff to justify getting rough
With the butter-loving queen of the Bourguignon Boeuf!
I rock hard as concrete on top of these bomb beats!
Been chopping the pommes frites since you sucked on your mom's teats!
I served America dutifully, and I slice lard beautifully!
I reign supreme from shark repellent to charcuterie!
Go on and cross your arms in that B-boy stance!
When it comes to haute cuisine, there's one F-word: France!
Here's a nice amuse-bouche: take a poor abused youth,
Set a thirty-year timer, voila! Huge douche!
You're a namby-pamby candy-ass pansy, Gordon Ramsay!
You couldn't rap your way out of a pastry bag, understand me?
I laugh and create; you berate and destroy,
But fear, my dear boy, is less scrumptious than joy!
Gordon Ramsay:
I'm glad you got that off your giant, flabby chest!
I'd call you a donkey, but you look more like Shrek!
When the Iron Man chef busts a rhyme,
I'll open up on you like a fine red wine!
I'm a culinary innovator; you're no creator!
Regurgitating French plates like a glorified translator!
I'm fresh; you're past your expiration date!
Alright, fuck it! Blue team, drop the bouillabaisse! (Yes, chef!)
I've seen your little show, and it sure ain't pretty!
One part Big Bird, two parts Miss Piggy!
You can't test me with your fatty recipes!
Call your book Mastering the Art of Heart Disease!
I mean, it's rubbish! (Yes, chef!) Look at page 408!
Tell me, who the fuck (yes, chef!) wants to learn to cook calf brains?!
You call these rhymes raw? (No, chef!) They're stale and soft!
Now, here, take this jacket…
[A hamburger patty is flipped on the grill.]
Now, give it back and fuck off!
Julia Child:
Oh please, your defeat's guaranteed!
Concede, I've got this in the bag: sous-vide!
(Ha!) Michelin indeed, you've done well for yourself,
But as a person, you couldn't get a star on Yelp!
I could freeze a steak with those frosted tips!
What's with that bitter taste in every word from your lips?
You scream at women, but the fits that you're pitching
Make you the pissiest bitch in the kitchen!
I'll pat you on the head, melt you, and stick it to ya!
Anything's good with enough butter! Booya!
Oh, I'm so glad you spent this time with me!
Now, eat a dick! Bon appétit!
Scrapped lyrics
[Note: Gordon Ramsay is in light orange, Julia Child is in light blue, and Jean-Philippe Susilovic is in gray.]
Gordon Ramsay:
Oh wait, J. P., drop the bouillabaisse! (Yes, chef!)
Julia Child:
Ooh! Isn't that an adorable thing?
A grumpy cruel chef who thinks he can bring
With the original queen of the bourguignon boeuf!
I rock harder than concrete on top of these bomb beats!
I've been chopping up pommes frites since you sucked on your mom's teats!
Poll
Trivia
General
- This is the first one-on-one male vs female battle since Adam vs Eve.
- This is the first battle since Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock to include an abstract background.
- This is the second battle to feature footage which was not filmed in front of a screen, as the production set and Quiche Rescue are filmed in Maker Studios and EpicLLOYD's home, respectively. The first is Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock.
- This is the third battle in which one or more actors portray themselves, after Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD and Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe.
- This is the first battle to feature an animal portraying themselves.
- Gordon Ramsay is the seventeenth person confirmed to know about their rap battle, having shared the battle on Twitter and commented on the video.
- He is the ninth person to have acknowledged the video on Twitter.
- He is the first person used in a battle to comment on the official battle on YouTube.
- A preview of Bruce Banner can be seen during the behind the scenes end slate of the outro.
- As seen in the second behind the scenes video, Jean-Philippe Susilovic was originally going to appear instead of the blue team.
- This is one of the battles viewable with YouTube's "Restricted Mode" on.
- Excluding the announcer, this is the first battle since Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter not to have Nice Peter appear at all, either physically or vocally.
Production
- This episode was released two days later than originally scheduled due to technical difficulties.
- As seen in the main behind the scenes video, a scene featuring Julia Child popping up from behind a plate of shrimp jelly was initially going to be in the battle, but it was ultimately scrapped. This was likely due to part of the jelly giving way while it was being set on the plate.
Continuity
- This battle was released on May 18th, a date shared with Napoleon vs Napoleon.
References
- The Epic Rap Battles of History logo was seared into a beef patty during Ramsay's second verse, a reference to commercial break sequences played during TV shows such as Hell's Kitchen.
Errors
- During the line "I'm a seasoned skillet; you're a PAM-sprayed pan!", "PAM-sprayed" appears incorrectly as "pam sprayed".
- During the line "I got Michelin stars; you're like the Michelin Man!", "Man" should be capitalized as it represents a proper noun.
- During the first half of line "And I'm shitting on you like I'm whack-flows intolerant!", Ramsay's lips are not synced properly.
- The subtitles for the line "Set a thirty-year timer, voila! Huge douche!" appear incorrectly as "set a thirty year timer" and "Voila! huge douche!", respectively.
- During the line "Regurgitating French plates like a glorified translator!", "French" is uncapitalized.
- During the blue team's sequence, there are some continuity errors:
- Between shots, the pot sitting on the counter next to the cookbook disappears. The carrots also change place from the cutting board to the pot.
- The chef portrayed by Sulai Lopez can be seen taking away Child's cookbook, yet it appears back on the counter.
- During Ramsay's line, "I mean, it's rubbish!", the chef portrayed by Felicia Folkes is seen running to the left side of the table, while Lopez's chef is on the right side; however, in the very next line, "Yes, chef!", which zooms in on her, she is on the right side of the table, while Lopez's chef runs behind her from the left side. In a subsequent shot, Folkes' chef can be seen running from the left side of the room back to where she just was on the right.
- During the line "Concede, I've got this in the bag: sous-vide!", "sous-vide" appears incorrectly as "Sous Vide".
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