This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

I made it about halfway through Season Two before I bailed. It just got to be too much. The ingredients for the 'cakes' are half hardware-store, half actual food items, and less and less time seems to be spent on their construction in favor of the scripted melodrama of the family. The constant screaming (Buddy, his mother, and sister Mary are the top offenders) was overpowering. Situations like forcing one (overweight male) baker to dress up in a grass skirt and coconut-shell bra and making him appear in the shop that way in front of customers are ridiculous and add nothing to the show. (By the way, Buddy, if I were you I'd make darn sure I didn't annoy Mauro too much; he's the brains and stability of the outfit and you better know it.) A few shows later a different guy drew the short straw and had to serve customers in drag. If they weren't family, they'd probably sue (and win).I don't mind screaming and swearing on TV... I love 'Kitchen Nightmares'. But Gordon Ramsay is witty and has a considerable amount of intelligence to back up his tornado-like approach to food preparation... Buddy Velasco does not. In the end, I just got sick of his weekly adventure, driving a NASCAR or playing pool with celebrities or... yes... jousting. I don't like Buddy and his off-site adventures bored the heck out of me.The first time he had water and flour dumped on an employee he was 'punishing' for something, I admit I cracked a smile. By the third time it was a facepalm... THIS again?? You keep saying you're so busy, Buddy... you really got time and money to waste throwing food? Infantile, immature man-child.If Mauro and Frankie ever take over the bakery, call me... they both have their heads screwed on straight and I think they'd do a better job running the place.

A Bride, A Boat, and Bamboozled! That's the descriptive title of the very first episode of the TV series Cake Boss, the saga of Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. Witness the assembly of three last minute wedding cakes for a magazine display offering wonderful publicity, and experience an extravagant boat cake for a mysterious birthday person turning out to be the boss himself bamboozled by his staff into designing it at his own expense!The egotistical yet lovable thirty something boss is Buddy whose pace appears frenetic, but there's a method to his madness. I briefly worked as a caterer's assistant and it was non-stop action keeping up with customers' demands. Buddy reacts swiftly, continuously explaining and demonstrating his thought processes both in preparing goods and in managing his team.However, the voluminous information and complex proceedings may prove overwhelming, potentially spoiling your delight of the delicious products. I discovered the best way to watch this program is to purchase the DVD and generously use your player's slow motion, freeze frame, and rewind features. By absorbing things at your own stride, you can better view the delicate construction of the cake making process and contemplate the exquisite detail of the beautiful results.Let your mouth drool at the entirely edible boat cake: the water is made from crystal blue piping gel, and the sculptured bait box, tackle box, cooler, and fisherman are fashioned out of modeling chocolate. Eating a sample gives a new meaning to the expression taking in a work of art!Most employees are Buddy's relatives and although feuds are frequent, it's all in the family, so he and his actually live with the consequences and mutually repair the damage.Thus Cake Boss is more than a fabulous food show, it's also a cliff-hanging melodrama. Such a deal - two invaluable gems for the price of one. You'll positively hunger for later installments. Wait 'til you see the fire department drive their engine and truck to the bakery for photographs to more accurately create a fire scene cake where the realistic looking smoke cleverly consists of water vapor. And see how Buddy gets even with the delivery guy who messes up an especially gorgeous cake - don't worry, the fix is accomplished in a good clean fun way, I almost envied the guy, but he learns his lesson!Bon appetite!

I was excited to watch this show as I love Ace of Cakes. The first few minutes were promising, a great Italian family and their delicious looking cakes! After watching two episodes that both had clearly fake reality moments put in ruined the show. In one episode a bride to be pours ugly icing all over the cake when he steps out of the room and in another someone gets painters to paint the kitchen hot pink...fake situations and even worse reactions by the cast. These were only of a few of many unbelievable moments. Why can't we watch this clearly interesting family and talented bakers make cakes...to me that would be much more entertaining!

I previously saw Buddy on the Food Networks Challenges, he was on a Disney Cakes Episode. He is a great decorator. This show which is on TLC, is awesome. If you like 'Ace of Cakes' on Food Network, you will like this show. Buddy does mostly wedding and birthday cakes, but they also make all kinds of treats for the bakery downstairs 'Carlos Bakery'. Up stairs is where most of the episodes take place, Buddy decorating, on the phone with people who want cakes, he also likes to yell at his Family - his sisters work downstairs, his brother is law is a baker, etc. He also has the 'confessionals' booth were he talks about the cakes he makes, the people he encounters, his employees, and you also get to see that he is married and has 3 children. Great show ! Recommend it to everyone !!