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Steven Reed making creamed corn and potatoes in the microwave

Weber Cooks

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About

Weber Cooks is a local cooking show that originally aired on Weber State News[1], a student-run television station out of Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. The show is hosted by Steven Reed and is intended to instruct college students on creating simple meals with a microwave.

Origin

The videos were uploaded to YouTube sometime prior to October 31st, 2012, when a GIF animated excerpt of an episode showing Reed preparing chili and cheese nacho dip was posted to Tumblr.[4] Though the original linked version has since been taken down, a duplicate version reuploaded on November 28th, 2012 earned more than 280,000 views in less than a week.



Spread

On November 4th, 2012, the same chili and cheese nacho dip episode[2], as well as a new Rice-A-Roni episode[3], were submitted to the /r/NotTimandEric subreddit, which prompted a discussion on the resemblance between Weber Cooks and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s comedic skits,[5] such as Reed’s unkempt appearance, awkward pauses and heavy breathing.

Reed's videos gained a wider audience after the internet culture blog Nothing To Do With Arbroath[6] shared a LiveLeak[7]version of the chili cheese nacho dip video on November 27th, 2012. The same day, several Weber Cooks episodes were posted on Gawker[8], Laughing Squid[9], Screen Crush[10] and Los Angeles Magazine.[11] Over the next several days, the chili cheese dip video was featured on Reddit[15], Viral Viral Videos[12], I Am Bored[13] and MSN Now.[14]

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External References

[1] Weber State News – Home

[2] Reddit – Weber Cooks – Chili & Cheese Nacho Dip

[3] Reddit – Weber Cooks – A Rice Dish

[4] Tumblr – sirjolt | I find this so bewildering.</>

[5] Wikipedia – Tim and Eric

[6] Nothing To Do With Arbroath – Cooking with a sad demeanour

[7] LiveLeak – Cooking is Fun!

[8] Gawker – Steven Reed Is the Saddest TV Chef of All Time

[9] Laughing Squid – Weber Cooks, A Series of Microwave Cooking Videos For College Kids

[10] Screen Crush – MEET STEVEN REED, THE GREATEST TV CHEF OF ALL-TIME

[11] Los Angeles Magazine – Weber Cooks: College Education Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong.

[12] Viral Viral Videos – The Most Depressing Chili Cheese Video Recipe Ever

[13] I Am Bored – Weber Cooks: Chili & Cheese Nacho Dip

[14] MSN Now (via Wayback Machine) – Hopefully this is the saddest cooking segment you'll ever see

[15] Reddit – The secret ingredient is sadness – [2:54]

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