X-Rated: The TV They Tried to Ban how accepted the "" has become on British television, by pointing out that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay said "fuck" 84 times in a single episode of documentary "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares". "", on the other hand, remains a highly objectionable word: "The TV They Tried to Ban" shows its first televised use, by a protester (actually Felix Dennis) who 'invaded' the studio of David Frost's chat show "The Frost Programme" (the protester was immediately criticised as immature by Frost). We then see the almost-unnoticed incident, on "This Morning" on 16 February 2002, when Caprice mentioned that she was appearing in "The
Kitchen Nightmares public service" that "will make you laugh, make you sick and make you think". Randy Cordova of the "Arizona Republic" found Ramsay "just as blustery and foul-mouthed here as he is on "Hell's Kitchen." But he is also oddly endearing, mainly because he genuinely seems invested in the fate of each restaurant". Critics have commented that Fox's adaptation of "Kitchen Nightmares" strayed from the strengths of the original Channel 4 series. Maureen Ryan of the "Chicago Tribune" said, "Leave it to Fox to take something the Brits did pretty well and muck it up". She added, "Never mind the cooking;