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I found myself just wanting to fast forward to the Vincent Price price parts of the movie. It's not a bad comedy by any means though. I think it is significant to watch for younger generations, to see where YouTube, TikTok, and the frenzy of the attention economy started-by seeing how big radio was in the early half of the last century.

What brought me to watch the film in the first place was finding out that Vincent Price's character (Burnbridge Waters) was the basis for the character he voiced in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986)!

Price was cast as Professor Ratigan at the suggestion of director Burny Mattinson, who encouraged the animators to view Champagne for Caesar (1950) to be convinced.

Price confirmed this in promotional interviews for the movie with media reporters: "They told me that they based the part on my performance in Champagne for Caesar (1950). My character in that film took himself absolutely seriously and yet could see how ridiculous he was."

Once you know that, you really do see Ratigan in the Waters character. Such fun knowing that.

I'll make this short. 'No Reservations' is and was a better show than Bourdain's final show on CNN, before his death called, 'Parts Unknown.' No Reservations doesn't have the same quality in production as 'Parts Unknown,' which was more cinematic and breathtaking, but 'No Reservations' was lighter, more comedic, still informative, but better serving audiences. It was Bourdain at his best. 'Parts Unkown' get's heavy and depressing, 'No Reservations' is the perfect balance of investigative journalism and history lesson with comedy and playfulness.