'Iron chef' is the bomb dig show. 'Iron Chef America' is just acheap imitation of awsomeness. i haven't seen them show the origanl iron chef in a while though. probably because i don't watch the food channel often. the best part iron chef is when the guy at the beggining bites the pepper like its an apple and when the judges are tasting the food at the end of the show and they have the cheesy voice overs that say "oh, the texture is so exquisite it makes proud to be japananese"and stuff like that.