The lack of creativity of some of those folks was staggering. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing any of those (ok maybe the Al Roker's.)

You did peg the only tasteful pair (my daughter dug Warren Brown's).

Well I need to clarify something here. Obviouisly Warren Brown has the best shoe. Hands down, no one else's is even close. *And*, in addition, it must be also be said that Warren is a pretty cool dude with an interesting success story and a potentially great show.

So my sentiment about wanting the Alton shoe is really kind of misleading. The shoe he decorated is okay, bordering on boring, but since *he* did it, it is automatically the best shoe of the bunch. We love Alton. And by "we", I mean me.
And the endless sea of hardcore Alton Brown fans, none of whom I've actually met before.
Oh, and MMT
And that is all.