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The Craftsmen of Craft Services (w/Carl Tart)

#17Audiostandard
Sep 29, 2021·56m
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Stage Premise:

What's cooking? If you're in Hollywood, it's usually the prepackaged snacks at the craft services table. And this week, we've got an illuminating conversation with the people who set out those snacks. This is...the Crafty Episode.

Cast & Characters (5)

Willie Freedman
Carl TartasWillie Freedman
Diego
Angela GiarratanaasDiego
Donna Fredon
Kylie BrakemanasDonna Fredon
Glen Richards
Jeremy CulhaneasGlen Richards
Don Woman
Patrick McDonaldasDon Woman

Bits & Timeline (13)

1:50 (45s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Backbone of the Industry is in the Stomach

The panel of craft services and catering experts introduce themselves, ranging from high-end catering to a guy who just works for a large crafty company.

"The backbone of the industry is in the stomach, and these folks are providing the food."

"This is Diego from Crafty. I work under a big crafty company. It's not my company."

Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Diego (Angela Giarratana)Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)
#Catering#Craft Services#Production
2:36 (1m 29s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Willie Freedman's NBC Barbecue Legacy

Willie Freedman discusses his long career serving barbecue on classic NBC sets and reveals Jennifer Aniston's specific, spice-free brisket preferences.

"If you need a drink, have a full cup of barbecue sauce."

"Jen Aniston was a freak. And she would come up to me every day and say, give me some of that moist brisket, Willie."

Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Diego (Angela Giarratana)
#Barbecue#Sitcoms#Celebrity Secrets
4:15 (29s)
ESCALATION

The Jeff Bridges Suicide Bowl

Don Woman describes Jeff Bridges' unique eating habit of mixing every single catering item into one massive barrel-sized bowl, known as a 'suicide'.

"Jeff Bridges comes up and he likes to do a suicide, which is like a soda, but he does it with all the food on the plate."

"It is the size, it could hold probably 85 apples. It's a big bowl, it's more like a barrel."

Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Diego (Angela Giarratana)
#Coen Brothers#Catering#Celebrity Habits
9:44 (54s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Crafty in the Adult Film Industry

Diego explains the high-pressure world of craft services for Tits Productions, where union breaks don't exist and opening a bag of chips requires leaving the building.

"I work for Tits Productions, so it's different. I'm in the porn industry and crafty's different."

Diego (Angela Giarratana)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)
#Adult Film#Production#Doritos
18:50 (1m 45s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Crafty in the Adult Film Industry (Part 2)

Diego explains the high-pressure world of craft services for Tits Productions, where union breaks don't exist and opening a bag of chips requires leaving the building.

"I have to leave the building to open that bag of Doritos because we're rolling."

"I'm in the porn industry and crafty's different. Another world, another world."

"If I have to give an actor a bag of Doritos, I have to leave the building to open that bag of Doritos 'cause we're rolling."

Diego (Angela Giarratana)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)
#Adult Film#Production#Doritos#Union Rules#Audio Production
20:36 (1m 49s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

Willie Freedman's Moist Brisket and NBC Sitcom History

Willie Freedman discusses his long career serving BBQ on classic NBC sets like Friends and Frasier, specifically recalling Jennifer Aniston's love for his 'moist brisket' and her lack of spice tolerance.

"I just have a table full of barbecue all day long."

"Jen Aniston was no spice on the brisket. So I just used regular, the Holy Trinity, SPG: salt, pepper, garlic."

Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)
#Barbecue#Sitcoms#Celebrity Diet
30:21 (1m 18s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Don Woman's Treasonous Navy Lasagna

Don Woman recounts his origin story in the Navy, where his cooking was so delicious it allegedly made the boat too heavy to move, leading to a court-martial for 'intentionally fattening up the troops' as a suspected spy.

"They called me the Hansel and Gretel witch of the Navy."

"I didn't actively try to destroy any soldiers. I can't judge someone off an accent, but they were Russian, you know?"

Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Diego (Angela Giarratana)
#Military#Espionage#Catering
32:33 (1m 24s)
ESCALATION

The Transparent Pork Incident and Jeffrey Tambor

Willie Freedman details a disastrous day on the set of Transparent where he served an all-pork menu to a Jewish cast at the behest of Jeffrey Tambor, who allegedly used the BBQ as a tool for onset harassment.

"Everything is cooked with pork. And everybody was Jewish on the set and they don't eat pork."

"Jeffrey really wants you to eat this rib."

Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)
#Harassment#Religious Dietary Laws#Sitcom Drama
40:03 (1m 32s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

Willie Freedman's NBC Barbecue Legacy

Willie Freedman introduces his 'crafty' barbecue table, boasting about serving quarter pieces of chicken to the cast of Men Behaving Badly and revealing Jennifer Aniston's preference for moist, unspiced brisket.

"If you need a drink, have a full cup of barbecue sauce."

"Jen Aniston was no spice on the brisket."

"Jen Aniston was a freak."

Willie Freedman (Carl Tart)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)
#Craft Services#NBC Sitcoms#Celebrity Diet
41:36 (1m 44s)
VISUAL_GAG

The Bridges Bowl and the Mandalorian Maldives Incident

Don Woman describes Jeff Bridges' 'suicide' food bowls, while Glen Richards recounts a disastrous catering stint on The Mandalorian that left the cast ill in the Maldives.

"We call it the Bridges Bowl. It's more like a barrel."

"Everybody's shitting their brains out in Star Wars costumes."

"The name of the game is if you have fish, put it inside."

Don Woman (Patrick McDonald)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)
#Set Accidents#Catering#Star Wars
43:20 (12s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Donna Fredon's Reality TV Scramblers

Donna Fredon explains her start making 'Scramblers' for The Bachelor to make contestants less stable and her conflict with Andy Cohen over outdoor shrimp cocktails.

"This shrimp has to be inside, Andy, I don't know what to tell you."

Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)
#Reality TV#The Bachelor#Food Safety
43:32 (1m 1s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

Diego's Porn Industry Crafty Constraints

Diego describes the high-pressure environment of Tits Productions, where he must leave the building to open a bag of Doritos to avoid ruining the audio of non-stop rolling scenes.

"I'm in the porn industry and crafty's different."

"I have to leave the building to open that bag of Doritos because we're rolling."

Diego (Angela Giarratana)Glen Richards (Jeremy Culhane)Donna Fredon (Kylie Brakeman)
#Adult Film#Production Audio#Snack Logistics