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The Food Network Pilot: 'Hot Spots' Casting Call
from Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine) · #74
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1 minThey recount getting recruited by a slimy British producer in Hoboken for a Food Network pilot called Hot Spots, where they were told it would just be the two of them.
- 4:16Tim describes the Food Network pilot concept: a cooking show where he has conversations at bars or comedy clubs, talks through recipes, and films himself cooking in his apartment.
- 4:37Tim's manager interrupts, mentioning he has a Black four-year-old he represents and needs help moving a truck on Saturday.
- 5:03Tim considers calling it a cooking show filmed outside on a hot plate but worries about calling it a homeless cooking show because it's triggering.
- 5:20Tim got one opportunity from that show—contact from a slimy guy in production who worked in Jersey and was British.