Under A Rock with Tig Notaro: Wolfgang Puck
Although she’s a famous comedian herself, Tig Notaro has a very special and unique ability: she doesn’t recognize celebrities. Whether they’re a Grammy Award-winning musician, a world-famous chef, or one of the most iconic actors in television, for Tig… well… it’s just not ringing a bell.
Becoming a famous actor or musician is no easy feat, but rising to fame as a celebrity chef is arguably even more difficult. The path to success in culinary arts doesn’t typically lead to becoming an easily recognizable face, in fact in order to achieve that level of stardom one would have to become one of the best chefs in the world, like Wolfgang Puck. After moving from Austria to Los Angeles when he was 24, Wolfgang wrote his first cookbook and opened the restaurant Spago, which has not only been named the most iconic restaurant in LA, but also one of the top 40 restaurants in the entire country. His success with Spago allowed him to create Wolfgang Puck Companies and dominate the world of cuisine with over 20 fine dining restaurants, catering, merchandise, cookbooks, and even canned foods. He’s the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governors Ball, has hosted his own cooking shows on The Food Network, and appeared in reality TV programs (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), competitive cooking shows (Hell’s Kitchen, Iron Chef), sitcoms (Frasier), cartoons (The Simpsons), and movies (The Weather Man). He’s also raised over $15million for Meals On Wheels through his Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation. But even though he’s on television and his name and face can be found in grocery stores, bookstores, and every kind of dining experience imaginable, Tig still has no clue who he is.
Wolfgang Puck has received a Daytime Emmy, been inducted into the Fine Dining Hall of Fame, has four Michelin stars, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But somehow Tig is still going to need a lot of hints and some geographical help from Alexa in order to figure out who he is, because she lives deep, deep under a rock.
CREDITS
Starring: Tig Notaro & Wolfgang Puck
Director: Amy Landecker
Executive Producer: Tig Notaro
Executive Producer: Stephanie Allynne
Executive Producer: Thomas Ouellette
Executive Producer: Hunter Seidman
Executive Producer: Rowan Wheeler
Executive Producer: Mike Farah
Executive Producer: Brian Toombs
Executive Producer: Chris Bruss
Associate Producer: Jessica Dollin
Head Writer: Thomas Ouellette
Writer: Jon Mackey
Consultant: Lauren Pomerantz
Consultant: Kyle Dunnigan
Writers Assistant: Marla Black
Line Producer: Charles Forsgren
Production Coordinator: Jack Bradley
Production Coordinator: Maisie Hooper
1st AD: Jonathan Hinman
Director of Photography: Geoff George
Camera Operators: Scott Smith, Aaron Smith, Drew Dawson
1st AC: Sam Kim
DIT: Jack Damon
Gaffer: Danny Williams
Key Grip: Nick Bodkin
G/E Swing: Danny Williams
Hair & Make-Up for Tig Notaro: Stephanie Daniel
Hair & Make-Up: Vanessa Moreno
Costume Designer: Ambika Sanjana
Production Designer: Ellie Del Campo
Set Decorator: Samantha Corona
Sound Mixer: Alex Dawson
Production Assistants: Max Hamilton and James Tinsely
Post Producer: Phillip Loeb
Post Producer: Kia Reghabi
Editor: Jon Mackey
Assistant Editor: Cariad Owen
Graphics: Aaron Andersen, Paul Smith, Bryan Wieder, and Isaac Sanchez
Published at Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:00:17 +0000