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Podcast: Celebrity Interviews
Episode: Jon Taffer: Bar Rescue's 100th Episode and Lessons Learned from Business Failure
Description: Jon Taffer, star of Spike TV's top-rated series Bar Rescue, recounts his improbable journey from college bartender studying political science in Denver to becoming one of television's most recognizable hospitality experts. Despite being told by a Paramount Television executive that he would "never be on television" and didn't have the right profile, Jon took it as a personal challenge. He invested his own money to shoot a three-minute sizzle reel of himself "screaming and yelling at people pretty much," brought it to five production companies, received four offers, and had Spike TV pick up the series just...