Taffer Officially Gave Me Half Of Barstool Sports In The NY Post Today

(Source) Jon Taffer is a hardass —and he plays one on TV. “I think ‘Bar Rescue’ is a very fair portrayal of who and what I am,” says Taffer, the tough talking host of Spike TV’s number one show. “I’m not playing a character.” But the blazer-wearing, Vegas- based bar expert—who is tasked with turning failing bars into money makers — certainly is made for the boob tube. He’s a prolific f-bomb dropper who belittles lazy managers, hurls spoiled food at inept cooks and even shoves mouthy bar owners when they get in his face. And his unhinged behavior has turned him into a demi-god of the watering hole turnaround shows that have spawned like roaches. Taffer says the magic ingredient is that he puts the real in reality. “When I am talking to you in ‘Bar Rescue,’ if you’re a bar owner, I’m looking in your eyes. That’s all I really see.

“I’ve never done other reality TV, but I’m guessing if it isn’t real to the host and they think he’s playing to the cameras, then they’re going to play to the cameras too.” And yes, he does get THAT angry. A cook handling raw chicken and not washing her hands, mushrooms growing out of a restaurant wall and a manager unabashedly hitting on his bartenders can try a nightlife maven’s soul. After all, Taffer compresses a six-week revamp process into five days. “The anger is driven by the compression of it all. There’s always a clock ticking in the back of my head. And that’s what drives the tension on TV.” That’s not to say Taffer is all finger-pointing and temper explosions. He loves a good laugh. “To me, good humor is a huge part of business and professional success,” he says. He recently lampooned himself on popular sports and pop culture blog, Barstoolsports.com, and came in to whip the fratty proprietors into shape with a “blog rescue.” “Those guys are funny guys, why not?” he says adding that he’s waiting for his “Saturday Night Live” spoof. 

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First of all, such a classic Taffer picture for this story. Boss Mode on a trillion.

Second, and more importantly, I think I just became a half owner of Barstool right? Fratty proprietors? Proprietor is an owner, and if Taffer says you own something you officially own it. I honestly don’t think it gets more official than that. You could notarize something in front of a thousand priests and judges on live TV and it wouldn’t count as much as Taffer saying it to the NY Post. Sucks for Pres I guess, he just lost 1 million internet dollars to me in a single sentence by Taff. Guess I’m officially rich now, watch out world.

PS

Tearjerker for the rest of that story

“This young urban kid who is missing a couple of teeth comes up and says, ‘A year ago, I was a dishwasher. And now I’m assistant manager because of you . . . You inspire me.’ He gave me a hug and walked away. And I teared up. “It was amazing to me that my little show could inspire someone to do better and be better.”

Taffer Changing lives one toothless dishwasher at a time.

Double PS

In case you missed last night’s episode Taffer was in rare form. Chatting up the hottest chicks at the bar

And making sluts apologize for telling each other to eat a dick.