Jon Taffer Is Filming A Talk Show Pilot And I Could Not Be More Excited

(Source) Richard Dominick, who helped launch Jerry Springer to talk-show stardom, is hoping to do the same with “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer.

Dominick has shot a talk-show pilot with Taffer, which he’ll shop to syndicators in hopes of launching “Taffer” in the fall of 2014.

“The format [of the show] is Jon fighting for the underdog . . . when you have no place to turn, you turn to Taffer,” says Dominick, who also created truTV’s ratings hit “Hardcore Pawn,” among other shows.

Dominick funded the pilot, which was shot in Chicago, out of his own pocket — because that’s how much he believes in Taffer, who’s hosted Spike’s “Bar Rescue” for three seasons now (and will continue to do so if the talk show is sold).

On “Bar Rescue,” Taffer — a veteran food service expert/consultant — travels to struggling bars around the country and tries to whip them into shape (think Gordon Ramsay and “Kitchen Nightmares”).

“What I like about Jon is that he’s got great range and, on ‘Bar Rescue,’ he has a big women demo, so it’s great to know that women like him,” says Dominick. “I like his direct approach and the way he deals with people, and when I was watching ‘Bar Rescue’ I found I couldn’t take my eyes off of him — he was so into it.

“There are certain talk-show hosts who pretend to help somebody, but when you’re watching Jon on ‘Bar Rescue’ . . . he’s a passionate man who really cares about what he does and he has a great big personality that fills a room. It’s like watching ‘Dirty Harry’ and not Adam Sandler.

“To me he’s a natural,” says Dominick. “Sometimes when I see someone I’m like, ‘My god, why didn’t I think of that?’ When I saw Jon on ‘Bar Rescue,’ it was just so obvious.”

The pilot for “Taffer” was shot in front of a live audience and comprised three segments — one about an abusive relationship, one about a deadbeat dad and his daughter, and the third encompassing a 22-year-old woman whose mother is a drug addict.

“Jon doesn’t baby the 22-year-old — he tells her she’s 22, she has two kids and that it’s time for her to stand up and walk away from [her mother],” Dominick says.

“We’re not solving anyone’s problems in an hour. That’s silly. We’re not doing gimmicks — no DNA testing, no lie detectors . . . just pure common sense.”

Dominick says he envisions “Taffer” as a late-afternoon or evening show.

“I’ll go to the Tribune Stations, to Sinclair, Fox . . . I’ll make the rounds with Jon — because when he walks into a room and takes it over, hopefully people will see what I see in him.”

This is probably the best news of all time. If you don’t watch Bar Rescue you are missing out on not only the greatest television programming in the history of the world but you’re also missing out on Jon Taffer, a true American Legend. Every episode is basically the exact same. Jon goes into a run down bar. He yells at everyone. Literally everyone. Usually finds the chef handling raw chicken without any gloves.

Screams at the bartenders for not cleaning out their ice buckets. Yells at the bouncers for being lazy, absolutely demolishes the bar owner,

and then basically Looks at everyone like this

right before he tells everyone to SHUT IT DOWN and makes the entire staff leave. Then the next day we begin the process of building every single person back up and making the best bar ever. He’s like a cross between Dalton, the dad that never loved you, Oprah, and your favorite coach growing up. He teaches through anger and yelling, but at the end of the day, he’s going to make your life better, no mattter what, becuase Its his personal guarantee, and there is literally nothing more sacred in this world than Jon Taffer’s personal guarantee.

So am I excited for this talk show? Yeah, I am. And if that makes me a woman, or less of a man because I’m genuinely pumped for the first talk show since the Steve Wilkos show then so be it. Taffer is the truth. If you’re not on the bandwagon then you’re fucking up. He’s the most inspirational person in my life today, and it’s honestly not even close.

PS
He also has a feud with John Cena Sr. Which is one of the weirdest, funniest things of all time. Like they’re arch enemies, no idea how, but it’s incredible.