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Jon Taffer, Gary Lyon Otto, Mary Shearer Eckert, and Dr. Gilda Carle
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Jon Taffer, Gary Lyon Otto, Mary Shearer Eckert, and Dr. Gilda CarleOn the Total Celebrity segment, Neil welcomes Jon Taffer, star of Spike TV’s top-rated series Bar Rescue, as the show marks its 100th episode. Taffer recounts his unlikely path from tending bar while studying political science in Denver to a career fixing failing bars on television, sparked when a friend in the industry told him he would never make it on TV and he set out to prove him wrong with a self-funded sizzle reel that drew four offers. He explains why the show resonates: bars are universally relatable, and at its heart each episode is a very human, almost Shakespearean drama of people in trouble who resist change,…