Doug Budin PT 1: Jennifer Coolidge, Friends, Frasier, RHOC’s Shannon Beador, Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge Split with a Dash of Salt, Slice of Tomato, and Lots of Laughs.

This week we welcome our friend and fellow Jeff Lewis Radio Host, Doug Budin and he charms us as with a jar of his homemade tomato sauce, and Pol’ recalls cooking with his mother, leading to a deeper dive into Armenian cuisine, culinary roots and recipes and favorite spots in Los Angeles to find authentic ingredients.  Doug shares some of his favorite dishes he learned to cook while in Sweden, which segues into his popular cooking show, Cook & Kibbitz, merging his love for food with his signature charm of conversation. He reveals the book Like Water for Chocolate inspires him in the kitchen and food holds emotional and cultural significance in his life.  Teasing an exciting upcoming episode with a professional chef and looking forward to the collaboration and Doug announces a major milestone—he’s just signed a brand partnership for his cooking show! Shifting gears to the evolution of Cook & Kibbitz during the pandemic to pass the time. What started as a fun experiment turned into something much bigger after a personal betrayal from someone, which led him to take the show more seriously. He recounts the hilarious details of the original episode, cooking live, complete with mistakes and improvised moments. Jeff Lewis saw the episode online and inadvertently helped Doug’s show go viral by cyber-bullying him in jest, creating a buzz that Doug is surprisingly thankful for. As they continue a trip down memory lane, Doug reflects on cooking adventures and we see a different side of him when we learn he was a photographer’s assistant in his early years traveling the world and collecting different salts from every place he visited beginning his love of salt. He even shares a terrifying memory of being at the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, one of the most frightening moments of his life, and how it pushed him to his limits. Doug’s acting career and his time on Two Broke Girls, working closely with the iconic Jennifer Coolidge and delightful memories of doing stunts on set and playing a straight man takes center stage. His love for acting shines through as he reminisces about his first big break in Hollywood on Frasier, and we all share some behind-the-scenes stories about the ever-changing entertainment industry. We discuss working in the industry post-COVID and how the landscape of casting has dramatically shifted from in-person to self-taped auditions becoming the new norm. Doug stays optimistic, crediting his agents for helping him navigate his career and relishes in humorous stories of awkward auditions, including a time when he accidentally splashed water all over himself just before an important audition at Warner Brothers. The episode ends with a fascinating detour with the first half of his Armenian coffee reading, and Pol’ hints at unresolved issues that he faces each year, predicting that a major, unexpected project is on its way. Pol’ further reveals that Doug’s path has been cleared for new opportunities, but he still has work to do to fully open the door to these blessings. The reading ends on a hopeful note, with Doug feeling encouraged and ready for what’s to come, involving a wishbone, the next full moon and symbolically sealing his wishes and intentions for the future.  This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the HurrdatMedia YouTube channel! Subscribe to our audio: linktr.ee/undressedpod Follow Pol Atteu:  Instagram: @polatteu  Tiktok: @polatteu  Twitter: @polatteu  www.polatteu.com Follow Patrik Simpson:  Instagram: @patriksimpson  Tiktok: @patriksimpsonbh www.patriksimpson.com Follow SnowWhite90210: Instagram: @snowwhite90210 Twitter: @SnowWhite9010 www.snowwhite90210.com Watch Gown and Out In Beverly Hills on Prime Video.  www.gownandoutinbeverlyhills.com #UndressedPodcast  Armenian Coffee Reading: https://polatteu.com/armenian-coffee-cup-read Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices