I remember in the early 90s, my dad had a Frugal Gourmet cookbook. He bought all the ingredients and was trying to follow the steps to make it. All of a sudden, from the kitchen I heard him yell "THIS ISNT F***ING FRUGAL!" (RIP dad, miss ya)
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
That's what I felt about him when I watched the show on PBS, long before I heard the awful truth about Jeff Smith.
@seameology
Жыл бұрын
I own every cookbook. And that's a true story.
@ShawnD1027
Жыл бұрын
Well, he always said that the word "frugal" to him didn't mean "cheap," but "not wasteful."
@classicaldeb
Жыл бұрын
Most people don't understand the definition of frugal.
@dabanjo
Жыл бұрын
@classicaldeb Frugal: sparing, simple, plain. I think most people know that.
@MrDan708
Жыл бұрын
Jeff Smith was the classic case of, "You can't judge a book by its cover." He came across as a heckuva nice guy on TV.
@jacobh9487
Жыл бұрын
I'm rethinking ppl who are openly as$holes now. At the least, you know they are as$holes.
@tomryan914
Жыл бұрын
Girl on TV comedy, "All the 'nice guys' are either married or gay."
@Melissa0774
Жыл бұрын
You'd be amazed at how assholes can switch on the fake nice guy persona when they get in front of a camera.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@Melissa0774 There is no shortage of accounts where Jeff Smith acted like an asshole to people when the cameras weren't running.
@Tittles1959
Жыл бұрын
Watched him all the time. I’m sickened
@pamelachristie5570
Жыл бұрын
I worked in a bookstore where Jeff Smith had a signing event. He was loud and arrogant, and treated the staff like his personal slaves. Never a 'please' or a 'thank you' when his whims were gratified - just tantrums when they weren't. He'd brought Craig with him, and Craig held down the fort during Smith's frequent disappearances out to the parking lot. There was a stash of booze in the limo, (Yes. He'd hired a stretch limo.) and after a while Smith would stagger back in with another plastic cup full of "apple juice." The drunker he got, the nastier and louder he became. By the end of the evening, he was insulting the customers who'd come to see him, and abusing employees who tried to intervene. The bookstore decided not to ask him back.
@christyann
Жыл бұрын
Wow! So disappointing.
@uptown710
Жыл бұрын
Man I remember when I was young there was so many rumors around this guy. You just reminded of his assistant, Craig… he was basically the man behind the scenes in later seasons.
@George-vf7ss
Жыл бұрын
Classic
@thenewyorkcitizen
Жыл бұрын
Omg
@johnsmith1953x
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that sounds like that bastard.
@ja_Iam
Жыл бұрын
Shocking to learn about this side of him. He was very relatable and I enjoyed watching his PBS programs. I’m sorry for what his victims were forced/coerced to endure.
@bigfootwalker5399
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately he wore a convincing mask, but fortunately that mask was eventually ripped off.
@trickrunner4842
Жыл бұрын
Poor guy he got taken advantage of
@mistrrhappy
Жыл бұрын
Jeff Smith did not commit the crimes he was accused of. The testimony from the prosecution was based on "recovered memories", a fraudulent psychological phenomenon that has been debunked. Too bad it destroyed this innocent man's life.
@bunkyman8097
Жыл бұрын
OMG, I loved his show and have his cookbook. Unbelievable...shocking to learn this.
@jennyyy78
Жыл бұрын
I don't believe it !
@bkm2797
Жыл бұрын
Used to watch him on PBS, was so angry when I heard he was a pedophile and that he harmed his own boys, which you didn't mention here. Like Bill Cosby it erases all the talent and leaves you with disgust and sadness.
@glorial1569
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t know about his own kids.
@bkm2797
Жыл бұрын
glorial1569, That is what I heard when it was reported way back, I just hope it isn't true.
@emilymulcahy
Жыл бұрын
He didn't touch his own kids as far as I can tell, I just went down the rabbit hole for a few hours and read nothing but the 7 unrelated victims
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
The story with Bill Cosby is that he had a fifty-year carefully cultivated image as a moral hero. Why it was such a shock for people to accept the awful truth about him.
@paulwolf7562
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know that? Anybody who does that is a creep. Makes you wonder?
@radsdad1
Жыл бұрын
I was in a movie made in Tacoma that Smith was catering. I had a scene where I drove down the street and parked. On the first take, As I was 1/2 way down the street, Smith had been sitting in his car and pulled out, blocking me. He jumps out and screams to get the F out of the way. Needless to say, this didn't go over well with the production manager and they fired him immediately. We all got a kick out of his alter ego. This was in 1975.
@ChristopherLuongo
Жыл бұрын
What was the name of the movie?
@radsdad1
Жыл бұрын
@@ChristopherLuongo Sweet Revenge
@utubewillyman
Жыл бұрын
Sure doesn't sound like the humble chaplain persona.
@shorthorrorstories123
Жыл бұрын
I had a crappy telemarketing job in the late 90s. One of the random numbers I called was Jeff Smith. His name actually came up as The Frugal Gourmet. This wasn't too long after these allegations came out. He didn't answer the phone, but I did get an answering machine, and sure enough, it was him. Not much of a story, but it weirded me out. I often watched the Frugal Gourmet because I was a foodie at a young age.
@alc4080
Жыл бұрын
We sold his kitchen stuff and put together an event where he and Craig come to the store to sign autographs. People lined up all around the store. I was told to get him a bottle of Sherry, and keep his coffee cup full. As the day went on, both he and Craig would take bathroom breaks. When Craig came back, he was signing a book, and blood flowed from his nose onto his white chef's jacket. It was clear why they were going to the bathroom so often. Craig simply buttoned the white jacket on the other side so the blood didn't show. Jeff Smith made a big deal about being a minister, and had a lot of older female fans. Later that night, we arranged to have a limo pick him up and take him to our favorite resturant. When we got there, he had fired the limo, causing us to have to find another one at last minute. We had the local paper out there to interview him, and they took photos, but never ran them. When I inquired as to why they didn't use the photos, they said that he was so drunk that if they had printed them, it would have been bad for him. Also, when we were at dinner, he was mean. He said to Craig that "I found you at McDonalds, and I can send you back there." He liked to humiliate Craig. I did NOT like him at all after that. I have all his cookbooks, bc I bought them before I met him. I have never used them.
@sahej6939
Жыл бұрын
Wow. A nasty mean alcoholic. do you mean he was using cocaine in the bathroom?
@MeltemiX
Жыл бұрын
I would love to take those books off your hands.
@patcola7335
Жыл бұрын
Whatever became of Craig ? I liked Craig
@amiblueful
Жыл бұрын
Craig always looked uncomfortable on the show. I thought he was just camera shy, but now it seems there may have been a lot more to it.
@attiasprouse682
Жыл бұрын
Why the bloody nose? Cocaine?
@ajhoward8888
Жыл бұрын
I totally watched him as a kid when I went over to stay with my Grandmother. I had no idea about anything else. He was just gone off PBS one day and my Grandma started teaching me how to cook instead.
@Lynn17
Жыл бұрын
I was so disappointed to find out what a creep he was offscreen. I grew up watching his show and I have several of his cookbooks. I learned how to make my own soup stock by reading his books.
@mistrrhappy
Жыл бұрын
Jeff Smith did not commit the crimes he was accused of. The testimony from the prosecution was based on "recovered memories", a fraudulent psychological phenomenon that has been debunked. Too bad it destroyed this innocent man's life.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
There are newer and better cookbooks out there you can get.
@seameology
Жыл бұрын
Yes. I have them all and yes they're good. At least I bought them all used. Before I knew anything.
@vincentmancini6279
Жыл бұрын
@@seameology That has nothing to do with his recipes. Keep cooking.
@darlene6531
Жыл бұрын
Loved had first cookbook. Still have it.
@AshatHome
Жыл бұрын
I was a weird kid and watched Julia Child and the frugal gourmet and had no idea he was such a monster😳
@mistrrhappy
Жыл бұрын
Jeff Smith did not commit the crimes he was accused of. The testimony from the prosecution was based on "recovered memories", a fraudulent psychological phenomenon that has been debunked. Too bad it destroyed this innocent man's life.
@Msfeathers7
Жыл бұрын
I was home sick from school and was watching Julia Childs. She was making a whole chicken dish and dropped the chicken on the floor. She said "whoopies!" picked it up, washed it off and just kept cooking it! Just like we would do at home when no one was watching! So funny.
@AshatHome
Жыл бұрын
@Msfeathers7 Julia was so naturally funny and carefree. Like you said when she made a mistake she would say no big deal and laugh it off. My mom tells a story about when she came to get me from my grandparents after work and I had watched Julia make lobster bisque, and we had to make it. I made my grandpa write the ingredients down. I was like 3 and dead set on that lobster bisque 🤣🤣🤣 my teenagers find it hilarious that I was such a fancy toddler 😂
@Msfeathers7
Жыл бұрын
@@AshatHome Lol!
@TheIkaika777
Жыл бұрын
Julia Child was a real chef.
@drea4195
Жыл бұрын
This makes me incredibly sad. I had no idea. We used to watch his show in the '80s on PBS, he seemed like such a nice and down to earth gentleman. Heartbreaking to realize what he had done, and that it was all a mask.
@Sebastianx007
Жыл бұрын
Most celebrities put on a front just to be liked and make money but in real life are the most horrible people you could ever meet!
@bridgetmarden7224
Жыл бұрын
Heart broken....... I loved this guy. Just goes to show you never know 😢
@herecomesforego1787
Жыл бұрын
Right and you still don't smh
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@herecomesforego1787 Like hell we don't. There are too many testimonies from many different people to say it was all rumor.
@vincentmancini6279
Жыл бұрын
@@bigverybadtom Many times it takes two!!!!!!!!!!!
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@vincentmancini6279 Yes, a rapist and a victim!
@dibo-hz7ll
Жыл бұрын
that's how I felt when I found out about Featureman
@Betharoot
Жыл бұрын
My sister, who lived in Seattle, warned me about Jeff Smith after she saw one if his cookbooks in my home. She said that it was well known what kind of person he really was.
@gingerblue2265
Жыл бұрын
Sometime in 1993 when I was a kid, I was at a Dim Sum Seafood Restaurant with my parents when I saw Jeff Smith sitting at the table close to us. I walked over by myself, to say hi and ask for his autograph. However, he was not happy and lectured me that it wasn't alright to disturb people while their eating. I was really young at the time, so didnt know. Lesson learned. He did end up signing a card for me, but i have mixed feelings about it till this day.
@Bgz8890s
Жыл бұрын
What as asshole, I'd burn the autograph, if you still have it. Pedophile.
@csdesjarlais9779
Жыл бұрын
My ex-husband’s brother talked about this a lot. He was in that program from Stadium High. Said all the guys were targeted and abused one way or another. So awful. The BIL was talking about this long before it became public knowledge.
@tb7077
Жыл бұрын
Wow. I never knew he was a disgusting monster. Those poor kids.
@NSPS-yi2oj
7 ай бұрын
Those poor, poor, poor, poor, poor kids. alt.videos.boneless
@JohnKorvell
Жыл бұрын
I was a student in the early 70s at UPS. Attending one of Smith's University classes or cooking seminars was the coolest thing of the day. Years later when his dark side came out, we were all shocked .
@jeannehall6546
Жыл бұрын
Smith had a tendency to be very “preachy” in his approach. It’s also been said that he was very arrogant and nearly narcissistic. He probably believed he could do whatever he wanted- being a minister and a celebrity! It’s also been said that many of his recipes were not all that good- one critic said that Smith was “neither frugal, nor gourmet.” Too, with so many reports of Catholic clergy abusing young boys, it’s been almost ignored that clergy of other denominations have abusers as well- Smith was a Methodist!
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
Most child molesters aren't clergy.
@JN-vt7mz
Жыл бұрын
Now do the teachers union. Its a astonishing amount versus priests
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@JN-vt7mz I don't know how many teachers are pedophiles, but they obviously have more children to choose from than any clergy.
@sahej6939
Жыл бұрын
I was given his book as a gift at 12, and even then I did not like his recipes or use the book (and I love cookbooks, kitchen stuff, and creating in the kitchen)
@monkeywkeys3916
Жыл бұрын
Oh he was a minister prior to the cooking show. Now it makes sense
@johnpalmer5131
Жыл бұрын
Shows another example the dark side of the entertainment industry… High functioning sociopaths are entertaining and make good TV personalities.
@trjb1767
Жыл бұрын
Hired and supported by public TV. Ignored by mgmt.
@denisestinnett4414
Жыл бұрын
I had a junior high art class that consisted of the teacher gathering a group of boys in the back and talking to them the whole class time. I actually walked back there once to find out what they might be talking about and the teacher, he always wore black velvet shoes in class (wtf seriously?), lifted his leg and stomped on my foot so hard I could hardly hobble back to my seat. Never bothered him again.
@lisabrightly
Жыл бұрын
Yup. Perverts are not that hard to spot once you know them personally. I had many perverted teachers in Highschool
@MB-vu3ow
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch his show. Back then, we had an old family friend who came to dinner on weekends. He had a terrific sense of humor and would call that guy “the fruity gourmet,” which I just dismissed.
@danielthoman7324
9 ай бұрын
Your friend was probably also a fruit 🍓🍑
@janehallenbeck2251
Жыл бұрын
I’ll stick with my Betty Crocker cookbook.
@KidCity1985
Жыл бұрын
You could see the disdain of his assistants on his shows. We didn't know what was going on at the time.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
Yeah there was an awkward edge to their interactions
@sharimeline3077
Жыл бұрын
His cooking show was popular when I was first married, and I watched him all the time. Eventually I had a few of his cookbooks. When all of this came to light, I felt terrible. I threw the cookbooks away, I couldn't even give them to a thrift store.
@ReverendPONT
Жыл бұрын
I loved watching this guys show back in the day growing up. This explains why his shows just disappeared. I hope his victims find peace.
@vincentmancini6279
Жыл бұрын
Keep cooking!
@hairbag4096
Жыл бұрын
Used to love watching him. Back then, there weren't many cooking shows. All were inspirational.
@Msfeathers7
Жыл бұрын
And much better then the ones today.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@Msfeathers7 Nah, I find the cooking shows of nowadays much better than the Frugal Gourmet ever was.
@TheIkaika777
Жыл бұрын
Are there any cooking shows today? All I see on the Food Network is cooking game shows.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@TheIkaika777They're not famous but they exist.
@TheIkaika777
Жыл бұрын
@@bigverybadtom , There are better cooking shows on KZitem than the Food Network.
@peterzang
Жыл бұрын
My mom was suspicious. He was rude and impatient with his boy assistants. Bad vibe
@bg147
9 ай бұрын
Moms know shit. Good judges of character. He seemed like a dick back then.
@SuperFink22
Жыл бұрын
My parents had his books kicking around the house and I remember the first time seeing them and I thought to myself, "now that guy is a diddler if I ever saw one". I hesitated reading the cookbooks but eventually gave them a chance and really enjoyed the books and laughed at his show. Only to discover that he was indeed a kiddie diddler. Pretty messed up
@maryjohnson6796
Жыл бұрын
I learned this as a kid. Broke my heart.
@HORSEYANIME2024
Жыл бұрын
Shame on former celebrity chef Jeff smith for being a horrible human being whom took advantage of dozens of young men inappropriately in different decades
@screenwriterjohn
Жыл бұрын
Liked his pbs show when I was a kid. More than Michael Jackson, these revelations really made me cynical about media personalities.
@trishayamada807
Жыл бұрын
MJ is still a hero to many and gets a pass on his transgressions which were also settled out of court. Funny how one is vilified and one is not.
@colinchampollion4420
Жыл бұрын
I knew as a college kid he always saw that he had young good-looking college male s. On his show😂
@kinggimpy
Жыл бұрын
This is so sad to learn. Growing up in the early 90s as a very little kid my mom watched a lot of PBS, and "The Frugal Gourmet," is one of the shows I fondly remember along side "This Old House," and "The New Yankee Workshop." I'm glad however that the truth about Smith came out.
@kemicalx17
Жыл бұрын
This is upsetting. His show was a staple in my childhood home in the late 80s early 90s. Seeing him as a predator is really shocking.
@bmiller949
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching him on PBS when I was a senior in college. Such a sad story.
@beth3535
Жыл бұрын
I felt uneasy whenever his show came on. I even felt guilty about it but while I didn’t have specific suspicions, I knew he wasn’t a nice person. And a potentially dangerous one.
@johnwiemer120
Жыл бұрын
I got the same vibe. Seems many people can be fooled by monsters public facade.
@kissedbysun2517
Жыл бұрын
Me too. I was sexually abused as a kid and this guy had all the ear marks. And the more fame and fortune he got the more bizarre and narcissistic he got. I was not at all surprised when the story came out. I was surprised it took so long. Several other stars and people I've come across in life I have felt the same way, and sadly have been right most of the time. But I did not suspect Cosby. That one caught me off guard.
@tarnishermack94
Жыл бұрын
He was creepy to me and Mr. Rogers. Just couldn’t put a finger in it but they made me extremely uncomfortable to watch.
@edl6398
Жыл бұрын
I agree! I could never put my finger on it but I was in my 20’s and there was something off about him. Creepy old white guy claiming to be a Christian and his “May you have peace” weird closing statement.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
@@tarnishermack94c'mon Mr Rogers was unusual but I'm pretty sure he was more or less a saint
@kathleengertzberg5405
Жыл бұрын
I watched his shows, learned of his pervasion, threw my books away…Jeff Smith was a predator.
@ArtHistoryProfessor
Жыл бұрын
You willfully left out the fact that Craig Wollam had had a long-term consensual gay relationship with Jeff Smith for years during the run of The Frugal Gourmet series, which played a huge part in the breakdown of his then troubled marriage to his wife Patty, who was already devastated about his past abuses involving young men whom he had sexually assaulted years before.
@thecommercialarchive
6 ай бұрын
Didn't know that, how did you find that out?
@jamesandrews3583
3 ай бұрын
Lmao, where'd you hear that?
@SmittyAZ
Жыл бұрын
Even before the news came out, some people referred to him as The Fruitcake Gourmet", they were not speaking of his off-air reality.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
That's homophobia, not an accurate summation
@SmittyAZ
Жыл бұрын
@@sn1000k Fruitcake means nuts / crazy. "Nutty as a Fruitcake". I think you mean Fruit / fruity?
@EMSpdx
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this show- there was a family friendly element to the show. Finding out about Smith's misdeeds was completely shocking. Amazing how a public mask can cover terrible things.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
Bill Cosby had the biggest mask of all.
@loneranger1536
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch his cooking show on tv. I wondered what happened to him. I didn't know he was a psycho pervert. All of those good memories that I had of his show just went out the window and down the toilet. How disgusting.
@chickie3376
Жыл бұрын
I watched him when I was a teenager and had very warm, nostalgic memories of the frugal gourmet- omg I’m shattered to learn what type of person he truly was! Please tell me Yan Can Cook was a decent man! I need him to replace the frugal gourmet as my favorite 80’s/90’s chef!
@WarbirdPhoenix
Жыл бұрын
Thankfully, you don't have to worry about that. Chef Yan is still doing his thing and as quirky as ever. I grew up watching all the 70'/80's cooking shows and their reruns too and strangely remember them all except this guy. I guess I sensed something off about Jeff when I was a kid.
@zendrive
Жыл бұрын
Yan is a good dude, my brother worked for him in the 90s filling orders for books and knives. He treated staff great.
@alexcarter8807
Жыл бұрын
I can see having a "reference" book like The Joy Of Cooking in hard copy but mostly if I want to try making a dish I look online at recipes and see what's crucial to making that dish and when make my own version. An example is the time I made hummous. I lived in a semi-rural area where tahini was hard to get but I had plenty of another oily seed/nut, locally grown walnuts. It came out great.
@jamespohl-md2eq
Жыл бұрын
I’m glad it turned out good. But you didn’t make hummus.
@fuzzball4258
Жыл бұрын
I remember going to Westberry Long Island, New York to stand on lines forever with my daughter to ge a book signed by him. Still have that book. This was way before the story came out. He was there with that young man. Can’t remember his name right now.
@salemslot9
Жыл бұрын
Craig?
@barbaradeselle4287
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite cooking show. I was devastated to learn of his dark side. I stopped watching him.
@AnitaMRoberts-xh4de
Жыл бұрын
The only good takeaway from this story is that today people have more of a voice about issues like this. Problems w/this guy would have found their way on line immediately. I saw him at a kitchen store decades ago & he gave me the creeps even though I didn't know one thing about his actions.
@danielepplett3645
Жыл бұрын
All of his young assistants were well groomed.
@seattlebeard
5 ай бұрын
In the 1970s I visited the retail section of the Chaplin's Pantry. I was a teenager and already cooking professionally. Smith started talking to me and asking increasingly personal questions. He slowly began chasing me around the store and suggesting I join him for dinner. I left confused and creeped out. In the 1990s I heard the allegations against him and everything clicked. Glad I dodged that bullet.
@MrJsv650
Жыл бұрын
He just manipulative narcissist.
@jackzschappel124
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like Mashed has jumped to conclusions! Smith settled the lawsuit on undisclosed terms. Perhaps he paid a million dollars or maybe it was an agreement that he wouldn’t seek attorney’s fees for the plaintiffs filing a frivolous lawsuit. He may have paid some money in order to avoid the risk of a judgment being rightly or wrongly entered against him. He made no admissions and no apology. He denied the allegations until he died. Mashed seems to accept the plaintiffs’ account without question. Instead of sticking with the known facts, this video passes judgment, referring to the “damage” he did and to his “monstrous side.” This is unfair. Please: Just report the facts, the allegations, and the denial. We don’t need the editorializing.
@timepoet77
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. This entire phenomenon of "mob thinking" clearly eroded humanity's capacity for logical reasoning.
@maryohare4141
Жыл бұрын
YOU WANT FACTS....HIS TWO SONS...ADMITTED HE RAPED AND MOLESTED THEM FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD FOR YEARS! HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOLD OF ABUSE BEFORE HE WAS A TV CELEBRITY...SCHOOL FIRED HIM! HE PICKED UP HOMELESS KIDS AND ABUSED THEM AS BUS BOYS...YEARS OF ABUSE! HE WAS GUILTY AS HELL!
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
You two are into looking the other way eh? Ok. Great.
@ChristianThomas-wf5dl
11 ай бұрын
The facts are correct and true, I was one of his victims and a plaintiff, all of us agreed it was never about the money... I can describe in great detail what he did if you like..I was there.
@stormtruppo
20 күн бұрын
@ChristianThomas-wf5dl I'm very sorry to hear that. Trauma is so very hard to get over and I can't imagine the emotions it brought you. Apologies and deepest regards. I will pray that you find peace.
@SwimKam
Жыл бұрын
NOOOOOO…. So much love and care and support to the people this criminal victimized. 😢
@lanceshipman9362
Жыл бұрын
It was settled out of court. So sadly we’ll never know what was real. Even then it poisoned the memory of a man I really enjoyed. Remember just because you are accused of something it doesn’t mean it’s true!
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
If he was innocent he never would have settled, he would have fought the charges. You think all the women who said Bill Cosby drugged and raped him were lying too?
@kmoecub
Жыл бұрын
Often it's true that if you settle you're avoiding a more stern consequence. My abuser did nothing wrong, according to him anyway.
@lostboy8084
Жыл бұрын
A lot of times it is cheaper and less damaging to the person who is accused to settle out of court. You would think that they would want justice done but they settle because a lot of times the person can drag it forever and they will no longer afford lawyers. So I seen false accusations in person and I seen the opposite
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@lostboy8084 Somebody who is accused of child molesting is going to settle if they were truly innocent? Boy, you live a very sheltered life. I'm sure Jeff Smith wasn't exactly a pauper and would have fought any accusations if he were truly innocent. Yes, fake accusations exist, but usually they are readily proven, just as the people of the MacMartin Preschool were accused of child molesting and devil worship and it was proven that a corrupt district attorney coached children to lie in court.
@mistrrhappy
Жыл бұрын
@@kmoecub Jeff Smith did not commit the crimes he was accused of. The testimony from the prosecution was based on "recovered memories", a fraudulent psychological phenomenon that has been debunked. Too bad it destroyed this innocent man's life.
@BillYovino
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching his show every week and it got me interested in cooking. You can never tell what someone is like behind the scenes.
@maryohare4141
Жыл бұрын
I watched his show twice...and picked up on his "touchy-feely" behavior and his snarky putdowns. I quickly realized he was an old pervert hiding behind a sneering smile and the FAKE minister song and dance. YEP...ran into that creepy type as a young pre-teen....so I could spot a pervert in seconds! Yuck! He should have been found barbecued in a pig's pit! Oh, wait...that IS what happened...once he got sent to hell, by God!
@TheCaramelgal
Жыл бұрын
My mother loved the Frugal Gourmet as did I. I watched his show and bought several of his cookbooks. The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine was long one of my favorite cookbooks but after finding out about him, I can't open it anymore.
@Jane_Dow
Жыл бұрын
The first time I ever saw the Frugal Gourmet, he was making a fish soup/stew. I was grossed out when he pulled from the pot a fish head. The song " Fish Heads " popped into my mind. I know he was trying to make a point of some kind, but it was lost somewhere in the " Fish Heads " song from Dr Demento's play list. I miss Dr Demento !
@Emiliapocalypse
Жыл бұрын
Oh great! Now I’ve got it stuck in my head. Eat them up, yum!! The music video for that is up on KZitem, if you feel like watching it, lol. Take care 🐟
@orangeblossom1769
Жыл бұрын
Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up. Yum!
@erroneous6947
Жыл бұрын
That’s hilarious I remember that episode and I loved that song. Dead Kennedy’s right?
@Jane_Dow
Жыл бұрын
@@erroneous6947 Not sure who sung it. But my Mother Hated me singing any of those songs. Esp. " Dead Puppies " !!
@artstocker60
Жыл бұрын
IMS, I believe "Fish heads" was composed by Bill Mumy, aka Will Robinson.
@erwinl.8152
Жыл бұрын
My dad was a big fan of his but ripped up his cookbooks and stopped watching cooking shows altogether when he was told by a business associate whose kid (maybe nephew or someone closely related like that) had been one of the guys that Smith had abused through his school. My dad was one of the abuse victims that bankrupted the Portland archdiocese and he was violently disgusted by pedophiles from his own awful experiences as an altar boy. Everyone in Seattle knew before long.
@SoldierDrew
Жыл бұрын
I always got creepy vibes from the Frugile Gourmet man so I prefered Justin Wilson's Cajun cooking show.
@paulwolf7562
Жыл бұрын
Yea, I kinda liked Justin Wilson's show a little better. I never knew about this stuff, until now. I probably never noticed?
@lisabrightly
Жыл бұрын
I watched his show when I was a kid. I was also shocked about his abuses toward children. He was hiding in plain sight though because I've learned that most grown men who enjoy and or cultivate a lifestyle around teenagers need a second look and are not to be trusted. At least he died in shame. We got to see his mask come off.
@72roakie
Жыл бұрын
I knew Jeff Smith. I used to volunteer at WTTW on tapings of his show. He was always kind to me and to all those in the studio. He had a larger than life personality. Eveyone, of couse, is entitled to their own opinion and to decide for themselves if he was a monster or a victim of character assassination. Personally I think it was the latter. I saw a very kind, generous, funny, talented, good man. Just my very limited perspective... but I wanted to share a different angle as opposed to all those who never knew him yet are SO quick to vilify him.
@bd12544
Жыл бұрын
The outer shell of a predator is frequently charming. You barely knew the person, but you do know what he did when you weren’t looking. Why stick up for a predator? He obviously had a very dark sided that his charms do not erase. Victims of abuse, especially boys, are shut down and silenced by this type of defense. Better to keep it to yourself in my opinion. 😊
@Maplelust
Ай бұрын
naw. you're just easy to dupe.
@briggyb
Жыл бұрын
As a kid often left home alone, and with no access to cable, I learned how to cook watching his show. Potato soup at 10. I still think of it fondly.
@anakelly76512
Жыл бұрын
Then, grooming was seen as repulsive. Today, he would be welcomed with open arms by certain people. It's evil.
@kpopfaninamerica
Жыл бұрын
So the lawsuit ended with no admission of guilt and no police report was ever filed. That is the definition of innocence.
@karenballard7470
Жыл бұрын
Used to watch him all the time. Have his first cook book. Love the recipes.
@johnbalkon8521
Жыл бұрын
I would throw that garbage away if I were you. Or burn it.
@mikebarooshian7255
Жыл бұрын
@@johnbalkon8521I used to watch his cooking shows on tv I have 1 of his cook books and my mom made 2 recipes from his book and it wasn’t even that good I’m sure there’s better chefs out there then him he doesn’t know a damn thing about the history of food we never made anything else from his book
@paulakpacente
Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget what he did. I was appalled. I lived in Chicagoland area at the time.
@user-bu7jl6zy5d
Жыл бұрын
There was some undefinable quality about Jeff Smith that gave me the creeps. He was sort of manic and his behavior around his young, handsome male sidekick-helper on the show made me uneasy. When the truth about his abusive behavior became public knowledge, I was not surprised. Smith had the intelligence, education and resources to get help with his problems, but he chose not to do so. A friend gave me one of Smith's cookbooks as a gift. I have since thrown it out.
@bg147
9 ай бұрын
i just thought he was an arrogant dick.
@patriciapaquette1998
Жыл бұрын
The allegations against him shocked the hell out of me! I still make a few of his dishes.
@chrisdooley1184
Жыл бұрын
I used to love watching his shows. His personality was very kind but once I heard these accusations I just couldn’t enjoy watching it anymore. Sometimes the wolf does indeed wear sheepskin to hide themselves 😮
@jerryeskridge6149
Жыл бұрын
It a sad shock Frugal Gourmet was a classic 80's early 90's Saturday afternoon PBS staple with Cajun Justine Wilson, Natalie Dupree, classic Julia childs I remember when the Gourmet cooked with Elmo but I guess you don't know a person...
@user-er3ri6sc3j
Жыл бұрын
Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde.
@ovrezy
Ай бұрын
Turned out Elmo had similar problems
@mildredpierce4506
Жыл бұрын
I used to love watching his show and I also have two of his books. I was shocked like everyone else when I learned about what he had done to those young men. Jeff Smith was a predator with a preference for teenage boys. The purpose of him training teenage boys from a local school was to pick and choose which ones he wanted to groom.
@MaryDavidson911
Жыл бұрын
You would be laughed out of a jury seat. There’s no proof this actually occurred
@longtimelo
Жыл бұрын
@@MaryDavidson911 It did. He's the Sandusky of cooking. Many (most) smart predators choose vocations that give them cover. Hello? Catholic priests?
@testmcgee9230
Жыл бұрын
Pediatricians too.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
@@longtimelo Why all this fuss over Catholic priests? Most of them are not sex offenders. Besides, the best way to get access to kids is by being in a profession where there is a large supply of them, like a sports team.
@miriamhavard7621
Жыл бұрын
@@bigverybadtomthe fuss is that they're supposed to be trustworthy. The fuss is that the Church is and has been WELL aware of the abusive ones for GENERATIONS and keeps covering and protecting the predators and punishing the prey.
@Eric-ro8bw
Жыл бұрын
Used to watch this as a kid and loved it. When I watched it was an adult I realized he doesn’t actually cook anything on the show. Sadness.
@rodadams2642
2 ай бұрын
Jeff, you helped me in my early 30s when I was living in a situation that was so Difficult to be in, I would turn on your TV show on Saturday and the pain went away. You meant so much to me at that time You meant so much to me at that time. I am sorry for all of those allocations . In my fantasy world, I will always love you in my heart You help me through a very difficult time .
@EASTSIDERIDER707
Жыл бұрын
Scripture and kid diddling, a classic combination.
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
Most child molesters aren't clergy.
@MichaelAnthony-kq2tz
Жыл бұрын
Nowhere in scripture is this spoken of.
@EASTSIDERIDER707
Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelAnthony-kq2tz It seems to be understood. Or are the stories just fake news? Like the account you just created.
@MichaelAnthony-kq2tz
Жыл бұрын
@@EASTSIDERIDER707 Understood in what way. Again, no where in scripture is molestation mentioned let alone promoted.
@EASTSIDERIDER707
Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelAnthony-kq2tz yet I runs rampant. You bible thumpers are closet perverts.
@davidchosewood647
Жыл бұрын
I remember that guy. My roommate and I used to call him The Frugal Wino. Was always pouring wine in his food.
@depoquest7928
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I just threw away that cookbook. I watched him all the time on PBS before all the scandal started.
@tomryan914
Жыл бұрын
'Married With Children', The Bundy's having catered dinner at home. French cook to Bud, "Would you like to be ze chef when you grow up Bud?" "No I'd rather be a man."
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if Jeff Smith's pedophilia was known to the world when that episode was made.
@williewonka6694
Жыл бұрын
Admit this guy always creeped me out, so none too suprised when the ugly news "came out".😢
@MsMadmax1
Жыл бұрын
I'd heard rumors of an affair between Jeff Smith and his on-screen chef. It seems like a lot of what actually happened was hushed up and swept under the rug because the few articles that actually said anything about it were extremely brief. I'd always wondered why he left PBS so abruptly when he was at the height of his popularity.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
That was kind of the gist of what I heard at the time too. Less room to hide w today's internet. Plenty of people ready to fully spill the beans. It's a good thing.
@chigal0926
Жыл бұрын
I use to watch this show regularly growing up. It was a favorite of mine. When his abusive behavior came to light it was a shock. You never know who these tv personalities are like behind the scene. What a disgrace!!!
@chriswb7
Жыл бұрын
The fact that he never spent a day in prison is an absolute tragedy for the victims.
@tonyidle7813
Жыл бұрын
I watched probably every episode he ever did, even own 3 of his cook books. was sad to see his downfall, still use his books.
@dragonsky799
Жыл бұрын
I feel worse for his victims.
@tomservo1504
Жыл бұрын
I had read a story about this way back in the late 90's. One of the guys had a quote that Jeff Smith told him " I want to eat you like a sugar cookie."
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
Gross
@susanfrary7424
Жыл бұрын
He officiated a wedding I attended in late 1980s. Very arrogant.
@vistalite-ph4zw
Жыл бұрын
Wow, My mom watched this guy all the time back in the 80s on PBS...
@frankschuler2867
Жыл бұрын
Mom used to watch him all the time on PBS. After he went off the air, we told Mom he had a heart attack while filming a hamburger episode and died in front of the camera. Lol. We were assholes...and she didn't believe us for a second. I miss my Mom...and I'm glad she never knew the truth about this guy...it would have broken her heart.
@bg147
9 ай бұрын
No, it was cute. LOL. You weren't assholes.
@michaeljohnson4344
Жыл бұрын
Elmo and The Frugal Gourmet appeared together on the same shows? Wow. All my Heroes - capital "H" HEROES - are pe... I'm being facetious, but it's not an exaggeration to say that Jeff Smith was a food god to me and one of the main reasons that I'm a semi-pro cook today. And Justin Wilson. And Martin Yan. And Child, Puck, Graham, and all the PBS classics. Legends. (Legends...never meet yours.)
@bigverybadtom
Жыл бұрын
Only Jeff Smith did those bad things, not the others.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
I've met some of mine and they were great!
@vannshuttleworth4738
Жыл бұрын
What used to drive me crazy was Jeff Smith never did a receipe on camera from start to finish. His neurotic ways in front of the camera were his culinary point of view, but myself and others are it up.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
He never seemed particularly skilled. I mean look how he chopped that sausage in this video. And the recipes from the cookbook I had were laborious and, in the end, awful.
@bjones9942
Жыл бұрын
I always thought he was creepy, just like I think Mario Batali is. Guess my creep-o-meter is in working order.
@monkeywkeys3916
Жыл бұрын
Batali. Yeah. I didn't like him in short notice.
@katmolina2627
Жыл бұрын
Although I enjoyed watching his cooking shows on PBS, I’m certainly glad he was exposed for all the sexual abuse. Wow what an act! Sad!😢
@elaineweinberg7094
Жыл бұрын
Same here!
@kdm71291
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, Mario was accused of making sexual advances with women who worked for him, if I recall correctly.....disappointing and sad!
@debbybrady1246
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch his show. Sad that he had to destroy it. And his poor wife...
@beth3535
Жыл бұрын
What was sad was how he leveraged his success to young men and ultimately destroy his family.
@beltigussin81
Жыл бұрын
His poor wife? She lived with this guy for all those years and didn't know who he was. Not buying that.
@beth3535
Жыл бұрын
Men like this put a great deal of effort into controlling and using their shield wives. I’m glad it came out and destroyed what he put in place. Fully deserved. And his wife, children, and others are much better off for him being exposed. Awful that it upended their lives but it also freed of his pernicious behaviors.
@elainebmack
Жыл бұрын
No sympathy for her. She drank the Koolaid and lived a cushy life with her celebrity husband, apparently at a price.
@kmoecub
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, but I can't watch. I was a regular viewer of his program, and was willing to forgive his somewhat innacurate banter about the hustory of the meas he cooked (he got things almost right, which was pretty goof for american television at the time). I just can't begin to revisit his public work ever since it became known that he was a pedoplile. May he be in eternal pain.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
More of a sexual assaulter/rapist but why get semantic I guess
@milesmayhem5440
Жыл бұрын
Sad that he turned out to be a kid toucher.
@christinas4528
Жыл бұрын
I always got profoundly creepy vibes from him, not surprised a bit.
@willn8664
Жыл бұрын
"Jeff made cooking accessible to everyone" Jacque Pepin says hi.
@jamesgretsch4894
Жыл бұрын
I'll stick to reruns of the Galloping Gourmet.
@mildredpierce4506
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about the galloping gourmet literally minutes before I saw your comment. How ironic.
@jamesgretsch4894
Жыл бұрын
@@mildredpierce4506 Great minds think alike!
@jswan312
Жыл бұрын
Sad, my dad taught my brother and me the joy of cooking and this show was a favorite for us when we were little kids. My brother mastered eggs and crepes as a child! Hopefully going forward, people will understand that their actions have consequences, and treat people with more kindness.
@beltigussin81
Жыл бұрын
More kindness? How about just not being a pervert. Or if you're a pervert keep your hands off kids and people who don't want you.
@jswan312
Жыл бұрын
@@beltigussin81 lol trigger yourself.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
Kindness = not being a tireless, lifelong sex pest
@irenesupica5571
Жыл бұрын
Never knew any of this. One of my mom's recipes is in one of his cookbooks, and he gave her credit. They were acquaintances. 😳
@judylongcore5076
Жыл бұрын
Watched the shows. Thought his interactions with the young men on the show were off.
@ronfriedman8740
Жыл бұрын
I still have his cookbooks and somewhere is a photo of me with him taken at a book signing. My favorite was "...cooks American" - best damn corn chowder recipe! Truly a shame...
@mr-vet
Жыл бұрын
Shocking and sad. I’m certain he was molested as a child; maybe when he worked at the bakery when he was 15.
@dragonsky799
Жыл бұрын
All the more reason not to do it to anyone else.
@nokoolaid
Жыл бұрын
A lot of times, that's the case.
@avalerie4467
Жыл бұрын
@@dragonsky799 it's not always that easy without professional help. Step one is getting help to break the cycle rooted in shame.
@sn1000k
Жыл бұрын
@@avalerie4467wrong. It's easy not to rape people. It takes work to groom and molest. Sorry. Wrong.
@PeterTea
Жыл бұрын
It’s unfortunate because he had such a good cooking show. I loved that he would dive into the cuisine of a culture or country. And then one day he was gone and the rumors of his perversions were left behind. It reminds me a bit of the catholic church scandals during that same era.
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