INTERVIEW: Ben Mandelker From Watch What Crappens. Friday, November 15th, 2024 | Sarah Fraser

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Mandelker from the popular podcast "Watch What Crappens." We discussed the journey of their podcast, including the surprising moment when agents sought the next "Watch What Crappens" during a pitch meeting. Ben shared insights into the challenges of keeping up with the Bravo and TLC content, the recent addition of a support team to manage their workload, and his past experiences, including driving Uber. We also delved into the current drama in "Real Housewives of Orange County" and "Real Housewives of Potomac," analyzing the cast dynamics and storylines. The conversation wrapped up with thoughts on the upcoming BravoCon and the excitement surrounding it, making for a fun and engaging episode filled with humor and industry insights. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Ben Mandelker 00:12:34 - The Ups and Downs of Hollywood 00:24:16 - Tamra Judge's Recent Revelations 00:25:57 - Shannon Bedore's Contract Controversy 00:32:31 - State of Bravo and Future Events Show is sponsored by: Amazfit.com/tsfs a wearable band to help you focus on health and wellness that looks sexy and cute! Get 15% OFF when you use code TSFS Honey Play Box adult toys for everyone! Use code TSFS for 20% OFF your order Horizonfibroids.com get rid of those nasty fibroids Lumen.me/SARAHFRASER use the link to get 15% OFF! Lumen is the world’s first handheld metabolic coach. Measure your metabolism, burn more fat, stay healthy. Nutrafol.com use code TSFS for FREE shipping and $10 off your subscription Oneskin.co use code TSFS for 15% OFF your fabulous order Quince.com/tsfs for FREE shipping on your order and 365 day returns Follow me on Instagram/Tiktok: @thesarahfrasershow ***Visit our Sub-Reddit: reddit.com/r/thesarahfrasershow for ALL things The Sarah Fraser Show!!!*** **Check out some of my FAVORITE things on Amazon Marketplace - especially if you're looking to get geared-up to start your own Podcast!!!** https://www.amazon.com/shop/thesarahfrasershow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This experience with Ben Mandelker from Watch What Crappence was so much fun.
0:11.2	You guys, they have such an iconic chart topping podcast.
0:14.6	Watch What Crappence with Ben and Ronnie.
0:17.8	Ben stopped by the pod and I was honored.
0:20.0	If you haven't had a chance to watch, go check out their YouTube.
0:22.7	I was on their crappy hour a couple of weeks ago.
0:25.1	Ben and I cover it all, honey.
0:27.1	Tea in the Bravo world, the success of their podcast and comedy in general.
0:30.8	Let's go, Ben.
0:32.2	Ben Mandelker is here from Watch What Crapp is.
0:36.6	Oh my God.
0:42.2	Ben, I have to tell you, you're legendary. I went to a pitch meeting. I'm going to say five years ago to get an agent. Oh, my God. Myself and do you know who
0:46.2	Andrea Lopez comedy is? She does that Teresa Judice impression. Oh, yeah. She was just on a
0:50.7	watch what happened. She was a bartender. Amazing. She actually co-hosted my podcast because she's from D.C.
0:57.5	No, we co-hosted together for about three years.
1:01.0	And we got, I don't even remember how we did it, but we got a meeting with an agent.
1:04.9	Anyway, so we pitched them some podcasting ideas and they said, we are looking for the next, watch what crap is.
1:10.1	Get out.
1:12.1	We are looking for the next watch what crap is get out we are looking for ben and ronnie we need you guys yeah and we basically left that meeting and we sort of half took
1:16.9	their advice we like we're gonna split up right we split up actually we didn't take any of their
1:25.5	advice we split up she went into comedy. I continue
1:28.8	rebranded the podcast. The only thing I did do is I am obsessed with Bravo and TLC. I cover a lot
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