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So today producer Mark Canton was seen screaming at Kate Mantilini’s maitre’d. “Do you know who I am? Mark Canton! You can look up my credits!” Now, I go to that restaurant all the time, and the people who work there couldn’t be nicer. And I confirmed the details of what happened. The staff told me the one-time studio exec has been using Kate’s to hold industry meetings, but not to eat the food. So when the eatery was full today, and Canton was between meetings, the maitre’d asked if Mark was actually going to order lunch this time around or just talk business again. That’s when Canton became enraged and started making a spectacle of himself. What an asshole.
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I’m part of the new guard Hollywood shitbag producers and I hold my business meetings at the Shakey’s on Olympic & Fairfax.
ok. huge asshole move. however, i have to say that canton was actually always very amicable and respectful to the waiters and waitresses at the old sony dining room back when he ran the joint.
Even when he was “mighty” everyone hated his ass.
That cracked me up. I’m gonna start taking meetings at the Pioneer Chicken now.
Hilarious stuff, New Gourd.
Mark Canton hasn’t been on the ‘mighty’ list for a mighty long time.
#1 Rule at a restaurant: Never f*@ck with the people who handle your food, otherwise you just don’t know what you are REALLY eating/drinking.
That’s why he never actually eats there.
Whatever happened to slipping the staff a little “consideration” to keep your table open and the piss off your salad? It’s the same as paying rent on an office, part of the cost of doing business.
They know who you are Mark.
You’re the freeloader.
All that money and he can’t afford an office? Or lunch?
Lol, he has some nerve. I can picture it now: “Do you know who I am?! I am Marc Canton! I have produced such classics as ‘Get Carter’ and ‘Fame.’” Ever notice how many of the actually mega players in this town dont act like that? (I.E. Ron Meyer, one of the nicest guys around)
I looked up his credits as instructed.
What has he done worth while since
Caddy Shack?
(Yeah, 300 made money, but really…..)
Woo hoo!! Hilarious!
Are we really surprised at this? We (industry folks) have seen behavior like this since we were P.A.’s. At least he used to be someone of note. The best is when random day players and wanna be producers demand special treatment.
I hope the guy was thrown into the street.
Our special today is Schadenfreude soup.
Got to love a slow news day
Is Mark Canton even still in the business? I heard he bought an Applebee’s franchise in Cerritos.
Too funny !
“Do you know who I am?! I produced JACK F’N FROST!”
This is Mr Potato Head’s town now.
Wow — he’s still kicking? The last time I heard his name I was interning at a now defunct prod company and the KLF were all over the radio.
There is probably a special place in Hell for people who rag on waiters and waitresses to demonstrate what big-shots they are. At least I hope there is …
Ahhh… This is my favorite Hollywood expression. “Do you know who I am? _________!” To which my reply always is, “Yeah, I know who you are, I just don’t give a shit. Asshole.”
They other appropriate response to, “Do you know who I am?” is “So?”
That’s hysterical and a line that must be recycled.
Oooh. Meow.
Either your source is exaggerating somewhat or they got him on a bad day (or both, maybe). I have met him and seen him out on several occasions, and he has always seemed to be a pretty good guy.
you have NOT actually met him if you think he is a “pretty good guy.” he couldn’t be a bigger jerk. there are only two possible explanations: (1) he thought he needed something from you; or (2) he was asleep at the time (AND you are not a good judge of character).
Love this kinda dirt. What goes around come around. Sometimes.
He always acted like a little prince. On the Warners lot, he used to have his assistant walk him out to his SUV behind Bldg. 80 carrying his slim metal briefcase, open the back door and place the briefcase on the back seat, then open the driver’s side door, wait for Mark to get in, then close it behind him like he was more butler or footman than assistant. A certain screenwriter who had an office nearby used to blow cigar smoke into the ventilation knowing it would go into Canton’s office and drive him bananas.
God I love this town.
Lol. Awesome.
I concur with the Bishop, having also had an office even closer to the mighty Canton for some time in the same building.
What the Bishop forgot to add is that his personal valet, er, assistant, would have to walk next to Canton in the rain, holding an umbrella over the great man, so that the much fussed remaining hairs wouldn’t fall from covering the growing baldness.
By the way, the assistant from that time, as I recall, is a mini-mogul himself these days.
Those of us outside the h wood orbit get a kick out of these stories. It is a high school caf with money !
Cue the story within the story.
LOVE that you put this up. Now maybe other Hollywood douchebags will think twice about acting that way – for fear THEY will be publicly humiliated like this. No excuse to treat other people that way. So you make movies. WHO CARES?
Here’s the thing: Everyone is doing the best they can with the light they have to see. And people like Mark Canton are missing several batteries in their flashlight. This is the best Mark can do wandering around in the dark on the emotional intelligence level. The behavior Mark exhibited at Kate Mantilini’s reflects a person with such self loathing and low self esteem that he can only feel good about himself if others bow down and treat him as the supreme king of all beings. Be glad you’re not that guy! What a miserable way to live! Unfortunately this behavior will continue until Mark embraces and empowers the inner self he keeps hidden as he points to his credits to define himself instead of by the personal passion that drove him to produce those movies in the first place.
Ah…what “inner self”?
On the upside, it does suggest some new ad copy for Kate’s:
Kate Mantilini’s: Come for the conference room, stay for the breadsticks.
GREAT RESPONSE!