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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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Canton has had his nose pressed up against the glass his entire life.
Guy is a total knob.
“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!”
“Of course I do, you’re the asshole who’s no longer welcome here.”
His outburst is very sad indeed.
What’s sadder? The fact that he thinks his credits are notable.
What writer, producer, director and actor in Hollywood isn’t an asshole?
P. Lee has it right. As a former waitress, I can guarantee you his food will be fucked with…that was one of the few things service people can do to get back at shitty customers like him.
I was a young’un working at an entertainment mag in the early 90s when Canton would call up ranting and raving about his coverage. Dude was head of a frakking studio and now I’m more powerful in the business than he is. It may be petty of me, but that feels really good.
No, Mark, I don’t know who you are. I didn’t see FAME. I was sick that day.
PS: I’m holding all my meetings at an Orange Dee-Lite on Ventura in Sherman Oaks. Where all the deals close.
Let me guess.
Short man.
Has elevators in his Ferragamos.
Perhaps not allowed on that Batman ride at Magic Mountain.
Ha…ha…hee…hee…heehee…HEEHEE…GUFFAW…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!
I love these comments as much as Nikki’s article. And I love the internet for the immediacy with which bad behavior gets punished – and published. What an a–hole!
I worked in a restaurant across the street from where Mark used to work. He’d come in all the time for dinner. Total A-hole. Numerous tantrums that I can recall. I remember one time on a Friday night when he stormed out because he was 30 minutes late for a reservation and we had the balls to give his table to someone else. He always had that sense of entitlement. He was the guy who when he walked out, we would look at each other and say, “what a fucking douche.”
I love this business.
I heard that Irv Weintraub is his new assistant
i worked for him for 5 minutes in one of his incarnations in the early 2000s, and he took me out for lunch and his credit card was declined. i always remember that as very weird…maybe that’s why he’s just sitting at the tables and not ordering anything…
Hey Mark baby,
one word. Karma.
it’s always fun to watch the never was’ make fun of the has beens.
Uh, Nikki – you missed the real story here. What’s with those horrible new leather couches in the middle of the restaurant?!
He ran a studio, you guys on here never have —-
This is a cesspool of internet anger here!
It doesn’t matter if he ran a studio. We’re talking about calling someone out who has no grace. Many people have money and responsibility, and that doesn’t excuse bad behavior towards an innocent person. The fact that we all recognize that, is what makes America great.
Well said. Anytime anyone uses “Do you know who I am?” against someone who is just doing their job, they should be prepared for THIS.
Pure entertainment!! LOL – Is Canton still in this business??
Always love the, “Do you know who I am? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!!!??”.
To which the only response should be (and the line was once delivered on an airplane by a quick witted flight attendant) “Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a man here who is uncertain of who he is. Can someone step forward and identify him?”. It worked wonders. Guys mouth was in the shape of a skunk’s ass the rest of the flight…
Mark Canton, forever be remembered for THE LAST ACTION HERO, an infamous bomb and the Sony excesses of the mid 90s.
You go to a restaurant with a group order something for fuck’s sakes, they have a great White Chili dish.
If he’s so fucking special, why would he have to shout at an innocent person about who he is, how important he is, and ask them to look up his credits? douche.
After 26 years in the limo biz, whenever someone asks me that I always answer, “If you have to ask, then no one knows who you are”.
I worked extensively with Mark Canton. I don’t know if it’s his short stature, but he was a preening, obnoxious twit always trying to hide the fact he wasn’t very smart. In short an asshole.
I also worked with Canton. Preening? Yes. Obnoxious? Yes. Short? Yes. Not very smart? Obviously. Asshole? Most definitely.