Summary of Tom Vitale 's In the Weeds

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 I began working with Tony, and my life changed dramatically. I was no longer behind the camera, but struggling to articulate my own story. I had too many memories to remember, and I spent almost all of my waking hours silently reliving them.

#2 Tony was the host of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He was a friend and mentor to many of the show’s crew members, and his death was shocking.

#3 I would eventually work my way up the ladder and produce and direct nearly 100 episodes of TV with Tony. I spent my entire adult life working on the four incarnations of Tony’s ever-evolving travelogue.

#4 The job of a travel director was to make sure the show was taken around the world by mechanical tornado. Each year, the production team would be followed by government minders in communist countries and harassed by tourism boards in others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669383789

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#1

I began working with Tony, and my life changed dramatically. I was no longer behind the camera, but struggling to articulate my own story. I had too many memories to remember, and I spent almost all of my waking hours silently reliving them.

#2

Tony was the host of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He was a friend and mentor to many of the show’s crew members, and his death was shocking.

#3

I would eventually work my way up the ladder and produce and direct nearly 100 episodes of TV with Tony. I spent my entire adult life working on the four incarnations of Tony’s ever-evolving travelogue.

#4

The job of a travel director was to make sure the show was taken around the world by mechanical tornado. Each year, the production team would be followed by government minders in communist countries and harassed by tourism boards in others.

#5

After the news of Tony’s death broke, I received many condolences from friends and family. But it didn’t take long for me to realize that the full weight of things hadn’t sunk in yet.

#6

I was supposed to be leaving for India to direct an episode, but I found myself in a completely different reality at Tony's former restaurant, Les Halles, where a memorial had been set up. I was confused by all the people carrying on like it was Christmas Eve.

#7

I was shocked by the large number of people who knew nothing about Tony but still showed up to pay their respects. I took a taxi to JFK to meet the crew returning from France, and they didn’t mention anything about what had happened.

#8

I had spent years traveling with Tony, and had learned a lot from him. But when I went home to pack for my trip to India, I realized that I had packed early for a trip that would never happen.

#9

My life with Tony was changing, and