Comedian Kulap Vilaysack discusses working at Pastamania

[The Sam]

On last weeks episode of the Spontaneanation podcast, comedian Kulap Vilaysack talked to host Paul F Tompkins about working at the Hulk Hogan pasta restaurant Pastamania at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

You can listen to the episode here from 17.30 onwards;
www.earwolf.com/episode/a-coffee-plantation-in-bali-live-from-sxsw/

Where they discuss being corporate head hunted by Pastmania, $25 tear away shirts, "The World Just Lost Another Hulkamaniac", Thunder in Paradise, uniforms and meeting Macho Man Randy Savage.

[Display Name]

I've heard her bring it up a couple of times on her podcast "Who Charted?".

Greetings Chartists?

[DJ Maniak]

Oh finally! An excuse to use something I made for a photoshop thread a decade ago and never got to upload!

[Alice Syndrome]

That store happened and we all let it happen.

[chazraps]

Wow.

Totally true post here.

Summer '96 was when my wrestling fandom hit really, really hard. Being a Minnesotan, I went to the Mall of America when I saw right around my birthday (August 14th) Pastamania. A WRESTLING RESTAURANT?! I had to try it. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we already had lunch reservations somewhere else we were going to and didn't get to stop. There was absolutely nobody near it and the girl sitting at the register at the counter (Who I guess now has to be Kulap) looking depressed with her head resting sideways on her hand like a child looking out the living room window at rain on a Saturday afternoon.

But I still wanted it.

Labor Day weekend arrives and, the day before I go back to school, my dad takes me to the MoA once again. We find Pastamania on the Mall Directory and head toward the location.

We get there and suddenly everything is gone. I missed Pastamania.

[DJ Maniak]

Jun 14, 2016 15:07:37 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Wow.

Totally true post here.

Summer '96 was when my wrestling fandom hit really, really hard. Being a Minnesotan, I went to the Mall of America when I saw right around my birthday (August 14th) Pastamania. A WRESTLING RESTAURANT?! I had to try it. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we already had lunch reservations somewhere else we were going to and didn't get to stop. There was absolutely nobody near it and the girl sitting at the register at the counter (Who I guess now has to be Kulap) looking depressed with her head resting sideways on her hand like a child looking out the living room window at rain on a Saturday afternoon.

But I still wanted it.

Labor Day weekend arrives and, the day before I go back to school, my dad takes me to the MoA once again. We find Pastamania on the Mall Directory and head toward the location.

We get there and suddenly everything is gone. I missed Pastamania.

Guess it ran wild, brother.

[CubsFan71]

Jun 14, 2016 17:37:22 GMT -5 DJ Maniak said:

Jun 14, 2016 15:07:37 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Wow.

Totally true post here.

Summer '96 was when my wrestling fandom hit really, really hard. Being a Minnesotan, I went to the Mall of America when I saw right around my birthday (August 14th) Pastamania. A WRESTLING RESTAURANT?! I had to try it. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we already had lunch reservations somewhere else we were going to and didn't get to stop. There was absolutely nobody near it and the girl sitting at the register at the counter (Who I guess now has to be Kulap) looking depressed with her head resting sideways on her hand like a child looking out the living room window at rain on a Saturday afternoon.

But I still wanted it.

Labor Day weekend arrives and, the day before I go back to school, my dad takes me to the MoA once again. We find Pastamania on the Mall Directory and head toward the location.

We get there and suddenly everything is gone. I missed Pastamania.

Guess it ran wild, brother.

I hear that's what your bowels did if you ate that stuff

[cool]

I'm guessing the food there was awful.

[DSR]

Jun 14, 2016 19:10:50 GMT -5 cool said:

I'm guessing the food there was awful.

It comes crashing down and it hurts inside.

[Deleted]

Jun 14, 2016 19:10:50 GMT -5 cool said:

I'm guessing the food there was awful.

Noted food critic Bobby Heenan once said " That the food was excellent it's just the people he couldn't stand" and I can now confirm that shot was solely directed at Kulap and to a lesser extent Hogan.

[Evilution E5150]

Wow Bobby Heenan not a fan of the Widow Howlap confirmed

but that was a great episode I had no idea she had worked there, I dont listen to who charter because I cannot stand Howard Kremer

[Milkman Norm]

Jun 14, 2016 15:07:37 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Wow.

Totally true post here.

Summer '96 was when my wrestling fandom hit really, really hard. Being a Minnesotan, I went to the Mall of America when I saw right around my birthday (August 14th) Pastamania. A WRESTLING RESTAURANT?! I had to try it. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we already had lunch reservations somewhere else we were going to and didn't get to stop. There was absolutely nobody near it and the girl sitting at the register at the counter (Who I guess now has to be Kulap) looking depressed with her head resting sideways on her hand like a child looking out the living room window at rain on a Saturday afternoon.

But I still wanted it.

Labor Day weekend arrives and, the day before I go back to school, my dad takes me to the MoA once again. We find Pastamania on the Mall Directory and head toward the location.

We get there and suddenly everything is gone. I missed Pastamania.

It's like that time Mr.T was at the mall. I kept saying "I'll go a little later. I'll go a little later. And when I got there they told me he'd just left.

[Display Name]

Jun 14, 2016 21:26:10 GMT -5 Evilution E5150 said:

Wow Bobby Heenan not a fan of the Widow Howlap confirmed

but that was a great episode I had no idea she had worked there, I dont listen to who charter because I cannot stand Howard Kremer

Blasphemy. I actually don't think his stand up is the best, but he's f***in' hilarious on the podcast.

[Evilution E5150]

Jun 14, 2016 23:56:11 GMT -5 Display Name said:

Jun 14, 2016 21:26:10 GMT -5 Evilution E5150 said:

Wow Bobby Heenan not a fan of the Widow Howlap confirmed

but that was a great episode I had no idea she had worked there, I dont listen to who charter because I cannot stand Howard Kremer

Blasphemy. I actually don't think his stand up is the best, but he's f***in' hilarious on the podcast.

He made me want to f***ing murder him with the "Gu" bullshit

[Display Name]

Jun 15, 2016 0:01:53 GMT -5 Evilution E5150 said:

Jun 14, 2016 23:56:11 GMT -5 Display Name said:

Blasphemy. I actually don't think his stand up is the best, but he's f***in' hilarious on the podcast.

He made me want to f***ing murder him with the "Gu" bullshit

So I take it you'll never go on a Gu Cruise.