# Who was Ted Saucier?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 18, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471 "2016-01-18T01:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/1 "2016-01-18T01:52:05Z")

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Have you ever picked up an old book and seen the author and wondered, “who was this guy? Is he a guy who just decided to write a book or was he famous in his day or what?”

I got my hands on a copy of the book “Bottom’s Up” by Ted Saucier.

And so I ask … who was Ted Saucier? What do you know about him?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/2 "2016-01-18T02:03:17Z")

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Since this is about an author, let’s move it to Cafe Society.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/3 "2016-01-18T02:15:16Z")

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He was for a long time the public relations director of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and later head of his own agency. (This is from his obituary in the New York Times of October 17, 1970.)

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**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/4 "2016-01-18T03:08:04Z")

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Wow, he has an IMDB page.

> **[Ted Saucier - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766544/)**
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> Ted Saucier. Additional Crew: Week-End at the Waldorf. Ted Saucier was born on 23 April 1894 in Canada. He is known for Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). He was previously married to Ruth Saucier. He died on 16 October 1970 in New York City, New York,...

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**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/5 "2016-01-18T04:04:17Z")

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With a name like that, I wondered if he was similar to Tipsy McStagger in this _Simpsons_ bit:

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> “My name’s Harv Bannister, I work for Tipsy McStagger’s Good Time Drinking and Eating Emporium.” – Harv Bannister
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> “Oh, yeah? Hey, what’s Mr. McStagger really like?” – Moe
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> “Actually there is no Tipsy McStagger, he’s just a composite of other successful logos.” – Harv Bannister
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> “Well, you tell him from me that he makes one great mozzarella stick.” – Moe
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> “Yes, fine, I will.” – Harv Bannister

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ted-saucier/743471/6 "2016-01-18T07:15:02Z")

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I think I know that guy. Isn’t his brother John Sous-chef?