'''''The Frugal Gourmet''''' was a CookingShow hosted by Jeff Smith that began in Tacoma, Washington in 1973 and ran on Creator/{{PBS}} from 1983 to 1997. As the name implies, the show was intended to help people cook inexpensively[[note]]Though Smith would occasionally use fairly pricey ingredients if he considered them essential to the dish; he'd justify this with the reasoning that "frugal" meant "as inexpensively as possible while still being compatible with the 'gourmet' part of the title"[[/note]]. The show ended shortly after seven male ex-employees sued Smith, alleging that he had sexually assaulted them.
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* {{Crossover}}: Jeff Smith made a few appearences on the [[Creator/DavidLetterman Letterman show]], in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGYvTspqu2c this episode]] he even almost out-Lettermans Letterman as he cooks a beef tongue.
* LimitedWardrobe: Blue shirt, dark tie, pinstriped apron, and jade fish pendant.
* OneIPreparedEarlier: He had two ovens, one atop the other, and would pop the dish he had prepared into the one and then take one he prepared earlier out of the other.