Watch the Video: Hollywood Brunch with Patrick Labyorteaux
Here it is, straight from Patrick's own channel, The Patrick LabyorSheaux. It is short, so do not blink. Press play, watch the whole thing, and then come back, because there is a lot packed around this little clip that is worth knowing.
Video: Hollywood Brunch on YouTube — embedded from the creator's own show.
Some Hollywood stories need an hour. This one needs 98 seconds. That is the whole charm of Patrick's short-story clips. He is just telling you something that actually happened to him, the way an old friend tells a story over brunch, and then he is done. If you grew up watching him on television, that directness is part of the appeal. No filler, no build-up that goes nowhere, just a real moment from inside the business.
What This Clip Is
Patrick's channel describes these short clips as real Hollywood stories from the inside, told by someone who was actually there. That is a useful promise, and it is what makes a 98-second video worth a click. Auditions, film sets, and unexpected encounters with major stars are the territory here, and the clips work because Patrick has lived all of it. He started as a child actor, grew up on sets, and kept working for decades, so when he tells a story, it carries the weight of a career, not just a punchline.
Hollywood Brunch fits that pattern exactly. The title tells you the setting, a brunch in Hollywood, and the clip itself is a quick, true behind-the-scenes moment. Watch it first, because the fun of a clip this short is hearing it in his own words, in his own timing.
So what actually happens in the clip? Patrick and his wife are having brunch at a local deli popular with industry people when the men in the booth behind them start loudly debating the casting of a script they are writing. All through the meal, the couple hear them argue over possible actors until they settle on their ideal choice: Will Ferrell for the film Elf. Patrick and his wife laugh at the time, agreeing Ferrell could make almost anything funny, without realising just how successful that film would become.
The Love Boat Cruise Announcement
Here is the part a lot of viewers will miss if they only watch the clip and move on. The video page opens with a cruise announcement, and it is a good one. Patrick invites viewers to join him on the actual Love Boat for a cruise to the Mexican Riviera from February 6th to 13th, 2027. He will be telling stories, teaching acting classes, hanging out, and having, in his words, a fantastic time aboard the legendary ship.
Bookings go through Connection To Cruise, with Betsy Weber as the contact on 1-909-556-9539. For fans, that is a real experience, not just another clip to scroll past: a week on the Love Boat, with acting classes built in. It also explains why these short clips are appearing now. They are not just content. They are an invitation.
It is also a neat piece of television history coming full circle. Patrick appeared on The Love Boat back in his acting days, in 1979 and again in 1981. Now he is heading back to the same ship, not as a guest star, but as the host of his own week at sea. Fans of classic television will get that joke straight away, and for everyone else, it is still a great story: the kid from the sets is now the reason people board the boat.
Working Actors School: What He Teaches When He Is Not Telling Stories
The same video page points viewers to Working Actors School, the school Patrick founded. The idea is simple and practical: actors learn what it is really like to work in the business, with real-world techniques designed to help them understand the industry and book professional work. That is a very Patrick approach. He is not selling glamour. He is teaching the job, the way it actually works on a set, in a casting room, and in a career that lasts.
That is also why his short stories land the way they do. Every one of them is a little lesson in disguise, from a man who has spent fifty years learning how this business treats people. If you like long, honest conversations like this one, the full Ike Eisenmann video on this site works the same way, two old friends talking until the real stories come out.
The Extra Story: The Brady Bunch Audition That Got Away
Here is the extra story, and it is a cracker. In a video posted to his channel in January 2026, Patrick told the story of how he almost landed a part on The Brady Bunch, and how one small move he invented for his audition ended up being used by the actor who got the role instead. The tale was reported by Parade, and it is worth retelling because it explains so much about being a child actor.
In the early 1970s, Patrick auditioned for the Season 5 Brady Bunch episode called Kelly's Kids, a backdoor pilot about a couple adopting three boys. At the time, The Brady Bunch was one of the biggest shows in the country, and a young Patrick was, by his own account, beside himself with excitement at the chance to meet the cast. He also had a personal angle he thought might help: he and his brother Matthew were both adopted, just like the boys in the story, and he made sure the casting team knew it.
For his audition, his mother helped him come up with a piece of blocking for a line about missing his brothers, a small gesture pointing to either side of his shoulders. He got two callbacks, filmed a screen test on the Brady Bunch set at Paramount Studios, and spent a whole weekend convinced the part was his. Then his agent called with the news: he had not got it. He was devastated, in the way only a kid actor can be, with no real way to process a professional rejection that felt personal.
When the episode aired on January 4, 1974, he watched to see who had won the role. Sure enough, the actor who got his part performed the very same shoulder-to-shoulder move. The part went to Todd Lookinland, whose brother Mike played Bobby Brady on the show, which only added to the sting. As Patrick later admitted, the whole thing stopped mattering once he and his own brother were both hired on Little House on the Prairie.
That is the kind of story that makes the Hollywood Brunch clip make sense. Patrick's career is full of almosts, near misses, and second chances that turned out better than the first plan. A 98-second story is just the latest one, told by a man who has learned that the audition you lose is sometimes the best thing that ever happens to you. ChuckleChow has more long videos in the same spirit. Watch Barbara Crampton tell her own story, from carnival kid to scream queen to producer, or settle in for Jordan Jensen's full podcast episode with Robby Hoffman.
Where Patrick Fits In
If you only know Patrick from one role, it is probably Andy Garvey on Little House on the Prairie. He played Andy from 1977 to 1981, across Seasons 4 to 7. Then he grew up and put on a uniform. As Lt. Bud Roberts Jr. on JAG, he was a main cast member, and he brought Bud back later on NCIS. Today he hosts his own show, The Patrick LabyorSheaux, a celebrity and Hollywood-insider interview podcast, and he runs Working Actors School, which teaches actors what it is really like on a set, in a way that is practical and fun instead of scary.
That is why a clip like this one matters. It is not a throwaway post. It is what he does now: get the stories out, keep them short when they need to be short, and let the long ones run when they deserve the time. You can find all of Patrick's own links in one place at his Linktree, and if you want the full Patrick shelf on this site, the Barbara Crampton full video is another long, honest conversation in the same spirit.
That is the whole point of this page. Short clips are fun, but some stories need room, even when the clip itself is only about a minute and a half long. This one earns it, and the cruise announcement gives you a reason to keep following. Watch it, send it to the friend who still quotes Little House, and come back for the next video.
