John C. Reilly and Alan Arkin on Fresh Air
The Bastion calls our attention to an interview with Alan Arkin on Fresh Air. Arkin was a very early member of The Second City. He's gotten some (deserved) shine for his wonderful performance in the slightly hoaky but very funny Little Miss Sunshine. On the same show is a great old interview with Damon Wayans, who is a really interesting guy, despite his missteps.
Also, last week John C. Reilly returned to Fresh Air, and demonstrated that he is pretty much as good a guy as you could possibly hope.And hey, did you read the AV Club's interview with Arkin? He seriously co-wrote "The Banana Boat Song?"
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Monday, August 14, 2006
3 Comments:
As you probably suspected, he didn't really co-write it.
Here's a link that explains it (or tries to).
http://soquoted.blogspot.com/2005/09/who-wrote-banana-boat-song.html
As far as I'm concerned, he still co-wrote it, probably with Elaine May.
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend the movie Alan Arkin directed, Little Murders. It stars Elliott Gould, and Donald Sutherland and Alan Arkin both play supporting roles. It's a VERY dark comedy, and maybe my favorite movie produced during the 1970s.
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