Author and screenwriter Nick Hornby made his name with books like High Fidelity and About A Boy. His new novel, Funny Girl is about a British actress starring in a 1960s sitcom. Hornby talks with Jesse about old TV comedy, personal ambition and sitting on a couch next to Adam Sandler. Later, character actor Luis Guzmán tells about the role that changed his life, Pachanga in Carlito’s Way. Plus Jesse enthuses about the 1995 film noir, Devil in a Blue Dress, explaining why it’s so important that Easy Rawlins is “buying in”. Show notes
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To close out the calendar year, we've chosen some of our favorite comedy of 2010 from material released by a bunch of stand up comedians and sketch groups. Several of the performers featured were interviewed on our show this year, and even more have contributed or been interviewed in the past -- so the fun doesn't have to stop here, if you dig into the back catalogue!
And if you're interested in hearing more from any of the above, I suggest starting with these...
Interviews on The Sound from Kyle Kinane, Paul F. Tompkins, The State, Nick Thune, Paul Scheer, Simon Rich, and Aziz Ansari
Stand Up and Sketch Comedy on The Sound from Karen Kilgariff, The Kasper Hauser Podcast, Hannibal Buress, and Elephant Larry
Happy New Year, everyone!
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