Vintage Interviews With Notable People
If you know Jim Gaffigan’s comedy, you know he has a big family, five kids.
He was one of six kids, his wife was one of nine. So they know big famililes.
I met Jim in 2013, when he wrote a memoir that was funny and poignant and reflective — as was our interview.
His book was called “Dad is Fat.”
So here now, from 2013, Jim Gaffigan.
Jim Gaffigan just turned 54 earlier this month. He and his wife Jeannie and their five kids live in Manhattan.
We lost a true American comedy genius last week.
Carl Reiner was 98 when he passed away.
I first met Carl Reiner in 1993, and again in 1995, when he published a sequel to his iconic 1950s novel “Enter Laughing.”
So here now, from 1995, Carl Reiner:
Carl Reiner won nine Emmys, a Grammy, and The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Father’s Day is this Sunday and all this week on Now I’ve Heard Everything we’ve been featuring interviews about fathers.
Today a conversation with a father and son who have been making us laugh for decades.
Actor-comedian Chris Elliott and his dad, Bob Elliott, collaborated on a 1989 book called “Daddy’s Boy: A Son’s Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father.”
Don’t be alarmed — it’s a parody celebrity tell-all memoirs, and was all very, very tongue-in-cheek — as was our interview just before Fathers Day 1989.
I’m not sure if their book ever did become a major bestseller, although it did get a really nice write-up in the New York Times and a lot of other places..
Chris Elliott remains active and popular in moveis and TV.
Bob Elliott died in 2016. He was 92.
Canadian-born comedian Samantha Bee was a fixture on TV’s The Daily Show or twelvve years. Indeed, she was Most Photo: Senor Correspondent.
I met her tewn years ago next week, at the height of her popularity on that show, when she wrote a breezy memoir, a hilariously guided tour of her childhood and adolescence.
So here now, from 2010, Samantha Bee:
Samamtha Bee left The Daily Show in 2015, to launch her own show, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,
She became a U.S. citizen in 2014, but also retained her Canadian citizenship.