29. Frank Oz: Frank Being Frank

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Yoda. Miss Piggy. The Muppets Take Manhattan. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. These are just a few entries in the IMDB of Frank Oz. Mike welcomes the show business legend for a candid talk about Frank’s collaborations with Jim Henson and his approach to directing. They also discuss Frank’s new film In & Of Itself, an adaptation of Derek DelGaudio’s brilliant stage show. Also, Frank gives notes on Mike’s new material! It’s candid. It’s frank. It’s Frank. https://www.hfotusa.org/

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0:00.0	Hey friends, it's Mike, we're back with another episode of Working It Out.
0:11.7	This is an all-timer.
0:14.0	Quick note, we are doing four Valentine's virtual shows, all new material, completely different
0:20.9	from the other shows.
0:22.5	Tickets at Burbig's.com, you can watch them anywhere in the world.
0:27.9	Today's guest is Frank Oz.
0:30.9	Okay.
0:31.9	Frank is a legend in entertainment.
0:35.2	He has directed over 13 feature films, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bo Finger, What
0:40.6	About Bob?
0:41.6	Muppets Take Man, Hatten, Frank.
0:43.7	He's Yoda in the Star Wars films.
0:47.4	Wait, that's the same person.
0:49.5	He's Miss Piggy in the Muppets.
0:50.9	What?
0:51.9	He's Foszy Bear.
0:52.9	Wait a minute.
0:53.9	He's Animal.
0:54.9	Cookie Monster, among other characters in Sesame Street, his new film is called In and
1:00.5	of itself.
1:01.6	I love this film.
1:04.5	It's written in starring Derek Delgado.
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