679 - The Phenomenon of Celebrity with Actress/Author Melanie Chartoff

Story Worthy

Story Worthy Media

Comedian, Hannesphinney, Shotgunstoryworthy, Storyworthy, Stories, Moth, Sideshownetwork, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Comedians, Storytellingpodcast, Drama, Hollywood, Christineblackburn

4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Melanie Chartoff, actress (on Broadway, Fridays, Newhart, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Seinfeld, the Rugrats series and films) and author of "Odd Woman Out"--a five star hit on Barnes & Noble and Amazon-- has experienced what few ever get to experience. The feeling of celebrity. In this fantastic episode she discusses how she was affected by the phenomenon of Celebrity.

Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrated 13 years of podcasting in July 2023 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life in 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.

Listen to the entire episode wherever you hear podcasts. If you get a chance, will you please give Story Worthy 5 stars and a good review on Apple Podcasts? https://bit.ly/3Qk5UeL It always helps, thank you!

And join the mailing list! https://www.storyworthypodcast.com/

Follow Christine’s new show, My Life In 3 Songs. Christine talks to comedians about the 3 songs in their lives that have impacted them, then they listen to the song. Listen exclusively on Spotify-https://spoti.fi/3dpHX5X

Find My Life In 3 Songs on social media @MyLifeIn3Songs and at the website https://www.mylifein3songs.com/

PLUS! Watch Story Smash The Storytelling Game Show! Comedians spin a wheel and tell TRUE 1-3 minute stories on the topic they land. You can watch episodes from the pandemic and from summer 2023 right now on YouTube- https://bit.ly/39OoTdw

Story Smash website- https://www.storysmashshow.com

And here's Christine everywhere- https://linktr.ee/ChristineBlackburn

THANK YOU!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:07.1	Today on the show, actress and author Melanie Chardoff talks about the phenomenon of celebrity.
0:14.3	Between the time I had that trench coat on and flat shoes and then ducked into a souvenir shop to put on my green crocodile high heels
0:23.1	and take off my trench coat. I became, you know, glamorous. It was just an easy move. I'm sure you've done it.
0:29.5	And then I puffed out my chest and I stride it onto the red carpet. And then suddenly I was
0:34.9	famous. So I went from, you know, changing clothes in a souvenir
0:38.3	shop to becoming famous and flash bulbs and paparazzi calling for me to aim my famous face at
0:44.2	them. And Melanie over here, Melanie over here, Melanie over here, Melanie over here,
0:48.4	all the way in and I was startled. Today on the show, actress Melanie Chardoff
0:54.3	talks about the phenomenon of celebrity
0:56.6	and her new book, Odd Woman Out.
0:59.7	Stay close.
1:03.7	Hey, my name is Melanie Chardoff,
1:06.2	and you're listening to Storyworthy.
1:22.0	Music listening to Storyworthy. Welcome to Storyworthy. Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn,
1:29.5	and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. With your longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. Now, I hope you guys had a chance to listen to actress Mary Kennedy last week.
1:36.4	Mary Kennedy, Melanie, is this fabulous actress who just landed this great role in the show,
1:42.5	Shameless. I don't know if you watched Shameless with Bill Macy. Do you watch it? No, I haven't watched it. That's on one of my, shouldn't have missed. Is it still available? Yeah, it's still on. It's so funny. Mary was just on season seven. And the premise of the show, like the first six seasons, is it's about this family
2:01.6	that they're all just really horrible people. And in fact, they're so horrible that at the end of the
2:06.0	six season, the whole family throws the father, Bill Macy, off a bridge and they try to kill him, right?
2:13.4	I mean, it's very, it's dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark comedy. So at the opening of season seven, Bill Macy now is in the hospital.
2:21.0	He didn't die.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Story Worthy Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Story Worthy Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.