Brad Bird & Ernie Isley

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Jesse Thorn talks to director of The Iron Giant and The Incredibles, Brad Bird, and to Ernie Isley of the Isley Brothers.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.2	It's Bullseye from Jesse Thorn.
0:14.8	Ernie Isley is one of the younger Isley brothers.
0:18.8	His older brothers had already had hits by the time he was a teenager, but really it
0:23.4	only took him one show to get hooked on the show business experience.
0:28.1	I started playing drums at age of 12 and did my first live gig with my older brothers
0:36.6	when I was 14 in Philadelphia.
0:41.9	Martha and the Van Delas were on the show.
0:43.2	They didn't have a drummer.
0:44.7	So I played with them to dance in the street, heat wave and all that stuff.
0:48.6	And in between the two acts, my eldest brother Kelly handed me a $50 bill and told me to
0:53.4	go get a hot dog.
0:54.4	So I'm like my god.
0:57.2	Some 14 years of $50 bill still got my stage stuff on.
1:01.3	Go through the backstage doors and when the doors swing open, all of these girls my same
1:05.8	age start screaming at me like I'm Justin Bieber.
1:09.2	Oh, they're saying he was just up there.
1:11.8	Oh, you know, he plays so well.
1:13.2	He's so cute.
1:14.2	And he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's
1:15.7	going to school down here.
1:16.7	What's your phone number and all?
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