Comedian Jeff Garlin is Young at Heart

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

With the return of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeff Garlin is back on the show! Our talk with the Chicago-born comedian opens with a song (4:16) and a spirited exchange over cancel culture (8:10). Then, Garlin shares his excitement around returning to comedy clubs (19:53), his philosophy on dreams (24:30), the night he lost his virginity to a heckler (29:16), how he found love in the pandemic (32:10), and why he’s seeing his work on “Curb” in a new light (35:40).

Before we go, Jeff walks us through the weekend that changed his life (38:54), a piece of wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut (45:22), and the importance of being kind to yourself, however old or young (47:20).

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0:00.0	Pushkin. I'm David Remnickin each week on the New Yorker radio hour.
0:12.8	My colleagues and I unpack what's happening in a very complicated world.
0:17.6	You'll hear from the New Yorker's award-winning reporters and thinkers.
0:21.0	Jilani Cobb on race and justice. Jillapour on American history. and Thinkers and
0:24.0	Jil Lepore on American history, Vincent Cunningham and Gia Tolantino on
0:27.6	culture, Bill McKibbon on climate change and many more.
0:31.6	To get the context behind events in the news,
0:34.4	listen to the New Yorker radio hour,
0:36.6	wherever you get your podcast. This is talk easy. I'm Sam Fregoso. Welcome to the show. Today I'm joined by comedian, actor, artist Jeff Garland.
1:18.0	Garland first came on the podcast back in the summer of 2019. Obviously, a lot has changed since then. But in the
1:27.2	intervening years, despite a global pandemic, the Chicago-born performer has done a whole lot of what he likes to do.
1:36.0	Tell jokes and comedy clubs, take photos of his friends and travels, enjoy long naps with his
1:41.8	cockapoo companion, and of course act in film and
1:47.1	television shows namely the Goldbergs which recently premiered its ninth season on ABC.
1:54.4	He's also just reprised his role as Jeff Green in the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
2:00.8	created by and starring Larry David. New episodes from season 11 air every Sunday
2:07.0	night on HBO Max. For now here's a clip from the trailer.
2:11.5	Thank you all for coming.
2:13.0	I want to make a toast to friendship.
2:15.0	Here, here, here.
2:17.0	Larry, you can't look me in the eye and toast.
2:20.0	What does it do?
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