4.8 • 20K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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We’re cranking this episode up to 11 to welcome Michael McKean – star of ‘This Is Spinal Tap’, ‘A Mighty Wind’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ and all round comedy legend – into the dream restaurant.
Watch Michael McKean in ‘Breeders’ on Sky One and NOW TV.
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0:00.0 | It may look like me, it may taste like me, but it's not me. It's a podcast. Welcome to the |
0:18.9 | off menu podcast, James. Hello, yeah, James A cast to you, mate. Yeah, I'm in James A |
0:23.0 | cast, but I don't ever actually show you a talking to me. Look, there's no other |
0:26.3 | James in the room. It's just me, Ed Gamble, you James A. Cast and the great bonito. Oh, |
0:30.6 | I thought his name was James. No, no, no, just the great bonito is his real name. Okay. |
0:35.0 | Welcome to the off menu podcast, the food podcast where we ask a special guest, James, |
0:38.7 | the flavor ever starter, main course dessert, side dish and drink and this week from Los Angeles |
0:44.4 | California, as in like that's where we recorded. Yeah. We have got a very special guest, Michael |
0:51.6 | McKinne. So excited to have Michael McKinne in the dream restaurant. You will of course |
0:57.7 | know Michael McKinne's work, James. Oh, he is a hero of mine. This is Spinal Tap. I've |
1:04.3 | gone on record many times in many publications saying it's my favorite comedy film of all |
1:08.6 | time. Maybe even just my favorite film of all time. Well, you're correct. That's the objective |
1:12.5 | truth. Yeah, I've said it a lot and I can't believe I'm micr... Oh, yeah, you've seen |
1:17.1 | Michael McKinne and Los Alstaf is in better call Saul at the minute. Yeah. I mean, I don't |
1:21.8 | think he might even hold the world record for most cameos in TV series, history. Do you |
1:28.6 | think? Ah, so many great cameos by Michael McKinne over the years. Well, we could ask him |
1:34.0 | about that. There will be too busy asking him about his dream restaurant menu. Now, unfortunately |
1:39.6 | James, even though he is definitely a hero to both of us and had such a wonderful career |
1:44.1 | and there's an absolute legend in the game, we will be forced to kick him out of the restaurant |
1:48.5 | if he says a secret ingredient. Absolutely, Ed. And this week's secret ingredient is goat |
1:54.3 | smell. Goat smell. It tastes weird. Yeah, I think I've had it that much. Yeah, I say, Joe, what? |
2:04.2 | We're moving to what everyone's trying to be more eat less meat now, eat less animal |
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