Ep 84: Actor Michael O'Keefe from Caddyshack

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

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4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Oscar nominated actor Michael O'Keefe talks with Erik about his lead role of Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, the cultural impact of the film and his his new play Sweat which is on stage at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. And did Mickey Rourke almost play Danny Noonan? Hit the subscribe button for a check in episode every Monday and an interview with a special guest every Thursday. Visit precisionprogolf.com The NX7 Pro Slope range finder is on sale for $218 -- that's $30 off its normal price. Learn more about fresh roasted coffee from Bixby Roasting Company bixbycoffee.com Get started for just $5. Learn more about Adidas Golf shoes. @adidasgolf on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Subscribe to Erik’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/eriklang12 Follow Erik on Instagram @erikanderslang Twitter @erikanderslang and Facebook @erikanderslangofficial Watch Adventures in Golf on youtube.com/skratchtv Send a message on Erik’s website https://www.erikanderslang.com/hit-us-up or direct message Erik on Instagram with your questions. Erik can give you advice on the podcast --- golf, relationships, or anything on your mind! Learn more about Erik's upcoming documentary Be the Ball at betheballmovie.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Air Lakes everybody, a very wonderful interview we have for you today.
0:05.0	Michael O'B. a very wonderful interview we have for you today.
0:14.4	Michael O'Keefe.
0:15.4	Michael, did you want to redo my intro at all?
0:17.8	You've, of all the people that on the show,
0:20.0	you've got a lot of acting chops.
0:21.6	Well, I thought you're... you got a lot of acting chops.
0:28.0	Well, I thought the good thing about your intro was that was brief.
0:34.8	You know, the bad thing is that obviously you've lowered your standards and you got me on your show
0:46.4	What are you talking about? Dude you are so if for people who don't I'm sure a lot of people know obviously in golf, the character you played, they probably don't even know anything else about you.
0:51.6	Well, some people don't know anything about me. That's true. I would say the majority of your listeners wouldn't know that much, but there are one or two out there who probably know more than I do about myself.
1:01.0	Like your wife and your kid. They're not going to be listening. They're not. So anyway, so you're most famous for portraying not even just a character in a film.
1:19.0	It seems more like you embodied a movement in golf. Can you just talk a little bit about that and you know we'll get into so many other topics I'm sure, but tell me a little bit about that.
1:32.0	Well you know the thing about Kaddys Shack was that nobody knew it was going to be what it was at the time, and it actually got a second leg or a second wind after an initial kind of, wouldn't say a flop but more than a
1:45.9	lukewarm reception you know it was not everybody's favorite movie but then
1:50.7	somehow it got legs and that that story is actually a story worth telling and it's not one that I'm
1:56.8	particularly up on except to say it became obvious to me after a short period of time that Caddy Shack was building momentum in the
2:06.5	hearts and minds of American film-going audiences.
2:12.2	And I could tell this because I would be leaving,
2:15.0	you know, like church at 2 o'clock in the morning,
2:19.0	which is a usual time for me when I was young.
2:22.0	I would go to church at night that's not true and anyway
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