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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Episode 143 - Jeff Garlin

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Comedy icon Jeff Garlin is on this week! We get into texting/technology woes (07:54), getting divorced after 25 years (11:29), being single again at 57 (13:45), choosing raw honesty in life (17:39), making it in the comedy scene alongside Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris (28:55), having an eye for talent (30:02), producing and guiding other comedians like Jon Stewart and Dennis Leary (32:29), what he would say to Eddie Murphy now (36:48), his medical battles and what they taught him (44:19), and being, above all joyous (47:36). For more info about our show, visit: http://talkeasypod.com/artist/jeff-garlin/


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0:00.0

Pushkin.

0:07.0

I don't believe. I don't believe that people should follow their dreams unless their dreams are what they're great at.

0:23.3

I didn't say good.

0:24.7

I said great.

0:26.1

So if you're somebody who dreams of being a singer

0:31.5

and you're gonna move to New York, Nashville or LA.

0:34.8

If you're good, but you're great at numbers,

0:38.2

you're great at numbers, you're good at singing.

0:41.4

Okay? I say follow the number path, become a great accountant and with all the money you

0:47.5

have from being a successful accountant because you're great at it, buy some recording time, Make some music and then here's the joke. Give the

0:56.0

music to your friends. Let them tell you you made the right decision.

1:01.6

That was Jeff Garland.

1:03.0

I'm San Francisco so and this is Talk Easy.

1:07.0

Welcome to the show. So, Hello everyone welcome to the show this is talk easy if this is your first

1:36.5

time tuning in thank you for being here if you've been here before welcome

1:42.2

back I want to say at the top before we get into today's episode with Jeff Garland that in recent weeks we've been asking for donations of any kind to help this nonprofit independently operated and

1:57.1

run program continue.

2:00.0

We've received a handful of donations and we want to thank every single one of you that has

2:05.2

considered helping us out.

2:07.5

That said, if you like to help out this show, but financially cannot do so because I know it is hard for many of us right now.

2:16.8

One of the best things you can do for the podcast is to share the show on social media.

2:22.6

If any of the 140 plus conversations

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