Fred Savage 👍👊

Life is Short with Justin Long

Wondery

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Fred Savage (The Princess Bride, Austin Powers in Goldmember) and Justin discuss one of his favorite shows, The Wonder Years, both past and present, as they dissect what makes the reboot as special as ever and Fred shares the ins and outs of that infamous Seinfeld scene.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to Life is Short. Add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:13.0	In 1984 I was in love with my first grade teacher Mrs. Farrell.
0:18.3	You had a crush on your teacher when you were six. Yeah, I did the math. Yeah, I'm like young.
0:24.8	You had a little boy. I had a crush on an adult. Wow. Yeah, I had a crush on Annie.
0:30.0	I a crush on a girl who looked like Annie. I guess redhead. Although my teacher wasn't a redhead Miss Farrell.
0:35.2	A couple of years later I had a crush on her daughter. Oh, you got around. Well, nothing happened with any of them.
0:40.7	Oh, absolutely. You got around. Yeah. Oh, mentally. I was on fire. I was all over the place.
0:45.0	Later that year, my first grade year, my crush transferred to somebody else.
0:50.3	To me, the perfect girl, Corinne Martin. She was like an angel.
0:56.6	Like a hell of a Troy. She was. She would have launched a thousand toy ships. I guess.
1:01.9	Because I was first grade. But I was fascinated by her every move.
1:06.3	And then in fifth grade, she finally, she approached me. I didn't have the courage to go up to her.
1:10.7	She approached me on the school bus on the last day of school and gave me a note.
1:14.6	And I was so excited. I was like, I was like squeezing it.
1:18.2	And I was a little bit. It was like kind of scandalous to me because what if somebody saw and a girl I'm interacting with it.
1:23.9	I think I opened it on the bus. And she was kind of like glancing back at me as I did.
1:28.0	And it said Pam Smart has a crush on you.
1:32.8	It's better than stop staring at me. Oh, that's true. It could have been a season to assist.
1:38.1	It could have been a little like makeshift restraining order.
1:41.3	Anyway, years later, I ran into her in Las Vegas. And she has a family. And she's doing great.
1:46.8	And you know what? So am I. So it all worked out. You've got a podcast.
1:51.1	Yes. And hopefully a family soon.
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