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Fred Willard

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2662 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Fred Willard is a man for all seasons. He’s been making people laugh from the time of Johnny Carson and Ed Sullivan to the present day, now turning up regularly on Jimmy Kimmel Live playing everyone from the ghost of George Washington to Donald Trump’s father. He’s unforgettable in Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and other Christopher Guest movies and has earned Emmy nominations for recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and Modern Family. Leonard and Jessie have known him and his family for years and cherish their friendship with one of the funniest men alive. Listen and you’ll learn about his approach to comedy and his laudable work ethic.

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0:41.5

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else, and listen to the podcast before

0:45.4

anybody else. Go to

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slash malton on movies for more information. That's patreon.com slash Malton on movies.

1:04.1

Hi, everybody. I'm Leonard Malton.

1:05.9

And I'm Jesse Malton.

1:06.8

You're listening to Malton on movies.

1:08.4

And our guest today is a wonderful, wonderful performer,

1:13.0

and we're proud to say a friend, Fred Willard. Glad to be here, Leonard.

1:19.2

Whoever you people are. I wasn't quite sure of your name. No, it's a pleasure to be here.

1:24.2

I have in my bookcase about three of your books, you know, a thousand reviews of movies.

1:30.5

And every once in a while I say, let's see what Leonard had to say about this one.

1:33.6

Well, that's nice. That's very flattering.

1:35.4

Then he threw the book on the floor and said, you're wrong.

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