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Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Gilda Radner’s Memoir It’s Always Something (with Mattie Bayne)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

*Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser* To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a Patreon member! Chelsea and Mattie Bayne (Not Dead Yet, Never Have I Ever) get vulnerable over the 1989 celebrity memoir of comedy icon Gilda Radner. From plotting to marry Gene Wilder to fighting ovarian cancer to being reviewed with a headline saying “Gilda Radner Has Zero Talent”, this book will make you sob in the middle of the day! Show Notes: Happy Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month! Gilda's Club Chicago Chemo Queens Where to find our Guest: Mattie Bayne Website Instagram Glamorous Trash: Where we make treasure out of pop culture garbage. Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Tanteo Tequila -- @tanteotequila Natalie's Juice Company -- @nataliesoj Pattern Brands - @patternbrands For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know I might have been born just plain white trash, but Nancy was my name.

0:05.2

Welcome to Glamorous Trash. The artist formerly known as Celebrity Book Club.

0:09.9

Yes, we changed the name. On this podcast, we recap and book club celebrity memoirs.

0:15.2

We pontificate about pop culture

0:17.1

and sometimes, if it's a real doozy, we cry.

0:20.5

If you have ever referenced Maria Carey in therapy, then this is probably the podcast for you.

0:26.0

I'm your host, Chelsea Duvantez.

0:28.0

I'm a TV writer, comedian, and filmmaker, and sometimes I'm in stuff too.

0:32.0

Today we are book clubbing Gilda Radner's and sometimes I'm in stuff too.

0:32.5

Today we are book clubbing Gilda Radner's memoir

0:35.4

titled It's Always Something,

0:37.4

published in 1989.

0:39.8

Today's episode is absolutely going to be an emotional one.

0:44.6

I can like feel it in my bones already,

0:46.6

so please keep that in mind while listening.

0:49.4

Please take care while listening.

0:51.9

Her memoir began as a book she was writing as a joke and

0:56.2

she had titled a portrait of an artist as a housewife and as she sits down to

1:01.4

begin the memoir she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

1:04.6

And everything about her life and the book changes.

1:07.8

And it is a book about receiving that diagnosis and everything that follows.

1:11.8

And the book is published in 1989 which is also the year when Gilda Radner passed

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