Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island

Good One

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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This week, host Jesse David Fox calls up legendary comedy writer/director/producer Judd Apatow. You know, Anchorman, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Step Brothers, Bridesmaids, Girls, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, Popstar, The Big Sick, Love -- any of these ring a bell? In this episode, Jesse talks to Judd about his return to the director’s chair. Judd got his start as a director in 1998 on The Larry Sanders Show and went on to direct episodes of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. His feature film debut came in 2005, when he made The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, quickly followed by Knocked Up in 2007, the 2009 Adam Sandler film about comedy, Funny People, and 2012’s This Is 40. Eventually, after spending years working with Amy Schumer developing Trainwreck, he decided to direct it. Now, five years after Trainwreck, Judd has his latest offering: The King of Staten Island. A fictionalized version of star Pete Davidson’s life, it’s a bit of a departure for Judd in terms of the world it depicts, the themes it explores, and the balance of drama and comedy. You can watch The King of Staten Island on Video on Demand on June 12th. You can follow Judd on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white momfluencer of attempting to kidnap her children.
0:07.0	The Karen phenomenon where white women falsely accuse people of color of crimes usually fixates on the
0:13.5	accuser the so-called Karen. But for this series we focus on the
0:17.2	innocent couple at the heart of this story. I just want the public to know
0:21.9	what she did was wrong.
0:24.0	In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen.
0:26.3	Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Good One, a podcast about jokes. I'm your host, Volcher
0:44.8	Senior editor Jesse David Fox. Each episode a comedian, comedy writer, or director,
0:49.6	comes on to play a clip of one of their jokes, sketches, or scenes, and discusses how they
0:54.2	wrote it and how it fits into what they're trying to do with their comedy.
0:57.6	This week's guest is Judd Appetow.
1:00.4	When you look at all he's done and all he's worked on, it's hard to argue that any one person has had a greater impact on modern comedy than Judd.
1:08.0	As a producer and writer, Judd worked on the Ben Stiller show, The Liar Sanders Show, The Cable Guy, Freaks and Geek's Undeclared, Anchor Man, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
1:17.0	Stepbrothers, Pineapple Express, Bridesmaids, Girls, Peewe's Big Holiday, Popstar, The Big Sick Love Love and Crashing just to name a few projects.
1:26.0	This episode however I talked to Judd Apetow the director, so let's run it down.
1:30.1	Judd got his start as a director in 1998 working on the Larry Sanders show when
1:34.3	Gary Shanling the star and visionary behind the show came into his office and
1:38.2	told him he's going to direct the next episode. From there he directed episodes of
1:42.2	Freaks and Geeks and undedeclared, but his future debut came in 2005 when he made the 40-year-old virgin with Steve Correll, then came knocked up in 2007. With two successes behind him, Judd pushed himself to get more personal, leading to his 2009 Adam Saler starring film about comedy, Funny People.
1:57.8	Judd kept him moving in that direction with the even more personal film about marriage,
2:01.8	2012's This is 40. After which, as Judd tells it, he
2:06.5	got really busy producing while at the same time he couldn't find a new personal story to tell.
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