Loudon Wainwright III

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2010

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Loudon Wainwright III is an accomplished singer-songwriter, an occaisional actor, and the scion of a musical family. Three of his children - Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche are professional musicians.

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0:32.0	I'm Jesse Thorne, my.
0:33.0	You guessed on the show is the singer-songwriter,
0:35.0	Loud and Wayne Wright III.
0:37.0	Since the early 1970s, he's been making sharp, funny albums of,
0:44.0	I guess what you might call folk music.
0:47.0	He's also worked extensively as an actor,
0:51.0	a career that started with a three-episode arc on MASH
0:55.0	and has continued into several of the films of Jed Apatow,
0:59.0	as well as the Jed Apatow sitcom Undeclared.
1:04.0	And of course, his important role in the smash hit,
1:09.0	guinea pig-themed film, GeForce.
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