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Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Margo Martindale

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Sony Music

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7753 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“The Americans” and “Cocaine Bear” star Margo Martindale joins the show. Over shrimp scampi and fancy fusilli, Margo talks about her odd jobs in her early acting days, such as working as a private eye, and what it was like to work together on the film “Cocaine Bear.” This episode was recorded on June 13th, 2023 at Marea in New York City’s Upper West Side. Want next week’s episode now? Subscribe to Dinner’s on Me PLUS. As a subscriber, not only do you get access to new episodes one week early, but you’ll also be able to listen completely ad-free! Just click “Try Free” at the top of the Dinner’s on Me show page on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial today. A Sony Music Entertainment & A Kid Named Beckett production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The other day I was making lemonade with my sons, Beckett and Sully, and Beckett is a little bit of a perfectionist.

0:08.3

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0:18.4

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0:34.0

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0:37.9

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0:52.3

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0:56.3

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1:00.6

This episode of Dinner's On Me was recorded on June 13th, 2020.

1:07.2

Hi, it's Jesse.

1:09.9

Today on the show, the star of Justified, the Americans, and Cocaine Bear, the legendary Margo Martindale.

1:17.9

We'll talk about her doing puppetry at a maximum security prison when she was 16,

1:23.1

moonlighting as a private investigator during her early acting career, and why it makes total sense that she originated the role of Truvie and Steele Magnolias,

1:31.9

because she feels very at home in a hair salon.

1:35.1

I was a beauty operator, and I would cut all the kids in the neighborhood's hair.

1:39.6

Amazing.

1:40.3

And send them home to their parents and just screaming, like,

1:43.8

You would actually cut their hair?

1:45.0

Oh, yeah.

1:46.0

This is Dinner's On Me, and I'm your host, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

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