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Maltin on Movies

Michael Feinstein

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

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

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When Michael Feinstein moved from the Midwest to Los Angeles he landed a job with the legendary Ira Gershwin. Nice work if you can get it! Since then he’s become an ambassador of American popular song—as a singer, pianist, conductor, archivist, and mentor to young talent. He discusses his exceptional career and pinpoints some favorite movie musicals in this week’s conversation.

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0:00.0

Now Entering Nerdist.com.

0:10.0

Hello, everybody. I'm Leonard Malton, and this is Malton on movies.

0:13.4

I'm the only Malton here today.

0:15.3

Jesse is indisposed.

0:16.9

You'll have to just make do with me.

0:19.0

And you'll have to make do with our guest today who has so many credentials, has such a lengthy resume.

0:26.9

I don't know where to begin.

0:28.8

Michael Feinstein is perhaps the hardest working man in show business since James Brown.

0:34.5

I mean that sincerely.

0:36.5

You are a performer, obviously, a singer, a pianist, a conductor, an impresario, an entrepreneur, a producer, a radio host, and a nurturer of talent and the founder of a foundation.

0:59.3

You have a foundation.

1:00.6

There's not just something with your name on it that people donate to.

1:03.7

Tell us about that.

1:04.6

Let's start with that.

1:05.8

How did that all begin in Indiana?

1:07.7

Oh, thanks, Leonard.

1:08.6

Thank you for having me for bringing that up. A number of years ago,

1:13.0

I started looking at my collection of stuff to which I know you can relate, thinking, what am I

1:17.6

going to do with all this stuff? Because I've collected all sorts of artifacts, ephemera, musical

1:23.4

memorabilia, studio playback discs, and orchestrations. And orchestrations take up a lot of room because an orchestration is parts for all the

1:33.6

players in an orchestra.

1:34.7

And I have thousands of orchestrations.

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