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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Mike Myers

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Mike Meyers is among the comedy greats who have walked the halls of Saturday Night Live, with his popular “Wayne’s World” sketch becoming an even more popular movie. After leaving SNL he introduced the world to the archenemies Austin Powers and Dr. Evil, and went on to voice a big green ogre named Shrek in a multi-billion dollar franchise. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with the actor to talk about returning to the spotlight after nearly a decade away with his new Netflix series, The Pentaverate.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

0:06.0

My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.

0:09.0

Man, do I have a treat for you today with a comedy legend, Mike Myers.

0:15.3

I want to insult you with a long introduction to Mr. Mike Myers, but you know him well.

0:19.8

Burst onto the scene on Saturday Night Live in 1988 had his first show in January of 1989

0:26.7

and introduces to characters like Wayne of Wayne's World, Linda Richmond, Deeter, the German

0:36.3

talk show host with the show Sprockets, Simon, I mean, the list goes on.

0:40.7

It's too long.

0:41.7

Of course, Wayne's World blew up into two huge movies and then of course later came Austin

0:47.4

Powers, two sequels together, pushed up against a billion dollars altogether.

0:52.8

Oh, by the way, Shrek.

0:54.8

He's also the voice of Shrek.

0:56.8

So Mike's latest project is something for Netflix, a series called The Pentaveret, something

1:01.4

he's been working on for a long time.

1:02.9

I was very excited to talk to Mike because he hasn't done anything big or splashy in the

1:07.6

last few years and you'll hear why.

1:10.4

Three young kids.

1:11.7

He wanted to be present for them.

1:13.0

He'd done a lot of good things and his career could take the time to be with his kids and

1:16.8

this is kind of his return.

1:18.0

He'd had roles in more serious movies, smaller roles in glorious bastards.

1:21.5

He was in Bohemian Rhapsody as well, but as far as a big leading role in a comedy, this

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