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The Last Laugh

Richard Kind Is That Guy

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Tv, Movies, Film

4.6661 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

You might recognize Richard Kind from ‘Mad About You’ or ‘Spin City.’ Or from his voice work as the imaginary friend Bing Bong in Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ or John Mulaney’s character’s dad on ‘Big Mouth.’ This summer, he’s taking on the role of the inventor of the internet in the mockumentary ‘The Social Ones.’ On today’s episode, Richard talks about what it’s like to be just famous enough to work all the time but not famous enough to play himself on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ (He plays Larry David’s cousin Andy and is hilarious.) He also shares showbiz stories about almost getting cast on ‘Seinfeld,’ playing Rudy Giuliani in last year’s ‘Bombshell’ and offers up some very strong opinions about Woody Allen. 


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0:00.0

You know Richard Kine. He's that guy. This is the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today on the show we have one of my all-time favorite character actors, Richard Kind.

0:16.0

Depending on your age, you might recognize Richard from mad about you or Spin City or

0:22.7

curb your enthusiasm.

0:24.5

He's also a phenomenal voice actor with roles like the imaginary friend Bing Bong in Pixar's

0:30.0

Inside Out and John Mullaney's character's dad on Big Mouth.

0:34.5

This summer he's co-starring as the inventor of the internet in the mockumentary

0:38.5

film The Social Ones, even though, as he tells me, his nickname for his kids is tech support.

0:44.5

Richard has so many great stories from his long career and he tells a lot of them on today's

0:50.4

show, including the time he almost guest starred on Seinfeld and why he thinks he

0:55.6

could have been better as Rudy Giuliani in last year's bombshell.

0:59.5

And make sure to stick around until the end of the episode to hear him share some incredibly

1:04.0

strong opinions about his comedy hero, Woody Allen.

1:07.9

Let's get to it. This is me and Richard Kind. So let's go. Are we going to talk about

1:13.1

politics, Daily Beast? I hope so. If you want to, we can. I love what you guys do. I read you

1:19.1

religiously, meaning I'm on my knees praying that he goes. Well, I do want to talk about you

1:24.6

because you work so much. You're in so many things all the time.

1:27.7

And now we're in this time where you can't work. So how are you handling that?

1:31.0

So what the hell do you want to talk about that? It's horrible. It really is. It's horrible.

1:36.2

I accept every Zoom script that wants to be read. I did a workshop of a musical. I'm reading plays that may be done or want to hear what it

1:45.6

sounds like out loud. I have more Zoom calls, but I really, really miss working. And anybody who

1:53.2

knows me knows that I work for work's sake and money comes second, which is why producers get me

2:00.4

for cheap, but I really can't do it

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