Robert Weide

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Leonard Maltin

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

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Robert B. Weide, Bob to his friends, is a rare bird who has studied comedy and also created it, on a very high level. His documentary W.C. Fields Straight Up won an Emmy and Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth was nominated for an Oscar. His latest documentary, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, is now playing in theaters and on VOD, and it was forty years in the making. Bob explains why and traces his own impressive career, highlighted by teaming with Larry David to create Curb Your Enthusiasm, which earned him a second Emmy for Best Director. He also wrote and directed a series called Mr. Sloane (starring Nick Frost and Olivia Colman) that deserves to be better known. Full disclosure: Bob is a family friend, and both Leonard and Jessie are fans of his work.

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1:01.5	Hi, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. You're listening to Malton on movies. And our
1:05.8	guest today is we can't get around this, an old friend I call him old that's not no no I've said
1:12.3	many times I don't court friendships with filmmakers because it's too awkward although
1:18.3	you have had a few friends take you to court yes well that that's the awkwardness right
1:22.7	there another episode Robert B YD better known to us as Bob. Robert B. Y.D.
1:29.9	Yeah. We can talk about how that happened, but... Yes. Yes. We will call him Bob.
1:35.4	Now, when you say one of your oldest friends, you mean most long time friend.
1:41.0	Yes. No, not an elderly. Not describing an elderly friend.
1:44.5	I'm describing a person of my generation.
1:50.1	More or less.
1:52.3	And, hey, some of the people you profile are older than both of us put together.
1:58.2	Yeah, that's true.
1:59.6	If they're extant at all.
2:01.7	Yes.
2:02.7	Bob's credits include the Marx Brothers in a nutshell and W.C. Fields straight up,
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