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From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.

Welcome to The Treatment.

It is my honor to have sitting across from me, the actor, Sam Elliott, who's having a terrific year this year with his collaboration with Paul White's grandma. Of course, his terrific role unjustified. And his work with Blyde Daenner this year. In fact, it's been the year of Sam Elliott. So it's a pleasure to get him in here. Sam, thanks so much for doing this. Thanks, Elvis. This is a real pleasure to be with you.

Oh, pleasure to have you here. We're talking a little bit about comedy, and I guess, obviously, comedy, because, God, the first time I really saw you in something, it would have been, like one of those NBC miniseries in the late 70s, bestsellers.

Yeah. like when those NBC miniseries in the late 70s, bestsellers, what they call those, all those adaptations of novels.

Yeah, it was either Aspen or a Once an Eagle.

Once an Eagle, Once an Eagle, Once an Eagle, once an Eagle.

A novel by Anton Meyer.

Yes, that's right.

And that would have been just about the time of lifeguard, too, would it not?

Yeah, that was in 74 when we did it. So it came out right about that same time while

once an eagle was on. Because you were saying something about, I mean, one of the things I've liked

about you being used in this way in the past almost 20 years now, going back to, well, I guess

going back to Big Lebowski is, I've always

thought there's kind of this, a bit of wit in your delivery, kind of a dry wit, and the Cohen

seized on that.

Dry is good.

Dry is good, except in California this time of year, but generally dry is good and wit, and

the Cohen's kind of seized on that for Big Lebowski.

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