Teri Garr talks about Surviving Hollywood, Tootsie, Star Trek and David Letterman
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Fausto Fernós
4.4 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Originally air date Dec. 15, 2005. "FOF #211 – Does This Wheelchair Make Me Look Fat?"
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Teri Garr considered naming her autobiography “Does This Wheelchair Make Me Look Fat?” But instead, she decided on “Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood.” The result is a hilarious and touching book that begins with growing up in a vaudevillian family, dancing in Elvis Presley’s movies, winning an Oscar for her hilarious role in the film Tootsie, and then coming to terms and living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Considered by many to be one of the best comedic actresses in recent history, Teri Garr speaks candidly with hosts Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion about her work in such films as Tootsie and Young Frankenstein.
Listen as Teri Garr reveals the real reason why she has such great on-air chemistry with David Letterman, how she came up with the memorable line in Tootsie “I am responsible for my own orgasms” and how she got her television beginnings in Star Trek.
Her new autobiography “Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood” is available right now on Amazon.com by clicking the link below.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I think in Hollywood, you know, if you have a hang nail, you're out, so forget MS. |
| 0:04.0 | It's over. |
| 0:05.0 | But I feel like I'm going out there to, you know, to take the hits for everybody else because, |
| 0:11.0 | I don't know, I think if you have MS, you shouldn't, I kind of advocate. |
| 0:18.0 | I tell people, don't tell people that you have it because you will be discriminated against, and you will be shunned, and you might even get out of advocate. I tell people, don't tell people that you have it, because you will be discriminated against, |
| 0:22.5 | and you will be shunned, and you might even get fired. |
| 0:25.7 | I mean, I've met people that say, |
| 0:27.0 | I told my boss I had MS, and they fired me. |
| 0:29.3 | So I don't think it's fair. |
| 0:30.7 | You know, it really isn't. |
| 0:31.6 | I don't think it's fair. Dream forever, baby, baby, on my mind. |
| 0:48.3 | My baby, baby, on my mind. |
| 0:53.3 | When better lays a heart to find, actress, and multiple sclerosis survivor, Terry Gar, about her brand new book, Speed Bumps, flooring it through Hollywood. |
| 1:22.8 | Listen to this captivating comedy legend with me Faustofernos |
| 1:28.3 | and me, Mark Gillian. |
| 1:29.4 | Stay tuned. |
| 1:34.2 | The broken bread, |
| 1:36.6 | the things we said |
| 1:40.0 | I'm not surprised |
| 1:41.7 | you surmise the |
| 1:42.9 | interest to sleep |
| 1:44.4 | When I came to |
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