4.6 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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0:00.0 | What? |
0:00.6 | Won't want, want, want. |
0:01.5 | Could you imagine if this serious HBO show, which is awesome, actually used the Penguins quacks |
0:08.2 | from the 1966 Batman TV show, played by Burgess Meredith in that show, making a penguin quack, |
0:15.5 | which is really not how it goes. |
0:17.2 | But could you imagine how kooky that would be? |
0:19.8 | I would actually argue not using a quacking |
0:21.9 | penguin is possibly one of the many things that got the penguin 24 Emmy nominations. Howdy, |
0:28.6 | I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring you |
0:33.4 | in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, you know, it's true. |
0:38.3 | 24 Emmy nominations for the Penguin, every single one of them well deserved. Just to name two of |
0:43.7 | its Emmy nominations. One is for Outstanding Limited Series and the other is for Outstanding |
0:49.6 | Writing in a Limited Series, which brings us to today's guest, creator, showrunner, writer, Lauren |
0:56.2 | LeFrank, and she wrote the finale, which is entitled A Great or Little Thing. And you could |
1:02.2 | actually read that script right now. It's sitting there waiting for you to read. Just visit |
1:06.3 | backstory.net forward slash read dash the dash penguin and you will find her entire screenplay |
1:13.9 | for a great or little thing there for you to read jokes aside and i'll never stop loving |
1:18.5 | burgess meredith so so let's just settle that right there but jokes aside i really love |
1:23.0 | everything about hbo's the penguin i think it is a fascinating and incredible show. It goes into territory |
1:29.8 | that was never even covered or thought about in the comics. So it really has that new and fresh feel |
1:34.5 | to it while at the same time feeling like it completely belongs in the Batman DC Universe. So if you |
1:41.0 | somehow have never watched The Penguin, now is the time to do it. It's sitting right on the |
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