Tom Hanks and Alan Alda on the Human Element

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Bobi NYC

Comedy, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Tom Hanks, aside from being a legendary two-time Oscar Award winner, is also a deeply fascinating person with some really fun and eclectic interests. In this episode of Clear+Vivid®, Alan Alda sits down with Tom as they explore finding the human element in pop entertainment. They also discuss Tom's recent role as Mr. Rogers and what he learned about communicating with children. And, of course, they talk about Tom's typewriters. Lots and lots of typewriters. We said Tom was eclectic, right? So, come on in and enjoy the eclectic world of Tom Hanks. It’s a really nice day in the neighborhood. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid

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0:00.0	I'm Alan Alder and this is Clear In Vivid, conversations about connecting and communicating.
0:16.1	If it's possible to turn compassion into a muddy economic commodity, but if you can make
0:24.9	a movie about compassion understanding and have it be so glamorous because it's a movie
0:30.2	that you're paid to see, that you want to emulate what that is.
0:34.2	Well, then there you actually have created a purpose for a movie beyond the holding up
0:40.5	the mirror to human nature.
0:43.1	I first met Tom Hanks on a plane decades ago and I ran into him a couple of times at awards
0:48.4	shows and we even made a picture together, Bridge of Spides.
0:53.2	But I never really got to know Tom until he came into our studio in Manhattan and we
0:57.8	talked about some of his eclectic interests like finding meaning in pop entertainment,
1:03.8	communicating with children.
1:06.0	And of course, typewriters.
1:08.2	I said he was eclectic, right?
1:10.8	Come on in and enjoy the eclectic world of Tom Hanks.
1:13.7	It's a really nice day in the neighborhood.
1:17.9	Tom, this is so great that you're in here talking to me.
1:20.6	I'm kind of, I'm kind of pinching myself.
1:23.4	When you did, you did a TV movie.
1:25.8	This was long before the green show.
1:29.0	You did a TV movie who's called the Glass House?
1:31.3	Yes.
1:32.3	It was shot in a prison.
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