Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.

It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn. Usually this stereotype goes like this. There are character

actors and there are stars. A character actor maybe shows up in a couple scenes, maybe

even five minutes, and in that moment they make the film. My guest Tony Shalub can do

that. A star though you build the whole movie or TV show around. They're relatable, charming,

vulnerable. My guest Tony Shalub can do that too. He's a veteran of both the big and

small screens. He said unforgettable parts in movies like Barton Fink, Men in Black,

and Quick Change. He starred in movies like Big Night and TV shows like Wings and of

course for many years the hit detective series, Monk. He's also starred in the Amazon

show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It's a dramedy set in the late 50s. Rachel Brosnahan plays

the title character, Midge Maisel. At the beginning of the show, Midge was a housewife

living in Manhattan who put her old life behind her to take up stand-up comedy. She left

her husband, took her kids, and moved back in with her parents. And in Fitson's starts,

her stand-up comedy career takes off. My guest Tony Shalub plays Abe Weissman, Midge's

son. It's a role that's won awards for Tony, including an Emmy. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

just concluded its fifth and final season last month. When Tony and I talked in 2019,

it was the launch of its second season. In season two, Midge is still living with

her family. Her mother Rose has moved out of the apartment. She fled to Paris. And at first,

it hasn't really sunk in for Abe after all. Rose has a big party coming up back home.

But in this scene we're about to hear, it finally dawns on him.

Papa, are you kidding me? What? Mama moved to Paris. What? Oh, that's ridiculous.

Did you hear what you just said? What? You just told me that Mama told you she was moving

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