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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Tony Shalhoub

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

NBC News

Technology, Movies, Celebrity, Tv, News, Interview, Tv & Film, Music, Broadway, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Politics

4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Before he was an actor, Tony Shalhoub grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin as the ninth of ten kids. His father was a Lebanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1920. Now, Shalhoub is a four-time Emmy winner, a Golden Globe winner, and a Tony winner. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with Shalhoub to talk about the fourth season of the beloved hit series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and his 30-year career starring in series like Wings and Monk.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

0:06.6

My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.

0:09.8

I've got a good one for you this week with a four time Emmy winner.

0:14.0

He also has a Golden Globe winner and a Tony winner for Best Actor in a Musical.

0:18.9

He is Tony Shaloube.

0:22.2

Right now he's out with the fourth season of the hit Amazon series, The Marvelous Mrs.

0:26.6

Maisle in which he plays Abe Weissman, Father to Midge Maisle, the title character played

0:32.3

by the great Rachel Brosnahan.

0:34.4

The series is a phenomenon.

0:36.0

If you haven't seen it, you got to check it out.

0:38.2

We'll talk through where his character is, where the series is, because it's been a

0:42.3

little bit since season three ended, so we get you up to speed on season four, set in

0:47.6

Manhattan in New York City, and that's where the two of us find ourselves at a restaurant

0:51.7

called Res Dora to set the scene for you a little bit.

0:55.0

He is an investor, Tony is in this place that it's a quintessential New York restaurant.

1:01.1

You come off the sidewalk, go down a few stairs inside a door, cozy narrow room with delicious

1:08.4

Italian food.

1:09.4

In fact, it just received a Michelin star, which is highly coveted and very rare, as you

1:16.1

probably know.

1:17.1

So it's one of the best restaurants in New York City to open a couple of years ago.

1:20.6

It's Michelin star last year, and Tony is an investor in the place.

1:25.0

So I was lucky enough to sample a couple of pasta dishes.

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