Brian Abrams is the author Obama: An Oral History as well as three bestselling Kindle Singles oral histories: And NOW…An Oral History of Late Night with David Letterman, 1982–1993; Gawker: An Oral History; and Die Hard: An Oral History. Abrams has written for the Washington Post Magazine, Time, and The Lowbrow Reader. He lives in New York City. You can visit brianlabrams.com for more information and follow the author on Twitter @BrianAbrams.
"You Talkin’ to Me?”: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes / Christian Finnegan hosts Author Brian Abrams
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
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🗓️ 14 October 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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When my friend Brian Abrams reached out to ask me if I would be interested in having him on the show to talk about his new book about famous movie quotes I thought - I'd love to have you on but I'm not sure I am the best person to interview you on this which is why I reached out to my friend, Comedian and film nerd Christian Finnegan. I loved producing this interview and I hope you love hearing it. Thanks again to Christian and Brian for doing it!
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Get the Book! "You Talkin’ to Me?”: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes is a fun, fascinating, and exhaustively reported look at all the iconic Hollywood movie quotes we know and love. Drawing on interviews, archival sleuthing, and behind-the-scenes details, the book examines the origins and deeper meanings of hundreds of film lines: how they’ve impacted, shaped, and reverberated through the culture, defined eras in Hollywood, and become cemented in the modern lexicon.
Packed with film stills, sidebars, lists, and other fun detours throughout movie history, the book covers all genres and a diverse range of directors, writers, and audiences.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my friends and welcome to a very different kind of episode here on stand up. |
| 0:07.6 | Normally I talk about important issues that affect you, your family, your community, your |
| 0:12.3 | country, your planet with experts and analysts that are the best of the best today. |
| 0:17.0 | It's a couple of nerds talking to each other. |
| 0:19.6 | I want to do something different, something fun and distracting, drop it on the weekend |
| 0:23.7 | with all that's happening in the world. |
| 0:25.8 | My old friend Brian Abrams, who is a really great writer, who has written some very unique |
| 0:30.3 | books over the past few years. |
| 0:32.0 | Former editor-in-chief of Spin Media's Politics Site Death in Texas magazine, he was Buzz |
| 0:36.4 | Feeds, first ever weekend editor, he's written for the Washington Post magazine, and several |
| 0:40.4 | books, Obama and Oral History, Gawker and Oral History, recently, party like a president |
| 0:46.0 | true tales of it. |
| 0:47.0 | An ebriation, luxury and mischief from the Oval Office. |
| 0:50.0 | Well Brian is out with a really fun new book. |
| 0:52.6 | If you love movies and I love watching them and learning about them, then you'll love |
| 0:57.2 | his new book. |
| 0:58.2 | You're talking to me, the definitive guide, iconic movie quotes. |
| 1:02.0 | Brian reached out to me and said, I'd love to come on the show and talk about my book. |
| 1:04.8 | And I said, hey, I'd love to promote your book. |
| 1:06.6 | It looks great. |
| 1:07.6 | I'd love to read it. |
| 1:08.6 | But I don't know that I can talk about or do a very good interview with you about this |
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