Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade, Grease, Chicago) and I talk a mile a minute about EVERYTHING, from her incredible memory (it's called HSAM, or highly superior autobiographical memory) to party games to family to dating John Travolta and a few Taxi co-stars.

Such fun!

We crossed paths in New York City for just a few hours, so we went for it! On a Saturday night in late 2019, we got together and knew that our willingness to do this on the fly, between flights to and from Los Angeles, was a sign we'd have a really cool conversation. And we did.

Enjoy!

BONUS:

Watch Marilu answer DIFFERENT questions on this week's video at YouTube.com/reallyfamous.

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Marilu Henner's video Q&A - YouTube.com/reallyfamous

Behind-the-scenes photos - ReallyFamousPodcast.com

Marilu's health + wellness books and memoirs:

https://www.amazon.com/Marilu-Henner/e/B000AP7UR6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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Mayim Bialik (Jeopardy, The Big Bang Theory, Blossom, Call Me Kat) is extremely introspective, analytical and accomplished. So it's no surprise this talk turns out to be what it is.

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Join Mayim Bialik and me as we dive deep into:

• growing up with uncertainty and anxiety
• depression and OCD
• trauma and emotions
• what a panic attack feels like
• therapy and how it helped Mayim over the years
• being an HSP (highly sensitive person)
• mental health
• her parents, grandparents and connection to the Holocaust
• parenting, co-parenting and growth
• knowing yourself
• divorce
• women, men and changes
• breaking down before you build back up
• opinions
• self care
• attachment parenting
• homeschooling
• vaccinations
• not knowing who or what to trust
• being Jewish when anti-semitism is growing
• the best and worst of The Big Bang Theory

SWEET!

• Watch Mayim & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Shop at my Amazon storefront & support the show: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous
• Get Mayim's books: amazon.com/shop/reallyfamouswithkaramayerrobinson
• Get a Big Bang Theory signed script: https://amzn.to/36O1uXE
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• Mayim's book for girls: https://amzn.to/3qBDDSU Get
• Mayim's book for boys: https://amzn.to/3qBDDSU

• More on Mayim's podcast, Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: bialikbreakdown.com

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Emmy-winning actor Peter Scolari, who won an Emmy for HBO's Girls, died on Friday morning. This is my very deep talk with Peter, which we had in October 2017. I hope you enjoy it. I didn't know him well, but in the hour or two I spent with him I could feel that he was a warm, emotional, caring person. I think you'll feel the same. Peter and I talk about everything from Bosom Buddies to Newhart and Madoff. He opens up about drugs and alcohol, depression and learning he has bipolar disorder. He gets deeply analytical about life, friends and acting. He also talks Tom Hanks, Bob Newhart and Six Degrees of Separation.

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It's Lisa Simpson!

Yes, Emmy-winner Yeardley Smith is the voice of smart, spunky Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. For the last 30 years. Wow!

Yeardley is also an on-air actor (remember her from City Slickers, Herman's Head, The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive?).

And she co-hosts the true crime podcast Small Town Dicks. Tune in! Subscribe!

You'll hear Yeardley talk about:

• perfectionism
• success
• living up to your potential (or not)
• not being accepted to college
• Bill Murray's secret phone number
• winning an Emmy (and not feeling how you'd expect)
• on-camera work vs. voice work
• agents
• therapy
• publishing a book
• internal vs. external success
• getting hugged in the supermarket
• true crime
• her podcast, Small Town Dicks
• being a French-born actress (sort of)

Join us! Then head to YouTube.com/reallyfamous to watch our fun little video.

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Many Saints of Newark star Alessandro Nivola crushes it as Dickie Moltisanti and he nails this interview too!

Well, you know what I mean. He gives us all kinds of scoop about:

• The Many Saints of Newark
• The original cast of The Sopranos
• David Chase
• Michael Imperioli
• Ray Liotta
• Nicolas Cage
• American Hustle
• Face/Off
• Acting ups and downs
• The 12 movies he starred in that were NEVER RELEASED!
• Emily Mortimer, Alessandro's wife!
• Their kids, who are about to become movie stars after something HUGE they did this summer with Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig
• Lessons about marriage, parenting and more

Join us!

Links:

• My talks with:
  • Michael Imperioli

    https://reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/michael-imperioli

  • Tim Daly

    https://really-famous.com/now/tim-daly

  • Steve Buscemi

    https://really-famous.com/now/miracle-workers

  • Aida Turturro

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/aida-turturro-on-the-sopranos-italy-hollywood-life/id1231521180?i=1000385433171&mt=2

• Our Twitter feeds!
  • Kara @kara1to1
  • Alessandro @SandroNivola

• Follow our mutual Twitter friend @TheSopranosClub

Watch us now on YouTube:

• Michael Imperioli & The Sopranos:

  https://youtu.be/7E24TGiLiVI

• Ray Liotta's text message:

  https://youtu.be/7E24TGiLiVI

• The Sopranos original cast + Nicolas Cage too:

  https://youtu.be/ZYoUh_1uoO4

Catch fun photos & clips with Alessandro and me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson

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Comedian Eric D'Alessandro joins me at Carolines on Broadway for a funny and serious talk. We get into:

• Mispronouncing his name
• Driving on the Autobahn
• Anxiety and his diagnosis
• Therapy
• Mental illness in his family
• A hit and run accident
• How he made it in stand-up comedy
• Improv classes where he was totally out of place
• Odd jobs, like at Newark Airport
• Pounding the pavement
• Emailing Taylor Swift's booking agent
• Doing open mics
• Comedy club gatekeepers
• Social media comedians
• Young comedians vs. old comedians
• Trying to get to the next level vs. being a dinosaur
• His creative process
• How he edits his videos
• How he tests his comedy material
• Dressing like a woman and how he feels about it
• Why people think he's gay
• Who he really is beneath the façade

Links:

Carolines on Broadway https://www.carolines.com/

Eric's website https://www.ericdalessandro.com/

Eric's IG https://www.instagram.com/ericdalessandro/

Eric and me on YouTube

• Old school stand-up comedy is dead: https://youtu.be/M9oGEBKF1vU
• Struggles growing up: https://youtu.be/VoqEKYMWdhM
• Secret to Instagram + YouTube success: https://youtu.be/oYras84oSkE

Five Miles from the Spotlight https://youtu.be/w3cQbZfofGU

Eric's hilarious Walmart video https://youtu.be/ciYFgVpya5k

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My heart-to-heart with the Dallas, Step by Step, The Man from Atlantis actor and I continues!

The man who we all love as Bobby Ewing is here and wow, do we get into it all: life, love, TV stardom, insecurities and human connection. I LOVE this talk with actor-director Patrick Duffy and I'm pretty sure you'll love it too.

We talk:

• Bobby Ewing, Who Shot JR, his friendship with Larry Hagman and Linda Grey, how he felt about Victoria Principal and the other cast members of Dallas, why he left, how he came back, that famous cliffhanger and how it led to the brilliant series fiinale of Newhart, driving off the set, and more
• Step by Step, his relationship with Suzanne Somers and the cast members who played their kids
• Linda Purl, falling in love with her, moving in together, and why he's moving on from his Oregon ranch
• Human connection
• Why he agreed to do my show
• Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Knight, Ed Asner and more
• Life
• Love
• The pursuit of happiness

Here's Part 1 with Patrick Duffy, if you missed it: https://really-famous.com/now/patrick-duffy

Links:

• My Suzanne Somers talk: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/suzanne-somers
• My Christopher Knight talks: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/chris-knight-returns
• My Henry Winkler talk: https://youtu.be/XBlxR2Un2-4
• My Ed Asner talks: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/ed-asner
• Patrick Duffy career highlights: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson
• The highlight reel with Jason Ritter: https://really-famous.com/shorts

Thank you to The Culver Hotel for hosting this conversation. Book a room or have a drink at this modern-retro boutique hotel in Culver City, CA (also the location of my earlier talk with Jay Mohr).

https://www.culverhotel.com/

Catch fun photos with Patrick Duffy and me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson

Shop with my Amazon links to support Really Famous: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous

Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group

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Watch our interview on YouTube (video!!) YouTube.com/reallyfamous

Share your thoughts!

• Email me [email protected]
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  • Instagram
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• Support the show!
• Get really cool stuff! Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous

Connect with me:

• Subscribe to Really Famous on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
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• Follow me on Twitter: @kara1to1
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Dallas, Step by Step, The Man from Atlantis and now: Really Famous! The man who we all love as Bobby Ewing is here and wow, do we get into it all: life, love, TV stardom and human connection. I LOVE this talk with actor-director Patrick Duffy and I'm pretty sure you'll love it too.

We talk:

• Bobby Ewing, Who Shot JR, his friendship with Larry Hagman and Linda Grey, how he felt about Victoria Principal and the other cast members of Dallas, why he left, how he came back, that famous cliffhanger and how it led to the brilliant series fiinale of Newhart, driving off the set, and more
• Step by Step, his relationship with Suzanne Somers and the cast members who played their kids
• Linda Purl, falling in love with her, moving in together, and why he's moving on from his Oregon ranch
• Human connection
• Why he agreed to do my show
• Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Knight, Ed Asner and more
• Life
• Love
• The pursuit of happiness

Part 2 drops next. Stay tuned!

Links:

• My Suzanne Somers talk: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/suzanne-somers
• My Christopher Knight talks: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/chris-knight-returns
• My Henry Winkler talk: https://youtu.be/XBlxR2Un2-4
• My Ed Asner talks: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/ed-asner
• The highlight reel with Jason Ritter: https://really-famous.com/shorts

Thank you to The Culver Hotel for hosting this conversation. Book a room or have a drink at this modern-retro boutique hotel in Culver City, CA (also the location of my earlier talk with Jay Mohr).

https://www.culverhotel.com/

Catch fun photos with Patrick Duffy and me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson

Shop with my Amazon links to support Really Famous: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous

Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/reallyfamous/

Watch our interview on YouTube (video!!) YouTube.com/reallyfamous

Share your thoughts!

• Email me [email protected]
• Join my Special Insiders Group
• Connect with me and get behind-the-scenes scoop on social media:
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • TikTok

Shop on my Amazon Storefront to:

• Support the show!
• Get really cool stuff! Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous

Connect with me:

• Subscribe to Really Famous on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Follow me on Instagram: @karamayerrobinson
• Follow me on Twitter: @kara1to1
• Follow me on Facebook: @karamayerrobinson
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An unforgettable talk with Ed Asner. There's a story here, friends. I share it on today's show. Ed Asner. What a guy. A gift to us all.

He died on Sunday but will be making us smile again and again for years to come.

Links to Ed's books:

• Son of a Junkman - https://amzn.to/2YbImRN
• The Grouchy Historian - https://amzn.to/3h4MOsf

Video clips I took with Ed:

https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson

Never-before seen video I took of Ed when I caught up with him (for the second time) in New York City, after he did a play reading: https://youtu.be/vpkCYeUogcQ

The Lisa Lampanelli you know is TOTALLY not what you think. Join us for a real talk about what she's been through, who she was vs who she is now, and big discoveries about life, self, fame, comedy and relationships. We have fun! We share things! We bring out our therapy insights, bathing suit shopping insights, Cobra Kai insights and more!

Listen to Lisa's podcast, Losers with a Dream: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/losers-with-a-dream/id1534354466

More with Lisa: https://lisalampanelli.com/

Shop Amazon swimsuits + more on my Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous

Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group

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Watch our interview on YouTube (video!!) https://youtu.be/70Wjb5NQlT8

My talk with Cobra Kai star Xolo Mariduena:

https://youtu.be/xLnQI0Pjn3Y (video)

https://really-famous.com/now/xolo (podcast)

Share your thoughts!

• Email me [email protected]
• Join my Special Insiders Group
• Connect with me and get behind-the-scenes scoop on social media:
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  • Twitter
  • TikTok

Shop on my Amazon Storefront to:

• Support the show!
• Get really cool stuff! Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous

Connect with me:

• Subscribe to Really Famous on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Follow me on Instagram: @karamayerrobinson
• Follow me on Twitter: @kara1to1
• Follow me on Facebook: @karamayerrobinson
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• Everything! https://linktr.ee/reallyfamous

Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson

HIGHLIGHTS

• Why she was a high achiever but isn't anymore
• Therapy principles of all kinds!
• Food addiction
• Codependency
• Resilience
• "Anything that smacks of achievement now, I just don't do."
• Fitting in (and not fitting in)
• "I don't date and I don't have any hatred or bitterness…. I wonder what it feels like to be the first person that someone calls."
• A mindset of lack vs. abundance
• Self-narratives
• The family atom
• Working at Rolling Stone, Spy and other magazines
• Fearlessness in her career vs fearlessness in her personal life
• I confess about a podcast that bugs me (even though I listen to it)
• Howard Stern
• Authenticity
• Behind the scenes of a podcast
• Vulnerability and comedy
• Can comedians drop the act and get real?
• The pressure of selling tickets
• How her Pamela Anderson roast changed her career
• Her weight loss surgery
• Completely changing her look and her life
• Losing a lot of weight and still being made fun of
• Retiring
• Self-esteem and self-hate
• Regrets
• Women in comedy
• "I was an anomaly"
• "Other than Rickles, I consider myself the best insult comic."
• #bedbathandbeyondconnections
• Getting roasted for having a land line
• Grief and cemeteries
• Compassion
• Menopause
• Small talk
• TV talk
• Celebrity parents

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