Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

Fun + deep thoughts with comedian and Superior Donuts actor Maz Jobrani!

We talk:

• His book, I'm Not A Terrorist But I've Played One on TV
• Flying during covid
• Expensive flights
• Misinformation
• A wild story about an email I got from one celebrity's rep
• Class projects
• Looking symptoms up online and thinking you're going to die
• Maz's Persian Jewish friends
• Being the lead character in your own movie
• The pressure of posting on social media
• Sweating the small stuff vs. the big stuff
• Being late to his own stand-up comedy tour shows
• How he sees himself
• Being a comedian vs. an actor
• His podcast, Back to School with Maz Jobrani
• The rush of being onstage
• Getting into the zone
• Grit
• Passion vs. grit
• The politics of your career
• His experience at UC Berkeley and UCLA
• How to get where you want to be in life
• What to do when you're discouraged
• His pandemic puppy
• The secret to success in relationships
• The best shows on TV, according to me and Maz Jobrani
• Hacks
• Miracle Workers
• Gomorrah

Links:

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More Maz Jobrani

Catch Maz's podcast, Back to School with Maz Jobrani, get tickets to his comedy shows and learn more about Maz at https://www.mazjobrani.com/

Get Maz's book, I'm Not a Terrorist But I Played One on TV https://amzn.to/3llTJQK

Dream Hollywood

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Watch my talk with Gomorrah star Salvatore Esposito https://youtu.be/u5GvfkaEn1M

Watch Maz Jobrani and me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/reallyfamous

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• How It Ends
• Psychics
• Manifestation
• Being a "Jewish, Virgo, tortured artist"
• Big existential questions
• Angst fueling productivity
• Filming with Colin Hanks, Fred Armisen, Olivia Wilde, Helen Hunt and Cailee Spaeny
• The real LA
• Loneliness
• Jimmy Fallon
• Betsy Brandt
• Life in Pieces
• Media promotion
• Inspiring women
• Post-partum depression
• Wayyyyy more

Join us!

Links:

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Zoe's new film, How It Ends

https://mgm.com/movies/how-it-ends

My talk with Betsy Brandt

https://really-famous.com/now/betsy-brandt

My first talk with Zoe Lister-Jones

https://really-famous.com/zoe-listerjones

Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group

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Share your thoughts!

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Yes, it's true! Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi and I had a chat.

There's a backstory, which explains why this is an atypically short episode.

I share the story.

In the meantime, check out Steve and Daniel's show Miracle Workers, which just kicked off season 3 (Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail) on TBS.

You can also catch seasons 1 and 2 on HBO Max.

I have big questions for Daniel and Steve, of course. We don't get to them all, but we do cover a few very intriguing topics, like:

• If they're as lovable in real life as their endearing Miracle Workers characters
• How they feel about social media
• Who people think they are vs. who they really are, in real life
• What happens next

Share your thoughts!

• Email me [email protected]
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The iconic actress wows me with a shocking Hitchcock story, wisdom and badassery. It's a classic you won't forget.

You'll get Tippi's scoop on:

• Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with her

• Slamming doors and confronting Hitchcock's wife

• A twist of events while filming The Birds

• Injuries while filming

• Shambala, her animal sanctuary for lions and tigers

• Living with a lion in a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood

• #MeToo and why she spoke out then and now

• Getting nervous. Or not.

• Raising her daughter, actor Melanie Griffith, as a single mother

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Internationally renowned psychologist and Emotional Intelligence guru Daniel Goleman, PhD, joins me and it's FASCINATING.

We analyze people's behaviors and habits (and we do it together because I'm a therapist, after all!). It's really fun and insightful. We analyze what happens in conversations, what we do when people say negative things about us, self-talk, texting, Zooming, celebrities I've interviewed, and my own peculiar habits.

I also share details on my work as a writer for The New York Times and WebMD and he talks about being a NYT science writer and editor of Psychology Today.

And there's a HUGE TAKEAWAY for YOU.

It's like the big therapists' and coaches' secret to shifting your life in a powerful direction. We reveal it on the show.

Plus we laugh. So don't mistake it for one of those boring, scientific jargon talks. We have a lot of fun.

LINKS

• SHOP my Amazon storefront: Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous
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• Dan's books
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Social Intelligence

• Watch Daniel and me on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g6Xw5n5ELZ8
• Watch a quickie: https://youtu.be/M2yYH8KkfkI
• Sign up for my Insiders Group for early access to live event tickets, sneak peeks, inside scoop and more: really-famous.com/contact

• Dan's Website: https://www.danielgoleman.info/

• Dan's Podcast: https://www.keystepmedia.com/first-person-plural/

• Subscribe to Dan's Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/emotional-intelligence-6727923233074487296/

• Dan's top self-help books
  • Emotional Alchemy
  • Love Is Never Enough

Connect with me:

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• What Tim is worried about getting cancelled for
• Cancel culture
• New Jersey
• David Chase
• The Sopranos
• Odd jobs
• Spike Lee
• Tim's family
• Being a grandfather
• Babies
• Private Practice
• Tea Leoni
• Elizabeth & Henry McCord
• Aspirational couples
• Shooting the Madam Secretary pilot
• When Tim knew he liked Tea
• Late night talk shows
• Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno & Craig Ferguson
• Fame
• Gardening
• Guitars
• Schmoozing at parties
• Being shy
• Storytelling
• TV shows and movies we're watching
• Comedy
• Wings
• I Love Lucy and Steve Carell
• Auditions
• Tim's new movie
• Being typecast
• Aging
• More!

This is a record breaker, my friends. It's Tim Daly's 4th time on Really Famous, BUT NOT HIS LAST - more on that in today's show!

Links:

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  • Early ticket access to my next talk with Tim
• Tickets for Chazz Palminteri
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• My NEW Really Famous Friends + Fans group on FB
  • I just shared behind-the-scenes footage!
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok

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Watch Tim's TV + movies while supporting Really Famous - just use these links!

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• The Sopranos ➤ https://amzn.to/3ezpd0G
• Wings ➤ https://amzn.to/3ezTZGL
• Diner ➤ https://amzn.to/3aJmMre

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In this unconventional episode, I'm sharing my encounter with the late and wonderful Gavin MacLeod, from 2014, when I met him on The Love Boat. Well, on the Regal Princess.

I talked to Gavin briefly, but not as briefly as I was supposed to. You'll see...take a listen.

Gavin, of course, played Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Stubing on The Love Boat.

Links to my talks with Gavin's co-stars, who were more than happy to talk about how wonderful Gavin was:

Ed Asner - https://really-famous.com/ed-asner

Marion Ross - https://really-famous.com/now/marion-ross

Ted Lange - https://really-famous.com/ted-lange

Jill Whelan - https://really-famous.com/jill-whelan

I'll be back next week with Tim Daly. Please stay tuned.

- Kara

Lillo was a guest on Really Famous last year and it was pretty major, not gonna lie. He shared his whole story of becoming discovered – on the beach! – and getting involved with drugs, being involved in a fatal shooting, and going to prison. He also revealed his honest feelings about Chazz Palminteri, who was like a mentor to him, before things turned, well, they turned ugly.

Listen here:

Watch here:

And now, for a new, loose, light, fun, film-filled, Italy-loving new talk!

We talk:

• The Sopranos
• A Bronx Tale
• Gomorrah
• Napoli
• Italy
• His parents
• Being adopted from Colombia
• Fitness
• Robert De Niro
• Chazz Palminteri
• What he'd say to Chazz if he could
• Monumentally bad choices
• Paying his debt to society
• Positivity
• Second chances
• The Godfather films
• The Irishman
• Marlon Brando
• Oh so much more!

Links:

• Tickets to Chazz Palminteri's live onstage event in NYC: really-famous.com/contact

• Watch Lillo and me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reallyfamous

• Our first talk (Lillo + me): https://really-famous.com/now/lillo-brancato
• My first talk with Chazz Palminteri: https://really-famous.com/now/chazz-palminteri
• My talks with Michael Imperioli: https://really-famous.com/now/michael-imperioli
• My talks with Danny Aiello: https://really-famous.com/now/danny-aiello-returns

• Watch Gomorrah: HBOMax.com
• Sign up for my Insiders Group for early access to live event tickets, sneak peeks, inside scoop and more: really-famous.com/contact

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I should call this Deep Thoughts with Josh Radnor.

The How I Met Your Mother and Hunters actor (and musician who just released his first solo EP) and I dive deep into:

• Fame
• Success
• Aging
• Your 20s vs. your 40s
• Theater vs. TV
• Indie film and TV sensibilities
• Art and creativity
• Friendships
• Relationships
• Ted Mosby vs. Josh Radnor
• Being camera shy (or aware)
• Judith Light, Mike Nichols, Al Pacino
• Thinking, overthinking, and changing your thinking

Join us!

Links to all things Josh Radnor:

• Josh Radnor + me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Josh Rador + me Part 2 (avail May 12): https://youtu.be/X1TtN5jHlGw​

• Josh Radnor's new EP, One More Then I'll Let You Go: https://www.joshradnor.com/

• How I Met Your Mother https://amzn.to/3mwJqYv

• Hunters https://amzn.to/3dNRMqv

• Liberal Arts https://amzn.to/3msN1qz

• Happythankyoumoreplease https://amzn.to/3uyhlCL

HIMYM collection:

• Pillow https://amzn.to/3g65W9y
• The Bro Code https://amzn.to/3e1bTBE
• The Naked Man Notebook https://amzn.to/3deEkND
• Throw blanket https://amzn.to/3mFzdca
• Legendary keychain https://amzn.to/3a8nE8n

Links to our sponsors:

• Get 10% off your first month of therapy at Better Help: BetterHelp.com/ReallyFamous
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Connect with me:

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• filming Younger in quarantine
• moving to Italy
• Spanish, Italian and European cinema and television
• Gomorrah!
• Salvatore Esposito
• Bootlegging
• Fiesole
• vaccinations
• Italy right now being on lockdown
• vintage clothes
• hoarding
• being social
• New York
• Michael Imperioli
• sexuality in European films
• Liza, Charles, Josh and Maggie
• being camera-ready
• going gray
• buying and renovating 1 euro Italian villas
• Italian red tape and artisan craftsmanship
• reuniting with her husband
• celebrity parents
• best/worst habits
• a gig that got away
• a small fight with Madonna (it's OK now)
• who she hangs out with
• friendships
• grocery stores and pharmacies in Italy -- bravo!

Links:

• Watch Debi and me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Our first talk (Debi + me): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debi-mazar/id1231521180?i=1000384876602
• Watch Younger: https://amzn.to/3domveO (free trial with this link!)
• Watch Gomorrah: HBOMax.com
• Sign up for my Insiders Group for early access to live event tickets, sneak peeks, inside scoop and more: really-famous.com/contact

My talks with Debi's co-stars:

• Michael Imperioli https://reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/michael-imperioli
• Peter Hermann https://reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/peter-hermann
• Miriam Shor https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/miriam-shor/id1231521180?i=1000391842257
• Debi Mazar (first time) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debi-mazar/id1231521180?i=1000384876602

Links to our sponsors:

• Shop my Amazon storefront: Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous
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• Get 10% off your first month of therapy at Better Help: BetterHelp.com/ReallyFamous

Connect with me:

• Subscribe to Really Famous on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
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