At the beginning of this podcast, you'll hear actor Wilson Cruz say this was pretty close to a therapy session. I'll let you be the judge! Wilson, who plays Dr. Hugh Culber on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery and was recently in Thirteen Reasons Why, shares his thoughts (and confesses a few things!) on things like:

• Claire Danes
  • He played Ricky Vasquez on My So-Called Life. Wait til you hear what he says about Homeland!
• The Broadway show Rent!
• GLAAD
• Loneliness
• Dating
• Not dating
• Clubbing
• Not clubbing
• The pandemic
• Being social
• Family
• Puerto Rico
• New York
• Shonda Rhimes
• Party of Five
• The state of our society

Join us!

Thank you to The Westgate New York Grand Central for hosting this conversation. Book a room or have a drink at this newly renovated, modern-retro hotel in midtown Manhattan.

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Part 1 – why he hasn't had a partner in (wait for it!) 10 years: https://youtu.be/pCzVoUKUM5k

Part 2 – inside scoop on Claire Danes, Homeland, My So-Called Life, Grey's Anatomy, Ally McBeal and more: https://youtu.be/3YkS3aAmmOM

 

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In honor of tonight's ABC special presentation of Diff'rent Strokes + The Facts of Life, I'm re-airing my talk with Todd Bridges from last year.

Todd has been through the ringer. But he's come out OK. I won't bury the lead: He has 29 years clean and sober. We get into that, and I found out the hard way why he bristles at interviews.

You'll hear about:

• Where he is now
• Who he is now
• What he went up against
• Why he's media-averse
• His new HBO documentary, Showbiz Kids
• Diff'rent Strokes
• What you talkin about, Willis?
• Little House on the Prairie
• Roots
• Scott Baio
• Fame
• Black Lives Matter
• racism
• being targeted by the police
• emotional damage
• his experiences with sexual abuse
• how he rebounded
• how fake Hollywood can be
• his favorite TV shows
• my favorite TV shows
• family, kids and why he's a homebody

Join us.

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Jason Ritter (Parenthood, Gravity Falls, Joan of Arcadia) and I have a beautifully honest (and fun!) conversation in this classic episode from 2019.

Fun Fact: I wanted Jason to be a guest on Really Famous since the day I started it. You'll find out why.

And...I was right! I knew I'd like getting to know him better. I predict you will, too.

You'll hear us talk about:

• Parenthood - why he loved it, which scenes made him cry (as a viewer!)
• People, perfection and the real deal
• The downside of potential
• Growing up with a very famous dad (actor Jason Ritter)
• What happened after his dad died
• Embarrassment and the Golden Rule
• Why he stopped drinking
• AA
• ADHD
• Therapy
• Fame (then vs. now)
• Our favorite TV shows
• The Bachelor
• The Carbonaro Effect
• Game of Thrones
• A few of his heroes who were guests on Really Famous:
  • Joe Mantegna
  • Michael Ian Black
  • Michael Carbonaro

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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!

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

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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

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• Watch Mayim & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous
• Shop at my Amazon storefront & support the show: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous
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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

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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/

 

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