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Legendary former casting director Joel Thurm chats with Trey Elling about SEX, DRUGS, & PILOT SEASON: CONFESSIONS OF A CASTING DIRECTOR. Topics include:

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• Joaquin Phoenix\\u2019s influence on the book (0:00:57)
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• Growing up on a dairy farm in Brooklyn, NY (0:02:58)
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• David Merrick\\u2019s influence on Joel\\u2019s career (0:08:16)
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• How Pearl Bailey got Joel to Hollywood (0:13:03)
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• LSD, a puffy shirt, & Jesus Christ Superstar (0:16:21)
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• Learning how to handle people from Ethel Winant (0:21:12)
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• The Minutes on CBS (0:23:46)
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• Charlton Heston (0:27:18)
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• Casting Susan Sarandon The Rocky Horror Picture Show (0:28:03)
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• Why Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg made such a good team (0:30:49)
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• The Boy In The Plastic Bubble (0:33:14)
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• Grease as an example of Joel\\u2019s philosophy on money & creativity (0:38:45)
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• Olivia Newton John\\u2019s \\u201cSlutty Sandy\\u201d scene (0:40:52)
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• Getting the team back together for Grease Live in 2019 (0:43:26)
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• The joys of working on Taxi (0:47:11)
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• Airplane! (0:55:36)
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• Why Peter Graves & Kareem Abdul Jabbar getting cast (0:59:06)
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• Leslie Nielsen reinventing himself with Airplane! (1:00:55)
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• Ted Danson, Shelly Long, & Cheers (1:03:10)
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• Choosing Claire Huxtable for The Cosby Show (1:06:59)
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• Joel bucking \\u201ccasting couch\\u201d stereotype (1:11:39)
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• What he would\\u2019ve done differently (1:20:25)
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• Why he stopped casting in the early 1990s (1:23:24)
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• Joel\\u2019s last casting job (1:25:30)
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