Published: Nov. 12, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
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Actor & environmentalist Ed Begley Jr chats with Trey Elling about his new memoir, TO THE TEMPLE OF TRANQUILITY...AND STEP ON IT! Topics include:
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\\n - Carrie Fisher\'s influence on this book (0:00)
\\n - What Ed Begley Sr was like as a dad (1:37)
\\n - Smoking a joint with Charles Manson (2:44)
\\n - Doing standup with Michael Richards at the Comedy Store in its first week (4:36)
\\n - How a cop routine got him into trouble (6:10)
\\n - Having John Lennon fanboy on Ed (9:49)
\\n - Working for Norman Lear in the 1970s (11:20)
\\n - Endearing himself to Richard Pryor while filming Blue Collar (12:28)
\\n - How Jack Nicholson helped him as an actor when making Goin\' South (13:50)
\\n - Recognizing the good fortune he was born into (16:24)
\\n - How St. Elsewhere improved him as an actor (18:19)
\\n - Hosting SNL in 1984 (20:43)
\\n - Ed\'s Larry David story (22:57)
\\n - Having to squash Marlon Brando\'s dream (24:25)
\\n - Bruno Kirby\'s influence on Ed as a person (27:25)
\\n - How Christopher Guest saved his career (28:58)
\\n - Working on Arrested Development (30:58)
\\n - Living with Parkinson\'s Disease (32:51)
\\n - Why the phrase "This is It" means so much (34:56)
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