S1E4 - Joe Mantegna in Homicide (I Hate Frasier Crane)
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01/18/25 • 34 min
"All that's missing is a mariachi band!"
Episode 4 and we tackle more than a few prickly issues today as we deep dive into Joe Mantegna's career (courtesy of a few David Mamet sidebars). Yes, most of us know him for his cartoonish embodiment of Fat Tony on The Simpsons. But how does he hold up as an actor in his own right? And what can we make of his politics?
Timestamps:
01:30 Intro
03:03 Frasier Talk: Frasier has to decide if he's man or chicken, when he's challenged to a fight by newspaper columnist Derek Mann(tegna)!
08:36: Joe Mantegna Talk: Gangster on screen, gangster in animated form, gangster in the sheets? We'll find out as we trace his path from Joey Zasa to Fat Tony and beyond.
16:45 Homicide Talk: Mamet wrote and directed this complex exploration of Jewishness, Zionism, Anti-Semitism and everything in-between, through the eyes of Joe Mantegna's beaten down detective. What could possibly go wrong?
(That full Mantegna interview I refer to in this episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa2ZNXv6VZk)
Thanks for listening!
To keep up with the Frasier odyssey I'm undertaking don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.
Just search for @frasieronfilm and I should pop up on all the main socials, or you can navigate using this handy hub: https://linktr.ee/frasieronfilm
Drop me an email if you have any comments or questions too! Or if you want to feature on an episode at some point: [email protected]
"All that's missing is a mariachi band!"
Episode 4 and we tackle more than a few prickly issues today as we deep dive into Joe Mantegna's career (courtesy of a few David Mamet sidebars). Yes, most of us know him for his cartoonish embodiment of Fat Tony on The Simpsons. But how does he hold up as an actor in his own right? And what can we make of his politics?
Timestamps:
01:30 Intro
03:03 Frasier Talk: Frasier has to decide if he's man or chicken, when he's challenged to a fight by newspaper columnist Derek Mann(tegna)!
08:36: Joe Mantegna Talk: Gangster on screen, gangster in animated form, gangster in the sheets? We'll find out as we trace his path from Joey Zasa to Fat Tony and beyond.
16:45 Homicide Talk: Mamet wrote and directed this complex exploration of Jewishness, Zionism, Anti-Semitism and everything in-between, through the eyes of Joe Mantegna's beaten down detective. What could possibly go wrong?
(That full Mantegna interview I refer to in this episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa2ZNXv6VZk)
Thanks for listening!
To keep up with the Frasier odyssey I'm undertaking don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.
Just search for @frasieronfilm and I should pop up on all the main socials, or you can navigate using this handy hub: https://linktr.ee/frasieronfilm
Drop me an email if you have any comments or questions too! Or if you want to feature on an episode at some point: [email protected]
Previous Episode
S1E3 - Patti LuPone in Beau Is Afraid (Dinner At 8)
"Sherry, Niles?”
Episode 3! Make or break time for the podcast! We’ve had the big guns come out to play in Episode 1 & 2 (Linda Hamilton & Christopher Reeve) - now it’s time to take a chance on a complete unknown (to me at least!). Have to say, it’s been my favourite episode to research and record so far. Hope that you guys have a similar experience!
Timestamps:
02:20 Intro
03:36 Frasier Talk: Frasier and Niles go full snob as their dad Martin takes them to his favourite restaurant, the Timber Mill (with all the 'fix ins')
08:52 Patti LuPone Talk: An absolute behemoth of Broadway, with some more than controversial takes on life.
18:08 Beau Is Afraid Talk: Easily the most enjoyable film I've seen on this podcast so far. Incredibly complex and layered but I do my best to capture in a nutshell what is so great about it. (SPOILER ALERT - Patti LuPone is!).
Thanks for listening!
To keep up with the Frasier odyssey I'm undertaking don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.
Just search for @frasieronfilm and I should pop up on all the main socials, or you can navigate using this handy hub: https://linktr.ee/frasieronfilm
Drop me an email if you have any comments or questions too! Or if you want to feature on an episode at some point: [email protected]
Next Episode
S1E5 - Jeff Daniels in Arachnophobia (Here's Looking At You)
"There are a million stories in the naked city. Now if we could just find a naked one."
Episode 5 and I hope you're ready to unpack and rehash some childhood phobias and traumas because we're about to explore Jeff Daniels (yes, he of Dumb And Dumber fame), by way of revisiting Arachnophobia!
Timestamps:
01:30 Intro
02:43 Frasier Talk: Frasier proves he is light years ahead of streaming platforms like Netflix, by combining telescopes and a desire for interesting stories in the building opposite!
10:57: Jeff Daniels Talk: Our first proper genuinely nice guy on the podcast? Let's find out as we work out how he balanced agents trying to prime him for his first Oscar-nomination alongside his desire to star alongside Jim Carrey and a bunch of New Zaaland tarantulas.
19:30 Arachnophobia Talk: The thrill-omedy that both terrifies and delights decades later. Why? Big ass spiders all over almost every frame. Real ones. And John Goodman doing a SpiderBuster impression too. Fear is real.
Thanks for listening!
To keep up with the Frasier odyssey I'm undertaking don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.
Just search for @frasieronfilm and I should pop up on all the main socials, or you can navigate using this handy hub: https://linktr.ee/frasieronfilm
Drop me an email if you have any comments or questions too! Or if you want to feature on an episode at some point: [email protected]
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