Larry Hankin, Part 1
Listen now
Description
Larry Hankin has appeared in over 200 movies, television shows, and short films. He's an accomplished writer, Academy Award nominated filmmaker, founding member of the famed improv troupe The Committee, and all around raconteur. He joins me to talk about his life as a journeyman actor and artist, and what a great conversation it is. In this episode we talk his youth in Far Rockaway, Queens, his begrudging college career, and his time as a standup in Greenwich Village where he rubbed elbows with every cool person who came out of that scene in the 60's. He tells me about working with Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson, opening for The Loving Spoonful, and hanging out with the legendary Lenny Bruce. His new memoir, The Guy: A Cautionary Memoir, is available now and I can not recommend it enough. Find out more about Larry here: IMDB Patreon The Guy: A Cautionary Memoir  (If you don't want to support big companies like Amazon, check out Irvington Vinyl & Books. Elysia will happily get you a copy and send it your way, and you are supporting the last independent book store in Indianapolis, IN.)
More Episodes
Dana Gould, Fred Olen Ray, and Bob Blackburn join me to talk about one of the most misunderstood and unfairly maligned filmmakers of all time, Edward D. Wood, Jr. in celebration of what would have been Ed's 100th birthday. I could not have gotten a better group of people to talk to about this...
Published 10/07/24
Published 10/07/24
A Ben Evans Film is a short movie that my son and I worked on back in 2019. We met and became friends with many of the movie's crew and talent, including one of the directors, James Henry Hall, and the star, Sky Elobar. Tody, James and Sky join me to tell me about their work in trying to make a...
Published 01/02/24