Colin Hanks: My Dad Wanted William Shatner to Play The Great Buck Howard
Colin Hanks sits down with Brent Spiner and Jonny Frakes on Dropping Names and starts where it started, on a sidewalk on the Fox lot in the late nineties, terrified before his Roswell screen test, when a passing Jonathan Frakes told him to do well and somehow made the whole day survivable. From…
Two moments from this episode
Kreskin Leaves A Letter
At a screening for The Great Buck Howard, Colin Hanks mentioned he was doing a play with Jane Fonda and told Kreskin he should come see it sometime. Kreskin turned up the very next night, which happened to be the one night Colin wasn't feeling well and slipped out the back. The next morning a letter was waiting at the stage door, beginning with a line Colin got to tell David Letterman on air.
“even now, I know what you're thinking”
Ten Minutes With The Sandman
After House Bunny came out and did well, Colin Hanks got a phone call from Adam Sandler, who he says calls himself the Sandman. The call ran about ten minutes, and Colin reckons roughly seven and a half of them were spent on one subject.
“Pretty sure about seven and a half of those minutes, we're talking about just how incredible Emma Stone was.”
Names dropped in this episode
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David Nutter
5:47American television and film director and television producer Wikipedia ↗
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Jason Katims
6:17American television writer, producer, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
William Sadler
8:35American actor Wikipedia ↗
Matt Nix
11:29American writer, producer, and director Wikipedia ↗
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Jenny Wade
13:43American actress known for playing Liz Traynor on the Fox television series The Good Guys, Nina in The… Wikipedia ↗
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Michael Keaton
16:32Michael John Douglas , known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor Wikipedia ↗
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George Takei
17:02American actor, author, and activist Wikipedia ↗
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The Amazing Kreskin
19:13The Amazing Kreskin , also known as Kreskin, was an American mentalist who became popular on… Wikipedia ↗
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Jonathan Ames
20:07American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two… Wikipedia ↗
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Casey Wilson
20:15Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
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Conan O'Brien
22:10American television host, comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster Wikipedia ↗
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David Letterman
22:19American television host, comedian, writer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
Andy Richter
22:31American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer Wikipedia ↗
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Jack Carter
24:59American businessman, politician and environmentalist Wikipedia ↗
John Candy
27:36Canadian actor and comedian best known for his work in Hollywood comedy films Wikipedia ↗
Glen Zipper
32:10American writer, film producer and former New Jersey assistant state prosecutor Wikipedia ↗
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Willie Mays
32:57Willie Howard Mays Jr. , nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center… Wikipedia ↗
James Vanderbilt
34:33American film director, screenwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
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Jack Black
37:30Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician Wikipedia ↗
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Peter Jackson
39:15New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer Wikipedia ↗
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Richard Taylor
39:25Founder, creative director and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Wētā Workshop Wikipedia ↗
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George Lucas
41:34American filmmaker, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Wikipedia ↗
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Dexter Fletcher
41:57English film director and actor Wikipedia ↗
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Robert Evans
43:44American film producer, studio executive, and actor who worked on Rosemary's Baby , Love Story , The… Wikipedia ↗
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Bob Odenkirk
48:11American actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer Wikipedia ↗
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Emma Stone
49:33Emily Jean "Emma" Stone is an American actress and film producer Wikipedia ↗
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Anna Faris
50:29American actress, comedian, producer, writer, podcaster, and author Wikipedia ↗
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Adam Sandler
51:12American comedian, actor, producer and writer Wikipedia ↗
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Meryl Streep
51:55Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress Wikipedia ↗
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Rebecca Ferguson
53:29Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström is a Swedish actress Wikipedia ↗
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Matthew Weiner
55:27American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the… Wikipedia ↗
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Dianne Wiest
60:32American actress Wikipedia ↗
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