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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,978
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Oh Robin...
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- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 418
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Cage, Keitel, Coppola, and 15 other stars of the stage and screen speak candidly with Fresh Air's Terry Gross in this compilation of classic interviews. Also available: Fresh Air: Laughs, featuring Pryor, Carey, Mason, and more.
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NPR Funniest Driveway Moments
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- By: NPR
- Narrated by: Robert Krulwich
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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What's a "driveway moment"? It's when you're so captivated by a story on NPR that you stay in your car to hear it to the end - even if you're sitting in your own driveway. For years, listeners have written to NPR to describe such moments. Some are serious, some are touching, and some, like the stories included here, are very, very funny.
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- By: Terry Gross
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Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won 25 Emmys in its remarkable 11-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another.
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Publisher's Summary
Interviewed are:
Robin Williams (2006)
Dave Chappelle (2004)
Stephen Colbert (2005)
David Cronenberg (2005)
Thelma Schoonmaker (2005)
George Clooney (2005)
Billy Bob Thornton (2002)
Jodie Foster (2002)
CCH Pounder (2006)
Lisa Kudrow (2003)
Tim Curry (2005)
Critic Reviews
"Most people end up telling Gross things they might never have admitted before, not even to themselves." (Vogue)
"If interviewing people is like picking locks, Terry Gross...holds a master key." (The Los Angeles Times)
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- Brandi Wright
- 07-15-16
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
the interviews are excellent. It seems that Ms. Gross asks all the real questions in a non threatening way which gets the celebrities to open up in a natural way. Almost in a sense that we're all sitting around conversing and having brunch! Excellent audible selection.