Mike Birbiglia and Eddie Schmidt talk ‘Good One: A Show About Jokes’; Coppola seeks home for passion project
The Business · KCRW
April 12, 202430m 2s
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Show Notes
<p>Kim Masters and Matt Belloni dive into the challenges faced by legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola as he struggles to find distribution for his self-financed passion project, <i>Megalopolis. </i>The Banter partners also take a look at the risks behind David Ellison’s bid to acquire Paramount parent company National Amusements.</p>
<p>Plus, Eric Deggans speaks to comedian Mike Birbiglia and documentary filmmaker Eddie Schmidt about their new special, <i>Good One: A Show About Jokes.</i> They share how they approached adapting a popular Vulture <a href="https://www.vulture.com/good-one/">podcast</a> into their Peacock special, and talk about sticking with the truth in autobiographical comedy following allegations that Hasan Minaj falsified elements of his award-winning special <i>Homecoming King.</i></p>