Nick Bollettieri. One of, if not THE premier tennis mentors in the sport. He has coached the top players in the sport such as Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Boris Becker and countless others. We talk about his career in tennis and what it was like being an influence in the illustrious careers of such tennis greats.
My friend and comedian Tom Rhodes. Seen in his own NBC sit-com, "Mr. Rhodes" and three stand-up specials, Tom started comedy at 17 and by 19 was supporting himself on the road. Amazing story. He was the first comic signed to a development deal by Comedy Central. He's spent the last TEN years living and working around the world, literally, he has not had a permanent home. He talks about living and doing comedy in the likes of Malaysia, Singapore, Iceland, and Russia. Totally fascinating dude - one of the most cultured people I know. To top it all off Tom has a GREAT story about meeting a pant-less Rodney Dangerfield at the age of 17!
Judd Apatow, Producer, Writer, Director of such films as “Forty Year Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “This is 40,” and “Trainwreck,” and the HBO show “Girls,” talks with Paul about his passion for comedy going back to when he was a kid on Long Island. How in high school he managed to interview such comedy legends as Jerry Seinfeld, John Candy, Steven Wright, Howard Stern, Steve Allen and Garry Shandling. Later he came to work with Garry Shandling on “The Larry Sanders Show” and Judd talks about what he learned from Garry that led Judd to approach his comedy in an honest, revealing way. Judd gets into how coming from a broken home influenced his comedy, being mentally unhealthy can help in comedy, it’s hard to turn the work off and be in the moment, how music influences his comedy, his writing and directing process and much more. A fascinating, in-depth look into one of the most inventive, influential comedy minds working today.