"You Talkin’ to Me?”: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes / Christian Finnegan hosts Author Brian Abrams
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more When my friend Brian Abrams reached out to ask me if I would be interested in having him on the show to talk about his new book about famous movie quotes I thought - I'd love to have you on but I'm not sure I am the best person to interview you on this which is why I reached out to my friend, Comedian and film nerd Christian Finnegan. I loved producing this interview and I hope you love hearing it. Thanks again to Christian and Brian for doing it! Subscribe to Christian's music discovery newsletter New Music for Olds Get the Book! "You Talkin’ to Me?”: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes is a fun, fascinating, and exhaustively reported look at all the iconic Hollywood movie quotes we know and love. Drawing on interviews, archival sleuthing, and behind-the-scenes details, the book examines the origins and deeper meanings of hundreds of film lines: how they’ve impacted, shaped, and reverberated through the culture, defined eras in Hollywood, and become cemented in the modern lexicon. Packed with film stills, sidebars, lists, and other fun detours throughout movie history, the book covers all genres and a diverse range of directors, writers, and audiences. Brian Abrams is the author Obama: An Oral History as well as three bestselling Kindle Singles oral histories: And NOW…An Oral History of Late Night with David Letterman, 1982–1993; Gawker: An Oral History; and Die Hard: An Oral History. Abrams has written for the Washington Post Magazine, Time, and The Lowbrow Reader. He lives in New York City. You can visit brianlabrams.com for more information and follow the author on Twitter @BrianAbrams. Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe