Apr 25, 2019
This week Damian and Anne are joined by actress Talia Balsam. You Might Know Her From Divorce, Mad Men, No Strings Attached, In the Mood, and Homeland. Talia talks about growing up in a showbiz family with her actor parents, Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten, as well as her 20+ year marriage to her Mad Men co-star, John Slattery (and before that, George Clooney). Balsam fills us in on her guilty pleasure TV proclivities, Didi Conn tidbits, and fun facts about her cousin-in-law and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, Eileen Davidson. Also, Damian gets a special delivery from Stitch Fix that is both deeply mortifying and wildly spiritual.
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Discussed this week
Talia’s IMDB
Mom:Joyce Van Patten || Dad: Martin Balsam
Working with Shelley Winters in The Initiation of Sarah
Playing opposite husband, John Slattery (Return, Mad Men)
Matt Weiner (writer: Sopranos, creator: Mad Men)
Jake’s Women with her mom, Joyce vp and Alan Alda
Glenda Jackson in King Lear
D&A’s drop everything to see: Tyne Daly, Laurie Metcalf
Talia’s: Marthe Keller, John Benjamin Hickey
Property Brothers, Trading Spaces promo, Ty Pennington, Love it or List , Ladies of London
Bachelor, Mr. Personality and luchadores masks Joe Millionaire, Basketball Wives, Bethenny Frankel, Flavor of Love, I Love New York, Studs, Love Connection
Cousin Vince (tennis + poker) married to Eileen Davidson (RHOBH)
Teletubbies, Bear in the Big Blue House, Dinosaur Train
Shining Time Station w/Didi Conn (also George Carlin, Ringo Starr)
You Light Up My Life (Didi Conn movie)
Didi Conn Dancing on Ice
Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem
Martin Balsam: A Thousand Clowns, Taking of Pelham 123, 12 Angry Men, Catch 22,
Talia Balsam: Thirtysomething, Shame 2 the secret, Thirdwatch
Pat Van Patten - numerologist, June Taylor Dancer
Sound bath in Joshua Tree (aka Rubbing crystals in dome in Joshua Tree)
T: Pisces with Scorpio rising || D: Aquarius with Aries rising || A: Libra with Sagittarius rising
Anjelica Huston’s autobio: Watch Me
Acting dynasties: Hustons, Barrymores, Pinkett Smiths, Fisher-Reynolds