3507 – Making prank calls with Kevin Pollak

October 9, 2024 Darryl Asher

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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher

NNF 3507 – Kevin Pollak
@KevinPollak / IG: @KevinPollak123
kevinpollak.komi.io

00 Hello! 3507!

Jimmy sends well wishes to Florida in advance of Hurricane Milton.

Jimmy talks about his menagerie of animals outside the house.

Skunks gonna spray! And when it does it gets into Jimmy’s family room.

People from Baltimore are indeed called Baltimoreans!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_(German_band)

Mom jeans radio is gone already! It’s Coldplay radio now?!

SNL talk!

Will Jimmy keep watching once Oliver is off to college?

10 – The guys talk Jane Wickline and her Weekend Update talk – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Wickline

Who coulda done Tim Walz on SNL?

The Pardo-Koenig fam watched Will & Harper over the weekend. Jimmy says it should be in classrooms.

Doc Talk!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_%26_Harper

The fam ALSO saw Joker 2! They may be the only ones who liked it!

20 – Famous Doc Joker 2!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)

Eliot didn’t like it! REALLY didn’t like it!

25 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Thunder

When’s the last time we saw Cocktail?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_(1988_film)

Eliot talks about going to the Culver City street fair and where he parked and the attendant making a joke.

Jimmy was not there but he knows what the parking attendant meant!

30 – Dodgers fan in rare form over the weekend.

https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/dodgers-fan-stabbed-to-death-after-game-in-san-francisco

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13929931/dodgers-padres-fight-seats-covered-blood.html

Jimmy’s a lover not a fighter since birth!

The Penguin!

Frank Welker indeed voice The Penguin!

Son of Monsterpalooza talk! The Osbornes are in! Jimmy talks about it.

45 – New development at the Pardo-Koenig house? Jimmy can’t handle the Red sauce at chipotle anymore. He’s down to the green!

Kevin Pollak is here!

If it’s 8:03am will Eliot give them $10 each or not talk the rest of the show.

We’ll be right back!

49m – We’re back! Door’s open! Get some cool air in here!

Kevin Pollak is here! He comments on how much of the show we’ve already done.

Kevin talks when he last saw Jimmy, which was at the Aero theatre.

50 – They were both seeing Goodfellas!

Kevin shares how he hid so he could startle Jimmy when he came in.

55 – Kevin’s book: How I Slept My Way to the Middle – https://www.amazon.com/How-Slept-Way-Middle-Interwebs/dp/0762782331/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Kevin explains he and his wife’s game The Face Game.

Is Cheryl Hines divorcing RFK Jr?

https://people.com/cheryl-hines-talking-about-filing-for-divorce-from-rfk-jr-exclusive-source-8724012

60 – Jimmy is furious that he didn’t think of calling Ralph’s Raiphs (like Ralph Fiennes).

Is Kevin gonna do some voices for us?! He’s gonna teach Jimmy how to do Jason Statham.

Joe mean!

Kevin talks about growing up and starting comedy in San Francisco / San Jose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_City_Zoo

1h5m – Kevin talks about opening for bands and how it teaches you every situation for an audience. Corporate events also!

Kevin talks about his early days being almost all impression because he hadn’t found his voice yet.

Kevin talks about how bad LA audiences can be, and how the big location audiences seem to prefer confessional comedy.

Jimmy wants to know Kevin and Paul Reiser’s relationship is. Kevin shares their origin story!

1h10m – Michael Keaton talking Kevin Pollak’s message as Alan Arkin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4n5JuNRCE

Kevin gives us a sample.

He then talks about calling Paul Reiser’s hotel room as Peter Falk. He couldn’t break character because Paul was so enamored by it and believed it. He finally called back and apologized to him to his response, “you are not a nice person. It’s a lovely impression, but you are not a nice person.”

1h15m – Paul’s new movie is called The Problem with People – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10013512/

Jimmy’s already lost his Statham impression.

Jimmy asks Kevin how it is to view a Scorsese movie having been in one.

Kevin talks about “Talkin’ Walkin” which is his favorite thing he’s done. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talkin-walkin/id505553941

1h20m – Kevin talks about getting Walken impression advice and the “key” to getting into the impression from Jay Mohr.

Was John Kasssir the first walken impersonator? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kassir

Misery Loves Comedy – https://www.amazon.com/Misery-Loves-Comedy-DVD/dp/B00W5D7QKC/ref=sr_1_4?crid=32WYG4ZLUSQP7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5TIujp3Rcxa__GWo0g9RW_t1r7fiJNugGjGJrsz19bQgaQoiI9l1pt_zgOM-IHrhvRx17oQFr8yL4l_ds842gyAWbLOw9CfUvTAciI_bPyvOKhN6qaFQVQzW4bVMS9QavlAv71lw9FIR7O-mUXfvJv4UTNaAyfgHHP4EKpKA4zeGOsCgZHb7TzbjhRSgMpbxFCYuY2zWAYrlFSvG9x7R2NK3sZUCSRTyup9s18K0m_c.gJfajUx7MpfGrtmvgoP-7v8s2_3q5NZDm7u77UzAmK0&dib_tag=se&keywords=misery+loves+comedy&qid=1728326991&sprefix=misery+loves+comedy%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-4

1h25m – Kevin talks about his movie premiering at Sundance in 2015. It did indeed show at the Egyptian!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_Loves_Comedy_(film)

Kevin talks about meeting Christopher Walken!

1h30m – He was asked to speak at the ceremony to get his hands and feet in the cement at the Chinese Theater. He was one of two speakers, the other being Quentin Tarantino.

Kevin just got back from Wheeling West Virginia where he was filming a picture!

Kevin shares that Tony Shaloud says that he is “audition only.”

1h35m – Norm MacDonald as Quentin Tarantino on the January 10, 1998 episode during the “Quentin Tarantino: A Profile” sketch. Fred Armisen as Quentin Tarantino on the October 11, 2003 episode during “The Sharon Osborne Show” sketch.
Kevin talks about leaving voice messages from Canada.

The Canadian way!

It’s trivia time! Full results below!

8am time stamp! No money or silence owed.

We love impressions!

We’ll be right back!

1h42m – We’re back!

3507! Jimmy insisted Kevin does a Larry David impression. He shares a story about the time Larry was on Chat Show and how similar Larry is to Alan Arkin.

Mike Binder – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Binder

1h45m – Round the horn!

Christopher Walken has joined us!

Hello Eliot!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang

Answers below!

1h55m – Kevin Pollak shares his Jack Nicholson story after a round of Liar’s Poker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar%27s_poker

2h – Who’s guessing what’s in Kevin’s pocket? Jimmy’s got $80.

Who won? GARON! EXACTLY! $180!

Kevin shares his Jack story on A Few Good Men. It happened when Magic Johnson came out with HIV.

Jack Nicholson shared his thoughts of what is surreal.