Why you should never meet your idols
This week we're sharing one of our favourite episodes from May 2016.
Meeting someone who you look up to is scary for a lot of reasons. For one, you hope you don't embarrass yourself.
But the big fear is that they won't live up to your expectations. And how could they! In your mind, they're your idol, but in the flesh, they're a real person with flaws and weaknesses.
And that's what we're talking about in this week's episode. We find out what happens when we meet our idols. From Kevin Pollak's Chat Show actor Matthew Perry shares a story about watching hockey with his hockey hero Wayne Gretzky. From Mortified, one teenager's favourite icon of the 90s was someone in their 90s: Katharine Hepburn.
"He drank nine beers and just was going off on all the players." — Matthew Perry, on The Kevin Pollak Chat Show #232
Actor Matthew Perry shares his own dream come true of meeting hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky.
"I especially loved the old movie actresses. They were so pretty…and socially competent" — Katie, on Saving Katharine Hepburn
A teenager sends fan letters to Katharine Hepburn in an attempt to save her from eternal damnation.
"The worst of both rap and rock into one cohesive package." — Tom O'Keefe, on Send in the Clowns
What happens when you get in the way of rampant fans and their idol? Tom finds out the hard way at an Insane Clown Posse concert.
"And then Eddie Murphy picks his head out of the sand...and it's not Eddie Murphy. It's one of Eddie Murphy's doubles. Who literally looks like Eddie Murphy from the ear, to the nose." — Paul Scheer on I Wasn't There Too: Meet Dave
After being treated poorly on set, an actor's fortune is changed when Eddie Murphy shows up on set.
PLUS - Former Podcast Playlist host, Lindsay Michael, interviews I Was There Too host Matt Gourley about how he manages to host four podcasts, his favourite interviews and the time he was let down by one of his idols. Listen here.
We also featured I Was There Too on episode 24, which was all about film. Listen here.
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