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Author: Phil Rosenthal, David Wild, and Straw Hut Media

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Don't you love a great lunch and conversation with an interesting friend? You know, the kind that you talk about for years to come. Phil Rosenthal, creator, and host of Netflix's "Somebody Feed Phil," already knows how to find fascinating people, foods, and cultures. While he always likes eating lunch, he's even more enthusiastic about a lunch that includes a conversation with smart people who share their stories.

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It's the Second Coming of the year's Greatest Hits as Phil and David offer Part 2 of their Greatest Hits of 2024. Happy New Year. Go back and enjoy the full episodes for the holidays. And please consider buying tickets to see "Naked Lunch" LIVE at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre on January 25th, 2025 as part of SF Sketchfest in San Francisco here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/naked-lunch-with-phil-rosenthal-david-wild-tickets-1082461795369.To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David kick off a new series of episodes celebrating some of the greatest "Naked Lunch" hits of this past year. Check them out and discover any episodes you've missed. Buy tickets to see "Naked Lunch" live at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre on January 25th, 2025 as part of SF Sketchfest in San Francisco here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/naked-lunch-with-phil-rosenthal-david-wild-tickets-1082461795369.To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David encourage everyone to support The Motion Picture and Television Fund. The "Lights, Camera, Take Action!" Telethon for MTPF is airing December 8 on KTLA in Los Angeles and can be seen on KTLA.com. Phil and David are revisiting the time they were joined by actor, writer, director and musician Billy Bob Thornton, an Academy Award-winner, and his Grammy-winning, longstanding musical partner in their beloved band The Boxmasters, J.D. Andrew. for another special episode recorded on the beautiful Motion Picture & Television Fund campus in Woodland Hills, California -- https://mptf.com/. These episodes are in support of the "Lights, Cameras, Take Action!: A Telethon Benefiting MPTF hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron that airs December 9th in Los Angeles on @KTLA. This is a fantastic and far-ranging conversation about life, music, mental health, meeting your heroes with great stories about Billy Wilder, Don Rickles, Marlon Brando and visiting Stanley Kramer at MPTF. To hear Tausha and The Boxmasters' song "As I Ever Was" on Future Youth Records, click here. For tour dates and much more on The Boxmasters, visit their official site here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
John Stamos for MPTF

John Stamos for MPTF

2024-12-0501:24:58

Phil and David encourage everyone to support The Motion Picture and Television Fund. The "Lights, Camera, Take Action!" Telethon for MTPF is airing December 8 on KTLA in Los Angeles and can be seen on KTLA.com. Phil and David revisit a lively lunch with beloved actor and new best-selling author John Stamos (his new memoir "If You Had Told Me" is out now) at the beautiful Motion Picture & Television Fund campus in Woodland Hills, California -- https://mptf.com/. They discuss John's remarkable life in show business from "General Hospital" to "Full House" to "ER" to Broadway and beyond, as well as his amazing decades of experience playing with The Beach Boys and his great friendships with two amazing comedians Don Rickles and Bob Saget. See and support the "Lights, Camera, Take Action" telethon for December 9th on KTLA in Southern California. Order John's memoir here. To see the video John references in the podcast, it's available to download here! To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Jeff Bridges for MPTF

Jeff Bridges for MPTF

2024-12-0401:06:50

Phil and David encourage everyone to support The Motion Picture and Television Fund. The "Lights, Camera, Take Action!" Telethon for MTPF is airing December 8 on KTLA in Los Angeles and can be seen on KTLA.com. So this week, the Dude abides again and joins Phil and David for a funny and moving "Naked Lunch" to remember. The Academy Award-winning actor and musician discusses his remarkable life and enduring Hollywood career. Jeff, Phil and David discuss "Lights, Camera, Take Action!: A Telethon Benefitting the Motion Picture & Television Fund," which airs Saturday night on KTLA and can be seen on mptf.com. Jeff shares amazing stories about his legendary father Lloyd Bridges, his brother Beau Bridges, Robin Williams, "The Last Picture Show," "The Big Lebowski," "Crazy Heart," "The Old Man." All this and Jeff's remarkable story of surviving cancer and COVID and what it taught him -- and can teach the rest of us. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David give thanks for their "Naked Lunch" listeners by taking calls from some of you and discussing Thanksgiving food, and shows, music and other things you're thankful for here in 2024. Actress, writer, comedian and podcaster Janet Varney -- co-founder of the great SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival -- joins Phil and David to discuss their upcoming appearance at the Festival. Buy tickets to see "Naked Lunch" live at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre on January 25th, 2025 here. And Brandi Granville --  host of Straw Hut Media's "Brandi Glanville Unfiltered" podcast -- surprises Phil & David by joining the holiday conversation. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David didn't want last week's conversation with Elvis Costello & T Bone Burnett to end, so they invited The Artists Also Known as Howard Coward and Henry Coward to discuss The Fab Four and so much more. The result might have been A Hard Day's Night for our Fab guests, but it was the best kind of Magical Mystery Tour for Phil, David & all of you out there trying to create "Naked Lunchmania." Stay tuned for a preview of the three-part Audible Original series, "The True Story of The Coward Brothers." To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Pump It Up because Phil & David are thrilled to welcome a dynamic duo of musical heroes to their Imperial Bedroom studio for a conversation that's truly Beyond Belief. David takes credit for introducing Elvis to his wife backstage at the Grammy Award in 2002, the same year T Bone won Album of the Year for the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack. Then talk turns to the recently released "King Of America and Other Realms" box set, the upcoming Christopher Guest-directed Audible Original series, "The True Story of The Coward Brothers" and its companion CD, all coming out November 21st. And there's Less Than Zero chance you won't Get Happy when The Coward Brother join this "Lunch." To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Don't leave the cake out in the rain because by The Time You Get To Phoenix or MacArthur Park, you can enjoy this very special musical "Naked Lunch" episode spotlighting one of the greatest songwriters and composers of our times, the legendary Jimmy Webb. Webb discusses writing his classic songs for Glen Campbell (including "Wichita Lineman," "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Galveston") as well his lifetime of fascinating experiences with The 5th Dimension, Frank Sinatra, The Highwaymen, Elvis Presley and many more. Brad Paisley joins as a "Phil-In" host and brings in his own frequent songwriting collaborator Chris DuBois.  All this plus special fan questions for Jimmy from past "Naked Lunch" guests Jimmy Jam and E from The Eels.  To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David -- unlike the "Los Angeles Times" and "Washington Post" -- want to make a big endorsement: we endorse whatever Jimmy Kimmel says. And so here with a brand new introduction, is the "Naked Lunch" episode that went viral and made headlines around the world. Yes, Jimmy talks Trump, but so much more in a funny, emotional and Italian food-filled conversation well worth revisiting before Election Day 2024.  To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe

2024-10-2401:22:12

Phil and David welcome the brilliant director, writer & legendary Rolling Stone journalist Cameron Crowe to "Naked Lunch" to discuss the release of "Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party," Crowe's long lost and now wonderfully expanded directorial debut that hit theaters last week and will be streaming soon on Paramount Plus. Kate Hudson -- who famously gave a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated performance as Penny Lane in Crowe's autobiographical classic "Almost Famous," for which Cameron won an Oscar -- makes a very special "Lunch" appearance to ask Cameron a glorious question about the music in his movies.  This episode will have you at "Hello" with fantastic stories about Cameron's "Jerry Maguire" and "Vanilla Sky" leading man Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Billy Wilder, Paul McCartney and so many more. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David are not acting at all as they happily welcome more great actors to "Naked Lunch" starting with Oscar-winner and great dude Jeff Bridgers. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
David welcomes the witty and wonderful hit songwriter-producer Sam Hollander -- author of the hilarious and insightful memoir "21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of The Charts" -- to the Straw Hut Studios to discuss life & music, and how "Naked Lunch" fans can now WATCH episodes with Hanson, Bonnie Hunt, Daryl Hall and more on YouTube at the Phil Rosenthal World channel. For instance, you watch the Hanson episode by clicking here! Then we revisit Phil & David's great conversation with Hanson whose "Underneath: Complete" release is out now. Order it here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David act naturally with more of their favorite actors and friends. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall

2024-09-2601:02:01

Phil and David -- the Private Eyes of podcasting and frequent "Lunch" Maneaters -- are totally X-Static to use their Voices to welcome David's early musical hero and longtime friend Daryl Hall to a long distance Zoom "Lunch." Hear as Daryl Hall discuss his remarkable career in music and his show "Live From Daryl's House," uses a surprising amount of Yiddish, shares his thoughts about being a part of "We Are The World" and "Sun City," answers a great guest question from Jimmy Jam, and has a classic response when Phil and David ask for his advice on how to keep their own duo act together. What's better than One On One? How about One On Two?  To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David act naturally as they welcome some amazing actors to dine out on great stories. This week's "Naked Lunch" episode kicks off with three Oscar-winners and it's an honor just to be nominated to listen to this episode!  To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
The third time's a charm as  Phil & David revist more of their favorite conversations yet with some of their funniest friends who just happen to be comedy icons from a few generations. Listen, laugh and learn. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
What are the greatest TV situation comedies of all time? Phil -- who created the classic sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- and David -- who watched it religiously -- discuss their own favorite shows, and take your calls about yours.  To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
David & Phil joyfully welcome their friend Jimmy Jam and their new friend Denny Tedesco to "Naked Lunch" for a moving conversation about music, fathers and sons and so much more. Jimmy Jam shares an inspiring update about his ongoing reunion with his long estranged father, who is the subject of a great new book, "Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs & Salvation of Cornbread Harris" by Andrea Swensson, which you can buy here. Denny Tedesco tells how putting a spotlight on his legendary musician father Tommy Tedesco led him to direct two great music documentaries, 2008's "The Wrecking Crew" about the great studio musicians in Los Angeles in The Sixties and now, 2023's "Immediate Family" about a group of musicians who have defined The Seventies and made enduringly iconic recordings with the likes of Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt, to name just a few. You can see both films on Hulu. To learn more about "Immediate Family," click here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
Phil and David take some time in the middle of this wild Presidential Election year to share some stories about their own political educations and their experiences working with assorted American Presidents and other politicians. One big highlight: Phil goes deep on his amazing experience directing a comedy film called "The Final Days" starring President Bill Clinton for the 2000 White House Correspondents' Dinner. See "The Final Days" here! To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com
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