Today I was once again privileged to share air time with my favorite author, Nick Hornby.
This time, Nick was on NPR in Philadelphia, WHYY 91 FM, during their mid-morning show, “Radio Times with Marty Moss- Coane.”
The show will be re-broadcast tonight at 11 PM ET, and then the archived show will be available via streaming audio beginning tomorrow. Nick was on during hour two of the program, and I was the last call taken.
The only reason I was able to listen to the show, let alone dial in, was because I had volunteered to pick up lunch for folks here at work. Traffic around town has been terrible due to several construction projects all taking place at once, so as such, I had plenty of time to sit and listen in the car. Sometimes I do believe in serendipity.
Click on the image below to find both the live stream and the archive.
While on the subject of radio shows, the two minute or so snippet of me on the BBC back on May 30 can be found here.
If you want to hear the whole thirty minute interview, click here.
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Did you ask if he remembered you? What did you ask?
You’ll just have to listen now won’t you?
You know who you could ask? Ann Elise. She sent me an email letting me know she’d heard. So, so cool.
Actually, he did remember me, which was VERY VERY COOL!
It went something like this…
Chris Farley: Um, hi. Welcome to The Chris Farley Show. I’m.. Chris Farley.. and, my guest tonight is.. one of the.. greatest musicians.. uh, rock musicians. I guess, songwriter, ever. [ Smacks himself ] GOD! That sounds stupid! God, I’m an idiot! I never know how to start these things!
Paul McCartney: You’re doing great, Chris.
Chris Farley: [ hopeful ] Really? No, I’m not. [ hyperventilating ] Anyway.. I guess.. I didn’t have, have to say, who you were, because.. man, I mean.. everyone knows who you are. Mmm.. you’re Paul McCartney.
Paul McCartney: Well, it’s great to be here.
Chris Farley: [ uncomfortable ] You.. you.. you remember when you were with The Beatles?
Paul McCartney: Yeah, sure.
Chris Farley: That was awesome!
Paul McCartney: Yeah, it was.
Chris Farley: O-kay.. Oh! You.. you remember when you went to Japan.. and, uh, and at the airport they arrested you ’cause you had some pot, and.. it made all the papers, and everything..?
Paul McCartney: Well, to be honest, Chris, I’d kind of like to forget all of that.
Chris Farley: [ smacks himself harder ] IDIOT!! That’s so stupid! What a dumb question!!
Paul McCartney: No, no, no, Chris. I get asked that all the time in interviews. Maria Shriver asked the same question last week.
Chris Farley: Really? [ pause ] Did you know that she’s married to Arnold Schwartzenegger?
Paul McCartney: Yeah. I’ve heard that.
Chris Farley: Did you see “Terminator”?
Paul McCartney: No, I missed that one.
Chris Farley: That was a pretty awesome flick. [ pause ] O-kay.. remember.. you remember when you were with The Beatles, and you were supposed to be dead, and, uh, there was all these clues, that, like, uh, you played some song backwards, and it’d say, like, “Paul Is Dead”, and, uh, everyone thought that you were dead? That was, um, a hoax, right?
Paul McCartney: Yeah. I wasn’t really dead.
Chris Farley: Right. I think we.. I think we got time for one more question. Uh.. remember when you were in The Beatles? And, um, you did that album Abbey Road, and at the very end of the song, it would.. the song goes, “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”? You.. you remember that?
Paul McCartney: Yes.
Chris Farley: Uh.. is that true?
Paul McCartney: Yes, Chris. In my experience, it is. I find, the more you give, the more you get.
Chris Farley [ ecstatic, starts to point at Paul and mouth "AWESOME!" ] Well, that’s it for this week’s show. Thank you, Paul McCartney, thank you, for being one of the greatest.. of rock.. I mean, a living legend. And uh, a legend of rock and roll.. and.. just thanks for being on the show, and.. [ smacks himself even harder ] GOD DANGIT! That sounded stupid! I knew I’d screw up!
Paul McCartney: You did fine, you did fine, Chris.
Chris Farley: Really? Thanks, man. Thanks. Thank you. [ Outro music comes on, Chris continues to talk to Paul ] Remember.. remember when I was talking to you about “The Terminator”? You.. you should see that movie, it’s pretty cool..
[ Paul nods his head ]
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