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It was a Rock Concert (Ep 532 - A Star is Born/Jon Kinnally)
🕑 Added 2025-08-14 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is Jon Kinnally, author of the new memoir I'm Prancing As Fast As I Can: My Journey From a Self-Loathing Closet Case to a Successful TV Writer With Some Self-Esteem. Jon knew from an early age that he wanted to entertain people, and he got his shot in the ‘90s when, barely making ends meet as a cater-waiter, he landed a dream job writing for a new show called Will & Grace … and suddenly found himself at the center of a phenomenon that made him feel like a star at a rock concert.
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Neil Settle
For me, the Judy Garland version is my favorite, but would like to check out Lady Gaga’s version. It’s funny, but doing the math, Kinally and I are only a few years apart in age (I’m 64, he’s 59 or 60 if he was 13 when Streisand’s version of SIB came out), yet I like Garland (I also like Streisand’s mostly 60’s output).
