LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
PARIS?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
COMEDIAN AND CHICAGO NATIVE JEFF
GARLIN STARS IN TWO HIT TV
SHOWS.
"CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" ON HBO
AND "THE GOLDBERGS" ON ABC AND
HAS A PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ABOUT TO
OPEN IN CHICAGO.
FIRST A WORD OF ADVICE FROM HIS
CHARACTER JEFF GREEN IN THE NEW
SEASON OF "CURB YOUR
ENTHUSIASM".
>> DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT
SHE IS GOING TO BE AN ACTRESS.
>> YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN IN SHOW
BUSINESS A LONGTIME AND I WILL
TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I TELL
EVERY PARENT.
DON'T DO IT.
DON'T ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BE AN
ACTRESS.
>> REALLY?
>> I'VE MET A GOOD YOUNG ACTRESS
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN RUINED BY
THE BUSINESS.
>> AND WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME
BACK JEFF GARLIN TO "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> BY THE WAY THAT IS A SOMBER
CLIP.
YOU KNOW.
>> YOU MEANT EVERY WORD OF IT,
RIGHT?
>> WELL, BY THE WAY, TO A DEGREE
YES.
HAVE YOUR CHILDREN GET INTO SHOW
BUSINESS IF YOU HAVE A STABLE
FAMILY.
BECAUSE I KNOW NO EXCEPTIONS TO
THIS RULE AND I DID DADDY
DAYCARE AND KIDS STUFF I'VE
WORKED WITH KIDS AND DRAMA
STUFF.
ALL THE ONES WITH STABLE
FAMILIES NO PROBLEM.
WHEN THERE IS AN UNSTABLE
FAMILY, YOU KNOW DRUGS ARE
COMING AND SHOPLIFTING WHATEVER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW STABLE THE
FAMILY IS.
YOU TELL THAT TO A PARENT AND
THEY THINK THEY ARE GREAT.
THE PARENT DOES.
IT'S ALL BASED ON THE PARENTS
THAT WAS THE PREMISE OF THAT WAS
COMEDIC AND I WAS EXTRA DRAMATIC
BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET THE
GUY TO NOT USE HIS DAUGHTER IN
LARRY AND MY PRODUCTION THIS
SHOW WE ARE DOING.
>> WE'LL GET TO THAT.
WE GOT TO GET TO YOUR PHOTO
EXHIBIT THE REASON WHY YOU ARE
HERE YOU HAVE THE EXHIBIT OF
YOUR PHOTOS IT'S CANDID SHOTS.
THERE IS IS JB SMOOVE.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CAPTURE
WITH THESE PHOTOS?
>> TRYING TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT
OF JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR ME
WHAT I SEE.
I'M HANGING OUT.
COMEDY, IN COMEDY CLUBS,
THEATERS, AND ONSET.
SO IT'S WHAT I GET TO SEE AND I
DISCOVERED I SHOT FOR 10 YEARS
NEVER SHOWING ANYONE MY
PHOTOGRAPHY I FIGURED I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING AND I
LEARNED THIS FILM WORKSHOP AND I
WAS GETTING APPLAUSE FOR MY
PHOTOS AND I THOUGHT WOW AND I
LEARNED THAT I HAVE AN EYE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN EYE OR YOU
DON'T.
I'VE SEEN PHOTO SHOWS WHERE THE
PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF SOMEONE WHO
HAS ACCESS LIKE ME TO A REALLY
COOL WORLD.
BUT THEY HAVE NO EYE.
I AM LUCKY THAT I HAVE AN EYE.
THAT IS ALL.
AND BY THE WAY I'M NOT SAYING
YOU WILL ENJOY THE PICTURES.
>> WE SAW LARRY DAVID AND JOHN
MULANEY WHO IS MY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSMATE DID ANY GET ANNOYED
TAKING THESE PHOTOS OF THEM?
>> LET'S USE LARRY AS AN
EXAMPLE.
LARRY DAVID YOU WOULD THINK BUT
THAT IS WHY I GET THESE MOMENTS
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE
WITH ME.
I'M WORKING WITH THEM.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WHO IS THIS?
WHAT?
OR WHERE IS THE PHOTO GOING TO
GO.
LARRY CAME TO MY --
I HAD ONE SHOW IN LOS ANGELES.
LARRY CAME TO THE SHOW.
I MEAN, HE'S TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE.
THE ONLY PERSON WHO CONSISTENTLY
GETS ANGRY IS BILL BURN.
BILL BURN GETS FURIOUS THAT I
THINK HE IS GOING TO HIT ME.
WE'RE FRIENDS AND IT'S COOL.
BUT NOT SO COOL.
BY THE WAY...
>> THEY MAKE FOR CANDID PHOTOS.
>> THEY DO.
I LIKE --
I WANT TO SAY THIS.
I NEVER IN MY WILDEST
IMAGINATION THOUGHT THAT I WOULD
BE ON SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS SHOW AS
WTTW'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BEING
INTERVIEWED HOLDING AN iPHONE.
>> WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU
ANYWAY.
>> I KNOW BUT IT'S CRAZY.
I'M ON THE SHOW BECAUSE OF THESE
TIMES THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS TO
BE SOMETIMES.
I AM IN CHICAGO I WOULD BE AT
THE STUDIO.
>> I KNOW.
TALKING TO THE CREW.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR
INTEREST OF PHOTOGRAPHY YOU WERE
ON HERE TALKING ABOUT
COPRODUCING THAT DOCUMENTARY
FINDING VIVIAN MEYER.
>> I EXECUTIVE PRODUCED IT.
I HELPED PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND BY THE WAY YOU KNOW I
DISCOVERED VIVIAN MEYER WATCHING
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
>> JAY SHEFSKY OUR GREAT
PRODUCER DID THAT STORY ON
VIVIAN MEYER.
>> YES HE DID AND I THANKED
HIM.
IT WAS SO WONDERFUL.
>> WAS THAT YOUR ENTREE INTO THE
WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY?
>> NO, I HAD A FASCINATION AND
SAW HER GREATNESS BUT I ALREADY
WAS INTO PHOTOGRAPHY.
BUT IT WAS SO JOYFUL THE
EXPERIENCE OF MAKING THAT FILM
AND IT GOT NOMINATED FOR AN AN
ACADEMY AWARD.
>> AND NOMINATED FOR AWARDS YOU
ARE ON SEASON 11 OF CURB.
I WAS READING THAT LARRY DAVID
AND YOU ARE LIKE WE DON'T WANT
TO TOUCH COVID.
THE CASUAL VIEWER MIGHT THINK
THERE IS A LOT OF COMEDY.
>> THE CASUAL VIEWER DOESN'T
MAKE A SHOW LIKE "CURB YOUR
ENTHUSIASM".
IF THEY COULD, THEY WOULD.
ALL I'M SAYING IS I FELT PRIOR
TO US GOING INTO PRODUCTION AS I
WAS LOOKING AROUND THE
LANDSCAPE, AND ALL I THOUGHT WAS
ANYONE WHO UNLESS THEY HIT A 10
OUT OF 10 SCORE, WHO ATTEMPTS
ANY COMEDY ABOUT THE CURRENT
SITUATION, IS GOING TO FAIL.
AND FAIL MISERABLELY.
SO WHEN I SAW PEOPLE ASKED ME
LARRY HAS NOT SENT ME THE
OUTLINES YET.
AND WHEN HE SENT ME THE FIRST
OUTLINE AND TOLD ME THAT IS ALL
WE'LL DO IS TOUCH ON IT.
WE HAVE TWO SCENES THAT TOUCH ON
IT.
AND ONE OF THE SCENES WE CUT.
SO THERE YOU GO.
AND THEY WERE LIGHT TOUCHING.
ALTHOUGH THE PUNCHLINE FOR THE
FIRST EPISODE IS A BIG COVID
PUNCHLINE BUT NONETHELESS IT IS
NOT SOMETHING THE POST COVID
WORLD THE WAY WE DEALT WITH IT.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
FLOPPING IN THE FIRST --
PLOPPING ON THE COUCH?
>> NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT ALBERT
BROOKES.
>> OK.
>> HIS I DON'T AWANT TO RUIN IT,
BUT HE THREW A FUNERAL FOR
HIMSELF WHILE HE WAS STILL
ALIVE.
AND LIVING FUNERAL.
YES, HE HAD THE PUNCHLINE WHICH
WAS THE END OF THE EPISODE WAS
SOMETHING COVID RELATED.
>> OTHER THAN YOUR TALENT WITH
PHOTOGRAPHY, I RAN INTO YOU A
COUPLE YEARS AGO AT CHICAGO
MUSIC EXCHANGE YOU ARE A GUITAR
BUFF.
>> BUT YOU CANNOT SAY I HAVE A
TALENT FOR BEING A GREAT
GUITARIST.
>> YOU BROUGHT A CUSTOM GIBSON
ARE YOU WORKING ON IT?
>> YES, YES I TAKE LESSONS AND
YES, I WORK ON IT.
I LOVE IT.
I'M HOPING I'M DOING MY FIRST
EUROPEAN TOUR WHICH WE WILL TALK
ABOUT NEXT TIME I AM ON THE SHOW
THIS COMING SUMMER AND I'M SURE
I WILL DO A BLUES SONG STRAIGHT.
>> NICE.
>> LIKE I'M THINKING OF BOOGIE
KILLING BY JOHN LEE HOOKER AND
THE GUITAR WILL BE SITTING ON
THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND I WILL
NOT DO IT UNTIL I WALK OFF I
WILL COME BACK OUT AND WHOEVER
IS LEFT A THIRD OF THE AUDIENCE
I WILL GO INTO THE SONG AND PLAY
IT STRAIGHT AND GET OFF THE
STAGE AGAIN.
>> WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH BEEN TO
PERFORMING LIVE IN CLUBS AND IN
THEATERS DURING POST COVID?
>> AS LONG AS THE AUDIENCE IS
THOROUGHLY CHECKED FOR BEING
INOCULATED OR TESTS AND I KNOW
ALL OF THOSE AREN'T GOING TO
WORK I HAVE TO RELY ON COMMON
SENSE LIKE DON'T HANG WITH THE
AUDIENCE.
AND I'VE HAD MY BOOSTER.
I'M THREE DOWN.
SO YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I WON'T
GET IT.
BUT HAVING THE SHOTS IF I DO GET
IT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE I'M IN
THE HOSPITAL.
AND BY THE WAY FOR ALL THE
DENIERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
SKEPTICAL, PLEASE USE THIS VIDEO
IF I DIE OF COVID.
>> THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> HE WAS ARROGANT AND LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
>> BY THE WAY, YOU THINK IT'S
LIKE I WILL GET THE SHOT I WON'T
GET IT.
NO!
YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
NO!
YOU WON'T PUSH THE HOSPITAL
SYSTEM TO THE BRINK.
AS HAS HAPPENED.
>> REMIND US AGAIN WHAT GALLERY
IS THIS AT?
>> THE TAMARKIN CAMERA GALLERY
ON SUPERIOR LIKE SUPERIOR AND
NEW ORLEANS AROUND THERE.
GO TO JEFF GARLIN.COM.
IT'S ON THERE AND TAMARKIN
CAMERA GALLERY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JEFF GARLIN THANK YOU FOR