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Super Troopers director Jay Chandrasakhar is this week’s featured guest. In addition to Super Troopers, Jay has directed the movies Beerfest, Club Dread and Dukes of Hazard. He’s also directed some amazing TV shows like Arrested Development, Community, Chuck, New Girl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Human Giant, Psych and others.

Jay has a brand new book out called Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and other Adventures in Comedy. So I ask him about the book, Super Troopers and his work with the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe. We also talk about being a dad and the upcoming Super Troopers 2 movie.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Jay’s IMDB page
• Jay’s book: Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy

Don’t forget to subscribe to the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast on iTunes or Sticher if you’re an Android user to hear every episode of the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast, including the top 30 parenting fails shared on the podcast, which were counted down in episodes 61, 62 & 63. You can also follow ParentNormal on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Now Available on Amazon.com: The ParentNormal Crash Course: Everything Traditional Parenting Books Are Afraid to Tell You About Close Encounters of the Baby, Toddler and Third-Year Kind

 

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Marc Webb, director of The Amazing Spider-Man movies and 500 Days of Summer (also amazing) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel is the featured guest this week.

On April 7, Marc has his next movie coming out titled Gifted. The movie stars Chris Evans (Captain America) who plays a single man raising his child prodigy niece. So in our conversation, I asked Marc about what he learned from researching this movie about how to help a gifted child fulfill their potential without pushing them too far. I also asked Marc how he gets the best performances out of child actors, which can be a very hard thing to do. I know I struggle to get my kids to say please, so I can’t imagine what it would be like to try to get them to say a memorized monologue. I will say, however, that Mckenna Grace, the girl who plays Chris Evans’ niece in the movie, is a very gifted actress. I know she helped make Marc’s job easier.

And finally, I asked Marc about directing Spiderman, because that’s kind of a big deal. According to IMDB, The Amazing Spiderman 2 had a 200 million dollar budget. That’s a lot of responsibility for a director. But Marc did awesome, just like he did this interview.

Behind the Scenes: When I interviewed Marc, we were both at the Dad 2.0 Conference in San Diego, so there is a little bit more noise in the background than usual. My interview last week with HGTV’s Josh Temple was at the same conference.

Me and Marc Webb at the Dad 2.0 Conference in San Diego, California.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Gifted movie trailer (in case the video above isn’t loading for you)
• Gifted IMDB page
• Marc Webb IMDB page
• Dad 2.0 Summit

Don’t forget to subscribe to the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast on iTunes or Sticher if you’re an Android user to hear every episode of the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast, including the top 30 parenting fails shared on the podcast, which were counted down in episodes 61, 62 & 63. You can also follow ParentNormal on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Now Available on Amazon.com: The ParentNormal Crash Course: Everything Traditional Parenting Books Are Afraid to Tell You About Close Encounters of the Baby, Toddler and Third-Year Kind

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Josh Temple, host of the popular HGTV show House Crashers, is this week’s featured guest. In recent years, Josh has also hosted America’s Toughest Jobs on NBC, Ultimate Treehouse on the Discovery Channel and Backyard Nation for TLC.

What makes Josh a great host of House Crashers is that he’s not only entertaining, he is also a real licensed contractor. But since this host, me, doesn’t know much about home improvement, in our conversation I made sure to ask him for easy home improvement tips. We also talked about how he got into doing home improvement projects and how to get kids interested in architecture and engineering.

Behind the Scenes: When I interviewed Josh, we were both at the Dad 2.0 Conference in San Diego, so there is a little bit more noise in the background than usual.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• JoshTemple.com
• Josh Temple Video Clips on HGTV
• Dad 2.0 Summit

Don’t forget to subscribe to the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast on iTunes or Sticher if you’re an Android user to hear every episode of the ParentNormal Comedy Podcast, including the top 30 parenting fails shared on the podcast, which were counted down in episodes 61, 62 & 63. You can also follow ParentNormal on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Now Available on Amazon.com: The ParentNormal Crash Course: Everything Traditional Parenting Books Are Afraid to Tell You About Close Encounters of the Baby, Toddler and Third-Year Kind