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This post was originally published on December 12, 2011.
It has been updated followingthe news of Grodins death on May 18, 2021.
Imagine youre Roman Polanski.
(Stay with me, this isnt going where you think.)
Everythings going great until a bit player delays a day of shooting to debate your carefully scripted delivery.
Simpson trial, a subject he was notably vocal about).
Now sitting in the opposite chair, Grodin frequently ignores his guest and gasses on about himself.
Decades later, Grodin explained repeatedly that his off-putting persona was just a put-on.
After getting booked onCarson, he felt he had to deliver.
If I had forgotten to get a gift for Garrett [Morris] …
I mean, can you imagine my embarrassment if Id forgotten to get a gift for Garrett?
I mean, Garrett, especially.)
(The special is available to viewhere.)
An outraged Grodin harangued Letterman, who was in on the joke and broadcasting from his office.
I just really didnt want to be an actor anymore, Grodintold a Florida newspaper.
Imagine instead of talking to me as you are, you were pretending you were someone else.
So far, this is one of the most humiliating experiences Ive had.
Fast-forward a minute, and his arms are in the air while he calls Hannity a right-wing fascist.
I didnt know you could get nominated as a guest.
I could have been nominated as Best Actor on a Talk Show that might have been my category.
I would have taken some ads out.
