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Questlove (0:00)
Sly Stone became an icon. A Hulu original from Quest Love Sly in the Family Stone. It can't be overstated how popular they were. Variety calls Sly Lives the definitive funk pop documentary. Opened the portal like Come this way.
Lisa Kudrow (0:14)
Generations have been influenced by Sly.
Questlove (0:16)
RogerEbert.com raves. It's a sonic kick to the soul. If you've been on this heightened life and you stop, where's that energy go? Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius premieres February 13, streaming on Hulu.
AT&T Business Representative (0:31)
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Lisa Kudrow (1:01)
Foreign.
Willie Geist (1:07)
Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit down podcast. My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. Got a good one dialed up for you today with a true icon of American television, Ms. Lisa Kudrow.
Lisa Kudrow (1:21)
Yeah, Lisa Kudrow, obviously.
Willie Geist (1:24)
She played Phoebe Buffay, one of six friends on one of the biggest shows in the history of television that ran for 10 seasons on NBC. Fun fact, Lisa is one of only two friends to actually win the Emmy over the 10 seasons of that show. Jennifer Aniston won the Emmy for playing Rachel one year and Lisa won it for playing Phoebe another year. But that's it. Only two Emmys despite the massive success of the show.
Lisa Kudrow (1:51)
The individual Emmys, anyway.
Willie Geist (1:52)
So obviously we get into Friends, that history of the show, what she was doing before she became a friend. Yes, she had a career before that, auditioning for that part, getting it the show starting in 1994 and then blowing up in ways none of them could ever have imagined. And the celebrity that came with all that, everything that was happening in their lives and the way the six of them kind of circled up and protected each other and went through this new thing together. She actually got married in the first season of the show in real life. She got pregnant with a child in the fourth season of the show. So she was going through, it seems to me, and to hear her talk about it, more real life family stuff that kept her really grounded through all this while some of the others were Kind of living more on that celebrity level. But we talk a lot about Friends, but also about this amazing new series on Netflix she has called no Good Deed, in which she co stars with Ray Romano. Ray Romano. So you get two legends of the American sitcom pantheon co starring as husband and wife. Won't give away too much, and we can't even say that much in the interview, but basically, they're selling a house. They're a married couple, empty nesters selling a house that is full of secrets. Some stuff has gone down in that house that you kind of learn about and figure out as the series goes on. And now they're trying to sell it. So I'll get out of the way. You know Lisa Kudrow, you love Lisa Kudrow. What else do you need to know? We're sitting at a big old restaurant at lunchtime, not open. So it's just the two of us in a big midtown Manhattan restaurant having a conversation about show business, about her career, and. And about her life. So sit back, relax right now and enjoy Lisa Kudrow on the Sunday Sit down podcast.