Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Mindy Sterling Discusses Frau Farbissina and Founding the Militant Wing of the Salvation Army
Description
Born to make people laugh a focus on Improv led to a workshop with Mike Myers and later the role that would change her life in Mike Myers' Austin Powers trilogy.
My guest, Mindy Sterling and I discuss:
- Developing a love of entertaining
- Improv
- Her time with The Groundlings and her famous students (Maya Rudolph, Cheri Oteri, Chris Kattan)
- Hiring a one-day famous babysitter: Kristen Wiig
- Workshopping Austin Powers with Mike Myers
- Landing the role of Frau Farbissina, the Founding member of the Militant Wing of the Salvation Army
- Drop Dead Gorgeous - the best movie you may not have seen
- Con Man with Alan Tudyk
- The Grinch with Jim Carrey
- Voice-over work on The Minions movies
- Playing Linda Schwartz on The Goldbergs
- Landing a role on The Larry Sanders Show
You're going to love my conversation with Mindy Sterling (special appearance by Hazel the dog)
Our Guest, Mindy Sterling
Hashtag Fun: Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured in this episode is #SpySongsAndBands from @MusicalHashtags. Tweets featured on the show are retweeted at @JeffDwoskinShow
Follow Hashtag Roundup to tweet along with fun hashtags daily! Follow @HashtagRoundup on Twitter! Download the Hashtag Roundup app
Follow Jeff Dwoskin:
- Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter
- The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter
- Podcast website
- Podcast on Instagram
- Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.