I mean, what is that? What does that even mean?ĭAVIES: That's our guest Hank Azaria in the opening scene of his series "Brockmire" on IFC. My wife Lucy has the stones, she has the unmitigated gall, to turn to me and tell me that she is a sexual astronaut. Bob Greenwald - I mean, that two-faced S-O-B, I hosted his kid's bar mitzvah. Clark having himself a heck of an afternoon with two doubles. She was wearing a, and she was our neighbor Bob Greenwald. And right in the center of it all was my - my wife Lucy. Please imagine my surprise when I opened my front door to find about a half-dozen naked folks sprawled out in my living room engaged in what can only be described as a desperate and a hungry kind of lovemaking. And I decided to go on home and surprise my wife Lucy with some gardenias. What happens is you're broadcasting the game, and you tell the audience that today is the anniversary of the day that you first told your wife Lucy you loved her.ĪZARIA: (As Jim Brockmire) I had some time at the ballpark this afternoon to reflect upon this wonderful anniversary, as Ibanes (ph) slashes one foul to the right side. The other thing - I'll just note that this scene has been edited just a bit to make it suitable for radio. Yeah, you hear live and then, in the ballpark, then what folks at home hear.ĭAVIES: Exactly. But it's the same scene, just the audio is a little different. Two things I want to say quickly about the scene we're going to hear - first, it's at a ballgame, and the audio that you'll hear changes a bit because at times we're hearing you in the booth, and we'll - we hear what the fans at the stadium are hearing over the PA announcer, and then other times it's what is going through the broadcast. This one ends up being a pretty memorable story. And you always end your broadcasts by referring to your beloved wife Lucy - saying, Lucy, get supper on the stove because this ballgame is over.ĭAVIES: And in this particular scene, you're calling a game, and we see that you're drinking bourbon heavily.ĭAVIES: And while you're calling the game, you tell a story about what had happened that day. I mean, you're a successful big-league baseball announcer. Let's start with a clip, the scene that kicked off the series "Brockmire." And I'll just kind of set it up for the audience. I spoke to Hank Azaria last March, when the fourth season of "Brockmire" premiered.ĭAVIES: Well, Hank Azaria, welcome to FRESH AIR. All four seasons of "Brockmire" are available for streaming on Hulu, Amazon Prime and other platforms. Azaria was also an executive producer of the show. He's currently nominated for a Critics Choice Award for best actor in a comedy series for his role in the IFC series "Brockmire." It's a dark comedy in which Azaria plays a talented baseball announcer with a drinking problem whose life takes some strange and surprising turns. He's appeared in many films, including "The Birdcage," "Shattered Glass," "Dodgeball," "Night At The Museum" and "Tuesdays With Morrie," as well as the TV series "Friends," "Mad About You," "Bordertown" and "Ray Donovan." One character he no longer performs is Apu, which he'll explain a little later. He's voiced dozens of characters for "The Simpsons," including Moe the bartender, Chief Wiggum and Dr. You've probably heard our guest, actor Hank Azaria, more times than you realize.
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