Dom DeLuise
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Sep 22, 2026
Nick DavisGUEST
Because we had interviewed a bunch of people who kind of knew that he wanted to do it, and some of them had sort of slipped into little things, we did a little trailer in that Bravo profile for the film that he would have made.
Nick DavisGUEST
And the only part I remember is Dom DeLuise saying he wanted to be somewhat of the, you know, like a professor in the background center.
Nick DavisGUEST
Well, gee, I'm not sure you should do that.
Nick DavisGUEST
It was a very dull line, but I remember that.
Daniel PaisnerHOST
of Gene Shalit.
Nick DavisGUEST
He was James Coco to Gene Shalit's Dom DeLuise.
Nick DavisGUEST
Yeah.
Daniel PaisnerHOST
Put that on a mug or a t-shirt and sell that in your merch store.
speaker_4AUDIENCE
so.
Dave ColeHOST
Yeah, he said his good friend Dom DeLuise is going to call you soon.
speaker_4AUDIENCE
Good, good, good.
speaker_4AUDIENCE
It
Frank MendozaHOST
Did you see that one?
Chris BernsteinGUEST
No. No. Didn't that have Dom DeLuise in it, though?
Frank MendozaHOST
I think it did.
Frank MendozaHOST
I think it did.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
And you're always going to deal with that.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
By the way, Dom DeLuise was the original Captain Chaos in the Cannonball Run.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
Oh, I love Dom DeLuise.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
Oh, that's right.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
He was Cannonball.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
And you're always going to deal with that.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
By the way, Dom DeLuise was the original Captain Chaos in the Cannonball.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
Oh, I love Dom DeLuise.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
Oh, he was Cannonball.
LeVar ArringtonHOST
I love Cannonball Run.
Geoff TateHOST
Oh, my God.
Geoff TateHOST
And then the rest of it, what the fuck? I didn't even remember Dom DeLuise was in it, let alone it was a picture where Rebecca Howe's dad fucked Hitler.
Geoff TateHOST
Yeah.
Geoff TateHOST
We'll talk
39 MINS LATER
Bjorn Ryan GormanPANELIST
Two helicopters.
Bjorn Ryan GormanPANELIST
For no reason.
Geoff TateHOST
Dom DeLuise without Burt Reynolds? Yep.
Geoff TateHOST
Oh, thank you.
AlessandraHOST
Jeez.
AlessandraHOST
Dom DeLuise's character, Melvin P. Thorpe, was based on newsman Marvin Zindler, who brought down the real chicken ranch.
EmilyHOST
Oh.
AlessandraHOST
This is based off a true story? What? The incident where Sheriff snatches the wig off Thorpe's head and holds it real high happened between the Fayette County Sheriff and Zindler.
7 MINS LATER
EmilyHOST
DeLuise.
EmilyHOST
Sorry, I don't know why I keep saying DeLuise.
AlessandraHOST
It looks like Deleuze.
AlessandraHOST
That's why.
AlHOST
And that was what gave Robin Williams his big break.
AlHOST
And other people, I mean, Dom DeLuise, you know, people like that had turned it down.
AlHOST
So we might not have even seen Robin Williams.
AlHOST
Yeah, he may not have, you know, because that
Sammaeal NumineHOST
Um, comedy or otherwise, you know, like he shows in all his different films that he can take on different styles with no problem.
Sammaeal NumineHOST
Um, and get the best that everybody works with, you know, even if they're like Dom DeLuise, I don't have a lot of regard for Dom DeLuise, but he's, you know, good, when he was working with, with Mel, you know? Yeah.
Sammaeal NumineHOST
And
Ryan RodriguezGUEST
the great thing about Mel is that he's constantly genre hopping.
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