Jayne Eastwood

That was a really cool interview.

Uh, how about Jayne Eastwood? I loved-

Mm

... talking to Jayne Eastwood.

She was on the show, uh, talking about this new documentary called You Had to Be There.

This documentary is all about that 1972 cast and production of Godspell that was in Toronto, and it's all about, like, this amazing cast.

Wow

...

So it ended up having to be me.

Now, I'm curious about how you end up, you know, working with Donald Shabib on Going Down the Road, okay? It's funny, I was with somebody, again, at the same event, somebody recognized me because I talked to their aunt, their aunt, Jane Eastwood, from Going Down the Road.

How did that happen, you and Donald Shabib collaborating on Going Down the Road?

He approached us.

But you mentioned this a couple of times.

I do want to get to one item because I just had in this very basement last week the legend that is Jane Eastwood.

Oh, my goodness.

What a sweetheart.

And I'm a big fan of her and a big fan of the women that she's in the company with.

Yes.

Robin Duke, Teresa Pavlenik, Catherine Greenwood, and Jane Eastwood.

Stalwart, strong, very, very funny women.

And I will say...

I did just have Jane Eastwood down here.

Amazing.

And she was at that reunion

it's quite a moment.

1972 Toronto, quite a moment.

And at the time, by the way, Jane Eastwood was the most famous person in the cast.

because of going down the road and no

Uh, yes.

The great Jane Eastwood, uh, who made her basement debut, uh, had lots to say talking about, uh, Godspell, the, uh, the, the great, uh, Toronto, uh, sort of the origin story.

1972 company.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's in the liner notes.

Anyway, my apologies to Jane Eastwood for, uh, for fucking up that clip.

You know what I'll say? I love that.

This is one of the great origin stories of how Steven Schwartz came to Canada looking for a cast for Godspell, and picked, like, six or seven of the greatest comedy and acting stars of all time.

The cast included Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Jane Eastwood, Paul Shaffer as musical director, and Martin Short, whose recording of the rehearsal is remarkably the only known recording ever made.

His wife.

Whoo.

I just, some of the cast, I didn't know.

Like, I know who Jane Eastwood, obviously, but some of the ones, I did never see them before or since.

Okay.

Because they disappeared after this happened, but...

Yeah, we had a good hour chat anyway.

And Jane Eastwood.

So this is the funny thing is we're up against it because Jane Eastwood making her basement Toronto Mike debut.

Talking about Godspell and more.

That's happening soon.

They're in Mississauga, but I know Anthony there is a big Carolyn Parish fan, so that's his pick for that mayoral election.

Nick Iannis, RecycleMyElectronics.ca, and of course, Ridley Funeral Home.

See you all in an hour or so with Jane Eastwood.