Jerry Stiller - Stiller & Meara Interview Part 2 of 9

Jerry Stiller was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours in Los Angeles, CA, consisting of two parts: over one hour with wife and comedy partner Anne Meara, and over two hours alone. Stiller and Meara described how they met as working actors in New York City. They talked about getting together as an act and their many appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. They described their comedy routines and the interaction that they had with Ed Sullivan himself. Stiller talked about his notable work in such long form productions as Seize the Day. He then spoke in detail about the role for which he is most associated, "Frank Costanza" on Seinfeld, as well as his regular appearance as "Arthur Spooner" on The King of Queens. For these series he gave his impressions of working with the regular cast members and for Seinfeld he talked about such notable epsiodes as "The Doorman," "The Fusilli Jerry," and "The Strike."

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[ileneweiss]

Fascinating and informative oral history when you have the time to spend to hear it.

[OnTheBoulevard10]

Wonderful man.

[aqureshia]

i love leah rimim she is the bbbbessssssssssssssssssssssstt­ttttttttttttttt

[212Hope]

this interview is wonderful....He's a great story teller and everything is so completely interesting! Thanks sooo much for posting this!

[projektbrot]

hes amazing :) thank you mr.stiller for leavin us such a great piece of tv history! without you koq wouldve never been the same. xoxo

[aroldomenezes]

there's no word to discribe this amazing actor and person who has a great family and his son every year gets a better actor but no doubt on that because with a father playing every genero and does so easily

[bmorecity20]

im a king of queens fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kingaxl666]

hell ya i never watched much when it was on( karie bugged me) but started watching online when i was board jerry crackes me up every time amazing actor

[mwmaxw]

you mean king of queens fanatic...

[gibbersome]

Lol, I know what you mean. I gave up at 2:30.