Sam Brigger

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Let's get back to Terry Gross' interview with Todd Purdom. His new book, Desi Arnaz, The Man Who Invented Television, is about Arnaz, his on- and off-screen wife Lucille Ball, their show I Love Lucy, and how Arnaz's innovations and his studio helped shape the early days of television.

Todd Purdom is the author of the new book, Desi Arnaz, The Man Who Invented Television. Paul Rubens, the actor best known for his alter ego Pee Wee Herman, died in 2023 after a private six-year battle with cancer. Near the end of his life, Rubens collaborated on a documentary, sitting for 40 hours of intimate interviews with director Matt Wolfe.

Todd Purdom is the author of the new book, Desi Arnaz, The Man Who Invented Television. Paul Rubens, the actor best known for his alter ego Pee Wee Herman, died in 2023 after a private six-year battle with cancer. Near the end of his life, Rubens collaborated on a documentary, sitting for 40 hours of intimate interviews with director Matt Wolfe.

Todd Purdom is the author of the new book, Desi Arnaz, The Man Who Invented Television. Paul Rubens, the actor best known for his alter ego Pee Wee Herman, died in 2023 after a private six-year battle with cancer. Near the end of his life, Rubens collaborated on a documentary, sitting for 40 hours of intimate interviews with director Matt Wolfe.

The result of that effort is the two-part HBO documentary Pee Wee As Himself. TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

The result of that effort is the two-part HBO documentary Pee Wee As Himself. TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

The result of that effort is the two-part HBO documentary Pee Wee As Himself. TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed the new HBO documentary, Pee Wee As Himself. Coming up, we hear from actor Mark Hamill, best known for playing Luke Skywalker. He's in the new movie, The Life of Chuck, which was adapted from a Stephen King story. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend. Our next guest today is actor Mark Hamill.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed the new HBO documentary, Pee Wee As Himself. Coming up, we hear from actor Mark Hamill, best known for playing Luke Skywalker. He's in the new movie, The Life of Chuck, which was adapted from a Stephen King story. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend. Our next guest today is actor Mark Hamill.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed the new HBO documentary, Pee Wee As Himself. Coming up, we hear from actor Mark Hamill, best known for playing Luke Skywalker. He's in the new movie, The Life of Chuck, which was adapted from a Stephen King story. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air Weekend. Our next guest today is actor Mark Hamill.

He's in the new movie The Life of Chuck by director Mike Flanagan, who adapted the movie from a Stephen King story. You might be surprised to hear that the film is not a horror movie. Flanagan's best known for horror films, and Stephen King is, well, Stephen King.

He's in the new movie The Life of Chuck by director Mike Flanagan, who adapted the movie from a Stephen King story. You might be surprised to hear that the film is not a horror movie. Flanagan's best known for horror films, and Stephen King is, well, Stephen King.

He's in the new movie The Life of Chuck by director Mike Flanagan, who adapted the movie from a Stephen King story. You might be surprised to hear that the film is not a horror movie. Flanagan's best known for horror films, and Stephen King is, well, Stephen King.

If it is horror, the life of Chuck is of the existential kind, asking questions like, are the length of our lives predetermined by supernatural forces? Does fate control us? Are we actually the product of someone else's imagination? Mark Hamill plays Chuck's grandfather, Albie, a hard-drinking accountant, a kind man, but haunted by his secrets.

If it is horror, the life of Chuck is of the existential kind, asking questions like, are the length of our lives predetermined by supernatural forces? Does fate control us? Are we actually the product of someone else's imagination? Mark Hamill plays Chuck's grandfather, Albie, a hard-drinking accountant, a kind man, but haunted by his secrets.

If it is horror, the life of Chuck is of the existential kind, asking questions like, are the length of our lives predetermined by supernatural forces? Does fate control us? Are we actually the product of someone else's imagination? Mark Hamill plays Chuck's grandfather, Albie, a hard-drinking accountant, a kind man, but haunted by his secrets.

When you hear Mark Hamill's name, it's hard not to think of an epic story that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, as Hamill played one of the most iconic heroes in movie history, Luke Skywalker in the 1977 film Star Wars, a movie that changed Hollywood and the larger culture. Hamill was Luke in the original trilogy and reprised the role in the last trilogy that began in 2015.

When you hear Mark Hamill's name, it's hard not to think of an epic story that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, as Hamill played one of the most iconic heroes in movie history, Luke Skywalker in the 1977 film Star Wars, a movie that changed Hollywood and the larger culture. Hamill was Luke in the original trilogy and reprised the role in the last trilogy that began in 2015.

When you hear Mark Hamill's name, it's hard not to think of an epic story that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, as Hamill played one of the most iconic heroes in movie history, Luke Skywalker in the 1977 film Star Wars, a movie that changed Hollywood and the larger culture. Hamill was Luke in the original trilogy and reprised the role in the last trilogy that began in 2015.

Hamill's other big recurring role, one that he had for three decades, was as a villain. He was the Joker in Batman the Animated Series, part of his long career as a voice actor. He said he would stop doing the voice of the Joker, though, when the actor who played Batman, Kevin Conroy, died in 2022. This is not the first time Hamill has worked with the director of The Life of Chuck.