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Jeff Garlin Exits ‘The Goldbergs’ Following HR Investigations
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I wonder if he pulls the same stuff on Curb since the dynamic is presumably different with the focus on improv and a stacked cast of pretty seasoned comedians. I can't imagine him grabbing staff and screaming vagina over and over again on that type of set…its abusive, not funny, and kills the vibe on a show where people kind of have to be in the zone and in character since there's no real script.
Goldbergs is not good anymore, perhaps time to end it now.
Curb could work in a plot line getting rid of him.
Curb could work in a plot line getting rid of him.
Good, fuck him. Can't really get wound up about Jeff's status on Curb; firstly because that should be really fucking low on everyone's list of priorities in a situation like this, and secondly because…they can just do it without him?
They probably won't (LD brought fucking Michael Richards back) but the Larry/Jeff dynamic is not as interesting as Larry/Suzie, Larry/Leon, Larry/Funkhouser (RIP), or Larry/Cheryl or even Larry/Ted, he's just some lech that Larry riffs with.
They probably won't (LD brought fucking Michael Richards back) but the Larry/Jeff dynamic is not as interesting as Larry/Suzie, Larry/Leon, Larry/Funkhouser (RIP), or Larry/Cheryl or even Larry/Ted, he's just some lech that Larry riffs with.
According to him they encourage it.
“No, I Have Not Been Fired From ‘The Goldbergs’”: Jeff Garlin Responds to Talk of Misbehavior on Set
The comic, who also appears on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ calls ‘V.F.’—and answers some uncomfortable questions.
According to him they encourage it.
“No, I Have Not Been Fired From ‘The Goldbergs’”: Jeff Garlin Responds to Talk of Misbehavior on Set
The comic, who also appears on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ calls ‘V.F.’—and answers some uncomfortable questions.www.vanityfair.com
Yuck. Thanks for the clip.
I'm not gonna act like I knew he was some abusive prick, but I saw him do a set at a comedy club a few months ago and he was a complete jackass. All of his jokes were a failed attempt at gross out humor (shocker, it was mostly about genitals) and when the room didn't respond much he got kind of belligerent and started confronting specific people about why they weren't laughing. When that failed to gain any traction he walked off stage without the normal "I'm ———, thanks for listening have a good night" or whatever.
The host ran back in a rush from another room so we wouldn't have twenty seconds of dead silence lmao. Not that big of a deal, everyone has bad nights on stage, but that is the only seasoned comedian I've seen just storm off without ending the set. I don't care about the crowd, but it was rude af to the host and to Jay Leno who went up right after him.
The host ran back in a rush from another room so we wouldn't have twenty seconds of dead silence lmao. Not that big of a deal, everyone has bad nights on stage, but that is the only seasoned comedian I've seen just storm off without ending the set. I don't care about the crowd, but it was rude af to the host and to Jay Leno who went up right after him.
I fully believe him when he says they are jokes because I've caught some his standup and it's not funny at all and not dissimilar tbh. Shouting obscenities and other nonsense. Basic professionalism is hard.
IIRC the real Murray died sometime in the 90s/sometime around the time Adam goes to college so it'd probably be that. There's been a couple episodes where they allude to his poor health anyway.
Damn, sucks that he's treating people like that. I wonder if Larry will cut him from Curb now too.
and a 3 yr investigation? they could have found this out in a few days no?
According to him they encourage it.
“No, I Have Not Been Fired From ‘The Goldbergs’”: Jeff Garlin Responds to Talk of Misbehavior on Set
The comic, who also appears on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ calls ‘V.F.’—and answers some uncomfortable questions.
I imagined the culture at HBO was vastly different from the set of an ABC family show.
Seems like he was doubling and tripling down on the Goldbergs set when he'd get pushback that he wouldn't get while working on Curb.
That'd explain why he's had such a subdued role this season. The writing has been on the wall for a while now. I also wonder if his behavior explains the departure and reduced roles of a number of female roles.
Regardless, I'd rather have the show end. It's gone on long enough.
Regardless, I'd rather have the show end. It's gone on long enough.
He did this for a POSITIVE PR spin? 😬Garlin gave a huge interview to Vanity Fair a couple of weeks ago on this. Evidently an effort to spin the PR toward the postiive but he comes off horribly in the article:
“No, I Have Not Been Fired From ‘The Goldbergs’”: Jeff Garlin Responds to Talk of Misbehavior on Set
The comic, who also appears on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ calls ‘V.F.’—and answers some uncomfortable questions.
Wait, really? I thought that was just because of him being in the Schooled spinoff and they just haven't written him back in? Damn :/
I can't remember what it specifically was but he was accused of something while he was on Schooled and that show was cancelled anyways. So the only person not back from that show that might come back is Lainey but not that gym coach. He is gone for good.
This is quoting the Mo Ryan interview that has been linked in here. I think it's probably worth a read in general -- it's essentially the most open interview I've ever seen and Mo is truly shocked at Jeff agreeing to do it in general and being so open.
That was a train wreck.Garlin gave a huge interview to Vanity Fair a couple of weeks ago on this. Evidently an effort to spin the PR toward the postiive but he comes off horribly in the article:
“No, I Have Not Been Fired From ‘The Goldbergs’”: Jeff Garlin Responds to Talk of Misbehavior on Set
The comic, who also appears on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ calls ‘V.F.’—and answers some uncomfortable questions.
Yeah, being constantly "on" and riffing in character as an obnoxious asshole is essentially what they want from the actors on Curb. I imagine the crew working around him expect it and are prepared to deal with it.
For some reason Garlin can't understand why people working on a traditional, tightly scripted network sitcom would have completely different expectations. It's bizarre, he's willfully clueless despite having it clearly explained.
sounds like he tries too hard to be "edgy" with his humor. Pretty embarrassing for a dude that's nearly 60 years old.
That's... bizarre. I'm assuming they must have had his assistance and they weren't just pasting in random bits of B-roll on his double? That is, they were getting Garlin to record material with the explicit intention of adding it to footage recorded with the double, rather than going "Jeff's not fucking here again, just slot in Geoff for this scene and we'll splice in something from the archives later..."
Wonder why they had made a practice of doing that, and it would be interesting to see if people can ID scenes now we know it was done.
Wonder why they had made a practice of doing that, and it would be interesting to see if people can ID scenes now we know it was done.
yo what
No Deadline, you need to go into detail about these other times when they superimposed his face.
There's a big god damn difference between what weinstein did and what garlin has been accused of doing and it would be cool to not pretend they're the same at all
This is hysterical. I wish they'd done this with Roseanne when she got fired from The Connors.
No joke, the character's been sitting on his chair for at least half the time this season. It's crazy the lengths they went, but I can see it.
That Vanity Fair interview is one of the more wild, self-sabotaging celeb interviews I've read in some time.
I went to a Doug Loves Movies live taping roughly 10 years ago and he was a huge asshole to the other guests. It was really weird to see it happening in person. Like, he was super aggressive for no reason. I'm not surprised he made the people he worked with on the show uncomfortable as well.
Also a distinct possibility that LD doesn't go in for any of this bullshit on the Curb set, so he doesn't have room to be this kind of an asshole.
Not sure why but my first thought was Young Sheldon's dad and that he needed to be killed off eventually for the story to line up with TBBT.
I actually still enjoy The Goldbergs though and liked the whole cast. Very disappointed he's such a scummy human. Seems to be more common every year. Makes you appreciate the people who are genuine though
I actually still enjoy The Goldbergs though and liked the whole cast. Very disappointed he's such a scummy human. Seems to be more common every year. Makes you appreciate the people who are genuine though
Barry is okay but his whole bit (that has bled into the writing for the rest of the cast) is restating the obvious for comedic effect like Tracy Jordan would often do on 30 Rock.
At some point it's like okay enough already with that joke method
It's cynical I know, but surely Larry knows about this behaviour, and keeps him on regardless. As his behaviour surely isn't exclusive to the Goldbergs? If anything happened now it's just for public image reasons rather than genuinely being someone who cares. Which sucks.
Damn. I had no idea how terrible he is. I used to love this show. It will suck going back and watching earlier episodes knowing that:
- Garlin is human excrement.
- Callen (gym teacher) is human excrement.
- Segal (Pops) passed away earlier this year.
Very possible but one thing that becomes clear if you read the Vanity Fair article is that Garlin views himself as King Big Shit on The Goldbergs and feels like he is entitled to act the way he does because he sees himself as the star of the show. He even cites that as the reason he can treat the stand-ins like crap. It's possible he acts differently on Curb where, not only is he not the star of the show, but the rotating roster of supporting actors and cameos are often bigger names as well.