{"id":7736,"date":"2014-03-03T21:40:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T01:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7736"},"modified":"2018-04-26T07:54:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:54:36","slug":"podcast-the-slippery-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-slippery-animal","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The Slippery Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 4 episode 8 &#8211;<br \/>\nBruce Jay Friedman: The Slippery Animal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5362\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7736-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7736-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m always in the middle of a struggle with a short story. You&#8217;d think I&#8217;d have the hang of it by now. It&#8217;s a slippery animal.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Literary legend <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Jay_Friedman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Jay Friedman<\/a> joins the Virtual Memories Show for a fun conversation about his literary career, which encompasses six decades of short stories, novels, plays and Oscar\u00ae-nominated screenwriting. We talk about his newest projects, how\u00a0both the writing and the sale of short stories have changed over the course of his career, and why he&#8217;s happier in that form than the novel. Why was he successful in Hollywood when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anthony Powell crapped out there? Listen in to find out!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hollywood to me was fun. Like a boy being let loose in a candy store. I was offended when I&#8217;d get called in off the tennis court to write a few scenes. I can tell you: there is no one who had more fun than I did in Hollywood.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also talk about how stories begin, where he sees himself in the continuum of Jewish American writers, why Dustin Hoffman hates him, how he found his home at Elaine&#8217;s, whether he\u2019s ever been tempted to write The Big Novel, why he\u2019s getting more Jewish as he gets older, why he prefers the Franco-Prussian war over other wars, and how to find the right kind of pistachio nuts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I always feel guilty about being entertained. I feel like I should be reading Suetonius.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Bonus: I rant about leaving my job and ask you for money!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5363\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7736-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7736-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_8_-_The_Slippery_Animal.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-crackers-and-bagels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Alan Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-whimsical-barracuda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kipp Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-guy-who-drew-the-liver-spots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-slipping-the-noose-of-the-topical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phillip Lopate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novelist, playwright, short story writer and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman was born in New York City. Friedman published his first novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802137504\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0802137504&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Stern<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0802137504\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> in 1962 and established himself as a writer and playwright, most famously known for his off-Broadway hit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394469046\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0394469046&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Steambath<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0394469046\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (1973) (TV) and his 1978 novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802138330\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0802138330&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Lonely Guy&#8217;s Book of Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0802138330\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. In addition to short stories and plays, Mr. Friedman has also published seven other novels, and has written numerous screenplays, including the Oscar-nominated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00015YVD6\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00015YVD6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Splash<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00015YVD6\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (1984). His memoir, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1926845315\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1926845315&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Lucky Bruce<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1926845315\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, came out in 2011. He resides in New York City with his second wife, educator Patricia J. O\u2019Donohue. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bruce-Jay-Friedman\/e\/B001HOHV28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his Amazon page<\/a> for info on his books and plays.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Frenesi<em>\u00a0by Artie Shaw. The conversation was recorded at Mr. Friedman&#8217;s home on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001QWBM62\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. The intro and outro were recorded on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photo of Mr. Friedman by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 4 episode 8 &#8211; Bruce Jay Friedman: The Slippery Animal &#8220;I&#8217;m always in the middle of a struggle with a short story. You&#8217;d think I&#8217;d have the hang of it by now. It&#8217;s a slippery animal.&#8221; Literary legend Bruce Jay Friedman joins the Virtual Memories Show for a fun conversation about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-slippery-animal\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Podcast: The Slippery Animal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,1183,58],"tags":[152,2424,2425,1014,2436,2430,2280,1373,244,705,2417,2427,2435,885,627,2423,2433,2431,2429,581,2426,1911,2428,2035,2034,2225,2418,2355,918,2432,2420,2421,765,609,299,2419,1180,2422,2434,2416],"class_list":["post-7736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-the-drew-friedmanizer","tag-anthony-powell","tag-arthur-kopit","tag-bernard-malamud","tag-bruce-jay-friedman","tag-donald-fine","tag-dustin-hoffman","tag-elaines","tag-ernest-hemingway","tag-evelyn-waugh","tag-f-scott-fitzgerald","tag-harry-towns","tag-hollis-alpert","tag-irwin-shaw","tag-isaac-bashevis-singer","tag-jd-salinger","tag-jack-richardson","tag-james-jones","tag-james-mcbride","tag-jerry-orbach","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-john-collier","tag-joseph-heller","tag-joseph-l-mankiewicz","tag-josh-alan-friedman","tag-kipp-friedman","tag-lorrie-moore","tag-lucky-bruce","tag-mario-puzo","tag-mel-brooks","tag-michael-howard","tag-molly-friedman","tag-neil-simon","tag-norman-mailer","tag-philip-roth","tag-roald-dahl","tag-roger-angell","tag-saul-bellow","tag-the-heartbreak-kid","tag-voltaire","tag-will-smith","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bjf-1.jpg?fit=1106%2C1289","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-20M","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13510,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bruce-jay-friedman-bonus-episode","url_meta":{"origin":7736,"position":0},"title":"Bruce Jay Friedman Bonus Episode","author":"Gil","date":"June 4, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: Bruce Jay Friedman Bonus Episode \"Most stories begin with 'you can't do THAT,' but then you think, 'I'm not gonna get arrested; let me try it.'\" \"I'm always in the middle of a struggle with a short story. 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