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- What made you decide to write about Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau? Did you know them personally?
- How did you conduct your research for Jack & Walter?
- Was there anything surprising that you learned about Lemmon or Matthau in the course of writing the book? If so, what was it?
- To what do you attribute their success as a comedy team? Why were they so funny together?
- What comedy duo today do you think has the potential to become the next legendary team and why? Do they compare to Lemmon and Matthau in any way?
- How has comedy changed since the Lemmon/Matthau days and what do you think of those changes?
- Although they were at odds on screen, they became friends in real life. Talk a little bit about their off-screen friendship and how their personal lives intersected off screen.
- Did the pair ever have a spat, or time period when they were at personal odds with each other in real life? If so, talk about that.
- Lemmon and Matthau were funny guys, but was there a dark side to either of them? Was either of them similar to the type of characters they typically played?
- After writing the book, did you find yourself favoring one of them over the other? If so, who and why?
- What advice do you think either or both of these men would give the upcoming comedians of today to make it - and last the duration - in the business?
- Jack & Walter is not your first book. What else have you written?
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