My Favorite Friendship

Dolly Parton's friendship with Dr. Naji Abumrad & his son Jad Abumrad led to the creation of one of the COVID-19 vaccines and showed the world that we have more in common than we think.

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Steve Martin & Martin Short’s friendship started through working together and after almost 35 years of friendship, they’d rather work with each other than anyone else.

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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas created some of the most enduring movie franchises of all time and inspired a generation of filmmakers. But before all that, they were young directors with big dream…

John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, Harry Nilsson & Mickey Dolenz drank together so regularly at The Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip that they still have a tribute to their dr…

Vincent Price and Peter Lorre have played some of the most famous movie villains of all time. But off screen, they were friends and colleagues who adored each other's work and helped each other throu…

Salvador Dali and Alice Cooper's mutual admiration led to a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between the former art major turned rocker and the surrealist icon.

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Alice Cooper & Shep Gordon promised that they would stick together as business partners until they were millionaires but their legendary friendship has lasted over 50 years now and is still going as …

Pink's husband, Carey Hart, warned Kerri Kenney-Silver that Pink is a fan and would embarrass herself in front of the comedian. The pop star & comedian quickly became best friends and continue to emb…

Harry Houdini & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle struck up a friendship through their fascination with spiritualism. Doyle's fascination led him to Houdini, who sought to disprove spiritualism as a hoax. Their…

Special guest Steve Way joins us to discuss the real-life friendship with Ramy Youssef that inspired their relationship on the Hulu show Ramy. We also talk about the intersection of disability and fr…

As a young upstart playwright, William Shakespeare was almost laughed out of the London theatre scene. But luckily, he had a group of friends that would figuratively and literally preserve his legacy…

Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau & blockbuster Chef Roy Choi's friendship shows the act of cooking together is one of the greatest ways to bond two completely different brains. The joy of their frie…

Alex Lewis & Keith Habersberger turned a meeting at a networking event into a musical comedy duo that evolved into a trio with Hughie Stone Fish, to become Lewberger: one of the most popular comedy b…

Ginsburg and Scalia, two polar opposites on the political spectrum, found friendship in their mutual respect and shared interests. It's fascinating to see how they managed to bridge the philosophical…

These two friends and fellow professors worked together for decades to create the fantasy and science fiction genres as we know them today. Even though they clashed over style, religion and creative …

Snoop Dogg & Martha Stewart's friendship shows that people can get along, work together and love each other, no matter where they come from, or how they were brought up... Great food & good weed help…

These two incredibly talented women bonded over their love and their difficult childhoods. As friends, they worked together to upturn discriminatory business practices at LA's
hottest night club and …

Mark Twain & Ulysses S. Grant formed a bond as America's favorite humorist helped its former President cement his legacy and take care of his family as they toured Europe together while working to pu…

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh's friendship changed the culture of the NBA, shifting the power of team-building away from general managers & owners to the players themselves. This friendship …

The Rat Pack started as friends that partied together & grew into one of the most influential forces in pop culture in the 20th century. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop & Pet…