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My Mom's Competitive Streak Taught Me How to Get Good Reviews (with Bob Lefsetz)
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26:27 - 30:11 (03:44)

Bob Lefsetz shares how his competitive mother's attitude has influenced his own tenacity in the music industry, including his strategy for confronting negative reviews.

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A former technical theater writer remembers when Tim Robbins attempted to bring his Hollywood theatre to New York and received a terrible review.
26:27 - 28:54 (02:27)
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Theater, Tim Robbins
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A former technical theater writer remembers when Tim Robbins attempted to bring his Hollywood theatre to New York and received a terrible review. The speaker was a psycho fan of the gang and wanted to be involved.

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My Mom's Competitive Streak Taught Me How to Get Good Reviews (with Bob Lefsetz)
Episode
"Jack Black"
Podcast
SmartLess
Jack Cohen's parents were both successful aerospace engineers, with his mother being a trailblazer in the field and responsible for the abort guidance system that saved the lives of Apollo 13 astronauts.
28:54 - 30:11 (01:17)
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Aerospace engineering
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Jack Cohen's parents were both successful aerospace engineers, with his mother being a trailblazer in the field and responsible for the abort guidance system that saved the lives of Apollo 13 astronauts. Jack, however, did not inherit their mathematical genius and had no desire to enter the science world.

Chapter
My Mom's Competitive Streak Taught Me How to Get Good Reviews (with Bob Lefsetz)
Episode
"Jack Black"
Podcast
SmartLess