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[0:00] Peggy: Greetings. It's Peggy. And you're listening to Gettin Peggy Wit It. And of course, I'm just Ellen Marie. I was getting there. But you it's Can you let me start again? Please give me the benefit of the doubt. It's hard to give you the benefit of the doubt when you are doing everything consistently wrong. Let's start again. Okay. Roll with it, Ellen.

[0:20] Peggy: Greetings. It's Peggy. And you're listening to Gettin Peggy Wit It. And next to me in this room, no. My right-hand lady. She just, I can't do it without her. Her name's Ellyn Marie Marsh. You may have seen her in nothing.

[0:34] Ellyn Marie Marsh: I've been in a lot of things, Peggy.

[0:36] Peggy: It's not about me, but I have been in a lot of things. Don't say that. Whatever it's always. Also, we're not in the same room. Don't make people think we're breaking quarantine.

[0:40] Ellyn Marie Marsh: We're not in the same room.

[0:46] Peggy: I don't trust your germs.

[0:47] Ellyn Marie Marsh: I don't trust anybody.

[0:48] Peggy: I don't trust anybody either. I wash my hands 27 times a day.

[0:52] Ellyn Marie Marsh: I know. My hands are just bone.

[0:55] Peggy: Mine are bloody stumps.

[0:56] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Yeah, I know. Me too. Kind of like your heart. Um who do we chat with today? Who are we bringing to the podcast?

[1:06] Ellyn Marie Marsh: We are bringing this week on the pod, we are talking to a fellow BPN podcaster named Josh Lamon.

[1:15] Peggy: I love Josh. He is such a sweet person. He's such a hard worker. He has a great podcast on BPN. So you guys are basically like podcasting partners.

[1:24] Ellyn Marie Marsh: We're not partners, no. Um I mean, he's he is very I feel bad for him because his shows always close. Um but he knows it. You know, we've talked about it at length. And um, and he just he always is like, oh, let's chat. And I'm like, okay, you know, I'll make time for you. And so we had a wonderful chat, and he's just so loving and game, and um he always plays just like the laughable with the affable guy that falls down. Like that's basically him.

[1:50] Ellyn Marie Marsh: He's like Chevy Chase.

[1:52] Peggy: No, I don't, he's not. He played a really, really funny role in The Prom. And it's a real shame The Prom closed because that was a really good show and it was really important. He should have done the movie.

[2:02] Ellyn Marie Marsh: That's not okay.

[2:03] Peggy: I know you're not in show business per se. But that's not his choice. Everybody should do TV and movies right now because that actually makes more money than theater, and who knows when theater's coming back. So I don't know. It there are things that people should be doing, and it's just silly that they're not.

[2:18] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Right. So I just real quickly without pulling that to come back. Pulling at that thread. Um, how would you imagine someone would just go about like being on TV or a movie just willy nilly?

[2:30] Peggy: He could have said, Hey, I'm Josh. I did The Prom on Broadway, even though it closed. Uh I'd like to do the movie. And then they're like, okay. And then um, and then he could have done it.

[2:40] Ellyn Marie Marsh: So that's the way you think show business works. You just call and ask to do stuff.

[2:42] Peggy: Yeah, I mean, BPN just called me and was like, you should do a podcast. And I was like, okay. And and then I was like, Oh, I got this dead weight I gotta bring with me, Ellyn Marie Marsh. Is that fine?

[2:53] Ellyn Marie Marsh: That that's the conversation you had.

[2:57] Peggy: Mm-hmm.

[2:58] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Okay. Was that on email or was that on a phone call?

[3:01] Peggy: It was on all it was shouted from the rooftops, all platforms. Uh-huh. Anyway, so today we're talking to Josh. And I think he loves chatting with me.

[3:11] Ellyn Marie Marsh: I actually would say the opposite if I were yeah, if it if I was really forced to say something, I'm gonna say Josh doesn't enjoy your company.

[3:20] Peggy: I think he's just a little upset. This really has nothing to do with me. I think he's just upset with his life. But I mean, thankfully, I just provide him a platform to chat.

[3:28] Ellyn Marie Marsh: I mean, yeah, I when you say that, I mean, he's a very successful working actor, he's very beloved in the community, so I don't think he's a—

[3:28] Peggy: You've heard something contradictory to that.

[3:41] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Well, he did he's out of work, you know what I mean?

[3:43] Peggy: Yeah, I mean, Peggy, there's a pandemic. Everyone is out of work. Do you gotta stop saying that now? Because now everyone's out of work.

[3:43] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Everyone is out of work.

[3:49] Peggy: It really goes with my brand. Cause then I really can. Everybody I talk to that I'm like, will you work again? And now who knows if they will. So it's a very self-fulfilling prophecy. It's very um interesting, right? Interesting spot we've got ourselves in now that the world is ending. But anyways, the perfect time to listen to podcasts. That's what I always say.

[4:05] Ellyn Marie Marsh: Yeah.

[4:07] Peggy: So this is our conversation with Josh Lamon. Can I can I talk to someone on production? Get in Peggy with it.

[4:20] Peggy: Greetings and welcome to Gettin Peggy Wit It. Today we have one of my favorite funny people of Broadway. He is um currently can be seen off Broadway. Um no one cares. But let's talk to him about the golden era of his life when he was on Broadway. Ladies and gentlemen, it is Josh Lamon.

[4:43] Josh Lamon: Hi.

[4:44] Peggy: Yay! Yay!

[4:45] Josh Lamon: Hey Peggy. It's so good to have you guys.

[4:48] Peggy: You're nervous, yeah.

[4:49] Josh Lamon: Why?

[4:50] Peggy: Because my experiences with you have, you know, you can we have a great time.

[4:55] Josh Lamon: Yeah. And we always, always have fun, man.

[4:57] Peggy: Yeah. That is something that um some people shy away from and some people lean into.

[5:01] Josh Lamon: Sure.

[5:02] Peggy: And you're such a funny guy on stage.

[5:05] Josh Lamon: Thank you very much. Um, yeah. He always plays the same character, and there's something to be said for consistency. And wow, you know, just always being the same and always doing the same thing. You know what you're getting. You know what I mean? You get what you pay for, and you know what you're getting.

[5:19] Josh Lamon: Thanks. Um what would you how would you describe your roles?

[5:25] Josh Lamon: Well, kind of laughed at, a little bit like made fun of, the pit of the butt of the jokes.

[5:31] Peggy: Yeah, well, I'd say great at being like reporter number three, slash, you know, the rejected prom date.

[5:37] Josh Lamon: I assume that's what you did in The Prom.

[5:39] Josh Lamon: Um, no, actually, I played a publicist in The Prom.

[5:42] Josh Lamon: For me, I think there's so much darkness in the world, and this also like comes from my life with dealing with depression. That like comedy is something that I think is very important. I think laughter is very important.

[5:54] Peggy: It is important.

[5:55] Josh Lamon: So I usually just try to think of things that make me laugh. I love being silly. So with um Emoji Land specifically.

[6:03] Peggy: Oh, that Josh is doing Emoji Land off Broadway.

[6:07] Josh Lamon: So if you have children under nine um and you have an extra three hours to spare, you could go see that.

[6:12] Peggy: Or you don't have to.

[6:14] Josh Lamon: Yeah, or you don't have to. Uh I saw it.

[6:16] Peggy: I know you did. Nobody warned me.

[6:19] Josh Lamon: Uh well I wasn't adequately warned. Listen. And I didn't take an edible. The truth is, is you caught me at sort of a dark time.

[6:26] Peggy: Well, that's for other people's podcasts. This isn't a podcast about journeys. Okay. So let's go back to the beginning. What was your Broadway debut?

[6:32] Josh Lamon: Hair.

[6:34] Peggy: Hair.

[6:35] Josh Lamon: Yep. Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair.

[6:38] Peggy: Say it, spray it.

[6:43] Josh Lamon: Yeah, that was fun.

[6:44] Peggy: So, did you get naked?

[6:46] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[6:47] Peggy: That's the only thing people care about.

[6:48] Josh Lamon: I know. Yeah. Yeah, I did. It was really scary and really, really fun until people started posting pictures on the internet. And then I didn't even do that. Because we were all getting naked on stage. And so um and that's when I stopped doing it.

[7:02] Peggy: Yeah.

[7:02] Josh Lamon: Oh.

[7:03] Peggy: You stopped doing it?

[7:04] Josh Lamon: Yeah. I was like, I don't want to be naked anymore.

[7:08] Peggy: Wow. So were you in it when it was at the park?

[7:11] Josh Lamon: No.

[7:12] Peggy: Oh, you weren't? Okay. Because that was when it was really special.

[7:15] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[7:16] Peggy: So what was your favorite part about Hair?

[7:20] Josh Lamon: Um, I was hair like Godspell is way more fun to be in than to see. Like seeing Hair and seeing Godspell is like, please just slice my eye open with a you know cheese grater.

[7:30] Peggy: But to be in it is so everyone's like, we're on dead for life. Well, never be up heart. These are my tribe. So what was your favorite part?

[7:39] Josh Lamon: Well, I I feel that way about Godspell. I have a deep hatred of Godspell.

[7:43] Peggy: Yeah, me too. Um Godspell just is dumb, but has good music.

[7:48] Josh Lamon: Yeah, true. Um, Hair, I think is different because it's actually a living breathing protest. That's how it was made from 67 through the uh the assassination of JFK and MLK and where the country was going. And it was relevant. It's very relevant now with uh this political civil war that we're sort of in.

[8:08] Peggy: Yeah.

[8:08] Josh Lamon: And so that's where I think you might be a little wrong about Hair.

[8:13] Peggy: Well, I like Hair, but it's just way more fun to be in.

[8:16] Josh Lamon: Oh, yeah. When you watch it. Okay. When you watch it, everyone's just like rubbing up on each other and like with tassels. Sure. You know what I mean? But have you ever been in Hair?

[8:24] Peggy: Yeah, back in the day.

[8:25] Josh Lamon: Did you get naked? How was that for you?

[8:28] Peggy: I loved it.

[8:29] Josh Lamon: Good for you. Which part did you?

[8:30] Peggy: And I I just went to the front and I said, Does anyone need a picture? Did anyone not get their picture?

[8:34] Josh Lamon: Oh, okay. You know what I mean? Because I'm a generous performer.

[8:37] Peggy: So how long were you in Hair on Broadway?

[8:39] Josh Lamon: Um I did it for the entire run, however long that was. And then I took it on the road and then I came back to Broadway for a couple months.

[8:47] Peggy: Do you know he dies in the end?

[8:48] Josh Lamon: Yeah, isn't that nuts? It's so sad. It's not really suitable for a musical, you know. All these sad musicals. It's like we need something uplifting.

[8:55] Peggy: I know, I agree. You know? Like Les Mis, what a crock of shit.

[8:58] Josh Lamon: Yeah, it's like Miss Saigon, prostitutes, Les Mis, prostitutes, uh, Moulin Rouge, prostitutes, um, Gigi or whatever that was. A lot of prostitutes on Broadway and a lot of death.

[9:08] Peggy: Yeah. Um, anything happy on Broadway?

[9:11] Josh Lamon: Um, I yeah Hamilton.

[9:11] Peggy: Hamilton, you know, people die in that slavery and there's like I don't know, there's a lot of darkness.

[9:18] Josh Lamon: Well, you know, there is a lot of darkness in that, which ties back to why comedy is important.

[9:24] Peggy: It is important. Speaking of comedy, after Hair on Broadway, you were in Elf.

[9:29] Josh Lamon: US the Elf!

[9:30] Peggy: No.

[9:30] Josh Lamon: You were Buddy the Elf.

[9:31] Peggy: No, he was delete.

[9:33] Josh Lamon: No, they wouldn't even know. I I didn't even cover it.

[9:36] Peggy: Were you on Elf?

[9:40] Josh Lamon: What?

[9:40] Peggy: Were you in?

[9:41] Josh Lamon: I did play an elf in the opening number, yes.

[9:44] Peggy: Okay, yeah. Um what was it like being in, you know, yet another movie that shouldn't have been made into a musical? You know what I mean? What do you think?

[9:54] Josh Lamon: I've had a really great time because I I really love Matt Sklar. You'd be a great Buddy the Elf.

[10:02] Peggy: Thank you. I would love to play the role one day, or I did. Now that I'm older, I think it's a lot of work.

[10:07] Josh Lamon: Really?

[10:08] Peggy: Yeah. You'd be so good because you have a certain um je ne sais quoi effervescence.

[10:13] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[10:14] Peggy: Unlovable.

[10:15] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[10:17] Peggy: What was it like being in a seasonal show, just knowing that unemployment was like looming around the corner and any minute it was all gonna be gone?

[10:23] Josh Lamon: It was actually really cool. That because when you're in a long running say that. Because when you're in a long running show, for me, it's always like, okay, do we have till do we have till January? Do we have till the topic? So we have till for the shoe to drop.

[10:39] Peggy: Yeah, exactly. So you guys win any Tonys?

[10:43] Josh Lamon: No.

[10:43] Peggy: No. Did you perform on the Tonys?

[10:45] Josh Lamon: No.

[10:46] Peggy: No. Okay. Did you get any nominations?

[10:48] Josh Lamon: No.

[10:49] Peggy: Okay. So did Hair get any nominations?

[10:52] Josh Lamon: Yeah. Yeah. We won Best Revival.

[10:54] Peggy: You did?

[10:54] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[10:55] Peggy: Oh. Did you perform at the Tonys?

[10:57] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[10:57] Peggy: Oh, what was that like?

[10:58] Josh Lamon: It was unbelievable. It was absolutely unbelievable. It was unreal.

[11:03] Peggy: What did you say?

[11:03] Josh Lamon: One of the best days of my life.

[11:05] Peggy: Uh no, we did Let the Sunshine In. And then we did the main song. Uh Hair, Hair.

[11:14] Josh Lamon: Say it.

[11:15] Peggy: Say it.

[11:20] Josh Lamon: That's great.

[11:21] Peggy: Fun story was I got, you know, we run into the audience and dance with people, and I was assigned to dance with our choreographer who was nominated for Best Choreography.

[11:31] Josh Lamon: Which was who?

[11:32] Peggy: Carol Armitage.

[11:33] Josh Lamon: Never heard of her.

[11:34] Peggy: Um, she choreographed Madonna's Vogue. And um, and so I ran up to her and my hippie gear, huffin' and puffin' because Radio City's big. And I get up to her and she just says, No, I'm not getting up.

[11:48] Josh Lamon: What?

[11:49] Peggy: And then I turned to all the other nominees around her asking them to dance, and all of them said no to. Jen Damiano, Brian Darcy James.

[11:56] Josh Lamon: What course, the entire Next to Normal.

[12:01] Peggy: Nope. No thanks. Olive Shrek.

[12:04] Josh Lamon: Nope. Nobody wanted to get up. And I looked down the aisle, and those three little bastards from Billy Elliott were up and dancing with the hippie down the aisle.

[12:12] Josh Lamon: Oh, that is so crushing.

[12:14] Peggy: Yeah, it was. Wow.

[12:15] Josh Lamon: Wow.

[12:16] Peggy: Yeah. You had one job.

[12:17] Josh Lamon: I know, one job. Dance with someone in the audience. Probably is hard.

[12:21] Peggy: Yeah. And you were nominated for this.

[12:23] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[12:23] Peggy: And I got assigned to you. Did you go up and try to vote to her? Maybe that would feel more comfortable.

[12:28] Josh Lamon: That's probably what I should have done in hindsight.

[12:33] Peggy: Say it. Say it with a comb.

[12:36] Josh Lamon: You keep Peggy, you keep saying say it, spray it. I don't I don't think that's what they say.

[12:41] Peggy: No.

[12:42] Josh Lamon: I don't think it is.

[12:43] Peggy: Say it. Swing it, blow it, show it.

[12:46] Josh Lamon: Yeah, and then grow it.

[12:48] Peggy: Said that three times now. So remember Peggy knows that.

[12:56] Josh Lamon: All right. So after Hair, what did you do?

[12:59] Josh Lamon: I did Elf.

[13:00] Peggy: Okay. After Elf, what did you do?

[13:02] Josh Lamon: I did uh Little Miss Sunshine and Into the Woods.

[13:07] Peggy: Oh, not on Broadway. What did you on Broadway?

[13:08] Josh Lamon: Oh, um Morgan loved that Into the Woods.

[13:12] Peggy: I know. I know. Morgan James.

[13:15] Josh Lamon: I love Morgan James, and we actually had a big talk about that and a big cuddle.

[13:21] Peggy: She is one of my favorite people.

[13:23] Josh Lamon: Well, you're a very nice eye for giving. Peggy hates her.

[13:26] Peggy: Well, Peggy.

[13:27] Josh Lamon: I don't hate her. I just I'm indifferent.

[13:29] Peggy: Well, I think Peggy's a little jealous because Peggy was up for Motown. Peggy was up for Wonderland.

[13:33] Josh Lamon: I was in Motown.

[13:36] Peggy: And Peggy even did a reading of Wonderland and got replaced by Morgan.

[13:39] Josh Lamon: Got replaced by Janetic Hall.

[13:41] Peggy: Which is everybody. Yeah. Um, yeah. But also she is an incredible performer. And that's all passed along. Or Ellen will. Ellen doesn't really return text, but I'm sure Ellen will pass it on someday when she's done doing stories.

[13:55] Josh Lamon: That's okay. So next probably show Finding Neverland.

[13:57] Peggy: Yeah, was Finding Neverland. What is it? What is that was a good question.

[14:02] Josh Lamon: Peter Pan.

[14:03] Peggy: It was the story about uh the person who wrote JM Barrie who wrote Peter Pan.

[14:08] Josh Lamon: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. The tagline was horrible. It was Finding Neverland, how Peter Became Pan.

[14:15] Peggy: Pan, yeah. Well, you know, it's funny. The in the theater industry sort of felt very similar to how you. How many Peter Became Pan musicals are there?

[14:22] Josh Lamon: There are thousands. There's one happening right now. There's Peter Pan, there's Fly, there's Wendy, there's Darling, there's Ding Dings, there's a There's something called Wendy. There's Lost, there's Boys Lost, there's Lost This, there's Hook Hook, there's There's Hook.

[14:36] Peggy: I who the hell knows. Were you in Peter Pan Live?

[14:38] Josh Lamon: No.

[14:39] Peggy: I auditioned for a pirate, and I they did not like me.

[14:43] Josh Lamon: Oh, that's a shame.

[14:45] Peggy: That would have been great for your career.

[14:46] Josh Lamon: I well. You Love TV is really where it's at.

[14:49] Peggy: I agree. So who wrote Finding Neverland?

[14:52] Josh Lamon: Um Elliot Sam and James.

[14:58] Peggy: Who wrote the music?

[14:59] Josh Lamon: Elliot something.

[15:01] Peggy: I remember him.

[15:03] Josh Lamon: And um, oh god, oh shoot. He's really, really famous in Europe. He was in a boy band.

[15:08] Peggy: Yeah.

[15:09] Josh Lamon: What boy band?

[15:10] Peggy: Take five.

[15:11] Josh Lamon: Take that.

[15:11] Peggy: Take that.

[15:12] Josh Lamon: Not take six.

[15:13] Peggy: Take that.

[15:13] Josh Lamon: Take that.

[15:14] Peggy: I don't know what that is.

[15:15] Josh Lamon: Um.

[15:19] Peggy: Thank you.

[15:19] Josh Lamon: Gary Gary Barlan.

[15:20] Peggy: Did he also write Pretty Woman?

[15:21] Josh Lamon: They both sounded pretty bad.

[15:23] Peggy: No.

[15:23] Josh Lamon: But it was very, they've never written a musical before. They wrote like, you know, pop music bands. And um Harvey really wanted that sound. So that's what I'm saying. So Josh, what did you do in Finding Neverland?

[15:37] Josh Lamon: I played Mr. Cromer.

[15:40] Peggy: I know. You're like, oh, Mr. Cromer, that's one of my dream roles. Um he's the guy who in this version of the story originates the role of Michael, the youngest boy.

[15:52] Josh Lamon: Because what's funnier than a fatty in a onesie that flies?

[15:56] Peggy: Oh, that's adorable.

[15:57] Josh Lamon: Yeah. You'd make a wonderful Winthrop.

[15:59] Peggy: Thanks. I think so too. So who choreographed Finding Neverland?

[16:02] Josh Lamon: Mia Michaels.

[16:03] Peggy: Was she a nightmare?

[16:04] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[16:05] Peggy: Really?

[16:05] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[16:06] Peggy: What was bad about it?

[16:07] Josh Lamon: About it? Her work is incredible. But you know, Mia Michaels, I love her, but she's uh she's Mia Michaels.

[16:15] Peggy: Yeah, was she crazy?

[16:17] Josh Lamon: They all are.

[16:18] Peggy: Yeah. Who else do we hate? You can tell me.

[16:21] Josh Lamon: Um, oh gosh. Uh we hate everyone.

[16:24] Peggy: Yeah. Was there a dog in there?

[16:26] Josh Lamon: I love that dog.

[16:27] Peggy: There was a dog.

[16:28] Josh Lamon: The funniest thing is that the dog was played by a human at first.

[16:31] Peggy: Oh no.

[16:32] Josh Lamon: I know. Oh and they the costumes Nobody needs more humans. We need more dogs. The costumes were so bad that it just like it could not happen. But what happened was the actor playing the dog got to the theater and was, you know, hey, can you go get in your dog costume, please?

[16:49] Josh Lamon: And came downstage and there was a dog really on center stage.

[16:54] Peggy: And randomly one day?

[16:56] Josh Lamon: Yep. And he had to go like be a dog next to the dog. And that's when he got cut and the dog took over the No, they kept him and let him be in some ensemble stuff, but most of his track is gone.

[17:10] Peggy: That is terrifying.

[17:12] Josh Lamon: And the dog, because they didn't have time or wouldn't spend the money, I don't know. Uh was had never been on stage. Was not trained, was from some like wildlife rescue upstate. And the trainer's name was Bambi, and she talked like this. She runs the camels for the Radio City Christmas show.

[17:32] Peggy: Oh wow, she seems disqualified.

[17:34] Josh Lamon: That's her thing. And so Diane, my sweet, my love, my angel baby Diane Paulis would be in the audience on the God Mike being like, Bambi, um, Bambi, could you please try to make the dog look towards Matthew and baby go, it's a dog.

[17:49] Peggy: No.

[17:50] Josh Lamon: No, it's a dog. Well, what do you want? It's a dog.

[17:54] Peggy: Oh my gosh.

[17:55] Josh Lamon: And some performances, the dog would, you know, it was supposed to run across the stage to Matthew, but it would just like peek its head out of the curtain and then like run on stage and then turn around and run back off.

[18:05] Peggy: Just like terrified.

[18:07] Josh Lamon: And yeah, so oh my gosh, that's horrible.

[18:10] Peggy: Yeah. Robert, I wonder why you didn't stay open.

[18:13] Josh Lamon: Well it ran for a while.

[18:17] Peggy: Too long.

[18:17] Josh Lamon: Wow. So after Finding Neverland crashed um Groundhog Day.

[18:22] Peggy: Groundhog Day oh god another flop.

[18:27] Josh Lamon: Oh okay so this is another musical based on a movie.

[18:33] Peggy: Yes.

[18:33] Josh Lamon: Call it Quest.

[18:35] Peggy: No, but oh what did you play?

[18:37] Josh Lamon: The groundhog? Or did they get a real groundhog from upstate?

[18:41] Josh Lamon: Oddly enough uh the breakdown for my character said bonus if actor or whatever looks resembles a groundhog.

[18:49] Peggy: Really?

[18:50] Josh Lamon: I remember seeing the breakdown and being like that's amazing. Going to book this because that is God's sense of humor. Um what did you play in?

[18:59] Josh Lamon: I played the mayor of the town.

[19:01] Peggy: Oh yeah and you lift up Punksy Tony Phil?

[19:03] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[19:03] Peggy: Yeah I love that movie.

[19:04] Josh Lamon: Yeah me too I've seen it so many times I actually think that the musical elevated the movie.

[19:09] Peggy: Really?

[19:10] Josh Lamon: It doesn't really happen much.

[19:11] Peggy: What do you think of Andy Carl?

[19:12] Josh Lamon: Oh he's dreamy I love it.

[19:14] Peggy: Three time Tony Loser.

[19:15] Josh Lamon: He's so dreamy.

[19:17] Peggy: Yeah, he's a three-time Tony nominee and a big star, and he's really incredible dreamy.

[19:24] Josh Lamon: Or this podcast isn't about Orpheus so she won't listen, so I'm free to say that he is very dreamy.

[19:29] Peggy: Yeah. Well, I would be careful with that because and I love Orfey, but uh Did he really hurt his knee? Or did he fake it?

[19:39] Josh Lamon: He hurt got really hurt.

[19:42] Peggy: I was off stage. It was terrible. He was crying. Like I've I've known him for 20 plus years. I've never seen him cry.

[19:48] Josh Lamon: It was really a kept going on, didn't he? He got a like a crutch of some sort, some prop and turned it into a crutch and hobbled onto the stage.

[20:00] Peggy: Wow.

[20:01] Josh Lamon: And finished the show.

[20:03] Peggy: See, kids these days, they have no work ethic. Do you ever notice that?

[20:07] Josh Lamon: What?

[20:07] Peggy: Then grown people from the olden days, they have work ethic. Come out when you're injured and finish the show. But young kids, can you imagine a millennial getting a crutch and walking out on stage? Can you imagine one of the Hansen kids just coming out and like actually working when they're like they're like, I have a little bit of a sneeze, and they call out seven shows.

[20:27] Josh Lamon: But Andy Carl, he comes on injured, finishes the job.

[20:31] Peggy: Yeah. So did that win any Tony's?

[20:37] Josh Lamon: No.

[20:37] Peggy: No. Okay. Have you ever won a Tony?

[20:40] Josh Lamon: I've never been nominated.

[20:41] Peggy: A Grammy?

[20:42] Josh Lamon: I've never been nominated.

[20:44] Josh Lamon: I've never been nominated. So here's a question. When you're offered shows, do you just like look for flops? Or is that a fun challenge for you because you think somebody's gotta do it?

[20:57] Josh Lamon: Well. So after Groundhog Day, you did yet another flop. Bless your sweetheart.

[21:02] Peggy: The prom.

[21:04] Josh Lamon: Last time I saw you, we were talking about the closing of the prom.

[21:07] Peggy: Yes, we were.

[21:08] Josh Lamon: Yeah. And what is the prom about?

[21:12] Peggy: The prom was about a lesbian.

[21:17] Josh Lamon: There we go. Who went to a high school where all the people were like, we don't like you. You're a lesbian. Okay. You can't go to the prom. As a matter of fact, we're canceling it.

[21:27] Josh Lamon: Whoa. Then there's a group of celebrities in New York. And they're not really all that famous anymore, and they want to be, and they find out about this. And so they go, let's get this girl her prom, whether she likes it or not. Mob outrage. And they fly to this hip town in Indiana. And they storm the town and they save the day and they get the scroller prom and she has this girlfriend who's like, No, I can't tell people that I'm gay, but I'm in. And then it all breaks out and everybody dances. And it's really great.

[21:55] Peggy: Yeah. Oh, wow. And I don't consider it a flop. I think it changed a lot of people's lives.

[22:00] Josh Lamon: Josh is going to be in the prom movie.

[22:03] Peggy: No, I am movies are where it's they made a decision to not use me in the prom movie.

[22:10] Josh Lamon: But the prom movie is going to be incredible. Kevin Chamberlain is.

[22:14] Peggy: Nobody from the um, well, no, um. Nope. Vosty Mom Point, who is in the ensemble is in the prom movie.

[22:24] Josh Lamon: That's it.

[22:25] Peggy: Yes. Nobody else from the origin.

[22:28] Josh Lamon: Nobody.

[22:29] Peggy: Whew. It is rough out there, kids. Let this be a lesson to you. You could be in a f an original Broadway flop cast, and they could make it into a movie and replace you with other people that aren't even that famous, anyways. And it's just a a cautionary tale. Don't get your hopes up. Have low expectations. Keep your, you know, keep your day job. All the things you hear, they're true.

[22:51] Josh Lamon: Okay. Um, and just you have to look out for number one, even if number one is the first table at the restaurant that night, you gotta look out for number one and make sure you get a good tip.

[23:02] Peggy: So, do you think prom closed because the kids were dancing so hard?

[23:07] Josh Lamon: No.

[23:08] Peggy: Um they look tired.

[23:11] Josh Lamon: Yeah, I guess I guess they were tired. Are you an actor who moves or a mover who acts?

[23:16] Josh Lamon: I am a or an actor who plants. I'm a uh I'm an actor who moves well and more. Um, I don't like dancing. I mean I like it fine. It's just a lot of work.

[23:33] Peggy: Yeah, it is. I don't know why all these dancers, their bodies are just gonna quit any second. What's the point?

[23:38] Josh Lamon: I don't know. You know, life is so short, it's even shorter for a dancer. You know? It's kind of like the city. They live, they don't die. They live everything's uphill.

[23:47] Peggy: Sure.

[23:48] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[23:48] Peggy: Yeah. Josh, yeah. Tell me this.

[23:52] Josh Lamon: Okay.

[23:52] Peggy: I'm gonna play a game called Finish the Lyric.

[23:54] Josh Lamon: All right.

[23:55] Peggy: All right. We starve, look at one another short of breath, walking proudly.

[24:03] Josh Lamon: In our winter coats with ring spells from laboratories facing a dying nation.

[24:12] Peggy: A moving paper fantasy.

[24:16] Josh Lamon: Listen.

[24:17] Peggy: Okay, great. Nice.

[24:20] Josh Lamon: The jester shrugs and plays his part.

[24:24] Peggy: I have no idea.

[24:26] Josh Lamon: From Groundhog Day.

[24:28] Peggy: I have no idea.

[24:29] Josh Lamon: The fevered fall, see only dark.

[24:33] Peggy: Not my lines, I have no idea.

[24:35] Josh Lamon: Yeah, this is a lesson we've been talking about a lot today, which is do you know when you're in a play, you should read the whole play?

[24:41] Peggy: Okay. I just did read the whole play. I just didn't memorize the whole play. In Shakespeare's times, it was called Sides. When you auditioned for something, or when you did a play, you were given only your side of the story. And most actors only know their side of the story. So that's what Josh is clearly one of those actors. Um and you know, it's it's not really the way to be.

[24:59] Josh Lamon: Okay. Now for a segment we like to call fast faves.

[25:05] Peggy: Okay, I'm gonna tell you something, and you tell me your answer as quick as you can, okay?

[25:10] Josh Lamon: All right.

[25:10] Peggy: What color is your underwear?

[25:12] Josh Lamon: Green.

[25:13] Peggy: Favorite color?

[25:14] Josh Lamon: Blue.

[25:15] Peggy: Biggest accomplishment.

[25:17] Josh Lamon: Career.

[25:18] Peggy: Really?

[25:18] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[25:19] Peggy: First CD you bought.

[25:20] Josh Lamon: Madonna.

[25:21] Peggy: Which one?

[25:22] Josh Lamon: Uh wait, no, it was a record. It was uh blue. The uh Johnny Mitchell.

[25:27] Peggy: Okay to me.

[25:29] Josh Lamon: Oh, Madonna.

[25:30] Peggy: Yeah. Coffee or tea?

[25:31] Josh Lamon: Coffee.

[25:32] Peggy: Sunrise or sunset?

[25:33] Josh Lamon: Sunset.

[25:34] Peggy: Have you ever played Tevia?

[25:35] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[25:36] Peggy: You have?

[25:36] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[25:36] Peggy: In high school?

[25:37] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[25:38] Peggy: What's your bedtime?

[25:40] Josh Lamon: Uh when I'm tired.

[25:41] Peggy: When's that?

[25:43] Josh Lamon: Changes.

[25:44] Peggy: Favorite vacation spot.

[25:46] Josh Lamon: Sedona.

[25:47] Peggy: Ooh. Beach or mountains?

[25:50] Josh Lamon: Beach.

[25:51] Peggy: But Sedona's in the mountains. Just telling you.

[25:53] Josh Lamon: Cold or hot?

[25:54] Peggy: Cold.

[25:55] Josh Lamon: Any tattoos?

[25:56] Peggy: Yes.

[25:56] Josh Lamon: Oh, where?

[25:58] Peggy: There, there, and oh well, this is radio on my left arm over my heart and on my right forearm.

[26:06] Josh Lamon: What are they?

[26:07] Peggy: I have a beautiful.

[26:09] Josh Lamon: Let me guess. You have the coordinates of when you met the love of your life. You have like the your sign, and you have your mom's face.

[26:19] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[26:20] Peggy: Yeah. Great job.

[26:24] Josh Lamon: Favorite superstition.

[26:26] Peggy: You have any?

[26:26] Josh Lamon: Um, no.

[26:28] Peggy: No? Do you have any weird coordinates?

[26:31] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[26:32] Peggy: Tell me.

[26:33] Josh Lamon: I'd like to be in control of everything.

[26:36] Peggy: Hmm. That just sounds like good planning.

[26:39] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[26:40] Peggy: All right. I would like to do a segment we like to call lasting impressions.

[26:45] Josh Lamon: Lasting impression.

[26:50] Peggy: Okay. We know that every actor has to have several impressions in their back pocket to get jobs. Okay? And we want to hear some of yours.

[26:57] Josh Lamon: Alright.

[26:58] Peggy: Lissy Margarita. Do you know who that is?

[27:01] Josh Lamon: I'm working with her.

[27:03] Peggy: Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

[27:06] Josh Lamon: Drew Barrymore.

[27:08] Peggy: Hey, hey.

[27:12] Josh Lamon: Michelle Wolf.

[27:16] Peggy: She's a good idea.

[27:17] Josh Lamon: I don't know who that is.

[27:18] Peggy: She's a great man.

[27:19] Josh Lamon: I don't know who it is.

[27:20] Peggy: Oh, the comedian.

[27:21] Josh Lamon: Yeah. Um. I you want to hear a joke.

[27:26] Peggy: That's horrible.

[27:27] Josh Lamon: Well, I don't know.

[27:28] Peggy: Patty Lapone.

[27:29] Josh Lamon: Nominaday, belly!

[27:31] Peggy: Carolie Carmelo.

[27:33] Josh Lamon: Oh, I don't know.

[27:35] Peggy: This man.

[27:37] Josh Lamon: Marissa Tomei.

[27:39] Josh Lamon: Um, she talks like this.

[27:41] Peggy: Vinny Vinny Venny.

[27:42] Josh Lamon: What?

[27:42] Peggy: I don't know.

[27:43] Josh Lamon: Yeah, she sounds like Tommy Rocco.

[27:45] Peggy: Yeah, she sounds like Tommy Bracco.

[27:46] Josh Lamon: Joaquin Phoenix.

[27:49] Peggy: Oh, my brother's dead.

[27:51] Josh Lamon: Whoa. That got dark quick.

[27:53] Peggy: Sorry, Judge Judy.

[27:55] Josh Lamon: Wait, Josh, you're a gay, right?

[27:56] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[27:57] Peggy: Is it true all gays love Judge Judy?

[28:00] Josh Lamon: I think they remind My Beskey loves Judge Judy. He watches every epi. She reminds me of my choir teacher in high school.

[28:07] Peggy: Um, you, you're out of order.

[28:09] Josh Lamon: You're out of order. Shut up. Um, who are your favorite Broadway divas?

[28:14] Josh Lamon: Oh gosh. Um, I love Morgan James. I love Ella Marie Marsh.

[28:18] Peggy: I love No real Divas, like stars.

[28:20] Josh Lamon: Oh.

[28:20] Peggy: From the way back.

[28:21] Josh Lamon: From the way back. Do you like Judy Kuhn?

[28:23] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[28:24] Peggy: Mary Maisie.

[28:25] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[28:25] Peggy: Art McDonald.

[28:26] Josh Lamon: Yes, I love Mary Testa.

[28:28] Peggy: Ooh, can you do an impression?

[28:29] Josh Lamon: Um.

[28:30] Peggy: I have correctness within me.

[28:33] Josh Lamon: Um I can do a Gwen Verden, which is also this is her.

[28:42] Peggy: And this is also my Matthew Broderick impression.

[28:45] Josh Lamon: Oh, that's good.

[28:46] Peggy: Yeah.

[28:47] Josh Lamon: So Sarah Jessica.

[28:49] Peggy: Bobby.

[28:50] Josh Lamon: It's all the same.

[28:52] Peggy: Yeah, that's great.

[28:53] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[28:54] Peggy: Wow.

[28:56] Josh Lamon: Yeah, those are my impressions.

[28:57] Peggy: Those are pretty good. Who's your favorite? Who are your favorite leading men?

[29:00] Josh Lamon: Oh gosh. Um Randy Betinkin?

[29:03] Peggy: Brian Stokes?

[29:04] Josh Lamon: Yeah. No. Um, I love Brian Darcy.

[29:07] Peggy: Brian Darcy James is one of my favorites.

[29:10] Josh Lamon: Um dance with you at the Tonies.

[29:12] Peggy: Yeah.

[29:12] Josh Lamon: Yeah, me too. That that was a low blow. I loved um uh oh shoot. I'm so bad with names. Uh it's been a while. He played the data next to normal when it opened and was in Jersey Boys.

[29:26] Peggy: Robert, Jay Stokes.

[29:27] Josh Lamon: Oh, I can't remember him.

[29:28] Peggy: Um, or Jay Roberts. Who's your favorite Evita?

[29:31] Josh Lamon: My favorite Evita?

[29:33] Peggy: Um I saw There's only one answer.

[29:38] Josh Lamon: Patty.

[29:39] Peggy: Who's your favorite gypsy royally?

[29:42] Josh Lamon: I mean, I mean Mama Rose.

[29:44] Peggy: Patty.

[29:45] Josh Lamon: Yeah. Well, it's between who's your favorite Dolly.

[29:48] Peggy: Um, I saw Bet do it, but that's the only one that I saw, so I'm just gonna say Bet.

[29:56] Peggy: You disagree.

[29:57] Josh Lamon: No, I love Bet.

[29:58] Peggy: I really want to go see Carolina.

[30:00] Josh Lamon: Oh, yeah, Carolia Carmelo is a dream.

[30:02] Peggy: Yeah, she's one of my favorites.

[30:03] Josh Lamon: Yeah, she's wonderful.

[30:04] Peggy: She drives a Vespa.

[30:05] Josh Lamon: Yeah, I know.

[30:06] Peggy: All right, now for a segment we like to call Actors are dumb.

[30:09] Josh Lamon: Everybody knows Actors Dumb.

[30:17] Peggy: I'm gonna ask you some trivia, okay? Try to answer them.

[30:19] Josh Lamon: Okay.

[30:21] Peggy: What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

[30:24] Josh Lamon: Lydia.

[30:26] Peggy: Nope.

[30:27] Josh Lamon: Linda.

[30:28] Peggy: Anne.

[30:29] Josh Lamon: Anne.

[30:30] Peggy: What TV series showed the first interracial kiss on American Network television?

[30:36] Josh Lamon: Small Wonder.

[30:38] Peggy: I wish. I loved that show.

[30:39] Josh Lamon: I don't know. Remember that show?

[30:41] Peggy: Yeah.

[30:41] Josh Lamon: Jesus Wonder.

[30:47] Peggy: Little little Vicky.

[30:49] Josh Lamon: Um.

[30:51] Peggy: Maybe Golden Girls?

[30:53] Josh Lamon: Star Trek.

[30:53] Peggy: Star Trek.

[30:54] Josh Lamon: Okay.

[30:54] Peggy: Yeah.

[30:55] Josh Lamon: Cool.

[30:55] Peggy: 1968.

[30:56] Josh Lamon: Wow.

[30:56] Peggy: Vincent Van Gogh.

[30:58] Josh Lamon: That's how you say it in Amsterdam.

[30:59] Peggy: Famously painted the Starry Night while he was where?

[31:04] Josh Lamon: In Vienna.

[31:06] Peggy: In a psych ward.

[31:07] Josh Lamon: Oh.

[31:08] Peggy: In chess, the Queen has the combined movement of which two pieces?

[31:13] Josh Lamon: The Bishop and the King.

[31:17] Peggy: The Bishop and the Rook.

[31:18] Josh Lamon: Uh cool.

[31:20] Peggy: The TV show Mama's Family is a spin-off of what show?

[31:23] Josh Lamon: Carol Burnett Show.

[31:24] Peggy: Yeah, you got one. You got one.

[31:26] Josh Lamon: Do you like Carol Burnett?

[31:27] Peggy: I love her.

[31:28] Josh Lamon: Oh yeah, she's great for that. I got she came to Groundhog Day, and like I cried after I met her, and then I went to the bathroom and I cried.

[31:36] Peggy: Wow. Is that your favorite celebrity you've met?

[31:38] Josh Lamon: It was one of the most meaningful ones. Like I, you know, we always talk about the things that inspire us, but her performance in Annie Hermes Hannigan, like I watched that hundreds of times when I was a little kid.

[31:56] Peggy: She's a genius.

[31:57] Josh Lamon: And you know, and then the Carol Burnett shown all that. She does her work means a lot.

[32:01] Peggy: Yeah. So are there any celebrities you haven't met yet that you really want to?

[32:05] Josh Lamon: Um, I I've gotten to meet a lot of really incredible people, and I'm gonna say I'm not dying to meet anybody because I've learned that sometimes it's better to just admire their work from afar.

[32:23] Peggy: Yeah. You know, yeah, sometimes you find out they're assholes.

[32:26] Josh Lamon: Yeah, and sometimes it's better to just you just leave people on a pedestal.

[32:30] Peggy: Yeah, leave them there, you know.

[32:32] Josh Lamon: And um you you know, you came to meet me and found out that I was great, but that could have easily gone the other way, you know.

[32:38] Peggy: So, Josh, how about we do bowl of questions?

[32:41] Josh Lamon: Questions.

[32:42] Peggy: How do you like your eggs?

[32:44] Josh Lamon: Scrambled.

[32:45] Peggy: Do you collect anything, Josh?

[32:47] Josh Lamon: No, nothing, nothing.

[32:48] Peggy: Do you have any hobbies?

[32:50] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[32:51] Peggy: What?

[32:51] Josh Lamon: I love studying World War II, the Holocaust and Resistance Fighters and Genocides.

[32:57] Peggy: Really?

[32:57] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[32:58] Peggy: Wow. An actor who reads.

[33:01] Josh Lamon: This is fascinating.

[33:02] Peggy: Yes, I know. Yeah, a lot. Most of the actors that come in here have no hobbies, don't read books, and I I don't even know if they can read at all.

[33:08] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[33:09] Peggy: That's probably why they don't know what happens in their plays that they're in.

[33:11] Josh Lamon: Probably none of them are in plays because plays are pointless.

[33:14] Peggy: Yeah, plays are really pointless.

[33:16] Josh Lamon: They're so dumb.

[33:17] Peggy: What is a product you would refuse to promote?

[33:21] Josh Lamon: Get in Peggy with it.

[33:22] Peggy: Well, you're not promoting that. I have plenty of supporters.

[33:25] Josh Lamon: Good.

[33:26] Peggy: If you were stranded on a tropical island with two things, what would you want with you?

[33:30] Josh Lamon: I'd want a pet.

[33:32] Peggy: What kind?

[33:33] Josh Lamon: Um, a tropical island, probably a cat because they're a little more they can hunt.

[33:40] Peggy: Um just kill eat you if you died.

[33:43] Josh Lamon: Just just know that about cats. It's fine to have them. Just know that they were out for themselves.

[33:47] Peggy: If if I died, I would want the cat to eat me.

[33:50] Josh Lamon: Yeah, that's live a wonderful life on the island.

[33:53] Peggy: And what's your other thing that you take?

[33:55] Josh Lamon: Um, a gun.

[33:57] Peggy: A gun. That's great.

[33:59] Josh Lamon: What is the first thing you notice about someone when you first meet them?

[34:03] Peggy: If they're a good person.

[34:05] Josh Lamon: How do you know that when you first meet someone?

[34:07] Peggy: I usually have a good sense of things.

[34:09] Josh Lamon: Really?

[34:09] Peggy: Yeah.

[34:10] Josh Lamon: Hmm. You seem a little paranoid.

[34:12] Peggy: Yeah.

[34:13] Josh Lamon: If you were running for office, what would your campaign slogan be?

[34:16] Josh Lamon: It would be Let's Bring the World Together, please.

[34:22] Peggy: 2020. That's great. Let's bring the world together, please.

[34:25] Josh Lamon: Please, you guys, please.

[34:28] Peggy: Come on, guys. What was your favorite book growing up?

[34:32] Josh Lamon: Um, I loved Where the Red Fern Grows.

[34:36] Peggy: Oh, it's a wonderful one.

[34:37] Josh Lamon: Yeah. I loved Mouse, which was this like um I not a comic, but sort of like an animated tale German adult novel.

[34:48] Peggy: Yeah, like about the Holocaust sort of.

[34:51] Josh Lamon: But um That sounds frightening.

[34:53] Peggy: It it was very good. There's a lot of depressing things out there, Josh. Do you want to know my favorite childhood book?

[34:59] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[34:59] Peggy: The Elephant's Child.

[35:00] Josh Lamon: Ooh. Have you ever read it?

[35:02] Peggy: No.

[35:02] Josh Lamon: Reddyard Kipling.

[35:04] Peggy: Oh. I'll look into that.

[35:06] Josh Lamon: You should check it out.

[35:07] Peggy: Yep. What is your favorite pet's name?

[35:10] Josh Lamon: Um, I love them both equally. Um, Sweeney and Toby.

[35:15] Peggy: Oh they're my babies. I love them.

[35:17] Josh Lamon: Sweeney and Toby.

[35:18] Peggy: What's the Toby from?

[35:20] Josh Lamon: Like Tobias?

[35:21] Josh Lamon: Yep.

[35:21] Peggy: Oh. They're both from Sweeney Chod.

[35:23] Josh Lamon: Is that your favorite musical?

[35:24] Josh Lamon: Yeah.

[35:25] Peggy: It is?

[35:25] Josh Lamon: It is.

[35:25] Peggy: Have you played Tobias?

[35:26] Josh Lamon: No.

[35:27] Peggy: Oh, I did years ago. You're perfect for that.

[35:29] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[35:29] Peggy: You could also do Sweeney.

[35:31] Josh Lamon: If they were doing like an alt version.

[35:33] Peggy: Yeah, where he's like really pingy.

[35:35] Josh Lamon: Jovial and pingy.

[35:37] Peggy: Yeah. But that would be the perfect person to kill people. You'd never suspect it. John Wayne Gacy, look at him.

[35:42] Josh Lamon: I mean, look at all the serial killers.

[35:44] Peggy: Yeah. They look really nice like you.

[35:46] Josh Lamon: What is the lowest grade you've ever been given in a class and why?

[35:49] Peggy: Were you a good student?

[35:50] Josh Lamon: No, I was terrible. I almost didn't graduate high school.

[35:53] Peggy: Did you go to college?

[35:54] Josh Lamon: For a year and a half, I dropped out.

[35:56] Peggy: What'd you study?

[35:57] Josh Lamon: Musical theater.

[35:58] Peggy: Where do you go?

[35:59] Josh Lamon: University of the arts.

[36:00] Peggy: Where's that?

[36:00] Josh Lamon: Philadelphia.

[36:01] Peggy: Oh, and why'd you drop out?

[36:03] Josh Lamon: Because I hated it. And it was stupid, and I was partying a lot, and I was like, that's more fun.

[36:09] Peggy: What is your best feature?

[36:10] Josh Lamon: My best feature.

[36:12] Peggy: Physical and personality.

[36:13] Josh Lamon: Uh physical. I think I got some like fierce legs.

[36:18] Peggy: And personality.

[36:21] Josh Lamon: I think I'm really good at being there for people.

[36:23] Peggy: Yeah, you're very caring.

[36:25] Josh Lamon: Thanks.

[36:25] Peggy: Are you poor?

[36:26] Josh Lamon: Most actors are poor.

[36:28] Josh Lamon: I am not poor, but I'm not rich.

[36:30] Josh Lamon: I'm okay.

[36:31] Peggy: Josh, do you have a podcast?

[36:33] Josh Lamon: I do.

[36:33] Peggy: Tell us about it.

[36:34] Josh Lamon: Well, it's called Josh Swallows Broadway.

[36:36] Peggy: Where did that come from?

[36:38] Josh Lamon: Um, it just came from a thing that I I used to do on Instagram, and the Broadway Podcast Network took it on, and that's why I'm like, No, you used to like eat a bunch of healthy stuff.

[36:47] Peggy: Yeah. Do you still do that?

[36:48] Josh Lamon: No, I do in my own life, but uh I would swallow shots of like very, very, very healthy things that tasted terrible and do reaction videos, you know.

[36:58] Peggy: You know, and from that, I podcaster was born.

[37:02] Josh Lamon: Yeah. I loved when you used to do that.

[37:05] Peggy: Oh, thanks. I love that. They tasted like cancer.

[37:08] Josh Lamon: They were awful. Well, that health food is good for you.

[37:10] Peggy: I know, I know.

[37:12] Josh Lamon: Hello to all who follows. Time for a new episode of Just Swallows.

[37:19] Peggy: Healthy shit.

[37:21] Josh Lamon: Hey, so let's see what turmeric and chinter can do.

[37:38] Peggy: Oh my god.

[37:41] Josh Lamon: Fuck you.

[37:45] Peggy: Oh my god.

[37:48] Josh Lamon: Oh my god.

[37:50] Peggy: That was a CS shit. Who the fuck thought turmeric and ginger were a good idea?

[37:57] Josh Lamon: My god, those are like fucking demon children put together to create one other demon children that fucking taste it like uh warfare.

[38:06] Peggy: Like a little uh Vietnam.

[38:11] Josh Lamon: Do you still swallow things like that?

[38:13] Peggy: No, but I can't You should do it on the podcast.

[38:15] Josh Lamon: That's what your podcast is called.

[38:16] Peggy: I will I think every guest should be should have to bring him something to try.

[38:21] Josh Lamon: The hard thing is that you run out of things to try. Because it has to taste gross.

[38:24] Peggy: There's a ton of healthy things.

[38:27] Josh Lamon: Come to my house.

[38:28] Peggy: Oh no.

[38:29] Josh Lamon: You could have like a garlic clove.

[38:33] Peggy: Yeah, don't challenge us. We'll bring you a whole set to live in the refrigerator.

[38:36] Josh Lamon: Challenge.

[38:37] Peggy: Um, it's just a traditional podcast where everybody talks about their journey. Um, sometimes, but there's so many of those.

[38:43] Josh Lamon: We don't really need any more, but I guess people are just like, they love to hear themselves talk, so they just keep making more podcasts.

[38:51] Peggy: So, and that's what everybody does. Every actor in New York has one.

[38:55] Josh Lamon: And I'm happy for you that you have one.

[38:56] Peggy: Thanks. I'm happy for you for having one too.

[38:59] Josh Lamon: I'm happy for everyone because they need something different.

[39:01] Peggy: Yeah. They and so it's just like in a world where everyone has a podcast. I would hate to sit down with you and you not have one.

[39:07] Josh Lamon: That would be a good one.

[39:08] Peggy: I know that'd be so awkward.

[39:09] Josh Lamon: Because we both have one.

[39:10] Peggy: Yeah, because we both have one.

[39:11] Josh Lamon: Yeah, it's wonderful.

[39:16] Peggy: I'm gonna ask you this. Do you have any advice for young people coming up in the biz?

[39:21] Josh Lamon: Yeah, I think it's really important to take care of uh your mental health. I think it's really important to, you know, find a therapist, find a community, uh, you know, just have have an army, have a team. Uh you don't have to go through anything alone, and uh New York's hard.

[39:38] Peggy: Any city's New York is hard. That's my advice. It'll spit you up and chew you out.

[39:41] Josh Lamon: I mean, cheer you up and spit you out. My other advice would be to be kind to everyone.

[39:46] Peggy: Say it, spray it, flow it when you make it.

[39:50] Josh Lamon: I told that to Peggy earlier today.

[39:52] Peggy: What did I tell you?

[39:53] Josh Lamon: Uh did you talk?

[39:55] Peggy: I don't know. I I try not to listen to it.

[39:57] Josh Lamon: I said everyone's fighting a battle she knows nothing about.

[39:59] Peggy: She loves to do Instagram quotes, like just put them on our wall.

[40:02] Josh Lamon: Well, no, Peggy. Peggy, I'm just saying that sometimes life is hard for people.

[40:07] Peggy: Life is really hard, and it doesn't make it easier when you have the Ellons of the World badgering you.

[40:11] Josh Lamon: No, well, I'm sorry that she's doing that. Interjecting a lot.

[40:14] Peggy: She's she's not. She's actually just making a a pretty valid point that's a good thing.

[40:19] Josh Lamon: Yeah, I'm sure the next quote out of her mouth is gonna be like dance like no one's watching and other BS.

[40:24] Peggy: Um what if you don't want to dance?

[40:27] Josh Lamon: That's my you know, that's my when I see that quote. I my next thought is what if you don't want to dance? Or what if you're a paraplegic? And that's an insensitive quote.

[40:35] Peggy: Yeah, dance like no one's watching. Well, maybe no one's watching because you're you know, you can't, and it's insensitive.

[40:41] Josh Lamon: Um so, do you have any advice for any up and coming actors?

[40:48] Peggy: Anything they should do in their career differently to help them?

[40:51] Josh Lamon: Yeah. Um maybe just quit.

[40:55] Peggy: Just quit?

[40:55] Josh Lamon: Yeah, just go home. Just stop.

[40:57] Peggy: If you have something else you want to do, this is another Ellen quote. If there's anything else you could do instead, do it.

[41:04] Josh Lamon: Is that my quote? Is that what I've said?

[41:05] Peggy: Maybe when did I say that?

[41:07] Josh Lamon: I don't know. You probably do. You say cliche things all the time.

[41:09] Peggy: This is such a treat.

[41:12] Josh Lamon: Yep.

[41:13] Peggy: I don't know if Josh is having as much fun as you are, Peg.

[41:16] Josh Lamon: I think he is.

[41:18] Peggy: I think it's just his face.

[41:20] Josh Lamon: Earlier he said he was depressed.

[41:22] Peggy: I mean, I don't want to press him on it. You know what I mean?

[41:24] Josh Lamon: I think it's just his face is sad.

[41:26] Peggy: I'm just honored to be a part of the same podcast network, and I am happy to be here as a favor to them.

[41:32] Josh Lamon: Um this is wonderful.

[41:34] Peggy: Yes, I am happy to do that and to support the network. Josh, what you know, you're in emoji land now, and you made a cast album, didn't you?

[41:42] Josh Lamon: Mm-hmm.

[41:43] Peggy: Is it bad? I haven't heard it. Is it auto-tuned within an inch of its light?

[41:47] Josh Lamon: I haven't heard it.

[41:48] Peggy: I bet it is. That's the kind of thing that I'm dealing with.

[41:51] Josh Lamon: I haven't heard the cast album. It's only available on Spotify.

[41:58] Peggy: You can go to Spotify. It only lets you shuffle, and you have to listen to a million dollars.

[42:02] Josh Lamon: Oh my god, get the ninety-nine version. Reduce the ads.

[42:06] Peggy: My god, are you a savage?

[42:09] Josh Lamon: No. I'll put my money on Melodyne. How about that?

[42:12] Peggy: Oh god. You know, when you have a vanity project and then you get some great comedians like Leslie Margarita and Josh Lehman, you know, they're they're they're making you carry that whole show.

[42:22] Josh Lamon: And so, you know, they should be really thanking you every day.

[42:25] Peggy: I know that's probably like a tier seven uh off Broadway contract, and they're like, here, Josh, we bought you this um we got you a gift card for pad tie two um on the corner, and that's your payment.

[42:39] Josh Lamon: But they should really be thanking you because you really held up that show when I saw it.

[42:47] Peggy: This is so fun. Oh my gosh, I wish we could talk all night, but we're running out of time. So I just want to say this. Josh, is there anything coming up that we should know about in your life?

[42:57] Josh Lamon: There's a lot of things coming up. There's a lot of things coming up, uh, one show that I wrote, a musical I wrote, uh co-wrote called uh Bloody Bloody Jessica Fletcher that got bought by Hal Luftig's producing office, which is great.

[43:10] Peggy: Congrats.

[43:11] Josh Lamon: I'm working on a new sh uh original show with uh Annal Ashford and Craig Jessup, which is really fun.

[43:17] Peggy: Annale Ashford's brilliant. I love her.

[43:18] Josh Lamon: Tony winner.

[43:19] Peggy: Yep. And yeah, that's good to hit your start of somebody like that, successful.

[43:23] Josh Lamon: Yep, that that's the idea.

[43:25] Peggy: Good job.

[43:26] Josh Lamon: Thanks. Not all actors are dumb because that's a smart move.

[43:30] Peggy: And then I'm working on season two of my podcast.

[43:33] Josh Lamon: Oh, yeah, you said that.

[43:34] Peggy: Just what everybody so much for having me on.

[43:41] Josh Lamon: Um I'm gonna go talk to our mutual producers. I hope that we can do this again real soon, too.

[43:47] Peggy: Thanks for having me, Peggy. This has been Getting Peggy with it with Josh Lamon.

[43:52] Josh Lamon: Where are you going, Josh?

[43:54] Peggy: Bye.

[44:01] Peggy: You've been listening to Gettin' Peggy with it on the Broadway Podcast Network.

[44:05] Peggy: Getting Peggy with It is produced by Alan Seales and directed by Ellyn Marie Marsh.

[44:09] Peggy: Getting Peggy with It is edited by Alan Seales and Ellyn Marie Marsh, and she won't let you forget it.

[44:15] Peggy: Please follow Peggy's Adventures at Greetings, it's Peggy. One word, dummies.

[44:20] Peggy: Special thanks to Taylor Newsom and Josh Lehman.

[44:23] Peggy: Peggy is a character created by Morgan James. That's me.

[44:26] Morgan James: And Peggy.

[44:29] Peggy: And Morgan.

[44:32] Peggy: Thanks for listening. Can I talk to someone on production?

[44:36] Josh Lamon: Yes.

[44:38] Peggy: You're speaking with someone on production. This is who you should speak with.

[44:42] Josh Lamon: Can I help you?

[44:43] Peggy: No.

[44:45] Josh Lamon: Alan!