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Paul Williams has lived an extraordinary life.
He’s a songwriter who’s written songs performed by Three Dog Night, Tiny Tim, The Carpenters, and David Bowie. Paul also co-wrote perhaps one of the greatest Muppet songs of all time: Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie.
As an actor he’s also been in a ton of great projects – from Battle for the Planet of the Apes to the cult classic Phantom of the Paradise.
Other extraordinary facts – Paul has skydived over 100 times. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson appearing 50 times.
On the latest episode of Bullseye we get into it all: Falling out of airplanes. Dressing as an Orangutan from Planet of the Apes on Carson. The simple genius of Kermit the Frog’s Rainbow Connection, which was surprisingly complicated to write.
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- Paul Williams
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Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture.
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