Ep. 74: Cady Huffman & Jonah Ray

Episode 74

5th February 2021

Check in with your doctor and take a seat in the makeup chair, it’s a new episode of Go Fact Yourself! Cady Huffman has been seen in TV shows like “The Good Wife” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” She’s also a Broadway star, perhaps best known as her role in the original cast of The Producers […]

Episode notes

Check in with your doctor and take a seat in the makeup chair, it’s a new episode of Go Fact Yourself!

Cady Huffman has been seen in TV shows like “The Good Wife” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” She’s also a Broadway star, perhaps best known as her role in the original cast of The Producers — for which she won a Tony! She’ll tell us about how being up for a prestigious award doesn’t mean that you can take the day off from performing on-stage. You can see Cady on the webseries “Cady Did.”

Jonah Ray is a comedian and actor who hosted the revival of the series “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” He’ll tell us about what it was like to see the famous spoof comedy show tackle movies that he grew up with. We’ll also learn more about what could be his crowning achievement: Being friends with Weird Al. Jonah is the host of the podcast Jonah Raydio.

Our guests will answer questions about hot flashes, cold-hard facts and the best places to keep your major awards.

What’s the difference: You got dissed

What’s the difference between misinformation and disinformation?

What’s the difference between being uninterested and disinterested?

Areas of Expertise:

Cady Huffman: the TV show “Call the Midwife,” cat peculiarities and menopause.

Jonah Ray: 1994 punk music, the movie Ed Wood and Hawaii.

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Cady Huffman with her Tony Award

Cady Huffman

Cady Huffman

Jonah Ray

Jonah Ray

Jonah Ray

With guest experts:

Doctor Jen Gunter

Doctor Jen Gunter

Dr. Jen Gunter, OB/GYN and author of the books The Vagina Bible and the upcoming The Menopause Manifesto.

Ve Neill

Ve Neill

Yolanda Toussieng

Yolanda Toussieng

Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng, makeup artist and hair stylist who both won back-to-back Academy Awards for their work on the films Mrs. Doubtfire and Ed Wood.

Go Fact Yourself was devised and produced by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun.

Theme Song by Jonathan Green

Maximum Fun’s Senior Producer is Laura Swisher

Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Mask wearing by YOU.

Yolanda Toussieng

Yolanda Toussieng

In this episode...

Guests

  • Cady Huffman
  • Jonah Ray
  • Dr. Jen Gunter
  • Ve Neill
  • Yolanda Toussieng

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Twice a month, host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong quiz the smartest celebrities they know to find out why they love what they love! Recorded before a live audience in downtown Los Angeles, this game show features comedians, actors, and musicians answering arcane questions on topics they claim to be experts in. But don’t worry; if they slip up, there are real experts on hand to give us the facts!

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