{"id":1139,"date":"2022-05-23T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:19:04","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-marc-hirschfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-marc-hirschfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John \u2013 Marc Hirschfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1139\" class=\"elementor elementor-1139\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d562e09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d562e09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e42c20c\" data-id=\"7e42c20c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab31109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ab31109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><br><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/server.ashoresystems.info\/~sportsgrumblings\/john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big John<\/a> to pick the brains of people he finds interesting, regardless of their field of expertise or celebrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big John sits down for a talk with one of the biggest names in comedy that you\u2019ve probably never heard of\u2026 <strong>Marc Hirschfeld. <\/strong><br><br>Marc has been the casting director for all the great TV sitcoms since the 70s like <em>Married With Children<\/em>, <em>Seinfeld<\/em>, <em>News Radio<\/em>, <em>The Jeffersons<\/em>, <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>, <em>Killing Eve<\/em> and more!  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