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Eric Spitznagel writes for magazines like Playboy, Esquire, Maxim, Blender, and this one. He’s the author of seven books, including Ron Jeremy’s bestselling autobiography The Hardest (Working) Man In Showbiz.
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David Cross in Conversation with Someone Who Loves Him
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Follow the Fear
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An Interview with Paul Giamatti
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An Interview with Harold Ramis
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An Interview with David Sedaris
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An Interview With Beck
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An Interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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An Interview with David O. Russel
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An Interview with George Meyer
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Child: Spencer Tweedy
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An Interview with Amy Sedaris
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An Interview with Tina Fey
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Follow the Fear
Eric Spitznagel
Sep 1 2007
“Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can’t reach.” —Hunter S. Thompson 1. I met Second City comedy legend Del Close only once before he died. Close, with ...An Interview with Paul Giamatti
Eric Spitznagel
Apr 1 2006
When Paul Giamatti talks about books—particularly the pulp fiction of his youth—his entire personality changes. He’s no longer the shy character actor soberly discussing his ...An Interview with Harold Ramis
Eric Spitznagel
Mar 1 2006
In the lobby of the Second City Theater in Chicago, the walls are lined with old cast photos from the ’50s to the present. Among the faces, you’ll find some of the biggest ...An Interview with David Sedaris
Eric Spitznagel
Oct 1 2005
David Sedaris knows more than any author should about his readers. He knows, for instance, that more of his German fans have seen their parents naked than fans of any other ...An Interview With Beck
Eric Spitznagel
Jun 1 2005
At a recent benefit show in L.A., Beck proved yet again why he’s so difficult to categorize. Midway through his set, he played “Lost Cause,” a mournful ballad about divorce ...An Interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Eric Spitznagel
Mar 1 2005
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is probably best remembered as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The author penned dozens of stories about his beloved character, published in The Strand ...An Interview with David O. Russel
Eric Spitznagel
Nov 1 2004
David O. Russell hasn’t always peddled in satire. Back in the late eighties and early nineties, he was a political activist and union organizer—not typical breeding grounds ...An Interview with George Meyer
Eric Spitznagel
Sep 1 2004
George Meyer has led me into the mountains of northern Los Angeles. We’re here because he’s heard stories about an abandoned missile silo, though he has only a vague notion of ...Child: Spencer Tweedy
Eric Spitznagel
Jul 1 2004
They have no need for alarm clocks at the Tweedy household. When they hear the pounding of drums coming from the basement, they know it must be morning. Eight-year-old Spencer ...An Interview with Amy Sedaris
Eric Spitznagel
Mar 1 2004
As a teenager in North Carolina, Amy Sedaris found herself gravitating toward the outcasts at her high school. “I would go right to them or they would come right to me,” she ...An Interview with Tina Fey
Eric Spitznagel
Nov 1 2003
Here are a few things that you probably didn’t know about Tina Fey: She has a nude portrait of Blaze Starr in her office. She’ll watch any TV show having to do with ...
