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Dean Cameron: Chainsaw from Summer School

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: Dean Cameron joins the podcast
0:38 – Summer School, Dean's first movie
1:58 – A fan email and autograph conventions
3:21 – Landing the role of Chainsaw
4:14 – Carl Reiner's bad direction test
5:33 – Embracing a legacy role
7:46 – An Alamo Drafthouse retrospective
8:58 – From Oklahoma to Hollywood at 17
10:26 – YouTube with Richard Horvitz and SAG
12:14 – Ski Patrol, Ski School, and It's Always Sunny
13:46 – What went wrong with 80s teen comedies
17:42 – Celebrities, politics, and Young Artists United
20:24 – A clean water bus tour with Jane Fonda
22:52 – Fame and the drop-off after it fades
25:37 – Losing his hair and stepping back from acting
28:37 – Learning HTML and a programming career
30:47 – Back in showbiz after Ticketmaster
32:43 – Career fears and a Twitter falling-out
37:14 – Becoming an older father
40:12 – Kids who love the 80s and Michael Malice
42:45 – Red, black, and white pills on hope
45:12 – Identity politics in schools
47:03 – A civil rights mother and the individual
49:45 – Gilligan moments and the Latinx label
52:46 – Leaving Twitter and private company censorship
56:23 – Joke-based shorts with Richard Horvitz
59:49 – Learning to enjoy the moment
1:02:07 – A bachelor party in Miami
1:04:33 – Nigerian Spam Scam Scam
1:05:39 – Wrap-up

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Actor Dean Cameron, Chainsaw himself from Summer School, joins Lou to talk about his breakout role, what went wrong with 80s teen comedies, celebrity and politics in Hollywood, and life after fame.

We also get into Carl Reiner's bad direction test, an Alamo Drafthouse retrospective, moving from Oklahoma to Hollywood at 17, Ski Patrol and It's Always Sunny, a clean water bus tour with Jane Fonda, losing his hair, learning HTML and a programming career, becoming an older father, identity politics in schools, the Latinx label, leaving Twitter, and the Nigerian Spam Scam Scam.

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