The Business
Hollywood Jobs: Animal Trainers; Daytime TV Gig
Animal Trainers up close and personal. A comedian with a day job she just can't quit.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenWe travel out of the studio to the Birds & Animals Unlimited ranch where we meet Mathilde de Cagney and David Sousa, two of Hollywood's top animal trainers and some of their furry or feathered stars. Plus, a story from comedian Sharon Houston who toils in a job she hates but just can't quit.
Banner image: Animal trainer Mathilde de Cagney with Cosmo, aka Arthur, from the movie Beginners
In this episode
3 storiesThe Hollywood News Banter
Kim Masters banters about top Hollywood news stories with John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times. - Is Channing Tatum the movie star Hollywood's been waiting for? - Tom Cruise in the news again could have business blowback
Read the story6 minAnimal Trainers
We travel to the ranch of Birds & Animals Unlimited , an agency that has managed feathered and furry talent working in Hollywood for 40 years.
Read the story15 minDaytime TV Gig
Comedian Sharon Houston's story comes to us from Lea Thau's storytelling podcast Strangers , part of KCRW's Independent Producer Project . Houston discusses her ambivalent relationship with her day job as a segment producer for Daytime Court TV.
Read the story8 min
