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Alive and Well Enough

By: Jeff Daniels
Narrated by: Jeff Daniels
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Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels brings his iconic career to life in Alive & Well Enough, a captivating audio-only adventure produced with his son, Ben. In this musical memoir, Daniels charms listeners with his alluring voice and intimate, emotional retelling of his star turns in movies ranging from Terms of Endearment to Dumb and Dumber, his songs and plays written straight from his midwestern soul, and the hopes and dreams that led him from a small town to a career as one of America's best-loved actors. Alive and Well Enough is uniquely structured to take listeners on a delightful and imaginative adventure, flashing forward and backward in time with calculated abandon, reviving some of his most memorable characters, all while stitching together Daniels’ own life story. In Alive and Well Enough, Jeff Daniels, whose body of work spans genres and generations, returns to what he knows best: his stories, songs, and guitar.©2023 Alive & Well Enough, Inc. (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • Trailer

    Trailer
    Aug 3 2023

    This original podcast releases September 7, 2023! Follow now for all episodes to show in your Library then.
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    2 mins
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  • Episode 1

    Episode 1
    Sep 7 2023
    Welcome to my Audio Adventure where I get to be an actor, a playwright, a songwriter, and a storyteller. In this opening episode, I play all five parts in a scene from my hit comedy Escabana In Da Moonlight, perform my song “God’s Little Joke,” and take you behind the scenes into my final performance as Atticus Finch in the Broadway production of To Kill A Mockingbird.
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    21 mins
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  • Episode 2

    Episode 2
    Sep 7 2023
    In town for the Toronto Film Festival, a wayward pedestrian screamed at me, which inspired my song “Have a Good Life then Die.” In a speech that will outlive me, I take you on the set of The Newsroom on the day Will McAvoy answered the question “What makes America the greatest country in the world?” “Now You Know You Can” is the song about what that day meant to me.
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    28 mins
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Jeff Daniels as you’ve never heard him

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About the Performer - Jeff Daniels

About the Creator and Performer

Jeff Daniels is a five-time Emmy nominee, winning in Best Lead Actor for The Newsroom and Best Supporting Actor for Godless. He has also received Golden Globe nominations on the big screen for his performances in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild and The Squid and the Whale, as well as one for The Newsroom. Daniels is also a three-time individual Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. His other major screen roles include the Dumb and Dumber franchise, The Martian, Looper, Good Night and Good Luck, Gods and Generals, The Hours, Pleasantville, Gettysburg, Radio Days, Terms of Endearment and Ragtime. Daniels is also a three-time Tony nominee, for To Kill a Mockingbird (the highest grossing American play in Broadway history), Blackbird and God of Carnage. Daniels was also seen as former FBI director James Comey in The Comey Rule, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He starred in the Showtime drama American Rust, which can be streamed in full on Prime Video. Most recently, Daniels starred in Netflix’s limited series A Man in Full, which debuted on May 2, 2024. Next up, Daniels will portray former President Ronald Reagan alongside J.K Simmons and Jared Harris in the upcoming Cold War film, Reykjavik.

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Couldn't get enough; between the anecdotes, the songs & the skits its quite entertaining and definitely recomment to any Jeff Daniels - or comedy - fan!

Loved it!

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I admit it, when a Jeff Daniels role allows him to display his serious side, he's one of my all time favorite actors to watch. His monologue in the first episode of Newsroom is arguably one of the best ever, his role in Looming Tower incredible, and seeing him on Broadway as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird was, well I was speechless. So when this podcast came out I was ALL IN...until I saw it included him playing and singing music he wrote and talking about Dumb and Dumber (which I never saw). My heart sank and to be honest I didn't expect much. But hey, it's JD, and I didn't have anything else to listen to.

Turns out he's not only an amazing actor, he writes funny, story-confession songs plucked right from his own experiences. I literally had people staring at me as I laughed out loud in the checkout counter of my local grocery store. An insightful and honest compilation of real life tales, told by multiple people (spoiler alert - Daniels plays them all), the 12, half hour episodes delight, but go by way too fast. Harry Dunne's slapstick-esk interviews of Daniels were classic; the hilarious sophomoric lines delivered fast-paced by half-witted Harry, a deadpanned Daniels volleying his replies. My interest piqued so much I added Dumb and Dumber to my Netflix watch list!

I loved the humble gratitude for so many other actors. The surprisingly good voice and harmonies in his music. The behind the scenes (sometimes self-deprecating) details of so many of the roles I loved and cherished. The explanation of how he chooses and prepares for his roles, making them all the more impressive to watch and recall. The totality of his talent - no one trick pony here.

Just like in so many of Daniels' other notable roles, I was left wanting more from this consummate performer. Please tell me there will be a sequel - perhaps Alive and Well Enough To.

More, more, more!

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This podcast was a woven tapestry of humor, real life and just plain happiness. Great music.

Smile, laugh and feel at home💗

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Jeff is such a wonderful storyteller. Love his down to earth view of celebrity.

wonderful

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Great storytelling enhanced by the songs Daniels wrote and performed on this podcast. I hope there will be more.

Every episode is so entertaining!

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offering the listener an introduction into his life experiences -personal and delightful-delivering a great performance. Grab a front row seat-relax and enjoy the theater he creates with excellent musical segues.

great dialog -engaging stories-completely personal

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so easy to hear and understand the truth regardless of the speed it was delivered!

noteworthy!! loved it beginning to end!! so easy

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Such an affirming ,heartfelt, funny writer and musician. I’ve always enjoyed Jeff Daniel’s acting. But this a whole new(for me) experience of his incredible talent. A delightful listen.

Warm Wit

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I was captivated by Jeff’s stories, music and hilarious characters! I listened for over 3 hours unable to stop it was so good! I laughed out loud, smiled big and at times had tears. All the feels! Highly recommend this! Bravo Jeff and son Ben for this beautiful memoir!

WOWOWOWOW!!!

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Kudos all around. My only disappointment is there are no more episodes! Would love to hear more behind the scenes stories!

Love this guy

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