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00:00 – Meet The Godfather of Pickleball
02:56 – Doug’s career before Hollywood
04:56 – How a short film led to Showtime
06:58 – Almost directed The Parent Trap at 22
08:04 – Film school and making The Pitch
10:00 – Working with David Schwimmer & John Cryer
11:04 – His first feature films and big breaks
12:23 – From Hollywood high to movie jail
13:12 – The birth of Entourage
14:27 – Building the world of Vince & E
15:56 – Casting, rewrites, and HBO drama
18:05 – How Entourage became a hit
20:00 – The hard work behind Entourage
22:25 – Directors, mistakes, and lucky breaks
25:32 – The moment Doug knew it worked
28:43 – How Entourage took over pop culture
30:06 – Leaving Entourage and the toll it took
31:20 – The Entourage movie
35:25 – Doug discovers pickleball with Phil Mickelson
37:31 – Early days with Anna Leigh Waters
39:11 – Trying to buy into pickleball early
41:12 – How the game outgrew him
43:42 – Pickleball changed forever during COVID
45:53 – Anna Leigh Waters’ swagger at 13
47:04 – The Marty Fish showdown
49:03 – Doug’s take on Robbie Bellamy’s game
50:57 – Can power beat pickleball IQ?
52:15 – Doug’s dream pickleball games
53:36 – Doug needs a new hip… then watch out
54:22 – What Doug loves about today’s game
56:06 – Should smack talk be legal?
58:01 – The great bagel argument game
1:01:01 – Pickleball as a multigenerational bond
1:02:38 – From Drew Brees to backyard games
1:03:32 – Could Doug win a PPA match with Ben Johns?
1:04:22 – Doug’s favorite pros to watch
1:06:05 – What makes pickleball special
1:06:44 – If Doug made a pickleball movie…
1:08:16 – Final words from the pickleball godfather
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