Tim Allen, who grew up
in my neighborhood, and
the other is Dave Coulier,
who was on Full House.
"I met Dave two
years after I moved to
L.A. I appeared at the
Comedy Castle in [the
Detroit area], and he
opened for me. ,,
After making his name
on the comedy circuit,
Binder wound up with
his own HBO specials,
The "Married Man" cast includes, left to right, Taylor
One Night Stand and
Nichols, Mike Binder, Bobbie Slayton and Jack Weber.
Detroit Comedy Jam.
Other credits followed,
my son,''' says Trumbull, laughing.
including the TV special The Eleventh
"Mike is a wonderful person and I
Anniversary of the Comedy Store with
think his heartfelt feelings toward peo-
Robin Williams and Jim Carrey;
ple come out in the show.
Coupe De Vile, Binder's first screen-
"There was an episode recently
play to become a feature film; and
where his wife wanted him to go to
Crossing the Bridge, starring David
church. He didn't want to go, saying
Schwiminer, which marked Binder's
he was Jewish, but he went just to
directorial debut.
make her happy. That's Mike." (In
Binder wrote and directed Indian
that episode, titled "Full Time Mom,"
Summer, starring Alan Arkin.and Bill
Barnes fantasizes about people at
Paxton, and appeared in The Contender, church labeling him "Jew Boy.")
with Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges, and in
When asked if she offers her son
Steven Spielberg's thriller Minority
advice, Trumbull is quick to reply,
Report, with Tom Cruise.
"not advice, because he is a talented
For Binder, Indian Summer, "about
writer and has his fingers on the pulse
adults who go back to their old sum-
of what the public and HBO want."
mer camp," had a special meaning.
However, she adds that she doesn't
"It takes place at Camp Tamakwa,
hold back from 'e-mailing him sugges-
where I spent my summers," says
tions for the show.
Binder. He now sends his two chil-
"I e-mail him what people tell me,"
•dren, ages 8 and 9, to the Ontario,
she says. "For example, a group of
Canada-based camp.
young people said they'd like to see
Most recently, Binder wrote and
one of the wives cheating. I told him,
directed an independent feature film
and he said it was a good idea."
called The Search for John Gissing, with
When Binder is not working on
Alan Rickman and Janeane Garofalo.
Married Man, he is spending time
It has been showing 'at film festivals.
with his wife, Diane, and their chil-
dren. He is also working on develop-
ing other projects, including a feature
At Home In Detroit
film called The Upside of Anger, which
Although he lives in Los Angeles,
takes place in Bloomfield Hills.
Binder returns often to Detroit, where
"It's about a Ford executive and stars
he still has family and friends.
Joan Allen," he says. "I will do it the
Growing up, his family belonged to
end of next summer, but I haven't
Temple Beth El, where he became a
found a studio yet. It will be shot
bar mitzvah. His father, Burt Binder, a
partly in Bloomfield Hills."
former Detroit area builder, now lives
Asked what he would like to do that
in Florida, as does brother Lee Binder,
he hasn't already done, Binder says:
who works in computers.
"Win an Oscar, have a big hit and buy
Still in the Detroit area are Binder's
my mom a big home.
mother, Judy Trumbull, an antiques
"In terms of working, I am doing
dealer who lives in Birmingham, and
what I want. I have been able to get
brother Gary Binder of Birmingham, a my movies made, I love Married Man
Detroit-area builder.
and all that is a blessing." Li
Not surprisingly, Trumbull is
thrilled with her son's success and
The Mind of the Married Man airs
looks forward each week to seeing him
10:30 p.m. Sundays on HBO,
on the small screen.
. and is repeated 10:30 p.m.
"I can't wait to turn it on — I watch
Wednesdays and 11 p.m. Fridays.
Married Man and think, 'Wow, this is

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