Episode Details

Carl Gottlieb spoke to me about childhood radio and TV memories;  growing up in post WWII Manhattan; going to Syracuse University with Larry Hankin and Frank Langella; joining the Committee; making A Session with the Committee; writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour; winning the Emmy for a great sketch involving David Frye and Liberace; Music Scene with Groucho Marx; The Ken Berry WOW show; Flip Wilson specials; writing commercial parodies for the first three SNL's; Sammy & Company; The Absent Minded Waiter gets Carl an Oscar nomination; The Jerk; Mork & Mindy; Dr. Detroit; working with Dan Aykroyd and Howard Hesseman; The George Burns Comedy Week; being on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; Morton & Hayes; Carl's Rules for Life