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Thom McKee (game show record holder, Tic Tac Dough)
Season 1 Episode 151
Game show legend Thom McKee joined me to discuss his growing up watching Jeopardy; sitting as a child reading encyclopedias in the bathroom; how his navy training made him quick witted; taking the "g…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Joel Thurm (casting director, Taxi, Grease, Cheers; autobiography "Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season")
Season 1 Episode 150
Joel Thurm joined me to discuss watching Milton Berle, wrestling, and Disney as a child; wanting to be an actor but finding his calling backstage; working for David Merrick; casting Broadway; moving …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Herschel Weingrod (screenwriter, Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)
Season 1 Episode 149
Herschel Weingrod joined me to discuss being influenced by Billy Wilder and Laurel and Hardy; getting his Bachelors in European history; taking film courses close to graduation; going to the London F…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Patric Verrone (Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Futurama, WGA President)
Season 1 Episode 148
Patric Verrone and I discuss his influences: Chuck McCann, Sonny Fox, Officer Joe Bolton and Jim Henson; Steve Martin; Carl Gottlieb; growing up in Ft. Myers, Florida; going to Harvard with Al Jean; …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Rick Podell (writer, "Nothing in Common", Broadway / TV actor, comedian, singer)
Season 1 Episode 147
Rick Podell and I discuss his early influences; Jackie Gleason; Ed Sullivan; 50's and 60's standups; Alan King; doing standup for his dog; tap dancing; leaving college to do Dames at Sea off Broadway…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Viewer Mail Guests
Season 1 Episode 142
Interviews with four people who wrote to "Late Night with David Letterman" and their queries answered. 1. Carlin Trammel Philo IL 1992; 2. Michael Austin, Pico, Texas September 6, 1984; 3. Scott (Wo…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Doug McIntyre (radio talk show host 1994 - 2018, writer Mr. Belvedere, Full House)
Season 1 Episode 143
Doug McIntyre joined me to discuss Mr. Belvedere (Christopher Hewett)'s testicular accident and narcolepsy; Catholic school; other Great Neck residents Andy Kaufman and Alan King; sitcoms; the Dick V…
Published on 3 years ago
John Putch (1970's One Day at a Time, director Route 30 trilogy, The Father and the The Bear)
Season 1 Episode 144
I was a big fan of John Putch for many years...unfortunately this taping was ruined by a bad connection. I was able to save over a half hour of the interview, in which John and I discussed being on …
Published on 3 years ago
Lew Morton, Part II
Season 1 Episode 143
NewsRadio's Sesame Street; favorite episodes of Taxi; his submissions for Harvard Lampoon and SNL; the change to writing half hour; how Newsradio creator Paul Simms hired comedy writers with no sitco…
Published on 3 years ago
Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz
Season 1 Episode 142
The J. Geils Band Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz joined me to talk about his first musical hero, Louis Armstrong; practicing his instruments; playing the cornet; getting his first harmonica at the ae o…
Published on 3 years ago