Podcast Episodes

Rose Abdoo (Josephina on Hacks / Gypsy on Gilmore Girls)

Season 1 Episode 280

Rose Abdoo joined me to discuss us being birthday buddies; The Flintstones; staying up to watch The Tonight Show; going to Michigan State; moving to Chicago to join Second City; ETC with Stephen Colb…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Barry Nichols (p.a./music producer, SNL, Friday Night Videos, Saturday Nights Main Event)

Season 1 Episode 279

Barry Nichols joined me to discuss his love of the Smothers Brothers; how his brother Nils got an internship at SNL in 1978; being the drummer from Jeannie Cunningham; getting hired to work on Nothin…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Steve Bleustein

Season 1 Episode 278

Legendary comedian Steve Bleustein joined me and discussed his autobiography Memoir of a Nobody; watching Howdy Doody & Peter Pan; going to Emerson College w/ Henry Winkler; Dave Madden & Albert Hamm…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

5 Favorite Sketches from The Credibility Gap

Season 1 Episode 277

Included: 10 minutes of my conversation with Harry Shearer, the sketches: "Where's Johnny", "Tom Snyder", "Who's on First",, "Senator Kennedy's Next Speech", "The Night the Nights Stayed on in Pittsb…

Published on 3 months ago

Marc Sheffler (actor / comedian / writer)

Season 1 Episode 276

Marc Sheffler joined joined me to discuss watching 50's children's TV; his father getting The Three Stooges for his tenth birthday; seeing Jerry Lewis in a movie and his dad telling him "Why not you?…

Published on 3 months ago

Ellie Barancik (SNL script coordinator 1991 - 1993 / Conan writers' assistant / writer 1993 - 2000)

Season 1 Episode 273

Ellie Barancik came on and discussed her last name; her father being the last surviving Monuments Men; growing up with Bozo the Clown & getting to go to the studio with Bonnie Hunt; Clutch Cargo; wat…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ellie Barancik (SNL script supervisor 1991 - 1993 / Conan script supervisor / writer 1993 - 2000)

Ellie Barancik came on and discussed her last name; her father being the last surviving Monuments Men; growing up with Bozo the Clown & getting to go to the studio with Bonnie Hunt; Clutch Cargo; wat…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tom Dreesen

Season 1 Episode 271

Tom Dreesen joined me to discuss his half white / half black comedy team and the racism they encountered; how he and Tim Reid started as an anti-drug program; first saw TV at 17 (Honeymooners); being…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Top 5 Sketches Not from SNL P. 1 (Fridays, The New Show)

Season 1 Episode 271

1. Fridays - Michael Richards as "Frank Zappa" (1/8/82) 2. New Show - Scabs Meeting (4/23/84) 3. Fridays - 2nd Ame…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Mike Chisholm (The Letterman Podcast)

Season 1 Episode 269

Mike Chisholm joins me to discuss how his curiosity leads to conversations; Steve O'Donnell; our first time watching Letterman; meeting Letterman guests on twitch; Rick Sheckman; intern stories; beco…

Published on 4 months ago