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Phil Kellard and Tom Moore (Tonight Show / SNL / Thicke of the Night / Hooperman / Doogie Howser MD)
Season 1 Episode 113
Phil and Tom talk about early influences (Phil - Marx Brothers, Preston Sturges, Tom - Little Rascals, Bob Newhart, Johnny Carson, Woody Allen); Tom's father being head of ABC; taking ratings books t…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Steve Winer (Late Night with David Letterman, New Mickey Mouse Club)
Season 1 Episode 112
Steve and I talk about his early influences (classic comedians and cartoons); meeting his partner, Karl Tiedermann in Horace Mann High School; his college radio show; sending his best bits to the Nat…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Wayne Kline
Season 1 Episode 111
Wayne Kline talks about growing up with a Methodist minister as a father; Max Schulman; reading because his family couldn't afford a TV; Woody Allen; John Oliver; Alfred Hitchcock; Get Smart; Gilliga…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Author & Humorist Mike Sacks
Season 1 Episode 110
Mike Sacks joined me to talk about his comedy idol, Chris Elliot; his books being autobiographies of characters he's assuming; Andy Kaufman; how his books fooled his father; Tulane; his magazine writ…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Randy Cohen (Late Night with David Letterman, The Ethicist)
Season 1 Episode 109
Randy Cohen joins me to talk about the creation of the Top 10 List; growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania; going to Cal Arts to study music and having little talent for it; betting on Johnny Carson's m…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)
Season 1 Episode 108
Steve Young joined me tot talk about his Emmy; his influences; watching Letterman as a teenager for the first time; going to Harvard; Conan O'Brien and the Harvard Lampoon; the Lampoon Castle; his su…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Anson Williams
Season 1 Episode 107
Anson Williams joins me to talk about drowsy driving and his invention Alert Drops; his uncle Henry Heimlich and getting his Heimlich maneuver on the Merv Griffin Show; the shooting on Alec Baldwin's…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Norm Hiscock (Kids in The Hall, SNL, King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99)
Season 1 Episode 106
Norm Hiscock joins me to talk about his comedy influences: Bugs Bunny, Monty Python, SNL, and the Mary Tyler Moore Show; liking comedy but not performing; meeting Mark McKinney and forming an improv …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jeff Reno (Moonlighting, Duckman, Meet Joe Black)
Season 1 Episode 105
Jeff and I talk about the "Atomic Shakespeare" episode of Moonlighting; Night Court memories; the origin of Duckman; writing 7 days a week for 6 months (Duckman and Radioland Murders); getting Jason …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
John DeBellis (author Stand Up Guys, writer SNL '80 - '81)
Season 1 Episode 104
John joins me to talk about his book Stand Up Guys and making it like the book the Last Laugh; how comedians "learned" their craft; Elaine Boosler; his mentor comedy mentors; Ronnie Shakes; Larry Dav…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago