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Howard Gewirtz
Season 1 Episode 70
Howard Gewirtz joined me to talk about his name; Oliver Beene; growing up in Rego Park, NY; working for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's television statio…
4 years, 9 months ago
Al Jean
Season 1 Episode 69
Simpsons legend Al Jean joined me to talk about Get Smart; his submission for the Harvard Lampoon; getting hired to the National Lampoon; Airplane I…
4 years, 9 months ago
Stacey Nelkin
Season 1 Episode 68
Stacey Nelkin joined me to talk about her upbringing; Stuyvesant High School; being cut from Annie Hall, Celebrity, and Deconstructing Harry; Bullets…
4 years, 9 months ago
Carmen Finestra
Season 1 Episode 67
"Cosby Show" producer and "Home Improvement" creator Carmen Finestra joined me to talk about his comedy upbringing; his first job filling in for Herv…
4 years, 9 months ago
Mark Brazill
Season 1 Episode 66
Mark joined me to discuss Al Franken; growing up in Buffalo; moving to LA; quitting his day job; his stand up material; meeting Dennis Miller; how fi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Rich Halke & William Lucas Walker
Season 1 Episode 65
Rich Halke and William Lucas Walker joined me to talk about their influences (William - Dick Van Dyke & Gilligan's Island and Rich HBO Comedy Hours);…
4 years, 10 months ago
Vic Kaplan
Season 1 Episode 64
Vic Kaplan joined me to talk about going to NYU, working at World News Tonight, Three's Company pilot; Dick Clark Live Wednesday; Fridays; producing …
4 years, 10 months ago
SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren
Season 1 Episode 63
SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren joined SNL archivist James Stephens and myself to discuss being the SNL era wrote about least; …
4 years, 10 months ago
Carl Gottlieb
Season 1 Episode 62
Carl Gottlieb spoke to me about childhood radio and TV memories; growing up in post WWII Manhattan; going to Syracuse University with Larry Hankin a…
4 years, 10 months ago
Michael Elias
Season 1 Episode 61
Actor, writer, producer, comedian Michael Elias joined me to discuss his new book, You Can Go Now; his fifty year friendship with Steve Martin; colla…
4 years, 11 months ago