Podcast Episodes

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 6 months, 3 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 6 months, 3 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 7 months 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 7 months, 1 week 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 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris Kelly (writer / head writer, Politically Incorrect / Real Time with Bill Maher, 1993 - present)

Chris Kelly joined me to discuss his dad and his love of lesson plans; living in Canada and having having one US TV station; Little Rascals; other comedy hubs beside Canada; his influence; improv; hi…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Andy Cowan (Seinfeld "The Opposite" / host, Neurotic Vaccine podcast)

Season 1 Episode 263

Andy Cowan joined me to discuss his Seinfeld episode, "The Opposite"; his book and chapter on rejected Seinfeld plots; Danny Thomas; his idol, Jack Benny; Leave it to Beaver & The Honeymooners; going…

Published on 8 months ago

Diana Canova (Soap / I'm A Big Girl Now) Updated Audio

Season 1 Episode 1

Diana and I discuss The Bellinis; Lenny (Luca Brasi) Montana; Hollywood High; auditioning for Marni Nixon Feast, Ozzie's Girls; guest starring in a memorable Happy Days, Chico and the Man, Medical St…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Samantha Harper Macy (actress Oh! Calcutta / Mary Hartman / widow of Bill Macy)

Season 1 Episode 266

Samantha Harper Macy joined me to discuss watching Perry Mason as a teen with her family; going to Ole Miss with James Meredith; being seen as a racist in Chicago because she is from the south; audit…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jerry Minor (SNL Season 26 / Mr. Show / Playing to the Back of the Room Podcast)

Season 1 Episode 264

Jerry Minor joined me to discuss his first memory of seeing Johnny Cash TV; the Detroit Lions; playing Michael Jackson's glove; being a Jehovah's Witness; proselytizing; leaving the Church and starti…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago