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Allan Katz (Laugh In / M*A*S*H* / Rhoda / Blossom)
Season 1 Episode 282
Allan Katz joined me to discuss Kukla, Fran & Ollie; joining the National Guard; becoming a copywriter; Screaming Yellow Zonkers; George Schlatter ca…
9 months, 1 week ago
Comedian Helaine Witt
Season 1 Episode 281
Helaine Witt joined me me to discuss watching Bonanza in color; Ed Sullivan Show; her mom not liking Jack Benny; going to Elmont High School; John Mu…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
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 …
9 months, 3 weeks 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 J…
9 months, 4 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 C…
10 months 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 …
10 months, 1 week 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 Lewi…
10 months, 2 weeks 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…
10 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…
10 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…
11 months ago