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Eddie Feldmann (comedian / writer Dennis Miller, Norm MacDonald)
Season 1 Episode 241
Eddie Feldmann joined me to discuss growing up in Saugerties, NY; comedy albums and cartoons being his entree into comedy; a 3rd grade Catholic school essay gone awry; working in his families deli; …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Jon Beckerman (Late Night / Show with David Letterman; Dinner with the Parents)
Season 1 Episode 240
Jon Beckerman joins me to discuss watching the UK "Friday Night Dinner" and adapting it for the US; Three's Company; writing farce; Michael Watkins; casting Carol Kane; Dayenu scene; playing full co…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Dawna Kaufmann (SNL / MADTV writer, true crime expert)
Season 1 Episode 238
Dawna Kaufmann joined me to discuss writing jokes for JFK, Khruschev, and Phyllis Diller as a child; JFK assassination; working for Don Kirschner's Rock Concert; her stage roles in the late 60's / ea…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Dan O'Keefe (Seinfeld / Drew Carey Show)
Season 1 Episode 237
Dan O'Keefe joined me to discuss growing up in Chappaqua: writing for the Harvard Lampoon; joining the National Lampoon; writing letters from the editors; favorite pieces; writing for MTV and Comedy …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Mike Teverbaugh (Drew Carey Show / Last Man Standing)
Season 1 Episode 238
Mike Teverbaugh joins me and discusses his names pronunciation; his new play, The Mostly True Story of a Common Scold; his other play, The Dugout; watching Captain Kangaroo as a child; Batman 66; goi…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
T. Sean Shannon (comedian. SNL writer 1998 - 2006)
Season 1 Episode 237
T. Sean Shannon joined me to discuss his YouTube series "Baseball Card Theatre"; his favorite cards; going to the Astrodome with his six brothers and sisters for a whole day in the '70's; O-Pee Chee…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Rob Ulin (Dinosaurs / Roseanne / Norm Show / Ramy)
Season 1 Episode 235
Rob Ulin joins me to discuss watching Gilligan's Island and Dick Van Dyke Show as a kid; wanting to be an actor; going to Harvard and being on Lampoon with Conan; writing a letter to Norman Lear who …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Bruce Handy (Spy Magazine writer / editor, SNL writer 1993)
Season 1 Episode 232
Bruce Handy joined me to discuss how to write picture books; children's literature; his book on the subject Wild Things; Goodnight Moon, Judy Blume, Willy Wonka; his first TV memories of the JFK ass…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Mary Jenifer Mitchell (National Lampoons Lemmings / Foreplay)
Season 1 Episode 231
Mary Jenifer Mitchell and I discussed her early Tv favorites Liberace and Oral Roberts; going to NY after high school graduation; spending the summer of '66 in NYC; going to college in Colorado and …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Lori Nasso Collins (SNL writer 1995-1999, writer / producer Life Inside Out 2014)
Season 1 Episode 229
Lori Nasso joined me to discuss watching Twilight Zone as a kid and SNL as a teenager; loving to play characters; going to college to study theatre; joining Second City and auditioning for SNL; gett…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago