Kliph Nesteroff, “The Comedians”
My conversation with Kliph Nesteroff, whose book “The Comedians” is a terrific history of the last century of American comedy, from vaudeville right up to today.
David Evanier on Woody Allen
Here’s my conversation with David Evanier, author of the new Woody Allen biography, “Woody.” Our conversation ranged from Allen’s early days in standup and television through his nearly-half-century movie-making career. Among our topics: How he got an initially reticent Allen to sit down for an interview; Allen’s screen image vs. real life. The older man/younger […]
Tom Wilson, Back To The Future
Since today is “Back To The Future Day,” the date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in the second movie in the series, I’ve dug into the archives for this interview from 1997 with the comedian who played the villain… Harris: Welcome to our guest microphone comedian Tom Wilson, who you may remember […]
Welcome Back, Elayne
Last week, my wife and I were wondering whatever happened to Elayne Boosler. She was one of our favorite comedians of the eighties and nineties, who stood apart from female comics of the previous generation (Joan Rivers, Totie Fields) in that she didn’t do self-deprecating humor. She was topical and modern, a clever writer with […]
Carl Reiner, “What I Forgot To Remember”
Comedy legend Carl Reiner returned to my show to talk about his new autobiography, “What I Forgot To Remember,” in which he shares memories he didn’t include in his two previous autobiographies. After I opened with “The Dick Van Dyke Show” theme, Carl revealed that he’s already working on a new book about that sitcom […]
David Steinberg on Colbert and Stewart
David Steinberg returned to my radio show to talk about the new season of his Showtime series, “Inside Comedy,” which debuts Tuesday night with guests Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. But before digging into that, I asked him about a story my friend Mark Evanier told on his site about a night in 1970 when […]