Will Durst, one of America’s top touring comedians, has appeared on my radio shows many times over the years, so I was happy to welcome him to America Weekend today to discuss his new one-man show, “BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG.” The conversation ranged from July 4th fireworks to gay marriage to Congress and much […]
The Comic Strip is one of three iconic New York comedy clubs that launched the careers of people like Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. Jeffrey Gurian has compiled a book about The Comic Strip’s 35-year history (“Make ‘Em Laugh“) and joined me today on America Weekend to talk about it. Listen, then click here to […]
David Steinberg is a comedy legend who started out as a standup comedian, became a regular on many TV shows (including 140 appearances with Johnny Carson), directed a few movies and more than 300 commercials, won Emmys and Clios, and was once bumped off the cover of Newsweek by Richard Nixon. He has also directed […]
Here’s my conversation with comedian Paula Poundstone, who I’m a longtime fan of. We discussed her early days traveling by Greyhound bus to do standup all over the country, how she developed her performance style, and how she feels about another comic doing Pop Tart jokes.
Comedian Will Durst has made many appearances on my radio shows over the last three decades, and I invited him back today on KTRS/St. Louis to promote his new e-book, “Elect To Laugh,” a combination of the columns he’s written in this election year (for The Huffington Post and other sites) and some new material. […]
Alan Zweibel and Dave Barry have pretty good resumes when it comes to comedy. From “SNL” to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to 22 years of humor columns and several dozen books, they’ve done just fine on their own. Now, they’ve teamed up to write the comic novel, “Lunatics,” about two men whose disagreement over a kids’ […]