After my conversation with Tony Hendra yesterday on KIRO/Seattle about George Carlin (listen here), I invited him to join me again today on WHAS/Louisville to talk some more about his friend’s autobiography, “Last Words.” This time, we went over different topics, including how Carlin’s drug use affected his work and marriage, why he was often […]
Tony Hendra has a pretty good comedy resume. He was the original editor of National Lampoon, helped create their seminal stage show “Lemmings,” did standup for several years in the 1960s, and co-starred in “This Is Spinal Tap” as Ian Faith, the band’s cricket-bat-wielding manager. Hendra was also a very close friend of George Carlin, […]
Heywood Banks, the comedian/singer/songwriter, was in the studio with me again this week on KTRS/St. Louis. As usual, we had no specific topic agenda other than promoting his comedy club appearance, so the discussion ranged from cryogenics to why he doesn’t use Twitter to an HBO Young Comedians Special he appeared on in 1988 (which […]
On our anniversary, my wife and I went to one of Jake Johannsen’s shows at the Funny Bone here in St. Louis. He’s one of our favorite stand-up comedians, who has never failed to be laugh-out-loud funny in the many times we’ve seen him. Several hours earlier, Jake joined me in the studio at KTRS/St. […]
When I was on WHAS/Louisville a few weeks ago, I planned on talking with both Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen about their years as America’s first (and last) interracial comedy team, as recounted in their book, “Tim & Tom: An American Comedy In Black And White.” Unfortunately, Tim couldn’t make it, but Tom and I […]
My conversation with veteran comedian Tom Dreesen about the book he wrote with Tim Reid about their time as America’s first (and last) black-and-white comedy team.