Here’s another batch of interview transcripts from my radio show in Washington, DC, in the 1990s. These are some of the comedians who were always money-in-the-bank guests. Aside from Penn Jillette and Bob Newhart, they were club comedians who came into the studio whenever they were in town to play The Improv or the Comedy […]
You may have seen the promos for “Frank TV” during TBS’ baseball playoffs coverage — ten second snippets of Frank Caliendo as various famous people. “Frank TV” will debut tomorrow night, so I invited him back to my show this afternoon to talk about it. He says he’s got a “Seinfeld” parody in which he […]
Bob Newhart returned to my radio show today. We talked about his friendship with Johnny Carson and his many “Tonight Show” appearances — and he surprised me by admitting he still gets nervous before going on stage. Listen to our conversation here.
Today on my show, I talked with comedy writer Bruce Vilanch, who you may have seen at the Fox Theater in 2004 as Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray,” or as one of the celebs on “Hollywood Squares,” or as the subject of the documentary “Get Bruce!” We talked about all of those things and a few […]
Kathleen Madigan — one of my favorite standups — was back on my show today to promote tomorrow night’s season finale of “Last Comic Standing.” After being one of the comedians competing on the show a couple of years ago, she’s been a judge this season. We talked about the special talent needed to succeed […]
Today, I joked with comedian Jeff Cesario about Nicole Richie’s hellish 82-minute stint in jail, the single day behind bars Linday Lohan has been sentenced to, and what Michael Vick’s punishment should be. We also discussed subjects as varied as the Arena Football championship game you missed this weekend and how shaky the Iraq government […]