Bill Engvall returned to my show today to talk about his new sitcom, “The Bill Engvall Show,” which debuts tomorrow night on TBS. We talked about it being a family comedy — a rarity on TV these days, because the kids don’t rule the house and the father isn’t an idiot — and how […]
Cedric The Entertainer returned to my show this afternoon to promote his Celebrity Bowling Ball, which goes down this Thursday night at the Bowling Hall of Fame here in St. Louis. We also talked about his new movie “Talk To Me” (starring Don Cheadle), his daughter’s high school graduation, and how he can tell Shaq’s […]
If you went to a comedy club in Boston in the 1980s, there was a 100% chance that you’d see either Lenny Clarke or Denis Leary onstage. Often, you’d get both of them, and maybe Steven Wright, too. Now, Leary stars on “Rescue Me” as firefighter Tommy Gavin, and his old buddy Clarke is part […]
I was sad to hear about the death this weekend of comedian Richard Jeni, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Jeni was a very funny guy, one of the top touring comedians of the last 15 years, who was always a money in the bank guest on my show. In his honor, I have dug […]
Actor/comedian Kevin Pollak returned to my show this afternoon to talk about making the movie version of Buzz Bissinger’s “Three Nights In August,” about Tony LaRussa and the Cardinals, and about hanging around Busch Stadium last fall on the road to the World Series title. I also asked him about his pal Alan Arkin winning […]
Comedian Larry Miller, who you’ve seen in movies from “Pretty Woman” to “Waiting For Guffman” and dozens of others, was on my show this afternoon to talk about his funny new book, “Spoiled Rotten America: Outrages of Everyday Life.” As you’ll hear, Larry is as easy-going as a guest can be, in a wide-ranging discussion […]