Robert Bader on The Marx Brothers
My conversation with Robert Bader about the Marx Brothers, who he writes about in the book, “Four Of The Three Musketeers.”
Mark Malkoff, “The Carson Podcast”
It has been 25 years since Johnny Carson stepped down as host of "The Tonight Show," but his legacy lives on in reruns on Antenna TV and in "The Carson Podcast," hosted by my guest Mark Malkoff. In looking back at the King Of Late Night, we discussed: Whether Carson's...
Kliph Nesteroff, “Funny How?”
Kliph Nesteroff returned to my radio show to talk about two TV projects he has coming up. One of them is "Funny How?" a five-part series debuting July 10th on Viceland, in which he follows Dave Attell, Mike Birbiglia, Rhea Butcher, and other comics as they work across...
I’m Dying Up Here
Showtime has a new series starting Sunday called "I'm Dying Up Here." It's based on William Knoedelseder's 2006 non-fiction book about the Los Angeles comedy scene in the late 1970s, particularly at the Comedy Store, where young comics like Jay Leno, David Letterman,...
Picture Of The Day
Will Durst explains what it's like to be a political comedian in the age of Trump...
Jason Zinoman, “Letterman: The Last Giant Of Late Night”
Here's my conversation with Jason Zinoman about his book, "Letterman: The Last Giant Of Late Night." Among the topics we discussed: Whether it was harder to convince David Letterman to sit down for interviews or his former showrunner/girlfriend Merrill Markoe to share...
Chris Rock
My wife and I went to see Chris Rock last night at the Peabody. We had never seen him in concert (only on TV), but he was in top form as he talked about Trump, guns, and religion. He also was very candid about his divorce -- which he claims was his own fault for not...
Showbiz Show 4/7/17
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Max Foizey and I reviewed Alan Arkin, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine in the "Going In Style" remake. We also discussed the late Don Rickles, the new IFC show "Brockmire," the upcoming season 3 of "Better Call Saul," and...