Barry Crimmins, “Whatever Threatens You”
Barry Crimmins' name came up during my August conversation with Bobcat Goldthwait (which has become the most-downloaded audio on this site this year) because Bobcat directed a documentary, "Call Me Lucky," which revealed Barry's activism as a survivor of a pedophile...
Picture Of The Day
This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Impressionist Jim Meskimen nails 19 celebrity impressions in two and a half minutes -- and they're perfect. Caveat: I made the mistake of taking a drink of water a few seconds into this and almost did a spit-take...
Kelly Carlin On George Carlin
In the two days before 9/11/01, George Carlin was performing in Las Vegas and did a routine about how much he liked it when a lot of people die. It was supposed to be part of an HBO special to be broadcast live that November, but after the attacks on America, that bit...
Bobcat Goldthwait
The first time I saw Bobcat Goldthwait onstage was 30 years ago, when he was taking a shower in front of 10,000 people at the Universal Amphitheater in LA during the first Comic Relief show. The last time I saw him was a couple of years ago at the Funny Bone comedy...
Kevin Nealon
Here's my conversation with comedian-actor Kevin Nealon, who spent almost a decade on "Saturday Night Live," co-starred on Showtime's “Weeds” for 8 seasons, and appeared in more than two dozen movie comedies, including "The Wedding Singer," "Anger Management," "Daddy...
Carl Reiner’s “Dick Van Dyke Show” Book
I have lost track of how many times Carl Reiner has appeared on my show, but it's been an annual event for many years, as he keeps cranking out books about his remarkable show business life. This visit was to talk about his newest, "Why and When The Dick Van Dyke Show...
Bob Perlow, Sitcom Warmup Guy
What do "Laverne and Shirley," "Mork and Mindy," "Taxi," "Cheers," "Newhart," "Night Court," "Home Improvement," and "Friends" have in common? Yes, they were all sitcoms, but they also all had Bob Perlow as their audience warmup guy. He's written about his career in...
George Wallace
Comedian George Wallace stopped by the studio today and we had a great time, with a free-flowing conversation that had me laughing all the way through.