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...
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...
Kliph Nesteroff, “The Comedians”
My conversation with Kliph Nesteroff, whose book “The Comedians” is a terrific history of the last century of American comedy, from vaudeville right up to today.
Tom Wilson, Back To The Future
Since today is "Back To The Future Day," the date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in the second movie in the series, I've dug into the archives for this interview from 1997 with the comedian who played the villain... Harris: Welcome to our guest microphone...
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...
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.
David Evanier on Woody Allen
Here's my conversation with David Evanier, author of the new Woody Allen biography, "Woody." Our conversation ranged from Allen's early days in standup and television through his nearly-half-century movie-making career. Among our topics: How he got an initially...
Welcome Back, Elayne
Last week, my wife and I were wondering whatever happened to Elayne Boosler. She was one of our favorite comedians of the eighties and nineties, who stood apart from female comics of the previous generation (Joan Rivers, Totie Fields) in that she didn't do...