More Tony Hendra on George Carlin
After my conversation with Tony Hendra yesterday on KIRO/Seattle about George Carlin (listen here), I invited him to join me again today on WHAS/Louisville to talk some more about his friend's autobiography, "Last Words." This time, we went over different topics,...
Tony Hendra, George Carlin “Last Words”
Tony Hendra has a pretty good comedy resume. He was the original editor of National Lampoon, helped create their seminal stage show "Lemmings," did standup for several years in the 1960s, and co-starred in "This Is Spinal Tap" as Ian Faith, the band's...
Heywood Banks
Heywood Banks, the comedian/singer/songwriter, was in the studio with me again this week on KTRS/St. Louis. As usual, we had no specific topic agenda other than promoting his comedy club appearance, so the discussion ranged from cryogenics to why he doesn't use...
Jake Johannsen
On our anniversary, my wife and I went to one of Jake Johannsen's shows at the Funny Bone here in St. Louis. He's one of our favorite stand-up comedians, who has never failed to be laugh-out-loud funny in the many times we've seen him.Several hours earlier, Jake...
Tim And Tom
When I was on WHAS/Louisville a few weeks ago, I planned on talking with both Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen about their years as America's first (and last) interracial comedy team, as recounted in their book, "Tim & Tom: An American Comedy In Black And White."...
Comedy In Black and White
My conversation with veteran comedian Tom Dreesen about the book he wrote with Tim Reid about their time as America’s first (and last) black-and-white comedy team.
Comedian Interviews
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...
Frank Caliendo
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...