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...
Bob Newhart Returns
Bob Newhart returned to my radio show today. We talked about his friendship with Johnny Carson and his many “Tonight Show” appearances — and he surprised me by admitting he still gets nervous before going on stage. Listen to our conversation here.
Bruce Vilanch
Today on my show, I talked with comedy writer Bruce Vilanch, who you may have seen at the Fox Theater in 2004 as Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray," or as one of the celebs on "Hollywood Squares," or as the subject of the documentary "Get Bruce!" We talked about all of...