The Host/Guest Relationship
Last Thursday on "The Daily Show," Mark Ruffalo introduced a montage of clips showing the many times Jon Stewart has admitted that he hasn't seen a guest's movie. I suppose this was meant to jokingly embarrass Stewart, as if he's never prepared for interview. To the...
The Steve Martin Award Goes To Steve Martin
My wife and I just watched the Steve Martin AFI Life Achievement show, which aired last night. While I usually don't criticize awards show my friend Jon Macks has written, I'll make an exception when my comments have nothing to do with the writing, which was fine, as...
Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Harvey
I was going to write something about the non-controversy regarding Jerry Seinfeld's recent explanation about why he won't play college campuses, complaining that the audiences are "too PC." Then I read my friend Mark Evanier's thoughts on the subject, which pretty...
Behind Jay Leno’s Curtain
Seven weeks ago, I spoke with my friend Jon Macks about "Monologue," his book about his years as a writer on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Now, another Leno staffer, segment producer and talent booker Dave Berg, has a book about his experience on that show,...
How To Be A Superhero
Here's my conversation with Mark Edlitz, author of "How To Be A Superhero," in which he interviews 35 actors and actresses who have played comic book superheroes on TV or in movies. I asked him whether any of them started to believe they had super powers, how much...
Showbiz Show 6/5/15
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed the movie version of "Entourage" (with the entire cast of the TV show and a slew of celebrity cameos) and the Brian Wilson biopic "Love and Mercy" (with Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks,...
If Basketball Announcers Were Honest
Key & Peele won't be back on Comedy Central until July, but they've produced something special to get you through the NBA playoffs...
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...