Today's Guest: Robert Schimmel, comedian, author, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life I tried my hand at stand-up comedy twice in college, once as a freshman at the University of Miami and again a year later at the University of Florida.... Continue Reading →
Don’t fight! It’s Jeff Kreisler’s My Wall Street Journal now! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeff Kreisler, comedian, author, Get Rich Cheating Joining me today is one of the executive editors of My Wall Street Journal - which he will insist is a parody, but seems true enough to me. Jeff Kreisler’s name may not be familiar to you, but if you’re a fan of comedy, you’ve... Continue Reading →
92 George Gray: From That House to The Price is Right? Wow! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: George Gray, host, "What's With That House," announcer, "The Price is Right" with Drew Carey George Gray is having way too much fun on his HGTV show, “What’s With That House?” The show, now in its second season, is kind of a goof on the proliferation of shelter TV shows, where viewers... Continue Reading →
60 Curb Your Enthusiasm star Jeff Garlin’s Cheesy wild ride! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeff Garlin, comedian, actor, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Goldbergs" Today is a great day to be Jeff Garlin. And for him, tomorrow will probably be an even better day. The sixth season of the hugely popular and hysterically funny HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David and co-starring Garlin, is now... Continue Reading →
56 Hey! It’s The Daily Show’s Craig Kilborn! INTERVIEW
Originally Published October 7, 1996 Attention, channel surfers! If E!'s "Talk Soup" gives you the giggles, if you're suffering "TV Nation" withdrawal, if Dennis Miller makes you laugh, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is guaranteed to make you guffaw, harrumph and occasionally choke on a yuk-yuk. "The Daily Show" is deceptively simple television. Presented five... Continue Reading →
26 Newbomb Turk and the arc of incomparable comic Robert Wuhl! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Wuhl, comedian, actor, The Hollywood Knights, Cobb, Batman, Blaze, "Arli$$," "Assume the Position" Robert Wuhl cracks me up. Always has, always will. His HBO series, “Arli$$," about an over-ambitious Hollywood sports agent, was must-see TV in my house for years, and I’ve seen his first movie, Hollywood Knights, hundreds of times.... Continue Reading →
9 Producing Penn & Teller’s TV BS: Scouts, PETA, hookers! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Star Price, executive producer, “Penn & Teller: Bullsh-t!” Star Price -- a.k.a., Starling Price -- is the executive producer of the Showtime series, “Penn & Teller: Bullsh-t!” The TV BS show, now in its fifth season, chronicles the efforts of confirmed skeptics and pro-science atheists Penn Jillette and Teller to debunk, well,... Continue Reading →