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Ian Talks Comedy

Join NYC teacher and former stand up comedian Ian Fermaglich as he talks comedy with some of comedy"s best.

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00:53:32

Melanie Chartoff

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/10/08

Melanie Chartoff joined me to discuss watching Soupy Sales and Steve Allen; being interviewed by Johnny Carson and Oprah Winfrey; living by herself in Woodstock, NY her the summer of her junior and senior years of high school; her college sweetheart; writing funny songs and putting it into an act; auditioning for the new Laugh In; moving to L.A.; being in the Proposition; working at the Improv with John Debellis; John Debellis and Larry David's love of baseball; getting Fridays; writers room at

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01:08:30

Tracy Newman (the Groundlings, "Cheers", "Ellen")

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/10/01

Tracy Newman joins me to discuss the first time she picked up a guitar; folk music; her favorite childhood movie "Hans Christan Anderson"; Danny Kaye; George Carlin; Jeff Altman; going to college; going to New York; The Limelighters; Italy; performing at the Bitter End; performing at the Improv; becoming a teacher at the Groundlings; Rodney Dangerfield; dating Rodney Dangerfield;The Groundlings being the feeding ground for SNL; Heidi Gardner; being a founding member; teaching improv; Phil Hartman;

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00:51:26

Brian Levant (Happy Days, Flintstones movies, new...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/09/24

Brian Levant joined me to discuss his first TV souvenir: the scripts to a defunct series Noonday; collecting box tops to get toys; still feeling the way about toys that he did when he first got them; his book "My Life in Toys"; his first word being TV related; collecting salt and pepper shakers; playing with the toys he collected and not keeping them in pristine condition; watching Leave it to Beaver and then bringing them back twenty five years later; The Flintstones; not really collecting

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00:58:28

Terry Bolo (Carrie / Oh God! / Scarface / Pee Wee's...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/09/17

Teri Bolo joined by to discuss the lack of Groundling representation on my podcast; her first vivid memory of seeing Peter Pan on TV; going to see Pollyanna and being told she looked like Hailey Mills; her and her aunt going to Gary Austins improv class, which became The Groundlings; what it means to teach improv or to take improv classes; the rules of improv; whether characters are created or fine-tuned in improv; Laraine Newman; "Tunnelvision"; "If You Don't Stop You'll Go Blind"; The Dating Game;

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00:26:15

Bengoraphobia Pilot

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/09/12

written by Ian Fermaglich cast: Ben Rosenfeld / waiter..........................Dylan Gottesman www.backstage.com/tal/dylan-gottesman dylangottesman@gmail.com Ashley Martinez / Sophie / Mary ......... Phoenix Loudermilk www.backstage.com/tal/phoenix-ever ever Gary Rosenfeld / Todd..........................Randall Lakefish Stage Directions...................................Ian Fermaglich Special Thanks to Kevin Kelton, Stu Kreisman, Tom Ruprecht, and Sam Sandora

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01:02:39

Paul Evans (singer/ songwriter "Roses are Red" / "7...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/09/03

Paul joined me to discuss being happy; Earth Angel; taking a year off from college to write a hit; his management changing his age and name; coming from a musical family; his father hating rock 'n' roll; Elvis;making demos in Nashville; Conan O'Brien; The Pointer Sisters; Brill Building;his hits "When" and "7 Little Girls";"7 Little Girls" being banned in Boston; performing on Dick Clark's Saturday Night show; almost forgetting the words on live TV; The Beatles changing his career to jingle

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00:53:33

Jon Schroeder (Bob's Burgers / The Sarah Silverman...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/08/27

Jon Schroeder joined me to discuss his fake imdb facts; his influences Pee Wee Herman, Chris Elliot, Garry Shandling; Sledge Hammer;going to San Fransisco State; his first job, copying Fresh Prince and Family Matters episodes for syndication; writing promos for the WB; meeting and writing with Doug Benson; getting hired on The Sarah Silverman Program; her show being more cartoonish than Bob's Burgers; working on Jimmy Kimmel Live! during the hiatus;becoming friends with Chris Elliot; Susan 313

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01:01:25

Joe Grossman (LS w/ David Letterman, Full Frontal w/...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/08/20

Joe Grossman joined me to discuss having no early TV restrictions; being a fan of David Letterman since 13 or 14; Chris Elliot; trying at first to be a cartoonist; finding out that Letterman has writers; Lewis & Clark College; learning standup at the American Comedy Institute for an article for Time Out NY; writing a submission packet; being passed over for the job twice; eventually getting hired by the Stangel brothers; getting stuff on the first night; meeting Dave after putting away the Late

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00:46:36

Roger Eschbacher (Groundling; Friends; Cheers; Mr....

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/08/13

Roger Eschbacher joined me to talk about his early influences; Romper Room; Monty Python and original SNL, making videos with high school classmates including Tom Kramer; going to college to study communications; getting a job as a PA on Fridays; working with Andy Kaufman; getting a job on Not Necessarily the News; having Conan O'Brien tell him about the Groundlings; working there with Lisa Kudrow and Will Ferrell; working on a George Carlin special; Sunday Comics; Candid Camera; Cheers; Please

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01:18:00

Tommy Kovac, host of Splat from the Past

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/08/06

Tommy Kovac, podcaster and comedian, and I discuss what bought us to our podcast, favorite guests, favorite moments and all sorts of fun stuff.

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00:59:24

Boyd Hale (LN w/ David Letterman (1987 - 1989), Full...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/07/30

Boyd joined me to talk about watching Love American Style with his mom, and being inspired by Steve Martin and The Goodies; going to Oklahoma Christian University; sending samples of his work to Letterman head writer Steve O'Donnell; being chosen for the job over Conan O'Brien; realizing he doesn't know the show that well; feeling like he was in over his head the entire time he was there; getting let go after two years; Pirate Television for MTV; Garth Brooks; writing a spec Roseanne that got him

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01:26:34

Andrew Nicholls

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/07/23

Andrew Nicholls joined me to talk about taping The Tonight Show; early English children's TV; The Flintstones; Monty Python; meeting Darrell Vickers; writing The Blob as a musical; trying to write a book depicting the real life of a comedy writer; how TV is like any other job in some ways; TV being a collaboration - both good and bad; We're Only Joking; how working in Canada gave him and Darrell a full tool kit for writing comedy; the many jobs in comedy he had; Alan Thicke buys some jokes but uses

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00:49:07

Gabe Abelson

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/07/16

Gabe joined me to talk about growing up a block away from George Carlin and knowing his mother; doing stand up and later talking on the phone and meeting him; his early act; studying under Lee Strasberg at NYU; explosion in number of comedians; open mic nights; doing improv with Robin Williams; not getting bumped back in the day; writing for Bill Maher; becoming a faxer for David Letterman then head monologue writer; being the head monologue writer when the biggest news was Monica Lewinsky; how Dave

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00:49:39

Franne Lee (SNL costume designer 1975 - 1980, 3 Time...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/07/09

Franne talked to me over the phone and discussed her first love being clothing; being sent home in high school for wearing jorts; seeing Guys & Dolls with her parents; not being married to Eugene Lee; her first productions in Philadelphia with Danny Aiello; touring with Alice in Wonderland; where she keeps her awards; how Lorne Michaels talked her into coming to SNL; drawing and creating the costumes for the Bees; her father engineering the antennae; Lorne not letting her copy write them which led

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01:04:43

Tom Ruprecht (Late Show with David Letterman writer...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/07/02

Tom Ruprecht joined me to talk about Woody Allen and David Letterman as his comedy influences; getting an internship during the writers' "golden era"; 1990 writer exodus; working at the Tony Awards; being segment coordinator for "human interest guests"; the Farrah Fawcett episode; moving on to researcher; finding a clip of a Jackson 5 special with Dave that he wouldn't let on; selling comedy pieces to other venues and that getting him on staff; his first joke - Monica Lewinsky and cigar; Nashville

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01:36:21

Andrew Guerdat (Archie Bunker's Place / co-creator...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/06/25

Andrew Guerdat joins me to talk about growing up in Birmingham, Alabama; loving cowboy shows; Andy Griffith; Ed Scharlach teaches comedy writing and introduces him to his partner Stuart Kreinberg; MASH script got them representation; wrote an episode of The Jeffersons that turns up in the background of Basic Instinct; writing an episode of the forgettable comedy Me and Maxx; moving to Mork & Mindy; ABC ruined a hit by adding too many characters; Robin shoots a scene, does improv, shoots a scene,

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00:42:31

Scott Jacobson

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/06/18

Scott Jacobson joined me to talk about growing up and being influenced by Letterman, SNL and English comedy; wanting to be in entertainment but not knowing how to get there from Fayetteville, North Carolina; his high school comedy zine; UNC Chapel Hill radio station; interning on the Howard Stern Show; his father's chance golf game gets him an internship at UCB; meets writing partner Rich Bloomquist; being a writers assistant at Strangers with Candy and meeting Stephen Colbert being hired onto the

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01:17:33

Larry Jacobson

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/06/11

Larry Jacobson joins me and Luigi from the Married with Children podcast to discuss opening remarks; Gerard Mulligan, his daughter becoming a TV writer; how jokes can backfire; comedy influences; listening to classic comedy movie dialogue; W.C Fields; Grouch Marx; Woody Allen; Jack Benny; Richard Pryor; starting standup; having Paul Rodriguez tell you you're a better writer than comedian; selling jokes to George Wallace, Wil Shriner; Jay Leno; Jay brings a packet of Larry's to Dave; Larry is hired

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01:03:31

Gerard Mulligan

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/06/04

Gerard Mulligan joined me to discuss growing up in Rhode Island; early TV influences such as Milton Berle and Groucho Marx; Steve Allen's Westinghouse Show and its help in creating the Letterman show; high school writing; learning sensitivity in comedy; being an English teacher; moving to San Francisco and being a notary public in City Hall; meeting a homeless man who had the plan for the country; telling off color jokes in Catholic school; trying stand up for the first time; becoming friends with

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00:54:15

Mitchell Laurance (SNL associate director 1977 -...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2022/05/27

Mitchell Laurance joined myself and James Stephens to discuss Alan Zweibel getting him a job as Lornes gofer; being an extra in "Dancing in the Dark"; "Hollywood Bingo"; being in a Jerry Lewis sketch with Robert Klein as Steven Klaven;playing Eric Idle's nurse, Chevy Chase's model' and Kirk Douglas' leg man; being in Bill Murray's first sketch "Execution Rehearsal"; "Hey You" with Gilda Radner; his jobs as associate director and associate producer;the genius of Davey Wilson; the arduous work a

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