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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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All Episodes

01:02:06

Ron James

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/25

Canadiantreasure Ron James talked to me about coming to L.A.; becoming a stand up comedian; Second City cast mates; My Talk Show; Bob Tischler; Texas; George Carlin; Richard Pryor; John Cleese; having funny friends; getting advice from Lorne Michaels; Americas influence in his Canadian childhood; Nova Scotia; opening for the Martin Scorcese SCTV reunion; corporate gigs; tough crowds in Alberta; guns; January 6th; Justin Trudeau; clean water on Canadian Native American reservations; Robin Duke;

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01:42:56

Ron Osborn

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/24

Ron Osborn joined me to discuss his childhood as a horror fan; Art Center College of Design; giving blood for a living; meeting Jeff Reno; getting the job on Mork & Mindy and throwing up every morning; pitching stories; writing 12 Angry Appliances; 17 writers in the writers room but Robin gets credit for ad-libbing series; Robin never forgetting a joke; a typical week at Mork; Tom Poston; Too Close for Comfort; youngest writers on a staff of 6; Ted Knight;my favorite episode of Too Close; ABC

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01:26:44

Marc Sotkin

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/17

Marc Sotkin and I discuss his books The Comatose Adventures of Lenny Rose and With Time Off for Bad Behavior; the final season of Laverne & Shirley; Larry Breeding; coming to LA and joining the Off the Wall comedy troupe; getting hired for Sirota's Court and moving to Laverne & Shirley;Phil Foster; Blansky's Beauties;Working Stiffs; I'm A Big Girl Now; working with Danny Thomas; having a bit part on Laverne & Shirley; writing two specials with Garry Shandling;It's A Living; Ann Jillian;

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00:31:07

Ellen Foley

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/16

Ellen Foley discusses her early career; The National Lampoon Show; Jim Steinman; Paradise by the Dashboard Light; 3 Girls 3; Hair; Night Out; Kenny Everrett Video Show; Spirit of St. Louis; Tootsie; Night Court; Married to the Mob; teaching in the School of Rock; and her new album, Fighting Words. PS: Sorry for the interference on Ms. Foley's IPhone.

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00:58:32

Patrick Hasbrugh (creator of Hardcastle and McCormick...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/10

Patrick Harburgh talks about his upbringing in Buffalo' being a ski instructor in Aspen; learn how to write a script; getting hired on Greatest American Hero; creating the character name BA Baracus for the A-Team; creating Hardcastle and McCormick, Destination America; 21 Jump Street (tv and movies); working with young Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Brad Pitt;Aspen Extreme; Sea Quest; The Net; his two books Aspen Pulp and Pirata; not knowing who Steven J. Cannell was when he hired him;

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00:48:25

Dean Friedman

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/09/03

Dean Friedman joined me to discuss his musical influences; "Ariel"; "Company"; "Lucky Stars"; "S & M"; "McDonald's Girl"; "Hey Larry"; Complete Guide to Synthesizers, Sequencers, and Drum Machines; virtual reality; creating the game Eat-A-Bug and 12 others for Nick Arcade; doing the scores for the UK TV show Boon, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, and Eerie Indiana; "Son of Abraham"; crowd-sourcing albums; making money in the music industry; "The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman" and "A Baker's Tale;

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00:55:58

Dennis Danziger ("Taxi", "Kate & Allie", "A Short...

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/08/27

Dennis Danziger discusses when he went one on one against Kobe Bryant; studyingplay writing in the University of Texas at Austin; moving to NY; being a sports junkie; writing an episode of The White Shadow; not remembering Open All Night; how a one act play with Rhea Perlman led to a job on Taxi; writing a pilot After George for Susan St. James; writing an episode of Empire;Kate & Allie; Homeland; and Foley Square; writing a Melba; the unorthodox story of "Daddy, Diary of an Expectant

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01:34:56

Chris Butler of the Waitresses

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/08/20

Chris Butler joined me to talk about Devil's Glitch, the world's longest song;seeing The Who on Shindig changing his life; how Broadway showtunes showed him how to write a song; being in an integrated band in the 1960's; going to Kent State; The Kent State Massacre; playing college clubs; 3 one hour sets anight; being friends with Devo, Joe Walsh, and Terry & Chrissy Hynde; writing "I Know What Boys Like" as a member of Tin Huey; recording "I Know What Boys Like"; touring; "Christmas Wrapping"

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01:03:07

Jay Kogen

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/08/13

Jay Kogen joined me to discuss his father comedy writer Arnie Kogen; making his TV debut on the Dean Martin Show; apearances on The Bob Newhart Show & Newhart; being a recurring character on The Bronx Zoo;being a production assistant on It's Garry Shandling Show with writing partner Wallace Woolodarsky; pitching sketches for The Tracey Ullman Show; he and Wally get hired for The Simpsons;writing "Homer's Odyssey"; how "Krusty Gets Busted" had to have a good mystery; the first "Treehouse of

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00:52:33

Shelly Clark White of Honey Cone

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/08/06

Shelly Clark White joined me to talk about her musical parents; being on Broadway at 7; touring with Cab Calloway; studying opera; being an Ikette; working for Little Richard; singing backup on "MacArthur Park" and with Dusty Springfield; the origins of Honey Cone; hedging her bet by joining the Jim Nabors Show; "Want Ads" goes to #1; Ray Parker Jr.; performing on the first episode of Soul Train; singing with George Burns on The Tonight Show; performing on Sonny & Cher;Hot City; meeting and

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02:49:07

Bruce Kirschbaum Part I

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/07/30

Bruce joins me to talk about the beginning of his career writing for "Donny & Marie" and "Fridays" as well as being head writer for "The Ben Stiller Show"

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00:45:56

Bobby Rydell

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/07/23

Bobby Rydell joined me to talk about being from Philadelphia; Kissin' Time; Wild One; reaction videos; Perry Como; his and the other Golden Boys of Bandstands affect on women;The Ed Sullivan Show; A World without Love; Bye, Bye, Birdie; Australia; impressions; George Burns; Sammy Davis Jr.;Michael Buble; My Way; The Great American Songbook; Buddy Rich; Dick Clark; touring after COVID; his near death experience; and singing Happy Mothers Day to You to my mom. Note - Unfortunately, Mr. Rydell's mike

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01:40:33

Howard Gewirtz

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/07/16

Howard Gewirtz joined me to talk about his name; Oliver Beene; growing up in Rego Park, NY; working for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's television station; writing a spec script for a George Carlin sitcom; writing for Busting Loose; We're on Our Own; Co-Ed Fever;writing a spec script for Taxi and getting hired; Taxi episode "Shut it Down Part I & II";writing a Three's Company; writing for Latka; Mr. Personalities; using a UCLA psychologist for research and getting Dr. Joyce Brothers to play the

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00:41:23

Al Jean

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/07/09

Simpsons legend Al Jean joined me to talk about Get Smart; his submission for the Harvard Lampoon; getting hired to the National Lampoon; Airplane II; Not Necessarily the News; writing for The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson;Carnac jokes; bitch McNuggets; Charles in Charge; the dangers of being on Alf; Sledge Hammer; It's Garry Shandling's Show; getting hired on The Simpsons; the "classic" writers room; becoming show runner in season 3; episodes: The Way We Was;Uncut Femmes; Mr. Lisa Goes to

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00:57:16

Stacey Nelkin

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/07/02

Stacey Nelkin joined me to talk about her upbringing; Stuyvesant High School; being cut from Annie Hall, Celebrity, and Deconstructing Harry; Bullets Over Broadway; CHiPS; Like Mom, Like Me; Triangle Factory Fire Scandal; The Chisholms; California Dreaming; The Last Convertible; Serial; Martin Mull & Bill Macy; Up the Academy; Children of Divorce;Wonderful World of Disney; John Putch; her talent with dialects and languages; Going Ape!; Jessica Walter (who passed away the day before); Halloween

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01:56:53

Carmen Finestra

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/06/25

"Cosby Show" producer and "Home Improvement" creator Carmen Finestra joined me to talk abouthis comedy upbringing; his first job filling in for Herve Villechaize; Joe Cates; making funny fire warnings; Johnny Cash & Friends; his first sketch is ruined when Johnny reads the cue cards wrong; meeting Steve Martin & Jim Varney; Sha Na Na; Chico & The Man; The Harvey Korman Show; Joe & Valerie; Mel & Susan Together; The King of Kensington; The Love Boat residuals; working with Johnny

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01:50:27

Mark Brazill

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/06/18

Mark joined me to discuss Al Franken; growing up in Buffalo; moving to LA; quitting his day job; his stand up material; meeting Dennis Miller; how finding your voice is difficult when you're writing for someone else; getting The Dennis Miller Show; Bob Odenkirk; Mum & Shanz; Herb Sargent; being brought on to The Chevy Chase Show; Chevy farts on FOX execs; performing in front of 12 people including Richard Lewis & Albert Brooks;his SNL showcase; his parents take on his material; screwing with

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02:35:10

Rich Halke & William Lucas Walker

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/06/11

Rich Halke and William Lucas Walker joined me to talk about their influences (William - Dick Van Dyke & Gilligan's Island and Rich HBO Comedy Hours); family members and friends who are funnier than you; Rich Rosenstock; David Lloyd & Jay Sandrich; how writing for The Jackie Thomas Show got William a job on Roseanne; Norm MacDonald; the Gilligans Island - Roseanne mash up; starting Sundays at 7; Rich meets Carmen Finestra; Eddie Maxwell; Fred Fox Sr,; George Balzer; Sidney Resnick and the

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00:57:22

Vic Kaplan

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/06/04

Vic Kaplan joined me to talk about going to NYU, working at World News Tonight, Three's Company pilot; Dick Clark Live Wednesday; Fridays;producing stand up specials for Billy Crystal, Garry Shandling, and Robin Williams; It's Garry Shandling Show; Out of this World; doing comedy specials with Harry Anderson, Dennis Miller, Richard Lewis & Penn & Teller; Lookwell; Roc; Get Smart '95; joining Ellen for the Puppy Episode, working with Mary Tyler Moore, Ron White, and Louis CK; KC

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02:19:47

SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren

Ian Talks Comedy ·

2021/05/28

SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren joined SNL archivist James Stephens and myself to discuss being the SNL era wrote about least; Al Franken mentoring Dave; learning how much politics to put in a sketch; Ross Perot; Steve Koren's progression to writer; Morwenna Banks; being in a sketch with Bill Murray; Honker meets Canteen Boy; Farley writes a sketch; Lunch Lady Land; being an extra in a monologue; NBA sketch with Martin Lawrence; Red Hooded Sweatshirt; Joe Dicso; February 1993

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