Our Origin Story with Founders Ray Lesser and Sue Wolpert

Welcome to the first episode of the Funny Times Podcast!  Over the last 40 years, everything and nothing has changed. And Funny Times has been there through it all, ridiculing the ridiculous, teasing the tyrants, and tickling your funny bone with good old fashioned ink on paper.   This podcast is something a little new for us. We're honoring our big birthday year with 10 episodes, timed with our print issues, that will bring you the voices of Funny Times. You'll hear from Funny Times founders, contributors and even other readers like you.   For this episode, we are diving into the history of Funny Times, through a conversation between our founders Sue Wolpert and Ray Lesser, and their daughter Renae, who is currently co-publisher of Funny Times and who has grown up with the paper her entire life. You'll hear the paper's unlikely origin story and laugh through tales from its early days—including the time Funny Times almost became a prime-time TV show.