EPISODE · Mar 18, 2022 · 59 MIN
Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)
from Ian Talks Comedy · host Ian Fermaglich
Steve Young joined me tot talk about his Emmy; his influences; watching Letterman as a teenager for the first time; going to Harvard; Conan O'Brien and the Harvard Lampoon; the Lampoon Castle; his submission; first National Lampoon piece; not being a comedy nerd; Not Necessarily the News; The Rachel Sweet Show; sending a submission packet to Late Night in 1990; being the utility guy; man who's; writing Alan Kalter's coming ups; have Dave affected my memory; Steve teaching at NYU and bringing David Letterman as a guest; Massapequa and Joey Buttafuoco; Jerry Seinfeld; the move to CBS; the constantly changing nature of the show; show becomes more political; Paul Shaffer; his Simpsons episode; ave's Record Collection; finding industrial musicals - musicals written for company functions; his book Everything's Coming Up Profits; documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway; new records collected since documentary; his families reaction; how the documentary was seen by critics, family, and David Letterman; that many people have seen one of these shows; John Roarke does Dave at conventions; why the industrial shows stopped; short films he wrote and starred in; his beard; how Letterman hired from within All clips thanks to the generosity of Mr. Young himself. The book: https://www.amazon.com/Everythings-Coming-Up-Profits-Industrial/dp/0922233446/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=everything+coming+up+profits&qid=1646004646&s=books&sprefix=everythings+coming+u%2Cstripbooks%2C63&sr=1-2 Bathtubs over Broadway on Amazon Prime
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Steve Young joined me tot talk about his Emmy; his influences; watching Letterman as a teenager for the first time; going to Harvard; Conan O'Brien and the Harvard Lampoon; the Lampoon Castle; his submission; first National Lampoon piece; not being a comedy nerd; Not Necessarily the News; The Rachel Sweet Show; sending a submission packet to Late Night in 1990; being the utility guy; man who's; writing Alan Kalter's coming ups; have Dave affected my memory; Steve teaching at NYU and bringing David Letterman as a guest; Massapequa and Joey Buttafuoco; Jerry Seinfeld; the move to CBS; the constantly changing nature of the show; show becomes more political; Paul Shaffer; his Simpsons episode; ave's Record Collection; finding industrial musicals - musicals written for company functions; his book Everything's Coming Up Profits; documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway; new records collected since documentary; his families reaction; how the documentary was seen by critics, family, and David Letterman; that many people have seen one of these shows; John Roarke does Dave at conventions; why the industrial shows stopped; short films he wrote and starred in; his beard; how Letterman hired from within All clips thanks to the generosity of Mr. Young himself. The book: https://www.amazon.com/Everythings-Coming-Up-Profits-Industrial/dp/0922233446/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=everything+coming+up+profits&qid=1646004646&s=books&sprefix=everythings+coming+u%2Cstripbooks%2C63&sr=1-2 Bathtubs over Broadway on Amazon Prime
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Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)
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