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Ian Talks Comedy — 330 episodes

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1

Seth Freeman (Lou Grant / Brooklyn Bridge)

2

Prof. Frank Chindamo (SNL Season 6 writers assistant / creator LaughMD.com)

3

Marsha Posner Williams (producer, Soap / Night Court / Golden Girls)

4

Susan Silver (Mary Tyler Moore / Bob Newhart shows, author Hot Pants in Hollywood)

5

Kevin Kelton (2021 Interview with Better Audio)

6

Ross Shafer (Almost Live!/Late Show/Match Game)

7

Peter Lefcourt (author The Deal & The Dreyfus Affair, writer / producer Cagney & Lacey)

8

Marc Weingarten (comedian, owner of the Ice House 1978 - 1982)

9

Rebeca Arthur Golden (Perfect Strangers, Scrooged)

10

Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear, My Two Dads)

11

Maggie Wheeler ("Janice from Friends", Seinfeld, Curb)

12

Brad Isaacs (writer / producer, Newhart, NewsRadio, Tommy Boy)

13

Chris Lemmon

14

David Garrison

15

Robin Riker (Get a Life, Alligator)

16

Robert Hays

17

Ken Estin (Taxi / Cheers / Tracey Ullman Show)

18

George Arthur Bloom (writer, Transformers & My Little Pony cartoons)

19

Julie Brown

20

Dirk Benedict (The A-Team)

21

Anson Williams at Sea World Reaction (w/Trent Mabry)

22

Susan Isaacs (Scrooged / Seinfeld / Planes Trains, and Automobiles)

23

Tommy Kovac (host, Splat from the Past)

24

Bob Illes (redo new Jan 2026 interview!)

25

Michele Lee

26

Bob Illes (author, Funny is Money, Vintage 2020 ep w/ better sound)

27

Dean Cameron (Summer School, Fast Times TV series)

28

Roger Director (writer / producer, Hill St. Blues, Moonlighting)

29

Denise Nicholas (Room 222, In the Heat of the Night)

30

Mark Malkoff (author, Love Johnny Carson)

31

Steven Peterman (actor, Square Pegs / writer Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan)

32

Chas Floyd Johnson (producer, Rockford Files / Magnum PI / Jag / NCIS)

33

Christopher Atkins

34

Night of 100 Stars (watch a long)

35

Randall Carver (John Burns on "Taxi" / Midnight Cowboy)

36

Shelley Herman (NBC page / game show producer)

37

Clark Brandon (Mr. Merlin / Facts of Life)

38

John Candy Tribute with his biographer Paul Myers

39

Reuben Leder (Magnum PI, Star Trek: TNG: The Perfect Mate)

40

Krista Errickson (Little Darlings, Hello Larry, 90210)

41

1985 with podcast Shari Fesko

42

Paul Linke (CHiPs, Motel Hell)

43

Harper the Fox (song parodyist, online content creator)

44

Tommy Ruben (CPO Sharkey, son of Aaron Ruben)

45

Larry Charles

46

Michael S. Baser (Good Times / Three's Company)

47

Ricky Blitt (writer, The Ringer / Family Guy)

48

Eddie Brill (comedian, Letterman warm up / comedian booker 1997 - 2014)

49

Jameel Saleem (South Park / Disenchantment / Bob's Burgers)

50

Rob Kutner (Dennis Miller Live / Daily Show / Conan)

51

Allan Katz (Laugh In / M*A*S*H* / Rhoda / Blossom)

52

Comedian Helaine Witt

53

Rose Abdoo (Josephina on Hacks / Gypsy on Gilmore Girls)

54

Barry Nichols (p.a./music producer, SNL, Friday Night Videos, Saturday Nights Main Event)

55

Steve Bleustein

56

5 Favorite Sketches from The Credibility Gap

57

Marc Sheffler (actor / comedian / writer)

58

Ellie Barancik (SNL script coordinator 1991 - 1993 / Conan writers' assistant / writer 1993 - 2000)

59

Tom Dreesen

60

Top 5 Sketches Not from SNL P. 1 (Fridays, The New Show)

61

Mike Chisholm (The Letterman Podcast)

62

Chris Kelly (writer / head writer, Politically Incorrect / Real Time with Bill Maher, 1993 - present)

63

Andy Cowan (Seinfeld "The Opposite" / host, Neurotic Vaccine podcast)

64

Diana Canova (Soap / I'm A Big Girl Now) Updated Audio

65

Samantha Harper Macy (actress Oh! Calcutta / Mary Hartman / widow of Bill Macy)

66

Jerry Minor (SNL Season 26 / Mr. Show / Playing to the Back of the Room Podcast)

67

Kres Mersky (playwright, actress Taxi / Barney Miller )

68

Rick Mitchell (Ellen, TMZ, author How to Write a Funny Speech)

69

Trace Baeulieu (Mystery Science Theater 3000)

70

Stu Kreisman (SCTV/Night Court / Newhart / Cheers) Updated Audio from 2020

71

Andy Goldberg & Wendy Cutler (Off the Wall's 50th Anniversary)

72

Gone but Not Forgotten: SNL's Dan Vitale (1956 - 2023)

73

Andy Hoglund (EW's SNL Recapper, Major League 2)

74

Chris Regan (The Daily Show / Family Guy)

75

Elaine Aronson (Night Court, It's Garry Shandling Show)

76

Michael Curtis (Friends / Jonas)

77

Marilyn Suzanne Miller & Rosie Shuster (Enhanced Audio, from 2022)

78

Gary Seith & Brad Robinson (Not Ready for Prime Time Project)

79

Stuart Pankin (Dinosaurs, Not Necessarily The News)

80

Peter Gaulke (comedian, Season 21 SNL writer, author Max Fernsby)

81

Chuck Sklar (writer Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock)

82

Lowell Ganz (enhanced audio from 2022)

83

SNL Unboxing w/ SNN's Jon Schneider

84

Chris DeLuca (SNL, Conan, Ferguson, creator Trump Talk: The American Emperor podcast)

85

Peter Montagna (SNL make up artist 1981 - 1989)

86

Don McEnery (comedian / writer, Seinfeld "The Tape")

87

Eddie Feldmann (comedian / writer Dennis Miller, Norm MacDonald)

88

Jon Beckerman (Late Night / Show with David Letterman; Dinner with the Parents)

89

Dawna Kaufmann (SNL / MADTV writer, true crime expert)

90

Dan O'Keefe (Seinfeld / Drew Carey Show)

91

Mike Teverbaugh (Drew Carey Show / Last Man Standing)

92

T. Sean Shannon (comedian. SNL writer 1998 - 2006)

93

Rob Ulin (Dinosaurs / Roseanne / Norm Show / Ramy)

94

Bruce Handy (Spy Magazine writer / editor, SNL writer 1993)

95

Mary Jenifer Mitchell (National Lampoons Lemmings / Foreplay)

96

Lori Nasso Collins (SNL writer 1995-1999, writer / producer Life Inside Out 2014)

97

Norman Stiles (head writer, Sesame Street / Fernwood Tonight)

98

Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler (writer / producers Full House, Even Stevens, Madame's Place)

99

Eileen O'Brien (Subject of "Cue Card Girl" doc, SNL cue cards, 1983 - 1987)

100

Adam I. Lapidus (Simpsons, Smart Guy, Suite Life, Jessie)

101

John C. Larrochia (Laughter Saves Lives, former NYFD fireman / comedian)

102

Jay Moriarty (writer / ep The Jeffersons, "The Draft Dodger" ep All in the Family)

103

Joel Madison (Roseanne, Jackie Thomas Show, creator Malcolm & Eddie)

104

Jerry Rannow (Room 222, Welcome Back Kotter, Head of the Class)

105

Ray Stewart (Mr. Driscoll on Barney Miller, AES Hudson Street)

106

George Beckerman (Head of the Class, Jackie Thomas Show, Molloy)

107

Dave Hackel (creator, Becker; Dear John, Wings)

108

Brandon Maggart (Christmas Evil; Brothers; Jennifer Slept Here; Sesame Street)

109

Ian Gurvitz (Wings, Becker, author Dumbf*ckistan)

110

Comedian Trent Mabry

111

Karyl Miller (Lily Tomlin, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kate & Allie)

112

Ferris Butler and D.B. Frick (1980-81 SNL writer and biographer)

113

Jeff Altman

114

Comedian Ivan Decker

115

Robert Wolterstorff (creator, Street Hawk; Quantum Leap)

116

Debra Frank (Moonlighting, Wonder Years)

117

Jim Pankovits (6 years in MLB, played in Game 6 of 1986 NLCS)

118

Babs Greyhosky (Magnum P.I., Riptide, A-Team)

119

Doug Sivco (SNL key page 1980-1981, newcaster)

120

Aubrey Solomon (Quincy, Ice Age 5)

121

Jay Johnson (Soap, Broadway's The Two and Only)

122

Larry Mollin (CHiPs, Beverly Hills, 90210)

123

Susan Lanier (The Hills Have Eyes, Welcome Back Kotter)

124

Jonathan Rosen (host of the Retro Pop Culture Podcast)

125

Julie Larson (Dharma and Greg, The Drew Carey Show)

126

Sal Viscuso (Soap, MASH, Barney Miller)

127

Markus Jennings SNL Superfan & Facebook Administrator

128

Rick Mischel (Animation Producer, Studio Head)

129

Sparky Marcus Issogilo (child actor, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Grandpa Goes to Washington)

130

Covers for Christmas

131

Kenneth Tigar (Barney Miller, Night Court, Just One of the Guys)

132

Dave Konig (comedian, actor, 3 time Emmy winner)

133

Neal Marshad (Producer / DP, Schiller's Reels SNL; Johnny Walker Comedy Search)

134

Eddie Deezen and Impressionist Zach W. Arnold

135

Brian Kiley (comedian, 27 years as writer for Conan O'Brien)

136

Christian Bladt (host Bladtcast / Who are These Broadcasters?, SNL writer/intern/page)

137

Steve Stoliar (author "Raised Eyebrows", "Salamis & Swastikas", television writer)

138

Michael Mann (actor All in the Family / Ernie Kovacs / Joe & Mabel)

139

Gary H Miller (Bosom Buddies / Fresh Prince / Gimme A Break)

140

George Schlatter

141

Michael J. Weithorn (writer Family Ties / creator King of Queens)

142

Rachel Saya Jacobson (writer / producer Desus & Mero)

143

Chip Keyes (Gimme A Break, Valerie / Hogan Family, Shaky Ground)

144

Stacii (Cabaret Artist, Singer)

145

Ed Berenhaus (NBC page 1975-1977 (SNL, Tomorrow Show), Nick at Nite, Joan Rivers Show)

146

Bruce Ferber (author, I Buried Paul; writer / producer Duet, Home Improvement)

147

Randall Kleiser (Grease, Blue Lagoon, Flight of the Navigator)

148

Barry Blaustein

149

Jennifer Aspinall (Street Trash, SNL 1987-93, Mad TV 1995 - 2019)

150

Deborah Paulmann (makeup artist SNL 84-89, 2000-05; Conan 2000 - 2019)

151

Steve O'Donnell

152

Mark Reisman (writer / producer Frasier, Sydney to the Max, Summer Rental)

153

William S. Bickley ( show runner, first 2 seasons Happy Days; creator - Family Matters)

154

Arthur Meyer Returns

155

Kevin C. Haney (Oscar winning Makeup Artist -Driving Miss Daisy, SNL 1979 - 1985)

156

Barbara Lieberman (film producer Saturday Night Live 1981 - 1985)

157

Bob Christianson (musician, composer Gimme A Break, NHL themes; SNL Band backup keyboardist 1983 - 1986)

158

Brian Pollack (Cheers, Sledge Hammer!, Hollywood Squares)

159

Marc Jaffe (comedian, writer Seinfeld)

160

James Patrick Dunne (writer Happy Days; songwriter "Do the Fonzie", "Pumps Your Blood"; Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers)

161

Janine Dreyer (singer, music coordinator Saturday Night Live (1977 - 1980)

162

Alexa Fermaglich, 3 Years Later

163

Lisa Mende (Scrooged; Carol on Seinfeld)

164

Kevin Kelton - writer's commentary SNL 11/10/84 (George Carlin / Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

165

Paul Barrosse (writer SNL '82-'83, co-founder Practical Theater Company, Little People, Big World)

166

Jamie deRoy (cabaret performer, actress, 10 Time Tony winning Broadway producer)

167

Penny Peyser (Frisco Kid, The In-Laws, poet Sonnets from Suburbia)

168

Meghan O'Malley

169

Alan Zweibel

170

Rob Long (Cheers, George & Leo)

171

Kiki Kazanas Steele (Script Supervisor, Saturday Night Live 1985 - 1990)

172

The Lost Episodes

173

Phoef Sutton (Cheers, Bob, Newhart)

174

Jeffrey Kramer (actor Jaws, Struck by Lightning, producer Ally McBeal, The Practice)

175

Patrick Weathers (commentary track for December 20, 1980 SNL)

176

Ken Levine

177

Thom McKee (game show record holder, Tic Tac Dough)

178

Joel Thurm (casting director, Taxi, Grease, Cheers; autobiography "Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season")

179

Herschel Weingrod (screenwriter, Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)

180

Patric Verrone (Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Futurama, WGA President)

181

Rick Podell (writer, "Nothing in Common", Broadway / TV actor, comedian, singer)

182

Viewer Mail Guests

183

Doug McIntyre (radio talk show host 1994 - 2018, writer Mr. Belvedere, Full House)

184

John Putch (1970's One Day at a Time, director Route 30 trilogy, The Father and the The Bear)

185

Lew Morton, Part II

186

Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz

187

Jeremiah Ukponrefe (comedian, author The Hive)

188

Jim Peck (game show host, Three's A Crowd, Big Showdown, and Joker's Wild)

189

Comedian Glenn Hirsch

190

D.B. Frick

191

Paul Miller (director, Saturday Night Live 1986 - 1989, Fridays, In Living Color, Super Bowl Halftime Show)

192

Diana Peckham (wrestled Andy Kaufman on Saturday Night Live)

193

Melanie Chartoff

194

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

195

Brian Levant (Happy Days, Flintstones movies, new book My Life in Toys)

196

Terry Bolo (Carrie / Oh God! / Scarface / Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

197

Bengoraphobia Pilot

198

Paul Evans (singer/ songwriter "Roses are Red" / "7 Little Girls" / "Midnite Special" / "When" / "Hello, this is Joanie")

199

Jon Schroeder (Bob's Burgers / The Sarah Silverman Program)

200

Joe Grossman (LS w/ David Letterman, Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee)

201

Roger Eschbacher (Groundling; Friends; Cheers; Mr. Wendys; writer Scooby Doo)

202

Tommy Kovac, host of Splat from the Past

203

Boyd Hale (LN w/ David Letterman (1987 - 1989), Full House, Nurses, Almost Heroes)

204

Andrew Nicholls

205

Gabe Abelson

206

Franne Lee (SNL costume designer 1975 - 1980, 3 Time Tony winner)

207

Tom Ruprecht (Late Show with David Letterman writer 1998 - 2010)

208

Andrew Guerdat (Archie Bunker's Place / co-creator Herman's Head / Paw Patrol)

209

Scott Jacobson

210

Larry Jacobson

211

Gerard Mulligan

212

Mitchell Laurance (SNL associate director 1977 - 1980), Not Necessarily the News (1983 - 1990) cast member

213

Blaine Capatch

214

Bill Oakley

215

Peter Mehlman

216

Kenny Vance

217

Phil Kellard and Tom Moore (Tonight Show / SNL / Thicke of the Night / Hooperman / Doogie Howser MD)

218

Steve Winer (Late Night with David Letterman, New Mickey Mouse Club)

219

Wayne Kline

220

Author & Humorist Mike Sacks

221

Randy Cohen (Late Night with David Letterman, The Ethicist)

222

Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)

223

Anson Williams

224

Norm Hiscock (Kids in The Hall, SNL, King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99)

225

Jeff Reno (Moonlighting, Duckman, Meet Joe Black)

226

John DeBellis (author Stand Up Guys, writer SNL '80 - '81)

227

Michael Short (SCTV, Schitt's Creek)

228

Arthur Meyer (Panagea 3000, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)

229

IIene Graff (Mr. Belvedere, Ladybugs)

230

Brian McConnachie (National Lampoon, SNL, SCTV, The Simpsons)

231

Harry Shearer

232

Rosie Shuster and Marilyn Suzanne Miller

233

Nat Bernstein

234

David Misch

235

Tom Tenowich

236

Lowell Ganz

237

Arnold Margolin

238

John Roarke

239

Bruce Kirschbaum Part II

240

Shelly Zellman

241

Bob Tischler - Saturday Night Live (producer / head writer 1981 - 1985); Boy Meets World (show runner 1997 - 2000)

242

Fred Fox, Jr.

243

Ed Scharlach

244

Barry Rubinowitz (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Taxi)

245

Eva Almos

246

Fred Graver

247

Mert Rich (SCTV, Cheers)

248

Ron James

249

Ron Osborn

250

Marc Sotkin

251

Ellen Foley

252

Patrick Hasbrugh (creator of Hardcastle and McCormick and 21 Jump Street)

253

Dean Friedman

254

Dennis Danziger ("Taxi", "Kate & Allie", "A Short History of the Tall Jew")

255

Chris Butler of the Waitresses

256

Jay Kogen

257

Shelly Clark White of Honey Cone

258

Bruce Kirschbaum Part I

259

Bobby Rydell

260

Howard Gewirtz

261

Al Jean

262

Stacey Nelkin

263

Carmen Finestra

264

Mark Brazill

265

Rich Halke & William Lucas Walker

266

Vic Kaplan

267

SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren

268

Carl Gottlieb

269

Michael Elias

270

Sean Kelly

271

Andy Breckman

272

Denny Johnston

273

SNL Unit Manager Patty MacDougall (1978 - 1990)

274

Bob Underwood

275

Dan Vitale

276

Entertainer and host of the Carson Podcast, Mark Malkoff

277

Comedy publicist , author, and archivist Jeff Abraham

278

Crossover with Where Nobody Knows Your Name, a Cheers Podcast

279

Actor, Playwright, and star of "Say Goodnight Gracie" Alan Safier

280

Dennis Perrin, author of Mr. Mike

281

Dennis Blair

282

Donick Cary

283

Allan Havey

284

SNL Superfan William Ham

285

Robin Duke

286

Mary Gross

287

Special Crossover Edition with Jon Schneider of SNL Stats

288

Neil Levy

289

Tom Leopold

290

Craig Richard Nelson

291

Ken Reid

292

Hugh Fink

293

Leonard Ripps

294

Bobby Logan

295

Phil Proctor of Firesign Theater

296

Kevin Kelton

297

Jeff Richards

298

Mel Green

299

Gary Kroeger

300

Sam Sandora

301

Kimiko Gelman

302

Charlie Robinson

303

Margaret Oberman

304

Diana Canova

305

Meco Velez

306

Bob Illes

307

Steven Kampmann

308

The Sought After Dozen

309

Blue Lou Marini

310

Rich Hall

311

Paul Kreppel

312

Sy Rosen

313

Tom Schiller

314

Tom Kramer

315

Gary Murphy

316

Larry Arnstein

317

Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl

318

Tom Reeder

319

Darin Patterson

320

Kevin Bartini

321

Walter Williams

322

Mark Rothman

323

Stuart Kreisman

324

Alexa Fermaglich

325

Marty Nadler

326

Judith Kahan

327

Larry Strawther

328

Lane Sarasohn

329

Steve Zacharias

330

Matt Neuman