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Ian Talks Comedy — 337 episodes
Catlin Adams (The Jerk / A Jazz Singer / Sticky Fingers)
Bill Nuss (Mee-Ow show / NBC exec / 21 Jump Street ep / Pacific Blue creator)
Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon / Manimal)
Jill Kleck Woo (p.a. Fridays, The Blues Brothers, Eye Magic Productions)
Robert L. McCullough (Bionic Woman / BJ & the Bear / Falcon Crest)
Art Dielhenn (director Punky Brewster / Head of the Class / Sister Sister)
Dan O'Shannon (Newhart / Cheers / Modern Family)
Seth Freeman (Lou Grant / Brooklyn Bridge)
Prof. Frank Chindamo (SNL Season 6 writers assistant / creator LaughMD.com)
Marsha Posner Williams (producer, Soap / Night Court / Golden Girls)
Susan Silver (Mary Tyler Moore / Bob Newhart shows, author Hot Pants in Hollywood)
Kevin Kelton (2021 Interview with Better Audio)
Ross Shafer (Almost Live!/Late Show/Match Game)
Peter Lefcourt (author The Deal & The Dreyfus Affair, writer / producer Cagney & Lacey)
Marc Weingarten (comedian, owner of the Ice House 1978 - 1982)
Rebeca Arthur Golden (Perfect Strangers, Scrooged)
Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear, My Two Dads)
Maggie Wheeler ("Janice from Friends", Seinfeld, Curb)
Brad Isaacs (writer / producer, Newhart, NewsRadio, Tommy Boy)
Chris Lemmon
David Garrison
Robin Riker (Get a Life, Alligator)
Robert Hays
Ken Estin (Taxi / Cheers / Tracey Ullman Show)
George Arthur Bloom (writer, Transformers & My Little Pony cartoons)
Julie Brown
Dirk Benedict (The A-Team)
Anson Williams at Sea World Reaction (w/Trent Mabry)
Susan Isaacs (Scrooged / Seinfeld / Planes Trains, and Automobiles)
Tommy Kovac (host, Splat from the Past)
Bob Illes (redo new Jan 2026 interview!)
Michele Lee
Bob Illes (author, Funny is Money, Vintage 2020 ep w/ better sound)
Dean Cameron (Summer School, Fast Times TV series)
Roger Director (writer / producer, Hill St. Blues, Moonlighting)
Denise Nicholas (Room 222, In the Heat of the Night)
Mark Malkoff (author, Love Johnny Carson)
Steven Peterman (actor, Square Pegs / writer Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan)
Chas Floyd Johnson (producer, Rockford Files / Magnum PI / Jag / NCIS)
Christopher Atkins
Night of 100 Stars (watch a long)
Randall Carver (John Burns on "Taxi" / Midnight Cowboy)
Shelley Herman (NBC page / game show producer)
Clark Brandon (Mr. Merlin / Facts of Life)
John Candy Tribute with his biographer Paul Myers
Reuben Leder (Magnum PI, Star Trek: TNG: The Perfect Mate)
Krista Errickson (Little Darlings, Hello Larry, 90210)
1985 with podcast Shari Fesko
Paul Linke (CHiPs, Motel Hell)
Harper the Fox (song parodyist, online content creator)
Tommy Ruben (CPO Sharkey, son of Aaron Ruben)
Larry Charles
Michael S. Baser (Good Times / Three's Company)
Ricky Blitt (writer, The Ringer / Family Guy)
Eddie Brill (comedian, Letterman warm up / comedian booker 1997 - 2014)
Jameel Saleem (South Park / Disenchantment / Bob's Burgers)
Rob Kutner (Dennis Miller Live / Daily Show / Conan)
Allan Katz (Laugh In / M*A*S*H* / Rhoda / Blossom)
Comedian Helaine Witt
Rose Abdoo (Josephina on Hacks / Gypsy on Gilmore Girls)
Barry Nichols (p.a./music producer, SNL, Friday Night Videos, Saturday Nights Main Event)
Steve Bleustein
5 Favorite Sketches from The Credibility Gap
Marc Sheffler (actor / comedian / writer)
Ellie Barancik (SNL script coordinator 1991 - 1993 / Conan writers' assistant / writer 1993 - 2000)
Tom Dreesen
Top 5 Sketches Not from SNL P. 1 (Fridays, The New Show)
Mike Chisholm (The Letterman Podcast)
Chris Kelly (writer / head writer, Politically Incorrect / Real Time with Bill Maher, 1993 - present)
Andy Cowan (Seinfeld "The Opposite" / host, Neurotic Vaccine podcast)
Diana Canova (Soap / I'm A Big Girl Now) Updated Audio
Samantha Harper Macy (actress Oh! Calcutta / Mary Hartman / widow of Bill Macy)
Jerry Minor (SNL Season 26 / Mr. Show / Playing to the Back of the Room Podcast)
Kres Mersky (playwright, actress Taxi / Barney Miller )
Rick Mitchell (Ellen, TMZ, author How to Write a Funny Speech)
Trace Baeulieu (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
Stu Kreisman (SCTV/Night Court / Newhart / Cheers) Updated Audio from 2020
Andy Goldberg & Wendy Cutler (Off the Wall's 50th Anniversary)
Gone but Not Forgotten: SNL's Dan Vitale (1956 - 2023)
Andy Hoglund (EW's SNL Recapper, Major League 2)
Chris Regan (The Daily Show / Family Guy)
Elaine Aronson (Night Court, It's Garry Shandling Show)
Michael Curtis (Friends / Jonas)
Marilyn Suzanne Miller & Rosie Shuster (Enhanced Audio, from 2022)
Gary Seith & Brad Robinson (Not Ready for Prime Time Project)
Stuart Pankin (Dinosaurs, Not Necessarily The News)
Peter Gaulke (comedian, Season 21 SNL writer, author Max Fernsby)
Chuck Sklar (writer Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock)
Lowell Ganz (enhanced audio from 2022)
SNL Unboxing w/ SNN's Jon Schneider
Chris DeLuca (SNL, Conan, Ferguson, creator Trump Talk: The American Emperor podcast)
Peter Montagna (SNL make up artist 1981 - 1989)
Don McEnery (comedian / writer, Seinfeld "The Tape")
Eddie Feldmann (comedian / writer Dennis Miller, Norm MacDonald)
Jon Beckerman (Late Night / Show with David Letterman; Dinner with the Parents)
Dawna Kaufmann (SNL / MADTV writer, true crime expert)
Dan O'Keefe (Seinfeld / Drew Carey Show)
Mike Teverbaugh (Drew Carey Show / Last Man Standing)
T. Sean Shannon (comedian. SNL writer 1998 - 2006)
Rob Ulin (Dinosaurs / Roseanne / Norm Show / Ramy)
Bruce Handy (Spy Magazine writer / editor, SNL writer 1993)
Mary Jenifer Mitchell (National Lampoons Lemmings / Foreplay)
Lori Nasso Collins (SNL writer 1995-1999, writer / producer Life Inside Out 2014)
Norman Stiles (head writer, Sesame Street / Fernwood Tonight)
Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler (writer / producers Full House, Even Stevens, Madame's Place)
Eileen O'Brien (Subject of "Cue Card Girl" doc, SNL cue cards, 1983 - 1987)
Adam I. Lapidus (Simpsons, Smart Guy, Suite Life, Jessie)
John C. Larrochia (Laughter Saves Lives, former NYFD fireman / comedian)
Jay Moriarty (writer / ep The Jeffersons, "The Draft Dodger" ep All in the Family)
Joel Madison (Roseanne, Jackie Thomas Show, creator Malcolm & Eddie)
Jerry Rannow (Room 222, Welcome Back Kotter, Head of the Class)
Ray Stewart (Mr. Driscoll on Barney Miller, AES Hudson Street)
George Beckerman (Head of the Class, Jackie Thomas Show, Molloy)
Dave Hackel (creator, Becker; Dear John, Wings)
Brandon Maggart (Christmas Evil; Brothers; Jennifer Slept Here; Sesame Street)
Ian Gurvitz (Wings, Becker, author Dumbf*ckistan)
Comedian Trent Mabry
Karyl Miller (Lily Tomlin, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kate & Allie)
Ferris Butler and D.B. Frick (1980-81 SNL writer and biographer)
Jeff Altman
Comedian Ivan Decker
Robert Wolterstorff (creator, Street Hawk; Quantum Leap)
Debra Frank (Moonlighting, Wonder Years)
Jim Pankovits (6 years in MLB, played in Game 6 of 1986 NLCS)
Babs Greyhosky (Magnum P.I., Riptide, A-Team)
Doug Sivco (SNL key page 1980-1981, newcaster)
Aubrey Solomon (Quincy, Ice Age 5)
Jay Johnson (Soap, Broadway's The Two and Only)
Larry Mollin (CHiPs, Beverly Hills, 90210)
Susan Lanier (The Hills Have Eyes, Welcome Back Kotter)
Jonathan Rosen (host of the Retro Pop Culture Podcast)
Julie Larson (Dharma and Greg, The Drew Carey Show)
Sal Viscuso (Soap, MASH, Barney Miller)
Markus Jennings SNL Superfan & Facebook Administrator
Rick Mischel (Animation Producer, Studio Head)
Sparky Marcus Issogilo (child actor, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Grandpa Goes to Washington)
Covers for Christmas
Kenneth Tigar (Barney Miller, Night Court, Just One of the Guys)
Dave Konig (comedian, actor, 3 time Emmy winner)
Neal Marshad (Producer / DP, Schiller's Reels SNL; Johnny Walker Comedy Search)
Eddie Deezen and Impressionist Zach W. Arnold
Brian Kiley (comedian, 27 years as writer for Conan O'Brien)
Christian Bladt (host Bladtcast / Who are These Broadcasters?, SNL writer/intern/page)
Steve Stoliar (author "Raised Eyebrows", "Salamis & Swastikas", television writer)
Michael Mann (actor All in the Family / Ernie Kovacs / Joe & Mabel)
Gary H Miller (Bosom Buddies / Fresh Prince / Gimme A Break)
George Schlatter
Michael J. Weithorn (writer Family Ties / creator King of Queens)
Rachel Saya Jacobson (writer / producer Desus & Mero)
Chip Keyes (Gimme A Break, Valerie / Hogan Family, Shaky Ground)
Stacii (Cabaret Artist, Singer)
Ed Berenhaus (NBC page 1975-1977 (SNL, Tomorrow Show), Nick at Nite, Joan Rivers Show)
Bruce Ferber (author, I Buried Paul; writer / producer Duet, Home Improvement)
Randall Kleiser (Grease, Blue Lagoon, Flight of the Navigator)
Barry Blaustein
Jennifer Aspinall (Street Trash, SNL 1987-93, Mad TV 1995 - 2019)
Deborah Paulmann (makeup artist SNL 84-89, 2000-05; Conan 2000 - 2019)
Steve O'Donnell
Mark Reisman (writer / producer Frasier, Sydney to the Max, Summer Rental)
William S. Bickley ( show runner, first 2 seasons Happy Days; creator - Family Matters)
Arthur Meyer Returns
Kevin C. Haney (Oscar winning Makeup Artist -Driving Miss Daisy, SNL 1979 - 1985)
Barbara Lieberman (film producer Saturday Night Live 1981 - 1985)
Bob Christianson (musician, composer Gimme A Break, NHL themes; SNL Band backup keyboardist 1983 - 1986)
Brian Pollack (Cheers, Sledge Hammer!, Hollywood Squares)
Marc Jaffe (comedian, writer Seinfeld)
James Patrick Dunne (writer Happy Days; songwriter "Do the Fonzie", "Pumps Your Blood"; Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers)
Janine Dreyer (singer, music coordinator Saturday Night Live (1977 - 1980)
Alexa Fermaglich, 3 Years Later
Lisa Mende (Scrooged; Carol on Seinfeld)
Kevin Kelton - writer's commentary SNL 11/10/84 (George Carlin / Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Paul Barrosse (writer SNL '82-'83, co-founder Practical Theater Company, Little People, Big World)
Jamie deRoy (cabaret performer, actress, 10 Time Tony winning Broadway producer)
Penny Peyser (Frisco Kid, The In-Laws, poet Sonnets from Suburbia)
Meghan O'Malley
Alan Zweibel
Rob Long (Cheers, George & Leo)
Kiki Kazanas Steele (Script Supervisor, Saturday Night Live 1985 - 1990)
The Lost Episodes
Phoef Sutton (Cheers, Bob, Newhart)
Jeffrey Kramer (actor Jaws, Struck by Lightning, producer Ally McBeal, The Practice)
Patrick Weathers (commentary track for December 20, 1980 SNL)
Ken Levine
Thom McKee (game show record holder, Tic Tac Dough)
Joel Thurm (casting director, Taxi, Grease, Cheers; autobiography "Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season")
Herschel Weingrod (screenwriter, Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)
Patric Verrone (Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Futurama, WGA President)
Rick Podell (writer, "Nothing in Common", Broadway / TV actor, comedian, singer)
Viewer Mail Guests
Doug McIntyre (radio talk show host 1994 - 2018, writer Mr. Belvedere, Full House)
John Putch (1970's One Day at a Time, director Route 30 trilogy, The Father and the The Bear)
Lew Morton, Part II
Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz
Jeremiah Ukponrefe (comedian, author The Hive)
Jim Peck (game show host, Three's A Crowd, Big Showdown, and Joker's Wild)
Comedian Glenn Hirsch
D.B. Frick
Paul Miller (director, Saturday Night Live 1986 - 1989, Fridays, In Living Color, Super Bowl Halftime Show)
Diana Peckham (wrestled Andy Kaufman on Saturday Night Live)
Melanie Chartoff
Tracy Newman (the Groundlings, "Cheers", "Ellen")
Brian Levant (Happy Days, Flintstones movies, new book My Life in Toys)
Terry Bolo (Carrie / Oh God! / Scarface / Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
Bengoraphobia Pilot
Paul Evans (singer/ songwriter "Roses are Red" / "7 Little Girls" / "Midnite Special" / "When" / "Hello, this is Joanie")
Jon Schroeder (Bob's Burgers / The Sarah Silverman Program)
Joe Grossman (LS w/ David Letterman, Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee)
Roger Eschbacher (Groundling; Friends; Cheers; Mr. Wendys; writer Scooby Doo)
Tommy Kovac, host of Splat from the Past
Boyd Hale (LN w/ David Letterman (1987 - 1989), Full House, Nurses, Almost Heroes)
Andrew Nicholls
Gabe Abelson
Franne Lee (SNL costume designer 1975 - 1980, 3 Time Tony winner)
Tom Ruprecht (Late Show with David Letterman writer 1998 - 2010)
Andrew Guerdat (Archie Bunker's Place / co-creator Herman's Head / Paw Patrol)
Scott Jacobson
Larry Jacobson
Gerard Mulligan
Mitchell Laurance (SNL associate director 1977 - 1980), Not Necessarily the News (1983 - 1990) cast member
Blaine Capatch
Bill Oakley
Peter Mehlman
Kenny Vance
Phil Kellard and Tom Moore (Tonight Show / SNL / Thicke of the Night / Hooperman / Doogie Howser MD)
Steve Winer (Late Night with David Letterman, New Mickey Mouse Club)
Wayne Kline
Author & Humorist Mike Sacks
Randy Cohen (Late Night with David Letterman, The Ethicist)
Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)
Anson Williams
Norm Hiscock (Kids in The Hall, SNL, King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99)
Jeff Reno (Moonlighting, Duckman, Meet Joe Black)
John DeBellis (author Stand Up Guys, writer SNL '80 - '81)
Michael Short (SCTV, Schitt's Creek)
Arthur Meyer (Panagea 3000, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)
IIene Graff (Mr. Belvedere, Ladybugs)
Brian McConnachie (National Lampoon, SNL, SCTV, The Simpsons)
Harry Shearer
Rosie Shuster and Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Nat Bernstein
David Misch
Tom Tenowich
Lowell Ganz
Arnold Margolin
John Roarke
Bruce Kirschbaum Part II
Shelly Zellman
Bob Tischler - Saturday Night Live (producer / head writer 1981 - 1985); Boy Meets World (show runner 1997 - 2000)
Fred Fox, Jr.
Ed Scharlach
Barry Rubinowitz (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Taxi)
Eva Almos
Fred Graver
Mert Rich (SCTV, Cheers)
Ron James
Ron Osborn
Marc Sotkin
Ellen Foley
Patrick Hasbrugh (creator of Hardcastle and McCormick and 21 Jump Street)
Dean Friedman
Dennis Danziger ("Taxi", "Kate & Allie", "A Short History of the Tall Jew")
Chris Butler of the Waitresses
Jay Kogen
Shelly Clark White of Honey Cone
Bruce Kirschbaum Part I
Bobby Rydell
Howard Gewirtz
Al Jean
Stacey Nelkin
Carmen Finestra
Mark Brazill
Rich Halke & William Lucas Walker
Vic Kaplan
SNL writers David Mandel, Lew Morton, and Steve Koren
Carl Gottlieb
Michael Elias
Sean Kelly
Andy Breckman
Denny Johnston
SNL Unit Manager Patty MacDougall (1978 - 1990)
Bob Underwood
Dan Vitale
Entertainer and host of the Carson Podcast, Mark Malkoff
Comedy publicist , author, and archivist Jeff Abraham
Crossover with Where Nobody Knows Your Name, a Cheers Podcast
Actor, Playwright, and star of "Say Goodnight Gracie" Alan Safier
Dennis Perrin, author of Mr. Mike
Dennis Blair
Donick Cary
Allan Havey
SNL Superfan William Ham
Robin Duke
Mary Gross
Special Crossover Edition with Jon Schneider of SNL Stats
Neil Levy
Tom Leopold
Craig Richard Nelson
Ken Reid
Hugh Fink
Leonard Ripps
Bobby Logan
Phil Proctor of Firesign Theater
Kevin Kelton
Jeff Richards
Mel Green
Gary Kroeger
Sam Sandora
Kimiko Gelman
Charlie Robinson
Margaret Oberman
Diana Canova
Meco Velez
Bob Illes
Steven Kampmann
The Sought After Dozen
Blue Lou Marini
Rich Hall
Paul Kreppel
Sy Rosen
Tom Schiller
Tom Kramer
Gary Murphy
Larry Arnstein
Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl
Tom Reeder
Darin Patterson
Kevin Bartini
Walter Williams
Mark Rothman
Stuart Kreisman
Alexa Fermaglich
Marty Nadler
Judith Kahan
Larry Strawther
Lane Sarasohn
Steve Zacharias
Matt Neuman