In this episode I try and rely on luck and the enormous audio archive in my home. Sometimes it’s the sound effects that win in the end.
Episode 48 “Lucky Guy”
This episode is about a guy who has been lucky enough to “succeed” in the restaurant business, in comedy, and to meet the late great Barry White.
Episode 47 “Miss Information 1985”
For most people 411 are numbers. For me, it has become a way of life.
Episode 46 “Telephony”
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Phone sex? I like the phone part. My guests are 2 real phone sex operators, Lewis Black, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Episode 45 “The Courage to Fail”
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This is an unedited recording of an event that took place in April at the Kelley Writers House at UPenn. There I was enjoying the hospitality of my good friend, Lew Schneider, and my new friend, Mingo Reynolds.
Episode 44 “Assisted Living”
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Episode 44 is called “Assisted Living”, but is not as sexy as that sounds. In this episode you’ll hear the voices of David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Erica Rhodes. I talk about my need for assistance and my need for an assistant with name recognition.
Episode 43 “Unrealistic Expectations”
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In Episode 43, I make Andy Kindler an offer he can refuse, and together we discover the amateur inventor that is him.
Episode 42 “The Gifted Child”
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In this episode, I talk about three ways in which I consider myself “gifted”: My ability to hear dead people, to write a catchy tune, and to invent the very thing we need to make our lives better. I also rely on the talent of Erica Rhodes and Rob Lynch. Hope you like it, and please subscribe to my podcast.
The Hollywood For Which We Root
Hollywood is known for taking care of their own but they have really gone the extra mile this time.
Episode 41 “Frugal and Friendship”
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This episode is called Frugal and Friendship. The first half deals with a really cheap way to make a voice over demo and the second half is road stories with a comic named Mark Schiff. Maybe I should call it road stories and how to record them. I think that works better.