Category: Our Podcast

Cartoon Acting Legend June Foray

December 26, 2011 - Actors, Comedians, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Most Recent, Our Podcast

Cartoon voice of Rocky, Natasha, and all your favorite Warner and Disney characters June Foray. Our interview with June Foray born September 18, 1917. June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters (particularly Lucifer from Cinderella, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Witch Hazel, Granny, Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick). Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums (particularly with Stan Freberg), video games, talking toys and other media. Foray was also one of the founding members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation.

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Merrill Markoe

December 21, 2011 - Authors, Comedy Writers, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Most Recent, Our Podcast

New York Times bestselling author Merrill Markoe’s new book is Cool Calm And Contentious. In this hilarious collection of personal essays, Merrill reveals, among other things, the secret formula for comedy: Start out with a difficult mother, develop some classic teenage insecurities, add a few relationships with narcissistic men, toss in an unruly pack of selfish dogs, finish it off with the kind of crystalline perspective that only comes from years of navigating a roiling sea of unpleasant and unappeasable people, and—voilà!—you’re funny!
Buy it now On Amazon

Also new music from Gary Stockdale. And Dylan Brody recorded live in concert.

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Comedy Writing Part 234

December 17, 2011 - Most Recent, Our Podcast

Everybody Loves Raymond Comedy Magnate Steve Skrovan tortures David about how great it is working on successful sitcoms. Along with Daily Show and Conan writers Guy Nicolucci and Steve Rosenfield. Steve Skrovan is also the director of the Ralph Nader documentary An Unreasonable Man and sits on the board of Public Citizen. David feels no joy for all his success and happiness. If you enjoyed this podcast please forward the link to all your friends. Don’t worry. It won’t make David happy.

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Brendon Burns

November 16, 2011 - Comedians, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Most Recent, Our Podcast

Brendon Burns’ television career began, alongside Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais, as a performer on Channel 4’s late-night spontaneous comedy show The Eleven O’Clock Show. He has subsequently appeared as a presenter on the ITV show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, and as the conductor of masterclasses in stand-up (again on ITV).
Burns appeared on ITV2’s Comedy Cuts. Brendon won the if.comedy award for his show So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Also at the 2007 Fringe, Brendon Burns appeared alongside Adam Hills and Sammy J in a stage version of Breaker Morant by The Comedians’ Theatre Company directed by Phil Nichol.
Burns’ albums include: Buckets and Sulphur, Misspent Childhood, Not for Everyone, Brendon vs Burnsy, All My Love All My Rage, Sober not Clean, And The Thinking Mans Idiot.
He famously gave out Magic Mushrooms (then legal) to an entire audience at the Glastonbury festival as part of a documentary being filmed by friend and film maker Paul Provenza. Today’s show was edited by Ben Schultz.

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