Journalist/Comedian Harmon Leon dives into comedy cult classics, comedic influences, and all things comedy history.
Comedian Freddy Lockhart has the notoriety of being the very last person to EVER bring up Seinfeld's Michael Richard on stage as a comedian - the night he had his infamous meltdown at the Laugh Factory. Freddy was also there, at the Comedy Store - the night Joe Rogan confronted Carlos Mencia on stage for being a joke thief.
Freddy shares these tales & his recent experience taking on an A.I. in a comedy roast battle - at our recent A.I. vs Human Roast Battle show at The Ice House in Los Angeles.
Reprise: Our guest is Art Bell; the man who pitched the idea that became Comedy Central - and was head of programming at the network.
We do a deep dive into the origin of such iconic shows as Mystery Science Theater 3000, South Park, The Daily Show - and talk about the early careers of Jon Stewart, Marc Maron, and Bill Maher.
Mr. Bill is one of the most iconic characters in the history of Saturday Night Live. He got his start in the first season of SNL - as a viewer submitted Super 8 film. In his heyday, this bundle of Play-Do was the third most beloved character on SNL - right behind John Belushi and Gilda Radner.
And we are talking to Walter Williams - the creator of Mr. Bill - who also become a staff writer at SNL.
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