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Episode 152 – Brian Kiley on Bob Newhart – The Button-Down Mind

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Brian Kiley is a stand-up, writer for Conan, and author of the book The Astounding Misadventures of Rory Collins.  Somehow, we haven’t covered this album since our first three episodes, so it was definitely time for a revisit.  We sat down and talked about the changing world of stand-up, as well as Bob’s influence on Brian’s work.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: Brian Kiley

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Buy “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart”

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Episode 151 – Jason C. Brown on the SNL Album

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Jason C. Brown is the director of an upcoming short film called Imaginary Friends, which is currently funding on Indiegogo, hence our unusual posting of a COV bonus episode this week.  I may be biased (see me in the promo video below), but I think you should go send some money their way so that this movie gets made!  Jason sat down with me to discuss one of his greatest influences – SNL.  We delve even deeper into the album than we did the last time we covered it, and end up way too perplexed about the straight-up Coke ad at the beginning.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guests: David Melville

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Episode 150 – David Melville on George Formby

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The Independent Shakespeare Company’s own David Melville returns, to again open up our comedy minds to the works of George Formby.  Still a respected name in English comedy, his work never quite traversed the ocean sufficiently, so it’s time for some mind expansion.  Formby’s double-entendre-laden ukulele tunes are played with an unusual skill on an instrument mistakenly seen as simple, especially given its current ubiquity.  Enjoy some fun tunes and, if you’re in LA, go see the Independent Shakespeare Company at Griffith Park this summer.

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Episode 70 – David Melville on Gerard Hoffnung – Hoffnung at the Oxford Union

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MelvilleDavid Melville is the co-founder of LA’s Independent Shakespeare Company.  I interviewed him just before an hilarious performance of As You Like It at this summer’s Griffith Park Festival.  It was a ton of fun, even if the audience got a bit rowdy toward the end.  Also, listen to the end of the episode for a clip of David as Touchstone.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
This Week’s Guest: David Melville

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Please watch Jason’s first feature-length film, “Looking Forward” in its entirety, FOR FREE, at JK2016.com.  Thanks!

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