Dan Vitale

<p>Dan Vitale joined me and discussed social media presence; attention he got from Marc Maron's podcast;&nbsp;Lorne Michaels seeing him; his audition for <em>The New Show</em>; his fluctuating weight from 1986 - 1991;&nbsp;<em>Cobra Kai</em>; streaming services give more content; Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Bill Burr &amp; Louis CK;&nbsp;being Lorne Michaels protege; being funnier now than when he was "hot" in the '80's because he's off alcohol and drugs and older; being listed above Norm MacDonald as a <em>SNL</em> cast member in Rolling Stone;&nbsp;growing up in Island Park, Long Island; other famous Island Park residents including Al D'Amato and the basis for Tony Soprano; where he did stand up pre Covid;&nbsp;living through Covid and protests; going back to college and feeling like Johnny Lawrence from <em>Cobra Kai</em>;&nbsp;IPhones; Dave Attell, memories of Don Novello and Randy Quaid; wanting to know who from his cast was invited to the 40th anniversary; Joan Cusack; Anthony Michael Hall; Damon Wayans; Jon Lovitz; Nora Dunn; Dennis Miller; Danitra Vance; Terry Sweeney; &nbsp;A Whitney Brown; Jim Downey; Franken &amp; Davis;&nbsp;remembering the Madonna episode and the horrible week working with Chevy Chase; being with world's largest man Michael Hebrank (1100 lbs.) at the Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center; intermittent fasting; coming back for the Ron Reagan Jr. episode; residuals; current SNL; Baldwin's Trump vs. Carrey's Biden; Taran Killam; Darrell Hammond making SNL a civil service job; Alan Zweibel; and John Murray</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>