Andrew Guerdat (Archie Bunker's Place / co-creator Herman's Head / Paw Patrol)

<p>Andrew Guerdat joins me to talk about growing up in Birmingham, Alabama; &nbsp;loving cowboy shows; Andy Griffith; Ed Scharlach teaches comedy writing and introduces him to his partner Stuart Kreinberg; <em>MASH</em> script got them representation; wrote an episode of <em>The Jeffersons</em> that turns up in the background of Basic Instinct; writing an episode of the forgettable comedy <em>Me and Maxx</em>; moving to <em>Mork &amp; Mindy</em>; ABC ruined a hit by adding too many characters; Robin shoots a scene, does improv, shoots a scene, does improv; all lines were written; particular favorite episode "Mindy, Mindy, Mindy"; moving to <em>Archie Bunker's Place</em>; silly vs grounded comedy; &nbsp;pitching to Carroll O'Connor; Denise Miller; Celeste Holm; Anne Meara; writing the controversial episode "The Red Herring";&nbsp;"Death of a Lodger" with Don Rickles; "Bunker Madness"; <em>Whiz Kids</em> and <em>McGruder &amp; Loud</em> allowed him to work while sitcoms "were dead"; &nbsp;streaming allows his daughter to find a <em>Sister, Sister</em> she was in in minutes; <em>It's A Living</em>; Paul Kreppel; Marian Mercer; Richard Staahl; TV movie "Dance 'Til Dawn"; <em>Head of the Class</em> hard because cast was too large but smart in that it taught a fact every week; 5th season adding Billy Connolly; "Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors" - Arvid brings a gun to school; Brian Robbins; Rain Pryor; gets a job running <em>Saved by the Bell: The College Years</em> after never seeing original; tries to grow it up and and is told not to; tapings are out of control; idea for <em>Herman's Head</em> comes to Andrew and his partner in 1983; having it be picked up in 1991 and not allowed to really be involved; how finished product, while funny, was not what he and partner intended; the similarities between "Inside Out" and <em>Herman's Head</em>; <em>Empty Nest</em>; Richard Mulligan allows supporting cast to get the laughs; writing for <em>The Parent 'Hood</em> and <em>Boy Meets World</em>; transitioning to animation