Brian McConnachie (National Lampoon, SNL, SCTV, The Simpsons)

<p>Brian McConnachie joined me to talk about early influences; Kukla, Fran &amp; Ollie; Catholic prep school discipline; going to NY to sell his cartoons; Kit &amp; Kaboodle; Alcoholic's Christmas; Heading for Trouble; Cochise at Oxford; Neglectful Mother Magazine; Guns &amp; Sandwiches; Weight Waddlers; Tell Debbie; National Lampoon Radio Hour; Moby Dick; parodying Broadway shows; leaving the National Lampoon; watching the first <em>SNL</em>; doing a live PBS presentation of Rhapsody in Blue (with lyrics); his first wee, at SNL; getting a sketch on; Frank Zappa; a lost Emily Litella sketch; Name Those Bats; Veterans of Foreign Hairstyles; appearing on camera; <em>Mr. Mike's Mondo Video</em>; Lorne almost cancels a piece making fun of a sponsor; Caddyshack leads Brian not to come back for the 5th season; being over-payed by Caddyshack; Rodney Dangefield; <em>SCTV</em> v. <em>SNL</em>; winning an mmy and having Milton Berle mispronounce your name; Vikings &amp; Beekeepers; Strange Brew; Max von Sydow; an unaired <em>SCTV</em> sketch parodying Harold Pinter; Woody Allen; <em>Shining Time Station</em>; regretting not meeting George Carlin; Bill Murray; how he wrote an episode of The Simpsons and one written about him; and his humor magazine American Bystander.</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>