Lew Morton, Part II

<p>NewsRadio's <em>Sesame Street</em>; favorite episodes of <em>Taxi</em>; his submissions for Harvard Lampoon and <em>SNL</em>; the change to writing half hour; how <em>Newsradio creator </em>Paul Simms hired comedy writers with no sitcom experience; his first episodes was co-written with Paul Simms; <em>Newsradio's </em>own style of writing; the length of days at <em>Newsradio</em>;&nbsp;hours were similar to Barney Miller; Christmas Story one of my favorite TV episodes of all time; Fibber McGee &amp; Molly always in the script; joke written for 10% of the audience; writing an episode for Johnny Cash but he never agreed to do the show; Station Sale is an example of a "gang-written" show; team re-write after some read throughs; six people credited with some episodes; jokes sometimes written for 10% of the audience; eunuch jokes on <em>Futurama</em>; James Caan guest stars; episode is an homage to Clockers;&nbsp;Tubalcain; Joe Furey; Phil Hartman; why NBC continuously messed with the series; leaving <em>Newsradio</em>; death of Phil Hartman; <em>3rd Rock</em>; Preston Beckman programmer; <em>Undeclared</em>; Rob Schneider's sitcom <em>Rob</em>; writing Ron Schneider's Annoying Girlfriend Theatre on <em>SNL</em>; writing the most episodes of <em>Futurama</em>; which show is the most in his creative voice; Sidney Poitier Mr. Pibb joke; <em>Brickleberry</em>; Yucko the Clown; Family Guy; cutaways are the hardest part; Seth MacFarlane's assistants become the best writers; ever meeting the boss; Cherry Chevapravatdumrong; toughest job he ever had; he was a manatee; <em>South Park</em>; <em>Beavis and Butthead</em>; Norm Hiscock</p>