Rich Halke & William Lucas Walker

<p>Rich Halke and William Lucas Walker joined me to talk about their influences (William - Dick Van Dyke &amp; Gilligan's Island and Rich HBO Comedy Hours); family members and friends who are funnier than you; Rich Rosenstock; David Lloyd &amp; Jay Sandrich; how writing for <em>The Jackie Thomas Show</em> got William a job on <em>Roseanne</em>; Norm MacDonald; the G<em>illigans Island - Roseanne</em> mash up; starting Sundays at 7; Rich meets Carmen Finestra; Eddie Maxwell; Fred Fox Sr,; George Balzer; Sidney Resnick and the importance of family; bringing a baby to the Friars Club; Leonard Stern; Carl Reiner tells many stories, one about Danny Simon's sons head size; Treva Silverman; the genesis of <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>;&nbsp; Treva saves the day on MTM many times and gives great notes; Bob Carroll and Marilyn Pugh Davis;&nbsp;Korby Siamis &amp; Tom Fontana influence Bill; Rich helps start the Television Academy Interview webpage; William talks about working with June Lockhart &amp; Milton Berle; William's <em>Frasier</em> episode Roz's Krantz &amp; Gouldenstein Are Dead;&nbsp;James Earl Jones; Irma Kalish writes <em>Maude</em>'s abortion, Bob Newhart nixes one on his show; Garry Marshall; Michelle Pfeiffer's hands; Ed Asner; David Lloyd saves<em> Frasier</em>; Allan Burns, Treva Silverman saves Kathleen Turner; <em>Home Improvement</em>'s pilot; casting decisions; Michael Fishman; Glenn Quinn; how to write a spec script; what these dinners mean to them.</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>