TWR Listeners Lounge - Steve O'Donnell

<p>In this episode we are joined by long-time comedy writer, Steve O'Donnell whose credits include <strong>Late Night with David Letterman</strong>, <strong>The Chris Rock Show</strong>, <strong>Jimmy Kimmel Live</strong>, <strong>Norm Macdonald Live</strong> and more. We learned about Steve's upbringing in a large Irish Catholic family and how he worked his way into being a comedy writer for network television. We discussed his foray into some television scripts for <strong>Seinfeld</strong> and <strong>The Simpsons</strong>. Steve O'Donnell's latest work was with Norm Macdonald on his podcast before the pandemic and now he's wondering if he might be semi-retired. It was an amazing two hours spent with a person with four television Emmy Awards and who has been nominated 17 more times thus far in his career.</p> <p>WATCHING/STREAMING:<br /> Walt is continuing to watch <strong>Halt and Catch Fire</strong> on Netflix. He also highly recommends <strong>Neat</strong> on Hulu. It is a documentary on the history of bourbon. He is also watching <strong>My Guest Needs No Introduction</strong> with David Letterman on Netflix. Alan commented on finally seeing the animate movie <strong>The Killing Joke</strong> based on the Alan Moore story and didn't like it at all. He is set to watch his two favorite Halloween ghost movies, <strong>Poltergeist</strong> and <strong>Ghostbusters</strong>.</p> <p>READING:<br /> Walt is still powering through Jerry Seinfeld's new book. Steve has gone back to read some classics about isolation and lockdown in honor of Covid-19. He suggests checking out, "Robinson Crusoe," "The Count of Monte Cristo," and "The Borrowers." Alan, in preparation for the 5th of November is re-reading the 10 part graphic novel series, "V for Vendetta."</p> <p>LISTENING:<br /> Walt has two podcasts to suggest. The first is called, <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-red-clay/id1519901948"> In the Red Clay</a>, a podcast about the Dixie mafia. The other is called, <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.co