David Misch

<p>David Misch joins me to talk about directing Tales from the Darkside and Monsters; written humor; the Marx Brothers; being a funny folk singer; Sommerville; being managed by Rollins &amp; Jaffe; Piper Houser; Jay Leno; Andy Breckman; <em>Mork &amp; Mindy</em>; writing his first episode; Robin's ad-libs; writing the scenes on Happy Days for the Mork pilot; "Mork Gets Exposed", Jeff Altman; writing a pilot for a late night talk show with David Letterman; Letterman and Raquel Welch guest star on <em>Mork</em>; "The Mork Syndrome"; Gina Hecht &amp; Jay Thomas; Exxidor; <em>Police Squad</em> comes from M Squad; "Ring of Fire"; <em>Callahan</em>; his two weeks as a guest writer on SNL; Larry David; smoking pot in the offices; Ed Bluestone; John Belushi's cameo on <em>Police Squad</em>; Jerry Lewis; Muppets Take Manhattan; Little Shop of Horrors; Funny the Book; the comedy rule of 3; comedy not getting its due; Robert Wuhl; Rick Moranis; Oscars;<em> Duckman</em>;</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>