Podcast appearances and mentions of chuck sklar

Chris Regan joined me to discuss growing up in Central NY; 70's TV; enjoying black & white comedy movies; loving Monty Python; SNL; UK comedy; auditioning for David Frost; comedy aging poorly; Michael Davis; going to Ithaca College; being in a sketch troupe with Andy Daly and the Stangel Brothers; being a NYC comedian and mostly topical; going to a comedy club for the first time at 14; coming advertising; working for Nickelodeon; getting jokes on Weekend Update; Colin Quinn vouching for him to get a job on The Daily Show; political affiliation of late night writers; Gen X not getting a President; teaching; working on Talk Show with Spike Feresten and FOX's bungles; Lopez Tonight almost making him quit show business; Chuck Sklar; poker playing and pai gow; writing for Anthony Jeselnik and Greg Giraldo; first Family he worked on was the Simpsons crossover; his episode "Girl Internetted"; "Send in Stewie"; "Yacht Rockers"; Marjo Gortner; "Teacher's Heavy Petting"; the fun of writing for Chris Griffin; his relationship with Seth MacFarlane; Harry Shearer; the three Family Guy writing rooms; Family Guy references; new season; TV ratings and his new episode "Bring Up Brady" with Tom Brady coming next season

Chuck Sklar joined me to discuss his birth town; the Cubs and Blackhawks; his first memory of watching the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Captain Nice; Iowa comedians / comedy writers Harper Steele, Higgins Boys & Gruber; writing sketches for Toby Huss's comedy troupe; starting standup; being introduced as a great writer; moving to Boston from Chicago; callbacks; appearing on Evening at the Improv; writing for Friday Night Videos and Bill Maher; getting hired on Conan and becoming head monologue writer; writing for the Oscars and not knowing the movies; Chris Rock's bit about black people not caring about Oscar films; Chris's "accountants"; the Sean Penn - Jude Law dustup; playing David Copperfield; playing Osama bin Laden on "Louie"; writing for Saturday Night Special; getting hired on The Chris Rock Show; bringing his dry humor; famous sketches; his sketches with Mario Joyner; doing stand up on Conan; doing it now; his film script and the difficulties getting it made; going to SNL with Chris in 2014; working on the monologue and pitching a script that died at readthrough; working on tonight's monologue; Everybody Still Hates Chris

Chuck and Danielle are two multi- talented comedy writers and comics. We talked election chaos, media overwhelm and how this kind of chaos and stress affects our thinking and things we can do to deal and get a semblance of sanity. You don’t usually see a lot of podcasts that use a word like “semblance.” … Continue reading Chuck Sklar & Danielle Koenig – Election Chaos & Head Sanitizer →

Ian Abramson, Valerie Breiman, Tony Camin, Shulie Cowan, Jimmy Dore, Al Ducharme, Mark Fite, Dana Gould, Chris Hobbs, Jackie Kashian, Brian Kiley, Karen Kilgariff, Cathy Ladman, Wendy Liebman, Alyssa Limperis, Ron Lynch, Jane Morris, Martin Olson, Suzy Nakamura, Rick Overton, Bernadette Pauley, Eddie Pepitone, Ken Rogerson, Chuck Sklar, Mike Timpson, Jim Turner, David Waterman, Will Weldon, Steven Wright and Stefane Zamorano join Paul Kozlowski at his court ordered home confinement party.

Ian Abramson, Mark Brazill, Valerie Breiman, Tony Camin, Shulie Cowan, Jimmy Dore, Al Ducharme, Dana Gould, Chris Hobbs, Jackie Kashian, Jill Kenny, Tom Kenny, Brian Kiley, Karen Kilgariff, Leah Krinsky, Cathy Ladman, Wendy Liebman, Alyssa Limperis, Ron Lynch, Jeff Michalski Jane Morris, Suzy Nakamura, Martin Olson, Rick Overton, Bernadette Pauley, Eddie Pepitone, Ken Rogerson, Chuck Sklar, Mike Timpson, Dave Waterman, Will Weldon, Steven Wright and Stefane Zamorano Join Paul Kozlowski as he holds a wake for the infamous comic, Bobby Scheckman in his living room.

Paul throws the kind of holiday party that makes you want to jump off a bridge in a snowstorm. Featuring Ian Abramson, Mark Brazill, Valerie Breiman, Tony Camin, Shulie Cowen, Ed Crasnick, Jimmy Dore, Al Ducharme, Mark Fite, Dana Gould, Chris Hobbs, Jackie Kashian, Jill Kenny, Tom Kenny, Brian Kiley, Karen Kilgariff, Paul Kozlowski, Leah Krinsky, Cathy Ladman, Wendy Liebman, Alyssa Limperis, Ron Lynch, Jeff Michalski, Jane Morris, Martin Olson, Suzy Nakamura, Rick Overton, Bernadette Pauley, Eddie Pepitone, Ken Rogerson, Chuck Sklar, Dan Spencer, Mike Timpson, Jim Turner, David Waterman, Will Weldon, Steven Wright and Stefane Zamorano

Paul throws an election night victory party. It's a landslide of laughs when he loses his race for third ward Alderman to Suzy Nakamura. Featuring Ian Abramson, Mark Brazill, Tony Camin, Shulie Cowen, Jimmy Dore, Mark Fite, Dana Gould, Chris Hobbs, Jackie Kashian, Jill Talley Kenny, Tom Kenny, Brian Kiley, Karen Kilgariff, Paul Kozlowski, Leah Krinsky, Cathy Ladman, Wendy Liebman, Alyssa Limperis, Ron Lynch, Jeff Michalski, Jane Morris, Suzy Nakamura, Martin Olson, Rick Overton, Bernadette Pauley, Eddie Pepitone, Ken Rogerson, Chuck Sklar, Dan Spencer, Mike Timpson, Jim Turner, David Waterman, Will Weldon, Steven Wright and Stefane Zamorano

Chuck is a very nice guy who doesn't need to be because he's one of the funniest people around who works non-stop. He met me at the fancy Starbucks in Los Feliz and we talked about his first writing gig, the writing gig that fell through for me, working with Chris Rock, writing for The Oscars, and writing for Bill Maher.     So You Think You Wanna Work In TV? is an independently produced podcast. You can support the podcast by being a monthly subscriber at www.patreon.com/wannaworkintv or make a one time donation at www.soyouthinkyouwannaworkintv.com.

Chuck Sklar used to be my boss.  Then "Totally Biased" got canceled.  So now he's just my friend (huge downgrade for him).  But he's a very accomplished friend.  He starred in Louis CK's feature film "Tomorrow Night." He wrote for Bill Maher, Conan, and Chris Rock.  He has an Emmy.   On this episode, he talks about his love of poker and getting his start as a stand-up during the Boston comedy scene's heyday.  

Louis C.K. released his 1998 art film “Tomorrow Night.” I talk to the star of the film, Chuck Sklar. Chuck talks about sitting in a bowl of ice cream for the role and working with a then unknown JB Smooth. Plus, what’s like to write jokes for Conan, Chris Rock, Bill Maher and George Lopez. […] The post Chuck Sklar – Star of Louis C.K.’s movie appeared first on Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast.

Louis C.K. released his 1998 art film “Tomorrow Night.” I talk to the star of the film, Chuck Sklar. Chuck talks about sitting in a bowl of ice cream for the role and working with a then unknown JB Smooth. Plus, what’s like to write jokes for Conan, Chris Rock, Bill Maher and George Lopez. […] The post Chuck Sklar – Star of Louis C.K.’s movie appeared first on Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast.

Louis C.K. released his 1998 art film “Tomorrow Night.” I talk to the star of the film, Chuck Sklar. Chuck talks about sitting in a bowl of ice cream for the role and working with a then unknown JB Smooth. Plus, what’s like to write jokes for Conan, Chris Rock, Bill Maher and George Lopez. […] The post Chuck Sklar – Star of Louis C.K.’s movie appeared first on Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast.

Two great guests on this show loaded with show biz talent while being very coll multifaceted people. First, we talk to the executive producer of Totally Biased with W. Kmau Bell on FX, Chuck Sklar. Then a great conversation with the host of America's Secret Slang on History channel, Zach Selwyn. Chuck and I have known each other since early standup days, talked about his life and work with Chris Rock and Louis CK-and all while he was ordering Chinese food in his apartment in NY. Zach is multi-talented, has 3 shows on the air and a terrific musician as well. We played his song "White People Problems" hysterical! We also spoke at length about Taxidermy.  Enjoy!!! https://www.facebook.com/chuck.sklar http://www.fxnetworks.com/totallybiased http://zachselwyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/More2History