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Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Paul Feig (IN STUDIO) Suits Up & Ditches Stand Up For Directing

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Dana Carvey, David Spade, & Audacy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 11.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Dana and David welcome Paul Feig for a dapper deep-dive through comedy history. Paul and David relive their audition grind—including a Tales from the Crypt saga—before Paul breaks down why he traded stand-up for the director’s chair. He revisits one of his early gigs directing The Office, then shares stories from Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters. Plus he adds in some sharp SNL and comedy commentary. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

David, I have not seen you. I think the last time I officially saw you, we were both auditioning for Tales from the Cript. Shut. And I walked out of the audition, and David goes, well, Feege's here. Everybody else might as well go home. Was Hulk Hogan and Mr. T. doing an ad for something? Who knew they could go? The real guys? And they were doing the comedy of, you know, I think, like saying it over and over again. Yeah, exactly.

0:23.3

You want to do this?

0:24.3

I mean, I think, like saying over and over again.

0:22.6

Yeah, exactly.

0:23.6

You want to do this? I mean, I tell you wanted, you think it was going to be good? It's like, oh, dude, just please. Oh, I did with a magician who had dubs. Oh, you did. Yeah, oh yeah. And they would just hear, who, who, all right. Can they stay in your room?

0:36.5

Okay, Dan, a big show.

0:38.1

We've got Paul Feig.

0:39.5

Now, Paul Feig, I don't know if it hits the ears of it. Can they stay in your room? Okay, Dan, a big show.

0:38.1

We've got Paul Feig.

0:39.4

Now, Paul Feig, I don't know if it hits the year, is a household name, but you will know a lot of his movies.

0:44.9

He's written or directed.

0:46.6

Freaks and Geeks, he created.

0:49.3

Right?

0:49.9

That old show that got from Judd Apatow was involved in that to set's rogan to linda cardalini

0:55.6

there was a lot of big stars popped out of that and uh also one of my all-time favorites bridesmaids

1:02.3

he directed that we talk all about these things with him with paul and um and he did the housemaid

1:09.4

that's when we talk about that's coming out the 19th of December right now.

1:14.2

December 19th coming up. I'm going to check that one out. That's Sidney Sweeney.

1:19.3

And I think that's more in the drama tip. I think it's more of a I don't think it's a full-blown

1:24.2

comedy. But I like the idea idea we talk about that movie and the

1:28.7

sensibility of it but yeah he was a real gentleman he dressed up you know i wore a tank top spade

1:34.5

was shirtless but a half shirt uh and a dolphin shorts and a sailor hat and he had a nice suit on

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