Sitcom Writers Roundtable Encore with Dave Hackel, John Markus, Bernie Orenstein and Bill Persky

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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GGACP celebrates the birthday (February 5th) of legendary comedy writer Bernie Orenstein with an ENCORE of a roundtable discussion featuring an all-star panel of TV comedy writers, including Dave Hackel (“Wings,” “Becker”), John Markus (“The Cosby Show,” “The Larry Sanders Show”) and Bill Persky (“The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “That Girl”). In this episode, the boys discuss failed pilots, troublesome actors, bad network notes, the versatility of Danny Kaye and the volatility of Buddy Hackett. Also, John writes for Bob Hope, Bill disses Joey Bishop, Bernie shows Bing Crosby the ropes and Dave spends a memorable day with Truman Capote. PLUS: “The Cheap Show”! The Jewish Tom Sawyer! The genius of Sheldon Leonard! Garry Shandling breaks in! Redd Foxx holds out! And Bernie remember the late, great Saul Turteltaub! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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