Julie Brown

About this episode

Julie Brown joins Ian to discuss her career in comedy and television, including her experiences on various shows and her new podcast.

Julie Brown joined me to discuss Captain Kangaroo; being in her high school homecoming court; the scary nun's in elementary school; being funny in Van Nuys High; studying at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; meeting her comedy partner Charlie Coffey; Denzel Washington being in the cast; starting a comedy team, Brown & Coffey; playing San Francisco and gay audiences; guest starring on Happy Days; doing an NBC late night pilot Road Show with John Candy; being in a slasher film, Bloody Birthday; guest starring in the pilot for Get a Life; being on two episodes of Laverne & Shirley; being in the repertory company of Evening at the Improv; performing "Homecoming Queens Got a Gun"; Newhart; Just Say Julie; her character made jokes, she didn't hate any performer; Gene Simmons; "Downtown" Julie Brown; MTV wouldn't pay for props, proper writers; Beavis & Butthead stealing her commenting on videos; her SNL audition in 1985; turning down a re-audition in 1986; Sam Kinison; SCTV; The Edge; Wayne Knight; Tom Kenny; being a fan of reality TV; her new podcast being improvised; doing improv once a week at the Groundlings

People in this episode

Host: Ian Fermaglich

Guest: Julie Brown

Topics covered

• comedy
• improv
• television
• podcasting
• entertainment

Keywords

• Julie Brown
• comedy
• improv
• television
• podcast
• entertainment
• SNL
• Groundlings
• Happy Days
• Laverne & Shirley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MTV, SNL, Groundlings

Books & works: Captain Kangaroo, Happy Days, Road Show, Bloody Birthday, Get a Life, Laverne & Shirley, Evening at the Improv, Homecoming Queens Got a Gun, Newhart, Just Say Julie

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