About this episode

Ian Fermaglich interviews Kevin Kelton about his experiences in comedy and television.

Kevin and I discuss Face the Music ; Fridays ; Twilight Theater ; Laugh Trax ; No Soap, Radio ; The Jeffersons ; getting SNL ; Eddie Murphy's showcase; getting stuff on his second show; Subliminal Advertising Sketch, Lie Detector Sketch; Chess Club Coach sketch; Trivial Pursuit sketch; being locked in Dick Ebersol's office to write Eddie Murphy's Christmas 1984 show; Christopher Guest Auctioneer Sketch, I Am Also the World, Prison Rape Sketch; Women in Prison tv show; Night Court and favorite episodes; Boy Meets World and the genius of Will Freidle; Townsend TV; Boogies Diner ; Girlfriend Guy ; BIFL ; and what he's doing now.

People in this episode

Host: Ian Fermaglich

Guest: Kevin Kelton

Topics covered

• comedy writing
• television history
• sketch comedy
• SNL
• interviews with comedians
• pop culture

Keywords

• Kevin Kelton
• comedy
• SNL
• Eddie Murphy
• sketches
• television shows
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Face the Music, Fridays, Twilight Theater, Laugh Trax, No Soap, Radio, The Jeffersons, Subliminal Advertising Sketch, Lie Detector Sketch, Chess Club Coach sketch, Trivial Pursuit sketch

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