Maggie Wheeler ("Janice from Friends", Seinfeld, Curb)

About this episode

Maggie Wheeler discusses her experiences in sitcoms, acting, and her career in Hollywood.

Maggie Wheeler joined me to discuss 60's sitcoms; her parents not wanting her to pursue acting; her inspiration; Anna Deveare Smith; being 18 in the late 70's; Studio 54; MTV voice-overs; Rubinoos commercial; her audition for The New Show; her cheerleader characters; attempting to break dance with Penny Marshall and the Breakers; working with her idols; Lorne sends her audition tape to Rankin-Bass; hired on cartoons Silver Hawks& The Comic Strip to do most voices; Jonathan Kaufer casts her in Soup for One; Henry Jaglom hires her for New Years Day; her co-star is ex boyfriend, David Duchovny; wins Best Actress at a film festival; going on Johnny Carson; Dream On; becoming friends with Brian Benben, David Crane & Marta Kauffman; guesting in Emmy-winning Seinfeld ep "The Fix UP'; Larry David says Top 5 episode; Danger Theater; X-Files; being first one hired and first fired on Ellen; Janice's voice and laugh; writing her in 8 months pregnant in an episode; getting fired from Suddenly Susan; Janice's entrances were hidden; being second for wife on Everybody Does Raymond and being given a recurring role; Parent Trap; "Palestinian Chicken" episode of Curb; her…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Fermaglich

Guest: Maggie Wheeler

Topics covered

• sitcoms
• acting
• auditions
• voice acting
• friendships in Hollywood
• television history
• personal stories

Keywords

• Maggie Wheeler
• Friends
• Seinfeld
• acting career
• voice acting
• Studio 54
• auditions
• Hollywood
• sitcom history
• Bob's Burgers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Friends, Seinfeld, Curb, Johnny Carson, Dream On, Ellen, Bob's Burgers, The New Show, Soup for One, Parent Trap

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