Blaine joined me to talk about his first time doing stand up; favorite comedians; his new wave band; Elvis Costello; Fridays; Darrow Igus; Ted Wass; not being allowed to watch certain shows; Andrew Dice Clay; bonding with your dad over comedy; Red Skelton; Patton Oswalt; Small Doses pilot; Mad TV; Artie Lange; Spishak; writing the Claymation sketches; Bea Arthur; Mark Hamill; Donny Most; Martin Short Show; Jimminy Glick; Kevin McDonald, Beat the Geeks; game show hosts; That's Incredible; Lucha Va Voom; Los Angeles Derby Dolls; Mind of Mencia; Nerd Poker; Uno; working on Louie; Gilbert Gottfried; Bobcat Goldthwaite; Emo Phillips; Top 70's/80's sitcoms; Chico & the Man horrible upon rewatch; cheap look of 70's TV; obscure 70's sitcoms; Moe Howard on Mike Douglas Show; Jamie Farr; Mad TV sketch "Vague"; Martin Short makes his writers watch The Chevy Chase Show; Rollergirls; Rhonda Bates; Whodunnit?; Salvage I; Makin' It;Robert Hays; Will Ferrell; Apple Pie; BJ and the Bear; CB Trucking & Monkey Craze of the 70's; Waverly Wonders; Buck Rogers; New Adventures of Flash Gordon; Quark; House Calls; Ray Buktenica; Rhoda; Saturday Night Live; Norm MacDonald