Ian Talks Comedy
Arthur Meyer (Panagea 3000, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)

Arthur and I discuss being able to name the host and musical guest for SNL by date; our love of SNL; the Presidential Bash of 1992; the first episode he ever saw; why he loves SNL; his audition in 2018; Dick Van Dyke Show; George Carlin; Norm MacDonald; Meyers Kids Night - his show he and his sisters put on in front of their parents; Wilmette, Illinois; Jim Downer; Robert Smigel; working on Jimmy Fallon's bit for the SNL 40th Anniversary Opening and being a seat filler; he and I tell Brush with Sudeikis stories; MLB Umpires; ugly ballplayers; Panagea 3000; coming up with First Drafts of Comedy for Jimmy Fallon; my late night packet; working with Steve Martin; Shaquille O'Neal; favorite cast members; who wrote what sketch; underrated cast member; '94 - '95 season; getting to use the "vomit hose"; SNL trivia; Lorne Michaels; singing the Beatles with Bridey Elliot; running a Kinks email project; host/musical guest combos on Twitter; Don Pardo trivia; rare SNL episodes; being nervous going bad to 30 Rock; process of creating Thank You Notes and Superlatives; his Comedy Central pilot
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- 04 Feb 2022
Arthur and I discuss being able to name the host and musical guest for SNL by date; our love of SNL; the Presidential Bash of 1992; the first episode he ever saw; why he loves SNL; his audition in 2018; Dick Van Dyke Show; George Carlin; Norm MacDonald; Meyers Kids Night - his show he and his sisters put on in front of their parents; Wilmette, Illinois; Jim Downer; Robert Smigel; working on Jimmy Fallon's bit for the SNL 40th Anniversary Opening and being a seat filler; he and I tell Brush with Sudeikis stories; MLB Umpires; ugly ballplayers; Panagea 3000; coming up with First Drafts of Comedy for Jimmy Fallon; my late night packet; working with Steve Martin; Shaquille O'Neal; favorite cast members; who wrote what sketch; underrated cast member; '94 - '95 season; getting to use the "vomit hose"; SNL trivia; Lorne Michaels; singing the Beatles with Bridey Elliot; running a Kinks email project; host/musical guest combos on Twitter; Don Pardo trivia; rare SNL episodes; being nervous going bad to 30 Rock; process of creating Thank You Notes and Superlatives; his Comedy Central pilot