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Larry Arnstein

Larry Arnstein talks about growing up on Park Avenue but in an apartment in the back, going to prep school in the middle of nowhere, using the girl to boy ratio as a way to pick a college, meeting his funny and brilliant partner Matt Hurwitz, writing for the Chicken Little Show, writing a short film Purient Interest, writing for Eight is Enough and having to service all ten characters, getting recommended for SNL's 6th season, working 9 am to midnight, his forgiving wife, Peter Tauber and the Rockettes, how Gilbert Gottfried was always laugh out loud funny, Commie Hunting Season, Gail Matthius, Ann Risley, is Gilbert & Sullivan hip, the sobriety of David Carradine and Ray Sharkey, Charles Rocket and the f-bomb, getting fired, writing  a Love, Sidney, Not Necessarily the News, watching hours of B-roll and seeing things politicians did not want the public  to see, working with the Kroft puppets on DC Follies, You Asked to See It, Again, how Jimmy Brogan was funnier as the warm up comedian than most shows he warmed up for, This Just In , how his books are perfect for AM radio, what he's working on now.

The Dogma of Rufus: A Canine Guide to Eating, Sleeping, Digging, Slobbering, Scratching, and Surviving with Humans                                                      The Bad Driver's Handbook: Hundreds of Simple Maneuvers to Frustrate, Annoy, and Endanger Those Around You                                                              The Ultimate Counterterrorist Home Companion: Six Incapacitating Holds Involving a Spatula and Other Ways to Protect Your Family                         The Dog Ate My Resume: Survival Tips for Life After College                                                                                                                                                                     Cleopatra's Confessions: A Feline Guide to Coping with Dogs, Humans, and Other Pointless Interruptions to a Good Nap

Broadcast on:
07 Aug 2020

Larry Arnstein talks about growing up on Park Avenue but in an apartment in the back, going to prep school in the middle of nowhere, using the girl to boy ratio as a way to pick a college, meeting his funny and brilliant partner Matt Hurwitz, writing for the Chicken Little Show, writing a short film Purient Interest, writing for Eight is Enough and having to service all ten characters, getting recommended for SNL's 6th season, working 9 am to midnight, his forgiving wife, Peter Tauber and the Rockettes, how Gilbert Gottfried was always laugh out loud funny, Commie Hunting Season, Gail Matthius, Ann Risley, is Gilbert & Sullivan hip, the sobriety of David Carradine and Ray Sharkey, Charles Rocket and the f-bomb, getting fired, writing  a Love, Sidney, Not Necessarily the News, watching hours of B-roll and seeing things politicians did not want the public  to see, working with the Kroft puppets on DC Follies, You Asked to See It, Again, how Jimmy Brogan was funnier as the warm up comedian than most shows he warmed up for, This Just In , how his books are perfect for AM radio, what he's working on now.

The Dogma of Rufus: A Canine Guide to Eating, Sleeping, Digging, Slobbering, Scratching, and Surviving with Humans                                                      The Bad Driver's Handbook: Hundreds of Simple Maneuvers to Frustrate, Annoy, and Endanger Those Around You                                                              The Ultimate Counterterrorist Home Companion: Six Incapacitating Holds Involving a Spatula and Other Ways to Protect Your Family                         The Dog Ate My Resume: Survival Tips for Life After College                                                                                                                                                                     Cleopatra's Confessions: A Feline Guide to Coping with Dogs, Humans, and Other Pointless Interruptions to a Good Nap