Comments on: Bob Claster interviews comedians

Bob Claster interviews comedians

Kattullus — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:13:42 -0800

Bob Claster was a DJ on KCRW in Los Angeles. In the 80's he had a comedy show called Funny Stuff and he would interview comedians. He has many of these interviews online as mp3s. He interviewed Tom Lehrer, Douglas Adams, Danny Arnold (a.k.a. Barney Miller), Peter Cook, Terry Jones, two interviews with John Cleese, one solo and another with Michael Palin, Emo Philips, Billy Connolly, Mort Sahl, Quentin Crisp, "Brother Theodore" Gottlieb, June Foray and Bill Scott (a.k.a. Rocky and Bullwinkle and an epic five-part interview with Stan Freberg, the subject of my last post.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:33:25 -0800

That little blurb about Emo Philips perfectly encapsulates exactly why I love Emo Philips. This is all really great stuff!

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:36:58 -0800

Yeah, his little introductions are note-perfect.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:02:01 -0800

Fantastic find, Kattullus!

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:43:32 -0800

Listened to the Emo Philips and Brother Theodore ones, and they were both chock-full of gems. He's not exactly slick as an interviewer, but that doesn't seem to matter - he obviously genuinely admires the people he's interviewing and knows their work very well.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:46:43 -0800

Danke

By: svenni

svenni — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:14:34 -0800

Wow, thanks!

By: ObscureReferenceMan

ObscureReferenceMan — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:27:20 -0800

Good stuff! And I still have ones yet to listen to. Thanks!