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.
posted by Kattullus
on Mar 27, 2009 -
7 comments
Garry McDonald, aka
Norman Gunston, aka the "
little aussie bleeder," may be well known out Australia way. For most Americans, however,
Norman G remains far, far down under the radar. But he's the forefather of the UK's
Ali G; he's Canadian
Nardwuar thee Human Serviette's nerdier dad; he's America's
Lazlo Toth (US) with a combover and a microphone; he's
Jiminy Glick's
Jack Sprat.
Perhaps you saw Norman long ago in a segment on USA Network's
Night Flight variety
show.
[bonus: many many youtubes of Night Flight segments, courtesy of this awesome website.] But I bet you didn't know he released a
KIckaSS single (among
others), jammed with
Frank Zappa, and was at the right place and time
to upstage a piece of Australian History. Not bad for someone whom
Keith Moon dumped his drink on and called a "great pooftah." [more inside]
posted by not_on_display
on May 4, 2008 -
21 comments
