John Moffitt (Ed Sullivan Show director / creator Fridays)

Podcast: Ian Talks Comedy · Ian Fermaglich

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

John Moffitt joined me to discuss doing the school news on the radio; going to Your Show of Shows live; going to Dartmouth; wanting to be a pilot; getting into the NBC management program but getting drafted; teaching Morse code; learning TV production in the army; working with Joseph Papp; hired on the Ed Sullivan Show; making videos for Good Vibrations and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; Albert Brooks; Lily Tomlin special; turning down being the director of Saturday Night Live; producing and directing The Richard Pryor Show; censorship; Star Wars sketch; Robin Williams; Fridays; the cold open...