Episode
Andy Robin (Seinfeld / SNL Season 16)
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- Ian Talks Comedy
- Published
- Sep 12, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3035
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Summary
Andy Robin joined me to discuss being "Penske material"; Candid Camera; Emergency; crooners; Paul Anka; being a Mets fan; writing for and editing Harvard Lampoon; rally for Dan Quayle;submitting for SNL; a sketch he wrote is similar to one going on that week; he gets hired by Jim Downey; writes a Godfather / George Bush sketch for Joe Mantegna; Dennis Miller disses Vanilla Ice; writing copy guy sketches with Robert Schneider; on air appearances; Jeremy Irons; cut for time Steven Seagal sketch; Sandler gets a spec Seinfeld script to Seinfeld; Larry Charles works with him on stories for "Junior Mint"; not knowing he was hired becomes an episode; raisins disappearing after his interview becomes part of an episode; Dolores; The Barber comes from his life; The Jimmy sneakers were worn by Alec Berg; "The Bottle Deposit" leads to a real life crime; "The Comeback" came from Peter Mehlman; The Slicer; "The Nap" came from prop masters indecisiveness; The Martin Short Show; Nathan Thurm; "The Puerto Rican Day Parade"; Martin Short's Bette Davis impression; Michael Richards Show was ruined by the network; original pilot by Michael Ritchie was really good; going into pyschiatry