# David Garrison Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/david-garrison Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/david-garrison.md Podcast: [Ian Talks Comedy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290) Published: 2026-03-28T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/David-Garrison-e3h1dji Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/117535794/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-27%2F84892811-0861-0bd1-5e4a-debcac5e13de.mp3 Processing state: processed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/david-garrison Duration seconds: 1714 ## Resource David Garrison joined me to discuss watching I Love Lucy and Maverick; going to high school with Bruce Springsteen; getting a BFA at BU; joining the Arena Stage in Washington D.C.; his first off Broadway play, The History of American Film; his tenure on the soap opera The Edge of Night; getting a Tony nomination for A Day in Hollywood / A Night in Ukraine - a Marx Brothers parody; joining Pirates of Penzance; appearing on Night of 100 Stars; James Cagney accidentally being locked in the basement; replacing Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy; leaving to join the cast of a new show It's Your Move; favorite episodes; Married with Children; writers taking his love of the outdoors and giving it to Steve; favorite episodes include "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "I'll See You in Court", and "Have You Driven a Ford Lately"; actually driving a '65 Mustang; leaving MWC and joining Working It Out; playing Nixon in The Great Society; Titanic; Wicked; and working out a musical based on the 1998 film Ever After ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/david-garrison/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/david-garrison.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.