# Robin Riker (Get a Life, Alligator)

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Podcast: [Ian Talks Comedy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290)
Published: 2026-03-21T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Robin-Riker-Get-a-Life--Alligator-e3gn2lh
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## Resource

Robin Riker joined me to discuss Julie Brown; her families history in show business; making her stage debut at 4; her parents start a theater in Aspen; her dad hosts a kids show Cap. Rick's Showboat; appearing in the Colorado Shakespeare festival at 10; auditioning for her parents; divorce; watching Walt Disney & Old Yeller; being a waitress; getting parts on Joe Forester, MASH, & Rockford Files; working with Greg Antonacci for the first time; being in the movie Alligator with Sue Lyon & Robert Forrester; her performance written about by Quentin Tarantino; doing the pilot Herndon with Michael Richards & Ted McGinley; reuniting with Greg Antonacci on Brothers; being told that the series has been picked up for 50 episodes; her 2 Cable Ace Award nominations; guesting on Misfits of Science and befriending Dean Paul Martin & Kevin Peter Hall; guesting on Doctor, Doctor; getting cast on Get A Life; growing up a fan of Bob & Ray and now working with Bob Eliot & Elinor Donahue; playing the wife of Sam Robards; meeting his real life mother, Lauren Bacall; Zoo Animals on Wheels; being on Shaky Ground; taking Jennifer Love Hewitt for lunch on her 15th birthday and getting yelled at for being 5 minutes late; working with Ed Asner; being in the pilot but not the series Emeril; Bones; doing interrogation scenes; soap operas; getting killed of Bold and the Beautiful by forgetting how to swim due to Alzheimer's; General Hospital; doing the plays The Ladies Room and Kiss at City Hall; writing A Survivors Guide to Hollywood, with advice on navigating an actors life in Hollywood; going on a tour; costarring with Brian Austin Green in an upcoming movie; working with Jack son Adam on a one person shwo

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