{"podcast":{"title":"Ian Talks Comedy","slug":"ian-talks-comedy-140290","podcast_index_feed_id":140290,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/5576385/5576385-1589847499688-96aa14b6ccf94.jpg","author":"Ian Fermaglich","episode_count":342,"summary":"Join NYC teacher and former stand up comedian Ian Fermaglich as he talks comedy with some of comedy's best.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T20:20:18.072937+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290"},"episode":{"title":"Andy Robin (Seinfeld / SNL Season 16)","slug":"andy-robin-seinfeld-snl-season-16","published_at":"2026-09-12T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/andy-robin-seinfeld-snl-season-16","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Andy-Robin-Seinfeld--SNL-Season-16-e3o4urb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/124991787/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-31%2Ff809f65f-b9a9-1119-55ed-e05c41a1a621.mp3","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","meta_description":"Andy Robin joined me to discuss being \"Penske material\"; Candid Camera; Emergency; crooners; Paul Anka; being a Mets fan; writing for and editing Harvard…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3035,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/andy-robin-seinfeld-snl-season-16/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/andy-robin-seinfeld-snl-season-16.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}