{"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":"Bill Nuss (Mee-Ow show / NBC exec / 21 Jump Street ep / Pacific Blue creator)","slug":"bill-nuss-mee-ow-show-nbc-exec-21-jump-street-ep-pacific-blue-creator","published_at":"2026-08-08T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/bill-nuss-mee-ow-show-nbc-exec-21-jump-street-ep-pacific-blue-creator","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Bill-Nuss-Mee-Ow-show--NBC-exec--21-Jump-Street-ep--Pacific-Blue-creator-e3moo04","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/123542980/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-30%2F97caabaa-c20a-0eb4-e532-11246e10d45f.mp3","summary":"Bill Nuss joined me to discuss watching Off. Joe Bolton as a child; writing to Johnny Carson; his love of Honeymooners; going to film school backward; creating the Mee-Ow show at Northwestern with partner Dusty Kay; Seth Myers crediting it with his pursuing comedy; meeting Brandon Tartikoff; auditioning for SNL; Brandon gets them a pitch at Eight is Enough; going with Brandon as an exec to NBC; creation of Diff'rent Strokes; being in the room when the cancellation of SNL was discussed; worked on Cannell and Larson series; asked to write for A-Team &amp; later 21 Jump Street; casting Johnny Depp; writing the Hulk Hogan A-Team episodes; &quot;Lease with an Option to Buy&quot; w/ Della Reese and worst episode of A-Team; writing a Psycho homage for Knight Rider and a The God's Must Be Crazy takeoff for the A-Team; creating the Booker character for Jump Street; favorite Jump Streets; Raven; guesting on his shows; The Hat Squad; Renegade; directing was easy for him; favorite episode of Booker; creating Pacific Blue; WWE &amp; Mario Lopez; PB episodes &quot;Stargazer' and &quot;59 Minutes&quot;; creating North Shore and having young Jason Momoa in the cast; NCIS; Hawaii 5-0; his passion project, the musical version of The Honeymooners","meta_description":"Bill Nuss joined me to discuss watching Off. Joe Bolton as a child; writing to Johnny Carson; his love of Honeymooners; going to film school backward; cre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/bill-nuss-mee-ow-show-nbc-exec-21-jump-street-ep-pacific-blue-creator/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/bill-nuss-mee-ow-show-nbc-exec-21-jump-street-ep-pacific-blue-creator.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}