{"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":330,"summary":"Join NYC teacher and former stand up comedian Ian Fermaglich as he talks comedy with some of comedy's best.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T12:18:37.346010+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290"},"episode":{"title":"Bob Illes (author, Funny is Money, Vintage 2020 ep w/ better sound)","slug":"bob-illes-author-funny-is-money-vintage-2020-ep-w-better-sound","published_at":"2026-01-03T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/bob-illes-author-funny-is-money-vintage-2020-ep-w-better-sound","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Bob-Illes-author--Funny-is-Money--Vintage-2020-ep-w-better-sound-e3d02hq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/113297402/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-30%2F6aa6e244-9832-32c1-b680-a286abd50012.mp3","summary":"Bob Illes and I discuss his early years; starting a radio comedy show at USC; Digby Wolfe; winning a contest to write for Tennesse Ernie Ford; Mike Ovitz; writing monologues for Bill Cosby; meeting Groucho Marx and Peter Sellers; writing for the Lily Tomlin special and winning an Emmy; The Super Emmy; writing the Sanford & Son episode, "Lamont, Is That You", The Smothers Brothers NBC reboot; Mickey Rose; Chevy Chase; Don Novello; Joe & Sons , One Day at a Time , getting dressed down by Norman Lear and his mea culpa; What's Happening !!, Captain and Tenille Show , Fernwood Tonight , winning another Emmy for the last year of The Carol Burnett Show , America 2-Night; Peeping Times; The Mary Tyler Moore Hour; Steve Allen Comedy Hour; Catherine O'Hara , Flo, Private Benjamin, No Soap, Radio; Silver Spoons; Jason Bateman, John Houseman; The Cracker Brothers; Milton Berle; Double Trouble, Sylvan in Paradise, Jim Nabors; Courtney Cox; Jackie Bison Show ; Harry Shearer, Stan Freberg; Amen ; Sherman Hemsley; favorite episode; getting cancelled by NBC because Johnny Carson retired; age ranges in sitcoms","meta_description":"Bob Illes and I discuss his early years; starting a radio comedy show at USC; Digby Wolfe; winning a contest to write for Tennesse Ernie Ford; Mike Ovitz;…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5761,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/bob-illes-author-funny-is-money-vintage-2020-ep-w-better-sound/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/bob-illes-author-funny-is-money-vintage-2020-ep-w-better-sound.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}