{"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":"Ian Maxtone-Graham (SNL, The Simpsons, The Hanukkah Song)","slug":"ian-maxtone-graham-snl-the-simpsons-the-hanukkah-song","published_at":"2026-09-19T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/ian-maxtone-graham-snl-the-simpsons-the-hanukkah-song","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Ian-Maxtone-Graham-SNL--The-Simpsons--The-Hanukkah-Song-e3ohmhp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/125409273/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-8%2F926d61f9-a3ac-1984-6bf3-6dd749f52290.mp3","summary":"Ian Maxtone-Graham joined me to discuss remembering the moon landing; Batman; writing humorous articles in high school and at Brown; getting hired on Not Necessarily the News; Motown Review; being head writer for Comedy Central game show Clash; getting hired at National Lampoon; asking Jack Handy to submit Deep Thoughts leads to him getting hired on SNL; Fred Wolf; Fetal Abuse Laugh-a-Thon with Victoria Jackson, Woody Harrelson, Phil Hartman &amp; Jon Lovitz; Glenn Close Christmas monologue; working with her again on the Simpsons; best comedies also are dramatic; creation of the Hanukkah Song; working with Norm on Update; getting three pieces on Jason Alexander episode; favorite hosts; Bob Newhart; Norm's Charles Kuralt; leaving SNL to go to The Simpsons; becoming the Tall Man character; &quot;Burns, Baby Burns&quot; original idea; hard to write for Rodney; &quot;City of NY vs. Homer Simpson&quot;; donated a cel to the 9/11 Museum; 70's NY; &quot;Trash of the Titans&quot;; policy wonk vs. populist; &quot;Blunder Years&quot;; Paul Newman guest voice; Smithers back story; How I Wet Your Mother w/ David Byrne and Glenn Close; Dads; importance of graphics on SNL","meta_description":"Ian Maxtone-Graham joined me to discuss remembering the moon landing; Batman; writing humorous articles in high school and at Brown; getting hired on Not…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3149,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/ian-maxtone-graham-snl-the-simpsons-the-hanukkah-song/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/ian-maxtone-graham-snl-the-simpsons-the-hanukkah-song.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}