{"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":"Maggie Wheeler (\"Janice from Friends\", Seinfeld, Curb)","slug":"maggie-wheeler-janice-from-friends-seinfeld-curb","published_at":"2026-04-18T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/maggie-wheeler-janice-from-friends-seinfeld-curb","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Maggie-Wheeler-Janice-from-Friends--Seinfeld--Curb-e3hvlal","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/118526741/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-15%2F393a5f67-9f2e-be90-64cf-52553ebf2fdf.mp3","summary":"Maggie Wheeler joined me to discuss 60's sitcoms; her parents not wanting her to pursue acting; her inspiration; Anna Deveare Smith; being 18 in the late 70's; Studio 54; MTV voice-overs; Rubinoos commercial; her audition for The New Show; her cheerleader characters; attempting to break dance with Penny Marshall and the Breakers; working with her idols; Lorne sends her audition tape to Rankin-Bass; hired on cartoons Silver Hawks& The Comic Strip to do most voices; Jonathan Kaufer casts her in Soup for One; Henry Jaglom hires her for New Years Day; her co-star is ex boyfriend, David Duchovny; wins Best Actress at a film festival; going on Johnny Carson; Dream On; becoming friends with Brian Benben, David Crane & Marta Kauffman; guesting in Emmy-winning Seinfeld ep "The Fix UP'; Larry David says Top 5 episode; Danger Theater; X-Files; being first one hired and first fired on Ellen; Janice's voice and laugh; writing her in 8 months pregnant in an episode; getting fired from Suddenly Susan; Janice's entrances were hidden; being second for wife on Everybody Does Raymond and being given a recurring role; Parent Trap; "Palestinian Chicken" episode of Curb; her recent double guest starring on Bob's Burgers","meta_description":"Maggie Wheeler joined me to discuss 60's sitcoms; her parents not wanting her to pursue acting; her inspiration; Anna Deveare Smith; being 18 in the late…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2577,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/maggie-wheeler-janice-from-friends-seinfeld-curb/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/maggie-wheeler-janice-from-friends-seinfeld-curb.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}