David Misch

David Misch joins me to talk about directing Tales from the Darkside and Monsters; written humor; the Marx Brothers; being a funny folk singer; Sommerville; being managed by Rollins & Jaffe; Piper Houser; Jay Leno; Andy Breckman; Mork & Mindy; writing his first episode; Robin's ad-libs; writing the scenes on Happy Days for the Mork pilot; "Mork Gets Exposed", Jeff Altman; writing a pilot for a late night talk show with David Letterman; Letterman and Raquel Welch guest star on Mork; "The Mork Syndrome"; Gina Hecht & Jay Thomas; Exxidor; Police Squad comes from M Squad; "Ring of Fire"; Callahan; his two weeks as a guest writer on SNL; Larry David; smoking pot in the offices; Ed Bluestone; John Belushi's cameo on Police Squad; Jerry Lewis; Muppets Take Manhattan; Little Shop of Horrors; Funny the Book; the comedy rule of 3; comedy not getting its due; Robert Wuhl; Rick Moranis; Oscars; Duckman;