Howard Gewirtz

Howard Gewirtz joined me to talk about his name; Oliver Beene; growing up in Rego Park, NY; working for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's television station; writing a spec script for a George Carlin sitcom; writing for Busting Loose; We're on Our Own; Co-Ed Fever; writing a spec script for Taxi and getting hired; Taxi episode "Shut it Down Part I & II"; writing a Three's Company; writing for Latka; Mr. Personalities; using a UCLA psychologist for research and getting Dr. Joyce Brothers to play the psychologist; casting his and Ian Praiser's mothers in "Sceneskees from a Marriage"; his favorite Latka episode "Latka the Revolutionary"; Carol Kane as Simka; working with Tom Hanks on the episode "The Road Not Taken" and Martin Short on The Associates and "Jim Joins the Network"; J. Alan Thomas; him guest starring in "Of Mice and Tony"; creating Domestic Life with Ian Praiser, Steve Martin & Martin Mull; working with Sylvia Sidney; Down and Out in Beverly Hills; his Simpsons episode "Homer Defined"; Sibs; The Larry Sanders Show; Wings; and his upcoming novel.