Norm Hiscock (Kids in The Hall, SNL, King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99)

Norm Hiscock joins me to talk about his comedy influences: Bugs Bunny, Monty Python, SNL, and the Mary Tyler Moore Show; liking comedy but not performing; meeting Mark McKinney and forming an improv group; Bruce McCulloch joins; the group goes to Toronto; Bruce and Mark joining SNL writing staff in 1985, launching Kids in the Hall; running out of material and Norm joining; favorite Monty Python sketch; King of Broken Promises; To Do List; writing Brain Candy while on SNL; Mark McKinney playing Lorne as the bad guy in Brain Candy; Norm joins SNL; not writing The Paradox car commercial; bringing Mark McKinney's characters Darrill and Melanie (in a controversial sketch) to SNL; his first sketch on his first show; Hi-C & Turkey; David Koechner's character T-Bone; Naked Trucker and T-Bone Show; The Fops; Bob Newhart; Norm MacDonald; Dan Aykroyd; Denver Airport Sketch; Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas; moving to King of the Hill; "And they Called it Bobby Love" wins an Emmy; "Bobby Goes Nuts"; King of the Hill not being another Simpsons; different comedy rhythms; Alice, I Think; The Altar Boy Gang; Corner Gas; other Canadian sitcoms; walking on eggs; re-watching Mary Tyler Moore & Andy Griffith Show; Green Acres; Parks and Recreation; Jerry Gurgich; Audrey Plaza; the best cast he ever worked with; Brooklyn 99; Scully & Hitchcock; Trailer Parker Boys, Kids in the Hall reboot; Space Force; not going to SNL 40