Peter Mehlman

Peter Mehlman joined me to discuss It's Like You Know; his pursuing stand up; Seinfeld and my coincidences; college; Shirley & Maury Povich; being a Yankee's fan, MLB's disclaimer; both of us having dogs named Izzy; Howard Cosell; hypocrisy in sports; NFL anti-trust; sports fans in the US: Detroit Lions; Knicks; Lakers; Lifetime's Attitudes; Dick Cavett; Woody Allen; meeting Larry David; using an article as a spec script; trying to go to all 50 states; writing the "Costanza - Lord of the Idiots line"; length of episodes; Jerry's stand up interstitials; Larry saves the show in editing; Don Adams; Bruce Kirschbaum; "get out"; Teri Hatcher; Courtney Cox; "The Chiese Woman"; Estelle Harris; Liz Sheridan; Taxi; favorite episodes, characters; "The Sponge"; "The Yada Yada"; working on stand up; meeting your idols; Seinfeld's writers credit; networks try to get around quality; reality shows sink scripted shows; the big three networks barely staying alive; Gilbert Gottfried