Our guests on this week’s episode were Grant Baciocco and Kevin Pollak!

Kevin Pollak does Christopher Walken doing The Aristocrats

Intro

Ed started the show by telling us about an energy shake he enjoyed that afternoon, which explains his skittish, effusive demeanor during the show. (According to Ed, everything around him looks like the party scene from “Midnight Cowboy,” because he loves fresh, up-to-the-minute references.)

Ed then complained about the beams of LA sunlight that interrupted his viewing of 1942′s Tracy/Hepburn classic film, “Woman of the Year.” He also recently viewed the 1973 TV movie “The Devil’s Daughter,” in which Joseph Cotten portrayed Satan.

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Comedy News

Julie Mitchell then joined Ed for the Comedy News. She discussed doing her first “Open House” at a Virginia coffee shop. It unfortunately didn’t go well, so she has considered taking a job with CNN (the Comedy News Network).

Links

Jon Lovitz Comedy Club in Universal City
Nick DiPaolo official site
Middle Men official site

Grant Baciocco Song and Interview

Comedian, podcaster and musician Grant Baciocco stopped by to play a song by his band, Throwing Toasters. He then discussed his work on the Jim Henson Company podcast, his own podcast (“The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd”) and some of his influences – from “Rocky and Bullwinkle” to Dr. Demento to Weird Al’s “Eat It” video.

Links

Grant Baciocco on IMDb
Throwing Toasters
“The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd”
Jim Henson Company podcast

Kevin Pollak Interview

Actor, comedian and ThisWeekIn co-founder Kevin Pollak then dropped by the show to discuss his own talk show, his impressive film career and more. He started by talking about his first guest, LeVar Burton, who had to crawl on his belly on to the set because Kevin had chosen to sit in the official “Charlie Rose” chair on the set.

The discussion ranged to Pollak’s acting style (honed on films like Barry Levinson’s “Avalon” and Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men”) and his desire to return to stand-up comedy after kickstarting his film career. He also talked about how his idols – Bill Cosby, George Carlin, Albert Brooks, Jonathan Winters and others – inspired him to find his own unique voice, and told the story of his first appearance on “The Tonight Show.” Kevin also discussed the difference between the California Jew and the East Coast Jew and reminisced about losing his virginity. (No, really!)

Links

Kevin Pollak – “The Littlest Suspect”
Middle Men official site
Kevin Pollak on IMDb
Pollak on Letterman in 2006