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Chaz Jankel (Ian Dury and the Blockheads)

10/31/2026 • 58 min

Chaz Jankel and I discuss his changing his name at 13; his neighborhood growing up; producing an album in Port Jefferson, NY; skiffle music; Lonnie Donnegan; being into Afro-American bands of the 60s and 70s; Mill Hill School; Jews in punk; St. Martin's School of the Arts; turning to music; buying a Wurlitzer electric piano; getting a call from Kilburn and the H… Play episode

Comedian Bobby Collins
Allison Smith (Broadway's Annie, Kate & Allie)
John Moffitt (Ed Sullivan Show director / creator Fridays)
Ted Wass (Soap / Blossom / Oh God, You Devil)
Marlene Weisman (SNL Graphics Dept. 1988 - 1995)
Ian Maxtone-Graham (SNL, The Simpsons, The Hanukkah Song)
Andy Robin (Seinfeld / SNL Season 16)
Brent Forrester (The Simpsons / The Office)
Ken Lerner (Rocco Malachi on Happy Days / Lou Schwartz on The Goldbergs)
Morgan Fairchild
Catlin Adams (The Jerk / A Jazz Singer / Sticky Fingers)
Bill Nuss (Mee-Ow show / NBC exec / 21 Jump Street ep / Pacific Blue creat…
Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon / Manimal)
Jill Kleck Woo (p.a. Fridays, The Blues Brothers, Eye Magic Productions)
Robert L. McCullough (Bionic Woman / BJ & the Bear / Falcon Crest)
Art Dielhenn (director Punky Brewster / Head of the Class / Sister Sister)
Dan O'Shannon (Newhart / Cheers / Modern Family)
Seth Freeman (Lou Grant / Brooklyn Bridge)
Prof. Frank Chindamo (SNL Season 6 writers assistant / creator LaughMD.com)
Marsha Posner Williams (producer, Soap / Night Court / Golden Girls)
Susan Silver (Mary Tyler Moore / Bob Newhart shows, author Hot Pants in Ho…
Kevin Kelton (2021 Interview with Better Audio)
Ross Shafer (Almost Live!/Late Show/Match Game)
Peter Lefcourt (author The Deal & The Dreyfus Affair, writer / producer Ca…
Marc Weingarten (comedian, owner of the Ice House 1978 - 1982)
Rebeca Arthur Golden (Perfect Strangers, Scrooged)
Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear, My Two Dads)
Maggie Wheeler ("Janice from Friends", Seinfeld, Curb)
Brad Isaacs (writer / producer, Newhart, NewsRadio, Tommy Boy)
Chris Lemmon
David Garrison
Robin Riker (Get a Life, Alligator)
Robert Hays
Ken Estin (Taxi / Cheers / Tracey Ullman Show)
George Arthur Bloom (writer, Transformers & My Little Pony cartoons)
Julie Brown
Dirk Benedict (The A-Team)
Susan Isaacs (Scrooged / Seinfeld / Planes Trains, and Automobiles)
Tommy Kovac (host, Splat from the Past)
Bob Illes (redo new Jan 2026 interview!)
Michele Lee
Bob Illes (author, Funny is Money, Vintage 2020 ep w/ better sound)
Dean Cameron (Summer School, Fast Times TV series)
Roger Director (writer / producer, Hill St. Blues, Moonlighting)
Denise Nicholas (Room 222, In the Heat of the Night)
Mark Malkoff (author, Love Johnny Carson)
Steven Peterman (actor, Square Pegs / writer Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan)
Chas Floyd Johnson (producer, Rockford Files / Magnum PI / Jag / NCIS)
Christopher Atkins

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