TV Guidance Counselor

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 69: Allan Havey


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This week Ken welcomes actor/comedian Allan Havey to the show.

Ken and Allan discuss the beauty of Santa Monica, growing up in Miami, working blue, Catholic Families, watching the Tonight Show with Dad, playing a priest at 5 years old, the magic of hearing your own voice for the first time, kids being seen and not heard, The Three Stooges, the early silent comedies, The Twilight Zone, watching anything and everything on TV, 57 Channels and nothing on, the cornucopia of choice in the 21st Century, Louie, marathoning shows, Sunday Night Family viewing, watching football at double speed, Mad Men, not rewatching your own stuff, starting stand up in New York City, Lorne Michaels' "The New Show", SNL replacements, Letterman, having the same joke as several other people, the validation of being on TV in the eyes of the public, other people defining your success, buying into the 60s counter culture, meeting JFK and the shock of the Kennedy Assassination, the power of prayer, the generation gap, National Lampoon Magazine, Alan King, Carlin, Pryor, Steve Martin's stadium career, setting goals with a time line, training, West 57th St, the early days of the Comedy Channel, Rich Hall's Onion World, Rachel Sweet, Tommy Sledge, "Night After Night", Ha!, being in the moment, not taking things for granted, Punk'd, diversifying your creative endeavors, never giving up on Stand Up, having an immediate outlet, the "audience of one", differentiating yourself from the glut of other talk shows, Warren Zevon, Free Ride on Fox, always having stand up, The Comedy Cellar, Catch a Rising Star in Cambridge, MA, the gold mine in Burgers, how things sometimes just work out, the fleeting nature of live performance, fixating on bad gigs, how comedians are like chefs, how someone else's success has nothing to do with you, Chelsea Lately, Seinfeld, the exciting world of web TV, UK TV, not living in the past too much by re-visiting your youth, and the wonder of Mad Men.

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