Harry Terjanian: How Comedy Sustains Friendships
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Harry Terjanian and 20 years of friendship
2:44 – Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart, and celebrity reinvention
5:23 – Mike Tyson's image rehab
8:28 – Comebacks you think of on the drive home
11:18 – Why fans won't let old fighters retire
14:29 – Nostalgia, Paul McCartney, and one last look
17:01 – Wayne Gretzky and Vladislav Tretiak
19:54 – No fat people in superhero movies
23:08 – Harry's hair and Propecia
26:13 – Skipping season one of TV shows
28:46 – Reviewing a showbiz friend's scripts
31:42 – Giving and taking notes
36:24 – The Rumble in the Jungle and Paul Simon jokes
39:00 – Taking direction and the We the Internet brand
41:56 – The gambler bets on girls' wrestling
44:26 – Writing the sports betting details
47:40 – Why comedy is hard and who gets to produce it
50:51 – Big-budget SNL sketches that don't land
55:08 – How Lou got Harry into the Hammerkatz
58:34 – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on SNL
1:01:41 – Harry's career as a wrestling heel
1:04:55 – Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and comics who never age
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Stand-up comic Harry Terjanian, Lou's friend of 20 years, collaborator, and one of his favorite comics, joins Lou to talk about how comedy sustains friendships, celebrity comebacks, old fighters who won't retire, and giving and taking notes.
We also get into Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, Mike Tyson's image rehab, comebacks you think of on the drive home, Wayne Gretzky and Vladislav Tretiak, why there are no fat superheroes, Harry's hair and Propecia, skipping season one of TV shows, the We the Internet brand, big-budget SNL sketches that don't land, how Lou got Harry into the Hammerkatz, and Harry's career as a wrestling heel.