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BACK 2 THE BALCONYBACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#69 - SERIAL!This week we discuss the film Serial!Inspired by the Cyra McFadden novel The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County, Serial is director Bill Persky's (TV's Kate & Allie) satirical look at the lifestyles of California's 1970's hippie culture. Viewed through the eyes of Harvey Holroyd (Martin Mull, TV's Roseanne), a man perplexed by the behavior of his wife Kate (Tuesday Weld, Pretty Poison) and their liberal-minded friends, Serial lampoons everything from feminism, free love and sexual politics to cults, motorcycle clubs and the random midlife crisis. The gifted ensemble cast includes Sally...2025-05-0148 min
Tripping Over The Ottoman - A Dick Van Dyke Show podcastOne Hundred Terrible HoursSend us a textWalnut Times publisher and DVDS expert, David Van Deusen, joins DVDS superfan, Abby, to deep dive into their favorite episodes from The Dick Van Dyke Show. This episode focuses on "One Hundred Terrible Hours." Special guest, Bill Persky, joins in the discussion.Feel free to leave comments below or email us at: trippingovertheottoman@gmail.com. Thumbs up!2024-10-2654 min
ComedyCentricPodcastEpisode 3: Bill Persky (Writer Dick Van Dyke Show)
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Creativity in CaptivityBILL PERSKY: Golden Age of TVA legendary Emmy-award winning TV writer, director & producer who co-wrote many of the classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show and created the TV series That Girl starring Marlo Thomas. A former lifeguard in the Catskills mountains turned comedy writer for radio DJs at WNEW, Bill partnered up with Sam Denoff to write comedy for The Steve Allen Show, Good Morning World and many other sitcoms from the golden age of television. Persky went on to direct 100 episodes of the situation comedy Kate and Allie, as well as The Practice and Busting Loose. Bill also directed the feature film Serial. 2024-06-1350 min
Before The Cheering Started with Budd MishkinBill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 2Send us a textBy 1963, Bill Persky had already worked as a lifeguard at Grossinger’s in the Catskill Mountains and watched the hotel’s standup comics make people laugh. He’d written a show at Syracuse University that won a national collegiate award. He’d worked at an advertising agency and radio station in New York before moving to California to write for television. And then in 1963, everything changed. He and his writing partner Sam Denoff started writing for a show that is considered a classic: The Dick Van Dyke Show. A door had opened and on other side st...2024-05-2919 minBefore The Cheering Started with Budd MishkinBill Persky: Still Funny After All These Years, Part 1Send us a textWhat is it like to create something early in your life and then watch as that creation has a tangible effect on people decades later? Musicians know the feeling. Actors and writers too. It’s a feeling Bill Persky knows well. He and his writing partner Sam Denoff wrote many of the classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, a 1960’s show that is timeless and often held up as TV comedy writing at its best. 60 years later and we are still laughing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-2228 min
Idiots On Parade, the Too Ugly for TV PodcastEpisode 551: News, Schools, and SantosThis week, the Idiots open with the worst “news” article ever written.
Mya Abraham, writing for Vibe, managed to write an article that contained absolutely zero information. A great clickbait headline was followed with nothing pertaining to said headline.
It’s amusing, in a way, that such bad “journalism” was published.
Next up, in a move that would make Aaron Persky proud, a judge released Ron Jeremy from jail, into a care facility.
Why?
Because Ron is sick, and that’s b...2023-12-0336 min
Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal PodcastGGACP Classic: Bill PerskyGGACP celebrates the birthday (September 9) of Emmy-winning writer-director Bill Persky by revisiting this memorable conversation from 2017. In this episode, Bill weighs in on topics not covered in his previous appearances, including the physicality of Tim Conway, the irritability of Joey Bishop, the professionalism of Don Ameche and the star power of Sandy Koufax. Also, Jack Palance tells a joke, Harvey Korman treads the boards, Joe Namath turns heads and George Carlin takes a powder. PLUS: Burt Mustin! Gene Kelly unmasked! Super Dave goes to Tahiti! Remembering Garry Marshall! And Eva Gabor replaces Sgt. Bilko! Learn more about yo...2023-09-071h 14
Dystopia Tonight With John PoveromoDay 212 - The Legendary Return of Bill Persky!In this episode of Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo, we have the pleasure of welcoming legendary television writer, director, and producer Bill Persky back to the show. With a career spanning over five decades, Bill has worked on some of the most beloved television shows of all time, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and "Kate & Allie."
In our conversation, Bill shares his unique perspective on the current state of television and the entertainment industry as a whole, reflecting on the ways in which technology and changing audience tastes have transformed the...2023-04-241h 27Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal PodcastSitcom Writers Roundtable Encore with Dave Hackel, John Markus, Bernie Orenstein and Bill PerskyGGACP celebrates the birthday (February 5th) of legendary comedy writer Bernie Orenstein with an ENCORE of a roundtable discussion featuring an all-star panel of TV comedy writers, including Dave Hackel (“Wings,” “Becker”), John Markus (“The Cosby Show,” “The Larry Sanders Show”) and Bill Persky (“The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “That Girl”). In this episode, the boys discuss failed pilots, troublesome actors, bad network notes, the versatility of Danny Kaye and the volatility of Buddy Hackett. Also, John writes for Bob Hope, Bill disses Joey Bishop, Bernie shows Bing Crosby the ropes and Dave spends a memorable day with Truman Capote. PLUS: “The Cheap...2023-02-061h 44
TV Confidential with Ed RobertsonCarl Reiner and The Dick Van Dyke ShowTVC 594.2: David Van Deusen, writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary, discusses the new exhibit dedicated to Carl Reiner that recently opened at the National Comedy Center, including the role that David played in donating the “Alan Brady” desk that Reiner used on The Dick Van Dyke Show. David’s documentary, The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary, includes archival audio from Sheldon Leonard, Carl Reiner, Lucas Reiner, Christian Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Levine (Mary Tyler Moore’s widower), Mary Tyler Moore, Larry Mathews, Rose Marie, Georgiana “Noopy” Rodriguez (Rose Marie’s...2022-10-2519 min
Comedy Centric PodcastEpisode 03 Part 2: Special Guest Bill PerskySubscribe to our channel and tap the bell for notifications
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Comedy Centric PodcastEpisode 03 Part 1: Special Guest Bill PerskySubscribe to our channel and tap the bell for notifications
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Saint Helena Forum7: Who Put the Funny in Feminism?A round table conversation with Bonnie Dow, Bill Persky, Linda Bloodworth-Thomasin and Peter Bergman about the influence of television on the Women’s Movement and American cultural shifts from the 1960’s until today.
To watch the video of this episode, go to shforum.com2022-09-291h 29
HISTORY This WeekDirty Dancing in the Borscht BeltAugust 17, 1987. On the red carpet in New York City, it’s the premier of a new movie: Dirty Dancing. The story is set in the sunburnt Shangri-La of New York’s Catskills resort region. The movie will introduce millions to the place that some call the Jewish Alps. "Disneyland with knishes." The Sour Cream Sierras. The Borscht Belt. Ironically, Dirty Dancing arrives as the heyday of the Catskills resort is ending. But how does its culture live on? And how did its signature style of Jewish humor make the leap to Hollywood, where it would fundamentally change American comedy?...2022-08-1533 min
Hey Human PodcastBill Persky: If You’re Good, You’ll Get There316 Bill Persky is a five-time Emmy-winning writer, producer, and director. From The Dick Van Dyke Show, to That Girl (which he co-created), to Kate and Allie and Who’s the Boss, Persky is a tv legend. At 90, he’s still going strong, and he’s currently working on a new project about generations and their history. […]2022-06-161h 07Hey Human PodcastBill Persky: If You’re Good, You’ll Get There316 Bill Persky is a five-time Emmy-winning writer, producer, and director. From The Dick Van Dyke Show, to That Girl (which he co-created), to Kate and Allie and Who’s the Boss, Persky is a tv legend. At 90, he’s still going strong, and he’s currently working on a new project about generations and their history. […]2022-06-161h 07Dystopia Tonight With John PoveromoDay 173 - Bill PerskyLegendary Emmy Award Winning television writer, director and producer Bill Persky climbs out of the world behind the golden age of television to talk to us on Dystopia Tonight about his beginnings as a comedy writer for comedians with his writing partner Sam Denoff, his relationship with the late George Shapiro and Carl Reiner and his incredible experiences as a writer and a story consultant on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
We talk about what lead to him working with Carl Reiner, what Carl passed on to him, his relationship with Dick Van Dyke, Mary T...2022-06-011h 18
brioux.tv: the podcastRonnie Schell, the voice of Peter PuckSend us a text Billed as "The World's Slowest-rising Comedian," Ronnie Schell has been making people laugh for seven decades.His story began at The Purple Onion and the hungry i in the late '50s where Schell shared stages with The Kingston Trio and Phyllis Diller. From there, the now 90-year-old seemed destined for showbiz success.His TV history starts as a contestant on "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx. The big break came with "Gomer Pyle, USMC" where he played Jim Nabor's army pal Duke Slater. He shared top billing w...2022-04-251h 16