Let's Talk Ten
Dan Fisher and his guests come up with Top Ten lists relating to pop culture --Movies/TV/Music/Etc. -- and then they compare notes.
"Winning" arguments over what's the "best" is never the point. It's just people talking about the stuff they love and why they love it. Sometimes the conversation is silly, sometimes it's deeply personal -- as long as it's entertaining, it goes where it goes.
Each "Let's Talk Ten" will cover a fresh topic (horror movies, debut albums, TV kids' shows) with a different guest. There are no scripts and lists are not shared beforehand.
Episodes will drop every two weeks, on Mondays.
Let's Talk Ten
EP. #23 -- STUFF THAT MAKES US LAUGH with DICK DEBARTOLO
Dan fulfilled a bucket-list item by spending time with one of childhood heroes, the truly legendary DICK DEBARTOLO, “MAD’s Maddest Writer” and one of MAD magazine’s original “Usual Gang of Idiots”.
Besides going through their lists, Dan and Dick talked a LOT about MAD and its founder William M. Gaines, as well as Dick’s memories of the fantastic artists and writers who worked for MAD -- Al Jaffe, Don Martin, Nick Meglin, and many more.
They also discussed the classic game show “Match Game”, for which Dick was the head writer. PLUS: gizmos! And gadgets! AND:
* Matching up the cast of “Seinfeld” with Looney Tunes characters.
* Gaines treats Dick to all the desserts.
* Dan and his Dad’s attend a private screening of a Richard Pryor movie.
* Dick’s fond memories of Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers.
* AND SO MUCH MORE! (What, me worry?)