Lisa Mende (Scrooged; Carol on Seinfeld)

<p>Lisa Mende joined me to discussed being asked but ot being able to be on the last <em>Newhart</em>; only being allowed to watch PBS but sneaking The 3 Stooges; always wanting to be an actress; being a child actress in Yiddish theatre; going to study acting at The University of Bridgeport; doing improv with husband Dom Irrera; different types of improv; stand-up being harder than Broadway or improv; the guerilla shooting of Hollywood Shuffle; co-starring in Scrooged as Bill Murray&#39;s mother; working with Richard Donner, Bill &amp; Brian Doyle-Murray, and Jack Lemmon; guest starring in <em>Hooperman</em> with John Ritter; <em>The Famous Teddy Z</em>; <em>His and Hers</em>; John Paragon and her get the giggles shooting Honey, I Blew up the Kid; doing a double act with Michel Patrick King in Vegas, Florida comedy condos and <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em>; Dom Irrera writes and has tiny roles on SNL; the &#39;70s/80&#39;s comedy community; playing Carol on <em>Seinfeld; </em>her audition; people asking her to say &quot;You have to see the baby&quot;; being on Cameo; shrinkage; The English Patient episode; guesting on <em>Sex and the City</em>; doing Nothing to Lose; co-starring in Rodney Dangerfield&#39;s last film;</p>