Steve Young (Letterman 1990 - 2015, Bathtubs Over Broadway)

<p>Steve Young joined me tot talk about his Emmy; his influences; watching Letterman as a teenager for the first time; going to Harvard; Conan O'Brien and the Harvard Lampoon; the Lampoon Castle; his submission; first National Lampoon piece; not &nbsp;being a comedy nerd; Not Necessarily the News; The Rachel Sweet Show; sending a submission packet to <em>Late Night</em> in 1990; being the utility guy; man who's;&nbsp;writing Alan Kalter's coming ups; have Dave affected my memory; Steve teaching at NYU and bringing David Letterman as a guest; Massapequa and Joey Buttafuoco; Jerry Seinfeld; the move to CBS; the constantly changing nature of the show; show becomes more political; Paul Shaffer; his <em>Simpsons</em> episode; ave's Record Collection; finding industrial musicals - musicals written for company functions; his book Everything's Coming Up Profits; documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway; new records collected since documentary; his families reaction; how the documentary was seen by critics, family, and David Letterman; that many people have seen one of these shows; John Roarke does Dave at conventions; why the industrial shows stopped; short films he wrote and starred in; his beard; how Letterman hired from within</p> <p>All clips thanks to the generosity of Mr. Young himself.</p> <p>The book: https://www.amazon.com/Everythings-Coming-Up-Profits-Industrial/dp/0922233446/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=everything+coming+up+profits&amp;qid=1646004646&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=everythings+coming+u%2Cstripbooks%2C63&amp;sr=1-2&nbsp;</p> <p>Bathtubs over Broadway on Amazon Prime</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>