I was honored recently to sit down with my friend, the great Rick Overton, for one of his soon-to-be-infamous Overview with Rick Overton podcasts. (Two, actually, as we went on and on long enough that he decided to break it into two parts.)
Most of you probably know the Emmy-award winning Rick, whether you know it or not. Stephanie Miller Show listeners/viewers will know him from his regular appearances there. Everybody else has probably seen him as an actor or, as I like to call him, the “comedians’ comedian”, in something or other, whether you realize it or not.
Rick describes his podcasts as “conversations with brilliantly creative people” which “delve into the mechanics of their craft in a fun and engaging hour.”
Desperately short of a “brilliantly creative” person for his latest outing, he tracked me down at my Hollywood home recently for what was an informal, often casual, and even sometimes rambling conversation. It was, at times, maddening, challenging, hilarious, insightful and “inciteful”. We discussed everything from NSA spying and Obama apologism (in Part I) to great comedians whose influence actually changed our culture, from Lenny Bruce to Andy Kaufman (whom Overton worked with…covertly) to George Carlin to Jon Stewart and beyond.
It should prove lively and, at times, even educational holiday weekend listening for ya. You can — and should — grab both podcasts (for free) via iTunes right here:
Enjoy!
Great News!
It’s a good thing you were able to catch him on some free time noting how busy and popular he could be in these days…