Back in the early 90's The Comedy Channel (precursor to Comedy Central) ran a show called Inside the Comedy Mind w/ Alan King. It was an interview based show similar in concept to Inside the Actor's Studio, only with comedians rather than actors.
As I recall, the show had several comedic legends on to discuss their craft, such as Joan Rivers, Buddy Hackett, Robin Williams, Jerry Lewis, Gary Shandling, etc..
As a major fan of comedy from those eras, this is a show I'd absolutely LOVE to have a digital collection for, and it's a show well worth preserving IMHO. Outside a few episodes making it onto YouTube and a couple out of print best-of DVDs, I don't think this show is easy to get a hold of.
So, I was hoping maybe one of you find folks might be able to help... or at least point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!!
While I'm at it, there was another Comedy Channel show called Night After Night w/ Allan Havey, which was a much looser and unscripted talk-show whose goal was to fill as much airtime as possible while the new network slowly added more content to their library. As such, Allan was able to shoot the shit with his guests at a leisurely and laid back pace that's very reminiscent of modern podcasts. This is also a show I'd love to see archived and made available now in 2022. Chances are, anything that survived would likely be VHS rips, but I'm not overly picky.....
As I recall, the show had several comedic legends on to discuss their craft, such as Joan Rivers, Buddy Hackett, Robin Williams, Jerry Lewis, Gary Shandling, etc..
As a major fan of comedy from those eras, this is a show I'd absolutely LOVE to have a digital collection for, and it's a show well worth preserving IMHO. Outside a few episodes making it onto YouTube and a couple out of print best-of DVDs, I don't think this show is easy to get a hold of.
So, I was hoping maybe one of you find folks might be able to help... or at least point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!!
While I'm at it, there was another Comedy Channel show called Night After Night w/ Allan Havey, which was a much looser and unscripted talk-show whose goal was to fill as much airtime as possible while the new network slowly added more content to their library. As such, Allan was able to shoot the shit with his guests at a leisurely and laid back pace that's very reminiscent of modern podcasts. This is also a show I'd love to see archived and made available now in 2022. Chances are, anything that survived would likely be VHS rips, but I'm not overly picky.....