Allison Jones

Other than the comic who's not that Sam Harris.

Other than the comic who's not that Sam Harris.

Other than the comic who's not that Sam Harris.

Oh, no, I knew that her name was Sam. I think the reason she got into writing was because she had to support Sam. Yeah, she's a single mother. Yeah, she said, I can do that stuff, and she wrote a spec script for one of their shows at the time, and then she just got huge. She created Soap, and she was a very, very important person, not just female, very important person in comedy.

Oh, no, I knew that her name was Sam. I think the reason she got into writing was because she had to support Sam. Yeah, she's a single mother. Yeah, she said, I can do that stuff, and she wrote a spec script for one of their shows at the time, and then she just got huge. She created Soap, and she was a very, very important person, not just female, very important person in comedy.

Oh, no, I knew that her name was Sam. I think the reason she got into writing was because she had to support Sam. Yeah, she's a single mother. Yeah, she said, I can do that stuff, and she wrote a spec script for one of their shows at the time, and then she just got huge. She created Soap, and she was a very, very important person, not just female, very important person in comedy.

And then she and Paul Witt made the greatest comedies in the 80s and 90s. Wow. the third floor on Sunset Gower.

And then she and Paul Witt made the greatest comedies in the 80s and 90s. Wow. the third floor on Sunset Gower.

And then she and Paul Witt made the greatest comedies in the 80s and 90s. Wow. the third floor on Sunset Gower.

All the time. It's almost the rule, not the exception.

All the time. It's almost the rule, not the exception.

All the time. It's almost the rule, not the exception.

Oh, we're keeping that in our heads.

Oh, we're keeping that in our heads.

Oh, we're keeping that in our heads.

Seeing every movie and every TV show and memorizing every actor. Anytime I'd go to a movie, this was before Internet Movie Database, I have a ton of little notebooks. I stay at the end and I would write down all the cast. I noted like Roseanne Barr. Her first bit was on Johnny Carson and I wrote Roseanne Carr. And then I wrote Riding Vacuum Cleaner. That was her bit.

Seeing every movie and every TV show and memorizing every actor. Anytime I'd go to a movie, this was before Internet Movie Database, I have a ton of little notebooks. I stay at the end and I would write down all the cast. I noted like Roseanne Barr. Her first bit was on Johnny Carson and I wrote Roseanne Carr. And then I wrote Riding Vacuum Cleaner. That was her bit.

Seeing every movie and every TV show and memorizing every actor. Anytime I'd go to a movie, this was before Internet Movie Database, I have a ton of little notebooks. I stay at the end and I would write down all the cast. I noted like Roseanne Barr. Her first bit was on Johnny Carson and I wrote Roseanne Carr. And then I wrote Riding Vacuum Cleaner. That was her bit.

So I remember her bit was writing down. And then I ended up seeing her at the comedy store. Anyway, everything was handwritten those days. So I had tons of writing down everybody. Ellen De-something. I didn't think I could spell her name, but I wrote it down. DeGeneres? Yeah. Oh, this is so funny. Yeah, so I have all kinds of little notebooks.

So I remember her bit was writing down. And then I ended up seeing her at the comedy store. Anyway, everything was handwritten those days. So I had tons of writing down everybody. Ellen De-something. I didn't think I could spell her name, but I wrote it down. DeGeneres? Yeah. Oh, this is so funny. Yeah, so I have all kinds of little notebooks.