{"id":1581,"date":"2018-11-29T22:14:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2021-07-02T01:10:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T01:10:43","slug":"episode-91-interview-with-paula-finn-ken-estin-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1581","title":{"rendered":"Episode 87: Interview with Paula Finn &#038; Ken Estin (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Andrew and Steve sit down with Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Ken Estin,whose TV resume includes <i>Taxi<\/i>, <i>Cheers<\/i>, <i>The Tracey Ullman Show<\/i>, and <i>The Tortellis<\/i>. Interestingly, through his work on <i>Tracey Ullman<\/i>, Ken played a significant role in the creation of <i>The Simpsons<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also joining the conversation is author Paula Finn, who will discuss her new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sitcom-Writers-Talk-Shop-Geniuses-ebook\/dp\/B07FQXVHCR\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1541909213&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=paula+finn+sitcom+writers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sitcom-Writers-Talk-Shop-Geniuses-ebook\/dp\/B07FQXVHCR\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1541909213%26sr%3D8-1%26keywords%3Dpaula%2Bfinn%2Bsitcom%2Bwriters&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1542156528592000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKtiAmBiZ_dVgIwQEzaZXW_Wq2XA\"><i>Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy<\/i><\/a><i>. <\/i>Finn is the daughter of Herbert Finn, notable TV writer for such series as <i>The Honeymooners<\/i>, <i>Jackie Gleason Show<\/i>, <i>The Flintstones<\/i>, <i>Gilligan&#8217;s Island<\/i>, and <i>Dennis the Menace<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the second part of this two-part episode, we focus on Paula&#8217;s book chapter dedicated to Ken Estin and discuss with Ken how <i>The Simpsons<\/i> was born out of the <i>Tracey Ullman Show<\/i>, the event that he considers to be the greatest night of his professional career (hint: it involves<i> Taxi<\/i> and <i>Cheers)<\/i>, and how HBO nearly acquired <i>Taxi<\/i> for its fifth season (1982-83).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew and Steve sit down with Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Ken Estin,whose TV resume includes Taxi, Cheers, The Tracey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[443,441,442,444,445],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ken_estin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}