Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm reading Mr. Simon's book Rewrites, and I absolutely love it! Whether you're a fan of the theatre or not, I highly recommend it:)
In the 1982 movie, "My Favorite Year," (produced by Mel Brooks, a fellow writer with Simon on "Your Show of Shows" w/ Sid Caesar), the "silent" writer in the movie was a portrait of Neil Simon.
We did 25 years and then new station management demanded creative and editorial control, so we packed up and moved out. Much of he show's extensive archive is here online at theatertalk.org and otherwide living in drives in a cabinet. As for co-host Riedel, he had moved on, even before we ended production and is now espousing his right-wing political views somewhere on drive-time radio.
That male interviewer comes across as so smug. His posture and facial expressions are not good. He's leaning back in his chair as if he's so tired and can't be bothered. But that sort of arrogant look on his face is hard to stomach, as well as that tone of voice.
