{"id":8019,"date":"2014-07-08T00:24:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T04:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2014-07-08T07:40:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T11:40:13","slug":"podcast-dogs-of-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-dogs-of-la","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Dogs of LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/merrillmarkoe.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8024\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-dogs-of-la\/merrill-markoe_by_john-dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?fit=627%2C325\" data-orig-size=\"627,325\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?fit=525%2C272\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-8024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?resize=525%2C272\" alt=\"Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85\" width=\"525\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?resize=620%2C321 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?resize=440%2C228 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merrill-Markoe_by_John-Dolan_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg?w=627 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories: Merrill Markoe\u00a0&#8211; Dogs of LA<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4091\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8019-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8019-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I hate to find out that people I admire are schmucks.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Legendary comedy writer, producer and performer <a href=\"http:\/\/merrillmarkoe.com\" target=\"_blank\">Merrill Markoe<\/a> let me into her home after seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157613512399233\" target=\"_blank\">pix of my adorable greyhounds<\/a>, and we got to spend an hour talking about how she co-created <em>Late Night with David Letterman<\/em>, how she was too worried about getting canceled to appreciate changing the nature of comedy on TV, which show she would love to write for if she was starting out today, what Letterman of 25 years ago would have thought of Letterman of today, and more! Along the way, she proves Christopher Hitchens wrong (women can be <em>very<\/em> funny), weighs in on Steven Colbert&#8217;s prospects taking over the <em>Late Show<\/em>, and talks about her literary influences and favorite cartoonists. And then we get overrun by her dogs, including Wally Markoe:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Wally Markoe by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/14519603911\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3841\/14519603911_8767117991.jpg?w=440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wally Markoe\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Had I been able to rewrite the whole thing from the ground up, it would&#8217;ve been far preferable not to be involved personally [with the host of Late Night] and to only have been a writer. To have doubled up on that was a real big mistake.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4092\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8019-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8019-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also find out about her favorite Stooge, The Merrill Markoe Method of Sleepywriting (which she learned while recovering from a double-hip replacement), how she learned to stop sweating the details and start cartooning, and what she fears will be the first line of her obit. <em>(BONUS: I offer a greyhound adoption PSA of sorts and tell silly stories about my dogs.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_25_-_Dogs_of_LA.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-mimi-pond-the-customer-is-always-wrong\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi Pond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-lady-with-a-dog\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Ullmann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-guy-who-drew-the-liver-spots\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-changing-channels\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-theory-and-practice\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Skelly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/merrillmarkoe.com\" target=\"_blank\">Merrill Markoe<\/a> has written for TV series such as <em>Newhart<\/em> and <em>Sex and the City<\/em>, and co-created the original David Letterman show, for which she won five Emmys. She&#8217;s published eight\u00a0books: four collections of funny essays (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0140233695\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0140233695&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=GERVL736AICLHN5A\">How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0140233695\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0871137062\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0871137062&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=MDW5UELIAWDM2LGZ\">Merrill Markoe&#8217;s Guide to Love<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0871137062\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812974506\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812974506&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=JS2TS2BUWT2YGOEN\">What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I&#8217;ve Learned<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812974506\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0345518926\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0345518926&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=KWB3LWTY3SGOS7VD\">Cool, Calm &amp; Contentious<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0345518926\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>) and four novels (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375507124\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0375507124&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=74ULHA3GA2KSPQS6\">It&#8217;s My F&#8212;ing Birthday<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0375507124\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812975464\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812975464&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DLE7QIHLZNN5NGXC\">Walking in Circles Before Lying Down<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812975464\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812969057\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812969057&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=RARS5I7OZ67QGFZX\">The Psycho Ex Game<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812969057\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (with Andy Prieboy), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0345500210\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0345500210&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=63BNYF2E3NKZZOA4\">Nose Down, Eyes Up<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0345500210\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>) and has written for a wide variety of publications including but not limited to <em>NYTimes, LATimes, Time, Rolling Stone, Real Simple, Vanity Fair<\/em>, etc. etc. She also does standup and did a number of her own specials for HBO in the 80s and 90s, including being a performer writer on Not Necessarily the News. She had a talk radio show for a while and was a funny lifestyle reporter for local news for a few years. Follow her on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@merrillmarkoe\" target=\"_blank\">@merrillmarkoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Pets<em>\u00a0by Porno for Pyros. The conversation was recorded in Ms. Markoe&#8217;s home\u00a0on a\u00a0pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a>. The intro and outro were recorded on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photo of Wally Markoe by me. 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