"Talkshow with Spike Feresten" (2006) TV series 2006-2009

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Genre:

Talk-Show

Plot:

Late-night talk show hosted by former "Seinfeld" and "Simpsons" writer Spike Feresten in which guests deliver the monologue and participate in comedy sketches.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Spike Feresten	...	Himself - Host / ... (68 episodes, 2006-2009)
Geoff Witcher	...	Rick Richards (29 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Directed by
Manny Rodriguez		(35 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lenn Goodside		(24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Liz Plonka		(23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Peter Fowkes		(4 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Writing credits
Mike Gibbons		(72 episodes, 2006-2009)
Spike Feresten		(69 episodes, 2006-2009)
Andres du Bouchet		(49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Chadd Gindin		(49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ray James		(49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Chris Regan		(49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Matt O'Brien		(44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tom Johnson		(39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Michael Dugan		(25 episodes, 2008-2009)
David Feldman		(24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ethan T. Berlin		(24 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joe Furey		(23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Meghan Gambling		(23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jeff Cesario		(22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Adam Felber		(22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Barry Julien		(22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Joe Borden		(22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Robert Dewberry		(22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jim Earl		(20 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Produced by
Mike Gibbons	....	executive producer (72 episodes, 2006-2009)
Spike Feresten	....	executive producer (69 episodes, 2006-2009)
Tom Johnson	....	producer (49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Brett Webster	....	talent producer / studio producer / ... (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Blake Webster	....	producer / associate producer / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michele Armour	....	producer (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jeff Cesario	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Joe Furey	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Stephen Castagnola	....	talent producer (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Michael Dugan	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jeff Singer	....	segment producer (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Molly Weiss	....	field producer (18 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sandra Soczka	....	post-production producer (9 episodes, 2008)
Robert Dewberry	....	associate producer (5 episodes, 2008)
Todd Yasui	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Original Music by
Tim Mosher		(20 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Film Editing by
Don Misraje		(43 episodes, 2006-2008)
Julie Antepli		(28 episodes, 2008-2009)
Scott Zabielski		(22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Neil Grieve		(20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Karen Snyder		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Bernard Abellada		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Jeff Hall		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Art Direction by
Gary Kordan		(1 episode, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
Melanie Mills	....	makeup department head (66 episodes, 2006-2009)
Anna Fleiner	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 2008)
Chris Mills III	....	special makeup effects artist (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Zena Shteysel	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 2006)
Amy Peckham	....	special makeup effects artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Rocky Faulkner	....	body painter (unknown episodes)
Luis García	....	body painter (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Kim Maree Smith	....	post-production manager / post production manager (66 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jenny Stanley	....	production supervisor (56 episodes, 2006-2009)
Susan Huffaker	....	post-production supervisor (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Bill Wright	....	production manager (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jim Ziegler	....	executive in charge (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Melissa Bricker	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Fowkes	....	field director (5 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Art Department
David Brands	....	props production assistant (43 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ron Woods	....	property master (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Todd Daniels	....	assistant property master (10 episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Darryl Linkow	....	sound mixer: field audio (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ryan Curry	....	assistant sound (18 episodes, 2006-2007)
Adam Weber	....	sound (2 episodes, 2006)
Bill Kaplan	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Steve Robinson	....	motion graphics designer / graphics / ... (37 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Stunts
Mikal Kartvedt	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
David Ortkiese	....	director of photography: field (35 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mark Marchetti	....	gaffer (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Robert Lowell	....	first assistant camera (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Christian Hibbard	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Casting Department
Carla Lewis	....	extras casting (22 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Editorial Department
John Elerick	....	assistant editor (36 episodes, 2008-2009)
Michael Hover	....	post-production assistant (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Brady Betzel	....	post-production coordinator (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rex Watkins	....	post-production assistant (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Naomi Rohatyn	....	post-production assistant (8 episodes, 2008)
David Dean	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Music Department
Blaire Reinhard	....	music supervisor / composer: additional music (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tim Mosher	....	composer: additional music (14 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Other crew
Bob Claster	....	teleprompter operator (65 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jeffrey Angulo	....	production accountant / first assistant accountant (43 episodes, 2006-2009)
Robert Dewberry	....	writing assistant / researcher (42 episodes, 2007-2009)
Beatriz Flores	....	executive assistant (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Susan Royal	....	production accountant (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gregory Fein	....	clearance supervisor (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
J.D. Orozco	....	technical director (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matthew R. Zboyovski	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jillian Baer	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Joe Borden	....	writing assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Amy Embry	....	production coordinator (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kellie Fell	....	executive assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Patrick Horvath	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
James Patton	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Peter Relyea	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ryan Shore	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lee Wilber	....	production assistant / field production assistant (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jasmine Abedi	....	production attorney (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ryan Dean	....	script coordinator (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brian Corpuz	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Joe Sekiya	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2008)
Jeffrey Schneider	....	business affairs (2 episodes, 2007)
Evan B. Jones	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
John K. Jones	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Melissa A. Wong	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Fox Television Studios
• Skyview Entertainment

Distributors

• Fox Network (2006) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Fox Television Studios

"This show contains cocaine, hooker and, incidentally, Tom Arnold"

This is a great show with total freshness and innovation. That usual chair (couch for a woman) host, that mandatory band playing monotonous tunes, the same old jokes, the same pattern copied from the days of Nebuchadnezzer ....probably the pattern of Johnny Carson, copied by one and all, Latterman, Leno, Conan... Daly, this show does not seem to have any of these.

I fell in love with this show within the first 10 minutes and I am going to stick to it. Though it's too early to say that, this show seems to be devoid of any intellectual pretension most talk shows try so hard to project, and I hope that that is what would make this show different from all the rest. I hope that this show will last long!

Returning back after months, I still love this show, and I love his self-deprecating humor (For example, his affirmation that only pothead loners would be home to watch his show at Saturday midnight and thus, the jokes are funny only to the stoned guys) which, however, does not involve the usual monkeying of Conan O'Brien, for example (I know it's a cardinal sin to be repelled by O'Brien's antics; but I do really dislike his style and repetitiveness).

I again watched it the other night with Tom Arnold in it. Ferensen's spoof of Trading Spouses (and Nanny 911 in an earlier episode) are hilarious. Idiot paparazzi are fun, especially when a security guard cautions them against taking people's pictures, and (if I am not mistaken) they start taking his pictures shouting "Gary Coleman".

Added on 16th April, 2007: Coming back once again, I am left confused by the neighbor and her dog. I cannot decide if it is a joke or a real thing. Either way, it was funny as hell.

I do not expect Spike Feresten to read these pages, but maybe he does. He is crazier than a bunch of monkeys and so, I would better write down my suggestion here for him: I would like him to do a full 30 minute show with Crazy Gideon, the star of late night TV commercial. I would like Crazy Gideon to have an interview in Spike's talk show, sing a song (and play guitar), do a skit in the line of SNL, and also to answer questions from the audience regarding his potential mayorship of Los Angeles (I know, Crazy Gideon may not be aware of this, but there are websites detailing why he would be the perfect candidate for the post of the mayor of LA).

God willing!

Returning back on 14th July, 2007: Someone wrote here that the people who praised Spike's talkshow must be bribed by Spike. I confess that Spike really bribed me, but I must also confess that Rockefeller named me in his will and last night I had sex with Cindy Crowford.