Rich Stein, a long time standup comic, took a few years off the road to teach high school, get married, and have a kid. Now, retired from teaching, he is back on stages and reconnecting with old friends and trying to Catch up with Comedians. Plenty of funny stories, anecdotes and tributes to the greats both famous and infamous!
(Part One: of my podcast with Bill)
My guest, Bill Kirchenbauer came of age during The Comedy Boom of the 1980's. Bill had been on the road ever since he was born in Romania, in 1953 as the son of a career military man and his wife.Once in the U.S. the army kept Bill and his family on the move, where they lived in almost all fifty states and he attended 20 different schools in 13 years; one year he attended 3 schools. As an only child, Bill loved television as it was his companion, teacher, friend and University for his future comedy career. He became quite good at puppet shows and was entertaining his friends and classmates shortly after entering public school. Before starting stand up Bill trained for three years as a mime and concurrently for three years in improvisation, which was akin to getting his masters in comedy. Many stand ups perform for the first time as a novice with little or no preparation!Bill made it to The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson by age 25 and went on to do movies, game shows, Mork and Mindy and went on to star as Coach Lubbock in ‘Growing Pains’ starring Alan Thicke and from that spun off to his very own show ‘Just The Ten Of Us’ which was a big hit on the network.For those stories and more please welcome Bill Kirchenbauer !
13 Sept 2026
Comedian John Kensil joins host Rich Stein
John Kensil was an absolute pleasure to chat with on my podcast. He brings over thirty years of comedy chops to our mics at C.U.W.C. and he is unbridled about the comedy business and its evolution. Unlike many comedians, however, he has a very fun and affable way of accepting what was/ is/ and always will be an ever changing and evolving business in terms of comedy tastes, comedy styles, approaches, genres and whatever else gets thrown into the stew. We ended up chatting for quite awhile and so this will be # one of what will be two episodes with the fun and funny John Kensil. John's credits include being a working stand up comic for over thirty years. He started writing comedy and performing while still a student at Temple University. He later wrote material for Jay Leno's Tonight Show as well as for Joan Rivers. He has appeared on How I Met Your Mother as well as The King Of Queens and appears regularly at Gotham Comedy Club, Stand Up New York and The Comic Strip. He is also a a local Philly favorite at The Comedy Cabaret and The Comedy Works.
John hosts his own very popular podcast show"Kensil Culture" which has been streaming online since 2022.
Please welcome: John Kensil
30 Aug 2026
Comedy Director Linda Mendoza joins host Rich Stein
On my second visit with Comedy Director Linda Mendoza, we cover her extensive directing of the Gershwin awards for Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Burt Bacharach, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney and her equally expansive direction of the Mark Twain Awards for American Humor, including: David Letterman, Bill, Murray, George Carlin and Tina Fey.
We also discussed her directing of so many icons of comedy in both sitcoms and specials, including, but not limited to: Martin Short, Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, John Leguizamo, Nikki Glazer, Wanda Sykes, Robert Klein and Robin Williams, who besides his comedy genius, Linda says he was the kindest and most humble person and unlike any other human she had ever met.
ladies and gentlemen: Linda Mendoza
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