Anytime with Bob Kushell
Anytime with Bob Kushell is a five-minute talk show produced for Sony Pictures Television and their online portal "Crackle.com". The show consists of a single monologue joke, a field-piece/desk bit, and a celebrity interview. It is hosted by Emmy-nominated writer Bob Kushell, and is co-created and directed by Russell Arch.
The show also has a "house band" which consists of members from The Four Postmen, as well as writer Ron Rappaport.
The show was conceived after Kushell and Arch produced a popular video entitled The Strike, Your Marriage, and You and a behind-the-scenes "sequel" The Healing during the 2008 Writers Guild of America Strike.
Two "pilots" were produced in April 2008, and subsequently sold a 26 episode season that started airing on December 18th, 2008 and will continue through June 2009.
Guests have included: Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Esposito, John Stamos, Christina Applegate, Jerry Springer, Howie Mandel, Rob Corddry, Nicole Sullivan, Zachary Levi, Jeff Garlin, and Kat Von D.
The show is taped in an actual 17' x 18' garage in Van Nuys, California.