Below is the next “Scratch the Surface” EJ Podcast. EJ has as his guest today Mike McCarthy.

Michael McCarthy was one of my first teachers in Los Angeles when I moved here in 2003. He taught Sitcom Writing. These days he is fighting a battle against cancer.

He was kind enough to make some time to talk with me when I was visiting Chicago, where he lives now.

Michael McCarthy and I talked about:

• alcoholism and being sober for 20 years,
• working on Sesame Street and Jim Henson,
• The Drew Carey show,
• how often he plays a priest on sitcoms,
• working on Saturday Night Live,
• marrying for a third time to past Scratch the Surface guest, Susan Messing,
• being a stepfather,
• how he discovered he has the same cancer that killed his father, and so much more.

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