46: From Dennis Miller to Law & Order – Eddie Feldman’s Wild Ride

Coop sits down with five-time Emmy-winning writer Eddie Feldman to talk about his insane journey from working with troubled kids in Massachusetts to writing for Dennis Miller, winning Emmys at HBO, and penning episodes of Law & Order. Eddie shares how a single political joke in a hotel room turned into a job, what it was really like in that legendary writers’ room, and why walking around the Emmys with a statue in each hand is the ultimate Hollywood cheat code.

They dive into the grind of late-night TV, the politics of Hollywood, getting older in a young person’s business, and how Eddie went from a small-town deli kid to “the first guy who got out,” according to Jimmy Fallon. Plus: Don Rickles, Christopher Hitchens, John McCain, WWE, and why writers are basically always unemployed and always hustling.