David Mandel

Join Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and David Mandel, creators behind the HBO series "White House Plumbers," as they delve into the echoes of Watergate in today's political scandals. They discuss the surreal parallels between Nixon's blind loyalty and Trump’s controversies. The trio even imagines a future series chronicling Trump's scandals, humorously casting Timothée Chalamet as Rudy Giuliani. Their insights explore the absurdity of politics, the normalization of scandals, and how comedy can reveal truths about power and ambition.

Both David Mandel and Marc were obsessed with the early years of Saturday Night Live, in large part because of a book they both had. It was the 1977 SNL Script Book and it actually set David on a path to become a writer for that very show. David tells Marc about his “wonderful and awful” time there, followed by genre-defining work on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep and the new limited series White House Plumbers.  Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.