Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind was an interview program hosted and produced by comedian Alan King

Alan King (comedian)

Alan King was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and...

 for the American

United States

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 cable channel Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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. As opposed to a humorous talk show

Talk show

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 focused on entertainment value, King limited his interviewee pool to standup comics, and kept the focus of the interviews on the craft and art of creating standup comedy. Guests included George Carlin

George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....

, Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...

, George Burns

George Burns

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, Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and actor.-Early life:Hackett was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, the son of a Jewish upholsterer. He grew up on 54th and 14th Ave in Borough Park, Brooklyn, across from Public School 103...

, Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller

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, Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

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 and Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers

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.

The series is regularly shown in the United Kingdom on Information TV

Information TV

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, and its sister channel Showcase 2.