The John Kerwin Show Celebrates Its 100th Episode

LA Weekly writer Ali Trachta recently attended the 100th episode taping in Encino of underground talk program The John Kerwin Show. While the on-air elements are late night rote, the production schedule and pay stubs are not:

New episodes tape just once every five weeks and air on the tiny Jewish Life TV network (JLTV). The show’s staff is unpaid.

Thirty-nine-year-old host Kerwin has helping him, sometimes remotely, some pretty well-established buddies like writer Marvin Silbermintz and associate producer Don Sweeney, both previously with The Tonight Show.

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