On the old vaudeville joke “You got Twenty":
Howard Storm
Howard Storm tells the old vaudeville joke “You got Twenty.” Interviewed June 1, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA.
Howard Storm was brought up the son of a vaudevillian and began doing stand-up routines at an early age. His directing career began as an assistant to Woody Allen and moved to directing. His early credits were as an assistant to the producer in Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask (1972) and assistant to Woody Allen on Bananas (1971). He has directed television comedy sitcoms for thirty-odd years, such as Rhoda (also Writer, 1974), Doc (1975), Laverne and Shirley (1976), Mork and Mindy (with Robin Williams, 1978), Taxi (1978), Too Close for Comfort (1980), Gimme a Break (1981), Joanie Loves Chachi (1982), Amanda by the Sea (with Bea Arthur, 1983), Valerie ( with Valerie Harper, 1983), ALF (1986), Full House (1987), Major Dad (1989), Everybody Loves Raymond (Guest Director,1996) and has appeared in movies such as Take the Money and Run (1969), Steelyard Blues (1973), American Hot Wax (1978), Broadway Danny Rose (as himself, 1984). As a film director, his credits include Shelley Duvall’s Tall Tales and Legends: Pecos Bill King of the Cowboys (1985), and Once Bitten (1985).
