Guest
Lisa Kudrow
Emmy-winning actress best known for Phoebe Buffay on Friends and Valerie Cherish on The Comeback, which just completed its third and final season.
Circuit updated August 2, 2026
Every appearance, the moment worth your time
- Bill Maher says he was “particularly bad” at blaming audiences when his jokes bombed
“If you're okay, the audience is going to be okay. If you're scared or you're nervous or you desperately want them to like you.” 1:15
- Lisa Kudrow says Sam Kinison was shooting heroin on set while they filmed a sitcom together
“Sam was on heroin at the time. He'd be in the makeup chair like this. And we'd wait around for four hours that he woke up.” 17:50
Notable quotes
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“If you're okay, the audience is going to be okay. If you're scared or you're nervous or you desperately want them to like you.”
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“Sam was on heroin at the time. He'd be in the makeup chair like this. And we'd wait around for four hours that he woke up.”
Lisa Kudrow · Read the story -
“If this is what it took to keep peace with the co-star, then sorry, you know.”
Lisa Kudrow · Read the story
All coverage
Comedy
Bill Maher says he was “particularly bad” at blaming audiences when his jokes bombed
On Club Random, Maher turns a comedy cliché into a little self-indictment, while Lisa Kudrow offers the healthier, actorly version of bombing.
Interviews
Lisa Kudrow says Sam Kinison was shooting heroin on set while they filmed a sitcom together
The Friends icon drops a genuinely startling piece of TV history buried inside a very pleasant chat about mushrooms and Spartacus.