Distinguished Artists - Interviewees (incomplete List)

Interviewees (incomplete List)

Date of initial broadcast listed after the name.

Season 1

• Joan Rivers, 2 April 2005; comedian, talk show host, awards pre-show host
• Joe Flaherty, 9 April 2005; comedian, voice actor
• Alistair MacLeod, 16 April 2005; short-story writer and novelist (No Great Mischief)
• Bill Holman and Jane Bunnett, 23 April 2005;
• Pat LaBarbera, 30 April 2005; saxophonist
• Andrea Martin; comedian
• Colin Mochrie, 11 June 2005; improv comedian
• Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, 18 June 2005; comedy duo
• Edward Albee, 25 June 2005; playwright
• Michael Brecker; saxophonist
• Fiona Reid; actress
• Paul Quarrington; author
• Jane Bunnett; jazz musician
• Jayne Eastwood; actress

Season 2

• Ed Robertson; singer/songwriter, Barenaked Ladies
• David Cronenberg; director
• Smothers Brothers; musical/comedic duo
• Bruce Jay Friedman; novelist, screen writer and playwright
• Sarah Polley; actress
• Sharon Gless; actress
• Ha Jin; author
• Richard B. Wright; novelist
• Scott Thompson; actor, comedian
• DM Thomas; author
• Barry Unsworth; author
• Diane Dupuy; theatre owner
• Ranee Lee; musician, actress

Season 3

• Eugene Levy; actor, comedian, (taped 12 January 2005)
• Louise Pitre; musician, (taped 3 November 2005)
• Vivica A. Fox; actress
• Graham Greene; actor
• Patrick McKenna; actor
• Clark Johnson; actor, director
• Karen Kain; dancer
• Jackie Burroughs; actress
• Joseph Boyden; author
• Francine Prose; author
• Wayson Choy; author
• Andy Kim; musician, producer
• Jeanne Beker; television host, publisher

Season 4

• Shirley Douglas; actress
• Arsinee Khanjian; actress
• Mark Breslin; author, comedian, founder of Yuk Yuk's
• Russell Peters; comedian
• Rex Harrington; dancer