The Spud Goodman Show

It began as a cable TV talk show in the Puget Sound area in the state of Washington, USA, and later transitioned to broadcast television.

The Spud Goodman Show was a counter-culture talk and music program which was prominent in the Puget Sound area from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.

After one season on Public-access television, the show moved to TCI's commercial "local origination" channel which allowed sponsor tie-ins and other production synergies.

By the mid-1990s, however, the viability for locally produced variety programs diminished, and after a three-year run the management of KTZZ reluctantly cancelled the show.

[4] Produced on a practically non-existent budget out of rooms rented from a local service club with declining membership, the program enjoyed another three years on Foxnet from 1995 to 1998, a quirky counterpoint to the network's slicker Hollywood offerings.

The differing world outlooks of the two men made for good character interplay as well as entertainingly disjointed interviews of the program's guests.

In an effort to maintain control of frequently anarchic program, Goodman often admonished Hunter to "know your role" and limited him to one question per guest.

Spud also was forced to deal with Jeff Larson, who was at times a self-obsessed yuppie, a rabid Rush Limbaugh fan, and in a character reboot, the program's producer.

Since Chick Hunter's departure, the unctuous and smarmy carpet and linoleum salesman Gerald Holcomb has joined the cast as Temporary Permanent Co-Host, accompanied by Gina, Spud's Official Laugher.