Podtalk: Comedian Fritz Coleman in ‘Unassisted Living’ on Tubi

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CHICAGO – The sound of laughter echos on streaming service TUBI, as veteran stand up comic Fritz Coleman presents “Unassisted Living,” his wacky journey with the vagrancies of getting older. The special is currently streaming, and TUBI is a free service to download as an app or to visit at UNASSISTED LIVING.

Fritz Coleman was born in Philadelphia, and fell into radio deejaying after a stint in the Navy in 1972. After success in that field, he decided to try his hand at stand up comedy in the big time environs of Los Angeles. After a chance audience member saw him at a L.A. comedy club (described in the Podtalk below), he was hired as a weatherman for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles in the days of personalities and communicators in that position. He only recently retired just short of 40 iconic years on the air.

Fritz Coleman in ‘Unassisted Living’
Photo credit: TUBI

His career as a stand up has been as long, and after leaving his weather position he has focused his energies into cracking wise on his baby boomer age and associative situations involved with this time of his life. “Unassisted Living” is a hilarious riff on this and other absurd observational topics.

In PART ONE of a Podtalk interview with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, comedian Fritz Coleman on “Unassisted Living” and his origins in comedy …

In PART TWO, was “Anchorman” and Steve Martin’s “L.A. Story” based on Fritz’s experiences? Plus “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” …

In a video clip, Fritz gives the pitch …

Trailer, “Unassisted Living” …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor and Film Critic/Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com