New York -- Perhaps the single best decision made before Saturday evening's reunion of "The Ben Stiller Show" cast at the Paley Center for Media on Saturday was to allow Judd Apatow to host the discussion in lieu of a traditional moderator. After all, Apatow served as a co-creator and producer of the short-lived MTV series, and his intimate relationship with the show allowed the conversation to flow better than an outlier's moderation would have provided.

In the two-hour program, which was part of the annual New York Comedy Festival, Apatow led a talk that included Stiller as well as cast members Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick and via Skype, Bob Odenkirk. Staff writers Robert Cohen and Jeff Kahn were also in attendance.

Time has been kind to "The Ben Stiller Show." It only ran for one season in the 1992-93, but after being canceled, the show won an Emmy for...