On the latest installment of “Between Two Ferns,” host Zach Galifianakis asked Hillary Clinton the clueless questions, such as “When you were secretary, how many words per minute could you type? And how does President Obama like his coffee?” It was executive producer and director Scott Aukerman’s job to keep the intentionally awkward interview from actually going off the rails.

A veteran comedy writer and actor and host of the podcast and TV series “Comedy Bang! Bang!”, Aukerman co-created “Between Two Ferns” with Galifianakis....