Sam Haskell, PROMISES I MADE MY MOTHER author, Miss America Pageant chairman: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Over the course of my youth I made a lot of promises to my mother.

Yes, mom, I promise I’ll bathe every day. And no, I won’t tell dad how the car door got that dent in it. Okay, I promise Ira will never know he’s adopted.

Oops.

But Sam Haskell took this whole thing a lot more seriously. He built a life and career on character and righteousness. That’s one thing if you’re a Scoutmaster, but he made it work in Hollywood as the long-time head of television for the William Morris Agency. And now he’s applying those same principles to the Miss America pageant.

Haskell is the author of a new book, Promises I Made My Mother, which takes those very same promises and wraps them around his personal life and career.

If you’re not in show business, you can be forgiven for not knowing Haskell’s name. But you’ll probably recognize the client of his who wrote the introduction: Ray Romano, star of the hit sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

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Kelli McCarty, FAITHLESS, PASSIONS adult film actress, soap star: Mr. Media Audio Interview

Let’s be honest: Some might believe Kelli McCarty’s career path is heading down the ladder rather than up.

She first came to notice as Miss USA in 1991. That led to appearances on “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Melrose Place” as well as several episodes of “Even Stevens” starring a young Shia LeBeouf and, in 2006, the role of “Beth Wallace” on the NBC soap opera “Passions.”

Pretty hot stuff, right?

But not hot enough for Kelli: she’s now doing porn.

Most people probably think her life must have taken a wrong turn; how many once successful actors—with the exception of Dustin Diamond, who played “Screech” on “Saved By the Bell”—intentionally wind up having sex on film?

But that’s new direction Kelli McCarty has chosen. She promoted her latest film, Faithless—produced by one of the more reputable adult film producers, Vivid—on the Howard Stern show and now she’s going to talk to me.

If you’re easily offended, this will be your only warning to switch over to the Fly Lady or Dr. Blogstein. This next hour is for the grown-ups.

You can LISTEN to this interview with KELLI McCARTY, the former soap opera star of "PASSIONS" and now adult film star in FAITHLESS, by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player above!

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