Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with John Barbour by clicking on the video player above! From the time I started reading John Barbour’s career-spanning memoir, Your Mother’s Not A Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV! I kept searching for the right... Continue Reading →
Banging my head against the wall with Andy Cowan! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Andy Cowan by clicking on the video player above! Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars is a great book title because it is not only clever, it tells you exactly what the book is about. Humorist Andy Cowan’s career... Continue Reading →
Legendary comedian Kip Addotta offers career confessions! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Kip Addotta by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that will repeat after me: We commit to the interview; We go through the interview; And we never ask permission to tell the interviewee that this part is... Continue Reading →
Stephen Rosenfeld is go-to guy for Mastering Stand-Up comedy! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Stephen Rosenfield, founder, American Comedy Institute, author, Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Stephen Rosenfeld by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who are convinced they are a... Continue Reading →
Jay Leno goes for laughter longevity! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jay Leno, comedian By Bob Andelman May 30, 1986 Jay Leno is very funny. He’s probably the most recognized comedian doing stand-up today. But he isn’t the type to sell T-shirts with his picture on them, oi the type to be remembered by some temporarily hip phrase such as Steve Martin was (“Let’s... Continue Reading →
Gilbert Gottfried documentary director spills secrets! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Neil Berkeley, director, Gilbert: A Gilbert Gottfried Story Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Neil Berkeley by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of stand-up comedians that love Gilbert Gottfried and don’t understand why you don’t, too … in the... Continue Reading →
Five minutes with Father Guido Sarducci! 1983 AUDIO INTERVIEW
(NOTE: The following interview with Father Guido Sarducci, a.k.a., comedian Don Novello, originally appeared in Music Magazine on May 26, 1983. I am posting it online for the first time in celebration of Novello's January 1 birthday. -- Bob Andelman) Where is Rosanne Rosannadanna when you need her? “Hey, Don Novello!” she’d scream,... Continue Reading →
American warriors meet Battle Comics in new movie! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jordan Brady by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of stand-up comedians who love Jordan Brady’s documentaries but think he should leave the costuming -- and joke-telling -- to them … in the NEW new media... Continue Reading →
Lance vs. Rick paints a friendly landscape at political war! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guests: Lance Richlin, painter, Rick Rosner, comedy writer, Joseph Orapeza, director of photography, stars of "Lance vs. Rick" a YouTube series Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Lance Richlin, Rick Rosner and Joseph Orapeza by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full... Continue Reading →
Comedian John Caparulo’s thoughts on Donald Trump! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Caparulo, comedian, "Caplets" podcast Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with John Caparulo by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of two-drink-minimum political critics that wouldn’t know a phallic symbol if it was dangling in front of their nose... Continue Reading →