Tell me you’re making a TV show about the overheated competitive world of high school glee clubs and I’ll take a permanent pass. Tell me you’re doing a show about the overheated competitive world of high school gymnastics and I’ll probably still keep moving along. But sprinkle in talented grownups such as Peri Gilpin... Continue Reading →
Once and Again, but Billy Campbell will always be our Rocketeer! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Billy Campbell, actor, The Rocketeer, "Once and Again," Meteor No movie I can recommend captures the pure summertime wonderment of films better than The Rocketeer. It’s got action, adventure, a man with a jetpack strapped to his back and the spectacular Jennifer Connelly as Betty Page. I can watch The Rocketeer a... Continue Reading →
Mary McCormack, In Plain Sight, once Howard Stern’s fave ex! PODCAST INTERVIEW
On June 13, 2008, my wife twisted my arm into seeing a Broadway play while we would be in New York celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. The big attraction of that trip was going to be seeing comedian Ricky Gervais live at Madison Square Garden the next night. Because Gervais was chosen for my... Continue Reading →
Warehouse 13 talk with actor Saul Rubinek! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Artie Nielsen is waiting for you. Artie, you see, is the curator of Warehouse 13, the place where America’s greatest secrets are housed, its mysteries answered, its riddles questioned. It’s sort of the meeting of the TV show “The X-Files” and the Nicholas Cage movie, National Treasure, a place that will challenge your imagination... Continue Reading →
Weeds’ Justin Kirk takes Mr. Media to University of Andy! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Last night, my wife and I engaged in one of those perception vs. reality recaps. In it, I recalled my perception of the Showtime sitcom “Weeds” was that there couldn’t possibly a show in which I could have even less interest. I’ve never been a drug guy. No smoky, no snortie, no pills, hell,... Continue Reading →
Peri Gilpin says Bob Saget is America’s Smutmeister! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Peri Gilpin, Candace Cameron Bure, actors, "Make It or Break It" Could one man possibly be responsible for all of our nation’s salacious schtick? Yes, say sitcom staples Peri Gilpin and Candace Cameron Bure – and that man is Bob Saget. Interviewed on Mr. Media, Peri, who played Roz Doyle on Frasier,... Continue Reading →
Making It to the Middle with gay comedian Jason Stuart! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jason Stuart, comedian, actor I’m not one to put labels on a person, but I guess if the cover of Jason Stuart’s latest DVD can describe him as “America’s top gay stand-up comic,” then it’s okay for me to repeat it. But that leads to a question: Does “gay” mean homosexual men... Continue Reading →
Big, proud, funny and loud, it’s comedian Ralphie May! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ralphie May, comedian Ralphie May is the big man on the comedy campus. You know that if you’ve ever seen him—he’s a heavyset southern guy with soft gentle looking facial features. Then he opens his mouth—and, oh my God! You probably remember Ralphie May best from season one of “Last Comic... Continue Reading →
Long live the Queen! Lisa Lampanelli demands your attention! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Will success spoil standup comedy queen Lisa Lampanelli? That’s what Howard Stern asked her in January 2009. He thinks that now that the standup comedian has hit the big time with her first HBO special, “Long Live the Queen,” on HBO, that it might be too much exposure for her extremely vulgar, awfully funny... Continue Reading →
How Charles Grodin got to be whoever he is! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Image via Wikipedia If you ever watched Charles Grodin on his old CNBC talk show—or on countless guest appearance on other shows, from Johnny Carson to David Letterman—you probably asked yourself, “Who does this guy think he is?” Apparently, Grodin wondered the same thing. The famously fussy Mr. CrankyPants has published a new... Continue Reading →