Today's Guest: Deborah Sharp, novelist, "Mama Does Time." In Himmarshee, Florida. And Mama’s middle daughter, Mace, an animal trapper, is pissed. That’s all you need to know to get interested in the first novel by my old friend Deborah Sharp. It’s titled Mama Does Time, and boy, does she ever. Deborah was a long-time... Continue Reading →
The B List does not include film critic David Sterritt! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Just a few weeks ago I was telling my wife about the scariest movie I ever saw: Tales From the Crypt. This 1972 gore fest came replete with a psycho Santa and a beating heart – left in a crumpled up letter, as I recall. I was 12 when I saw it at the... Continue Reading →
Worst Week bumbler Kyle Bornheimer gets star treatment! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Actor Kyle Bornheimer, star of "Worst Week" on CBS. The only person who doesn’t find the new CBS TV sitcom “Worst Week” hysterical is the person who isn’t watching it. Last night, less than 45 minutes before his marriage to Melanie, Sam managed to set his in-laws swimming pool on fire.... Continue Reading →
Actor Ethan Suplee? His TV brother’s name was Earl! PODCAST INTERVIEW
My younger brother, Ira, is a great kid. He’s not always the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he’s the kindest, gentlest, most supportive brother in the world. Okay, maybe second. Randy—you know, Earl’s younger brother on “My Name Is Earl”—is the most blindly supportive brother on earth. Ethan Suplee plays Randy to Jason... Continue Reading →
Before Gotham, Anarchy, and Terriers, Donal Logue focused on Life! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Actor Donal Logue, star of "Life," "Grounded For Life," "The Knights of Prosperity," and "Gotham." Donal Logue joins the cast of the NBC drama series “Life” this fall. He plays the character of Capt. Kevin Tidwell. My guess is that many of you know Donal than may know “Life.” He starred in... Continue Reading →
Sarah Palin parody film still funny. Thanks Jeremy Redleaf! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeremy Redleaf, filmmaker, Sarah Palin parody, Juneau Apparently there is a big national election campaign underway in the United States featuring an old man, a black man, a bald man and a woman who shoots moose. Who knew? Anyway, amidst all the noise for John McCain and Sarah Palin, Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
214 Hey, Rabbi Bob Alper! What are you… a comedian? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rabbi Bob Alper, comedian, author, Life Doesn't Get Any Better Than This My wife and I love taking vacations in Maine and Vermont. That’s not unusual for Floridians, of course. But it was reading the local paper in Manchester Center, Vermont, probably a decade ago, that I first heard of my next... Continue Reading →
Fall TV with SP Times’ Eric Deggans and KC Star’s Aaron Barnhart! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Eric Deggans, TV critic, St. Petersburg Times, Aaron Barnhart, TV critic, Kansas City Star Back in the early days following Al Gore’s invention of the Internet, there were a few hardy souls delivering content via something called “Netscape.” One of those people, back in 1994, was me – Mr. Media. I started doing... Continue Reading →
Brent Poer, TheWB.com video web site GM! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Never let a good brand die. That seems to be the marching order given to Brent Poer, general manager of TheWB.com, the web video site launching on Wednesday, August 27. The WB, as you will recall, began in January 1995, and was the short-lived network home of many pop culture TV icons including Seventh... Continue Reading →
SpongeBob’s best gal, Sandy Cheeks, is here: Carolyn Lawrence! PODCAST INTERVIEW
She's been a dancer and an actress, and now she's the voice of several popular animated characters, including two known all over the world: "Cindy Vortex" on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and "Sandy Cheeks" on SpongeBob Squarepants, both on Nickelodeon. She's also the voice on "Orel" on Moral Orel. She's also... Continue Reading →