Today's Guest: Robert Schimmel, comedian, author Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life Comedian Robert Schimmel was my guest on Mr. Media recently and despite an hour of conversation, I felt like we barely began talking when time ran out. And... Continue Reading →
Comedian Robert Schimmel deconstructs his cancer with humor! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Schimmel, comedian, author, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life I tried my hand at stand-up comedy twice in college, once as a freshman at the University of Miami and again a year later at the University of Florida.... Continue Reading →
89 Pulling back the Midday Live curtain with Bill Boggs! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bill Boggs, host, "Historic Traveler," "Freeze Frame," "Midday Live" Originally published August 4, 1997 Bill Boggs is like the older brother many guys always wanted but never had -- boyishly handsome and witty, a fun guy to hang out with who knows everybody and who everyone likes. When I was a teen-ager in... Continue Reading →
30 Inside Radio with magazine editor Tom Taylor! INTERVIEW
Originally published January 20, 1997 While most of the big talk in media these days centers around the World Wide Web, real money is quietly being made in radio. "Suddenly," says Tom Taylor, 47, editor of the daily fax tipsheet, Inside Radio, "radio is starting to look like other businesses." What he means is that... Continue Reading →
15 Houdini biographer Ratso Sloman on writing with Howard Stern! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Larry Ratso Sloman, author or co-author of celebrity memoirs from Howard Stern, Abbie Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Phil Esposito, Mike Tyson, and a biography of Harry Houdini Writing the biography of a well-known person in pop culture is an assignment fraught with trap doors, two-way mirrors, and shackles. Some writers even disdain... Continue Reading →
5 Tall man, end of the dial? That’s Radio Ink’s Eric Rhoads! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Following months of rumors, the two satellite radio companies, Sirius, and XM, last week confirmed one of the industry’s worst-kept secrets: their only hope of ever making a buck may well be combining their businesses. • Will Howard Stern and Martha Stewart soon be under the same K-Mart comforters as Opie and Anthony and... Continue Reading →