Today's Guest: Actor Kevin Sorbo, star of "Hercules, The Legendary Adventures" and author of True Strength. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Hercules fanboys who loved Kevin Sorbo’s show but couldn’t spell half the characters’ names… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Without getting... Continue Reading →
Singer Emii gets two spliffs up from Snoop Dogg! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Emii, singer Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of unbathed Comic-Con fanboys who live in Mom’s basement and for whom redheaded Emii is both a dream come true and their worst nightmare… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you wanna be... Continue Reading →
IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon loved adopted St. Petersburg hometown! INTERVIEW
(Note from the author: I interviewed race car driver Dan Wheldon twice over the years, the longest conversation in 2006 for the Maddux Business Report. We weren't friends by any measure but he was literally a part of our community in St. Petersburg, Florida; Wheldon and his wife and two boys lived in our neighborhood... Continue Reading →
869 The Smothers Brothers Still “Take It”! 1983 CONCERT REVIEW
NOTE -- I only got to meet, not interview, Tom and Dick Smothers -- The Smothers Brothers -- after their performance at Le Club, a long gone nightclub in Tierra Verde, Florida, just south of St. Petersburg. But it was great fun so I am posting this review I wrote at the time; it... Continue Reading →
Whitney Cummings’ sweet Lily smells good to Mr Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of secondary NBC characters hoping to break out and earn your love – just like Grizz and Dotcom did… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Tonight on NBC: Maulik Pancholy’s character gets the girl! That’s right, Jonathan from “30 Rock”... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Florida: Don’t Go Near the Water (with Oba Chandler)
(Author's Note: This story was originally published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Orlando Sentinel, and Weekly Planet in 1993. Every time Oba Chandler's name has recurred in the press, I get calls about it. Joan Rogers and her daughters, Michelle and Christe, were brutally murdered on June 1, 1989. Several years later, after an intensive... Continue Reading →
HoneyHoney gets some sugar performing at St. Pete Acropolis! VIDEO INTERVIEW, PERFORMANCE
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of musicians who once swore they’d never play at any club that would have Mr. Media as a member… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Listen, I don’t know how you earn a living, but being a young musician,... Continue Reading →
I Dream of Jeannie — still! So I talked to Barbara Eden! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former NASA astronauts—male and female—who signed up for space travel because it seemed like the best way to meet Barbara Eden… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! In a moment, I’m going to be talking to Jeannie.... Continue Reading →
864 Writer Bruce Jay Friedman shares career luck–and great stories! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bruce Jay Friedman, author, Lucky Bruce, Steambath, The Dick, The Lonely Guy, Splash, Stern Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of famous writers, brand name celebrities and their heirs who are mentioned in Lucky Bruce and are standing by to see what Mr. Friedman might say about them... Continue Reading →
A: Judy Garland: Q: What is John Fricke’s expertise? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Fricke, author, Judy: A Legendary Film Career Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former gay icons who refuse to acknowledge their fabulosity in this world or the next… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! In the pantheon of movie stars who... Continue Reading →