Today's Guest: Channing Chase, actress, "Mad Men" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Madison Avenue advertising executives enjoying their free fall from black and white to technicolor… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! When last we heard of Pete Campbell’s mother, Dorothy, the... Continue Reading →
Detroit 1-8-7’s resident redhead, Erin Cummings, speaks! PODCAST INTERVIEW
ABC had me at “redhead” when the opportunity to interview “Detroit 1-8-7” co-star Erin Cummings appeared. Learning she had a recurring role on AMC’s “Mad Men” earlier this season didn’t hurt either. And neither did her experience as a co-star of the film Bitch Slap, in which she played “The Sex Bomb” alongside America... Continue Reading →
All My Children star Walt Willey jokes on all but the soaps! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Walt Willey, actor, "All My Children" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people who remember when soap operas were on the radio and television would never catch on... in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! During my brief flirtation with the ABC soap... Continue Reading →
Before Breaking Bad, Anna Gunn was a Deadwood school marm! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Anna Gunn’s arrival in the city of Deadwood on the HBO series of the same name set off one of the craziest love triangles in history. The widow of Sheriff Bullock’s brother changed that crazy, foul-mouthed, Wild West town forever. Now, it’s early in the run of the new critically-acclaimed AMC series “Breaking Bad,”... Continue Reading →
40 Before Breaking Bad, AMC was Rupert’s Remember WENN! INTERVIEW
Originally Published March 3, 1997 Here's how long it's been since radio was the predominant form of entertainment in the world: Rupert Holmes turned 50 on Feb. 24 and he missed the heyday of that era altogether. The significance of this? Holmes is the creator of "Remember WENN," an American Movie Classics sitcom that harkens... Continue Reading →