Today's Guest: Jimmy Hawkins, actor, It's a Wonderful Life Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of stutterers who claim they’re just practicing their Jimmy Stewart imitations … in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I have to admit I was a little surprised when I read up... Continue Reading →
An X-Rated Christmas with Howard Stern favorite Red Peters! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Red Peters, comedian, singer, "It's A Red Peters Christmas! Volume 1," Howard Stern Show regular Red Peters is back on Mr. Media today to celebrate Christmas his way -- which means putting in your earbuds and getting ready to laugh your ass off. We had such a good time playing Red’s salacious... Continue Reading →
Santa Claus sells out the Night Before Christmas! Read all about it! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bruce Kluger and David Slavin, co-authors, Twas the Night Before Christmas: 21st Century Edition What I don’t know about Christmas could fill a week’s worth of shows. But what I do know is business reporting. And the investigative work done by Bruce Kluger and David Slavin in their new book, Twas the Night... Continue Reading →
Remember Sabbath’s Ronnie James Dio with a lost interview! PHONE INTERVIEW
When word reached us last night (May 16, 2010) that singer Ronnie James Dio lost his battle against cancer yesterday at the age of 67, my wife said, “Didn’t you interview him?” Yes, yes, I did. It was May 22, 1986, one of my first interviews at my new job as pop music critic... Continue Reading →
Super-Manny Mike Ruggles fills in for Supernanny! PODCAST INTERVIEW
As a middle school girls soccer coach, I enjoy working with kids and their parents, But not, I suspect, enough to want to be Jo Frost, the star of the ABC TV series “Supernanny.” And while it would be tempting to be called “Super-Manny,” the title that falls to her associate Mike Ruggles, I... Continue Reading →
Cartooning the holidays with Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Milo Ventimiglia is not your average save-the-world superhero, although he does play one, Peter Petrelli, on NBC’s hit series “Heroes.” In real life, he’s an ambitious actor and producer whose company, Divide Pictures, just completed a series of five animated holiday shorts available exclusively on the American Eagle Outfitters website. Milo narrated the first... Continue Reading →
65 It’s A Wonderful Life’s Zuzu Bailey all grown up! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Karolyn Grimes, actress, It's a Wonderful Life (Originally published December 9, 1996) What would your life be like if something you did at age 6 haunted you every Christmas for the next 50 years? For Karolyn Grimes, it has been a wonderful life. So wonderful, in fact, she turned it into a cottage... Continue Reading →