Today's Guest: Mayim Bialik, actress, "The Big Bang Theory," "Blossom" To be honest, I didn’t want to play the opening theme from the long-running NBC family series, “Blossom.” But it certainly reminds you of how well known its star, Mayim Bialik, was before she largely dropped out of show business to be a wife and... Continue Reading →
Dava Krause combines comedy, song, farting into a joyous noise! PODCAST INTERVIEW
What do you get when you combine comedy with singing… plus tattoos, bodily functions, sexual revelations and Judaism? Dava Krause. (Okay, Sarah Silverman would not be a wrong answer, but just not the right answer today.) Krause just released a new album, Child of the ‘80s, which will leave you laughing and singing along—all the... Continue Reading →
Patrick Muldoon acts with Kristen Stewart, sings + Masses! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Joining me today is actor Patrick Muldoon, who you’ll certainly recognize from Starship Troopersand other films. But what you may not know about Patrick is that he’s adjusted his priorities in recent years, putting much of his energy into the band The Sleeping Masses, for whom he is the lead singer and songwriter with... Continue Reading →
Comedian Debi Gutierrez takes no prisoners — or Mr. Media! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Debi Gutierrez, who has been all over your TV in recent years, hosting the PBS series “A Place Of Our Own,” “Clean House” on Style and most recently, “Hidden Agenda” on the Game Show Network, GSN. DEBI GUTIERREZ podcast excerpt: "I come out guns blazing... I talk about things between married couples--that's where I... Continue Reading →
NBC’s Community beauty Gillian Jacobs shines in sitcom! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Gillian Jacobs, actress, "Community," "Love" NBC’s freshman comedy sensation “Community” is ending its first season on a high note: Entertainment Weekly made the show’s season finale tonight Number 1 on its Top Ten “Must List” of things to do this week. And it singled out co-stars Joel McHale and Gillian Jacobs for... Continue Reading →
80 comedians walk into a bar… wind up in film, I Am Comic! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Jordan Brady has been on stage, told the jokes, suffered the hecklers and luxuriated in the belly laughs. He also knows the pitfalls of standup comedy and comedians. So who better to chronicle their lives than one of their own? I just finished watching I Am Comic, Brady’s funny, fast-moving tribute to the... Continue Reading →
456 Community’s Abed is a man of many: Batman, Don Draper… ! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Danny Pudi, actor, "Community" It’s a shame Lorne Michaels didn’t sign up Danny Pudi for “Saturday Night Live” before the producers of the NBC sitcom “Community” cast him as “Abed.” He is so flexible in body, mind and voice as to suggest a combination of Jim Carrey, the late Phil Hartman and... Continue Reading →
Ethan Peck and Lindsay Shaw of ABC Family’s ’10 Things I Hate About You’ hate on Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When last we saw Kat and Patrick on ABC Family’s hit comedy series 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat—played by Lindsay Shaw—was protesting the imposition of mandatory uniforms at their high school. And Patrick—played by Ethan Peck—was, well, brooding. LINDSAY SHAW podcast excerpt: "It is a little overwhelming at first. He is a... Continue Reading →
Community actor and writer Donald Glover is a double threat! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Actor Donald Glover, co-star of the TV sitcom "Community" On the NBC freshman sitcom hit “Community,” Donald Glover plays “Troy,” a self-involved, former high school football star trying to find a place for himself in a junior college setting where his athletic accomplishments don’t mean much. On the other hand, the pretty... Continue Reading →
Melrose Place returns; get the scoop from Thomas Calabro! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When last we spoke, Thomas Calabro was preparing to host ACME Comedy’s “ACME Saturday Night” live show and being described as a former star of the late lamented TV series “Melrose Place.” THOMAS CALABRO podcast excerpt: "The name, Melrose Place, remains the same but everything about it is different, so it's sort of like... Continue Reading →