Today's Guest: Joseph Dorman, documentary director, Sholem Aleicheim: Laughing in the Darkness Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of 16-year-old boys in heavy fake beards all speaking in high school Yiddish accents… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 4 I owe my... Continue Reading →
828 Bob Dylan Revealed in new documentary film by Joel Gilbert! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joel Gilbert, documentary filmmaker, Bob Dylan Revealed Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people who won’t figure out that my audio failed to record during the following conversation… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 2 I can’t imagine... Continue Reading →
784 Certifiably Jonathan Winters documentary captures the funny! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guests: Jim Pasternak and Richard Marshall, producers, Jonathan Winters documentary Certifiably Jonathan Part 1 of 2 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people claiming to be characters created by Jonathan Winters … in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Finding the real Jonathan Winters... Continue Reading →
Will Eisner documentary talk with Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke – yes, they’re brothers – have devoted roughly eight years of their lives to producing and distributing the documentary film, Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. I know the Brothers Cooke pretty well and feel their pain because for several years, we were on somewhat similar career tracks. ANDREW... Continue Reading →
Hey, Noots! Scrap Mr. Media and let’s grab a beer! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joe Posa, reality TV star, "Scrappers" It’s a show about guys who collect scrap metal in Brooklyn. It’s a show about two guys in particular throwing castoff hot water heaters, bicycles, refrigerators and construction materials in the back of a worn-out van. And you know what? It’s funny as hell. Take the kids... Continue Reading →
Former CNN anchor Miles O’Brien takes flight with Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Miles O'Brien, TV journalist Miles O’Brien was a great guy with whom to start your day. Flip on CNN at breakfast and for years, there he was, a calm and reassuring presence on the news channel’s “American Mornings” program, alongside Soledad O’Brien, giving the headlines, keeping us centered and calm no matter... Continue Reading →
50 Rasha Drachkovitch produces Lockup from outside looking in! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Part 1 of 3 There aren’t many people who want to go to prison. Not on purpose, not by accident, not even if they deserve it. Loss of liberty, loss of freedom, loss of privacy, loss of choice – and let’s not even talk about the whole idea of showers and toilets. And yet... Continue Reading →