Part 1 of 4 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that includes alumni from National Lampoon: The Funny Years and Spy: The Funny Years… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I always knew of Tony Hendra’s magazine work, being of the generation who were teens... Continue Reading →
Cracked.com: You Might Be A Zombie! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jack O'Brien, editor, Cracked.com, You Might Be A Zombie Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of obsessed Redbook magazine fact checkers who promise to confirm the veracity of everything my guest says before we’re done here today… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!... Continue Reading →
Rick Meyerowitz: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead and booked! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Sometimes I think I grew up in some alternate reality. There was no Internet when I was in my teens—we barely had FM radio and UHF television reception in Central Jersey and cable TV was unheard of—but somehow I managed to find plenty of inappropriate media influences. I read comic books by the pile, which... Continue Reading →
Agents of Cracked.com are coming to take me away! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Dan O’Brien, Michael Swaim, writers, stars, "After Hours," Cracked.com Many years ago, before the Internet, many of us old-timers got our funnys from print. There were humor magazines lining the newsstands with curious names like Mad, Cracked, Sick, Crazy, the National Lampoon and Spy. Today, only Mad remains in print. DAN O'BRIEN... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson draws picture of 50 years with Playboy! PODCAST INTERVIEW
In my mind, I’ve been associated with Playboy for roughly 40 years—I was roughly 10 when I discovered my dad’s box of old magazines in a cardboard box on top of the standup cedar wardrobe in the attic. Hello, Miss May, 1966! “Discovered” may not be the right word—at 10, I was finally mischievous... Continue Reading →
Prank them! CollegeHumor.com’s Amir Blumenfeld, Streeter Seidell! PODCAST INTERVIEW
For a good time, try typing www.CollegeHumor.com into your web browser’s window. You’ll find an endless stream of short videos that will do anything from brighten your day to cause you to hurt yourself from laughing too hard. I love a good laugh and websites has become really expert at providing humor in easily... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Bennett? He’s Van Wilder, dude! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jonathan Bennett, actor, Van Wilder: Freshman Year When I was a freshman at the University of Miami back in 1978, Animal House was all the rage and the coolest guys on campus wanted to be like “Otter,” played by Peter Riegert. He knew all the girls, glided through school and was envied... Continue Reading →
36 Zippy the Pinhead cartoonist Bill Griffith and polka dots! INTERVIEW
Is there room in prime time TV for another pinhead? And not just any pinhead, but the original, Zippy the Pinhead? Because ready or not, he appears headed toward a cable channel near you, possibly as soon as this fall. Bill Griffith, 53, who created Zippy as an afterthought in an underground comic book more... Continue Reading →