TV Guidance Counselor

November 20-26, 1999 This week Ken welcomes fellow Boston Comedian and child of neglect Katie McCarthy. Ken and Katie discuss growing up in Lynn, Bambi v Godzilla, being an indoor kid, cops, drama club, Catholic School, being on Student Government, Celine Dion, The Peanut Butter Solution, Drake, Degrassi, Wrestling, Cable Access, pig dicks, The Lawrence Bros, Premium Blend, Margaret Cho, Janeane Garofalo, Teen Magazine, "He Touched Me", old perverts, mush brain, name tags, Orson Wells, Strangers with Candy, cringe jokes, Wes Hazard on Jeopardy, Jesus, Richard Simmons loving chicks, clowns, late night, puking after eating waffles with Billy Corgan, end times, Dilbert, Angel, Touched by an Angel, The Heights, shocking cats, Judging Amy, evil men, Tori Amos, James Van Der Beak, Pini's Pizza, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Somerville, hiding in your room on Thanksgiving, bad stand up, Home Alone 2, Ricky Martin, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Market Basket, Cheerleading, and sexual Supermarket Sweep.

In this 6th Anniversary Valentine's Day Special Ken finally welcomes his wife to the show to do an entire episode as the only guest. They look at an issue of the UK TV Times from 1986 and struggle with keeping their dogs under control.

July 12-18, 1958 This week Ken welcomes author and creator of Roger Rabbit, Gary K. Wolf. Ken and Gary discuss how long Gary has been in Boston, the Summer of Love in San Francisco, growing up in Earlsville Illinois, only having on TV in the neighborhood, Big Top, building two story TV antennas for the Fringe areas, when TV was over, Howdy Doody, Kukla Fran and Ollie, missing the 150th episode of Howdy Doody because you acted up in school, Lawrence Welk, accordion, toe dancing, Ed Sullivan, regional TV Guide, playing catch with Chuck Connors, Nudie Suits, blue cows, being encouraged to read, comics books, true crime magazines, Steve McQueen, Roy Rogers, naming Trigger's son, Route 66, Space Patrol, cartoons, being inspired by cereal commercials, word balloons, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the battle of Bugs and Micky, The Prisoner, appearing on Creature Features, loving pinball, being Basic Instinct-d, Steven Spielberg, Roy Disney, gags in the margins, the jazz in Peter Gunn, Corvettes, fighting in Vietnam, guns, Go Tell the Spartans, female reporters in War Zones, re-inventing Space Hawk, and getting to talk about things you don't get to talk about enough.

August 8-14, 1987 This week Ken welcomes boxer, world traveler, and fellow comedian, Kate Procyshyn. Ken and Kate discuss her nervousness, her love of the outdoors, reading, being a Librarian, living in rural Alaska, growing up in Reno, NV, visiting hardware stores, Kate' Yearbook Session, cutting mouths of out photos, Lawrence Welk, movie theaters, working in advertising, staying in cheap places around the globe, Grocery Stores, traveling in Asia, baking, eating Chicken feet, Librarian Conferences, working in a convent in Africa, pornography on library computers, Sex on TV, humping, periodicals, Teen Model Search, cookies, hostels, misdirection, bed bugs, sharing bathrooms, Fraggle Rock, never having seen Newhart, the secret origin of Kate's journey into stand up, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Donahue, court cases, sleeping, playing the violin, Romper Room, gaming, The Little Prince, being terrified of space, Pay Per View movies, Two Person Solitaire and a very rare ALL Cheers week.

September 20-26, 1997 Today Ken welcomes old friend, frame-maker and comedian Ryan Douglass to the show. Ken and Ryan discuss bible eating, book stores, the last time Ken saw Ryan, Princess Di, all the places Ryan has lived, Home Improvement, The New People, Baywatch, Elton John, TV Movies, Unicorn Sculptures, Lance Burton, COPS, the Walsh Brothers, Early Edition, Chicago, Short Circuit, Bullit, Superbowl, Sister Wendy, Catholic Television, bad Notre Dame tattoos, Dave Thomas, Grace Under Fire, confusing Suddenly Susan, Veronica's Closet and Just Shoot Me, Cybill, Billy Corgan, Ryan meeting Smashing Pumpkins, Ghoulardi, Svengoulie, CHUD, Newradio, Lovitz replacing Phil Hartman, Spin City, The Tony Danza Show, High School football, Ellen, The Drew Carey Show, Party of Five, Empire Records, Hi-Fidelity, Riders of the Purple Sage, TNN, The Country Music Awards, Ryan's 7th Grade Reading Teacher's band, Sabrina, Salem the Cat, The Newbury St. Newbury Comics, Condom World, trying to figure out George Clooney's break out movie role, Meego, Teen Angel, Manhunter, Millennium, switching Networks, priests, Cracker, southern accents, Football injuries, Kathy Lee's unseemly promotion, people named Wes, and a glowing tribute to Brendan Tartikof.

September 2-8, 1989 This week Ken welcomes rockstar (Motion City Soundtrack), podcaster (Bizarre Albums) and Alison Rosen's boardman, Tony Thaxton to the show. Ken and Tony discuss backstage life, meeting celebs, free drinks, Carrot Top, Trent Reznor's amazement at skateboarding, Indiana, living in a weird part of Michigan, living on a time machine, Bears and Cubs, ALF, Harry Caray vs. Johnny Most, Saturday Morning Preview Specials, the Yummy Awards, singles, Gummi Bears, Masterpiece Theater 3000, Austin City Limits, Gattlin Bros, cover bands, Nintendo, Empty Nest, confusing Dear John, the theme to It's Gary Shandling's Show, theme song Karaoke, Perfect Strangers, Misfits of Science, having older sisters, My Two Dads, the Jerry Lewis telethon, contests to name things, The Hogan Family, "The Party" from the Mickey Mouse Club, unsold pilots with Ricki Lake, satellite dishes, above ground pools aka AGPs, Who's the Boss?, Rescue 911, Wonder Years, the MTV video music awards, Growing Pains, Michael Damien and Prince, loving the Beatles, The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, Book signings, The Equalizer, why Ken feels good about himself for the first time in two years, Just the Ten of Us, Death of a Salesman, movie reviews, and a Jeer heavy week.

Ken revisits a 2016 talk he had with the great Allee Willis who sadly passed away on Christmas Eve 2019. Ken and Allee discuss The Color Purple on Broadway, hating theater, swearing, having a TV in every room on every wall, growing up in Detroit, TV as a babysitter, a diet of candy, the sophistication of Health Bars, CHiPs, Erik Estrada's tight beige uniform, disco scores, writing songs for Earth Wind and Fire, Wonder Woman's disco devil, American Bandstand, Soul Train, Hullabaloo, Shin Dig, the invention of the teenager, cutting edge Variety, The Smothers Brothers, Laugh In, counter culture, Columbia Records, falling in love with Los Angeles, Freaks and Geeks, falling in love with cable news, Car Chases, 30,000 hours of footage, Just Say Julie, Allee's amazing wonderful house of treasures, rooftop drums, The Breakfast Club, being a music video production designer, The Cars "You Might Think", Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More", painting, combining music with art, writing "I'll Be There For You" the theme from Friends, returning the AFI Women's Directing Award in 1991, Kevin Bright, hating the Memphis school's bastardization of mid-century modern, storage spaces filled with treasure, Storage Wars, Sid & Marty Kroft, HR Puffnstuff, Electrawoman and Dynagirl, collecting lunch boxes, Greatest American Hero, the loss of the theme song, R&B, "Friends" at sporting events, a sea lion's love of "Boogie Wonderland", the wonders of the internet, Vice TV, enjoying The Principal's Office, hating foreign real housewives, and having a brand identity.

October 19-25, 1985 This week Ken welcomes the hosts of the 75Reads Podcast, Jo Bozarth and April Bowlby. Ken, Jo and April discuss jacuzzin', Ken's bad jokes, growing up in California, no bedtimes, screen time, The Furchester Hotel, Star Track star makers, Hollywood, Universal Studios, The Best of Times, Robin Williams, Mork, Taxi, the dark 70s, the perfection of the 1980s, dating baseball players and musicians, loving Niles, fat camp, pregnancy on TV, Cheers, Ted Danson, Golden Girls, Facts of Life, Backdoor pilots, roommates later in life, spin-offs, The Tortellis, 227, Designing Women, how kids hate being tricked, Hunks, beefcake Calendars, Glim Glim, Monsters, Tales from the Darkside, The Twilight Zone, the cotton candy defense, murder, The Brady Bunch, Three's Company, The Regal Beagle, filming locations, visiting the A-Team van by accident, Barney Miller, Night Court, After School Specials, having a fake baby in school, egg babies, Erin Grey, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home, Nick at Nite, Patty Duke, Valley of the Dolls, Dragnet, Westerns, loving basketball, Gidget, Back to the Beach, Kate & Allie, Cagney and Lacey, the Lakers, boxing, Red Vines vs Twizzlers, Alec Baldwin TV movies, bad kissing, the Red Sox blowing it, TV series based on movies, the mystery of Hunk Block, Pat Sajak, Mr. Belvedere, and the wonder of Judith Light.

June 10-16, 2000 This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian and musician Lucia Fasano to the show. Ken and Lucia discuss the Manson Murders, knives, OJ, monsters, Monster Kids, masks, Butch Patrick, Sid and Marty Kroft, Shirley Temple, Kid actors, watching TV with your family, growing up in the industry, The Simpsons, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney, Rugrats, Children's Shows, autograph conventions, respecting your elders, Hollywood creeps, not being impressed by normal kid things, designing Halloween decorations for target that then cameo on adult videos, Brendan Cruz, Ben Stiller, Brimstone, 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, A to Z, shows that never make it to the end, SNICK, All That, being disappointed by creeps, The Weakest Link, Who Wants to be a Millionare?, pretending to be Regis, Buffy, The X-Files, Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants, Succession, accents, Kratt Brothers vs. Property Brothers, New York accents, Chariots of the Gods, Roswell, alien autopsy, History Channel, Highway to Heaven, loving James Marsters, being terrified of sea monsters, Jennifer Love Hewitt's "Let's Go Bang", The Flintstones, Fruity Pebbles, snow days, 90 Day Fiance, and appreciating Friends.

Ken goes solo on this Year End Round up of 2019 including guests, behind the scenes, what's been going on in Ken's life and New (I know right??!) shows he watched and enjoyed this year.