TV Guidance Counselor

In another episode recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con 2018 Ken welcomes actors and Hellboys David Harbour and Ron Perlman to the show. First up Ken talks to David Harbour (Stranger Things). Ken and David discuss Pan Am, smoking, The Newsroom, Hellboy, prosthetics, having a fake body, Romanian stunt men, Tide commercials, practical vs. CG, Waffle House, Jangles, fast food recommendations, Antarctica, the power of Twitter, vomiting, the emotional resonance of character, Jim Hopper, mustaches, Shakespeare, destroying trailers, peace summits with Ron Perlman, the kids on Stranger Things, and suffering for your fans. Ken then talks to Ron Perlman. Ron and Ken discuss f*cking Trump, Quest for Fire, working under make up, Beauty and the Beast, Ice Pirates, Guillermo Del Toro, Cronos, how Hollywood repeats itself, allegory, City of Lost Children, lifetime achievement awards, TV vs. movies, working in French, Aliens, Pacific Rim, Embarrassum and its side effect, being forgetful, being typecast, Youth, Ron's favorite movie Godfather Part 1, streaming services, taking the magic away from art through the delivery method, Shane, and how art is a lie that tells the truth.

In this mini-episode recorded LIVE! at North East Comic Con Ken welcomes Greg Brady himself, Barry Williams to the show. Ken and Barry discuss the nature of fandom, being a part of people's lives without knowing them personally, leaning into the recognition, musical theater, riding the wave of a cultural phenomenon, growing up next door to Peter Graves, Fury, Mission: Impossible, Dragnet, being a young actor, Run for your Life, The Invaders, The Mod Squad, It Takes a Thief, Adam 12, Vincent Price, the Hawaiian episodes, singing, secrets to keeping your voice, City of Angels, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Branson Missouri, the athleticism required for musicals, memorization, Robert Reed, soap opera acting, and Davy Jones.

January 20-26, 1996 Today Ken welcomes Boston Comedian and artist Owen Linders to the show. Ken and Owen discuss Hawaii, cranberry bogs, Spring Break, Alfred University, the pitfalls of "art", print making, solar power, stand up comedy specials, Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas in Who's Ready for Ice Cream?, flagmen, cops in roadworks, black boxes, beach houses, Sci Fi Channel, Cartoon Network, Space: Above and Beyond, Rhode Island, Swamp Thing, the odd things in Ken's home, cartoons based on R rated movies, Toxic Crusaders, Steve Johnson, Monsters, Tales from the Darkside, Glim Glim, AOL online, Duckman, The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr, creating things of substance, being sincere, cell phones, movie serials, Captain Marvel, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Due South, Law and Order, Predator, Drop the Dead Donkey, Toast of London, Smack the Pony, Dr. Katz, Third Rock from the Sun, Crime Story, Real Ghosts, Tobe Hooper, Alan Moore's Twilight of the Superheroes, Give Me Liberty and Martha Washington, American Gothic, Sherlock Holmes, being a drug addict for 30 minutes and Ken's befuddlement at Red Green.

Today Ken welcomes longtime Simpsons writer and author of the new book "Springfield Confidential" Mike Reiss to the show. Ken and Mike discuss working one day a week, growing up in CT, Harvard Lampoon, Charles in Charge, Head of the Class, Sledge Hammer, Not Necessarily The News, It's Gary Shandling Show, The Critic, The Simpsons, the nutmeg state, "Bitch McNuggets", Airplane II, Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Alf, clip shows, The Tracy Ulman Show, people on TV watching TV, The Royle Family vs. The Kennedys, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, gore, horror movies, Eric Idle, Treehouse of Horrors, the very long process of making a Simpsons episode, how sometimes an incorrect math equation might be a joke (to some people), movie parodies, and how you can't go wrong trying to make yourself laugh.

In these two conversations recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con Ken welcomes Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, KJ Apa and Skeet Ulrich to the show. First up Ken talks to Andrew McCarthy. Ken and Andrew discuss Less than Zero, St. Elmo's Fire, why drugs are bad, Weekend at Bernie's, Mannequin, James Spader's eccentricities, department store vampires, Pretty in Pink, a 6 ft tall Gumby, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald's taste in men, the VCR age, directing, Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist, Class, Heaven Help Us, taking wardrobe, reading scripts, directing children, Andrew's travel writing, remote places,writing Young Adult novels, John Hughes' soundtracks and the mystery of the Lost Spader Tapes. Next up Ken talks to the cast of Riverdale, Molly Ringwald, KJ Apa and Skeet Ulrich. Ken, Molly, KJ and Skeet discuss yelling at teenagers, iconic roles, Archie, New Zealand, Scream, being a Betty or a Veronica, Luke Perry Twin Peaks, nostalgia, Townies, being a fan of somebody else, touching KJ's eyebrow, Gary Oldman, actory nerves, wrestling, the mystery of Gumby, Molly's parents' attic, shower scenes, murder on Riverdale, Black Hood, trailers, yelling, and how everyone wants to be Madchen Amick.

November 18-24, 1978 This week Ken welcomes comedian Sean Patton to the show. Ken and Sean discuss New Orleans, Boston trash bats, regional accents, Airwolf, reboots, modern day Ernest Borgnines, Turbo Teen, poisoned Halloween Candy, living in a world of adults, taking your younger brother to a strip club, Portland Oregon, New York expectations, Eyes Wide Shut, Rounders, The Village, gentrification, dirty old Boston, being just born, HBO's commitment to topless women, making a living, roller skating, SNL, Star Wars infecting EVERYTHING, country music, Matt Foley, Julia Child, horror and comedy, Tom Brady's hatred of Boston, David Duke, The KKK, The Baldwin Bros, Backdraft, 50s nostalgia, Frankie and Annette, Sid and Marty Kroft, The Prisoner, 70s love of Stockholm syndrome, Scotland, Manchester UK, The Royle Family, Crunch and Munch, Mello Yello, Three's Company, Steve Martin, having to move in the hotel, Wonder Woman skateboarding, rebooting The Karate Kid and sequalizing The Monster Squad.

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2018 Denver Comic Con Ken moderates two different discussions with Doctor Who royalty. First up is The Doctor himself, David Tennant. Ken and David discuss Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, the live broadcast of The Quatermass Experiment, Doctor Who, Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Russel T. Davies, the responsibility of being the Doctor, an exclusive club for former Doctors, being merchandise, Broadchurch, Scrooge McDuck, immodesty, Presbyterian guilt, Scotland, Jessica Jones, Kilgrave, playing evil characters, Ken's shirt, the nature of heroes, Good Omens, Camping, the nature of accents, Hogwart's House, being a voice actor, the power of educators, throwing phones and books. Next up Ken welcomes everyone's favorite companion, Rose Tyler herself Billie Piper. Ken and Billie discuss her days in drama school, her teenage music career, her lack of familiarity with Doctor Who before she was cast, traveling the United States, Matt Smith, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Chris Eccleston, Robert DeNiro, how to deal with being in the public limelight, ridding yourself of the criticism of social media, the music industry, the changing world of acting, having to be your own PR person, Penny Dreadful, having David Tennant be your assistant, the inappropriate nature of John Barrowman, the romance at the center of Doctor Who, the popularity of UK shows in the United States, the perils of fame, and stealing a legacy for your uninterested children's future.

April 30 - May 6, 1998 and October 16- 21, 1988 In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2018 Denver Comic Con, Ken welcomes Brian Salisbury and Cargill of the Junkfood Cinema Podcast. Ken, Brian and Cargill discuss the Golden Girls, Dr. Ruth, whisky, commissioned art, hoarders, Jocko, Engergizer, Sam Jones, Truck copters, Knight Rider, The Highwaymen, Australian Obsessions, Cosby, My Demon Lover, My Stepmother is an Alien, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Roseanne, Just the Ten of Us, The Matt Lauer Show, Who's the Boss, Mr. Belvidere, Wendy and the Butler, NBC Thursday Night, Cheers, Night Court, LA Law, TV Guide Channel, the Scroll, TV Movies, Loni Anderson, Necessity, Elmore Leonard Las Vegas Crime movies with Jimmy Smitt, North and South, being crazy for Swayze, V, Highlander, Michael Ironsides, New York City talk, The Hulk Out List, Freddy's Nightmares, In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro, Grizzly II, Moms and Lovers, Outlaws with Richard Roundtree, and the wonders of Misfits of Science.

March 4-10, 1995 Today Ken welcomes comedian and Boston ex-pat Kyle Ploof to the show. Ken and Kyle talk about opioids, Weymouth MA, The Movie "BLOW", awful Irish plus other ethnicity bars, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Halloween costumes, hugging Scott Baio at the Liberty Tree mall, meeting costumed characters who are imposters, Santa fighting the Abominable Snowman, Ken's teenage love of Claire Danes, creepy crushes, Nightmare on Elm St, Friday the 13th, being terrorized by your father on weekends, NY vs LA, wiggling why you watch, A.I.D.S., Slim Goodbody, The Mommies, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, having a clown thing, The Critic, Married with Children, Vice Versa, body switching, not being allowed to interact with girls, hating three camera sitcoms, Roseanne, MTV's Oddities starring The Head, Ultraman, love of bathrooms, Grace Under Fire, being beaten to death with a hammer, Unsolved Mysteries, The George Wendt show as Car Talk, The Cosby Mysteries, Wheel of Fortune, game shows, Living Single, obstacle courses, Breaking Bad, "he's killing me", the 90s obsession with VR, and nudity on TV

Today Ken welcomes star of trading spaces and the current North Shore Music theater production of Mame, Paige Davis to the show. Ken and Page discuss theater in the round, multi-cam sitcoms, All In the Family, Cheers, The Big Bang Theory, West Side Story, gymnastics, growth spurts, golden doors of Broadway, Chicago, Mame, racy TV Guide Covers, Bob Hope, Zoom, funding the arts, School House Rock, The Electric Company, Blackish, Will and Grace, Bebe Neuwirth, The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Debbie Reynolds, fame, game shows, being on Oprah, The Bachelor, Orange is the New Black and the greatness of Tom Bergeron.