TV Guidance Counselor

In this episode recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con 2017 Ken welcomes a panel of legendary Hollywood stunt and fight coordinators, Mark Grove, James Lew, Carl Ciarfalio and Rick Avery. Ken, Mark, James, Carl and Rick discuss martial arts, how one gets into the stunt business, Big Trouble in Little China, Kung Fu, the Knotts Berry Farm Stunt Show, being a fun fighter, being a good looking man, car guys, Harold Lloyd, learning from old Hollywood, why sometimes cardboard boxes are best, John Travolta, Blow Out, Kenpo, Jeff Speakman, The Perfect Weapon, Jet Li's "The One", and nerding out of Martial Arts.

Today Ken welcomes actor (Supernatural, Revenge of the Nerds, Moonlighting) and author of the new memoir "Revenge of the Nerd: Or...The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would be Booger" Curtis Armstrong to the show. Ken and Curtis discuss the mid 60s, Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beatles, living in Switzerland, Detroit, how being forced to watch something other than the Wonderful World of Disney can change your life, the horror of stopwatches, The Avengers, being an anglophile, watching Help! while living in Help!, Rock N Roll shows on TV, loving the Universal Monsters, Famous Monsters, visiting Forrest J. Ackerman with Gilbert Gottfried, meeting Ray Bradbury, Moonlighting, working on Cybill, reading the script to Better Off Dead on the top of a Canadian Mountain while dressed as a caveman, working with Savage Steve Holland, the Boston fame of "Boogah", How I Got Into College, and what may be Ken's favorite story ever told on the show, a story of Gary Busey fighting with an extra about what the furniture in Heaven looks like.

Today Ken welcomes the legendary "Weird" Al Yankovic to the show. In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2017 Denver Comic Con in Denver, CO Ken and Al discuss why Al was never Magnum P.I., ALTv, the early days of MTV, Eat It, visual parody, Dr. Demento, Spike Jones, voice over, Warner Bros, growing up outside of Hollywood, The Weird Al Show, Saturday mornings, Billy Barty's kids show, Sheriff John, milk drinking contests, the golden age of theme songs, Green Acres, jumping on a parody, Al's original compositions, the badge of honor of being parodied by Al, UHF, Michael Richards, Transylvania 6-5000, sketch shows, SCTV, streaming media, Whaling Songs, Chris Guest, The National Lampoon Radio Hour, missing genres, avoiding being Spinal Tap, the magic of "The Complete Al", Paul McCartney in Al's Brain in 3D, almost giving Orson Welles his final job, and when Japanese TV out weirded Weird Al.

April 17-23, 1982 Today Ken welcomes comedian, author and fellow Bostonian Jen Kirkman to the show. Ken and Jen discuss Jen's awe at Ken's west coast TV Guide collection, being torn between two issues, Ripped from the Headlines, AIDS, The Day After, Red Dawn, unsupportive terrifying fathers, Happy Days, being a defacto only child, bus station TVs, listening to TV on the radio, making audio tapes of Moonlighting, Back to the Beach, The Brady Bunch house, The Love Boat, high fashion on the high seas, Halston, The Mandrell Sisters, the final years of Variety, Boston Lies, James at 15, Spenser for Hire, special kids on Highway to Heaven, Jen's Mother's mistrust of Michael Landon, punk rock scare shows, ChPs, sitting in a tent at the beach, One Day at a Time, kids cooking shows, Alice, living the dream waiting tables in a diner, having a maid, Today's FBI, Ballet, Ken's ignorance of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gov Weld defunding mental health facilities, The Reagans' war against the arts, Gary Marshall Night, female heart-throbs, Joanie Loves Chachi, when the 50s turn into the 70s, Laverne & Shirley, The Big Ragu's Lowell beginnings, Boy George Make A Wish, Three's Company, pretending Joyce DeWitt is your finance, The Too Close for Comfort rape episode, the mystery of "Pee Pee People", being jealous of Kids Incorporated, Facts of Life, loving Alicia Witt, Grandma's loving a mustache, Diff'rent Stroke, Danny Glover on Gimme a Break, the sadness of Friday Nights and why 2017 does not deserve guest stars.

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Denver Comic Con 2017, Ken welcomes casting director, voice director and animation legend Andrea Romano to the show. Ken and Andrea discuss The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, SCTV, Hanna Barbera, Daws Butler, The Jetsons, the "Tiffany" controversy with Jetsons: The Movie, the golden age of voice actors, Huckleberry Hound, how work you love can extend your life, the secret to casting voices, Frank Welker, Mel Blanc, the horrors of replacing actors, Al Yankovic gone evil, Ducktails, Animaniacs, growing up in a big family in the Hamptons, moving to California to escape Winter, Smurfs, Snorks, Orson Welles becoming The Brain, working with rappers on the Boondocks, the difficulty of directing actors to use the n-word, getting "name" actors into voice work, the golden age of streaming TV, and the fingerprint of people's "S sound", and why Kevin Conroy IS Batman.

March 25-31, 1978 Today Ken welcomes actor, filmmaker Stacey Travis (Hardware, Earth Girls are Easy, Ghostworld) to the show. Ken and Stacey discuss dog withdrawals, CBS Turning 50, The Partridge Family, Little House on the Prairie, Sanford & Son, Dallas, The Brady Bunch, Good Times, Maude, All in the Family, sometimes having enough of children's entertainment, Hardware, Dream On, embarrassing your children, The Naked Truth, Seinfeld, studying acting in London, Earth Girls are Easy, Julie Brown, having a stand up comedian as an older brother, Just Say Julie, Allee Willis, Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Chicago Hope, Picket Fences, Man of La Mancha, going to film school, Lukas Haas, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, not judging people for having a bad day, never getting on the West Wing, Desperate Housewives, Eddie Albert, Green Acres, meeting Dick Van Dyke, sticking with shows long after you probably should, losing your regional accent, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, when your heroes become your rivals, child actors, Good Luck Charlie, loving Elvis movies, wiping tapes, and hunting down rare Carol Lombard movies.

FALL PREVIEW ALERT! September 9-15, 1972 On his Birthday Ken starts the show with discussing his plans for the day. He then welcomes writer and occasional actor Dino Stamatopoulos to the show. Ken and Dino discuss slaughtering Dino's name, Dean Martin, hookers, Chicago, growing up in a bar, why there are 40 in the top 40, not knowing there was color TV, Charlie Kaufman's refusal to believe Superman and Clark Kent are the same person, the lost Skank! spin off, The Ben Stiller Show, how Greeks can break the Toaster Oven Theory, why Boston may be the punchinest city in America, Chicago Nostalgia, Mary Tyler Moore, The Lonliest Runner, Made For-TV Movies, The Lone Ranger, The Treasures of Black Cinema, Black News, Hee Haw, Liza with a Z, Gold Diggers, The Violent Universe, Father Knows Best vs. Hogan's Heroes, unraveling ropes, The Bob Newhart Show, The Anderson Tapes, panel shows, SCTV, Monty Python, Jamie Gertz, John Stamos - Race Traitor, Auto-focus, childhood hiding spots, being trapped in a fold out couch, being buried alive, when the Devil Makes you do it, Silent Films, Hollywood Television Theater, Merv, impressionists, John Saxon, loving Christmas Specials, Community, Moral Orel, Andy Griffith Show, Let's Make a Deal, and a dwarf and Charlie Callas showing the Brady Kids what to watch.

Today Ken welcomes actor Lynne Stewart (Pee Wee's Playhouse, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) to the show. Ken and Lynne discuss children's television, the origins of Miss Yvonne, the Pee Wee Herman Show reunion, meeting Tuesday Weld, growing up in Los Angeles, when Ken's dad was on Bozo, Phil Hartman, the MTV generation, the influence of Pee Wee's Playhouse on Japan, teaching kids how to scream, The Candy and Nancy Show, buying your own Candy for $300, Engineer Bill, the wonders of Facebook, Lynne's mother as a Facebook Phenomenon, the shared experience of media, being a dancer, The Groundlings, M*A*S*H, Cindy Williams, Laverne & Shirley, American Graffiti, Andy Kaufman, being cut out of Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig, living like you have no money when you do, Tiki, Edie McClurg, The Jimmy Stewart Show, why Lynne's father was mistaken for Jimmy Stewart by John Wayne, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, playing nuns, giving back, buying your own dolls, keeping Miss Yvonne's Christmas dress, Night Court, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Tim Stack, improve, the long lasting friendships in the comedy community, and loving the Sopranos despite it not being a comedy.

May 18-24, 1968 Today Ken welcomes the fantastic musician Fred Schneider to the show. Ken and Fred discuss Boston's industrial Nieman Marcus, having to watch what your mother likes, The Flintstones, I Married Joan, SNL, being trash talked on Carson, meeting David Bowie, Beanie and Cecil, F Troop, Petticoat Junction vs. Green Acres, Night of the Living Dead induced vomit, Alien panic attacks, Mama's Family, Forbidden Planet, loving bad movies, Martha and the Vandells, meeting Jimmy Page, Dinosaurs, Monsters, and MTV's hatred of hot dogs.

June 28 - July 4, 1975 Today Ken welcomes actor, comedian, David Higgins to the show. Ken and Dave discuss mid-western cold, the importance of outside, woods pornography, The Bi-Centennial, the glory days of the middle class, why the 70s were maybe a more enlightened time, Archie Bunker, Sammy and Company, Don Kirsher's Rock Concert, Poor Devil, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home, Bernie, burned off pilots, M*A*S*H, the Casey Kasem tapes, The Red Tapes, The Monkees vs the Goodies, Night After Night with Alan Havey, The Comedy Channel, The Higgins Boys and Gruber, Supercar, Clutch Cargo, Pizza and a movie, the ORIGINAL Leonard Maltin Game, Larry Storch, when IMDB is wrong, Tapeheads, Hell's Highway, barcade, Starcade, SNL, Jan Hooks, The Idiotbox, The Nightstalker, mustache vs. un-mustached Burt Reynolds, Cannon, Barney Miller, The Love God, why Nat Hiken is the greatest, The Rockford Files, Tom Atkins, Fast Times, why MTV changed the world and how the Wrong Guy is a movie everyone needs to see right away.