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Mr. MediaMr. MediaExclusive interviews by Mr. Media, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, and comics! Articles
From Cracked.com: You Might Be A Zombie -- or a Mr. Media fan. Is there a d
2011-01-19 16:11:00 Image via WikipedBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media Radio The only fault I can find with the new book, You Might Be A Zombie and Other Bad News is that because it comes from the editors of the humor website Cracked.com, you might not take it seriously enough. But kids, this is some truly scary stuff. It SCREAMS it right on the cover: ?Shocking but Utterly True FACTS!? --------------Listen to my JACK O'BRIEN interview!-------------- When I started reading, I was waiting for the punchline. Then I went back and re-read the cover. ?Oh,? I thought, ?this really is true?? Then it ceased to be funny and started being scary. Okay, it was still pretty hilarious. You have to read chapters such as ?Five Awesome Things You Didn?t Know Could Make You Sick.? Or ?The Four Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High.? Or how about ?The Five Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught in History Class.? Got the idea? Joining me today to explain himself and his book is Cracked.com editor J...
How to get the truth about Zac Efron: Just ask actress Brittany Snow! (Inte
2011-01-18 01:11:00 Brittany Snow , image via WikipediaBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media® Radio Brittany Snow is part of a small but growing contingent of Tampa Bay area natives making their mark on network TV. With the debut of ?Harry?s Law? on NBC ? in which she co-stars with Kathy Bates and Nate Corddry ? Snow will rejoin the primetime spotlight alongside St. Petersburg?s Monica Raymund ? star of ?Lie To Me? ? and Tampa?s, Maulik Pancholy of ?30 Rock.? (Angela Bassett is from St. Petersburg and Channing Tatum is a fellow alumnus of Brittany?s from Tampa?s Gaither High School, by the way.) --------------Listen to my BRITTANY SNOW interview!-------------- I think my favorite Brittany Snow moment to date was in the movie Hairspray, in which she played Michelle Pfeiffer?s spoiled daughter Amber. The movie was my daughter?s Grease and we?ve seen it dozens of times. Brittany, who has been acting since she was a child, was a star of ?American Dreams? and had a recurring role on ?Nip/Tuck.? On ... More About: Truth , Brittany Snow , Zac Efron , Actress
VIDEO: CNN talks to Howard Stern after taping Piers Morgan interview
2011-01-17 22:37:00 Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of 10 books, including 'The Profiler' with Pat Brown, 'Built From Scratch' with the founders of The Home Depot, and 'Will Eisner: A Spirited Life.' ? Follow Bob on Twitter or Facebook. Copyright 2011 Bob Andelman. Click here for copyright permissions! var __hs_fm = {portal: 16285, host: 'hubapi.com', blog: false}; (function(){ var fm = document.createElement('script'); fm.type = 'text/javascript'; fm.async = true; fm.src = '//static.hubspot.com/js/fm.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0 ]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(fm, s); })(); Related articlesAn X-Rated Christmas with Howard Stern musical favorite Red Peters (Interview , Music) (mrmedia.com) Paul McCartney's biographer, Howard Sounes, talks Beatles, Wings and Heather Mills, live from London! (mrmedia.com) Actress Samantha Lockwood takes Jason Mewes through romantic comedy hell in Shoot the Hero (Interview) (mrmedia.com) ... More About: Video , Morgan
Rick Meyerowitz: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead and booked on Mr. Media! (Inte
2011-01-16 05:26:00 Image via WikipediaBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media Radio 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. --------------Listen to my RICK MEYEROWITZ interview!-------------- I read comic books by the pile, which soon led me to investigate other newsstand publications. I knew about Playboy from my dad?s stash in the attic, and was a very young subscriber. I also discovered an antiestablishment humor magazine called the National Lampoon, which flipped a very different switch in my post-adolescent mind. At first, I will admit, I mostly read the comics and the Foto Funnies, astounding by the women with enormous natural breasts and the long haired dudes who ultimately were verbally abused by them. But over time I came to appreciate the short stories, the pol... More About: Rick , Drunk , Dead
TV's Judge Karen warns litigants: "Stay In Your Lane" -- or else! (Intervie
2011-01-15 04:44:00 Judge Karen Mills-Francis By BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media Radio It is a judge?s duty to give the folks who come before him or her good advice and guidance. Judge Karen Mills-Francis ? she?s the one with the blonde hair and the red robe sitting at the center of TV?s syndicated ?Judge Karen?s Court? ? takes this responsibility seriously, but with a dose of humility, too. --------------Listen to my JUDGE KAREN interview!-------------- That?s evident from a viewing of the former Miami/Dade County judge?s TV show and her new book, Stay In Your Lane : Judge Karen?s Guide to Living Your Best Life. Judge Karen?s TV show has endured some challenging times. It was a big hit when launched in 2008, but was cancelled a year later when Sony gave up the court TV business. In a rare accomplishment, she brought her show back from the dead last fall and returned to the top of the ratings. According to the New York Post, the show finished the November 2010 sweeps as New York's number-one ... More About: Judge , Reality Television , Judge Judy
How to interview 30 top directors about the film that changed their life, f
2011-01-14 19:07:00 Kevin Smith, image via WikipediaBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media Radio My 14-year-old daughter is thinking a lot about college these days and just last night asked me, ?Why did you get a degree in film studies?? Good question, but I had to weigh telling her the truth with giving an answer that wouldn?t distract her. I mean, what would be the sense in saying, ?Because it was the easiest major I could think of,? or ?Because that?s where all the prettiest girls were,? or ?Because those were the easiest classes in which to catch up on my sleep after working till midnight at the Royal Park 4 Theaters?? --------------Listen to my ROBERT K. ELDER interview!-------------- I?ve always loved getting lost in a movie. I?ll start watching a film on TV ? pretty much any film ? from any point and get absorbed. When I was a teen, my pal Bruce Kessler and I used to ride several miles on our bikes to catch whatever was playing in East Brunswick or Princeton. I remember many life-... More About: Life , Film , Interview , Kevin Smith
EXCLUSIVE! 'The Empire Strikes Back' director Irvin Kershner on how to unde
2011-01-11 14:40:00 Darth Vader in 'The Empire Strikes Back ,' directed by the late Irvin Kershner, image via WikipediaBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Mr. Media Radio The DVD of The Nature of Existence hit stores just before the late November 2010 death of Irvin Kershner, who was the beloved and respected director of the first and best Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. --------------Listen to my Roger Nygard interview!-------------- Roger Nygard, director of The Nature of Existence, interviewed Kershner for his documentary and we asked him to return to the show and share some outtakes of his Kershner interview with us. The Nature of Existence is a far more serious study, perhaps, than the works for which Nygard was previously best known, Trekkies, and its sequel, Trekkies 2. But, honestly, it?s just as fun. LISTEN! Roger Nygard's first appearance (July 2010) on Mr. Media! The Nature of Existence Website ? Twitter ? Facebook ? MySpace ? YouTube Tweet IRVIN KERSHNER au... More About: Exclusive
Stitcher's 'Meet the Talkers' turns tables, poses embarrassing questions to
2011-01-07 23:42:00 By Matty Staudt Stitcher Radio January 7, 2011 Bob "Mr. Media" Andelman has been in the business for over 30 years. Through his newspaper columns, radio shows, and podcasts he has interviewed over 700 people. He and Matty talk about his career, how he finds his guests, some of his favorites, and an awkward moment with an actor from the TV show "Heroes." --------------Listen to Mr. Media being interviewed by Matty Staudt on Stitcher Radio's "Meet the Talkers "!-------------- Tweet BOB ANDELMAN audio excerpt: "We're making a great effort in 2011 to go all video with Mr. Media celebrity interviews." Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of 10 books, including 'The Profiler' with Pat Brown, 'Built From Scratch' with the founders of The Home Depot, and 'Will Eisner: A Spirited Life.' ? Follow Bob on Twitter or Facebook. Copyright 2010 Bob Andelman. Click here for copyright permissions! Tweet More About: Questions , Tables
NBC Outsourced this Ben Rappaport interview to the Mr. Media of Mumbai!
2010-11-05 00:45:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) ?Outsourced? did not get the initial reaction that NBC desired for a new Thursday night sitcom, given the plum, post-?The Office ? slot it received on the fall schedule. Most years, every new NBC sitcom slipped into ?Must See TV? Thursday gets a cold shoulder from the critics just because its not ?30 Rock ? or ?The Office.? Just ask the cast of ?Community,? which was widely derided and ignored when it started a year ago and now is one of TV?s most consistent silliness fests. Ben Rappaport, "Outsourced" --------------Listen to my BEN RAPPAPORT interview!-------------- "Outsourced" was ostracized for a whole different reason; the concept, about an American sent to India to supervise his employer?s call center there, was declared racist and dead on arrival. Funny thing, though. After an unfunny, uneven pilot, Outsourced found its voice and the audience ? and I?ll include my family among the Johnny-Come-Latelies ? started finding it. If anything this... More About: Media , Interview
Stitcher Radio casts Mr. Media's interview show in a bright, smartphone app
2010-11-03 19:11:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) I can still remember the first time I saw her. She was a banner ad adrift on my old friend Mark Larsen?s "Mark in the Morning" home page, broadcasting the clever way she carried his show around the world to an audience of smartphones. I was jealous of their relationship and vowed to make her mine. ?Relax, Romeo,? Larsen said. ?We can share her.? --------------Listen to my STITCHER interview with Rachel Eaton and Matty Staudt!-------------- Okay, I exaggerate a little, but ever since Mr. Media Radio joined the vast programming available on the free Stitcher mobile phone app, it is virtually the only app I use. Stitcher has introduced me to shows I now can?t live without, including "WTF with Marc Maron," "The Business with Kim Masters," "Doug Loves Movies" with Doug Benson "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, "Roots Rock Radio" and "Stuck in the 80s" with my friends from the St. Petersburg Times, Steve Spears and Sean Daly. ... More About: Smartphone , Show , Howard Stern , Interview
MAD Magazine, National Lampoon, Humbug, Cracked.com, CollegeHumor.com, SPY
2010-11-02 13:04:00 ? Sergio Aragones (MAD Magazine artist) ? Peter Kuperberg (MAD Magazine artist, 'Spy vs. Spy') ? Arie Kaplan (MAD Magazine writer) ? Al Jaffee & Arnold Roth (MAD Magazine, Humbug cartoonists) ? Monte Wolverton (MAD Magazine artist Basil Wolverton's son) ? Dan O'Brien & Michael Swaim (Cracked .com writers, 'Agents of Cracked' actors) ? Rick Meyerowitz (National Lampoon writer, artist) ? Bill Griffith (National Lampoon cartoonist, "Zippy the Pinhead") ? Drew Friedman (National Lampoon cartoonist; also interviewed in 2007) ? Jonathan Bennett (National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year, movie star) ? Amir Blumenfeld & Streeter Seidel (CollegeHumor.com pranksters) ? Bruno Maddux (SPY editor) ? Chuck Shepherd (News of the Weird columnist) Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of 10 books, including 'The Profiler' with Pat Brown, 'Built From Scratch' with the founders of The Home Depot, and 'Will Eisner: A Spirited Life.' ? Follow Bob on Twitter or...
Agents of Cracked.com are coming to take Mr. Media away! Ha-ha! Hee-hee!
2010-10-30 19:01:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) 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. --------------Listen to my CRACKED.com interview!-------------- But while Cracked, founded in 1958, went out of print a long time ago, it made a comeback a year or two ago as an online humor site (and free iPhone app) focused on short digital videos such as ?Agents of Cracked.? It competes in the same space as College Humor.com and FunnyOrDie.com. Joining me to talk about the second season launch of ?Agents of Cracked? as well as their new series, ?After Hours,? are Dan O?Brien and Michael Swaim. Cracked.com Website ? Facebook ? Twitter <iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=andelma ncom&o=1&p=8&l=bp l&asins=B002AJ808I&fc1=00 0000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&a.. . More About: Media
The Horror! The Horror! 1950s comic books, that is, not Mr. Media's high sc
2010-10-29 20:34:00 Image via WikipediaBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Any book in which Goosebumps author R.L. Stine writes the introduction is gonna be scary. But The Horror ! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn?t Want You to Read! is a different kind of frightening. It?s about government censorship, federal abuse of the First Amendment, hypocrisy and hype and, frankly, an unwillingness of comic book publishers such as EC in the 1950s to show a little restraint. --------------Listen to my JIM TROMBETTA interview!-------------- Jim Trombetta?s four-color coffee table book full of blood, gore, science gone awry and nightmarish things that crawl, slither and kill is gratuitous fun now for adults but it also details an era when America was overrun with Communist scare tactics, paranoia, conspiracy theories and a long-since discredited knucklehead named Dr. Frederic Wertham and his book, Seduction of the Innocent. Ah, the good old days. This book ? which I would not at all recommend for youngste... More About: Comic Books , Comic-books
Legendary MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragones marginalizes Mr. Media!
2010-10-29 00:56:00 Sergio Aragones at work, image by Laughing Squid via FlickrBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) My first issue of MAD magazine was purchased near the checkout counter at a Stop & Shop supermarket in my hometown of North Brunswick, New Jersey, in July 1970. I?ll never forget the cover: a parody of the summer?s big hit, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, featuring a couple of actors named Redford & Newman. I no longer have it, but I suspect that that was my first exposure to legendary artist Sergio Aragones. --------------Listen to my SERGIO ARAGONES interview!-------------- Sergio has been producing illustrated gags for MAD since 1963 and for many fans, his work and the humor mag?s name are forever entwined. He has been one of the Usual Gang of Idiots for longer than I?ve been able to spell ?ee-diots.? This month, Sergio ? who has already won the National Cartoonist Society?s top honor, the Reuben Award, as well as the Will Eisner Hall of Fame Award and the Comic Art Pro... More About: Media , Arts
World Series fans! Step back to October 8, 1956 and Don Larsen's 'Perfect'
2010-10-28 02:46:00 Yogi Berra leaps into the arms of perfect game World Series pitcher Don Larsen on October 8, 1956, image by wallyg via FlickrBy BOB ANDELMAN (email) Lew Paper had to be wondering if it was a good thing or a bad thing ? for him ? when, a few weeks ago, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw the first no-hitter in post-season competition in 54 years against the hapless Cincinnati Reds . --------------Listen to my LEW PAPER interview!-------------- After all, Paper had just launched his new book, Perfect: Don Larsen?s Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen, and Halladay?s achievement could have potentially taken away from or added to the lustre of what the little-known Yankees pitcher accomplished back in 1956 against the Brooklyn Dodgers. For my money, I think Halladay ? who has been a consistently awesome pitcher throughout his career ? only served to remind us what a gem a no-hitter is and how rare getting one in the post-season really is. Bar... More About: Fans , Texas Rangers
Detroit 1-8-7 gets more episodes; Mr. Media gets its resident redhead, Erin
2010-10-26 17:18:00 Erin Cummings in ABC's 'Detroit 1-8-7' By BOB ANDELMAN (email) ABC had me at ?redhead? when the opportunity to interview ?Detroit 1-8-7? co-star Erin Cummings appeared. Learning she had a recurring role on AMC?s ?Mad Men ? earlier this season didn?t hurt either. --------------Listen to my ERIN CUMMINGS interview!-------------- This is also Erin Cummings. And neither did her experience as a co-star of the film Bitch Slap, in which she played ?The Sex Bomb? alongside America Olivo, a recent guest on Mr. Media . (Julia Voth, you know you?re next!) Seeing that she looks like the Playboy magazine idea of a librarian was certainly a plus. And how about the timing? Cummings? freshman police procedural series, ?Detroit 1-8-1,? which stars Michael Imperioli of ?The Sopranos? somewhat reprising his role from the short-lived ?Life On Mars,? as well as James McDaniel of ?NYPD Blue,? just got a vote of confidence from the alphabet network: an order for five more new episodes this season... More About: Episodes
Bad guys got you tied up in knots? It's 'Chuck' BFF Morgan Grimes (Joshua G
2010-10-25 17:47:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) Last night, my wife, daughter and I watched the latest episode of NBC?s ?Chuck ? ? thank you, on-demand programming ? and when it was over, we had a pretty interesting conversation about the evolution of Joshua Gomez?s character, Morgan Grimes. No, seriously?that?s what we talked about. --------------Listen to my JOSHUA GOMEZ interview!-------------- It was the first time, for example, that we took note of Gomez being listed third in the opening credits?right after Zachary Levi, who plays Chuck, and Yvonne Strahovski, who plays his love interest, Sarah. During the episode itself, you couldn?t help but be impressed by the continuing evolution of Morgan, who began the series more than three years ago as Chuck Bartowski?s Comic-Con loving best friend forever. Morgan, while not a loser, seemed doomed to be a Buy More drone for life. The first sign of the character?s independence was when he fell in love with an exotic co-worker, Anna. But the real turn... More About: Guys
Playmate Lana Tailor lights up the Canadian skies in HDnet's 'Get Out!'
2010-10-20 19:50:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) Lana Tailor Lana Tailor is a beautiful young woman who, if the HDNet commercials are to be believed, rarely sits still. Lucky us. -------------- Listen to my LANA TAILOR interview! -------------- As one of the co-hosts of the cable TV series Get Out! Canada, the former Playboy playmate seemingly goes anywhere and does anything. Her show is a little like ?Wild On,? which launched Brooke Burke into public eye ? as in ay-yi-yi ? several years ago. Get Out! Canada airs every Thursday @ 8 p.m. on HDNet. Lana Tailor Website ? Twitter ? Facebook LANA TAILOR audio excerpt: "You can stick me anywhere with those girls and we'd have a blast!" Open in your default playerDetach into a separate window You can LISTEN to this interview with LANA TAILOR, co-host of HDnet's GET OUT! CANADA, by clicking the audio player above! Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of 10 books, including 'The Profiler' with Pat Brown, 'Built... More About: Canadian , Playmate , Mark Cuban , Lights
Comedian John Caparulo brings a little blue collar goodness to Mr. Media!
2010-10-18 13:47:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) Unfunny times demand the most from those among us with a sense of humor. Comedian John Caparulo High unemployment, falling wages, rampant homelessness, political divisions, religious intolerance, wars, natural disasters? horrible, unfunny stuff. -------------- Listen to my JOHN CAPARULO interview! -------------- But every year I look around and am reminded this is the same stuff we endured last year. The names change, the issues vary, but the only really difference is that I?m a year older and I need a good laugh more than ever. And now I?ve put a ton of pressure on my guest, John Caparulo. But he can handle it. Every night, in venues large and small, he mounts a stage somewhere in America and assumes an offensive stance in the face of sometimes hostile enemy fire?you know, hecklers. Caparulo is a comedian with a rising profile, thanks to regular appearances on E!?s ?Chelsea Lately,? ?The Tonight Show? an... More About: Media , Blue
Ladies, Jamie Beckman can reset your love life in 30 frisky days (or less!)
2010-10-16 13:09:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) It?s pretty easy for me to remember my worst breakup story? because there is only one. Jamie Beckman It was when I was in college and the girl I had been seeing went into the Army?long story. Anyway, we tried to stay close for the first year, writing letters?the kind you use a pen and paper for, kids?talking on the phone, visiting when possible. -------------- Listen to my JAMIE BECKMAN interview! -------------- Then she was transferred from a base in the south to one in Northern California. On my end, I was trying to transfer schools and work out there to be close to her but it was one hassle after the other. One day, I called her and a young man answered. I asked for her and he said, ?Who?s this?? Who am I? I thought? Who are you? Turns out I said that out loud. ?I?m her husband,? he said calmly. ?Now who are you?? ?Oh, I?m her, uh, cousin,? I said. ?I didn?t know she was married. When did that happen?? ?Last week,? he said. ?Turns out she... More About: Life , Love , Love Life , Days
What Terrible Radio Guests Do (Part 1 of 2)
2010-09-01 16:30:00 What Terrible Radio Guests Do (Part 1 of 2)
Cartoonists interviewed on Mr. Media Radio
2010-08-30 00:29:00 Patrick McDonnell (Mutts cartoonist) Al Jaffee (MAD, Humbug) Arnold Roth (MAD, Humbug) Clay Bennett (Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist) African-American Editorial Cartoonists Roundtable (OnlineBootyCall.com) Mike Lynch Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman (Zits) Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois) Todd DePastino (Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, Willie & Joe: The WWII Years) Charlos Gary (Café Con Leche, Working It Out) Jules Feiffer (Feiffer, The Man in the Ceiling) Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine Mark Tatulli (LIO) Ray Billingsley (Curtis) Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) Lee Salem (Universal Press Syndicate) Copyright 2010 Bob Andelman. Click here for copyright permissions! More About: Radio , Media
Comic Book Artists and Writers interviewed on Mr. Media Radio
2010-08-29 23:11:00 Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) Monte Wolverton (The Wolverton Bible) Craig Yoe (Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman?s Co-Creator Joe Shuster) Gary Groth, Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics) Mark Wheatley, Robert Tinnell (EZ Street, Lone Justice) Gene Colan (Iron Man,? ?Daredevil,? ?Howard the Duck,? ?Batman) Bill Schelly (Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert) Mike Gold (Comic Mix.com editor) Blake Bell (Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, I Have to Live With This Guy!) Darwyn Cooke... (The Spirit) Daniel Pink (The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, Free Agent Nation, A Whole New Mind) Jonathan Riggs (Prism Comics: Your Guide to LGBT Comics) Arie Kaplan (Speed Racer, MAD Magazine) Paul Fitzgerald, Cindy Jackson and Stuart Henderson (Will Eisner & PS Magazine) Danny Fingeroth (Disguised as Superman, Superman on the Couch) Wendy Pini and Richard Pini (Elfquest, Masque of the Red Death) Pete Von Sholly (Capitol Hell, Morbid) Joe Sinnott (Fantastic... More About: Radio , Media , Artists , Book
Denis Kitchen: An oddly compelling Mr. Media TV interview with an undergrou
2010-08-27 17:05:00 By BOB ANDELMAN (email) There?s nothing odd about legendary underground comix artist and publisher Denis Kitchen . Everything I?ve ever learned about the man?both before we met and became friends in 2002 or since?has always been compelling. --------------LISTEN TO DENIS KITCHEN INTERVIEW!-------------- This is a rare creative animal who has thrived in roles both creative and corporate, even if he met the latter challenge kicking and screaming all the way home each day. Kitchen?and his company, Kitchen Sink Press?were present at the birth of the underground comix movement in the 1960s and ?70s. He is responsibly for boosting the careers of talents as extremely different as Robert Crumb and Will Eisner?and everyone in-between. Over the last year, Kitchen has been more productive than he has been in decades, co-authoring a retrospective of Harvey Kurtzman, the first editor of Mad magazine, called The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, with Paul Buhle; a ... More About: Media , Interview
Are you 'Acting in Young Hollywood'? Talent agent Frederick Levy has a book
2010-07-10 19:34:00 Image via Wikipedia By BOB ANDELMAN Here?s an important difference between me and some parents I know: I don?t think the world sees my kid as the most beautiful, most talented youngster ever birthed. I love her, my wife loves her and our family loves her, but c?mon! Let?s get real! That said, I know that a lot of parents believe their son or daughter is God?s gift to humanity ? or, at least, to show business. And they?re going to pursue Hollywood opportunities with their last dying breath, so as God?s gift to information and data sharing, my guest today is Frederick Levy, author of Acting in Young Hollywood and owner of Management 101, a talent firm that guides the career of young people. Levy is here to keep you parents on the straight and narrow, the smart path to helping Junior and Muffy from unknown to replacing Miley Cyrus on Hannah Montana?or somewhere in between. This is not Levy?s first book; he also wrote Hollywood 101: The Film Industry and 15 Minutes of Fame: Becomin... More About: Agent , Book
TV carpenter Rib Hillis models his good looks on Mr. Media!
2010-07-09 17:14:00 By BOB ANDELMAN Seriously, have you ever seen a prettier man than this guy, Rib Hillis? When I see him, I feel like I?m not holding up my end on the manliness scale. In point of fact, if he?s a man, I?m not sure what I am any more. -------------- LISTEN TO RIB HILLIS INTERVIEW! -------------- God, this is depressing. And the guy?who?s been a top male model for 18 years!?is also an actor. But he made his big move into America?s conscious as a carpenter on ABC?s ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? before landing his own outpost as ?Carpenter Rib? on A&E?s Saturday morning home improvement show, ?$100.00 Makeover.? Rib Hillis. How I hate him. You might actually recognize Rib Hillis from a lot of places, from the soap opera "Port Charles" to the sitcom ?Two and a Half Men,? in which he played one of Charlie Sheen ?s mother?s playthings. But the one that rang true with the women in my family was when he played a masseuse in an episode of ABC?s ?Ugly Betty?: On S... More About: Media , Models , Ty Pennington , Good
All My Children star Walt Willey jokes about everything... but soap stardom
2010-07-08 18:43:00 By BOB ANDELMAN During my brief flirtation with the ABC soap opera ?All My Children ? as a newlywed in the late 1980s who didn?t refuse his wife much of anything, let alone his company, I always remembered the character of Jackson ?Jack? Montgomery. -------------- LISTEN TO WALT WILLEY INTERVIEW! -------------- The actor who portrayed Montgomery, Walt Willey, seemed out of place to me, a little too light-hearted even when the scene called for serious, a guy having fun at all times, winking to the audience that he knew the storylines were often sillier than silly. Fans of this show know I?m not a regular watcher of the soaps, but I know Willey is not your average soap star, either. When he?s not taping new episodes of AMC, he?s working as a standup comedian. And when he?s not doing either of those professional pursuits, he and his wife run the Crystal Mesa Farm Bed & Breakfast in Sante Fe, New Mexico . And on Saturday, September 25, Walt Willey will take a break... More About: Jokes , Star
Social media guru Peter Shankman threatens to toss Mr. Media from his Manha
2010-07-07 19:46:00 By BOB ANDELMAN There are a handful of people that social media aficionados and professionals follow religiously for their insight and direction, people such as Chris Brogan, Seth Godin and Robert Scoble , for example. If you know who those guys are, you should probably also get to know Peter Shankman. -------------- LISTEN TO PETER SHANKMAN INTERVIEW! -------------- Shankman is an industry unto himself, a networker of the first degree who has taken the practice of public relations and marketing to new heights via his mastery of social media. He is best known in journalism circles as the founder of Help A Reporter Out?a.k.a., HARO?a repository of expert sources intended to help out last minute reporting asignments. Journalists send information requests in to HARO?more than 1,200 requests come in a week?and Shankman hooks them up. Shankman also is the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, a Manhattan-based marketing and PR strategy firm. Over the years, his clients h... More About: Social , Media , Public Relations
Actor Eddie McClintock shelves Mr. Media in Warehouse 13's Section Eight
2010-07-07 02:10:00 By BOB ANDELMAN Eddie McClintock was one of those guys who showed up on a lot of TV shows over the years without finding a permanent place to nest and spread his wings?that is, until SyFy chose him to star opposite Joanne Kelly in its signature series, Warehouse 13. -------------- LISTEN TO EDDIE McCLINTOCK INTERVIEW! -------------- The show debuted last summer to high expectations and it quickly delivered, giving the channel?s new spelling of its name a boost and launching a growing fan base for Warehouse 13?s leads, McClintock and Kelly. Tonight, Warehouse 13 returns at 9 p.m. for the opening salvo of its second season on SyFy. But enough about the show. Let?s talk about Eddie McClintock, professional tweeter or twittererererr? This is a man who appreciates the turn his life has taken and isn?t afraid to blurt it out. To wit: ?Just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has helped make #WAREHOUSE13 a dream come true for me. now...LET'S KICK SOME ASS!! ?E... More About: Media
Warehouse 13 star Saul Rubinek says Artie will return. But how? And in what
More articles from this author:2010-07-05 16:15:00 By BOB ANDELMAN A year ago, I invited actor Saul Rubinek to be a guest on this show, not because he was one of the leads on a new SyFy network show called ?Warehouse 13??who knew what the hell that would be about??but because he was Saul Rubinek, actor and writer. This year, make no mistake, I want to talk to him about "Warehouse 13." -------------- LISTEN TO SAUL RUBINEK INTERVIEW! -------------- Last year, "Warehouse 13" was the show SyFy pinned its hopes and aspirations upon as it changed the spelling of its network name from the familiar S-C-I-F-I to the bizarre and off-putting S-Y-F-Y. Funny how nobody?s talking about the network?s spelling anymore, just about its remarkable shows, "Warehouse 13," which returns for its second season on Tuesday, July 6 at 9 pm., and "Eureka," which rejoins the action on Friday, July 9 at 9 p.m. Even cooler, the two shows will crossover later this season. What could be cooler that that? Only if both shows crossed over with ano... More About: Star , Return , Chuck 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
