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Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanDavid A. Andelman, journalist, author, "A Shattered Peace"David Andelman and I have been connected via the internet for the last few years. I frequently receive emails from people who remember me from CBS News or The New York Times, who want to reconnect via Facebook or network through LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I never worked for CBS News or The New York Times. And on his end, I suspect David Andelman receives late-night emails intended for me from overdue bill collectors and people who want him to teach them how to become sports agents, based on a story I wrote for Gallery magazine in 1994. We have both, I believe...2018-08-0337 min
Mr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman812 Peter Golenbock, author, "George: The Little Boy Who Built The Yankee Empire"Today's Guest: Peter Golenbock, sportswriter, George: The Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankees Empire, Idiot , Balls, The Bronx Zoo, Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience – HEY! WAIT A MINUTE! I’ve always said that as a joke! Where did you people come from?… Oh, that’s right, we're on location for the first time at the fabulous Globe Coffee Lounge in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Mr. Media host Bob Andelman (L) and Pet...2017-07-0335 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman375 Peri Gilpin, Candace Cameron Bure, actors, "Make It or Break It"Today's Guest: Peri Gilpin, Candace Cameron Bure, actors, "Make It or Break It" Make It Or Break It, Peri Gilpin, ABC Family, Mr. Media Interviews Could one man possibly be responsible for all of our nation’s salacious schtick? Yes, say sitcom staples Peri Gilpin and Candace Cameron Bure – and that man is Bob Saget. Interviewed on Mr. Media, Peri, who played Roz Doyle on Frasier, and Candace, who played D.J. Tanner on Full House, roast their pal Bob – who led the Full House cast as widowed dad Danny Tanner – big-time. Discussing her TV alma mater with host Bob Andelman...2017-05-2725 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanPeri Gilpin, Candace Cameron Bure, actors, "Make It or Break It"Could one man possibly be responsible for all of our nation’s salacious schtick? Yes, say sitcom staples Peri Gilpin and Candace Cameron Bure – and that man is Bob Saget. Interviewed on Mr. Media, Peri, who played Roz Doyle on Frasier, and Candace, who played D.J. Tanner on Full House, roast their pal Bob – who led the Full House cast as widowed dad Danny Tanner – big-time. Discussing her TV alma mater with host Bob Andelman, Candace says: “There’s definitely a place for shows like Full House, where, as parents, we can safely allow our children to watch, and not worry ab...2017-05-2725 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman118 Kristin Harmel, romance novelist, "The Art of French Kissing"Today's Guest: Kristin Harmel, romance novelist, The Art of French Kissing. Novelist and University of Florida Gator Kristin Harmel (Photo: UF Communigator) Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above Kristin Harmel’s new novel, her fourth, in fact, is titled The Art of French Kissing. It’s a sweet, surprisingly gentle story of a young boy-band publicist, who’s a woman from Orlando, whose life there collapses, and she goes to Paris to escape and maybe find herself again. It’s chick-lit for sure, but I enjoyed it. It also made me think more fondly of Paris than I had...2017-05-0451 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman1306 Gary Chaloner, comic book artist, "Will Eisner's John Law"Today's Guest: Gary Chaloner, comic book artist, "Will Eisner's John Law" (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following interview with comic book artist Gary Chaloner was recorded on August 25, 2006 to supplement my authorized biography of the late Will Eisner, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life. I recently rediscovered the audio file and decided to add it to the Mr. Media podcast archive. -- Bob Andelman) "Will Eisner's John Law" by Gary Chaloner Gary Chaloner is an award-winning artist and writer who is currently creating and publishing the new adventures of Will Eisner’s John Law. I interviewed Chaloner via email the first time around, fo...2017-03-3028 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman15 Larry Ratso Sloman, biographer, Harry Houdini, Howard Stern, Mike TysonToday's Guest: Larry Ratso Sloman, author or co-author of celebrity memoirs from Howard Stern, Abbie Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Phil Esposito, Mike Tyson, and a biography of Harry Houdini Order by clicking the DVD cover above! Larry 'Ratso' Sloman, co-author of Howard Stern's 'Private Parts' Writing the biography of a well-known person in pop culture is an assignment fraught with trap doors, two-way mirrors, and shackles. Some writers even disdain their subjects. Others hopelessly suck up to the person, if living, in hopes of winning their favor. Journalists working the genre, however, are usually after something more. They took on the l...2017-03-2434 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman92 George Gray, announcer, "The Price is Right," host, "What With That House?"Today's Guest: George Gray, host, "What's With That House," announcer, "The Price is Right" with Drew Carey "The Price Is Right" announcer George Gray and host Drew Carey George Gray is having way too much fun on his HGTV show, “What’s With That House?” The show, now in its second season, is kind of a goof on the proliferation of shelter TV shows, where viewers are taken into fabulous homes and mansions and led around by announcers in hushed, respectful tones. There’s no respect in Gray’s tone -- and rightfully so. If you haven’t seen the show, I abso...2017-03-1231 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman14 John Amato, founder, CrooksAndLiars.comToday's Guest: John Amato, political website founder, CrooksAndLiars.com It’s not just this generation. Politics has always been dirty, nasty, bare-knuckle affairs. In the American two-party system, one side always blames the other for whatever ails the country. The new twist in the 21st Century is the emergence of political Web sites and political blogs in particular. Anyone with a point of view can get a free blog from blogger.com or wordpress.com and be online telling the world what they think about anything, anywhere in about ten minutes or less. Some of these new voices are surprisingly th...2017-03-1237 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman93 Oscar Isaac, actor, "PU-239," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Star Wars The Force Awakens"Oscar Isaac, actor, Pu-239 Order 'Pu-239' starring Paddy Considine and Oscar Isaac, available right now at a great price by clicking on the book cover above! Oscar Isaac, my guest today, co-stars with Paddy Considine in a riveting new HBO film, Pu-239. Based upon a short story by Ken Kalfus, PU-239 tells the story of a devoted father and husband -- Paddy Considine -- in post-Soviet Russia who labors in a deteriorating nuclear plant. After being exposed to a deadly dose of radiation while trying to avert a plant disaster, he is made a scapegoat and suspended without pay...2017-03-0927 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman24 David Fury, writer, "Lost," "24," "Dream On"Today's Guest: David Fury, writer, producer, "24," "Lost," "Dream On," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," "Tyrant," "Fringe" Television screenwriter, producer David Fury Pop quiz: name the man who’s been a writer and/or producer for the following TV shows: “The Jackie Thomas Show,” “House of Buggin’,” “Dream On,” “Pinky and the Brain,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Lost,” “24.” Give up? It’s David Fury, and he joins us today via phone from Hollywood. David Fury Twitter • Facebook • IMDB • Wikipedia • Order Dream On on DVD from Amazon.com • Order 24: The Complete Series BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: David, welcome to Mr. Media. DAVID FURY: Thanks very much, Bob. I want to ans...2017-03-0532 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman439 Lisa McMann, YA novelist, "Wake," "The Unwanted"Today's Guest: Lisa McMann, YA novelist, Wake, Fade, Gone, The Unwanteds Order 'The Wake Trilogy: Wake; Fade; Gone' by Lisa McMann from Amazon.com by clicking the books above! This is gonna take a minute. It was the last day of our first family vacation in two years and the three of us were unwinding in the enormous Barnes & Noble bookstore in Burlington, Vermont. My 13-year-old son Charlie found two young adult novels she wanted to buy, both of which his friends had already read and enjoyed. The first was The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, which looked like it was...2017-02-2732 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman100 Milo Ventimiglia, actor, "Heroes," "This Is Us"Today's Guest: Milo Ventimiglia, actor, "Heroes," "This Is Us" Milo Ventimiglia, actor, Heroes, NBC Milo Ventimiglia is not your average save-the-world superhero, although he does play one, Peter Petrelli, on NBC’s hit series “Heroes.” In real life, he’s an ambitious actor and producer whose company, Divide Pictures, just completed a series of five animated holiday shorts available exclusively on the American Eagle Outfitters website. Milo narrated the first episode, “Home for the Holidays”; others feature the voices of Kristen Bell, Lil Jon, Adrianne Palicki, and Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy. Milo Ventimiglia Twitter • Order Heroes: Season 3 from Amazon.com BOB...2017-02-0914 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman68 A.J. Jacobs, author, "The Year of Living Biblically"Today's Guest: A.J. Jacobs, author, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible Order your copy today by clicking the book cover above (2007) A.J. Jacobs must have the best magazine job in America. As editor-at-large for Esquire, here are a few examples of recent stories appearing under his byline: • “My Outsourced Life,” detailing his effort to send his writing assignments to India, • “Googling A.J. Jacobs’s Brain,” about his proposed effort to catalogue his thoughts, dreams, and desires “The Sexiest Woman Alive 2005” and “2006,” in which he spent five months teasing readers...2017-02-0828 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman1300 Adi Tantimedh, novelist, "Her Nightly Embrace: Ravi PI"Today's Guest: Adi Tantimedh, novelist, Her Nightly Embrace: Book 1 of the Ravi PI Series Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Adi Tantimedh by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of conspiratorial whisperers who know there are cameras and microphones recording their every move… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Her Nightly Embrace by Adi Tantimedh. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! (EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is a very special interview. It is the 1,300th overall post on Mr. Media...2017-02-0242 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman124 Robert Schimmel, comedian (2 of 2)Today's Guest: Robert Schimmel, comedian, author, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above (APRIL 2008) I tried my hand at stand-up comedy twice in college, once as a freshman at the University of Miami and again a year later at the University of Florida. And no, I wasn’t so bad at Miami that I was asked to leave. They were a lot more subtle than that. Anyway, I gave up that dream early. It’s a tough, humil...2017-01-1758 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman100 Scott Shuffit and Will Russell, founders, Lebowski FestToday's Guest: Scott Shuffitt and Will Russell, co-founders, Lebowski Fest, co-authors, I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You Order 'I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You' by Scott Shuffitt and Will Russell, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! There are a lot of famous uses of the word dude in pop culture. Sean Penn, as Spicoli, in Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes to mind. Or Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Party on, dude, indeed. Or there’s th...2017-01-1236 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman1 Mark Tatulli, daily cartoonist, "LIO"Today's Guest: Mark Tatulli, daily cartoonist and creator of "LIO" and "Heart of the City." Order 'Lio: Happiness Is a Squishy Cephalopod' by Mark Tatulli from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! (EDITOR'S NOTE: This was the very first Mr. Media® Interviews podcast, recorded January 19, 2007. We've improved the sound a bit and hope you'll enjoy discovering it!) "LIO" is the creation of Mark Tatulli, and he’s a fresh brand of weird and wonderful now appearing in more than 250 newspapers, with more adding the strip daily. If Far Side creator Gary Larson and "Calvin" creator Bill Watterson had...2017-01-0639 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman53 Michelle Borth, actress, "Hawaii Five-0," "Tell Me You Love Me"Today's Guest: Michelle Borth, actress, "Tell Me You Love Me," "Hawaii Five-0" Michelle Borth (2007) The ironic thing about Michelle Borth’s role as Jamie, a woman whose fiancé won’t commit to monogamy in the new HBO series "Tell Me You Love Me," is that she is the kind of sexy, intoxicating woman that could probably drive the best-intentioned married man to cheat on his wife. BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: I was fascinated watching the show. It was very unlike anything I think I’ve ever seen, even on HBO. MICHELLE BORTH: Well, that’s a huge compliment. Thank you. ANDELMAN: H...2016-12-2535 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman30 Billy Bob Thornton, actor, Bad Santa, singer, joins us on Mr. Media!Today's Guest: Billy Bob Thornton, actor, Bad Santa, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, singer, "Beautiful Door" Order by clicking the CD cover above (JULY 2007) You just can’t pigeonhole Billy Bob Thornton. Think about the movie roles he’s most famous for and see what, if any, connection there is: Carl in Sling Blade; Hank Grotowski in Monster’s Ball; Morris Buttermaker in Bad News Bears; Coach Gaines in Friday Night Lights, and my favorite, Willy in Bad Santa. Who would figure that the guy who portrayed so many varied and somewhat disturbed characters had a musical soul too? But, this month...2016-11-2422 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanFlytrap's sexy Ina-Alice Kopp tells all! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: Ina-Alice Kopp, actress, “Flytrap"INA-ALICE KOPP podcast excerpt: “Even though my character appears to be very simple-minded — and very mechanical at times — I do feel that, in the end, we’re telling a very touching, human love story.”Key interview moments:• 5:10 Actress Ina-Alice Kopp explains that even though her character, Mary Ann, seems focused only on sexual reproduction at the start of Flytrap, she does evolve by the end;• 15:00 Kopp says she and her love interest in the film, played by actor Jeremy Crutchley didn't feel like they were pretending on scre...2016-11-1429 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman13, Tim Dorsey, novelist, Hurricane Punch, joins us on Mr. Media!Today's Guest: Novelist Tim Dorsey, author of Hurricane Punch. (ORIGINALLY POSTED APRIL 2007) Order Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey, available from Amazon.com in print or ebook by clicking on the book cover above! The first time I tried my hand at fiction in high school, it was a way of dealing with people and issues that I couldn’t handle in real life. My friends thought it was hysterical and that I was a little twisted. In college, I again used fiction writing for my personal aims, this time to deal with my frustrating inability to get laid as a fr...2016-11-1033 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanTexas bluesman Josh Alan Friedman plays for us! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Josh Alan Friedman, singer, “Sixty, Goddammit”On today’s show he performs two songs LIVE, “This Radio Don’t Play Nothin’ But The Blues” and “Deep River Blues II.”JOSH ALAN FRIEDMAN podcast excerpt: “I played thousands of nights in honky-tonks across Texas, so I played ‘I Got A Woman’ every night, a rockabilly version of it. I would do ‘Georgia’ in Ray Charles’ style. But ‘What ‘d I Say’ — I almost feel like it’s mine.”Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more inte...2016-11-0752 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanPut A Lime On It, Singer Amy Rose Commands! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Amy Rose, singer, “Put A Lime In It,” “Show Up Naked and Bring Beer,” “Party Like a Redneck (Redneck Reunion)"AMY ROSE podcast excerpt: “People just like to relate to songs about beer, let’s face it! Everybody likes beer. Everybody likes beer! The songs are working!”Key interview moments:• 3:53 Country singer Amy Rose talks about her wildly groweing success with songs about beer, partying and rednecks;• 17:50 She reveals that her live shows include two Janis Joplin covers, “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Piece of My Heart."Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on Y...2016-10-2231 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanWhat's cooking with Sheaun McKinney? INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Sheaun McKinney, actor, “Vice Principals"SHEAUN McKINNEY podcast excerpt: “My character on ‘Vice Principals,’ Dayshawn, is the voice of reason for Danny McBride’s character. Dayshawn’s allegiance is always to Danny. I agree with his core principals, but I don’t agree with his tactics. Dayshawn keeps it 100% with him.”Order a “Vice Principals” poster: http://amzn.to/2amnrl3Key interview moments:• 4:00 Sheaun McKinney, co-star of the new HBO sitcom “Vice Principals” with Danny McBride and Walton Goggins, tells how a chance visit to an LA church — and the literal earthquake that followed — c...2016-10-2230 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman1284 Ina-Alice Kopp, actress, FlytrapToday's Guest: Ina-Alice Kopp, actress, Flytrap Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of aliens – and not the kind that any dumb wall will ever keep out… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Flytrap starring Jeremy Crutchley, Ina-Alice Kopp, Jonah Blechman. Order your copy today by clicking on the movie poster above! Flytrap is the kind of fantasy that would scare the crap out of Donald Trump – what if there are aliens living among us and they’re from much farther away than Mexico or even Syria? And what if they don’t want...2016-10-1930 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman932 Tony Hendra, editor, The Final Edition.com, National Lampoon, joins us on Mr. Media!Today's Guest: Tony Hendra, editor, The FinalEdition.com, National Lampoon 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! Image via Wikipedia (JULY 2011) I always knew of Tony Hendra’s magazine work, being of the generation who were teens and then college students during the best years of both the National Lampoon and Spy. But I never real knew Hendra until I read Rick Meyerowitz’s book, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists...2016-09-2637 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman904 Drew Friedman, artist, Old Jewish Comedians, joins us on Mr. Media!Today's Guest: Drew Friedman, artist, Old Jewish Comedians, Too Soon? and Warts and All Order 'Even More Old Jewish Comedians' by Drew Friedman by clicking the book cover above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of actual, working caricaturists gathered here for their annual convention… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Drew Friedman is BETTER than Picasso! So says Howard Stern, and who is Mr. Media to argue with the King of All Media? Drew is the king of modern caricaturists. His work has been featured on almost every major American mag...2016-09-2248 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanDavid Lee Roth's sister rocks her own way, baby! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Lisa Roth, co-creator, creative director, Rockabye Baby MusicOrder Rockabye Baby Music: http://amzn.to/2ap6g3ILISA ROTH podcast excerpt: "We do it with great care, great pride, from the sound of the recording to the artwork. It's something the original artists can be proud of. We're not making fun; we're huge fans."Key interview moments:• 6:30 Lisa Roth, co-creator and creative director of Rockabye Baby Music, talks about the care that is put into converting pop, rock, metal and hip-hop tunes into soothing lullabies for babies;• 13:50 Roth reveals that...2016-09-1437 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman3rd Street Blackout is indie fun in the dark! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Jeremy Redleaf, co-writer, co-director, co-star, producer, 3rd Street BlackoutJEREMY REDLEAF podcast excerpt: "The budget for '3rd Street Blackout' was less than a house in the middle of nowhere.”Download "3rd Street Blackout": http://amzn.to/29JpJp6Key interview moments:• 4:22 "3rd Street Blackout" co-auteur Jeremy Redleaf explains how he met his writing and acting partner Negin Farsad;• 11:20 Redleaf reveals the budget for the indie comedy.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more i...2016-09-1317 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAmerican Sniper co-author Scott McEwen goes all ghost! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Scott McEwen, co-author, American Sniper (with Chris Kyle); novelist, Ghost Sniper (with Thomas Koloniar), lawyerOrder 'Ghost Sniper' by Scott McEwen with Thomas Koloniar: http://amzn.to/29H3l3ESCOTT McEWEN podcast excerpt: "One of my most vivid memories of Chris Kyle is just how humble a guy he really was. And how much he loved to joke around and shoot the breeze with people. He was just a normal guy; a very intense warrior, but one of the funnest guys I ever drank with in my life."Key interview moments:2016-08-3048 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanOn Planet Negro, Kevin Willmott gets the best lines! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Kevin Willmott, writer, director, star, 'Destination: Planet Negro'; co-writer (with Spike Lee), 'Chi-Raq'Download 'Destination: Planet Negro': http://amzn.to/29MFy0cKEVIN WILLMOTT podcast excerpt: "The budget for 'Planet Negro' was $5,000. Five-thousand dollars! Everybody worked for free. What I spent the $5,000 on was meals. The cinematographer is a professor I work with; he built the spaceship. The robot was built by another buddy. He built it from stuff he had lying around. It took two years to make the movie. And I play one of the leads because I knew I would always...2016-08-2939 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanThe answers to David Lynch's Twin Peaks are here! INTERVIEWToday's Guests: David Bushman and Arthur Smith, co-authors, "Twin Peaks FAQ," curators, Paley Center for MediaDAVID BUSHMAN podcast excerpt: “Netflix has exposed a whole new generation of viewers to 'Twin Peaks.' I have a daughter who us 23; she knows 'Twin Peaks”'; her friends know Twin Peaks. One of the great things about Twin Peaks, what is so rare in television, is it raised a lot of questions without spelling out the answers for you."Order "Twin Peaks FAQ": http://amzn.to/28PsHrGKey interview moments:• 4:20 David Bushman explains the enduri...2016-08-1637 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanJoshua Malina steals Rob Kutner's Brains! INTERVIEWToday's Guests: Joshua Malina, actor, “Scandal,” “The West Wing,” “Sports Night,” podcast host, “The West Wing Weekly”; Rob Kutner, creator, “Runaway Brains,” monologue writer, “Conan”JOSHUA MALINA podcast excerpt: “I want to push Shonda (creator and showrunner of ’Scandal’) toward shorter hair for my character. The less hair I have, the less obvious it will be that I’m losing my hair… I think the shorter haircut will work for the attorney general, but I might be out of a job.”Listen to the “Runaway Brains” comedy podcast: http://Howl.FMListen to “The West Wing Weekly podcast: http://www.TheWe...2016-08-1244 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanTwin Peaks brings Charlotte Stewart mystery back! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Charlotte Stewart, actress, “Twin Peaks,” “Little House on the Prairie,” EraserheadCHARLOTTE STEWART podcast excerpt: “David Lynch is a very sincere person. He is a meditator — he is a joyful person. I’ve never seen David in a bad mood. When I was shooting ’Twin Peaks’ last year, his set was so comfortable… David Lynch paints film; he does a visual thing that is unlike any other director I’ve known. And it works.”Order Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary, and Me: http://amzn.to/1YiPdja O...2016-08-0259 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanTraded! Michael Pare gives up Eddie for Westerns! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Michael Pare, actor, "Traded," "Eddie and the Cruisers," "Streets of Fire"Order "Traded" starring Michael Pare, Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson: http://amzn.to/1XvNCrxMICHAEL PARE podcast excerpt: "The director of 'Eddie and the Cruisers' auditioned me and asked if I could sing. I said, 'Sure! I sing like Sinatra. And I play guitar like Jimi Hendrix. Anything you want, I can do it.'"Key interview moments:• 4:05 Michael Pare rode horses in movies before, but for the Western 'Traded,' he had special training and a truly great time;2016-07-3131 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAnimating Hitler's Folly gathers Der Fuhrer's angst! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Bill Plympton, filmmaker, Hitler's Folly, CheatinStream 'Hitler's Folly for free: http://www.plymptoons.comBILL PLYMPTON podcast excerpt: "I was reading a newspaper and saw that Hitler was a big fan of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' I thought that was the most surreal thing I ever heard. Here is the most evil man in history, laughing over the antics of these dwarfs!"Key interview moments:• 3:20 Filmmaker Bill Plympton explains what inspired him to create a fake history of Adolf Hitler in Hitler's Folly;• 10:10 Anyone can...2016-07-1217 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanA 1984 chat with Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan!(EDITOR’S NOTE — Today, June 27, 2016, would have been the 89th birthday of the great CBS-TV children’s TV host, Bob Keeshan, better known to the Baby Boomer generation as “Captain Kangaroo.” Keeshan passed away in 2004, and I’ve spent years trying to recover the telephone interview I did with him as a St. Petersburg Times correspondent, published September 19, 1984. I’m pleased to say I finally found it and upgraded the audio quality. You can now read the interview as published or, for the first time ever, listen to our actual conversation. I hope you’ll enjoy this classic edition of Mr. Media and sh...2016-06-2839 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBob Keeshan, children's TV host, "Captain Kangaroo"(EDITOR'S NOTE -- Today, June 27, 2016, would have been the 89th birthday of the great CBS-TV children's TV host, Bob Keeshan, better known to the Baby Boomer generation as "Captain Kangaroo." Keeshan passed away in 2004, and I've spent years trying to recover the telephone interview I did with him as a St. Petersburg Times correspondent, published September 19, 1984. I'm pleased to say I finally found it and upgraded the audio quality. You can now read the interview as published or, for the first time ever, listen to our actual conversation. I hope you'll enjoy this classic edition of Mr. Media and share...2016-06-2839 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman1272 Bob Keeshan, star, Captain Kangaroo, joins us on Mr. Media!Today's Guest: Captain Kangaroo, a.k.a., Bob Keeshan, long-time CBS morning host for children's television (EDITOR'S NOTE -- Today, June 27, 2016, would have been the 89th birthday of the great CBS-TV children's TV host, Bob Keeshan, better known to the Baby Boomer generation as "Captain Kangaroo." Keeshan passed away in 2004, and I've spent years trying to recover the telephone interview I did with him as a St. Petersburg Times correspondent, published September 19, 1984. I'm pleased to say I finally found it and upgraded the audio quality. You can now read the interview as published or, for the first time ever, listen t...2016-06-2840 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanJohn Doe of X: Still having much more fun! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: John Doe, singer, X, author, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. PunkOrder John Doe’s book: http://amzn.to/1OFTJk7JOHN DOE podcast excerpt: “X — our music — was always accessible. We weren’t trying to piss people off; we just did it naturally. There was no ‘marketing’; the term barely existed. The way you were DIY in those days was you went out, met people, lived your life, did your thing. I have no regrets; that’s the way you get cancer."Key interview moments:• 4:14 After appearing on...2016-06-2552 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHoward Stern guest comic Rachel Butera impresses! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Rachel Butera, comedian, voice actor, impressionist, guest, "First Impressions with Dana Carvey," "The Howard Stern Show," "America's Got Talent"RACHEL BUTERA podcast excerpt: "For people who know the Howard Stern Show, I competed in the 2010 Staff Impressions Contest. I did Tracey Millman, who used to work on the show and she used to call everybody a 'douche.' And Little Lupe, the porn star. And Underdog Woman, the woman who wears the cape and dances around in parades like Underdog."Key interview moments:• 4:40 Rachel Butera describes the characters she imitated to win th...2016-06-1742 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAttention, Superman! Tim Hanley knows Lois Lane! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Tim Hanley, author, Investigating Lois Lane, Wonder Woman UnboundOrder Tim Hanley’s book: http://amzn.to/1RrIBaqTIM HANLEY podcast excerpt: "You get a lot of stereotypes about women when it comes to Lois Lane, a lot of hysterics and very emotional. Superman is the calm, level one throughout whatever emotional relationship ups and downs they have. Whereas Lois has to fly off the handle and instigate the drama for the relationship.”Key interview moments:• 2:50 Lois Lane '"biographer" Tim Hanley describes the ups and downs of his subject across...2016-06-1337 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanEverybody is a disappointment to somebody! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Mike Edison, author, You Are A Complete Disappointment, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!Order Mike Edison's book: http://amzn.to/1SMIJXtMIKE EDISON podcast excerpt: "When my dad died, he was pretty abusive and a bully, to me. But when he died, I cried a lot. Of course I did, like any son would when their dad died. I had an odd sort of closure because his last words to me were, 'You are a complete disappointment.' And he was just getting started."Key interview moments:2016-06-1247 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHere's Mama: Actress Vicki Lawrence, that is! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Vicki Lawrence, actress, comedienne, "The Carol Burnett Show," "Mama's Family"VICKI LAWRENCE podcast excerpt: "'The Carol Burnett Show' was well-written. It wasn't in your face. You could watch it with the kids; what they got, they got. And what they didn't, they could come back and watch next year.”Order ‘The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes’: http://amzn.to/1VthJhfKey interview moments:• 3:30 Actress Vicki Lawrence explains the enduring success of "The Carol Burnett Show" for multiple generations;• 8:50 An explanation for why Lawrence, who was younger, always played Carol Burn...2016-06-0219 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanRocky Horror Picture Show gets its own FAQ! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Dave Thompson, author, The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQOrder Dave Thompson's book: http://amzn.to/25aNGRADAVE THOMPSON podcast excerpt: "What this book brings to the table is an appreciation of the cultural impact of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' not only in the US but elsewhere."Key interview moments:• 3:45 Author Dave Thompson explains what motivated him to tell the entire story of The Rocky Horror Picture Show;• 16:30 Rocky Horror's lasting impact goes far beyond British or US borders;• 32:40 Thompson reveals that, as teens, he and...2016-05-2539 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanSusan Silverman advocates for adoption and sister Sarah! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Susan Silverman, rabbi, international adoption activist, author, Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful Broken WorldSUSAN SILVERMAN podcast excerpt: "People are more likely to adopt if they feel their community has their back. I would say to people, create a situation in which you can adopt. If you have that in your heart and that capacity in your life, take the risk!"Order Susan Silverman's book, "Casting Lots": http://amzn.to/1T5M2EPKey interview moments:• 3:40 Rabbi Susan Silverman talks about the personal breakthrough in therapy that he...2016-05-2437 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanFrom American Bandstand, meet singer Bobby Rydell! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Bobby Rydell, singer, author, Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Second ChancesOrder Bobby Rydell’s book: http://amzn.to/1rIN2sxBOBBY RYDELL podcast excerpt: "When I was with Mr. Sinatra at the Copacabana for the first time and he said, 'What do you drink, Robert?' I said, 'C-C-Coke.' I figured if I said, 'Scotch and water,' I'd get smacked in the face, y'know?"Key interview moments:• 3:30 Singer Bobby Rydell might have been the last man in America to find out that the school Danny and...2016-05-2046 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanWhite Ghost sends novelist Steven Gore's hero to Asia! INTERVIEWToday’s Guest: Steven Gore, novelist, “White Ghost: A Graham Gage Thriller,” “Final Target,” “Power Blind”Order Steven Gore’s book: http://amzn.to/1YdhhlLSTEVEN GORE podcast excerpt: “Graham Gage is more cerebral, more analytical (than Harlan Donnally). I think that made him a better character for this subject (coping with a late stage cancer diagnosis).”Key interview moments:• 5:25 Steven Gore discusses how some novelists rely too much on “superpowers” to get their heroes out of a jam";• 16:10 Gore reveals his own angoing, personal struggles with a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma back...2016-05-1547 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanTampa car dealer Frank Morsani maps his own path! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Frank Morsani, businessman, philanthropist, author, “To Be Frank: Building the American Dream in Business and Life”Order his book: http://amzn.to/1WS0oP0 FRANK MORSANI podcast excerpt: “I think it’s pathetic (that Donald Trump is the GOP standard bearer). It’s a tragedy on our system."KEY INTERVIEW MOMENTS:8:25: Frank Morsani talks about how he picked himself up following his failure to land a Major League Baseball relocation or expansion franchise for the Tampa Bay area in the 1990s;13:55: As a former Chairman of the Board of the U.S...2016-05-0928 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMy night with Curt Smith and Tears For Fears! INTERVIEWFROM 2011: Here’s a Tears for Fears story I guarantee you haven’t heard before:I was the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times Alumni (now the Tampa Bay Times) in 1985, assigned to review a Tears For Fears concert.I rushed back to the paper’s Clearwater bureau that night to file my story. Waiting for it in downtown St. Petersburg was the late night editor, Christine Holsten. I filed my story and waited for her to read it and answer any questions she might have.But her major question wasn’t about my...2016-05-0825 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMuskrat Love? Still good for a Toni Tennille laugh! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Toni Tennille, singer, songwriter, The Captain and Tennille, author, "Toni Tennille: A Memoir"Order Toni Tennille's book: http://amzn.to/1X92GJJTONI TENNILLE podcast excerpt: "I have to point out that it's 'Do THAT to Me One More Time.' It's not 'Do IT to Me One More Time'! That's why lyrics are important. It's 'Kiss me.' And 'Say that to me again' -- instead of what other people may think!"KEY INTERVIEW MOMENTS:4:40: Toni Tennille describes her rough road with former husband Daryl Dragon -- The Captain...2016-05-0450 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMovie Freak Owen Gleiberman wants a good scare! INTERVIEWOWEN GLEIBERMAN podcast excerpt: "When I first saw 'Spotlight,' I was, 'Yeah, this is great! It's feeding my nostalgia for 'All The President's Men'! It's about when newspapers mattered!' It touched all of my key passion points. But the more I thought about it, I thought it was a good move, but it wasn't great. And I did watch it a second time; if anything, it looked a little less good. The major characters could have been developed more; it's not All The President's Men."Key interview moments:• 8:30 Owen Gleiberman talks about the impact of...2016-04-291h 01Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanDocu: The Brainwashing of My Dad stokes the Right! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Jen Senko, documentary filmmaker, The Brainwashing of My Dad, The Vanishing CityJEN SENKO podcast excerpt: "Fox shouldn't have the right to call itself 'News'; it's mostly commentary."Key interview moments:• 3:05 Filmmaker Jen Senko dealt with multiple delays in getting The Brainwashing of My Dad to the silver screen, but the rise of Donald Trump, GOP political candidate, made her eventually timing perfect;• 12:10 Even Democrats scoffed at Hillary Clinton's mid-1990s claim of "a vast right-wing conspiracy" -- until long-time Republican operative David Brock confirmed her accusation was true;2016-04-1626 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanStrange As It Seems, Gordon Zahler story is true! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Chip Jacobs, author, "Strange As It Seems: The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler," "Smogtown"CHIP JACOBS podcast excerpt: "Some people scoff or give me a funny eyebrow scrunched look when them my uncle did these things that he did. He looked at his injury like some people look at a skin rash and said to himself, 'Deal with it. I want to go on my boat, take flying lessons, or... What about a safari?'"Key interview moments:• 3:00 Chip Jacobs gave him biography the subtitle "The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler" because he...2016-04-1648 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBoom Bust Boom goes the world economy! INTERVIEWDo you find global financial issues a bit confusing?Think it would be easier if a founding member of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus,’ Terry Jones, explained it to you with humor, animation, songs and puppets?Thought so! Today's Mr. Media Guests: Bill Jones (son of Terry) and Ben Timlett, documentary filmmakers, “Boom Bust Boom” (starring Terry Jones of "Monty Python's Flying Circus")BILL JONES podcast excerpt: "Ben and I just watched 'The Big Short' where they go, 'You're betting against the housing market? The housing market NEVER goes down! And I kept shout...2016-03-2527 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanCirque du Soleil flies higher with Avatar show! INTERVIEWToday's Guests: Acrobat Dustin Walton, puppeteer Helen Day, performers in Cirque du Soleil's "Toruk: The First Flight," based on James Cameron's film "Avatar"HELEN DAY podcast excerpt: "Puppets are very important to the Avatar show, from early on right to the end. The planet of Pandora is full of creatures, flora and fauna that interact with the Na'vi. And the puppets are very big!"Key interview moments:• 3:10 Puppeteer Helen Day describes the scope of the enormous puppets deployed in Cirque's new "Toruk: The First Flight" program;• 7:50 Acrobat Dustin Walston explains how Cirque du S...2016-03-2322 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanCleveland Wheeler looks backwards to Q105 radio days! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Cleveland Wheeler, legendary radio DJ, WAPE Jacksonville, Q105 Tampa, SiriusXMCLEVELAND WHEELER podcast excerpt: "Scott Shannon just had a way of connecting with people... He went out of his way to be natural and street level with people and to speak on their terms. He had a knack for communicating with people.”Key interview moments:• 9:30 Cleveland Wheeler discusses why his Q Morning Zoo radio partner, Scott Shannon, has been so successful in his radio career;• 11:30 Wheeler and Shannon locked themselves in a hotel room for two days as the mornin...2016-03-161h 11Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMr. Skin knows naked better than anyone! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Jim McBride, adult website entrepreneur, MrSkin.comMR. SKIN podcast excerpt: "The Showtime show 'Shameless' is great. This year it won our 'Best TV Show for Nudity' award. And when you think of 'Masters of Sex," Game of Thrones,' 'Powers' and 'Orange is the New Black' -- there are so many television shows that have great nudity! To actually win, you really have to have a great year in nudity. What I love about Emmy Rossum is that she's the star of the show and she carries the load of the nudity. It's not like...2016-03-1447 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMy Stupid Heart is singer Shawn Mullins' life story! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Shawn Mullins, singer, songwriter, "My Stupid Heart," "Lullabye"In addition to an interview, Mullins performs two new songs, live and exclusively on Mr. Media: "The Great Unknown" and "Pre-Apocalyptic Blues."SHAWN MULLINS podcast excerpt: "'My Stupid Heart' is about the way I felt after a third marriage didn't work out... I felt unsuccessful as a human being in that I couldn't find a partner, although I've had wonderful relationships with all three of my wives. And I'm still close friends with two of three of them and I miss the other one."...2016-03-1151 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanFriends Effing Friends Effing Friends? A comedy! INTERVIEWWhat is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelmanFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/MrMediaRadio2016-03-0759 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAuthor says time to find our Superbosses! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Sydney Finkelstein, author, Superbosses, Why Smart Executives Fail, Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, as well as Tuck’s director of the Center for LeadershipSYDNEY FINKELSTEIN podcast excerpt: "Miles Davis is one of the most fascinating of all the examples that we discovered. The thing that's special about Miles Davis? What is a superboss? A superboss is a person that helps other people do more than tey ever thought possible. Look at the jazz bands that he created over time, the talent he discovered and helped get be...2016-02-2438 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanShawn Mullins returns with songs of love and protest! VIDEO INTERVIEW, LIVE PERFORMANCE - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Shawn Mullins, singer, songwriter, "My Stupid Heart," "Lullabye" Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Shawn Mullins by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of Shawn Mullins fans who don’t think there is anything wrong with the man’s heart… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you’re looking for a troubadour whose songs of love and the road might speak to your heart, you’ve come to the right place today. My guest, Shawn Mullins, has just released a new album full...2016-02-2452 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanGarrett Reilly returns to save the world in The King of Fear! INTERVIEWToday's Guest: Drew Chapman, novelist, The King of Fear, The Ascendant, TV writer, "Legends," "The Assets"DREW CHAPMAN podcast excerpt: "I totally cut my teeth in television. In a way, when I'm writing a book, I have to slow myself down. I have to take a breath, describe more. Let the story blossom. Because I always have the words of a showrunner in my head; I hear him editing my script, and saying, 'Jesus Christ, Chapman, do they pay you by the word?'"Key interview moments:• 11:15 Drew Chapman, who interviewed for a staff wr...2016-02-2152 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMelrose Place was easy living for actor Thomas Calabro! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: THOMAS CALABRO, ACTOR, “MELROSE PLACE,” “NIP/TUCK”(February 2009) Thomas Calabro is a good-looking man. Even a straight, 100-percent hetero dude like Mr. Media can see that.And his good looks have paid off: first in an 6-year career as a star of Fox’s primetime soap “Melrose Place” where he played Dr. Michael Mancini and more recently as a guest star on series such as “Touched By An Angel,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Cold Case,” “Greek” and “Without a Trace.” He’s currently shooting Locker 13 with Rickey Schroeder and Tatyana Ali and is in post-production on Detention, which also stars David C...2016-02-1224 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanVoicethread is an education app for all! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: STEVE MUTH, CO-FOUNDER, VOICETHREAD(December 2008) If we keep our eyes open, there are a few things us grizzled old parents can still learn from our kids.About a month or two ago, my daughter came home from school all excited about some new online gadget where her teacher could post something online and then she and her classmates could add their own comments, either by typing or speaking.To be honest, it didn’t immediate click for me.Then my wife and I went to a program organized by the...2016-02-1252 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMindfulness for Dummies author advises deep thought! INTERVIEW(May 2011) Shamash Alidina, author of Mindfulness For Dummies, is a professional mindfulness trainer, teacher and lecturer. He trained in mindfulness at the Centre For Mindfulness in Bangor and he has a Masters degree in Education, with a focus on brain and behaviour.Shamash is qualified as a professional coach and he has a certificate in Counselling Skills. Shamash has been teaching meditation for over 10 years in schools and on university courses.SHAMASH ALIDINA audio excerpt: “Mindfulness was life-changing when I learned it. I was very skeptical, a typical scientist. I thought it was mumbo-jumbo. I was qu...2016-02-1129 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMan in blazer Roger Bennett goes back to camp! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: ROGER BENNETT, AUTHOR, CAMP CAMP, BAR MITZVAH DISCO(June 2008) My parents never sent me away to summer camp. I don’t blame them; as a kid, I was afraid of my own shadow, easily got car sick, and was not well adjusted, socially.And after reading Roger Bennett’s new love letter to summer camps, Camp Camp, I’m pretty sure I would have hated sleepaway camp.That said, I found reading about it to be great fun. And I think my own kid, now approaching the age where sleepaway camp is being...2016-02-1157 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanLesbian tells men how to pick up hot chicks? INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: ROBBIE LEE, AUTHOR, THE STRAIGHT MAN’S POCKET GUIDE TO PICKING UP A HOTTIE, THE LOVE DETOUR CHRONICLES(June 2008) Guys, here’s an offer you can’t refuse: a lesbian woman is going to give you tips on picking up a hottie.I know, I know – the whole idea made me laugh, too. But then I read Robbie Lee’s book, The Straight Man’s Pocket Guide to Picking Up a Hottie: Written By a Woman Who Loves Woman, and I thought, “Why not?”I’m not in the market for love, but I know an...2016-02-1154 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanTV writer Rob Kutner ready for Apocalypse How (maybe)! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: ROB KUTNER, HUMORIST, AUTHOR, APOCALYPSE HOW, COMEDY WRITER, “CONAN,” “THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART”(July 2008) Lots of people talk about the impending End of Days, but how many actually tell you how to prepare for what may come after the end?Oh, really? That many?Hmmm.Okay, how many make you laugh in the telling?Gotcha there, didn’t I?In his new book, Apocalypse How, Rob Kutner dishes out handy tips on everything from foraging for food to fooling around with mutants in a post-now w...2016-02-111h 02Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanPeter Salett composes movies and more! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: PETER SALETT, COMPOSER, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, KEEPING THE FAITH(August 2008) Today is a big day for my guest, Peter Salett: his new album, In the Ocean of the Stars was released this very day.Peter, if you don’t know him, is an accomplished musician whose career has been pumped up in recent years by his association with the hottest director of film comedies in the country, Judd Apatow. Peter co-wrote three songs for the recent movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall with its star, Jason Segel. Peter also had a brief on-camera appearance in anot...2016-02-1151 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanCinetel Films boss wants to scare you silly! INTERVIREWTODAY’S GUEST: PAUL HERZBERG, PRESIDENT, CEO, CINETEL FILMS(August 2008) Shockwave. Fire Serpent. Komodo vs. King Cobra. Hallowed Ground. Secret Lives of Second Wives. Loch Ness Terror.It doesn’t matter whether you’ve seen or even heard of these real movie titles, because they’re providing a profitable existence for Paul Hertzberg, president and CEO of CineTel Films.Movie fans focused on the weekly Top 10 movies and their box office take are missing an entire dimension of the film business. That’s where independents such as CineTel operate, cranking out movies largely on the fringe...2016-02-1156 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanActress Nancy Lenehan is having a good week! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: NANCY LENEHAN, ACTRESS, “WORST WEEK”(February 2009) It takes a certain kind of woman to play Angela, Sam’s mother-in-law on the hysterical new CBS sitcom, “Worst Week.” Nancy Lenehan is that woman.One week, she and her husband—the judge—are getting busy under his desk. Another week, she rides a cello down a flight of stairs. Oh, and did you happen to see the one where Sam walks in on her in the gynecologist’s office and sees her you-know-what? And then writes a magazine column about it?Lenehan has been a guest star...2016-02-1152 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHave Fun Everywhere You Go with Mike Edison! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: MIKE EDISON, AUTHOR, I HAVE FUN EVERYWHERE I GO(June 2008) In his new book, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Hulk Hogan did for wrestling!No, scratch that. Edison hates Hogan. Saying that will just piss him off.How about:Mike Edison does for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll what Lennon & McCartney did for elevator music!Damn, that won’t work either. Edison hates the Beatles, too.Here’s a thought:Let me just re...2016-02-1157 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanMoments of Clarity with novelist Michele Cameron! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: MICHELE CAMERON, ROMANCE NOVELIST, NEVER SAY NEVER, MOMENTS OF CLARITY(October 2008) Romance is the top genre in fiction with more than $1.47 billion dollars in sales for 2007. The average romance reader is voracious and goes through 6-7 books per month.Within the genre, there are many specializations, including tonight’s topic: romance novels written by and for African-American readers.My guest is Michele Cameron, author of Never Say Never and the hot-off-the-press Moments of Clarity… Also joining us is her editor at Genesis Press, Deborah Schumacher. Deborah is a published author herself; her no...2016-02-1157 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanDocu filmmaker captures special Election Day! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: KATY CHEVIGNY, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, ELECTION DAY, DEADLINE(May 2008) Katy Chevigny makes award-winning documentary films such as Arctic Son, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Nuyorican Dream, Brother Born Again, and Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America. Her credits also include the acclaimed film Deadline, an investigation into Illinois Governor George Ryan’s commuting of death sentences. After premiering at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the film was broadcast on NBC.Quite honestly, I know you may not recognize the titles, but if you’re interested in independent film and documentaries, she’s the kind of woman wh...2016-02-1148 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanArmy Wives showrunner Katherine Fugate's family secret! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: KATHERINE FUGATE, SHOW RUNNER, “ARMY WIVES”(May 2008) The last thing we need in our house is another serial TV commitment. But then someone turned me on to – late, I know – Lifetime’s “Army Wives.”I am soooo screwed.If you’re already a fan of the first year drama, you already know it’s sort of like “Desperate Housewives” on an Army base. It’s also the most successful series in the Lifetime cable channel’s history.If you’re not familiar with the show, check it out. The series is based on Under the S...2016-02-1156 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanPoynter's Karen Dunlap captured news firsts! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: KAREN DUNLAP, PRESIDENT, THE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES(December 2008) What a crazy, crazy world.When I invited today’s guest, Karen Dunlap, president of the Poynter Institute, to be a guest on the show today, it was ostensibly to discuss Poynter’s upcoming collection of newspaper front pages titled President Obama: Election 2009.And we’re still going to do that.But then everything got turned upside-down.Sunday night rumors of Tribune Company—owner of everything from the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel and even the Chaica...2016-02-1146 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanThe real Donnie Brasco has Unfinished Business! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: JOE PISTONE, FORMER FBI AGENT, AUTHOR, DONNIE BRASCO: UNFINISHED BUSINESS(August 2008) My favorite book in the 1970s was Serpico by Peter Maas, the story of a New York City cop who seemingly single-handedly fought the force of corruption in the city’s police department. I read all the books of that genre in that era, from Supercops to The Valachi Papers and The French Connection.One of the most fascinating parts of those works was always the tales of cops who went undercover to infiltrate the bad guys, from drug dealers to the Mafi...2016-02-1155 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanThe Singing Revolution recalled in docu film! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUESTS: JIM TUSTY, MAUREEN TUSTY, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, THE SINGING REVOLUTION(April 2009) Estonia is not a country that most Americans could find on a map, let alone understand the modern history of its people.But in the history of freedom from tyranny, Estonians are one of the proudest, most accomplished people in the world. This is demonstrated in a new documentary, The Singing Revolution, produced and directed by Jim and Maureen Tusty.Jim Tusty is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Estonia whose father came here in 1924.Maureen Castle Tu...2016-02-1155 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanWas Jeremy Redleaf first to parody Sarah Palin? INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: JEREMY REDLEAF, FILMMAKER, SARAH PALIN PARODY, JUNEAU(October 2008) Apparently there is a big national election campaign underway in the United States featuring an old man, a black man, a bald man and a woman who shoots moose.Who knew?You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with filmmaker JEREMY REDLEAF of the short filmAnyway, amidst all the noise for John McCain and Sarah Palin, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Jeremy Redleaf has created a short, musical film parody called Juneau. It sounds just like that other movie of...2016-02-1121 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAuthor Jenny Block favors Open marriage! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: JENNY BLOCK, AUTHOR, OPEN: LOVE, SEX AND LIFE IN AN OPEN MARRIAGE, O WOW: DISCOVERING YOUR ULTIMATE ORGASMWhat if you could sleep with someone who wasn’t your spouse or significant other – and not only get away with it, but arrange things so that your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend not only improved but endorsed such behavior?I know, I know — it’s not going to happen in my life any time soon, either.But it’s an arrangement that worked so well for wife and mother Jenny Block that she has writ...2016-02-1157 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanCritic Jeffrey Lyons always shares movie views! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: JEFFREY LYONS, FILM CRITIC(October 2008) If you consider yourself a little choosy when it comes to movies, you probably either read newspaper reviews or watch a movie review show on TV.There are some reviews who come a little more highly recommended than others. There was Siskel, there was Ebert… and since I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, there has always been Jeffrey Lyons.Lyons is back with the second season of his syndicated TV show, “Reel Talk with Lyons & Bailes,” and he’s here to tell us a little a...2016-02-1109 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHarvey Frommer remembers Yankee Stadium! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: HARVEY FROMMER, AUTHOR, REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM(October 2008) There are two memories of Yankee Stadium that I hold dear.The first dates back to 1967. I was six years old and my grandfather took me to the House That Ruth Built for the first time to see my idol, Mickey Mantle. There are two things I remember about that night: The Mick hit a home run but I was mostly scared to death being way up high in the upper deck.My second memory is of the last time I was at the st...2016-02-1150 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHaroon Mokhtarzada has designs for Webs.com! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: HAROON MOKHTARZADA, CEO, WEBS.COM(October 2008) I know a lot of people who are intrigued by the idea of producing their own web site or blog but scared to death that doing so would be technically over their heads.To which I always reply, “If I can do it, you can do it.”If you’re one of those people, maybe my guest for today’s show will have better luck convincing you to give web site construction a go.His name is Haroon Mokhtarzada (Ha roon Mook tar za da) and...2016-02-1138 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanHamburger America author George Motz is ready to eat! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: GEORGE MOTZ, AUTHOR, HAMBURGER AMERICA: ONE MAN’S CROSS-COUNTRY ODYSSEY TO FIND THE BEST BURGERS IN THE NATION(July 2008) Hamburgers – okay, and French fries – are so much a part of American culture that it is no surprise that somebody like George Motz would attempt something as crazy as Hamburger America: One Man’s Cross- Country Odyssey to Find the Best Burgers in the Nation.And it’s not just a book – Motz created includes a DVD that captures all the sizzle, steam and personality of some of the best burger joints in America.What make...2016-02-1153 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBoingo Wireless CEO Dave Hagan talks WiFi! INTERVIEW(November 2008) I well remember my first encounter with wireless Internet service outside of my home.It was the Cellular Telecommunication & Internet Association’s Wireless 2002 show in Orlando and I was sent to cover it for Technology Meetings magazine.Boingo Wireless had approached the CTIA just two weeks earlier about making Wi-Fi available at the gigantic convention at the Orange County Convention Center and I was there to test it out.You can LISTEN to this interview with DAVE HAGAN, CEO of BOINGO WIRELESS, by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!WiFi ch...2016-02-1132 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanDocu film goes In Search of Kennedy! INTERVIEW(June 2008) If MTV edited a presidential campaign video, it would probably look and feel a bit like In Search of Kennedy, a new documentary film by Chuck Workman and Stephen J. Kern.The movie applies a 21st century sheen to the most iconic of 20th century political figures, John F. Kennedy.It is incredibly au currant, with the 2008 Democratic references narrowed down to Obama and Clinton.The movie – which reminds us that, in 2000, even George W. Bush was sold to the American public as being Kennedy-like! – is crammed with familiar faces interviewed expressly for this...2016-02-1150 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanWill Terrorists Go Nuclear? Author claims to Know! INTERVIEWTODAY’S GUEST: BRIAN MICHAEL JENKINS, AUTHOR, WILL TERRORISTS GO NUCLEAR?(October 2008) Let me say this as clearly as possible: If you don’t buy Brian Michael Jenkins’ new book, Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?? then the terrorists win.And that may be the last moment of levity in this episode of Mr. Media.You can LISTEN to this interview with BRIAN MICHAEL JENKINS author of WILLTERRORISTS GO NUCLEAR? by clicking the audio player above!Brian Michael Jenkins is one of the world’s leading authorities on terrorism. He has been advising the military...2016-02-1159 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanFunny rabbi? Must be Bob Alper! INTERVIEWMy wife and I love taking vacations in Maine and Vermont. That’s not unusual for Floridians, of course. But it was reading the local paper in Manchester Center, Vermont, probably a decade ago, that I first heard of my next guest.The story was about a performance by a rabbi-turned-standup comedian named Bob Alper.I don’t know if you’ve ever been in a Jewish temple but I have. They’re not naturally funny places. But Rabbi Bob Alper is a naturally funny guy.We became friends over the years, visiting and breaking...2016-02-1145 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanAlberto Ibarguen's quest for journalism's best! INTERVIEWWith $2.6 billion in assets, the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the 22nd largest foundation in the United States. Its mission is the betterment of the 26 communities in which it works and the promotion of journalism as a career and industry nationwide.The latter part of Knight’s mission is particularly challenging at a time when traditional newspapers are shrinking and, in many cases, evaporating.That puts Alberto Ibargüen, CEO of the Knight Foundation and a former publisher of the Miami Herald, at the same crossroads that silent movies encountered with talkies, tal...2016-02-111h 00Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBefore The Force Awakens, read the Star Wars FAQ! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Writer Mark Clark, author of Star Wars FAQ, Star Trek FAQ and Star Trek FAQ 2.0. Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Mark Clark by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of unused characters from the first six movies, cartoons and comic books, hoping for one more shot at the silver screen… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If there is nothing else in life I have to brag about, it’s that I was in attendance at the Loews Astor Plaza Cinema i...2015-11-0937 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanCalled to recharge AC/DC, Brian Johnson found the switch! PHONE INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC, in a telephone interview recorded on November 26, 1983. (NOTE FROM MR. MEDIA: I recorded this interview with AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson on November 26, 1983 for a St. Petersburg Times print interview [published December 4, 1983] when I was the pop music writer for the newspaper. You can read the story below; the conversation itself is not my best work, although maybe it was for 1983 when I was a year out of college. (I could also blame a painful sore throat.) But the future Rock and Roll Hall of Fane inductee was a prince t...2015-10-0627 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanRays play-by-play man Dewayne Staats writes to win! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Tampa Bay Rays play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats, author with Dave Scheiber of Position To Win: A Look at Baseball and Life From the Best Seat in the House. INTERVIEW Dewayne Staats, play-by-play... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Dewayne Staats by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of second-rate ballplayers who, whenever they get to third base, have visions of Meat Loaf in their heads, keep swearing on their mothers’ graves and screaming, “I’ll love you to the end of time!”… in the NEW new media capita...2015-10-0550 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBenders on IFC is latest from Rescue Me, Maron, Sex duo! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guests: Jim Serpico and Tom Sellitti, creators and writers of Benders on IFC as well as being executive producers of "Rescue Me," "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll," "Maron," "Sirens" and "Canterbury's Law." INTERVIEW Jim Serpico, Tom Sellitti, TV... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with JIM SERPICO and TOM SELLITTI by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of foul-mouthed reprobates whose bad habits, substance addictions, marital woes and social indiscretions appear endless… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you liked the amateu...2015-10-0353 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanVegas romance affects Millionaire’s Unexpected Proposal! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Today's Guest: Romance novelist Jane Peden, author of “The Millionaire’s Unexpected Proposal." INTERVIEW Jane Peden, romance novelist, The... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with romance novelist Jane Peden by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of well intentioned but occasionally horny young women and the lawyers who encourage them to the letter of the law… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Long-time Mr. Media fans – and you’re not the only one, Mom – are probably aware that it has been a while sin...2015-09-1528 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBehind the scenes, Paul Taylor dances come alive in doc! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guests: Director Kate Geis and executive producer Robert Aberlin, who capture the creation of Paul Taylor dances in the behind the scenes documentary film Paul Taylor: Creative Domain. INTERVIEW Kate Geis, Robert Aberlin... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with KATE GEIS and ROBERT ABERLIN by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of prima ballerinas who – like Mr. Media – would give their left, uh, Capezios to be in the Paul Taylor Dance Company… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! For all of my pop c...2015-09-1029 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanNostra Aetate changed lives of Catholics and Jews! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Jim Barrens, author In Our Time (Nostra Aetate): How Catholics and Jews Built a New Relationship. INTERVIEW Jim Barrens, author, In Our Time... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with JIM BARRENS by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of true believers of multiple religions who all agree with John Lennon: Give peace a chance… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Like a smart lawyer, I rarely enter the professional arena without knowing everything I can about the subject at hand...2015-09-0926 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanRevell’s Star Wars toys awaken the force reveal! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanToday's Guest: Lou Aguilera, VP/GM of legendary scale model maker Revell, Inc., which has a license to manufacturer exclusive Star Wars toys from Episode VII The Force Awakens. INTERVIEW Star Wars The Force Awakens, Revell... by andelman Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with LOU AGUILERA of Revell, Inc. by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of devoted model making enthusiasts who can’t wait for me to stop talking and for the man from Revell to start showing… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersbu...2015-09-0451 minMr. Media Interviews by Bob AndelmanBob Eckstein shares The History of the Snowman! INTERVIEWToday’s Guest: Bob Eckstein, author of The History of the Snowman and a humor columnist and cartoonist.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movi...2015-08-2645 min