Geoff Dale
What happens when a man nearly dies writing a book about beloved Golden Age of Hollywood Actor, Shemp Howard?
Feb 21, 2024•43 min
Calling Old Hollywood
Host & Producer Kat Lively brings you a sentimental deep dive into Hollywood's most glamorous era, with the legends in Film, Television, and Music history who lived it.
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John Scheinfeld
John Scheinfeld and I discuss his new two hour television special, ‘Mash: The Comedy that changed Television’, his career and previous work, life and inspiration, influences, classic film and music history, and more. Director John Scheinfeld is best known for his films ‘Reinventing Elvis: The ‘68 Comeback’, ‘The U.S. vs. John Lennon’, ‘Who is Harry Nilsson?’, and ‘Herb Alpert Is..”
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Neal Gumpel
Neal Gumpel and I discuss his career and origin in screenwriting, swap showbiz stories, compare & contrast migrating to Tennessee, , Comedy, thoughts on AI George Carlin and Sofia Coppola’s new film ‘Priscilla’, Humor in humanity & existentialism, & more.
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Mark Linett PT.2
PART 2 with Mark Linett Calling old Hollywood has returned and this week’s guest is Mark Linett. Read all about this episode here : https://katlively.substack.com/p/love-and-mercy-an-interview-with Follow on social media platforms, and keep support the efforts to keep history alive. https://linktr.ee/katclassic
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Mark Linett
Calling old Hollywood has returned and this week’s guest is Mark Linett. Read all about this episode here : https://katlively.substack.com/p/love-and-mercy-an-interview-with Follow on social media platforms, and keep support the efforts to keep history alive. https://linktr.ee/katclassic
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Ryan Cassidy
My guest this week is Author, Actor and kin to some of the greatest in entertainment, Ryan Cassidy. We geek out over Classic Hollywood, his new book 'James Cagney was my babysitter', family legacies, favorite classics and more.
Jun 02, 2023•51 min
Louis Gossett Jr.
In celebration of Black History month, this week on Calling old Hollywood I am shining a light on the episode I did with Louis Gossett Jr. From 2022. Lou Gossett is best known for his roles in Roots, An officer and a Gentleman, Iron Eagle, and The Punisher. The stories he shared during the episode with both make you smile and break your heart.
Feb 15, 2023•28 min
KAT LIVELY
Creator & Host Kat Lively is interviewed by Pat Jankiewicz.
Feb 09, 2023•20 min
Barbara Feldon
Guest Barbara Feldon dishes on bts ‘Get Smart’ memories, Don Adams, her beautiful memoir, Dean Martin, the great love of her life, NYC in the 60’s and a whole lot more. A serious treasure.
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Brian Levant
Filmmaker Brian Levant joins me this week. One of the coolest cats I know, Brian’s work includes directing and producing some of my favorite films growing up such as Problem Child 2, The Flintstones, Jingle all the Way, Are we there Yet?, Scooby Doo, Snow Dogs, and was also a writer back in the day on Happy Days and Mork and Mindy. We geeked out over film history, we conversed of mutual favorite comics like Red Skelton and Buster Keaton, favorite classics, the importance of comedy, and so much m...
Jan 20, 2023•49 min
Scott Schwartz
Scot Schwartz is my guest this week. He is best known for playing Flick in the 1983 beloved film ‘A Christmas Story’. His latest film ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ is the third installment in the ‘A Christmas Story’ franchise. It debuted November 17th on HBO Max and will be released to other video streaming platforms soon. The film sees the original cast back in action for another round of festive and heartwarming thrills. Scotty and I discuss the film, cast, behind the scenes stories, and go ac...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Darby Hinton
One of the coolest around is my guest on Calling Old Hollywood this week, Actor and Author Darby Hinton. From Wagon Train to Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws, Days of our Lives, Good Guys and Bad Guys, he's done quite alot. Best known though for his role as Israel Boone on Daniel Boone. We filmed this upcoming episode in both video and audio. He was generous to show us film and television memoribilia including the coon skin hat that made his role as Israel Boone so infamous (will be in video). Darb...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Eric Roberts
This Wednesday on Calling Old Hollywood , you know him from ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’, ‘Runaway Train’, ‘The Expendables’, ‘Star 80’, ‘The Dark Knight’, and countless other films and television shows. My guest is Actor Eric Roberts. I’ve wanted to interview Eric for awhile for sentimental reasons. Growing up, my Mothers favorite film was 1995 drama ‘Saved by the light’. My mother passed when I was 12 and I’ve always wanted to share with Eric what that film meant to her, and how it’s become...
Nov 02, 2022•10 min
Catherine Hicks
My guest this week is one of the sweetest people I've met and worked with, Actress Catherine Hicks. Since it's October we focused on her role in the very first Child's Play film (listen to the episode I released this past Wednesday with her husband Kevin Yagher). Catherine dishes behind the scenes stories of the film, how the two met, and the impact the film has had on her life. She also dishes about Classic Hollywood influences, how she got into acting, her lesser known yet incredible role as M...
Oct 26, 2022•25 min
Kevin Yagher
my guest is master FX Artist and Director Kevin Yagher. Kevin is best known for his work in designing and creating iconic horror icons like Child’s Play’s ‘Chucky’, the Crypt Keeper creature, and Freddy Krueger’s gruesome makeup. Kevin has worked in the industry since his early twenties, with eager sights set on the FX world. One of the kindest, we discuss his work with Child’s Play, the Crypt Keeper, iconic horror films and early influences, Classic Hollywood, the importance of pursuing your pa...
Oct 19, 2022•34 min
Larry Floyd & Woody Wise
Larry Floyd and Woody wise are my guests this week. We discuss the upcoming Lone Pine Film Festival and the history of western films.
Sep 28, 2022•36 min
Marcus Winslow & Lew Bracker [James Dean's family and friend]
This week on Calling old Hollywood were joined by James Dean's cousin Marcus Winslow, and his best friend the last two years of his life Lew Bracker.
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Marli Renfroe
Marli Renfroe wasn't just Janet Leigh's body double in the iconic Hitchcock film 'Psycho'. She was also a Playboy bunny with a wild life.
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Warren Beath
Warren Beath author of 'Death of James Dean' chats with us about his obsession with the icon
Sep 23, 2022•42 min
Martin Grams
Gearing up for the 2022 Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention , this is the second time Martin has been on the show. We discuss all things Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, the remarkable lineup this year, the influence behind creating the convention 17 years ago, the current projects Martin is working on, the coffee shop he has underway, the importance of keeping pop culture and film/tv history relevant, and much more!...
Aug 31, 2022•44 min
Dana Gould
My guest this week is Comedian, Writer, Actor and Podcaster -- DANA GOULD. Dana wrote for The Simpsons for seven years, has performed stand up comedy most of his life, and has written and appeared on countless television shows. He's also host of his own podcast The Dana Gould Hour, and has a comedic talk show via YouTube called 'Hanging with Doctor Z' wherein he interviews celebs in full Planet of the Apes attire. Dana and I talk Old Hollywood, humble beginnings, classic films, Star Trek, comedy...
Aug 26, 2022•19 min
Burt Ward
Burt is an actor best known for playing Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series Batman (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the Saturday morning animated series The New Adventures of Batman (1977), the two-episode pilot Legends of the Superheroes (1979), the animated reunion films Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) and Batman vs. Two-Face (2017), and the live-action television event Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019).
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Bernie Shine
My guest is Magician and Mentalist - Mr.Bernie Shine. Bernie Shine is a magician and performer who has been a prolific entertainer since he first appeared on the scene in the 1970’s. Shine was a law student when he first started performing regularly at the Close Up Room at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. The young magician was taken under the wing of some of the more experienced performers, including legends such as Dai Vernon, Francis Carlyle and Senator Clark Crandall....
Jun 22, 2022•51 min
Richard Shelton
√\Richard Shelton is a British film, TV and theatre actor and singer, who performed in ITV's Emmerdale. He portrayed Frank Sinatra in Rat Pack Confidential in London's West End, and performed in the movies House of Lies and in My Week with Marilyn.
Jun 07, 2022•36 min
Dominique Benedict
My guest is Founder of @breakfastatdominiques , Dominique Benedict. Breakfast At Dominique’s is a new company bringing the world Officially Licensed Signature Coffee Blends of Hollywood’s Greatest Icons. Using 100% fair trade organic coffee sourced from a small private roaster in Ohio, USA, where each bag is crafted by an artisanal roaster, quality at an affordable price point is a major company goal. Creator and owner Dominique Benedict started fine-tuning the idea for signature coffee blends o...
May 11, 2022•43 min
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Happy Mother’s Day to all celebrating with and all remembering their Mother 🌸🌷 I’ve just re-released the podcast episode I did last year with Natasha Gregson Wagner — Actress and daughter of Natalie Wood. We did this episode intentionally for Mother’s Day. Natasha shared so fondly memories her mother, the book and documentary she made in her honor, and more. As someone who also lost her mother at a young age, Natasha and I spoke about what the bgrief has been like, comparing existential notes ...
May 08, 2022•49 min
Tyrone Power Jr.
In January of 2020 I attended a James Dean event in Palm Springs, hosted by The Film Makers Gallery. It was a beautiful evening. At the after party a cake was brought out and we sang Happy Birthday to Ty, whom I had been talking to throughout the evening but only later learned that he is an Actor and son of Hollywood Icon and Actor - Tyrone Power. Ty was born after his father died, and has carried on the multi generational family tradition of Acting. Ty is my guest on Episode 10 - and I am thoro...
May 06, 2022•36 min
Christian Madsen
My guest is Friend, Actor, Director, and Author— Christian Madsen. Christian is the second guest to come on the podcast a second time. The first episode we did back in 2020 at the height of the pandemic and riots/protests in LA. We did that episode inside the mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Since then, the world has changed again.
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Louis Gossett Jr.
My guest this week is Actor Louis Gossett Jr. We had so much fun making this. Lou starred in 'An Officer and a Gentleman', 'Roots', 'A Raisin in the Sun', 'Jaws 3-D', 'Watchmen', 'The Gathering of Old Men,' and several other films, television shows, and broadway plays.
Apr 14, 2022•28 min
Fred Stoller
My guest on my podcast Calling Old Hollywood with Kat Lively this week is ultra funny and one of a kind. We just celebrated his 29th birthday last night (send him a happy belated!) — Friend, Actor and Author — Fred Stoller. Fred has been in everything from Seinfeld to Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Hannah Montana, Drake & Josh, Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burgers and countless other television shows and films you love. Don’t miss this episode. Fred and I talk life, comedy, films, his friendship...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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