On today's episode, I have comedian Jeremy Weinreich! Jeremy is somebody I am honored to call a friend and co-worker and I was so excited to have him on the show. He is one of the most unique and funny comedians currently on the rise, and I wanted to make sure everybody who listens to the show got a chance to meet him. I talked with Jeremy about growing up in Washington D.C., finding his way to comedy, trying out standup in college, making the move to Los Angeles, his love for LOVE, and so much ...
Jun 10, 2024•57 min•Ep. 203
On today's episode I have actress, writer, and director, Jenn Harris! Jenn's new film "She's Clean" hits streaming services June 5, 2024! This short film is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. “She’s Clean” follows a resilient woman who from the comfort of her bathroom, tries to marry her desires for sexual freedom with emotional intimacy by showering with all her dates. I talked with Jenn about growing up in Illinois and finding her way to acting and filmmaking, crafting the dating stories in “She’...
Jun 03, 2024•45 min•Ep. 202
On today's episode I have Oscar nominated director, Pablo Berger! Pablo's animated feature length film, "Robot Dreams" was nominated for Best Animated film earlier this year at the 96th Academy Awards and will hit theaters Friday, May 31, 2024, after being picked up for American distribution by NEON. I loved this film when I watched it ahead of the Oscars and re-watching it to prepare to talk to Pablo brought that same joy. I talked with Pablo about growing up in Spain and finding filmmaking and...
May 31, 2024•25 min•Ep. 201
Today's episode we are coming to you LIVE from WonderCon to celebrate our 200th episode! For this episode I stole a page from Pete Holmes podcast and had my producing partner, writer/director Alex Watson interview me for the show! It felt very fitting to be celebrating 200 episodes at a place like WonderCon since comic cons and conventions have been a big part of the show since we first started. Watson talked to me about getting started, my inspirations, finding my voice, how we first met and st...
May 27, 2024•56 min•Ep. 200
On today's episode I have director, and producer. Brad Peyton! Brad's newest film "ATLAS", starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, and Sterling K. Brown hits Netflix this Friday, May 24th. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and was thrilled to have Brad join me on the show to talk about it. You may also be familiar with some of Brad's other incredible blockbuster films such as "San Andreas", "Rampage", and "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island". On the episode I talked with Brad about how he got his start, g...
May 20, 2024•35 min•Ep. 199
On today's episode I have filmmaker and podcaster Jonathan Graves from This Means Podcast! I initially discovered This Means Podcast through Instagram, and quickly became a fan of the show. Many of you know my love for the Looney Tunes and animation, and "This Means Podcast" has become my go-to place for everything Looney Tunes and Warner Brothers animation. On the episode I talked with Jonathan about how he first discovered Looney Tunes, his favorite episodes, the characters that inspired us, #...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 198
On today's episode, I have actress and Emmy nominated director, Daina Reid! Daina and I first crossed paths a few years ago through the Sundance Film Festival with her film, "Run Rabbit Run". My Sundance 2023 coverage was limited given my own filming schedule, but Daina was somebody I had really wanted to talk to about this film and I am so glad we were finally able to make this happen. The day we recorded this the new Elizabeth Moss led Hulu show "The Veil" premiered their first two episodes wh...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 197
On today's episode of the podcast, I have the creator of the hit social media sites, "Muppet History", Joshua Gillespie! I was so thrilled to finally get Joshua on the show. I have followed Muppet History on every social media platform for years, as I'm sure many of you have, and was so intrigued by the man who brings so many people so much joy from just a simple post. I originally reached out to Joshua a few years back to be a guest on one of our SDCC shows, only to learn that he lived on the o...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 196
On today's episode comedian Mike Masilotti returns to the show! Mike first came on the show alongside comedian Billy Anderson back in 2017 when they were on tour for The Gateway Show. None of us lived in Los Angeles yet but were all on the precipice of moving. In the 7 years since Mike was on the show so much has changed, including opening a hit comedy venue here in Los Angeles and writing book! On the episode I talked with Mike about growing up in an immigrant family in Upstate New York, findin...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 195
On today's episode of the podcast, I have Broadway percussionist and conductor, Danny Taylor! Danny is a unique guest to the show as he's not only an incredible Broadway performing musician, but he's also my cousin. Now, I may not completely understand the genealogical math behind it, but he's either my third cousin, or my second cousin once removed. If you understand it, feel free to explain it me, but know I probably still won't get it. Danny and had never met each other until a few years ago,...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 194
Bonus episode time! On today's episode I have actress and author, Sarah Hamilton! I've known Sarah for a few years now as we have worked together at Warner Brothers. She also was the star of one the episodes of our horror series "Screams from the Dark" last year. I've always known Sarah as an actress, but was blown away to learn that she was an author as well. Sarah has a big book signing coming up this weekend at the Barnes and Noble at The Grove and I wanted to make sure I had her on to help p...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 193
On today's episode of the podcast, I have writer, producer, actress, comedian, and beatboxer, Janine Hogan. Currently, Janine and I are working together on the feature horror film, "Demonetize" that we will be filming later this year. Janine is the co-writer and one of the stars of "Demonetize", yet we've only ever met in passing over brief Zoom meetings. I talked with Janine about growing up in Florida, being the class clown, making the move to Los Angeles and going all in on film and comedy, w...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 192
On today’s episode of the podcast I am joined by writer and author, Elisa Jordan! I’ve had the pleasure getting to know Elisa over the past few years as co-workers at Warner Brothers, and she just had a new book come out about Marilyn Monroe entitled “Hello, Norma Jeane”. On the episode we talked about Elisa growing up in Orange County, discovering her love of Hollywood, working for Henry Rollins, her book and the lasting impact of Marilyn Monroe, Rockhaven Sanitarium, preserving history, and so...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 191
On today's episode we are coming to you LIVE from San Diego Comic-Con! This year I decided to bring my producing partners at J-WAT Production, Alex Watson, Clyde Ratliff, and one of our crew members, and comic book writer, Christian Martin! I was excited to officially introduce J-WAT Productions to San Diego. Sadly, Terrence Kiriokos couldn't make it as he had a prior commitment. We had two big announcements for San Diego Comic-Con this year. We announced our feature horror film Bundy Manor woul...
Aug 04, 2023•55 min•Ep. 190
On today's episode of the podcast, comedy writer Rob Kutner returns! Rob is a former writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Conan, and Teen Titans Go! Rob's new comic book, "Snot Goblins" is out now and Rob will be at San Diego Comic-Con this week signing the new comic! It was great to catch up with Rob on this episode. We haven't had a real chance to talk since Pre-Covid! On the episode we talked about making the transition from writing late night, to animation, and now to comic books, his...
Jul 17, 2023•52 min•Ep. 189
On today's episode we are coming to you LIVE from WonderCon 2023 with special guest, writer, director, Andrew Bowser! Andrew's film Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year and was one of my favorite films. I had only recently become familiar with Andrew's character Onyx but absolutely had to know more. I was also joined by my good friends and producing partner, Alex Watson on this episode as my co-host. We talked with Andrew about his backg...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 188
On today's episode I have Mike and JB of the hit From North To Wharf Podcast! I have wanted to have Mike and JB on the show for a while now as we've admired each others work from a far for a few years now and was thrilled we were finally able to make this happen ahead of our busy SDCC schedule. I knew From North to Wharf had some big Bob's Burgers events this week for SDCC and I wanted to make sure we had a chance to share those with everybody. I talked with Mike and JB about how they started Fr...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 187
On today's episode I have Josh Bragg from the hit horror themed YouTube channel and TikTok page, Haunting Season! I first found out about Josh and Haunting Season when he made a video for our Kickstarter campaign for Bundy Manor. I've loved Josh's videos and have been wanting to talk with him for a while and was thrilled when he agreed to come on the show. On this episode I talked with Josh about growing up in Pennsylvania, what scared him as a kid, growing up religious and playing games in grav...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 186
A new episode of podcast is here! This weeks episode is LIVE from Anaheim, CA at WonderCon 2022 with special guest, cartoonist and animator, Luke McGarry! I have been following Luke on social media for several years and have been a huge fan of his art. When I knew I was doing a live show at WonderCon, Luke was one of the first people I thought of and I was so excited to have him join me on the show. On the episode I talked with Luke about living in the UK, finding his artistic influence, growing...
Jun 25, 2022•53 min•Ep. 185
We are finally back with a new episode! What better way to return to podcasting than with a LIVE episode from one of our favorite places, San Diego Comic-Con: Special Edition! This episode was recorded over Thanksgiving Weekend 2021 as Comic-Con International returned for their first in-person event since the pandemic began. This year was extra special to me since we were not only doing a live show again, but we were also debuting the trailer for "Bundy Manor", the horror film I spent the past y...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 184
Oscar week is here and it's time for an all new episode of the podcast with Oscar nominees Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Diaz! Hugo and Tevo's film "Bestia" is nominated for Best Animated Short Film in the 94th Oscars. I first watched "Bestia" at the Sundance Film Festival this year and was absolutely blown away by it. I knew immediately that it would be nominated for an Oscar and it was no surprise when the nominations were announced that "Bestia" was among them. Hugo and Tevo discussed the process...
Mar 24, 2022•36 min•Ep. 183
On today's episode of the podcast I have Writer and Director, Jason Park! Jason's current film BJ's Mobile Gift Shop is part of this year's Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program. I absolutely loved this film and wanted to talk to Jason about the film and about his filmmaking career. In this episode I talked with Jason about growing up in Chicago, finding his love for film, making the career change to filmmaking, his Sundance experience, what inspired BJ's Mobile Gift Shop and more. A huge thanks...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 182
For the first episode of 2021 we are kicking things off with an incredible guest, Director and Animator for "Bob's Burgers" & "Central Park", Simon Chong! You've heard Simon's name mentioned in past episodes as he's done some of the art for a few past Toddland items. I've followed Simon on Twitter for a while and have loved his work. On the episode, Simon tells the story of how he started working at "Bob's Burgers", starting his animation company in the UK, learning new animation skills, dir...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 181
After an unintended 9 month hiatus, the podcast is back! I don't need to sit here and tell you what an insane year this has been. We've all just experienced it together. However, I didn't expect it to affect the podcast the way that it did. Between a few COVID scares, quarantines, depression, anxiety, a small move, and creating making a quarantined web series, the past 9 months consumed me in the best and worst ways. The podcast finally launched on Spotify a few months ago, and I was overwhelmed...
Dec 31, 2020•23 min•Ep. 180
Today's episode is our WonderCon 2020 Episode! My guests for this episode are Kerry Dixon, Editor and Chief of the SDCC Unofficial Blog, and returning guest Todd Masters of Toddland! As many of you may know, WonderCon 2020 was supposed to be this weekend down in Anaheim, but due to the current lockdowns from COVID-19, the event has been postponed. Kerry and her team at the blog immediately jumped into action and compiled a list of all of the artists and vendors from WonderCon and how you can sti...
Apr 08, 2020•39 min•Ep. 179
Today's episode the podcast is back from it's medicated coma! As you may have noticed my Oscar coverage was cut short this year and there hasn't been a new episode since. Unfortunately as my Oscar coverage was under way, I ended up getting sick and had to cancel the remaining interviews. This led to canceling the remainder of February episodes as well. By the time I was ready to get back into the swing of things, we were locked down. On this episode I talked about the past two crazy months, the ...
Apr 07, 2020•27 min•Ep. 178
Today's episode of the podcast is Part 2 of our Oscar Week coverage! This week I have four-time Oscar nominee Marshall Curry and Siqi Song! Marshall was on the show last year for his documentary short "A Night at the Garden" that was nominated for an Oscar and it was great to have him back on the show. While this is Siqi Song's first Oscar nomination, she was also part of the art department for the Oscar nominated animated film "Missing Link". It was great to talk with Marshall about the new ven...
Feb 08, 2020•39 min•Ep. 177
Oscar Week is here! After a month long hiatus I am thrilled to be back and talking with the Oscar Nominated filmmakers of this year's short films. This episode is Part 1 of the coverage featuring Daria Kashcheeva from "Daughter", Rosana Sullivan & Kathryn Hendrickson from "Kitbull", & Everett Downing Jr. from "Hair Love". All three films are part of my favorite of categories, the Animated Shorts. This first group of filmmakers had such great stories about how their films came to be. Rosa...
Feb 02, 2020•56 min•Ep. 176
Happy Holidays, Everybody! This episode is being recorded and released on Christmas Eve and will be the final episode of 2019. Our annual Christmas and New Year episodes were unfortunately not able to be recorded this year. A lot of changes have happend over the past few years and this year we sadly couldn't put it together. But that doesn't mean I don't have plenty to talk about. At the end of November I spent the weekend in Anahiem at DesignerCon 2019. This was our first time visiting Designer...
Dec 25, 2019•39 min•Ep. 175
On today's episode I have actor and comedian, Samba Schutte! Samba is best known for his current work on NBC's new show "Sunnyside", as well as the newly released video game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. I had never met Samba going into this episode, but I was really enjoying his work on "Sunnyside" and invited him on the show. It was such a delight getting to know Samba and hearing his incredible story. On the episode we talked about growing up in Ehtiopia, moving to the Netherlands and starti...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 174
