Michael Keenan was my partners (Deborah Ann Woll) teacher at USC many years ago. Now Michael is retired and living outside Los Angeles in an assisted living facility. We talk about his life as a teacher, the decision to retire, having Parkinson's disease, eating issues, acting on television and film, being gay and Sao much more!!! Deborah Ann Woll is my co-interviewer. Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes and iheartradio! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Than...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Opus Moreschi and I met up in Brooklyn, NY and talked about everything from getting appendicitis in another country, doing comedy bits with Bill Murray and Mark Hamill, Emmy wins and losses, I talk about my half marathon run on Antarctica, and so much more!!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy! Subscribe and review on iTunes! Website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJpodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 RUNNING BLIND Documentary on iTunes, google Play, Amazon...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 23 min
SCRATCH the SURFACE is BACK!! I took a very long hiatus. Thanks for checking back in! Jim Parrack had me over his apartment in Brooklyn where we caught up after not seeing each other for about 5 years. We talk about politics, religion, sobriety, addiction, highs, lows, family, childhood, therapy, True Blood, working with Ben Stiller and so much more! Please LISTEN! Please SHARE! Please ENJOY! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com RUNNING BLIND Documentary ava...
Jul 21, 2019•2 hr 48 min
Joanne Whalley sat with me to do her very first podcast ever! We talk about acting as a child, her parents divorce, meeting her husband Val Kilmer on the set of Willow, getting divorced several years later, their relationship today, having two children, finding new passions and hobbies, working with Bill Murray and being "kidnapped" by him, working with Anthony Hopkins, Mark Rylance, Sean Connery, Sir Ian McKellan, George C Scott, Jamie Lee Curtis, playing Scarlett O'Hara in the Gone With the Wi...
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Matt Gerald is an actor who discovered what he wanted later than other actors, but he is still in the biggest movie of all time; Avatar! We talk about his shift of careers in his 20's, his parents divorce and how that affected him, his fathers passing, growing up in Miami, his history with fighting, getting in trouble in college, how therapy changed his life, meeting his wife and starting a family, playing Melvin Potter aka Gladiator in Marvels Daredevil on Netflix, working with icons like Dwayn...
Nov 18, 2018•1 hr 41 min
Ayelet Zurer plays Vanessa on Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. She talks with me about coming from Israel, having a mom that was on the run from Nazis and had to hide and live in a convent, working with Vincent D'Onofrio on Daredevil, getting to work for Steven Spielberg on Munich, working with Eric Bana, Working on Angles and Demons with Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, being in the Israeli armed forces, being a mom and wife and so much more!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Deborah Ann Woll is my favorite guest and my girlfriend! I asked her to return to the podcast to talk about the new season of Daredevil which is getting fantastic feedback and reviews, and this is probably her biggest season for her character. We talk in depth about Karen and her back story, going head to head with Wilson Fisk, how Karen feels about Matt being Daredevil, working with Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Smith killing Karen Page in the comics, being a Dungeon master for Dungeons and Dragons ...
Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Erik Oleson is the newest show runner of Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. We have a very in-depth talk about the new season, how he got the job, how he staffs a writers room, his challenges of talking three seasons of television and keeping it in context with the new season (I included The Defenders), growing up sneaking of film sets, having a father in the CIA, working for Hollywood heavyweights as a script reader, New York Comic Con and so much more!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Tw...
Nov 04, 2018•2 hr 1 min
Jay Ali is in the newest season of Daredevil and comes to the house to discuss being from England, having parents from Pakistan, moving to Los Angeles to be an actor with no training and no experience, having a son that lives in the UK, what he's like in a relationship, his experience at New York Comic Con, getting the job on Daredevil and his experience on the show and much more!!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejsc...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Jon Barinholtz came over to discuss being in the new film THE OATH directed and written by his brother Ike Barinholtz. We talk about working on the NBC show Superstore, being directed by his brother, working on the reboot of MadTV, his friendship with Rob Belushi (son of Jim and nephew of John), touring in an improv group with John Belushi and Rob, improv, meeting his wife and his proposal, moving from Chicago to Los Angles and the struggles of succeeding in Hollywood and much more!!! Please Lis...
Oct 31, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the best and hardest working actors today. He was kind enough to meet up with me in Brooklyn, NY and talk with me about all aspects of his life and career. We talked about his upbringing and his difficult relationship with his father, what Vincent is like as a father, gaining 70lbs for the role of Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, working with Stanley Kubrick, working on Men In Black, Law & Order, playing Wilson Fisk on Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix, The Judge, working w...
Oct 22, 2018•2 hr 22 min
Elden Henson kindly met up with me for a second interview in Brooklyn, NY. We talked Daredevil, being a kid actor, getting divorced, being a dad, the ups and downs of acting, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon...
Oct 19, 2018•57 min
Emily Candini and I met in Chicago several years ago. Emily and I talk about her current health issues that are stumping doctors, losing her father to alcoholism, getting sober herself a few years ago, her love of dogs, dating, sexuality, her friendship with the late Jon Schnepp and much more!!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary avail...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Sarah Gee was one of my first improv coaches in Los Angeles. She's lived quite a life since she moved out of LA several years ago. We talk about her life and how she got started as a performer, her experience in Chicago, joining Second City tour company, dating other improvisors, moving to LA and trying to "break in", the decision to leave LA for Egypt, meeting her husband in Egypt, moving back to Chicago, becoming a mom, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ej...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 31 min
Michael McCarthy was one of my first teachers in Los Angeles when I moved here in 2003. He taught Sitcom Writing. These days he is fighting a battle against cancer. He was kind enough to make some time to talk with me when I was visiting Chicago, where he lives now. We talked about alcoholism and being sober for 20 years, working on Sesame Street and Jim Henson, The Drew Carey show, how often he plays a priest on sitcoms, working on Saturday Night Live, marrying for a third time to past Scratch ...
Oct 16, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Tanya Wright and I had a great chat about a lot of very interesting topics such as creating her own hair care products, hosting her own podcast, working with Dave Chappelle before he was the juggernaut he is now, how Malcolm Jamal Warner got her cast as his girlfriend on the Cosby Show, her feelings about the whole Cosby situation, working on Orange is the New Black, 24, True Blood, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 ...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Raelle Tucker joins me for an in-depth conversation about her fascinating life. We talk about being raised in Ibiza, doing drugs, the loss of her father, moving to the US by herself at a young age, being a stripper for several years, falling in love and getting married, her start in writing, working on Supernatural, working on True Blood and why she left, show running the remake of The Returned, working on Season 2 of Jessica Jones for Netflix, creating a 30 minute drama called Sacred Lies for F...
Oct 14, 2018•1 hr 54 min
Ike Barinholtz and I met at iO West about 15 years ago. I was already a fan of his from MadTV and he was an incredible improviser. He was kind enough to come to the house and chat with me about comedy, improv, writing, directing, and starring in his new film The Oath in theaters October 12, 2018, we talk politics, Trump, being a family man, growing up in Chicago, getting kicked out of Boston University, playing basketball with Barack Obama, how he started smoking pot, losing a role to Seth Rogen...
Oct 09, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Fred Melamed has nearly 100 acting credits on IMDB and we talked about some of them when he came over to the house and sat at the kitchen table. We talk about sexual politics in Hollywood, working with Woody Allen and his thoughts about what happened to him, being a father of autistic twins, working with the Coen Brothers, finding love, being adopted, connecting with biological parent and so much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott110...
Aug 06, 2018•2 hr 6 min
Jerry Minor has some fascinating stories from an amazing life. I was a fan of his comedy and didn't know the life he has lead before I invited him on the show. Jerry and I talk about his early life as a Jehovas witness, how is was shunned from that life and has spoken to his mother in 30 years, suicide attempts, drugs, finding comedy, working on SNL, doing improv, finding love, becoming a new father and so much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instag...
Aug 06, 2018•2 hr 15 min
Derek Miller was one of my very first improv coaches in 2004 in Los Angeles. He and his family are moving to London, England and I wanted to have a chat before he left. We talk acting, Chicago, family, ups and downs of the business, improv, improvising on the set of Transformers: Dark of the Moon for Michael Bay with Shia LaBeouf, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com www.curechm.org www.fightblin...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Chris Claremont has been writing comic books for around 50 years!! He has written some of the most influential and memorable X-Men comics ever!! He had me over to his home where we talked about his long history and influence in comics. We talked a few other things too but mostly comics!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com www.curechm.org www.fightblindness.org RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon...
Jul 26, 2018•2 hr
Bryan and Bradford Manning were told they were going blind from an eye disease called Stargardt Disease when they were kids. I met up with them in NYC and talked with them about learning at an early age about their disease, what it was like growing up knowing you are losing eye sight, an attempt at driving, going on the Ellen Degeneres Show, dating, starting a clothing company designing clothes for the blind in mind and raising money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and much more!!! Please ...
Jul 01, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Brian Stack was kind enough to talk with me at his office in NYC where he writes for the Stephen Colbert Late Show on CBS. We talk about a lot of things including working for Conan O'Brien for 20 years and what was it like to leave him, the Chicago improv scene, meeting and marrying his wife, quitting drinking three years ago, Trump and so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 RUNNING BLIND Documenta...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 57 min
John Lutz was very kind in letting me interview him while I was visiting New York at his work in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. We talk about a lot of stuff including working on SNL, what it was like dealing with host Donald J Trump several years before he ran for President, Tina Fey asking him to be in 30 Rock, working for Seth Meyers, meeting and proposing to his wife, Chicago improv scene, his religious upbringing, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodc...
May 30, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Taran Killam and Paul Brittain make their triumphant return to Scratch the Surface, but this time they come in together to promote the film Killing Gunther available on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video. We talk about what it was like for Taran to write, direct and star in a movie, working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, some stories from Saturday Night Live, Taran being in Hamilton on Broadway, comics, improv, Ryan Gaul and so much more!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY! Twitter @ejscott @EJP...
Mar 07, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Matt Marr and I met many years ago at an improv theater called iO West. We knew each other a little bit and then lost touch after I moved to Chicago and then back to LA. Anyway in that time we both started podcasts. And he was kind enough to invite me on his. I also recorded the interview and turned the table on him a few times. We talk about me going blind, podcasting, Matt coming out of the closet, family stuff, relationships and much much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN, PLEASE SHARE, PLEASE ENJOY! Twi...
Mar 05, 2018•2 hr 17 min
Michael Ausiello is use to writing and critiquing television shows about fictional drama. But in his book writing debut Michale opens up about his relationship with his husband and the cancer that took him away. I highly recommend reading or listening to the audio version of the book. Its a funny, moving, heartbreaking, relatable, incredibly well written story of love and loss... and Smurfs. He was on once before and could not talk in great detail about the book, but here we talk about quite a b...
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Beth Dover and I first met in class at Second City Los Angeles in 2003. She joins me in my kitchen to catch up and talk about finding love with a actor/comedian Joe LoTruglio, marriage, motherhood, family, losing a brother, not being close with other members of her family, working on Orange is the New Black on Netflix, Another Period on Comedy Central, Children's Hospital on Adult Swim, living all over the country, living in South Korea, studying acting at Lesley Kahn, and so much more!!! Please...
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 36 min
Marc Evan Jackson is recognizable from dozens of different things ranging from commercials, television, film and voice over. Marc and I talk about everything this episode! Including, being born and raised in Buffalo, NY, losing a sibling to SIDS before he was even born, the death of his parents, meeting his wife and their decision not to have kids, how he got hooked on improv, performing at The Second City in Detroit, MI, working on projects like Kong: Skull Island, The Good Place, Transformers,...
Oct 20, 2017•2 hr 22 min
