Tatia Pilieva may not yet be a house hold name but her viral video "First Kiss" probably is. It has over 85 million views in just 3 months. I talk with Tatis about how that idea of getting 20 strangers to kiss each other on camera came from, whats next for her, what her first kiss with her husband was like, filming an independant movie called FOREVER with Deborah Ann Woll and Luke Grimes for the Art of Elysium, her birth place the Republic of Georgis (its a country), living in New York City, bei...
Jun 21, 2014•58 min
Taran Killam is one of my favorite SNL cast members of all time! We have a great time talking about his marriage to actress Cobie Smulders, how they were able to do a long distance relationship for the last few years, his MADTV experience, his kidnapping role on 12 Years a Slave, how he lobbied hard for any kind of role in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and got it!, his recent visit to the AVENGERS 2 set in Europe, his experience at the Groundlings improv/ sketch thetaer in LA, ...
Jun 21, 2014•2 hr 11 min
Lucas Neff is best known for playing Jimmy for four seasons on FOX's RAISING HOPE. We had a really silly and often serious converstaion about how he was a fat kid, how he use to read 1,000 pages a week, memorized the first 300 numbers of PI, his new love/ girlfriend actress CAITLIN STASEY from CW's Reign and their matching tattoos, cannibalism, reality shows, Buffy Angel, his Dad the novelist, his mom helping troubled kids, running an ultra marathon without training, experimenting with blindness...
Jun 18, 2014•1 hr 59 min
Tim Bagley, maybe most recognizable from This is 40, Knocked Up, Web Therapy and Will and Grace, opens up to me about his life and career. We have a really hilarious and intense talk about growing up in Wisconsin and Michigan, being gay and trying to convert to straight through classes and programs, losng his partner of 10 years to HIV related illness, growing up one of 5 kids to a Republican father and a therapist mother, dating and having relations with women, his mother's review of 12 Years a...
Jun 11, 2014•2 hr
Mo Collins is most recognized by the dozens of characters she played on MADTV, but she also has a very long resume that ranges from Parks and Rec to Six Feet Under to 40 Year Old Virgin. We talk about her strict Catholic upbringing in Minnesota, feeling stifled by a controling mother, to spreading her wings in acting and comedy, getting kicked out of an all girls Catholic College that mother went to, being the "black sheep" in her family, the origin of her nickname "Mo", to getting "let go" from...
Jun 10, 2014•1 hr 59 min
Fortune Feimster was a writer and on camera personality on Chelsea Lately with Chelsea Handler. We talk about working with Chelsea, who really stuck out from the celebrity interactions on the show including Dave Grohl and Lindsay Lohan, we talk about her stint as a Semi Finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 7, growing up in North Carolina, realizing she's a lesbian in her 20's, dating in Los Angeles, her parents separating when she was 12 then dating each other, auditioning for SNL twice, going...
Jun 03, 2014•1 hr 33 min
Sam Trammell has been acting professionally for over 20 years. He comes from a New York City stage back ground and was even nominated for a Tony award. Sam plays Sam Merlotte on HBO's hit show TRUE BLOOD. Sma comes on the podcast to talk about his Kickstarter to finsih the film he has a passion for called THE AFTERMATH. He also talks about being in an Alien/ Predator movie, living next to Nick Nolte in West Virginia, his worries as a father and as a human being, the universe, smoking "crack" for...
May 13, 2014•1 hr 23 min
The Soup is a show that has been on E! making fun of other shows for the last 10 years. Lee Farber and Nic DeLeo (Mankini) have been there from the beginning, pretty much. Nic talks about his 30 year friendship with Joel McHale, Lee talks about how Joel McHale married him and his wife, having input with The White House Correspondence Dinner, writing for The Soup, the fear of what happens when and if The Soup ends, how some celebs won't come back to guest on The Soup, Lee worked with Barry Sonnen...
May 06, 2014•2 hr 3 min
Harrison Brown is riding a bicycle from Alaska to Florida (about a 6,000 mile trip). He will be video blogging or webisoding along the way. When I first met Harrison at UCB in LA about 7-8 years ago he was about 70lbs heavier. We talk about his life style change and what made him make such a change, we talk improv and how hosting the Cagematch at UCB got him a job on the Price is Right and how he now tours with Drew Carey, we talk about his biggest fears for his big adventure (bears), how some p...
May 01, 2014•1 hr 20 min
Heather Anne Campbell is currently on the new reboot of Whose Line is it Anyway? with Ryan Stiles, Waycne Brady and Colin Mochrie. Shes also worked as a writer on Saturday Night Live (she was nominated for an Emmy) and is currently working with the ADHD people at FOX. We talk about growing up in Chicago, lying about her age so she could take improv classes at iO Chicago, being rejected as an action screenwriter, and how a single note on a script turned her off to action screenwriting forever, mo...
Apr 26, 2014•1 hr 43 min
Amber Benson may be best known as Tara (the lesbian witch) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But she has been acting professionally for over 20 years and has racked up quite the resume. As well as being a writer (screenplays, novels, comics), a director of films, a dancer, a singer. We talk about growing up in Birminham, Alabama by 2 therapists as parents, how their divorce was probably for the best, how impactful her character from Buffy was on others and how the death of the character maybe wasnt t...
Apr 25, 2014•2 hr 14 min
Mark Beltzman has been around the block and he's been around the world. He's a staple in the improv/ sketch scene in Los Angeles and Chicago. He goes way back to the first days of Improv Olympic aka iO and studied closely with Del Close. He was on the Second City Mainstage in Chicago. He has worked a few times with John Hughes, George Wendt, Adam Sandler, Norm MacDonald, Larry David. He talks about the late great Jay Leggett, Chris Farley, Del Close. He's been on According to Jim, Seinfeld, Curb...
Apr 24, 2014•1 hr 42 min
Director Darren Lynn Bousman opens up about his frustrations with the movie business, his insecurities about his talent (or lack there of according to him), being over weight, being raised in Kansas, how his parents gave him freedom to watch whatever he wnated which lead to a love of horror movies, how his mother was blind when he was born and the numerous eye surgeries he has had, his love of musicals, plays me a singing voice mail message from Paul Sorvino, Repo the Genetic Rock Opera, the rea...
Mar 27, 2014•1 hr 31 min
Marshall Allman played shapeshifter Tommy for 2 seasons on True Blood on HBO. He also has a very impressive resume for any age but especially for a 29 year old. Marshall tells a great story about how he met his wife, actress Jamie Anne Allman (from the Killing and the Shield) by sneaking into a bar at age 18 and kissing her while she still had a boyfriend and how a year and a half later they went on their first date, we talk about how a knee injury encouraged him to try acting, we talk about his...
Mar 27, 2014•1 hr 44 min
Steve Agee is probably most recognizable from the Sarah Silverman Show that was on Comedy Central for three seasons. I know Steve from his improv comedy background. In this episode we talk about how his dad murdered his pet guinnea pig with a shovel as a child, getting so drunk and rowdy in high school he got kicked out of several until he was sent to military school where he started smoking meth, how vertigo and anxiety really screws up his life, meeting Sarah Silverman and having a crush on he...
Mar 27, 2014•1 hr 51 min
Alison Haislip may be a dream girl for any nerd. She hosted on G4s Attack of the Show, she loves going to Comic -Con, she's a Dr Who enthusiast, shes a gamer, she was on the Price is Right with Bob Barker (old School), did stuff for Nerdist, hangs out with Chris Hardwick and shes easy on the eyes. We talk about all that and how a cheating boyfriend played a part in her career, her first date when she was 14, going to Boston College, living in London, how Carson Daly helped ease her into being a ...
Mar 21, 2014•1 hr 42 min
Chris Bauer has an acting resume as long as my arm. Hes worked with some of the greatest actors and directors that there is. But all that aside, Chris Bauer is a very interesting, thoughtful, deep and complex guy. We talk about his strict Catholic upbringing. How he started acting in commercials at the age of 3. His 3 month long planned proposal to his now wife and how he tried talking her out of it immedialtely after. How True Blood has become an experiment in sociology. How he cursed at Woody ...
Mar 20, 2014•1 hr 54 min
Jason Kaplan has worked on the Howard Stern Show for over a decade. Jason talks to me about getting the job on the Stern Show, the consequences of being "honest" on the air, Dr. Who, his family, weight, therapy, medication, meditation, marriage and a ton more!! It was a really fantastic talk and hope you'll give a listen and a share. Follow me on Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Follow Jason @SiriusJay My website www.ejscott.com Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm...
Mar 02, 2014•1 hr 35 min
Eddie Kaye Thomas is probably mostly well known from the Harold and Kumar movies and the American Pie movies. He has a long resume and has been acting since he was young. I was able to hang out in Brooklyn with him at his place and talk to him for a while. We talk about Howard Stern, narcissism, kissing and falling in love with Natalie Portman, acting, theater, Jay Mohr and a ton of other stuff!! It was a real fun hour talking with him. Hope you like it and will share with others. THANKS!! Follo...
Feb 22, 2014•1 hr 14 min
Ruth Thomas-Suh Directed a documentary called REJECT. I saw it last year at a film festival and was instantly drawn to it and the idea of "Rejection" and how that affects kids and even adults. I kept in contact with Ruth and asked her on my podcast to further talk about making the movie and its challenges, what made her want to make it, her inspiration from her father who was a psycologist in a prison, how are kids are being affected, "bullicide" (bullying that leads to suicide) and a lot more. ...
Feb 08, 2014•1 hr 41 min
Dr Jean Bennett is one of the few people in the United Staes and the few people in the world working tirelessly to try to find a treatment or a cure for CHOROIDEREMIA. Choroideremia is an eye disease that is passed down through genetics and degenerative until total blindness. I have it, my brother has it, my 2 nephews have it. I have been raising awareness and money for the cause for over a decade when I got diagnosed. We talk about potential for treatment, what that would take, time, money, the...
Jan 29, 2014•1 hr 12 min
Joe Manganiello is best known for his role as the werewolf, Alcide, on HBO's TRUE BLOOD. Joe talks with me about growing up in Pittsburgh, his fear of his intimidating and tough as nails father, the divorce of his parents and how that affected him and his relationship with his parents, growing up awkward looking, with bottle thick glasses, ears that stuck out, and a bunch of fake front teetth due to getting hit in the face by a baseball bat. We talk about his new production company "Banner 359" ...
Jan 27, 2014•1 hr 36 min
Chris Farley was a HUGE comedic impact on a lot of people, including myself. Watching him be funny was like watching Dali paint. I think about Chris once in a while if only becasue his movies are on Netflix Streaming or becasue I watch SNL every week and he may pop in my head, so I wanted to learn more about this comedy legend. I was lucky enough to get one of his brothers, Kevin, who was very close with Chris to come and tell some stories about the good times and the bad. And also on the show i...
Jan 24, 2014•2 hr 5 min
You may not know Jay Leggett's name but you have likely seen his face or know of his work... WITHOUT A PADDLE, THE FACTORY, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, IN LIVING COLOR, ER, ALLY MCBEAL, NYPD BLUE, the DREW CAREY SHOW, just to name a few. He was a writer, director, actor, producer, improvisor, friend and from what I've heard, an all around great guy. Jay died suddenly of a heart attack on Nov 23, 2013 at age 50. But he lived quite a full life in that small amount of time. I asked some of his closest f...
Jan 18, 2014•1 hr 47 min
This is my first roundtable discussion and the topic is The HOWARD STERN SHOW!! Join me and 3 other Stern lovers. Keith was an intern for the E! Show in the 90's and has become friendly with Stuttering John, Liz writes a Stern blog and Dario discovered Stern when he moved to the USA from Bosnia and had some awkward encounters with KC Armstrong. Topics discussed include where is Howard TV, why is Robin not in the studio again, wack packers, our love and worry for Artie Lange, the Benjy vortex and...
Jan 10, 2014•1 hr 32 min
Arye Gross and I talk about the controversy behind the movie SOUL MAN, his getting fired from the tv show ELLEN with ELLEN DEGENERES, working with JOHN TRAVOLTA on the EXPERTS, working with WALTER MATHAU and even tells a Mathau Joke, but maybe the most interesting thing we talk about is how his parents and him went "underground" for a year running from hired guns hired to kill his father. Yup. Its pretty crazy. We touch on his near retirement early on in his career, his fathers possible involvem...
Jan 06, 2014•1 hr 59 min
You may know Michael McMillian best from HBO's TRUE BLOOD. He plays Rev. Steve Newlin. Michael talks about growing up in Kansas, going off to boarding school at 16 years old, depression, being bullied, Spider-Man, his friendship with Alexander Skarsgaard, working with Hilary Duff, what he thinks is going on with Amanda Bynes (whom he also worked with), writing comics and books and of course getting on TRUE BLOOD and what that means to him!!!! www.ejscott.com twitter... @ejscott @ejpodcast...
Dec 22, 2013•1 hr 49 min
Matt Jones, from my favorite show of all time "BREAKING BAD" stops by to talk about how he got BADGER, his dad role on MOM, being raised by divorced, remarried parents, his extremely religious background that has now made him an atheist, back packing across Europe on his own and how that experience changed his life thanks to BOOM CHICAGO in Amsterdam, improv, comedy, his luck in getting his first tv gig on Gilmore Girls thanks to a little lie, doing bits with Bryan Cranston, improvising with STE...
Dec 20, 2013•1 hr 52 min
"Danger" Dave Ball lasted 31 days on Season 19 of SURVIVOR: Samoa. Dave talks in great detail about the audition process, his first encounter meeting Rob Burnett, hanging out wth the cast of Survivor for a week in silence, his like and dislike of contestants, what he really thinks of Jeff Probst, plus his life living in a van for over 5 years, being addicted to pot, going to AA and so much more!!! This was also the introduction season to Russell Hanz. And we talk about Russell as well. Its a lon...
Dec 11, 2013•2 hr 46 min
Rob Kazinsky most well known for playing Warlow in HBO's TRUE BLOOD, also was in UK's EASTENDERS, and recently Guirremo Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM. He talks about all that and SOOO much more. Talks about getting punched in the face on the street by strangers in th UK, the scandal that made him leave EastEnders, breaking a teachers arm that got him expelled from "high school", his thoughts on acting, how World of Warcraft saved his life, getting naked with Anna Paquin and so much more!!! Enjoy!! I ho...
Dec 07, 2013•1 hr 55 min
