A 2 hour long deep dive into and appreciation of Pee Wee's Playhouse. Guest include George McGrath who was a staff writer and also voiced "Globey", "Cowntess" one of the flowers and one of the fish AND Vic Trevino who played "Ricardo". Discussing everything from the Penny claymation sequences, the Christmas special, the Del Rubio Triplets and more!
Actor Matt Doherty is here to talk about life as an actor...the Mighty Ducks franchise (where he played Averman), So I Married An Axe Murderer (where he played Heed), Home Alone and more! Follow Matt on Instagram @archiedohman
Exploring the 1990 John Hughes Christmas classic...the film that turned Macauley Culkin into an international superstar. Brian Pocrass joins the show to tell some incredible stories about the locations used. I also dive into the Elvis conspiracy theory. Home Alone Filming Locations Film Crawl Video By Brian Pocrass- https://youtu.be/ALK7pdBaBBY
Exploring the 1984 John Hughes film "Sixteen Candles" with the help of Debbie Pollack who played "Marlene" (the girlfriend of Long Duck Dong)
Exploring the 1978 comedy classic Animal House with the help of Mark Metcalf who played Doug Neidermeyer in the film. We chat with Mark about the making of this iconic film and about his memorable guest role as "The Maestro" on Seinfeld.
Exploring the 1988 cult classic "Hobgoblins" with help from creature creator Kenneth J. Hall. Kenneth made the actual hobgoblin puppets used in this film and he has worked on several of the classic creature films from the past 3 decades. Join us as we take a deep dive into Rick Sloane's odd little film. Find Kenneth online at https://www.totalfab.com
Taking a deep dive into the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop. Our guest in Christian Cousins, who as a young child played "Dominic". This episode looks at everything from Arnold's early 90's string of hit films to the large number of child actors who slip into complete anonymity as adults.
We take another look at 1985's Stand By Me. Our guest is actor Andy Lindberg who played the role of "Lardass Hogan". Andy and I chat all about how he ended up in this film, the ins and outs of filming the pie eating contest scene and a whole lot more! https://www.andylindberg.com/
Exploring the 1990 action movie LIONHEART. Joining us is Sheldon Lettich (the writer & director) & Jeff Langton (Cynthia's Fighter "Sonny"). We discuss everything from casting choices, the various interesting fight venues, how filmmaking differs today and more!
Exploring the history of the legendary Sunset Strip hotel, Chateau Marmont. Best selling author Shawn Levy has just completed his book "The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont" and he is with us to share some incredible stories from this Hollywood landmark's history. From Bogart to Belushi to Britney, we cover a lot of ground in this short quick 45 minute episode. www.shawnlevy.com
Examining the 1990 Tim Burton classic "Edward Scissorhands". Joining me are the film's production designer, Bo Welch (4 x Oscar Nominee) and Michael Burmeister- the film's location manager. They take us back to that crazy-colored neighborhood and teach us all about this one-of-a-kind film, how they pulled this off logistically and much more!
Martial Artist, Fight Choreographer, Kumite Fighter and the man "Bloodsport" was about joins us. We talk about some of your favorite martial arts movies, Ninjas, conspiracies within the martial arts community, what really happened in that tournament and more!
Diving into the 1988 Cannon Films cult classic "Bloodsport". Joining me are two of the men who fought in "the kumite". Bernard Mariano is with us, he played "Hossein". Also, Mohammed Qissi is with us. Mohammed played "Suan Parades"...the fighter who suffered the nasty leg break at the hands of the evil Chun Li.
Exploring the 1987 classic "Ernest Goes To Camp" with two of the "second chance kids" from the film..."Bobby Wayne" aka Patrick Day and "Chip Osgood" aka Todd Loyd. We chat about Jim Varney's history working as a commercial actor, Lyle Alzado, Iron Eyes Cody and much much more!
Examining the 1988 classic film "Big" with actor David Moscow who played young Josh Baskin in the film. Learning about the history of "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Pop", fortune teller machines and more. Plus, David gives us some great stories about what it was like living as a child actor in Hollywood in the 80's.
Scott Michaels (Findadeath.com & Dearly Departed Tours) drops in to talk about his life, his career as the "curator of the macabre" and some of his favorite strange Hollywood stories. Scott has been the owner/operator of the wildly popular website findadeath.com since the late 90's and also owns and operates Dearly Departed Tours in Los Angeles. You've seen him on "Hollywood Death Trip" on E!, Ghost Adventures, Anthony Bourdain's "The Layover", "The Girls Next Door" and more. He's an authori...
Take a step back with us to the late 80's as we look at one of the coolest and most successful commercial campaigns of all time...The California Raisins. Joining me is Seth Werner, the advertising executive who came up with the idea and Webster Colcord, a claymation guru who worked on the Raisins tv commercials and tv specials.
Diving into the 1985 classic "The Goonies" and learning a TON of cool info about it. Our guests include cinematographer/cast member Nick McLean (Mouth's Dad), Ted Grossman (Dead FBI man in the freezer/stunts), John Robotham (Jake Fratelli stunts) and Randall Widener (Sloth stunts). PLUS I dive into a mystery involving the true identity of "Chester Copperpot".
Be Kind...Rewind. Examining the rise, fall, facts and fiction surrounding Blockbuster Video. Best selling author, speaker and business advisor Greg Satell has written about this in Forbes magazine and joins us to discuss. Visit Greg's online home at www.digitaltonto.com
Discussing Zoolander with the hilarious, scene stealing actor who played "Todd"... Nathan Lee Graham. We discuss Nathan's life as an actor and grammy winning performer, Zoolander trivia, Webster University, how 9/11 impacted the path of Zoolander more.
Catching up with legendary actor Mark Holton...the man who brought "Francis Buxton" in Pee Wee's Big Adventure and "Chubby" in the Teen Wolf movies to life. Mark has been in about a million things since the early 80's. He famously yelled "Hey, It's Enrico Palazzo" in Naked Gun, he played Ozzie in Leprechaun and even appeared on an episode of Seinfeld. Well, in the early 2000's Mark essentially vanished. Luckily I was able to track him down and the conversation we ended up having was so much fun!...
Discussing the 80's tv show Small Wonder with two of the show's stars- Martha Pennington and Jerry Supiran. This sci-fi sitcom blazed its trail in first-run syndication aired from 1985-1989 and featured a robot in the form of a 10 year old girl. It was weird and fun and everybody remembers this show.
This episode explores the 1984 classic "Ghostbusters". We discuss filming locations, original script ideas, how various special effects were pulled off, the soundtrack and more. Who you gonna call? Well, in this case I called 3 people who worked on the film. You'll hear long form interviews with Jennifer Runyon (the student doing the ESP test), Bill Bryan (creator of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man suits who was also the guy in the suit on screen) and Mark Bryan Wilson (the Slimer puppeteer). Are ...
Eraserhead was released in 1977 and has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded "midnight movies" of all time. It was David Lynch's first feature film and the movie that made Jack Nance a cult icon. Our guest on this episode played "Mary X". Charlotte Stewart has appeared in everything from Little House on the Prairie to Tremors and she has some incredible stories to tell about her life and the years she spent working on the set of Eraserhead....
Loners...Rebels...It's time to take a deep dive into the legendary 1985 film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure". We research several of the supporting cast members who have dropped off the radar, learn about filming locations and then do a few interviews. We'll chat with one of the film's writers (Michael Varhol), one of the "Satan's Helpers" (Terri Bolo), "Chuck" (Daryl Roach), Stephen Chiodo (Special FX) and none other than "Francis Buxton" himself, Mark Holton. If you love this movie, prepare to learn...
In June of 1998, the teen movie genre was reborn thanks to a film called "Can't Hardly Wait". It's a film that takes place over 24 hours- and covers high school graduation, the massive blowout party that night and the next morning where they all begin their new post-high school lives. We have SIX guests on this episode. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont wrote and directed the film...they join us. Victor Togunde played "Reminiscing Guy"...he joins us. Joel Michaely played "X-File Guy #1"...he joins...
Actor & Voice Actor Charlie Schlatter joins us to talk about life, the Ferris Bueller tv show (where he played Ferris), "18 Again" where he starred alongside George Burns, "Police Academy Mission To Moscow", Kick Buttowski (the famous animated character Charlie voiced), Shameless and much more! Charlie is currently raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and you can visit his fundraiser page at this link: http://pages.mwoy.org/calso/los18/cschlatter...
He has people skills...can't you understand that?!?? Richard Riehle has appeared in over 350 movies and television show episodes. He is without a doubt one of the most successful "character actors" in history. He was the inventor of the "jump to conclusions mat" as "Tom Smykowski" in Office Space. You've seen him in The Fugitive, Casino, Bridesmaids, Ferris Bueller the tv series, Grounded for Life and over 350 other things. Richard gives us his story and some really fun stories about some of you...
Dean Cameron has appeared in so many incredible movies. He was "Chainsaw" in Summer School, he was the lead in Ski School, Miracle Beach, Rockula, and countless others that you've probably seen a few hundred times on cable tv. Dean shares a little bit of his 30+ year Hollywood story with us and gives us some candid behind the scenes stories surrounding some of those films we know and love.
