This discussion was recorded at the last minute with two of my friends: Steve Cattani and David Chien (@thedavidchien). Since it was an impromptu meeting, we ended up talking mostly about the great Greek-American director John Cassavetes and his films. I couldn't keep up with David’s and Steve's expertise, but I enjoyed it tremendously. Anyhoo, I hope this will excite you enough to watch some of Cassavetes’ work. Also, definitely check out the movie by Steve and Tracy Tuffs (@tracytuffs) coming ...
Dec 16, 2013•1 hr 39 min
On this week's episode of Yoshi Didn't, Episode 51: This Ain't the Rush Hour, we have the great Al Jackson (@aljackson). He's a standup comedian, actor, podcast master, scientist, athlete and, most important of all, a great husband and father. Talking to him was like watching The Godfather or Goodfellas: We were having so much fun, I wondered afterward where the last three hours had gone. The discussion went just about EVERYWHERE! Also, we were fortunate to have along Eric Smith (Episode 40: Mr....
Dec 09, 2013•3 hr 1 min
For today's episode, I am delighted to introduce my longtime friend (and a fellow disciple of Carl Warmenhoven, our comedy guru from Episode 23). I first met Craig Gass years ago at Seattle's oldest and most important standup club, the Comedy Underground. Before he was a comic, Craig was a rock and roll roadie, traveling the country as a teenager. After deciding on a career in standup, he began honing his incredible talent for mimicry — and has become very famous for his dead-on impressions of S...
Dec 02, 2013•1 hr 40 min
Welcome to Episode 49 of Yoshi Didn't. This week I welcome my friend and a great independent thinker, Rick Hall. Without Rick (and Jeff Marton aka Hatman), I would never gotten a job with porn powerhouse Evil Angel ten years ago. Rick is an incredibly smart and well-read individual with a complicated past life. While his Secret Service father was protecting the President of the United States, Rick was struggling with a heroin problem in the '80s. He was able to stop using drugs in 1990, transiti...
Nov 25, 2013•1 hr 58 min
As an honorary Malaka (that's Greek for jerkoff), it pleases me to introduce my great pal and Greek-Canadian comedy legend, Angelo Tsarouchas. In this podcast we discussed his career in acting (Mad Men, Fred & Vinnie, Cinderella Man, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) and standup comedy. Angelo is, in my opinion, the best opener for Russell Peters; he's also Russell's close trusted friend. Angelo also talked about his family, and he was beaming when we got on the subject of his baby daug...
Nov 18, 2013•1 hr 17 min
Please support OUR great friend, Bert Kreischer! One of the greatest laugher since Ricky Gervais! Please follow him on @bertkreischer
Nov 11, 2013•1 hr 40 min
"Curse of the Drinking Class" available on Itunes and Amazon Nov. 9th! chrisneff.com
Nov 07, 2013•1 hr 13 min
This new episode of Yoshi Didn't episode was recorded on Halloween Eve, and was ten months in the making! Let me introduce world-famous William Lustig, the great director of the 1980 horror classic Maniac, as well as Vigilante (1983), Relentless (1989), and the Maniac Cop series. He was kind enough to share his time and film knowledge with us. Also, we're joined by Bill's number one superfan, Bonnie Rotten (@thebonnierotten)! This heavily-tattooed beauty is both an up-and-coming star of adult en...
Nov 04, 2013•2 hr 9 min
I've been very lucky to have so many people selflessly helping me throughout my life. One such person is Alison Schelin. She was kind enough to drive me through New England, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware over the summer. We tried to finish these podcast episodes while driving up north to see Dave Attell, but unfortunately ran out of time. So I ended up finishing the last portion of an episode by myself. While you're hearing this podcast, Alison will be traveling acros...
Nov 02, 2013•1 hr 10 min
The subject of this episode of Yoshi Didn't is a difficult person to summarize. Skin Diamond is an actress, illustrator, nude model, singer, SM bondage queen and - most important of all - a diehard Dr. Who fan! I was fascinated by her unusual, multinational background; she is of Ethiopian, Danish, Czech, Yugoslav, and German descent, and was born in Ventura, California, but raised in Scotland. Skin is quite simply a modern woman! The sky's the limit for this talented young lady. In addition to h...
Oct 28, 2013•1 hr 15 min
This is an long overdue episode; I finally interviewed my friend, Jonathan Brandstein. He's a talent manager extraordinaire at MBST management and an obsessive world traveler. We wanted to talk about our love for the Vice TV series and exploring many of the world's exotic places, but on this particular episode we discussed Jonathan's former client: Patrice O'Neal. Patrice was a truly great standup artist, and unfortunately, we lost him in late 2011. Jonathan and I ended up celebrating one of the...
Oct 21, 2013•1 hr 22 min
This week we welcome my great friend, Mona Shaikh, to Yoshi Didn't! Mona is a standup comic and actress, and the founder of Muslimsdoitbetter.com (MDIB). Mona was born in Pakistan and raised in NYC. You'll hear about her amazing family history, including three assassinations of her relatives in the rough political arena of Pakistan... and her mother's great sacrifices to save her family. Mona and MDIB have been featured on the BBC and written up by LA Weekly, HuffPost and the Washington Post. Pl...
Oct 14, 2013•1 hr 34 min
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This episode was not only fun, but turned out to be very educational for me. We present one of Australia's best and brightest, Alen aka ChampChong! His reviews started as a hobby right after high school, when he began communicating his thoughts on videogames and the industry via Youtube. Today, 115 million downloads later, ChampChong is a very busy man - traveling the globe and spreading the gospel (good news) of videogames! He schooled me about one of the most creative and innovative industries...
Aug 19, 2013•1 hr 13 min
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Jul 29, 2013•1 hr 38 min
Sorry for the late release of Episode 28 with the great Teina Manu (@teinamanu). We'll be putting out a second episode this week! I recently took one item off my bucket list by doing a panel at the world famous San Diego Comic-Con! Unfortunately, instead of sitting politely in silence, I opened my stupid mouth… and a cringefest ensued. Yes, I used the "R-word" at SDCC. The rest of the panel consisted of comedian Stephen Glickman, Chris Gore and the lovely Adrianne Curry. (Please follow their twi...
Jul 25, 2013•1 hr 4 min
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In Greek mythology, Tiresias was a blind prophet, the most famous soothsayer of ancient Greece. Having angered a goddess, he was transformed into a woman as punishment. Seven years later, Tiresias was able to reverse the curse, and became male once again. Since Tiresias possessed the knowledge of being both a man and woman, he was revered by even the gods. Today's guest, Professor Ogi Ogas, is one of the first in history to see both male and female's secret sexual desires clearly and to extrapol...
Jul 08, 2013•2 hr 12 min
Jesse Edwards is an artist from Seattle and a long time friend of my younger brother. I met him 2 months ago in the lower east side in NYC. He talked to me about working with art maven Vito Schnabel (son of brilliant Julian Schnabel) and his career.... Jesse Edwards is a professional American fine art oil painter, graffiti artist, and ceramicist born in Hayden Lake, Idaho. He works and lives in Seattle and New York City. Edwards is a distinguished member of the Mystic Sons of Morris Graves.
Jul 01, 2013•1 hr 9 min
First of all, I want to congratulate the city of Sacramento for saving their NBA team, the Kings. I'm sad that Seattle does not yet have their team back, but we will! And we'll do it without ripping out the hearts of another city. Anyhoo, for this podcast I spoke, once again, with the great Hunter Moore - and a new guest, Mr. WWW (Walter White of Weed), aka HeisenDab, aka Diamond Baby in Sac-Town. Our conversation with Hunter got cut short because he was scheduled to travel to the wonderful city...
Jun 24, 2013•1 hr 48 min
My last trip to Seattle was memorable for two reasons: getting to see my younger brother, and this conversation with Carl Warmenhoven. Carl worked as assistant manager of Seattle's well-respected standup club, Comedy Underground. He is, without a doubt, the most beloved comedy figure in the Seattle area. We start off talking about Carl's childhood in the Netherlands and his eventual move to the States. He relates a number of his family's World War 2 stories, ranging from the absurd (German hooke...
Jun 17, 2013•1 hr 26 min
I’m writing this synopsis of Yoshi Didn't from Baltimore, Maryland, with both excitement and sadness. I am excited because I will finally able to visit the home of The Wire . But I’m sad because the interview I recently did with my friend, Verlon Brown, was tragic, and at times seemed hopeless. Verlon is an African-American standup comedian and social worker in Seattle. He’s definitely been an older brother figure to me for years. Due to an emergency at Verlon’s job, we had to shorten the conver...
Jun 10, 2013•1 hr 9 min
This episode of Yoshi Didn't introduces Charles Wing Krafft, a very prominent painter and ceramic artist in Seattle, Washington. I became intrigued after hearing about the controversy surrounding his artwork ("Disasterware") and beliefs. Mr. Krafft was introduced to me through my younger brother. Charles' son was an avid fan of skateboarding; when Charles met my brother, they became fast friends. I thank my brother for the introduction. An article published earlier this year in the online journa...
Jun 03, 2013•1 hr 29 min
