Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: John Kenneth Muir, author of The X-Files FAQ, Horror Films of the 1970s, Horror Films FAQ.JOHN KENNETH MUIR podcast excerpt: "Every week, 'The X-Files' brought up these mysteries. There was an episode about the Loch Ness Monster, many episodes about UFOs. They also talked about religion, about faith and, in general, what is belief. I think that really connected with people. The writing was extremely intelligent.”Key interview moments:• 4:10 The appeal of "The X-Files" is no mystery at all, according to FAQ author John Kenneth Muir;• 18:30 If you really think about it, Muir says, "X-Files" creator Chris Carter's work is art;• 39:05 On a completely different subject, Muir explains why his massive collection of sci-fi, fantasy and genre toys are available for his little boy to play with to his heart's content, rather than keeping them boxed up.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.Mr

Today's Guest: Kent Crowley, author of The Beach Boys Carl Wilson biography, Long Promised Road.KENT CROWLEY podcast excerpt: "Murray Wilson, father of Brian, Dennis and Carl, was a very damaged individual. He, too, grew up in an abusive household with an abusive father. So what didn't happen in the Wilson household -- until Carl showed up -- was you never had anyone to break that cycle. That's why there was such an emphasis on Carl Wilson being the caregiver and the caretaker... The one thing that brought that family together was music.”Key interview moments:• 3:30 Murray Wilson, father of three of The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson, was himself the product of an abusive household;• 19:10 Carl Wilson doesn't get enough credit as a guitar hero, according to biographer Kent Crowley;• 32:10 Crowley cites examples of Carl Wilson's "wonderful sense of humor."Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews lik

Today's Guest: John Kenneth Muir, author of The X-Files FAQ, Horror Films of the 1970s, Horror Films FAQ.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with John Kenneth Muir, author of The X-Files FAQ, by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of guys who didn’t make the cut as members of The Lone Gunmen… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! When my future wife and I started living together, the first appointment TV series in our lives was ABC’s daytime soap, “All My Children.” Her addiction, not mine, but it was silly fun. We always watched TV together after work – as we do even now -- and the next series I remember us committing to in the 1990s was Fox’s long-running bit of alien abduction weirdness, “The X-Files.” We watched every episode with bated breath, sometimes amused and awed, sometimes left scratching our heads in total confusion. JOHN KENNETH MUIR podcast excerpt: "Every week, 'The X-Files' brought up these mysteri

Today's Guest: Kent Crowley, author of The Beach Boys Carl Wilson biography, Long Promised Road.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Kent Crowley by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who can’t surf but always envision themselves hanging 10 while singing “I Get Around”… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida Is it fair to call Carl Wilson the “accidental” Beach Boy? He was the youngest brother – and cousin – in the world’s most enduring and prominent California surf band, the one that probably had other youthful pursuits in mind when older brother Brian recruited him to the band in the early 1960s at age 15. KENT CROWLEY podcast excerpt: "Murray Wilson, father of Brian, Dennis and Carl, was a very damaged individual. He, too, grew up in an abusive household with an abusive father. So what didn't happen in the Wilson household -- until Carl showed up -- was you never had anyone to break that cycle. That

Today's Guest: Rachel Reenstra, comedian and host of the ABC-TV weekend series "The Wildlife Docs," which is filmed at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida.RACHEL REENSTRA podcast excerpt: “There were these mealworms — like worms on crack — crawling up my arms. I have behind-the-scenes footage that I never want aired."Key interview moments:• 5:35 Rachel Reenstra recalls her first TV series, "Ms. Adventure" on Animal Planet;• 15:30 Show business is hard, Reenstra says, but if you stick with it, you'll eventually get your chance to shine;• 25:20 "There were these mealworms -- like worms on crack -- crawling up my arms..."Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podc

Today's Guest: Rachel Reenstra, comedian and host of the ABC-TV weekend series "The Wildlife Docs," which is filmed at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Rachel Reenstra by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of animal lovers who are brought to tears by stories of the love between a woman and her kangaroo… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Rachel Reenstra’s got a great job: she hosts ABC’s “The Wildlife Docs,” a Saturday morning not-just-for-kids TV series. RACHEL REENSTRA podcast excerpt: "I got my first gig working with animals in 2006 on the Animal Planet series 'Ms. Adventure.' I thought it was a dream come true. I got to entertain and be in a personality-driven show where I traveled the world and compare animal-to-human behaviors. There was so much comedy material there! You never knew what was going to happen." You can LISTEN to this interview with comedian RACHEL REE

Today's Guest: Texas country music singer Madelyn Victoria, whose latest single is "He Only Loves Me On The Dance Floor"; she sings two songs live, accompanied by guitarist Albert Vallejo.MADELYN VICTORIA podcast excerpt: "'He Only Loves Me On The Dance Floor' started off as just a good idea for a song. But then I actually had a boyfriend and we would go out dancing. We were pretty good dancing together, but we broke up. He really did only love me on the dance floor."Key interview moments:• 5:10 Even in grade school, Madelyn Victoria's teachers knew her life's path would lead to singing;• 23:25 How some songs imitate life -- and vice versa;• 26:15 Madelyn feels drawn to Johnny Cash; here's why.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more t

Today's Guest: "Zippy the Pinhead" cartoonist Bill Griffith, who reveals his late mother's sordid history in Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist!!, a graphic novel.(Tech Note from Mr. Media: For some stupid reason, my audio during this interview is engulfed in static; I don't know why. The good news is that my guest, Bill Griffith, sounds and looks great. I apologize for the sound difficulties in advance.)BILL GRIFFITH podcast excerpt: "My mother read my work from the very beginning. It caused her quite a bit of discomfort. There's a point in the book where I quote from a letter she wrote to me in the early '70s where she says, 'Tell me, Dear Son, how do I tell my friends about your work, since it's often X-rated and pornographic? What do I say to them when they say, "Your son draws dirty pictures!"' She literally wanted me to advise her."Key interview moments:• 8:15 Ever wonder how an adult-oriented artist such as Bill Griffith explained their work to Mom? Or how Mom, full

Today's Guest: Texas country music singer Madelyn Victoria, whose latest single is "He Only Loves Me On The Dance Floor"; she sings two songs live, accompanied by guitarist Albert Vallejo.     Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Madelyn Victoria by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of country music fans who want to skip the chit-chat and get to the live performances… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! For me, the best country music songs are the ones that bring a smile to my lips when I hear the title. Sometimes it’s because they’re clever, sometimes a bit smartass, and sometimes, in the case of Madelyn Victoria’s new single, “He Only Loves Me on the Dance Floor,” it’s because they make me laugh out loud. Let’s face it – men are beasts. MADELYN VICTORIA podcast excerpt: "'He Only Loves Me On The Dance Floor' started off as just a good idea for a song. But then I actually had a boyfriend and we would go out d

Today’s Guests: Dewey Cassell and Aaron Sultan co-authors of "The Incredible Herb Trimpe.DEWEY CASSELL podcast excerpt: "The theme of the people we are attracted to have humility. That would describe Herb. He would not feel the need to go around at a comic book convention and say, "I created The Wolverine.' That was not his style." Key interview moments:• 6:55 Aaron Sultan on comic book artist Herb Trimpe's major contribution to the creation of the Marvel Universe;• 14:40 Dewey Cassell describes the early design work that Trimpe and Larry Hama did on early G.I. Joes;• 26:20 Cassell compares Trimpe's humility on his accomplishments with a lot of his professional counterparts in comics.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000

Today's Guest: "Zippy the Pinhead" cartoonist Bill Griffith, who reveals his late mother's sordid history in Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist!!, a graphic novel.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Bill Griffith by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of cartoon characters who want to break through from 2D to 3D… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! (Tech Note from Mr. Media: For some stupid reason, my audio during this interview is engulfed in static; I don't know why. The good news is that my guest, Bill Griffith, sounds and looks great. I apologize for the sound difficulties in advance.) Cartoonist Bill Griffith has always shared bits and pieces of his life, his world view – and maybe even a neurosis or two – through his personal window on the soul, Zippy the Pinhead. In fact, as regular readers know, Griffith – as “Griffy” – often plays sidekick to Zippy in the long-run

Today’s Guest: Marc Guggenheim, showrunner of “Arrow” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” on The CW, writer of comic books including “Arrow 2.5,” “The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum,” “Stringers,” “The Rocketeer at War!” and “Squadron Sinister,” author of Overwatch. MARC GUGGENHEIM podcast excerpt: "The simultaneous shooting schedule of the Arrow/The Flash/DC's Legends of Tomorrow crossover and two-hour pilot has been a much bigger headache than dealing with the actors' agents and managers. The scheduling is really, really hard. It was all filmed at the same time. It requires a tremendous amount of creativity on the part of the producers and the assistant directors on the various shows who handle scheduling. Not easy! And not easy on the actors who sometimes have to run from one set to the other. We're all now recovering from the scheduling mishegas. That said, we do it because the end result is so worthwhile. And the end result is awesome. As I said to the 'Arrow' crew yesterday, a quadruple axle is far mor

Today's Guest: Today’s Guests: Dewey Cassell and Aaron Sultan co-authors of The Incredible Herb Trimpe.   Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of famous, impossibly muscled men and women from the Hulk and She-Hulk to Strong Guy and the Brute… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of … in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! In the introduction to the biography The Incredible Herb Trimpe, former Marvel Comics editor Tom DeFalco sums up artist Trimpe’s unusually long run as the artist on The Incredible Hulk perfectly: “He somehow conveyed the power of Kirby with the stylization of Ditko, but added a humanity, a pathos that was all his own. Where Kirby’s Hulk was an enraged monster with a hair-trigger temper and Ditko’s was a sinister and angry master-planner, Herb’s version was a desperate and haunted individual. Someone who had been misused and abused, yet struggled to control his e

Today's Guest: DC Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim, writer of comic books including "Arrow 2.5," "The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum," "Stringers," "The Rocketeer at War!" and "Squadron Sinister," author of Overwatch.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Olicity ‘shippers who won’t be happy until they’re sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Marc Guggenheim is one of those onion guys, where every time you peel back a layer, two more costumed characters appear in its place. A year ago, when he first appeared on Mr. Media, we spent most our time talking about his first novel, the out-of-control shadow government story of Overwatch. That, and a bit about his day job as writer and producer of The CW’s hit show “Arrow,” which had just spun off “The Flash.” Today, this guy has got super

Today's Guest: Writer Mark Clark, author of Star Wars FAQ, Star Trek FAQ and Star Trek FAQ 2.0.MARK CLARK podcast excerpt: "(The press conducted) interviews with guys that worked in the 'Star Wars' model shop that were just gluing together the X-wing and TIE fighters. Once people found out they worked on 'Star Wars,' people asked for their autograph. It didn't matter what they did; if they worked on 'Star Wars' in any capacity, people wanted to work with them.”Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politi

Today's Guest: Writer Mark Clark, author of Star Wars FAQ, Star Trek FAQ and Star Trek FAQ 2.0.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Mark Clark by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of unused characters from the first six movies, cartoons and comic books, hoping for one more shot at the silver screen… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If there is nothing else in life I have to brag about, it’s that I was in attendance at the Loews Astor Plaza Cinema in Manhattan for the red carpet, world premiere of Star Wars in 1977. My buddy Bob Pinaha and I took a Suburban Bus in from New Brunswick, New Jersey, that evening – classy, huh? – and it was one of the single most amazing filmgoing experiences of my lifetime. Unlike today, when the Internet over-prepares us for every twist and turn that lies ahead in new movies, we had no idea what this “Star Wars” was about or even why we were invited. MARK CLARK podcast excer

Today's Guest: Novelist Cheryl Hollon, author of Pane and Suffering: A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery and Shards of Murder.CHERYL HOLLON podcast excerpt: "The glass shop in Pane and Suffering is a premise and it comes along with the genre. It's like the Cabot Cove Syndrome: Why would anyone live in Cabot Cove? Because she would write about you and your murder! But the Webb's Glass Shop gives me license to play. I can concentrate on a different type of glass in each book. The first book is about stained glass. The second is about fusing glass and about judging an art festival. And the third book is about recycling glass.”Key interview moments:• 5:45 Cheryl Hollon cites influences such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Louise Penny;• 13:30 Webb's Glass Shop is a vehicle for Hollon's storytelling the same way that Cabot Cove is for Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote";• 20:15 After years of writing, what pushed Hollon from unpublished amateur to published author?Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube:

Today's Guest: Tamara Lush, AP reporter based in St. Petersburg, Florida, whose first novel is Hot Shade.TAMARA LUSH podcast excerpt: "While it is about sex, writing romance and reading romance is a really feminist act. It's about women taking control of their own lives and their own pleasure."Key interview moments:• 2:10 Karen Allen's portrayal of the love interest in the first 'Indiana Jones' film commits Tamara Lush to the writing life -- in second grade;• 14:40 Romance writing is, according to Lush, all about women taking control of their own lives and pleasure;• 23:00 As a reporter, Lush broke the story of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's infidelities with his Argentinian mistress, making international headlines.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Ster

Today's Guest: Tamara Lush, AP reporter based in St. Petersburg, Florida, whose first novel is Hot Shade.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Tamara Lush by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of sex-starved, consenting young adults who are getting crazy from the heat… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! To paraphrase the 39th President of the United States, I have lust in my heart… for Tamara Lush. We’ve never met in person, never even laid eyes on each other before this video interview commenced, but having read her searingly inflamed first attempt at romance fiction, I can’t help but want to get to know her better. TAMARA LUSH podcast excerpt: "While it is about sex, writing romance and reading romance is a really feminist act. It's about women taking control of their own lives and their own pleasure." You can LISTEN to this interview with AP reporter and novelist TAMARA LUSH, author of HOT SHADE, by click

Today's Guest: Novelist Cheryl Hollon, author of Pane and Suffering: A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery and Shards of Murder.   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Cheryl Hollon by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who came to town for the beach and left with happy, full tummies and wild nightlife tales… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! First novels are hard. Writing them is a challenge, finding a publisher is a major mountain to climb, and promoting them may be the hardest task of all. But when my friend Howard Finberg told me that a friend of his was writing a mystery series set in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, I committed without even reading the first book. After all, Mr. Media has been describing St. Pete as “the NEW new media capitol of the world” since 2007 – whether the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce likes it or not – so how I could I not help out an up-and-coming writer? CHERYL HOL