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Miranda Otto, actress, Lord of the Rings, Reaching for the Moon

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Vanity Fair writer Mike Sacks talks to comedy writers in new book!

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Christopher J. Yates writes in Black Chalk! INTERVIEW



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The Naked Roommate? Put some clothes on kid! INTERVIEW

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Can you beat Jim Melvin's Death Wizard to the end? INTERVIEW

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Inside The Mind Of Leonardo You'll Find Peter Capaldi! INTERVIEW

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Son of Hogan's Heroes actor Bob Crane investigates! INTERVIEW

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1983 interview with Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell!

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Quentin Tarantino may not know this much about Quentin Tarantino! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Singer Johnny Van Zant of the Johnny Van Zant Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. (May 1983)

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Mr. Media Interviews - Johnny Van Zant was own man in 1983! Still Is! INTERVIEW

Today’s Guest: Russ Meyer, director of pornographic films such as Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Vixen, Supervixens, and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens, in this never before published audio interview from October 4, 1979.

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RUSS MEYER podcast excerpt: “I always have seven endings. You can leave anytime, because it’s hard to come down after steeplechase (sex). How do you come down? ‘The End’ never got anybody a laugh. It’s much more satisfying to hear people laugh. Mention the title ‘Jaws of Vixen.’ People break up!”

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Key Interview Moments:

• 8:15 Russ Meyer gets editing advice from an audience member;

• 17:55 An explanation of why every Meyer film has at least seven endings;

• 40:10 Meyer's opinion that people in law enforcement in the 1970s had "very long memories and very short dicks."

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Russ Meyer liked his sex films with big laughs! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Ritch Shydner, comedian

RITCH SHYDNER podcast excerpt: "A podcast is, when you're not really in show business, it's good make-believe that you're in show business. I've seen guys post, 'I'm gonna go tape a show today.' I go, 'What show?' 'It's a podcast.' 'That's not a show!' Podcasting is like a comedic circle jerk. 'You come on my show; I'll go on your show, we'll make believe we're in show business.'"
Key interview moments:

• 4:35 Ritch Shydner shares his views on (most, not all) comedians who do podcasts;

• 23:30 That time a young Shydner opened for The Ramones;

• 37:40 That other time when an inebriated Shydner walked up to Morey Amsterdam and got schooled by the legendary comic and "Dick Van Dyke Show" co-star on how much the up-and-coming standup didn't know about the history of comedy in America.

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The Ramones, Morey Amsterdam and me, Ritch Shydner! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Shawn Mullins, singer, songwriter, "My Stupid Heart," "Lullabye"

In addition to an interview, Mullins performs two new songs, live and exclusively on Mr. Media: "The Great Unknown" and "Pre-Apocalyptic Blues."

SHAWN MULLINS podcast excerpt: "'My Stupid Heart' is about the way I felt after a third marriage didn't work out... I felt unsuccessful as a human being in that I couldn't find a partner, although I've had wonderful relationships with all three of my wives. And I'm still close friends with two of three of them and I miss the other one."

Key interview moments:

• 5:50 Shawn Mullins talks about how police brutality and racial profiling moved him to write his new song, "Ferguson";

• 23:45 After his third marriage fell apart, Mullins explains how he took a six-year hiatus from the road -- and relationships;

• 43:45 Mullins tells how he met his writing partner Chuck Cannon, who then introduced him to his wife, actress and country music singer Lari White, who produced "My Stupid Heart."

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Shawn Mullins rats outs his Stupid Heart, performs live! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Toni Tennille, singer, songwriter, The Captain and Tennille, author, "Toni Tennille: A Memoir"

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TONI TENNILLE podcast excerpt: "I have to point out that it's 'Do THAT to Me One More Time.' It's not 'Do IT to Me One More Time'! That's why lyrics are important. It's 'Kiss me.' And 'Say that to me again' -- instead of what other people may think!"

KEY INTERVIEW MOMENTS:

4:40: Toni Tennille describes her rough road with former husband Daryl Dragon -- The Captain in The Captain and Tennille -- but refuses to blame him or play the victim. Instead she blames his father, Academy Award-winning composer Carmen Dragon;

23:45: Why has Toni Tennille dedicated "Muskrat Love" to former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at every performance still 1974?

37:25: Toni clears the air about the title of the song "Do That to Me One More Time." Got it?

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Toni Tennille does that to us one more time! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Dave Thompson, author, The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ

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DAVE THOMPSON podcast excerpt: "What this book brings to the table is an appreciation of the cultural impact of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' not only in the US but elsewhere."

Key interview moments:

• 3:45 Author Dave Thompson explains what motivated him to tell the entire story of The Rocky Horror Picture Show;

• 16:30 Rocky Horror's lasting impact goes far beyond British or US borders;

• 32:40 Thompson reveals that, as teens, he and his girlfriend "went through a Magenta and Riff-Raff stage."

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Let's do the Time Warp again with Rocky Horror! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Charlotte Stewart, actress, “Twin Peaks,” “Little House on the Prairie,” Eraserhead

CHARLOTTE STEWART podcast excerpt: “David Lynch is a very sincere person. He is a meditator — he is a joyful person. I’ve never seen David in a bad mood. When I was shooting ’Twin Peaks’ last year, his set was so comfortable… David Lynch paints film; he does a visual thing that is unlike any other director I’ve known. And it works.”

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Key interview moments:

• 17:25 Actress Charlotte Stewart spent a lost weekend with Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, shortly before his fateful trip to Paris from which he would never return;

• 45:02 Perhaps best known as the schoolmarm “Miss Beadle” on the long-running Michael Landon TV series, “Little House on the Prairie,” Stewart has nothing but love and respect for its growing legion of fans;

• 51:45 Stewart, who starried in director David Lynch’s very first film, Eraserhead, and his best-known work, the TV series “Twin Peaks,” talks about what he is like as a man and a friend.

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David Lynch goes back again to Charlotte Stewart! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Novelist James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner trilogy of young adults fiction.  &nbsp;  Order 'The Maze Runner' by James Dashner from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Recommendations are worth what you pay for them, so I don’t always accept them at face value. But the same literary agent who turned me on to young adult novelist Sara Zarr two years ago thought I’d also enjoy James Dashner’s new YA book, The Maze Runner, enough that he sent me a copy without first asking. And Michael—who, in the interests of full disclosure, represents all three of us—even though there is hardly a bit of similarity between the work of these two authors, you read me pretty well so feel free to recommend something else. JAMES DASHNER audio excerpt: "The words in The Maze Runner are never used exactly as replacements for swear words. Their main intent was to give their dialogue a futuristic flavor and that they've been isolated and developed some words on their own."&nbsp; You can LISTEN to this interview with JAMES DASHNER, writer of THE MAZE RUNNER, by clicking the audio player above!  Young adult novelist James Dashner  Order 'The Scorch Trials' (Maze Runner, Book 2) by James Dashner, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! The Maze Runner is the kind of book that teens and youthful readers of all ages in search of an appropriate follow-up to the adventures of Harry Potter will no doubt enjoy. It takes place in a fantastical, impossible place, develops a language of its own, and features characters you will instantly love—and hate. (Sorry, Gally.) This is the first book in a trilogy from Dashner, who you may already know as author of the 13th Reality series. James Dashner Website • Twitter • Facebook • Order The Maze Runner from Amazon.com &nbsp;   "Mean Business: How I Save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Great" by Albert J. Dunlap with Bob Andelman, available in print, e-book or digital audio. Order your copy now by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp;  The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland! &nbsp;

MM 412 James Dashner, author, The Maze Runner, joins us on Mr. Media

Today's Guest: Scott Gerber, author, Never Get a Real Job [caption id="attachment_13495" align="alignright" width="225"] Never Get a Real Job by Scott Gerber. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Scott Gerber puts into words what a lot of people need to hear: Not everybody is going to succeed in Corporate America – and more than a few of you are foolish to even try. He’s not calling you a loser – that would be your father’s job. He’s saying there is another way to go about pursuing a job, a career, a life – something that fits you best, but doesn’t necessarily fit into your parents’ definition of a job.  Scott Gerber, author, Never Get a Real Job SCOTT GERBER audio excerpt: "Nobody even talks about why young people now more than ever need to be entrepreneurial. It blows my mind! What rock are these people living under?"&nbsp; In his new book, Never Get a Real Job, Gerber presents an unorthodox approach to the working life. As a guy who has always gone his own way – but for two very short-lived jobs working for someone else – I enjoyed his candor and his advice. Gerber will probably be the first to tell you that no book of this kind can be a perfect one-size-fits-all. But for a lot of people foundering in dead-end jobs for faceless corporations, reading Never Get a Real Job just might light a fire. You might figure out the right career move for yourself and get some solid tips on how to achieve it.

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Today's Guest: Lisa Roth, co-creator, creative director, Rockabye Baby Music

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LISA ROTH podcast excerpt: "We do it with great care, great pride, from the sound of the recording to the artwork. It's something the original artists can be proud of. We're not making fun; we're huge fans."
Key interview moments:

• 6:30 Lisa Roth, co-creator and creative director of Rockabye Baby Music, talks about the care that is put into converting pop, rock, metal and hip-hop tunes into soothing lullabies for babies;

• 13:50 Roth reveals that Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" is one of her favorite conversions and discusses the evolution of baby music;

• 19:08 Ever wondered what it might be like to grow up with Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth as your older brother?


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Would you let Kanye West or Van Halen rock your baby? INTERVIEW

TODAY’S GUEST: Ina-Alice Kopp, actress, “Flytrap"

INA-ALICE KOPP podcast excerpt: “Even though my character appears to be very simple-minded — and very mechanical at times — I do feel that, in the end, we’re telling a very touching, human love story.”

Key interview moments:

• 5:10 Actress Ina-Alice Kopp explains that even though her character, Mary Ann, seems focused only on sexual reproduction at the start of Flytrap, she does evolve by the end;

• 15:00 Kopp says she and her love interest in the film, played by actor Jeremy Crutchley didn't feel like they were pretending on screen;

• 23:45 How does an Austrian-born actress becoming big in China? Hint: it doesn't hurt to speak seven languages well.

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Today's Guest: Bo Diddley, legendary rock and blues guitarist.  Bo Diddley at the Long Beach Blues Festival, photo via Wikipedia (AUTHOR'S NOTE: I found this 54-minute interview with Bo Diddley from May 10, 1985 by accident after digging up the print version of the interview. The audio isn't great, but if you spent an hour with &nbsp;the man, you'd want to share it, too!) "I'm the dude that Elvis Presley copied. He copied me and combined Jackie Wilson," Diddley told me. That was a memorable day for two reasons: spending an hour with Bo in Ybor City, Florida (east of downtown Tampa), the afternoon of his show, of course, but also my memories of the photographer I worked with that day, Tom Howland, who was a long-time friend and who passed away suddenly a few years ago. Anyway, this interview is one of my all-time favorites. I hope you’ll enjoy this Mr. Media “Lost Tape.”) Bo Diddley Website • Facebook • YouTube • iTunes • Flickr • Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame • Wikipedia Hours before the public would swarm in, Bo Diddley sat tapping out simple melodies at an ages-old piano, ample belly hanging over his belt, black felt hat perched comfortably on his head. Later, as an interview began in his dressing room, he was tapping out the 30-year-old "Bo Beat" on the side of a wooden desk. But when the amplified roar of heavy metal electric guitars burst through the walls, he reeled. "They don't need to do all that noise to tell they got power."  Order 'The Definitive Collection: Bo Diddley,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the CD cover above! Diddley may be the man who created the dominant sound of rock 'n' roll - with songs like "Hey, Bo Diddley," "Say Man," "Mona," "Road Runner" and a cover of Willie Dixon's "Who Do You Love" - but he has been slighted by revisionist historians, record company accountants and lawyers. Life has never been simple for Ellas "Bo Diddley" McDaniel, born on Dec. 30, 1928 in Magnolia, Mississippi, presently a resident of Hawthorne, Florida (southeast of Gainesville). Even his born-again friend Little Richard has taken a pound of flesh, claiming he created rock. "You have to understand Richard," Diddley sighs. "Richard was a man that could get away with anything that had to do with music and talking. But try this on for size: I was number one. No fantasies, not trying to hog up publicity. (With "Bo Diddley" and "I'm a Man" in 1955.) I'm the dude that turned the stuff around. Later, Richard came up - 'Long Tall Sally', I believe it was that hit the charts. Shoot, I was already going. Richard opened the door for a lot of piano players like Jerry Lee Lewis, y'understand? He laid the groundwork. He's a kingpin. The man is a hellified entertainer. But he's not responsible for rock 'n' roll. "I'm the dude that Elvis Presley copied. He copied me and combined Jackie Wilson," Diddley insists. Assuring his place in history is the least of the guitar-slinger's on-going hassle~3, though. Two decades after the fact, he still works up quite a lather about being cheated out of record royalties for almost all his songs and recordings. "To know that something like this can happen in America is really sickening," Diddley says. He was only one of hundreds of rock pioneers - including Little Richard - to be denied the fruits of his labor. "They got everybody. We all were country boys, city kids off the streets that never had nothin' ... "I only went though sixth grade in school," he continues. "I wouldn't exactly say I was dumb about all the stuff that happened to me. My thing was, I trusted people. And I used to be a kid that didn't trust nobody. My sister said to me, 'Elias, you gotta trust somebody.' Why?" BO DIDDLEY AUDIO EXCERPT: "I'm the dude that Elvis Presley copied. He copied me and combined Jackie Wilson."&nbsp; Diddley says the record company executives at Chess warned him to keep an eye on booking agents, not themselves. He realized something was wrong when they bragged of his great sales....

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Today's Guest: Nathan Fillion, actor, "Castle," "Firefly"  Order 'Castle: The Complete First Season' starring Nathan Fillion, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD cover above! (EDITOR'S NOTE: Unfortunately, this was not one of the show's better moments, technically speaking. I'm a big fan of Fillion's work and everything that could go wrong here, did. It was Firefly fail times a thousand.) Nathan Fillion has paid his dues and, I suspect had a good time doing it. He’s the guy you know and recognize when you see him—oh, yeah, you think—that guy! He was last seen on “Desperate Housewives” as Dana Delany’s beaten-down, much younger husband, Dr. Adam Mayfair. But before that, you’ve seen him in everything from Joss Whedon’s late, lamented sci-fi series “Firefly” to the online sensation, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” He also co-starred in the movie Waitress with Keri Russell.  Order 'Firefly: The Complete Series' [Blu-ray] starring Nathan Fillion, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD set above! Now it appears Fillion has met the role that could be a perfect match for him. He is novelist Richard Castle, the lead character in the new Monday night ABC series “Castle.” The show, which may remind viewers of a certain generation—mine—of “Moonlighting” and younger viewers, perhaps, of “Bones,” airs at 9 p.m. Nathan Fillion Twitter • Facebook • Order Castle: The Complete First Season on DVD from Amazon.com Listen: Mr. Media's interview with Ruben Santiago-Hudson, co-star of Castle (2009) Listen: Mr. Media's interview with Summer Glau, co-star of Firefly, The Cape (2011)  Order 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' [Blu-ray] starring Neal Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD above!  &nbsp;  Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

311 Nathan Fillion, actor, "Castle," "Firefly"

Today's Guest: Lea Thompson, actress, Back to the Future trilogy, "Caroline in the City"   &nbsp;  Back to the Future Trilogy on Blu-Ray, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson. Order now by clicking on the DVD cover above! Actress Lea Thompson, perhaps best-known for starring in the NBC sitcom “Caroline in the City” and the Back to the Future movies with Michael J. Fox, is swallowing her pride and appearing on Mr. Media Interviews! Here is the Evelyn Wood version of Thompson’s career, courtesy of IMDB.com: Her first role was in the movie Jaws 3-D (1983) as a water ski bunny, although she couldn’t swim or ski—and still can’t. Her next role was in All the Right Moves (1983) in which she worked opposite Tom Cruise.  Order 'Howard the Duck (Special Edition)' starring Lea Thompson, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD cover above! Thompson’s big break came from the first Back to the Future (1985). It was the biggest hit of 1985, and Thompson was suddenly a wanted actress. Director Howard Deutch offered her a part in his next movie, Some Kind of Wonderful, but she initially refused it. Instead she made Back to the Future II (1989), but made Deutch a happy man by marrying him—and starring in Back to the Future III (1990). From 1995-99, Thompson starred in the NBC-TV sitcom, “Caroline in the City,” the saga of a popular cartoonist with wacky friends. She most recently starred in the “Jane Doe” mystery series on the Hallmark Channel and is in pre-production on three new movies for 2009: Prettyface, Rock Slyde and Splinterheads. And, of course, she starred in Marvel's first movie based on a comic book, Howard the Duck. Lea Thompson IMDB • Twitter • Dancing with the Stars on ABC-TV • Facebook • Order Caroline in the City: Season 1 from Amazon.com  Order 'Caroline in the City: Season 1' starring Lea Thompson, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD cover above! &nbsp;  &nbsp; Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp; &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

308 Lea Thompson, actress, "Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City"

Today's Guest: Ritch Shydner, comedian, author, Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom &nbsp;  Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Ritch Shydner by clicking on the video player above!&nbsp; Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of comedy road dogs who went straight to the index of Ritch Shydner’s new book to see what secrets he told` about them… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!  Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom" by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Comedian Ritch Shydner made a career onstage painting pictures with words, so it should be no surprise that he transitioned easily to doing the same in book form. What might be surprising is that more comics haven’t told their stories in this way. RITCH SHYDNER podcast excerpt: "Rodney Dangerfield once said, 'Listen to what the audience is laughing at.' I tape myself not just to help structure the material and the jokes , but to find out what they find funny." Shydner’s tale, Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom – includes years of drug and alcohol abuse, women, and repeated attempts to earn his father’s respect – gives comedy fans an unprecedented look at his id and ego. We also get a front row seat at life on the road and the friends he made, including Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, Sam Kinson, Gilbert Gottfried, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Hicks and many more. Speaking of behind the scenes, I must disclose I have an extra interest in Shydner’s book: it was published by Mr. Media Books, which is an extension of this podcast. Ritch and I have gotten to know each other this past year and I asked to read his manuscript. Being a comedy fan, I loved Kicking Through the Ashes and offered to publish it myself. If you love comedy, you gotta have this book in your life. RITCH SHYDNER podcast excerpt: "(My first wife, comedian Carol Leifer) and I were both very competitive. We met when I moved to New York in 1979, started dating in '80, and get married in '81. We were both insecure about our status and our careers, both trying to make a mark. The relationship was always, I think, secondary to our careers." Key interview moments: •&nbsp;3:30&nbsp;Comedian Ritch Shydner explains how the 1980s were a transformational moment for stand-up comedy; •&nbsp;16:30&nbsp;Rodney Dangerfield's advice to young comics; •&nbsp;33:00&nbsp;Among the more personal anecdotes in the book, Shydner talks about his competitive relationship with his first wife, comedian and ("Seinfeld" writer) Carol Leifer. Ritch Shydner&nbsp;Website • Facebook • Twitter • YouTube • IMDB&nbsp;• Wikipedia &nbsp; &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

1297 Ritch Shydner, comedian, "Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom"

Today's Guest: Jon Bon Jovi, singer, Bon Jovi  &nbsp;  Bon Jovi, featuring Jon Bon Jovi, center Today--March 2--is singer Jon Bon Jovi's birthday. I've been intent on publishing my January 19, 1984, phone interview with him for a long, long time, but I just cannot locate the original print version of the story to accompany it, so today I am throwing up my hands and we'll just go with the audio. At the time of this interview, Bon Jovi was a hard-working, fast-rising Jersey Shore band that made itself media accessible and media friendly. The guys frequently played baseball against local radio station DJs as they toured the country, generating good feelings and lots of extra spins of their debut record. JON BON JOVI&nbsp;podcast excerpt: "My mom is a florist; my dad is a hairdresser. They always said, 'Do whatever makes you happy.' They knew I wanted this; there was a lot of of support." I remember being struck by how nice Jon was in this interview and how surprised I was to discover his hometown was Sayreville, NJ. I grew up a short drive away in North Brunswick. He asked if I know any Bongiovis in North Brunswick--particularly Joe and Nanette. He also mentioned time spent at the then Boy Scouts of America Museum in my hometown. One other note about this interview: for years I carried around boxes and boxes of rock star interviews I conducted in the mid-1980s. Many, recorded on high-end brand name cassette tape, failed to hold up to the ravages of time and Florida weather. The ones recorded on cheap tape--Hello, Realistic!--seemed to do better. No one knew then there would one day be an Internet were all such things would have a second life. JON BON JOVI&nbsp;podcast excerpt: "Ron Diaz at (Tampa Bay radio station) YNF was the biggest supporter before I ever had a record deal." Anyway, two friends inspired me to recover this and dozens of other&nbsp;lost interviews. First was my friend Dean Hendrix, himself a musician. Second--particularly for &nbsp;this Jon Bon Jovi interview--was my neighbor, Lori Crotts. One day, I was visiting with Lori about some school matter and I saw some Bon Jovi memorabilia on her desk, including a photo of her and Jon, I believe. Turns out, she became a late fan of the band and had been catching up, attending as many of their concerts as possible, meeting the boys in the band backstage several times. This happily married, mother of three, and beloved pillar of the community, worked hard and, as her reward, treated herself to Bon Jovi concerts whenever possible. I told Lori about this interview and offered to find it for her. I took too long, as it turned out. Unfortunately, soon thereafter, Lori was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and never got to hear this restored conversation. She died on January &nbsp;31, 2013.  (Read more about Lori here.) That's why, I'm dedicating this to a fine woman and the biggest Bon Jovi fan I've ever known. Jon Bon Jovi&nbsp;Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation • Wikipedia • IMDB Bon Jovi Website • Facebook • Twitter&nbsp;•&nbsp;Instagram • YouTube  &nbsp;  Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

1303 Jon Bon Jovi, rock star, Bon Jovi (1984)

Today's Guest: Bret Carr, writer, director, star, RevoLOUtion  RevoLOUtion, film by Bret Carr. Order your copy today by clicking on the movie poster above! Bret Carr made a movie. Lots of people make movies these days. Every idiot with a digital camcorder thinks he is Scorsese, Tarantino, or Apatow, but Carr approached his first feature film, RevoLOUtion, a little differently. He landed Quinn Redeker, the man behind The Deer Hunter, to write his screenplay. Rocky composer Bill Conti created the title song. Paul Michael Glaser, best known as Detective Starsky from the classic TV series “Starsky &amp; Hutch,” is a producer. Carr even convinced Burt Young, who played Sylvester Stallone’s brother-in-law in the Rocky films, to be himself in RevoLOUtion. But who to play Lou Benedetti, the stuttering, somewhat brain-damaged, yet ultimately inspirational star of the film? That would be Carr himself, who also produced and directed RevoLOUtion. And wait until you hear about his unusual ideas about marketing. Bret Carr IMDB  &nbsp;  Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp; &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

117 Bret Carr, indie filmmaker, "RevoLOUtion"

Today's Guest: Ron Dante, singer, The Archies, "Sugar Sugar" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of unruly 50-year-old men arguing whether Betty or Veronica is the hottest Saturday morning cartoon character ever… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!  Ron Dante, singer, The Archies I still remember the first time I heard the song. It was September 1969, I was a new fourth grader in Mrs. Arnesan’s class at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick, New Jersey, riding the school bus home. We were on Black Horse Lane, then a shady, rural road, driving all the way to the end of it to drop off one of my classmates at her secluded home. As usual when we had our regular driver at the wheel, WABC 77 AM was blasting through the tinny speakers.  Order 'The Archies' (Digitally Remastered) featuring singer Ron Dante, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the CD cover above! The song, days away from hitting No. 1 in the nation, had an irresistible rhythm; every kid riding the bus that day stopped what they were doing or talking about to listen: Sugar Aw honey, honey You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you. It’s the kind of moment that sticks with you a lifetime – at least it did with me. It also launched a million questions: How come Archie sounded so squeaky when he spoke but sang “Sugar Sugar” so smoothly? Were girls made of candy? Who was hotter, Betty or Veronica? (Okay, 9-year-old Mr. Media probably didn’t use the word “hotter,” but the intent was the same.) Did Miss Grundy look that ugly when she was my age? RON DANTE audio excerpt: "First time they put the lyric for 'Sugar Sugar' in front of me, I really had to create a character in my mind to sing the song. I was kind of hearing Donovan in my head, but it came out in my own New York, East Coast sound." Anyway, out of thin air an opportunity arose to interview Ron Dante, the Archies singer who was the real voice of The Archies. I flashed back to that day on the school bus and knew the answer would be “Yes.” In the years since, Dante – who was essentially discovered by Don Kirshner – has been a singer and record producer, having worked most famously with a young Barry Manilow, producing all of Manilow’s platinum albums and 18 Top Ten singles from 1973 through 1981. He also did production work for Cher, Irene Cara, Pat Benatar and John Denver. Ron Dante Website&nbsp;• Facebook • Wikipedia • IMDB • YouTube •  Order 'Favorites' by Ron Dante, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the CD cover above!  The Millionaire's Convenient Arrangementby Jane Peden. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! &nbsp; &nbsp; The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

822 Ron Dante, singer, The Archies, "Sugar Sugar"

Today's Guest: Stephen Snyder, MD, sex and couples therapist, author, Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of sexually frustrated women hoping either Dr. Snyder OR Mr. Media can cure what ails them … in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! ] Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship by Stephen Snyder, MD. Order or download your copy today by clicking on the book cover today! Also available as an audiobook from Audible. Imagine Oprah as a sex therapist. “You get an orgasm! You get an orgasm! And you get an orgasm!” Unfortunately, it’s never that easy, is it? As we get older and our partnerships endure, sex isn’t as simple and automatic as it was when we were young and set on round-the-clock frisky. STEPHEN SNYDER, MD podcast excerpt: "Patients appreciate that nothing they say is going to shock me because it means they're not that unusual." My guest today, Stephen Snyder, MD, is a New York sex and couples therapist, psychiatrist, and author of a new book, Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long Lasting Relationship. In it, Dr. Snyder shares real life tales of men and women whose sex lives have hit bumps in the road and how he helped them resolve a wide variety of challenges and complications. The book is more about emotional positions than physical ones, so don’t expect a lot of talk about twisting yourself and your lover into pretzels. If that’s what you are looking for, check the Mr. Media archives for earlier interviews with the host of the “Sex with Emily” podcast. Stephen Snyder, MD Website • Facebook • Twitter • Google+&nbsp;• LinkedIn • Huffington Post

801 Stephen Snyder, MD, sex and couples therapist, author, "Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship"

Today's Guest: Rick Smolan, co-author, The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of #resisters with more good intentions than hours in the day… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!  The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice by Rick Smolan. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Fighting the good fight is an American tradition. Some people believe it is the essence of being American - standing up for what you believe is right, protecting those unable to fight for themselves, and defending the essence of American idealism when doing so flies in the face of the American political establishment. And, since, January 20, 2017, it seems that many of us are fighting the good fight over issues we thought had already been legislated and settled. Democracy, it seems is a more fragile concept than many of us born since 1945 thought. RICK SMOLAN podcast excerpt: "Not everybody on the Left is good, decent, honest. But I think most people on the Left at least have their hearts in the right place--and they think if all society is better, we all benefit from that. As opposed to it all being about personal gain."  Order Inside Tracks: Robyn Davidson's Solo Journey Across the Outback by photographer Rick Smolan, based on the movie Tracks starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! My guest today, Rick Smolan, is the co-author of a new coffee table book of searing photography and no equivocating essays called The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice. It depicts the injustices and victories over injustice experienced by African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Muslims, women, the LGBTQ community, Latino Americans, Asian Americans and the disabled. I don't know about your American community, but that seems to cover everybody I know. Of course, the people who don't think that those groups are equal to them in some way have been coming out from under rocks for the past year. They remind us that The Good Fight is never won. We must be ever vigilant. This is Rick's third visit to Mr. Media. He always brings projects that are visually arresting, provocative, and different from what came before, so there is never a dull moment. Rick Smolan&nbsp;Inside Tracks Website • Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn • Instagram • Wikipedia •&nbsp;IMDB • Goodreads

805 Rick Smolan, co-author, "The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice"

The first thing I need to tell you about Forrest Galante is that I will never go out on an adventure with a man who is comfortable carrying a live Burmese Python around his neck. But that’s just me. Watching him do stuff like that from the comfort of my living room, however, as the wildlife biologist and tracker does in his new Animal Planet TV series, “Extinct or Alive,” is totally cool. The show airs Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern or Pacific. In an episode in which Galante and his team come to my “backyard” in search of a Florida black panther or black wolf, you may think this is merely a promotion for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the Everglades alligators, snakes, skeeters, storms and snapping turtles he encounters are all too real. If you love nature—what’s left of it, anyway—this is a real fun series in the manner of Jeff Corwin and Steve Irwin, I think you’ll dig “Extinct or Alive” because the host’s enthusiasm is infectious. Forrest Galante&nbsp;Website• Facebook• Twitter• Instagram• YouTube•&nbsp;IMDB

830 Forrest Galante, wildlife biologist, tracker, host, "Extinct or Alive," participant, "Naked and Afraid"

You kids today think you’ve got it made, what with hundreds of cable TV channels, each one focused on a narrow genre like death and destruction, Herpes, and funny things you can do with string. But back when I was in college there were only three cable channels that mattered and they were the superstations: New York’s WOR, Chicago’s WGN and Atlanta’s WTBS. Those were golden days, my friends, and not because we could watch the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves to our heart’s content. And frankly, you could toss out the first two superstations. For my money, the only one that mattered back then was the one whose signature star was a scrawny guy with a mustache named Bill Tush. Tush was the reason the college kids tuned in, because late at night, he was MC Crazy and anything went. It is my pleasure to welcome to Mr. Media a guy who made college a whole lot more tolerable and entertaining for my generation,&nbsp;Ted Turner's favorite TV host, Mr. Bill Tush. Bill Tush Website • Facebook • Twitter • Wikipedia • YouTube

987 Bill Tush, TV host, TBS SuperStation

2010: Everything I know about cheerleading, I learned in high school. Well, duhhhhhh! Put another way, I know nothing about cheerleading. I didn’t date any cheerleaders, barely even spoke to them. What would we have talked about, anyway? But, I must hasten to add, I did finish second in voting for prom king in my senior year, so it’s not like I was completely on the outskirts of high school society. CHRISTINA MILIAN podcast excerpt: "I definitely like to work. But for the movie I had to learn 20 routines in one month... There is a lot more Latin- and hip-hop-infused choreography in this Bring It On." And, actually, I do know a few things about cheerleaders: they work very hard to learn their routines and rhythms. And just by being cheerleaders, they’re probably the most envied and scorned students in school. I also know that the Bring It On film franchise has been hugely successful and that the latest installment, Bring It On: Fight to the Finish will air on ABC Family Channel this Sunday, January 17 at 8 p.m.—following a 6-hour Bring-It-On-a-thon that afternoon Joining me to talk about the film is one of its stars, Christina Milian. If you have kids, they probably will remember her as Tina from Disney Channel's "Movie Surfers." Christina Milian Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • MySpace • YouTube • Wikipedia • &nbsp;IMDB

1098 Christina Milian, actress, "Bring It On" 2010

2010: I start each show talking about “So much media, so little time…” But David Mathison sees the media differently. Instead of observing it from afar, he wants you to be the media—you, yourself. Mathison, a former executive with the Reuters news agency, takes the whole notion of 21st century media very seriously. In his new, self-published handbook, Be The Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your Message… Your Way, Mathison lays out how anyone can have a message and spread it using online tools ranging from standbys such as print, radio and video to blogs and podcasts. &nbsp; DAVID MATHISON podcast excerpt: "We're trying to teach people to repurpose your work and have a back end. The incremental revenue streams may be strong, but when you add them all up..." Forget the so-called media elites, the social media guru says—and as one of them I object!—and take control of spreading the word about your own project yourself, whether you’re the producer of music, films, podcasts, radio or television programs. I couldn’t agree more. And I would add that Mathison’s book, which you can order on Amazon.com or his website, BeTheMedia.org, is a perfect companion bookend for Guy Kawasaki’s most recent book, Reality Check. Together, these are 3 pounds, 13 ounces of paper you really should own and study. David Mathison Website • Twitter • Facebook • Chief Digital Officer Club • Order Be The Media from Amazon.com

1132 David Mathison, author, "Be The Media" 2010

2009: This should be an interesting show. We have a guest who is allergic to beer and a host who never touches the stuff. Naturally, the subject is… beer! Anat Baron is the director of a new documentary called Beer Wars. Now available for sale on DVD, it’s not a movie about rival frat houses—on second thought, maybe it is. Baron presents a sometimes tongue-in-cheek study have how the big three brewing companies—Anheuser-Busch, Coors and Miller—will stop at nothing to gobble up shelf space in your neighborhood convenience, grocery or liquor store and kick the little guys to the curb. Sprinkled throughout the film are familiar pop culture touchstones from old beer commercials to industrial films and even a word about competition from an imaginary beer, Duff. ANAT BARON podcast excerpt: "I was really interested by new consumers who are similar to those going to farmers markets, eating local foods, supporting small companies over large companies. People who are saying, 'Yes, I can buy chocolate from Hershey, but there is a guy down the street making it, too, and I want to support him.'" Baron, as I mentioned, is allergic to beer, but that didn’t stop her from becoming general manager of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, where she took the company from nowhere to $200 million in sales. Anat Baron Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • LinkedIn • Pinterest • YouTube

1133 Anat Baron, documentary filmmaker, "Beer Wars" 2009

2019: To me, the arrival of a new Ravi P.I. novel by Adi Tantimedh is like being handed a fresh-baked soft pretzel and a Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. I’m going to try and consume it slowly, savoring every biteand every sip. But in the end, I always give in to the impulse of zooming through because it’s just so damned good! Of course, when it’s gone, I’m left wanting another. And another. And with the third book in the series, Her Fugitive Heart, Tantimedh has such a commanding grip on what makes his characters swing through murder, intrigue, a secret, kinky sex club, deception, lies and – yes! – marriage that this installment is as good as the first two combined. ADI TANTIMEDH podcast excerpt: "Ravi is starting to realize that maybe the gods might be real that he might not be crazy after all" The real question: is this the end of Ravi’s adventures? Or is it just the beginning? Joining me today for the third time is the creator and author of the series. NOTE -- Due to some recording issues, this isn't the easiest audio to hear. We've fixed the problem going forward, but my apologies to Adi and to you! - Bob Andelman, Mr. Media. Adi Tantimedh&nbsp;Twitter •&nbsp;Bleeding Cool • Goodreads&nbsp;• LA Muse

1134 Adi Tantimedh, novelist, "Her Fugitive Heart" 2019

2010: Reports of the death of the TV hospital drama—foretold by the end of "ER" last season after 27 years on the air—were apparently premature. Showtime has "Nurse Jackie"; TNT has "HawthoRNe" and NBC is back with a new one that adds an "M," a "C" and a "Y" to "E" and "R" and that gives us "Mercy." (Oh, stop groaning—you saw that one coming a mile away.)&nbsp; JAMIE LEE KIRCHNER podcast excerpt: "It's a friendship show. It's like 'Sex and the City' with cheaper footwear. There's a lot of comedy; just when you think you know who these people are, they make a hard left turn."&nbsp; But alert Nurse Hathaway! In this network show, the nurses—not the doctors—are running the asylum. Starring Taylor Schilling, Michelle Tractenberg and my guest today, Jamie Lee Kirchner, "Mercy" lets viewers know who's really in charge on the floors. Jamie Lee Kirchner The Mob Doctor • Order Mercy: The Complete Series from Amazon.com

1135 Jamie Lee Kirchner actress, "Mercy" 2010

2019: NOTE — Due to some recording issues, this isn’t the easiest audio to hear. We’ve fixed the problem going forward, but my apologies to Jon and to you! – Bob Andelman, Mr. Media. I was a little young for underground comix at the height of their anti-establishment run at the end of the 1960s and early ‘70s, but still managed to discover them in my teens at places like Weird Harold’s Head Shop in Milltown, New Jersey, upstairs and around back from the Krauser’s Dairy Store. Most of the social humor and politics of the era went over my head at the time, but I always loved the art and gathered a small stack of those comix over time, spread among my piles of Marvels and DCs. The art of Robert Crumb – a.k.a., R. Crumb, a.k.a., Bob Crumb, a.k.a., just plain Crumb – always stood out. His style was unique unto itself, much as another of my favorites of the 1980s, Drew Friedman’s, was. They drew comics, but their heroes didn’t look like Kirby, Ditko, Romita or even Steranko. JON B. COOKE podcast excerpt: "(Crumb) thinks I'm a nut, so I think he sees a kindred spirit. I am a nut. But this is the book I would want." And Crumb, who often drew himself into his work, was so weird! It all comes together in my friend Jon. B. Cooke’s new oral history of Crumb’s long-running magazine, Weirdo. In The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology, Cooke interviews dozens upon dozens of creators who worked with Crumb, the man who created the magazine in 1981, and who was followed in time by artist Peter Bagge and Crumb’s artist wife, Aline Kominski, and recreates what it was like to work with Crumb and what the experience meant to them. It is a massive work by Cooke that even Crumb himself questions the logic of, although he admits he learned quite a bit about himself and his magazine by reading it. As for Cooke, who is a graphic designer by day and editor of Comic Book Creator magazine by night, he also worked with his brother Andrew on the documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. This is Jon’s third appearance on Mr. Media. Jon B. Cooke&nbsp;Website •&nbsp;Facebook • Goodreads&nbsp;• LinkedIn • Order Swampmen: Muck-Monsters of the Comics from Amazon.com

1136 Jon B. Cooke, author, "Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology" 2019

2019: One of the best novels I read in 2018 was Renèe Rosen’s Windy City Blues, in which she told the story of Chicago’s legendary Chess Records through the eyes of a fictionalized young woman who worked at the nascent blues and rock ‘n’ roll label. And even though she never existed in reality, you couldn’t help but come away from reading the book feeling like she was flesh and blood. I had the same experience with Rosen’s latest book, Park Avenue Summer. RENEE ROSEN&nbsp;podcast excerpt: "Helen Gurley Brown had this little doll's chair (in her 'Cosmopolitan' magazine office) on which she would sit and hold meetings because &nbsp;she&nbsp;never wanted anyone to feel intimidated. She always wanted everyone to feel bigger than her -- and everyone WAS bigger than her!" Once again, the author delivers up a slice of actual history by taking us through it in the persona of a young woman, named Alice Weiss. This time, Rosen takes her readers back in time to the moment in 1965 when Cosmopolitan magazine is on the verge of shutting down, only to be saved against all logic by an inexperienced new editor named Helen Gurley Brown, best known as the controversial and provocative author of Sex and the Single Girl. Rosen’s portrayal of Brown is incredible, as is her ability to capture an era that most of us know best through the eyes of TV’s Don Draper in “Mad Men.” If you ever watched that show, flip it on its ass and imagine it’s the magazine industry, instead of advertising, and that you’re seeing the start of the Swinging ‘60s and the sexual revolution through the eyes of women, not men. I can’t wait to find out what the author has planned for us next! Renèe Rosen Website • Facebook • Twitter • Goodreads

1137 Renee Rosen, novelist, "Park Avenue Summer," a roman à clef about Helen Gurley Brown 2019

2019: Pity the poor indie filmmaker. I’m sitting around for three years with nothing better to do than be anxious for Quincy Rose’s follow-up to the brilliantly titled and whack-a-doodle Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends, while he’s out hustling a budget, writing, directing, editing and submitting his latest creation, The Narcissists, to film festivals and seeking a distribution deal. Where does the time go? QUINCY ROSE podcast excerpt: "I don't know if (my godfather) Woody (Allen) watched 'The Narcissists'; I did send it to him but he's been busy shooting his newest film. But he did call me when my dad (Mickey Rose) was ill and he said, 'So I watched "Miles To Go" and yeah, I gotta tell you -- it's not a bad movie!' I thought that was the greatest compliments I could ever get from Woody. He doesn't think any of HIS films were good, so it was really great (to hear). He said it reminded him of what he used top do in his younger days." The good news is that, thanks to President Trump, at least today we can all spell “n-a-r-c-i-s-s-i-s-t-s,” so that’s one mountain climbed for the young filmmaker, who is the son of the late, legendary comedy writer Mickey Rose, one-time partner of Woody Allen. And Quincy is Woody’s godson, which might explain more tthan a few influences in the film, such as the long, loving camera shots of New York City, the sharp, biting conversation between the four principals, and the naming of the character of “Letty.” Letty Aronson is Woody’s sister’s name. Joining me today are Quincy Rose, who stars in the film as “Oliver,” and one of his co-stars, Augie Duke, who plays “Letty.” Quincy Rose Website •&nbsp; Twitter • IMDB • Vimeo • Facebook&nbsp;• Instagram • Vimeo • YouTube&nbsp;• Rotten Tomatoes Augie Duke Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Wikipedia • IMDB •  Getty Images • YouTube • Rotten Tomatoes

1138 Quincy Rose, director, star, Augie Duke, co-star, "The Narcissists" 2019

2019: If your faith in the United States Government has been shaken by political developments over the last three years, you’re apparently right where the political leaders and oligarchs of Russia want you to be. Oh, and President Donald Trump and his aides are likely complicit in this result. BARBARA SLATE podcast excerpt: "There is all this drama and madness created (around President Trump). Everybody is trying to protect him ... But he says (paraphrasing), 'That's was I did. So what?'" Those are among the clear takeaways from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s massive two-year, 400-plus-page report that few of us have read – including most Republicans serving in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Since we’re Americans living in the 21st century, we need everything boiled down and spoonfed with splendid simplicity. Sure, that’s what CNN and MSNBC have done with the Mueller Report, but graphic novelist Barbara Slate, a frequent guest to this show, has gone them one step further. She’s adopted it into a comic book. Mueller Report Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 reduces the horrifying hacking of American democracy to its essence in just 33 pages packed with political cheating and anti-American conspiracies. BARBARA SLATE podcast excerpt: "This is the most exciting project that I've ever done. I feel som passionate about the Mueller Report ... When was the last time you had a conversation when Trump was not mentioned?" Vol. 2 will soon follow. Our mutual friend, the late Will Eisner, the father of educational comics in the 1940s, would be proud. Barbara Slate Website • Facebook • Twitter

1139 Barbara Slate, artist, "Mueller Report Graphic Novel" 2019

2019: While I can’t tell you that I have read Lynn Johnston’s wonderful daily comic strip, “For Better or For Worse” from the very beginning in 1979, I can’t remember a time when The Patterson Family was not a part of my own family. I was a college sophomore when Lynn started. I remember becoming immediately attached to John and Elly’s daily adventures, raising their children, Michael and Elizabeth, their dog, Farley, getting to know their extended family—such as when Grandpa Jim started dating—and even the heart-breaking death of Farley. Lynn Johnston podcast excerpt: "Everybody my age was great (when I started in the business). But there were a bunch of old farts that were just awful! At one point, I was president of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) and they would draw naked pictures of me as I was conducting a meeting! But I drew naked pictures of my own and got back at them.It was hard; they would have preferred I make them coffee and serve them tea and not really run the meetings." When Mimi and I got married, we often read the strip together or shared a favorite. When Charlie was born, I related to the Patterson kids in new ways. And when Charlie started reading at four, I introduced him to collections of “For Better or For Worse” which he devoured over and over again. On any given day, “For Better or For Worse” could be funny, sweet, bittersweet or hauntingly dramatic – just like life in my own family or yours. Perhaps nothing about the strip was more shocking than the day in 2008 that Lynn announced she would no longer be producing new strips but would be re-releasing the original strip from day one, with occasional fixes to continuity and timeliness. Would that even work? It has and it does, with the strip continuing to appear in an astonishing 2,000 newspapers in 23 countries around the world. We are conducting this interview just days after learning of the sudden death of the former editor of Universal Press Syndicate, Lee Salem. And here is something Lynn and I share in common: Salem acquired both “For Better or For Worse” and Mr. Media, which started life in 1994 as a weekly syndicated newspaper column. Lynn Johnston Website • Facebook • Twitter • Pinterest • Instagram • Wikipedia • Amazon Author Page • Goodreads • Women in Comics Wiki • YouTube

1140 Lynn Johnston, cartoonist, "For Better or For Worse" 2019

To get in the right frame of mind for today’s interview, I set aside my usual German bologna and Muenster cheese sandwich and went with tuna fish. Because after all the Mayonnaise my wife mixes in with a can of tuna, it isn’t much about the fish, either. My guest today is Marshall Craig, a Yale man and Wharton MBA who says he frittered away most of his life making a living and raising a family when he could have been fishing. And while I know he loves his wife and family, I think he’s genuinely pretty serious about his lost time away from casting a line.  MARSHALL CRAIG podcast excerpt: "We&nbsp;don't just catch the&nbsp;whopper fish. We have friends we got out with, with whom we share the interaction,&nbsp;pushing the boat off, lunch or what we&nbsp;discuss (on the water) -- occasionally what we catch. But fishing is about more&nbsp;than just that finny thing you get at the end of your hook!"  If you’re a man or woman who likes to get away from civilization to fish in remote and exotic places, Marshall is the kind of guy you’ll want to do it with. I reached that conclusion based on the humorous essays found in his new memoir, You’ll Need A Guide: Fishing Stories That Aren’t Much About the Fish. In the interests of full disclosure, I want to share with you that my wife, Mimi, edited Marshall’s book and we liked it so much that we published under the Mr. Media Books imprint. It is available in paperback or ebook on Amazon or wherever you buy books about fishing. Marshall Craig Website

1141 Marshall Craig, author, "You'll Need A Guide: Fishing Stories That Aren't Much About the Fish"

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