Who doesn't love a parade? This week we are joined by Ken Reid of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast to talk about Disney parades on TV and in the parks.

Episode 16: Disney Parades

July 23 - August 5, 2007

This week Ken welcomes old friend, animation writer Marly Halpern-Graser back to the show.

Ken and Marly discuss the last time he was on the show, SEVEN years ago, Marly's new MCU podcast with his brother, Thai food, Ken and Marly's tradition of getting Italian food in L.A., the influence of Sleeping Beauty on Italian Horror films, Aquaman, how much people get paid in Hollywood, pitching shows, when Marly first moved to L.A., Heroes, Lost, the 2007 Sci-Fi TV boom,  I Hate My 30s, VH1's original programming, BBC America showing Star Trek, Doctor Who, getting into Tom Baker, how Ken was the "put together" stand up in the 00s, Zebro, Chocolate Cake City, making online content in the early days of the internet, Shark Week, Snakes on a Plane, Back to the Future/Brokeback Mountain mashups, San Diego Comic Con, Emerson College, Kevin Bright, Hulu, how much it costs to set somebody on fire, making Nazis the heroes, The Gifted, watch parties, the weird sad end of Stan Lee, the mystery of why Ken has never been on the Warner Bros lot, Loonatics, Legion of Superheroes, The Batman, living in an apartment building for child actors, being more open minded about TV, Ken re-writing the New Mutants movie, Siskel & Ebert, confusing Batman '89 and Batman '66, Ken never watching the Jon Stewart era of The Daily Show, Steven Segal movies, when Jeremy Piven got punched in the dick at a comedy club in Boston, why videos of bad people getting hurt are always funny, the grape stomping news blooper, when Superboy fought Spider-Man, The Greatest Open Mic in the History of the World, Right Now Kapow, feeling thrilled and then instantly embarrassed when Graham Linehan gave you a compliment, Buckaroo Banzai, how there are five new Spongebobs this week, Code Monkeys, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The Naked Brothers Band, real life superheroes, The Simpsons, MoreMAX, HBO II, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, how hard Joey failed, and how Ken is probably responsible for The Mighty Boosh airing on Adult Swim.

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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 520: Marly Halpern-Graser II

Ken Reid joins Jay & Jay to review 1989's UHF Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff. Check out Ken's awesome podcast TV Guidance Counselor and all his stuff at www.ikenreid.com

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"Weird Al"Bums #6 UHF Original Motion Picture Soundtrack & Other Stuff (1989)

Giulia and Will talk to Kambri Crews and Christian Finnegan about anniversaries, divorce and more!

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Episode 35: Kambri Crews & Christian Finnegan

Michael Myers stopped by the studio on his way to Haddonfield and Leaping Loomis' thorazine did we sit down for a chat. I found him to be almost inhumanly patient. It was an honor to have him and I wish him the best on all future endeavors.

Special Halloweenisode - Michael Myers aka The Shape

Labyrinth is that Bowie/Jim Henson movie I saw once. Virginia Jones (@badiniadones),&nbsp; standup comic and delight, has seen it A LOT. I learn Jennifer Connelly invented Cosplay. Holy smokes with this movie. I learn stuff I didn’t know about Goth. It’s a delight. 2:30 RIGHT away we find out about “Dark Nerds” and the game “REAL DOG/PUPPET DOG” 16:30 we Weed off into discussing our opinion of Birds. 39:13 Me with a great question, as Bowie is musician, “is there a soundtrack?” Donate to The Dork Forest at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon,&nbsp;iTunes&nbsp;and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ &nbsp; USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness.&nbsp;   Audio leveling by Patrick Brady&nbsp; Music is by Mike Ruekberg&nbsp; Website design by Vilmos: www.hiredguncoding.com Feb intro Phone Bonus.

Labyrinth with Virginia Jones - Ep. 450

Always Meet Your Heroes.

Today Ken welcomes writer, director, actor, Bonnie Hunt to the show.

Ken and Bonnie discuss horse roommates, the huge deal of TV Guide, The Building, George Clooney, being a story teller, Bonnie's status as the first woman to write and star in her own show, ignorant innovation, Cheers, heart, the importance of Character, Don Lake, Bonnie, Life with Bonnie, refusing to recast, Chicago, Second City, improv, shooting in real time, Grand, Davis Rules, Jonathan Winters, taking three days off from being a cancer nurse to act in Rain Man, the writer's room, turning down Designing Women, Audrey Meadows, The Honeymooners, blue collar shows, coming from a big family, the pop culture shift from co-dependents to independents, Frankie, defense mechanisms, three camera sitcoms, SCTV, John Candy, Only the Lonely, Martin Short, the power of taking your second thought, the medicinal power of laughter, Mad Magazine, Fernwood 2 Night, believing in your crew, creating a good work environment, why dogs are the best, Don Lake, hiring a ghost writing staff, advice from Carl Reiner, Easter eggs, Topo's, late night movies with mom, setting a tone, making responsible entertainment, musicals, hate watching, lazy TV, Danse Macabre, It, Get Out, Carol O'Connor, keeping the old guys in, the sadness of the dog in Return to Me, Norman Lear, All in the Family, One Day at a Time, how life can change in a moment, respect and power of sincerity.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 286: Bonnie Hunt

He’s written all the characters I think. I’ve read SO MANY of them. I am excited, but I act cool. Mark Waid www.markwaid.com is one of my favorite comic book writers and he loves him some SUPERMAN. Let’s do this.  AD: $20 off a pile of contacts! www.SimpleContacts.com/dorkforest20 or put in dorkforest20 at checkout. Donate to The Dork Forest at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon,&nbsp;iTunes&nbsp;and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/&nbsp; USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness.&nbsp; Audio leveling by Patrick Brady&nbsp; Music is by Mike Ruekberg&nbsp; Website design by Vilmos: www.hiredguncoding.com

Superman CARES w Mark Waid

This is a song found on a cassette tape, intended to inspire GTE salespeople to crank it up.

Power Hits

Crank It Up 1989

Reid began performing stand up comedy while a student at Goldsmiths, University of London in the UK . He returned to Boston in 2003 and became a regular performer at The Comedy Studio in Cambridge, MA.
Reid was a member of comedy troupe "The Untrainables", a group of stand up performers who formed around The Walsh Brothers' "Great and Secret" comedy show at ImprovBoston.

He has performed and presented at the 2006 Boston Music Awards, was the Comic in Residence at the Comedy Studio in September 2006, appeared several times in the Women in Comedy Festival, performed in the 2009 Charleston Comedy Festival, the 2009 AltCom Festival, the 2010, 2011 and 2013 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festivals, the 2013 Boston Edition of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the 2013 Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The inaugural Nines music festival in 2013, the inaugural Riot LA festival in 2012 and the second Riot LA festival in 2014.

From September 2008 to December 2012 Reid was the regular Friday night host at The Comedy Studio. In January 2013 Reid took over Thursday nights at the Comedy Studio from Sean Sullivan. Reid's show "Ken Reid's Secret Menu" ran every Thursday in 2013 at the Comedy Studio.

Reid has performed four one man shows, "Cusack Attack", "Very Special Episode", "Music to My Years" and "Shirt Tales". In September 2010 Reid performed "Very Special Episode" at the UCB Theater in New York.
He has toured with Todd Barry, and been the opening act for Patton Oswalt, Bob Saget, John Oliver, Jen Kirkman, Kevin McDonald, Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray and Eugene Mirman. In May 2012 he also performed as part of a special performance of John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders variety show at Brown University called the "Cabinet of Unspeakable Wonders"

He was featured in a photo spread for The Improper Bostonian magazine in their June 2009 Sex and Love issue recreating the iconic Marilyn Monroe final photo shoot.

In 2009 he was featured in an ad campaign for jokes.com that ran on Comedy Central.

In September 2009 Reid was featured in Time Out New York as their "Joke of the Week". 

In 2010 and 2012 he was nominated by The Boston Phoenix as Best Comedian in Boston. In 2013 he was named "One of Boston's Best Comics and Stand Up Comedians" by CBS 4 Boston.

Reid is known for his story telling, and he has appeared on The Moth, Risk!, Mortified, and Stripped Stories. He is also the creator of "The Damaged Goods Auction" a story telling show in which performers tell stories about objects from their lives and then actually auction the object off to the audience.

Reid is also a frequent podcast guest and has appeared on Hang Out with Me with Myq Kaplan, Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction on the Nerdist, Put Your Hands Together, You're the Expert and Risk.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 286: Bonnie Hunt

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