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1,001 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsStraight out of Philly! Entertainer Steve Cooper is ”Only as hip as his guests”. He hosts Comedians, Actors, Writers and Musicians and spends an hour with them for some organic chat about the biz!
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Episodes
John Ales - Episode 409
August 15, 2015 18:09 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor John Ales. John is currently one of the stars of FX's hit show Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. He got his start as the host of MTV's Lip Service and then quickly started his professional acting career. He has been seen in movies including The Nutty Professor, Spy Hard and Nutty Professor II: Meet the Klumps and has appeared in countless TV shows such as Mad Men, The Mentalist, Longmire, Boomtown, Chicago Hope, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, In Plain Sight, CSI: Crime Scene In...
Marilyn Ghigliotti - Episode 408
August 13, 2015 02:55 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Marilyn Ghigliotti. Marilyn is best known for her role as Veronica in the indy classic Clerks. She initially pursued a career in cosmetology after graduating high school. But in 1988, she began studying at The Actors Training Institute located in New Jersey in the techniques of Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg. She followed her studies there with time in community theater where she performed in many productions. It was in response to auditions f...
Mike Rowe - Episode 407
August 12, 2015 02:33 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comedy Mike Rowe. Mike, as a teenager, started as a stand up comic in New York City where he performed at such notable clubs as The Improv, The Comedy Cellar and Caroline's. From there he landed a job writing jokes for SNL's Weekend Update and sketches for shows on MTV, A&E and Comedy Central. This soon brought him to Hollywood where he wrote on a comedy sketch show starring Martin Short. This led to his sitcom writing career where he wrote and produced shows for such ...
W. Earl Brown - Episode 406
August 09, 2015 18:35 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor W. Earl Brown. W. Earl's first major movie role came as a dialogue coach in the film Backdraft teaching actors to speak with a Chicago accent. He also had a brief appearance on-screen in the film. One of his first higher profile roles was as Cameron Diaz's mentally challenged brother Warren in There's Something About Mary. His other film credits include Scream (1996), Being John Malkovich (1999), Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), and The Alamo (2004) among many ...
Leah Krinsky - Episode 405
August 07, 2015 04:29 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer/therapist Leah Krinsky. Leah started out doing stand-up comedy in New York. After being a regular at all the city clubs and many TV spots, she shifted her focus to comedy writing. She started out on The Dennis Miller Show and then ended up on Dennis Miller Live where she was nominated for 6 Emmys and won 2. After years in that profession she focused on a different field and now is a licensed Therapist.
Keith Coogan - Episode 404
August 04, 2015 15:06 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Keith Coogan. Keith is the grandson of legendary character actor Jackie Coogan, and began his acting career doing TV commercials -- his first gig was as a stand-in in a McDonalds TV spot -- as well various TV shows and made-for-TV movies. He did the voice of Young Tod for the charming animated Disney picture The Fox and the Hound. His first on-screen role was as the smitten Brad Anderson in the delightful teen comedy cult favorite Adventures in Babysitting. He ga...
Larry Thomas Part 2 - Episode 403
August 02, 2015 16:37 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Larry Thomas. Larry is best known for his Emmy nominated role as the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld. His other credited acting gigs are on the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hot Properties, General Hospital, The Geena Davis Show, Martial Law, L.A. Heat, The Tony Danza Show, USA High, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction and many others and he has been in movies such as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Postal and Paranormal Calamity to name a few. A very p...
Larry Thomas Part 1 - Episode 402
July 31, 2015 17:28 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Larry Thomas. Larry is best known for his Emmy nominated role as the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld. His other credited acting gigs are on the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hot Properties, General Hospital, The Geena Davis Show, Martial Law, L.A. Heat, The Tony Danza Show, USA High, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction and many others and he has been in movies such as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Postal and Paranormal Calamity to name a few. A very p...
Jamie Alcroft and Philip Proctor - Episode 401
July 27, 2015 23:29 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comics/actors Jamie Alcroft and Philip Proctor. Jamie and Philip are the stars of the YouTube hit Boomers on a Bench. Jamie has been entertaining audiences as one-half of the comedy duo Mack & Jamie for over 25 years. They had been working together for less than two years when the call came from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His audience howled at their fast-paced bits, and they were asked back immediately. That and other TV appearances led to their own syndica...
Randy Ryan - Episode 400
July 24, 2015 17:25 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Randy Ryan. Randy worked in NYC theatre for 10 years before moving to Los Angeles. His first TV role was in the final episode of Sex & the City on HBO. He also played Julius Rice in Public Enemies and wrote Joy Division, a short film that debuted nationally at the Nantucket Film Festival and has appeared in dozens of hit TV shows. A US Army XVIII Airborne Corps veteran, he has been a spokesperson for the Farmer Veteran Coalition, which helps combat veterans reint...
Anthony Starke - Episode 399
July 21, 2015 23:49 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Anthony Starke. Anthony is well known for his one episode role in Seinfeld playing the 3rd person-speaking character Jimmy, as well as playing Jack on The George Carlin Show on Fox. His first screen role playing quadriplegic teenager Dean Conroy in the CBS Movie of the Week, First Steps and his first feature film was Nothing in Common. He also played Truman-Lodge in the James Bond film License to Kill and other movie credits include Return of the Killer Tomatoes...
Peter Breitmayer - Episode 398
July 19, 2015 16:34 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Peter Breitmayer. Peter started his professional acting career at Dudley Riggs BraveNew Workshop and worked in numerous professional Theatres in the Minneapolis area over the next eight years, did dozens of OC and VO Commercials, and landed roles in several Hollywood produced films shooting in the state including Drop Dead Fred, Jingle All the Way, Larry Nordic and The Stranger Within. He moved to LA in 1996 and has since worked regularly in television, film, com...
Peter Mehlman - Episode 397
July 16, 2015 18:38 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer Peter Mehlman. Peter's first job out of college was as a writer for the Washington Post. He slid to television in 1982, writing for SportsBeat with Howard Cosell. From 1985-90, he returned to forming full sentences as a writer for numerous national publications including The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, and a multitude of women’s magazines. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles, where he bumped into Larry David, whom he’d met twice in New York. David, develo...
Jim O'Heir - Episode 396
July 14, 2015 23:08 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talk with actor Jim O'Heir. Jim is best known for his role as Associate Director Jerry Gergich in NBC's critically acclaimed comedy Parks and Recreation. A Chicago native, Jim has worked successfully in every medium as a well-known character actor. His ability to move easily between drama and comedy in role after role is a testament to his skill and adeptness. Upon moving to Los Angeles in the late 90's, he got rave reviews on stage in the cult classic Stumpy's Gang which garnere...
Claudia Christian - Episode 395
July 12, 2015 15:17 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor/writer/singer/musician Claudia Christian. Claudia is best known for her four year stint as Commander Susan Ivanov on the syndicated sci-fi series, Babylon 5. She got her start with a 1984 guest-spot on Dallas, which she parlayed into regular roles on short-lived series like Berringer's and Blacke's Magic, as well many guest-starring appearances in episodic TV on shows such as NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, Relic Hunter, Everwood, Criminal Minds, Castle and The Mentalist. ...
William Morgan Sheppard - Episode 394
July 10, 2015 16:50 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor William Morgan Sheppard. WIlliam graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts 1958 before spending 12 years as Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared on Broadway in 1966 with Marat/Sade and later in 1975 with Sherlock Holmes. He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for The Homecoming in 1995, at the Matrix Theatre. He appeared in several episodes of different series of Star Trek, as well as the feature films Star Trek VI:...
Scott MacDonald - Episode 393
July 08, 2015 23:54 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Scott MacDonald. Scott is a veteran character actor with an extensive and eclectic list of credits in film, television, commercials, voice overs and on the legit stages of regional theaters across the U.S. and on Broadway. He has voiced or appeared in hundreds of national commercials and CD ROM games. He is one of a rare cadre of actors who have guest starred on all four of the modern Star Trek series as no less than 6 different creatures. He has performed Hamlet...
Michael McDonald - Episode 392
July 07, 2015 02:02 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor/director/writer Michael McDonald. Michael got his start training with the Groundlings started working in television, landing guest spots on Seinfeld, Ellen, Just Shoot Me and News Radio before landing on MAD TV in 1998. During his ten-year run, he created several weird characters - most notably man-child Stuart Larkin, Marvin Tikkvah Rusty Miller, and The Depressed Persian Tow Truck Man. In 2007, he left MAD TV and went on to guest star on more television shows, ...
Kent Kasper - Episode 391
July 04, 2015 17:04 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor/comic Kent Kasper. Kent was a New York City Assistant District Attorney in 1985 and then spent 14 years touring as a National Headline Stand-Up Comedian and making various TV appearances before coming to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting. Since then he has been a very busy actor who is constantly working. He made numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has been seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live! He has also guest starred on many popular series inc...
Brian Tichy - Episode 390
July 02, 2015 23:10 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with drummer Brian Tichy. Brian is best known for playing with Whitesnake, Foreigner, Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol. A graduate of Berklee College of Music he has also played with Seether, Velvet Revolver, Pride & Glory, Slash's Snakepit and many others. While he has primarily toured and recorded with others playing drums, he has fronted his own band, Ball, in which he sings and plays guitar. His writing partnership with Billy Idol sparked the recording of Billy Idol's first...
Julie Brown _ Episode 389
July 01, 2015 00:11 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor/writer/singer/producer Julie Brown. Julie’s outrageous talent brought her to the stand-up comedy scene in LA and San Francisco in the 80s, where she quickly grabbed the attention of the gay community. Discovered by comedy legend Lily Tomlin, her life changed forever when Tomlin cast her in The Incredible Shrinking Woman. After writing and starring in Earth Girls Are Easy with Jim Carrey & Geena Davis, she skyrocketed into the national spotlight. Some of her other...
Juan Alderete- Episode 388
June 27, 2015 18:23 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with bassist Juan Alderete. Juan met renowned guitarist Paul Gilbert in 1985 and the two started the ground-breaking metal outfit, Racer X. The band released two studio albums, both of which showcased the band’s incredible speed, dexterity and skill in what many have dubbed “shred metal.” After releasing couple of live records, the members of Racer X went their separate ways in 1988, but reformed eleven years later, recording Technical Difficulties and touring throughout ...
Jim Turner - Episode 387
June 24, 2015 16:52 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Jim Turner. Jim is probably best known as ex-football-star-turned-agent Kirby Carlisle on the HBO comedy, ARLI$$ and as the perpetually out-of-sorts hippy, Randee of the Redwoods, that MTV ran for President in 1988. Turner has carved out his television career of playing lots of small town doctors, lawyers, preachers, and teachers on Grey's Anatomy, Perception, Franklin & Bash, Happy Endings, Castle, Big Bang Theory, Young & the Restless, Boston Legal, Dharma & Gr...
Tony Luke Jr. - Episode 386
June 21, 2015 17:11 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with entrepreneur/restaurateur/actor/musician Tony Luke Jr. Tony opened a sandwich shop in South Philadelphia in 1990 and Tony Luke's has turned into an international brand with 22 stores currently open in Bahrain, the Mid-Atlantic region and Florida. Tony Luke's has twice been hailed by Gourmet Magazine for quality and innovation, renowned by GQ Magazine, The New York Times and is a member of Philly Mag's Hall of Fame. The sandwich shop is featured on episodes of Throwdow...
Frank Nicotero - Episode 385
June 19, 2015 17:26 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with host/comic Frank Nicotero. Frank started his stand-up comedy career in Pittsburgh. His career eventually moved him to LA where an appearance on Lifetime TV’s game show DEBT hosted by the legendary Wink Martindale won him over $14,000. He ended up writing and producing various game shows and got his big break when he was asked to help write and produce a pilot called Street Smarts and then hosted the gig for over 5 years. After the show ended he dove back into standup w...
Jason Sutter - Episode 384
June 17, 2015 17:04 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with drummer Jason Sutter. Jason has recorded, performed and toured with such artists as: The Rembrandts, Kenny Babyface Edmonds, Pink, The Campfire Girls, Joe Walsh, Butch Walker, Our Lady Peace, Dean and Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) as well as many others. He has also made numerous television and feature film appearances Including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The late show with David Letterman. In 2001 he was cast in Stanley Kubr...
Fred Melamed - Episode 383
June 14, 2015 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Fred Melamed. Fred's voice became a familiar presence on television, serving as the sound of the Olympics, Mercedes Benz, CBS Sports, USA Network, the Superbowl, and numerous commercials and television programs. He became known within the industry as a voice actor, appearing in the Grand Theft Auto series, and dubbing several actors' entire performances in films. But it was for his portrayal of sensitive villain Sy Ableman, in Joel and Ethan Coen's 2009 film, A S...
Matt Starr - Episode 382
June 12, 2015 17:21 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with drummer Matt Starr. Matt is a Los Angeles based drummer/vocalist, clinician, educator, Modern Drummer contributor and producer. He recently filled in for Mr. Big drummer Pat Torpey on their latest tour. He spent 3 years as the touring & recording drummer for KISS founding member Ace Frehley. He is also a member of Burning Rain and in the past has worked with Kevin Dubrow, Dizzy Reed, Love/Hate, Beautiful Creatures and many others. He is the creator of Who's Next Publis...
Melinda McGraw - Episode 381
June 09, 2015 15:32 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Melinda McGraw. Melinda was a regular this past season on the shows NCIS, State of Affairs and Crisis and can be seen in the new TNT series Proof which premieres this month. She has played numerous recurring roles in television for over two decades. From her first major role in The Commish, she went on to appear in prominent guest roles for shows such as The X Files, The District, Inconceivable, The West Wing, Journeyman, Ben and Kate, Men of a Certain Age, Hank...
Craig Shoemaker - Episode 380
June 06, 2015 16:26 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comic Craig Shoemaker. Craig is most known for his unmistakably engaging, iconic, baritone-voiced character, The Lovemaster. But his stand-up has been seen by millions in his decades of successful stand-up comedy. His specials have been aired on Showtime, HBO, ABC, CBS, NBC and just about every other major network and has been seen in TV shows and movies like Parks & Recreation, The Bold and The Beautiful and Scream 2. He also has been heard in Pleasantville, many char...
Peter Murnik - Episode 379
June 03, 2015 02:39 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Peter Murnik. Peter started to study acting in Hollywood in 1985, and has never looked back. He is best known for his current role of Hershel Jenkins in Granite Flats and as trooper Tom Bergen in Justified. His Journeyman career has now spanned nearly 30 years, including over 50 guest-starring spots on episodic TV series, roughly 100 commercials, and 30+ movie roles. Some of his credits include Quantum Leap, Father of the Bride, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure, It's ...
Ali Spagnola - Episode 378
May 31, 2015 02:02 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with Ali Spagnola. Ali is a pop/rock/electro musician. She created a Power Hour Drinking Game Album that contains 60 one-minute songs that are also a drinking game. She self-released the album on a USB drive kept within a shot glass. She has also created several of the ringtones shipped on multiple android phones. In 2008, she started a project called Free Paintings. She takes requests online via email about what she should paint. She fills one request a day creating a 12x...
Mark Moses - Episode 377
May 23, 2015 14:26 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Mark Moses. Mark is probably best known for his roles as Duck Phillips on Mad Men, Dennis Boyd in Homeland and Paul Young in Desperate Housewives. He made his film debut in the Best Picture Academy Award winner Platoon and then appeared in Born on the Fourth of July and The Doors, each directed by Oliver Stone. Among his other movies have been Ridley Scott’s Someone to Watch Over Me, Ronald Maxwell’s Gettysburgh, Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact, Sean McNamara’s Race t...
Jamal Doman - Episode 376
May 21, 2015 18:56 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comic Jamal Doman. Jamal is a Philadelphia native who started doing stand-up in his hometown in 1993. In 1998 he moved to Hollywood and quickly became an industry favorite. Soon he landed spots on such shows as Showtime At The Apollo, BET's Comicview, Martin Lawrence Presents The 1st Amendment, Comics Unleashed and Who Wants To Date A Comedian. For the love of his country, he has also performed around the world for US troops in such places as Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, ...
Nick Searcy - Episode 375
May 18, 2015 17:30 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Nick Searcy. Nick a consistent presence in American film and television for almost twenty years and a Peabody Award winner, has starred in independent films as well as studio blockbuster hits, including The Ugly Truth, The Last Song, Castaway, The Fugitive, Head of State, Runaway Jury, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Blood Done Sign My Name, The Dead Girl, An American Crime, Moneyball and Fried Green Tomatoes among others. On television, Nick was a series reg...
Lew Schneider - Episode 374
May 14, 2015 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with TV writer/producer Lew Schneider. Lew got his start in stand-up comedy working the clubs in NY and around the country. His comedy was seen on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and HBO's One Night Stand. He also hosted Nickelodeon's game show Make the Grade which led to starring in two sitcoms, Wish You Were Here and Down the Shore. Soon after that he started writing for television where his credits include The George Wendt Show, The John Laroquette Show and the Naked tr...
Michael Aston - Episode 373
May 12, 2015 16:31 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with musician Michael Aston. Michael Aston is the founding member, lead singer and leader of Gene Loves Jezebel. 1989 he left Gene Loves Jezebel due to his unhappiness with the direction of the band and strained relations with his twin brother, Jay. Moving to California, he started The Immigrants which eventually became Edith Grove. Edith Grove released its debut album to rave reviews and he eventually decided to tone things down a bit and he wrote and released his fir...
Lucky Lehrer - Episode 372
May 10, 2015 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with drummer Lucky Lehrer. Lucky is a drummer from Los Angeles, California who was voted the best punk drummer of all-time by fanzine, Flipside. He was originally trained in jazz but most famously played in LA punk rock bands, particularly the Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Bad Religion, Darby Crash Band and LA's Wasted Youth, among others. He also appeared in three notable documentary films charting the punk rock music scene. He is the brother of LA's Wasted Youth guitaris...
Phoef Sutton - Episode 371
May 01, 2015 16:31 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer Phoef Sutton. Phoef started his career at the NBC television show Cheers. He stayed with the show for eight years, working his way up from staff writer to executive producer, winning two Emmys and a Writer’s Guild Award. After Cheers, he has produced and created a number of television shows and consulted on others, including News Radio and Boston Legal. He is honored to have won a Peabody Award, a GLAAD award and a Television Academy Honors award for this work o...
Anthony Rich - Episode 370
April 29, 2015 14:52 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with director Anthony Rich. Anthony has worked on over four hundred episodes of prime-time network television and is currently a Director and First Assistant Director on the hit CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. He has directed nine episodes of the series, and in 2014, earned his first DGA Award nomination as Outstanding Comedy Director for the season six episode, The Love Spell Potential. In addition he has also directed multiple episodes of Mom starring Anna Faris and Alli...
Cindy Caponera - Episode 369
April 26, 2015 19:42 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer Cindy Caponera. Cindy honed her comedy with two stints in at The Second City in Chicago and began her television writing career with the early Comedy Central series, Exit 57. She then landed a writing job with Saturday Night Live and after that has worked as a writer or producer on various shows that include Norm, My Boys, Sherri, Ground Floor, and Sunny with a Chance plus Showtime’s Shameless and Nurse Jackie. She recently published her collection of essays, I ...
John Riggi - Episode 368
April 22, 2015 16:05 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer/comic/director John Riggi. John is an Emmy-winning writer, director and producer. He started his career as a stand-up comedian, logging appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, as well his own comedy stand up special on HBO. He made the transition from stand-up comedian to television writer when he began work as a staff writer on The Dennis Miller Show. From there he worked on -- and eventually became the head writer on -- the award winning Larry San...
Felicia Michaels - Episode 367
April 19, 2015 16:35 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comic Felicia Michaels. Felicia has appeared on such networks as MTV, A&E, Comedy Central, VH1 and Showtime. Not to mention NBC, ABC and FOX. She also was the Comedy Grand Champion on Star Search. Her first comedy CD, Lewd Awakenings, landed her on XM Satellite’s list of top 100 jokes. She was nominated twice as Funniest Female by the American Comedy Awards before clinching it. Breaks from touring were supplemented with film and photography courses at NYU and The New S...
E.G. Daily - Episode 366
April 17, 2015 19:41 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor/singer E.G. Daily. E.G. has starred in more than twenty feature films as an actress and leaped to the top of the charts as a singer/songwriter. Recently E.G. had a role in a Nick Cassavetes film called My Sister’s Keeper and starred as Candy in Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects. Her credits also include Street Music, Valley Girl, Streets of Fire, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Fandango, Loverboy, and Dogfight. She has done voices for numerous animated series, including ...
Catherine Hicks - Episode 365
April 15, 2015 15:17 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Catherine Hicks. Catherine is best known for her role as preacher's wife Annie Camden on the drama 7th Heaven which she played for 11 seasons. She first rose to prominence as Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera Ryan's Hope, a role she played from 1976 to 1978. In 1979, she was one of the leads in the television version of The Bad News Bears and in 1982 she took the lead role in the comedy/detective series Tucker's Witch opposite Tim Matheson. Supporting roles i...
Nick Bakay - Episode 364
April 13, 2015 16:22 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with writer/actor Nick Bakay. Nick got his start when he a became a contributing editor for The National Lampoon Magazine, which led to a writing job and starring roles in two cable series, Night After Night and Sports Monster. After landing a job as a writer and sidekick/announcer on the syndicated The Dennis Miller Show, he decided it was time to move to Los Angeles. Since that time, he has written and performed in numerous television series including What's So Funny?, Sh...
Phil Hendrie - Episode 363
April 10, 2015 15:21 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with radio legend Phil Hendrie. Phil is a creative genius chock full of character, comedy and commentary. He is famous for concocting a cast of fictional characters, all of whom he plays on air while simultaneously serving as host of his national talk radio program, Hendrie actually started out as a disc jockey at WBJW 1440 AM in Winter Park, Fla., a suburb of Orlando. After 15 years working as a disc jockey at stations across the country, he moved to Los Angel...
Ritch Shydner - Episode 362
April 08, 2015 15:48 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with comic Ritch Shydner. Ritch made numerous appearances on TV in the 80s, including Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno and he did an HBO half-hour special, One Night Stand. He played Al Bundy’s co-worker on Married with Children and made guest appearances on many other TV shows, such as Designing Women and Roseanne. He was able to translate his modest success on TV into an obscure film career, appearing in Steve Marti...
Peter Dobson - Episode 361
April 06, 2015 21:42 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor Peter Dobson. Peter was 21 when he landed his first starring role - after being chosen from a nation wide search - in the Tri-Star Pictures musical, Sing, from the producers of Fame and Footloose. This was followed by the critically acclaimed adaptation of Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn, and Neil Simon's The Marrying Man. Director Robert Zemeckis cast him in the title role of the short lived but highly acclaimed comedy TV series CBS's Johnny Bago, which led...
David Starzyk - Episode 360
April 03, 2015 15:26 - 1 hour - 55 MBSteve Cooper talks with actor David Starzyk. David started out on stage productions in New York and Boston before moving to Los Angeles. Since being in LA he has amassed an impressive resume which includes recurring roles on such shows as Desperate Housewives, 7th Heaven, Charmed, NYPD Blue, Boston Legal, Days of Our Lives, Pacific Blue, Veronica's Closet, The Young and the Restless, Hot and Cleveland and many others. He has also guest starred on series like Person of Interest, Castle, iCarly...