Rarified Heir Podcast
233 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsHost Josh Mills brings together a wide variety of adult children of celebrities for a fun, funny, bizarre, jaw-dropping, strange and wonderful look behind celebrity, by the people that know them best: their very own children.
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Episodes
Episode # 129: John Denney (Dodo Denney)
May 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBToday on an encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast we spoke to John Denney, founding member and lead singer of the iconic punk band The Weirdos whose mother could make a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew, the one and only Dodo Denney. You likely remember Dodo as Mike TV’s mother in Williy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory but chances are you will remember her from a ton of television commercials, sitcoms, movies and the like. And if you lived in Kansas City during the 1950s, you likely rem...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #128: Cam Clarke (The King Family)
May 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBToday on another encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cam Clarke, whose face you might not recognize but whose voice, you certainly will. Cam is a member – the youngest member perhaps – of the King Family as well as the son of cult actor Robert Clarke. As a member of “The First Family of Song”, Cam literally grew up around show business, starting as a child in an oh-so-very wholesome family show who sang at inauguration of US Presidents as well as The Hollywood Bow...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #127: Bobby Brooks Wilson (Jackie Wilson)
April 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bobby Brooks Wilson, son of Mr. Excitement, Mr. Soul, the amazing singer/performer Jackie Wilson. Now as you know, the theme of this podcast is : a child of a celebrity, interviewed by a child of a celebrity. So that hasn’t changed at all with this interview. However, there is something vastly different about thisinterview with Bobby Brooks Wilson than any other interview we have ever done and likely, will ever do. And it’s coming up next....
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #126: Gigi Garner (James Garner)
April 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we are speaking with Gigi Garner, daughter of actor James Garner. Gigi was a fun interview to do because she spent so much time with her father both on camera and off. Yes she was on the set of The Rockford Files, yes we talk about her dad’s breakout role in Maverick which led to a very public and very personal lawsuit that Jim ultimately won, but also how they shared the camera in a Polaroid commercial, that was omnipresent in the 1980s. ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #125 : Eden Alpert Encore (Herb Alpert)
April 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we talk to Eden Alpert, daughter of great trumpet player and record label owner, Herb Alpert. We talk about Herb’s youth growing up in LA, his Jewish roots, his songwriting career and ultimately his massive instrumental hits “A Taste of Honey” with the Tijuana Brass, his solo hit “Rise” as well as his vocal smash “This Guy’s In Love With You.” Put it this way, in the 1960s, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were the only other artist to knoc...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #124: Michael Simmons (Matty Simmons)
April 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to journalist Michael Simmons whose father, Matty Simmons was the Chairman of the Board and guiding force behind the National Lampoon empire. It’s tough to overstate just how important National Lampoon has been to American comedy and comedy they world over. Launching in the1970s and continuing throughout the 1980s, this satirical magazine begat radio shows, stage plays, television shows and films like Animal House and Vacation, National Lamp...
Rarified Heir Podcast #123: Jon Klages (Enoch Light)
March 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to musician and ace copy editor Jon Klages, whose grandfather, musician/producer/record label owner Enoch Light likely was the genesis of the Stereo revolution. Yes, you heard me right, classically trained violinist Enoch Light was one of, if not the first, to realize that by placing more than one microphone in a recording studio, you could create a fuller, more dynamic sound to your then, Hi-Fi, and now Stereo system today. Whoa. While Enoch rel...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #122: Sara Karloff (Boris Karloff)
March 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we speak to Sara Karloff, daughter of the great Boris Karloff. We spoke to Sarah about her English gentleman father who loved animals and gardening and rose bushes as well as being the face of the iconic monster in Frankensteinand it’s many offshoots. In fact, we talk about just how different the man was from the role he’s best known for. We talk about Karloff’s acting, spoken word albums and silent movie career, including a nearly four hour cut of King of...
Rarified Heir Podcast #121: Deanna Brown Thomas (James Brown)
March 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Deanna Brown-Thomas, whose father was none other than Mr. Dynamite aka, The Godfather of Soul aka “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business”. We are of course talking about the legendary James Brown. When Deanna agreed to be a guest on the podcast we had no idea just how honest and forthcoming she would be talking about her father. In fact, she used the word ‘transparency’ and that’s exactly what our interview was like. Outspoken, honest,...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #120: Amanda Gari Encore (Eddie Cantor)
March 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Amanda Gari, granddaughter, old Banjo Eyes himself, Eddie Cantor. Amanda was a great guest who talked about her loving, if somewhat. compromised grandfather she knew after a series of medical events slowed him down. We talk to Amanda about the massive star Eddie Canter was from the 1920s to the 1960s. He worked with everyone from Will Rogers & W.C. Fields, wrote an iconic song we all know as “Merry Melodies” and made a hit of the song “Sa...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #119: Bill Funt Encore (Allen Funt)
February 28, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, “in the morning, in the evening…ain't we got Funt?”* That’s right, it’s an encore episode with Bill Funt, son of Allen Funt. We speak to Bill about growing up the son of perhaps THE pioneer of reality television whose Candid Camera TV show was a major hit on American television for decades and was just one of the versions in a long line of Candid incarnations which spanned radio, cable TV and film as well. We spoke to Bill about everything from a legitim...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #118: Drew Friedman (Bruce Jay Friedman)
February 21, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to master illustrator, painter and cartoonist Drew Friedman, son of writer/screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman. And when we say writer, we mean a writer – short stories, essays, Broadway plays, films, novels – you name it and Bruce Jay Friedman did it. From screenplays like hit films like Splash and Stir Crazy to less, how do we say this, successful films like Doctor Detroit, Bruce Jay Friedman walked in both the literary and pop culture worlds, ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #117: Josh Langsam (Cab Calloway)
February 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Josh Langsam, the grandson of the one and only Cab Calloway. Now aside from having a great name, Josh tells host Josh Mills about the legacy, the history and the future of one of America’s greatest entertainers of all-time. Starting in the 1920’s Cab Calloway was a band leader, performer, author, singer, actor, song writer and his influence ranged from live performances, recorded music, film, animation, fashion – the guy did it all. He w...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 116: Gary Hall (Huntz Hall)
February 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gary Hall, son of actor/comedian Huntz Hall. Like many of our episodes, we find that there are way more questions than there is time to answer and this episode was absolutely one of them. We talk to Gary about, of course, The Bowery Boys and the Dead End Kids of which Huntz Hall a part of since the first Broadway show in 1935 to the last incarnation of the gang in 1958. As Sach Jones, Hall was featured in literally a couple hundred short f...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #115: Kelly Carlin Encore (George Carlin)
January 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present another encore episode, this time with Kelly Carlin, daughter of iconic stand-up comedian George Carlin. We spoke with Kelly, who we met at the National Comedy Center in 2018 and who was essentially the impetus for the podcast about a variety of subjects. Some of the great things we chat about with Kelly are her memoir, A Carlin Home Companion : Growing Up with George, her career as a monologuist and therapist, her iconic dad’s humor, his early ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #114: Josh Davis & Tony Davis Encore
January 24, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we bring you an encore edition with brothers Josh Davis and Anthony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis wrote and produced episodes of classic television shows like “Bewitched,” “The Odd Couple” and “Bewitched” among many others. We love this episode because frankly with all the connections to guests we’ve had in the past, host Josh Mills and both Davis’ have known each other since Kindergarten and spent the majority of their youth growing up together. From sch...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #113 : Susannah Mars (Kenneth Mars)
January 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Susannah Mars, daughter of the amazing actor/comedian Kenneth Mars. We spoke to Susannah about growing up with the man who portrayed the outrageous Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers as well as Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein. Of course that means we talk about Mel Brooks but it also means we talk about everything from Chicago radio/TV personality Sonny Mars who was Kenneth’s step father, additional Mars films like The Pa...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #112: Elmo Kirkwood (Curt Kirkwood)
January 10, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Elmo Kirkwood, son of legendary guitarist of the band Meat Puppets Curt Kirkwood and nephew to bassist Cris. While casual fans might know the band via their connection to the historic and much lauded Nirvana episode of MTV’s Unplugged, the Meat Puppets began in Phoenix in 1980 and cut their teeth in the punk scene after signing with the iconic punk label SST, home of Black Flag, Minutemen, Husker Du et all. We spoke to Elmo during the C...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #111: Doug Denoff (Stan Denoff)
January 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we have an encore episode with Broadway producer Doug Denoff, whose father, Sam Denoff was one of the greatest comedy writers of his generation. Originally part of the famed comedy writing team Persky/Denoff with the equally genius Bill Persky, Stan Denoff worked on some of the most beloved sitcoms of the latter half of the 20th century including The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl along with Andy Williams specials, McHale’s Navy and much more. We spoke to...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #110 Brendan Wayne (Part 2) (John Wayne)
December 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you part two of our conversation with Brendan Wayne, who portrays The Mandalorian on Disney+ as well as being John Wayne’s grandson. We pick up on this episode where we left off on the last one. We talk to Brendan about his own acting career beginning with the film Cowboys and Aliens, CSI and all the way up to the Star Wars universe. We also go deep into a little known world Brendan inhabits which is coaching girls and young women’s soccer. Who k...
Rarified Heir Podcast #109 : Brendan Wayne (John Wayne)
December 20, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBToday on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Brendan Wayne. Hmmm…now how might you know that name? Well some of you might know his grandfather, likely the most famous international star ever, The Duke, John Wayne. However, other listeners might know Brendan Wayne as The Mandalorian, from the massive Disney+ show, The Mandalorian. The thing is that in addition to inhabiting a pretty major role in the Star Wars universe, we came to interview Brendan through, of all things, ...
Rarified Heir Podcast #108: Eric Bonerz (Peter Bonerz)
December 13, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Eric Bonerz whose father Peter Bonerz you all know from his acting and directing career. Likely, most of you know Peter Bonerz as the role of Jerry the Dentist on The Bob Newhart Show. But did you know that Peter directed some of the biggest (and some of the most bizarre) television shows of all-time? From Wingsto Murphy Brown to Home Improvement to Friends and News Radio, Peter Bonerz has more than 350 directing credits to his name. We al...
Rarified Heir Podcast #107 Stan Warnow & Deborah Scott Studebaker. (Raymond Scott & Dorothy Collins)
December 06, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to siblings Stan Warnow and Deborah Scott Studebaker whose father was the composer, musician, innovator, band leader and inventor Raymond Scott. While you may not know the name Raymond Scott, you absolutely know his music. That’s because while he may not have composed for cartoons, his music is the DNA of most if not all, Looney Toons & Merry Melodies Warner Bros. cartoons. Believe me, you know the song “Powerhouse” & “The Toy Trumpet”.Now if...
Rarified Heir Podcast #106: Ethan Lawrence Encore. (Anthony Lawrence)
November 29, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBToday on another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to screenwriter Ethan Lawrence about his screenwriter father Anthony Lawrence, who might be one of the most prolific film and television writers in the history of the Writers Guild with close to 500 credits to his name. From Elvis films like Roustabout to biopics to series like Outer Limits and Bonanza to sci-fi cult favorite The Phoenix, Lawrence career spans five decades. Believe it or not, he’s still writing short...
Rarified Heir Podcast #105: Quincy Coleman Encore (Dabney Coleman, Jean Hale)
November 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present an encore episode with Quincy Coleman, daughter of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale. Ironically, this comes on the heels of our encore episode with James Coburn’s son, James Coburn. Which means we have now spoken to the children of all-four leads from the film In Like Flint including Tony Cobb, son of Lee J. Cobb and Richard Duggan, son of Andrew Duggan. Weird. We spoke to Quincy about a variety of subjects from her dad’s fa...
Rarified Heir Podcast #104: Kelly Conway (Tim Conway)
November 15, 2022 23:24 - 1 hour - 104 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Kelly Conway, daughter of genius comedian Tim Conway. Many of you know Tim Conway from his television career on The Steve Allen Show, McHale’s Navy and likely The Carol Burnett Show. Some may know him from his film career in Disney films like The Apple Dumpling Gang or The Private Eyes with Don Knotts among others, like Gus or The Prize Fighter. You might even know him from Spongebob Squarepants or 30 Rock. After all he was nominated for ...
Rarified Heir Podcast #103: James Coburn Encore (James Coburn)
November 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we are talking to James Coburn, son of, well James Coburn. We spoke with James during the Covid crisis and James was the perfect antidote. We learned about an array fascinating things the younger Coburn shared with us such as: being on the set of Peckinpah film, Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid in Mexico and In Like Flint in Jamaica, his dads love of cars (very fast cars), his good friend Bruce Lee, the Z Channel, a 4 year odyssey in Africa...
Rarified Heir Podcast #102: Lisa Sutton (Lynn Anderson, Glenn Sutton)
November 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to country music royalty. We are talking to Lisa Sutton who’s has not one but four musical legacies and estates to look after. Her mother, the great singer Lynn Anderson is best known for her iconic #1 hit, “Rose Garden” and released, count ‘em, 72 singles in her career. Lisa’s father, was Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member Glenn Sutton who produced “Rose Garden” and wrote the Grammy winning David Huston hit “Almost Persuaded” as well a...
Rarified Heir Podcast #101: Ron DeFore (Don DeFore)
October 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Ron DeFore, son of actor Don DeFore and singer Marion Holmes. Ron came to us via a previous guest, Peter Ackerman so there is a true classic television connection. Don DeFore is best known for his roles as “Throny” in The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet as well as Mr. B on Hazel. What we didn’t know when we were connected was that Don DeFore is the stuff of legend to Disneyland fans the world over. Why? Because Don owned the only restauran...
Rarified Heir Podcast #100: Guest Host Daisy Torme (Mel Torme, Janette Scott) Interviews Host Josh MIlls (Edie Adams)
October 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 177 MBToday on the 100th episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to…wait a minute, we talk to Josh Mills? That’s right, we’ve flipped the script! Because this is a milestone for us, having launched during Covid and posting a new episode for 100 weeks in a row, we decided to do something to celebrate. Something different. Our amazing and talented friend Daisy Torme took the time out of her busy schedule to guest host this 100th episode today and interview our regular host Josh Mills in a Frea...
Rarified Heir Podcast #99: Spencer Garrett Encore (Kathleen Nolan)
October 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBToday on an encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to actor Spencer Garrett, whose mother, actress Kathleen Nolan should be familiar to all you classic tv fans from the show, The Real McCoys. We talk to Spencer about his groundbreaking mother who was also the President of the Screen Actors Guild. That’s a familiar theme on the podcast - actors who fought for the royalties and benefits of their fellow actors. Once again this episode proves the adage that Los Angeles really i...
Rarified Heir Podcast #98 : Peter Ackerman (Part 2) (Elinor Donohue & Harry Ackerman)
October 04, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBToday on part two of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Peter Ackerman, son of actress Elinor Donohue and TV executive Harry Ackerman. On this episode, we focus on Peter’s mother Elinor Donohue and discuss everything from the Ray Court’s memorabilia shows as well as the Star Trek memorabilia shows she appeared at and the role Peter played at those events. Of course we do talk about Peter’s dad Harry Ackerman, a television executive who developed shows like I Love Lucy, Gidget, Bewi...
Rarified Heir Podcast #97: Peter Ackerman (Part 1) (Elinor Donohue & Harry Ackerman)
September 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBToday on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Peter Ackerman, son of actress Elinor Donohue and TV executive Harry Ackerman. We talk to Peter about growing up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and how his parents worked on iconic television shows from the 1950s through to the 1990s. For Harry, that meant being directly responsible for shows like “I Love Lucy”, “Bewitched”, “Gidget”, “Gunsmoke”, “Dennis The Menace”, “The Monkees” and dozens more. For Elinor that wa...
Rarified Heir Podcast #96: David Jolliffe (Part 2) (Glorya Lord, Richard Jolliffe)
September 20, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBToday on part two of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking actor/musician/SAG-AFTRA VP David Jolliffe about the relatives of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. No really. David ran in some amazing circles – from Alice Cooper and The Hollywood Vampires to Rosemary Clooney, we get a deep dive into Hollywood that needs to be told. The son of actress Glorya Lord and television executive Richard Jolliffe, we hear some intense stories about everyone from pals Miguel Ferrer and Billy Mumy, ...
Rarified Heir Podcast #95: David Jolliffe (Part 1) (Glorya Lord)
September 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBToday on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking actor/musician/SAG-AFTRA VP David Jolliffe about growing up in Hollywood. You might remember David from his early work on the show Room 222 as Bernie (yes, the guy with the mass of red hair). You also might know David from one of his hundred plus commercials he’s been in. Or perhaps you know his from his voice over/looping work on shows like Devlin. Well, maybe not Devlin, David didn’t even remember that one. Regardless, David giv...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #94: Kristen Hillaire Glasgow PhD (Part II) (Roy Silver, Kathryn Reynolds)
September 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast it’s part two of or interview with Kristen Hillaire Glasgow PhD and we discuss her parents, manager/restauranteur Roy Silver, Actress mother Kathryn Reynolds & just tough the surface on stepmother, actress Dee Dee Rescher. This episode goes deep into uncharted 70s Sunset Strip lore with conversations about her dad’s Chinese restaurant Roy’s, the live show her dad produced at the Whisky El Grande De Coca-Cola, Casablanca Records Neil Bogart, the harsh realit...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #93: Kristen Hillaire Glasgow PhD (Part 1) (Roy Silver, Kathryn Reynolds)
August 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you part one of our conversation with Kristen Hillaire Glasgow PhD, daughter of manager, restauranteur, impresario, raconteur Roy Silver and actress Kathryn Reynolds. The episode sparked literally, when Kristen made the connection on Twitter to the band Sparks in our conversation with Matt Asner a few episodes back. It turns out her dad, Roy Silver managed Sparks for a bit early in their career as well as musicians and entertainers like Joan River...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #92: Jennifer Pentland (Roseanne Barr)
August 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Jennifer Pentland, daughter of comedian and lighting rod Roseanne Barr and boy does Jennifer have a story to tell. Jennifer’s memoir, This Will Be Funny Later is the focus of our conversation as she writes boldly and with humor about her experience growing up with a mother who rocketed to fame almost overnight. So how does one go from a ‘normal’ life in Denver to superstardom in the 80s and 90s? We find out on this upcoming episode. Jennifer’s r...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode 91: David Deluise (Dom Deluise, Carol Arthur)
August 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 175 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to David Deluise, son of actor/comedian and sometime opera star Dom Deluise and actress Carol Arthur. I ask you: was there any other place to be in the 70s than working with Mel Brooks? Was there any other place in the 80s you would have rather been than working with Burt Reynolds? I think not and if David’s time with us shed light on those two larger than life icons, he goes on to talk about the laughter, the fun and the friendship Dom Delui...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #90: Brad James (Dennis James)
August 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Brad James, son of legendary television personality Dennis James. We talk to Brad about his dad’s career that began in New Jersey radio in the 1940s (where he became friends with a young Frank Sinatra) and moved to television in New York shortly after. A man of firsts, Dennis James (aka The Dean of Game Show Hosts) was the first person to: appear in a television commercial, host a wrestling event on television, emcee a variety show, appear...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #89: Victoria Riskin (Fay Wray, Robert Riskin)
August 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Victoria Riskin about growing up the daughter of Hollywood royalty. We first became of Victoria via her 2019 book, Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : A Hollywood Memoir and were intrigued not only about her actor mom and screenwriter father but in how she wrote it, which we discuss on this episode. We talk about her father’s Oscar winning career writing for Frank Capra and others as well as her mom’s six decade career in movies. From silent film...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #88: Julie Nimoy & David Knight (Leonard Nimoy)
July 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Julie Nimoy and husband David Knight about Julie’s dad, actor and raconteur Leonard Nimoy. It was great to connect with Julie about her father and what it was like being the daughter of a pop culture icon. The thing is, Leonard Nimoy was so much more than just Mr. Spock. He was a photographer, a poet, a singer, a director, a voice over artist, a pitchman and more. Did you know he directed the top grossing movie of 1987 which was NOT a Star Trek...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #87: Matt Asner (Ed Asner)
July 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Matt Asner, son of seven-time Emmy winner, actor Ed Asner. Of course, most of us know Ed Asner as Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show as well as the dramatic series Lou Grant that followed. But as Matt told us on this episode, Ed Asner was generational. To some, it was his seventies and eighties television work that made an impact. To others, it might be his work (and his voice) from a host of animated series in the 90s from Batman or Super...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 86: Michael Weintraub Encore (Jerry Weintraub, Jane Morgan)
July 12, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we talk to Michael Weintraub, son of legendary producer/agent/manager/promoter Jerry Weintraub. We talk about the legendary career Jerry made as a film producer, talent agent, concert promoter and even as an actor. It’s a truly amazing career working with everyone from Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, to Bob Dylan and John Denver, George Clooney to The Carpenters. Along the way, we hear about Michael’s step-mother Jane Morgan, an entertain...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #85: Richard Duggan (Andrew Duggan)
July 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we bring you Richard Duggan, son of the late and great character actor Andrew Duggan. There were so many jumping off points actor who had almost 200 acting credits to his name on Broadway, television and film, we simply chose to jump right in. Andrew Duggan was known for a variety of roles in war films, Westerns, horror movies. For film buffs, he starred in films like Seven Days in May with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglass. and In Like Flint with James Cobu...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #84 : Dr. Tara Candoli Encore (Pete Candoli & Vicky Lane)
June 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast Encore Edition we are talking to Dr. Tara Candoli whose father/Musician Pete Candoli who also happened to be our host Josh Mills’ step-father. Which also means, that Josh’s mum was Tara’s step-mother. Tara’s mother, actress Vicky Lane is famous for her portrayal of The Ape Woman in the film, The Jungle Captive & who also had a recording career. As if this wasn’t confusing enough, Tara’s other step-mother was actress/singer Betty Hutton. Not enough of a sh...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #83 : Jenny Brill Encore (Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill)
June 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBToday on this encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Jenny Brill, daughter of the comedy team Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall. Our host Josh Mills and Jenny grew up together in the San Fernando valley and went to elementary school together. Not only that, her parents starred on an episode of Josh’s mom’s variety show in the mid-sixties Here’s Edie aka The Edie Adams Show, with Sammy Davis Jr. We discussed quite a lot with Jenny including her journey to become one of the ...
Rarified Heir Podcast #82 : Ike Eisenmann (Albert Eisenmann)
June 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Ike Eisenmann who you will likely remember from television, commercials and film. From Double Mint Gum ads to Escape from Witch Mountain to Fantastic Journey, Ike was about as in demand a child and young adult actor was in the 1970s and 1980s. What you may not know about Ike however, if you didn’t grow up in Houston, Texas is that Ike’s dad Albert was the creator and host of a massively popular local children’s show, Cadet Don which ran fo...
Rarified Heir Podcast #81: Keaton Talmadge (Buster Keaton/Natalie Talmadge)
June 07, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you yet another first on this episode. We are talking to our first great-grandchild of a celebrity. We are talking today with Keaton Talmadge who is a the great-grandchild of comedy genius Buster Keaton as well as silent film star Natalie Talmadge. Whoa. We talk to Keaton about growing up in an era where most had no idea what Buster Keaton looked like – you will hear an example of that on the episode, as incomprehensible as it might sound. We also...
Rarified Heir Podcast #80 : Jessica Pinfield (Matt Pinfield)
May 31, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to actress Jessica Pinfield, daughter of VJ, DJ, personality & record executive Matt Pinfield. When we booked Jessica for this episode, we had lots of questions that may have seemed superfluous. What we got was anything but. Jessica was incredibly open and honest about her father, her mother and her family in ways we simply did not anticipate. What we thought might be an interview about what it was like hosting MTV’s 120 Minutes or USA Netw...