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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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...
Rarified Heir Podcast #78 : Dave Jenkins & Jordan Summers (Paul Jenkins & Yale Summers)
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are trying something new. That’s right, not one but two guests. Yes, we’ve had more than one guest on at a time but so far that’s been siblings only. Today, we have two previous guests on the podcast talking about the genesis of what drove them to become musicians yet both come from a familial acting background. Our returning champions are Jordan Summers, son of Yale Summers and Dave Jenkins, son of actor Paul Jenkins. Both grew up with parents who di...
Rarified Heir Podcast #79 : Dave Jenkins & Jordan Summers (Paul Jenkins & Yale Summers)
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are trying something new. That’s right, not one but two guests. Yes, we’ve had more than one guest on at a time but so far that’s been siblings only. Today, we have two previous guests on the podcast talking about the genesis of what drove them to become musicians yet both come from a familial acting background. Our returning champions are Jordan Summers, son of Yale Summers and Dave Jenkins, son of actor Paul Jenkins. Both grew up with parents who di...
Rarified Heir Podcast #78 : Tony Cobb Encore (Lee J. Cobb)
May 17, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBToday we bring you yet-another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast as we talk to Tony Cobb, son of acting great Lee J. Cobb. Tony was a great guest, full of stories and also doing a great impression of his dad that still has us laughing today. We talk about the storied career of a man who was known best for his stage and screen persona, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman as well as his roles in classic films of all genres, including The Exorcistin the 1970s, In Like Flint in the 1960...
Rarified Heir Podcast #77 : Dave Jenkins Encore (Paul Jenkins)
May 10, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBToday on another encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you our conversation with Dave Jenkins whose father was character actor Paul Jenkins, his mother is famed casting director Jane Jenkins and his stepmother, actress Sally Kemp. We hear all about growing up the son of Paul Jenkins who starred in more than 40 TV roles – from shows like Mannix to MASH. We learn about the ups and downs of trying to be a working actor in Hollywood and all that comes along with it. From Philly...
Rarified Heir Podcast #76 : Joe Gilford Encore (Jack Gilford)
May 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you an encore edition with guest Joe Gilford, son of the great Jack Gilford. While most of you will remember Jack best from his role in the Ron Howard film Cocoon, there was a rich and varied career acting career that frankly almost wasn’t. You see, Jack was blacklisted and was only able to work on stage and not in film or television for years. Joe’s recollections of how the red scare, Joseph McCarthy and HUAC was frankly some of the most vivid an...
Rarified Heir Podcast #75 : Chris Lemmon Encore (Jack Lemmon)
April 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present to you an encore episode with guest Chris Lemmon, son of Jack Lemmon. Chris spoke with us last year in the midst of Covid and was holed up as his home on the East Coast due to a pretty intense compromised immunity which he speaks about at length. In addition to his health, we speak to Chris about what it was like growing up Lemmon, the son of one of America’s greatest actors and why he chose to go into acting as well. We further talked to Chri...
Bonus Episode : Ben Model & Josh Mills on the passing of Gilbert Gottfried
April 21, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBToday we bring you a first on the Rarified Heir Podcast, a bonus episode in tribute to Gilbert Gottfried and the Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal Podcast. Our guest today is not a child of a celebrity but Ben Model is the archivist to the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams archive which is run by our host Josh Mills. In 2019, Ben and Josh were guests on the Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal Podcast to celebrate the Centennial of Ernie Kovacs. Truly shocked and saddened by Gilbert’s passing las...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #74 : Jim Meskimen (Marion Ross)
April 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Jim Meskimen, an actor, impressionist, comedian and oh so much more, who happens to the son of Mrs. C. That’s right, he’s the son of Happy Days’ Marion Cunningham aka Marion Ross. Hailing from Albert Lee, Minneapolis, Marion Ross was drawn to acting at an early age. She even changed her name before high school because she thought it would read better on a theater marquee. In fact, her first love was indeed theater – which she did before, ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #73: Charlie Matthau (Walter Matthau)
April 12, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Charlie Matthau, son of acting great Walter Matthau and Carol Matthau. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Charlie. You see, the connections run deep on this episode. Because our host Josh Mills mother, Edie Adams was close to Jack Lemmon, via the film The Apartment and Jack and Ernie Kovacs friendship on films like Operation Mad Ball, It Happened To Jane, Bell Book and Candle in the 1950s there was a familial bond. Cut to the 1970s and eac...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #72: Andy Marx Encore (Groucho Marx, Gus Kahn)
April 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are airing an encore episode of our conversation with Andy Marx, who has not one but two well known grandparents. Yes, you heard that right. Andy is our only guest so far who is the grandchild of a celebrity. One grandfather, as you might have guessed from his last name was indeed Groucho Marx, of, who else, Marx Brothers. What’s more, his other grandfather was songwriter Gus Kahn who wrote standards as “It Had To Be You”, “Dream a Little Dream of Me, ”...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #71: Alison Martino (The Return, Part 2) (Al Martino)
March 29, 2022 10:00 - 57 minutes - 81.6 MBOy the kvetching in this one! This is part two of our conversation with Alison Martino and boy are she and our host working themselves up in a lather about the changes in LA. That’s what happens when you get two born and bred Los Angelinos together talking about Vintage Los Angeles. But when you have a brand such as Alison’s own Vintage LA, how could you not? So just get ready for a deep dive into long gone LA landmarks like The Garden of Allah, Butterfields, House of Blues, Tower Records an...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #70: Alison Martino (The Return) (Al Martino)
March 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Alison Martino. Again. As in a second time. Alison was one of our first interviews we did post pandemic so it seemed only fitting that we connect with her again as we are slowly coming out of the pandemic. It also seemed fitting that she would be the perfect person to be the first guest we’ve ever had on the podcast twice. Sure it didn’t hurt that Alison’s first episode was one of our most listened to episodes but what was fantastic abou...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #70: Alison Martino (The Return, Part 1) (Al Martino)
March 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Alison Martino. Again. As in a second time. Alison was one of our first interviews we did post pandemic so it seemed only fitting that we connect with her again as we are slowly coming out of the pandemic. It also seemed fitting that she would be the perfect person to be the first guest we’ve ever had on the podcast twice. Sure it didn’t hurt that Alison’s first episode was one of our most listened to episodes but what was fantastic about...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #69: Daisy Torme & James Torme Part 2 (Mel Torme, Janette Scott)
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 217 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present Part 2 of our interview with Daisy Torme & James Torme, children of the great Mel Torme and actress Janette Scott. This episode is a long one. This entire conversation was almost three full hours because there was just so much to talk about. We really get a glimpse into the life of these two international siblings who lived in both England and America, spending time with both their parents after the divorce. These trips brought Daisy and James c...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #68 : Daisy Torme & James Torme Part 1 (Mel Torme, Janette Scott)
March 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 167 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to family. Our guests this week are Daisy Torme and James Torme, the children of legendary singer (and musician and songwriter and arranger and author et all) Mel Torme, aka The Velvet Fog.) This is a special episode because of how it began – with a message over Twitter that reconnected our host Josh Mills with Daisy and James after losing touch a long time ago. You see, Josh’s dad, music publisher and later photographer Martin Mills was o...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #67: Jeff Sherman Encore (The Sherman Brothers)
March 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBToday on the encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Jeff Sherman, son of Robert Sherman or one half of songwriting team - The Sherman Brothers. Don’t think you know The Sherman Brothers? Actually, I’m positive you do. They wrote some of the greatest songs every recorded for film and television. Such as? How about “A Spoonful of Sugar?” from Mary Poppins? Or “It’s A Small World” – perhaps the most played song on earth? Or maybe “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” from the same f...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #66: Jordan Summers Encore (Yale Summers)
February 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Jordan Summer, whose father Yale Summers was an actor who was both beloved by actors in front of the camera and perhaps more so behind the camera. You see, while many fans might remember Yale from his years on the television sixties series Daktari as Jack Dane, it was his time working for the Screen Actors Guild that realty endeared him to his fellow actors. A co-founder and producer of the SAG Awards which is a mainstay during awards sea...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #65: Nicky Trebek (Alex Trebek)
February 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we ask the question – who is Alex Trebek’s daughter? The answer is today’s Daily Double, we are talking to Nicky Trebek, daughter of famed Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Nicky and our host Josh grew up together on the same street in the 1970s, Josh with his Schwinn banana seat bike and Matchbox cars and Nicky with her skateboard and her ever present Leif Garrett posters spent quite a bit of time hanging out on a street with very few kids on it.. Their mothers ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #64: Rachel Haden (Charlie Haden)
February 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to musician Rachel Haden. A go-to musician and singer in her own right, we learned from our interview, Rachel is part of a musical tradition that frankly, we had no idea the depths of until we started talking about it with her for this episode. Her father, bassist Charlie Haden was one of one of the greatest bassists of all-time. Spoken about in hushed tones next to greats like Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius and Ron Carter, Charlie is perhaps...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 63: Amanda Aday Encore (Meat Loaf)
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are running an encore episode in tribute, an episode we recorded almost a year ago. We talk to Amanda Aday, daughter of Marvin Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf. We are running this interview a second time as a tribute to Meat Loaf and all his fans but specifically to Amanda, who speaks so glowingly about her father. There is humor, love, affection and ultimately a real familial and genuine bond that Amanda shares with us that we think you might want to hear at th...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #62: Lili Haydn Part 2 (Lotus Weinstock, David Jove)
January 25, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 124 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we have and we promise you, one of the most unique, fascinating, jaw dropping, emotional and sometimes shocking interviews we’ve ever had on the podcast. Today we are talking to Grammy-winning musician/composer/vocalist/violinist Lili Haydn, whose sophomore album from her band Opium Moon Night and Day is up for another Grammy next month. She’s also a composer, has recorded six solo albums and performed with everyone from Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Herbie ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #61: Lili Haydn - Part 1 (Lotus Weinstock)
January 18, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we have and we promise you, one of the most unique, fascinating, jaw dropping, emotional and sometimes shocking interviews we’ve ever had on the podcast. Today we are talking to Grammy-winning musician/composer/vocalist/violinist Lili Haydn, whose sophomore album from Opium Moon Night and Day is up for another Grammy next month. She’s also a composer, has recorded six solo albums and performed with everyone from Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Herbie Hancock, ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #60: Shawn Kay Encore (John Kay / Steppenwolf)
January 11, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore episode we talk to Shawn Kay, daughter of Steppenwolf’s John Kay. Our host Josh Mills grew up with Shawn in Los Angeles – they even saw The Police’s 1982 Ghost in the Machine tour at the Forum back in middle school. This encore episode is a deep dive as we discuss her father being born in Prussia, his emigration to Canada founding his early band The Sparrows in Toronto and his move with his soon-to-be wife move to LA and the formation of Steppenwolf....
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #59: Jason Culp Encore (Robert Culp)
January 04, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore episode, we are talking to Jason Culp, son of actor, writer and director Robert Culp. TV fans of the 1960s will remember Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking television show I Spy, co-starring with comedian/actor Bill Cosby which was the first American television show to feature a black actor as a lead character. TV fans of the 1950s will remember him as Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown and fans of 80s will remember h...
Rarified Heir Podcast Encore #58: Adam Shawn Encore (Dick Shawn)
December 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBToday on another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Adam Shawn, son of the immensely talented and hysterical comedian Dick Shawn. Adam and host Josh Mills have quite a connection here as Dick Shawn and Josh’s mom Edie Adams starred together in films like It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, television movies like Fast Friends and Evil Roy Slade and a TV variety show, Here’s Edie, hosted by, who else, Edie Adams. The connections don’t stop there. Shawn and Ernie Kovacs, Edie’...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #58: Adam Shawn Encore (Dick Shawn)
December 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBToday on another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Adam Shawn, son of the immensely talented and hysterical comedian Dick Shawn. Adam and host Josh Mills have quite a connection here as Dick Shawn and Josh’s mom Edie Adams starred together in films like It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, television movies like Fast Friends and Evil Roy Slade and a TV variety show, Here’s Edie, hosted by, who else, Edie Adams. The connections don’t stop there. Shawn and Ernie Kovacs, Edie’...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #57 : Dinah Manoff (Lee Grant)
December 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to actress and writer Dinah Manoff, who you know from her film roles in Grease, Child’s Play and Ordinary People as well as on television in series’ like Empty Nest, Soap and State of Grace. She’s a Tony award winning stage actress who created the role of Libby in Neil Simon’s I Ought To Be In Pictures on Broadway and went on to star in the film with Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret. It’s only fitting that the daughter of Oscar and Emmy Award w...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #56: Ann Marie Snyder (Tom Snyder)
December 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 201 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Ann Marie Snyder, daughter of journalist, news anchor and talk show host Tom Snyder who will soon be the topic of a documentary of his life, called Tom Who? Known primarily as the host of his late night program, The Tomorrow Show in the 1970s and his Late, Late Show with Tom Snyder in the 1990s, Tom Snyder was a charismatic, deep-thinking, irreverent and ethical personality who pioneered the long form, single subject interview on Ameri...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #55: Rain Pryor (Richard Pryor)
December 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 200 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Rain Pryor, daughter of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Like many of our episodes, this one covers a lot of ground and thankfully, Rain was not only game for all of it but she was thoughtful, funny and eloquent talking about a myriad of subjects. We touch upon everything from her years growing up in a household where words like Motherfucker were used as exclamation points, her favorite films of her father’s career, her own career as a p...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #54: Janna Taninbaum & Michael Ritz - Part 2 (Harry Ritz/The Ritz Brothers)
November 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBWell look at this. A true two-part episode of our conversation with the children of comedian/dancer Harry Ritz of The Ritz Brothers, Janna Taninbaum and Michael Ritz. And we really have to thank them. True troopers, they dealt with some major technical issues on our end and the occasional Zoom lag for a second sit down, two days after our original conversation. Lots to unpack here – from anti-Semitism faced by Harry to out of this world gambling stories to the Catskills to what made the funn...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #53: Janna Taninbaum & Michael Ritz - Part 1 (Harry Ritz/The Ritz Brothers)
November 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to not one but two children of celebrities, Janna Taninbaum and Michael Ritz, son of comedian Harry Ritz of The Ritz Brothers. Now, you may not know the work of Harry Ritz or even heard name sadly enough but let’s be clear: without Harry Ritz, there is no Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis or Milton Berle. Beginning in vaudeville in the 1920’s, The Ritz Brothers, Harry, Al and Jimmy moved to Broadway in the 1930s and were the hig...
Rarified Heir Episode #53: Janna Taninbaum & Michael Ritz - Part 1 (Harry Ritz)
November 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to not one but two children of celebrities, Janna Taninbaum and Michael Ritz, son of comedian Harry Ritz of The Ritz Brothers. Now, you may not know the work of Harry Ritz or even heard name sadly enough but let’s be clear: without Harry Ritz, there is no Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis or Milton Berle. Beginning in vaudeville in the 1920’s, The Ritz Brothers, Harry, Al and Jimmy moved to Broadway in the 1930s and were the hig...
Rarified Heir Podcast Encore Episode #52: Morgan Margolis (Mark Margolis)
November 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Morgan Margolis, son of Mark Margolis aka Salamanca in Breaking Bad aka The Shadow in Scarface aka Mr. Shickadance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Morgan was our very first interview, done within the hallowed halls of The Federal Bar, which he runs as one small part of The Knitting Factory Entertainment where he is CEO. This is another episode taped in person, pre-Covid and we talk to Morgan about his time as a child growing up on the Lower...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #52: Morgan Margolis Encore (Mark Margolis)
November 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Morgan Margolis, son of Mark Margolis aka Salamanca in Breaking Bad aka The Shadow in Scarface aka Mr. Shickadance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Morgan was our very first interview, done within the hallowed halls of The Federal Bar, which he runs as one small part of The Knitting Factory Entertainment where he is CEO. This is another episode taped in person, pre-Covid and we talk to Morgan about his time as a child growing up on the Lower...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #51: Antonia Bogdanovich Encore (Peter Bogdanovich)
November 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 174 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you an encore episode with guest Antonia Bogdanovich. Taped pre-pandemic, this interview was done in person and it was the first time host Josh Mills had seen his former elementary school classmate since the 1970s. But it didn’t take long to catch up nor did it take much time to dig right in and discussing Antonia’s totally unique experience as the child of celebrities as she had two parents so famous, their marriage and divorce became part of Ho...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #50: Larry Strauss (Charlotte Rae)
November 02, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 205 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to educator & author Larry Strauss, whose mother is well known to both Broadway fans and sitcom fans alike, none other than Edna Garrett herself, the incomparable Charlotte Rae. It was a fascinating talk with Larry because there were so many connections and parallels to host Josh Mills’ own life as both Charlotte Rae and Josh’s mother Edie Adams starred in L’il Abner on Broadway in 1956 as Mammy Yokum and Daisy Mae respectively. Much of the e...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #49: Rachel Pollack (Sydney Pollack)
October 26, 2021 11:23 - 1 hour - 197 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Rachel Pollack, daughter of Director, Actor, Producer Sydney Pollack. You might remember some of the rather small films Sydney Pollack directed like Out of Africa, The Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Electric Horseman, The Way We Were or perhaps you remember him acting (and directing as well) in movies and television shows like Tootsie, The Sopranos, Will and Grace, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and other obscure productions...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 48 Carnie Wilson Encore (Brian Wilson)
October 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we have another first. Our very first guest from all the way back in December 2020, is now our first ever encore episode of the podcast. Carnie Wilson’s episode is the most listened to episode from our first season and 49 weeks later, we are together again for the first time. Carnie is one of the most honest and most positive and joyful guests we’ve ever had on the podcast. Perhaps it’s because Carnie and Host Josh Mills went to the same elementary & mid...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 48: Carnie Wilson Encore (Brian Wilson)
October 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we have another first. Our very first guest from all the way back in December 2020, is now our first ever encore episode of the podcast. Carnie Wilson’s episode is the most listened to episode from our first season and 49 weeks later, we are together again for the first time. Carnie is one of the most honest and most positive and joyful guests we’ve ever had on the podcast. Perhaps it’s because Carnie and Host Josh Mills went to the same elementary & mid...
Rarified Heir Episode #47: Cleto Escobedo III
October 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cleto Escobedo III of Cleto and the Cletones, the house band on the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! that also includes his famous dad, Cleto Escobedo Jr. But before he joined his son on television, Jr. began his career a San Antonio born sax player whose soul/R&B band the Dell-Tones left the lone star state and found themselves performing in Las Vegas in 1965 at Casbar Lounge at the Sahara Hotel. Renamed Los Blues, the band befrie...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #47: Cleto Escobedo III (Cleto Escobedo Jr.)
October 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cleto Escobedo III of Cleto and the Cletones, the house band on the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! that also includes his famous dad, Cleto Escobedo Jr. But before he joined his son on television, Jr. began his career a San Antonio born sax player whose soul/R&B band the Dell-Tones left the lone star state and found themselves performing in Las Vegas in 1965 at Casbar Lounge at the Sahara Hotel. Renamed Los Blues, the band befrie...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #46: Saratoga Ballantine (Carl Ballantine)
October 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Saratoga Ballantine, daughter of Meyer Kessler who was really comedian Carl Ballantine aka The Great Ballantine aka The Amazing Ballantine aka The World’s Greatest Magician. But of course, Carl Ballantine wasn’t a great magician, he was one of the first to marry magic and comedy that became his trademark in vaudeville, television, stage and film. In fact, his fans include George Carlin, David Copperfield and Steve Martin, who said of Carl ...
Rarified Heir Episode #46: Saratoga Ballantine
October 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Saratoga Ballantine, daughter of Meyer Kessler who was really comedian Carl Ballantine aka The Great Ballantine aka The Amazing Ballantine aka The World’s Greatest Magician. But of course, Carl Ballantine wasn’t a great magician, he was one of the first to marry magic and comedy that became his trademark in vaudeville, television, stage and film. In fact, his fans include George Carlin, David Copperfield and Steve Martin, who said of Carl ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #45: Cory Tyler (Willie Tyler & Lester)
September 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast is yet another first for us. Our guest today is Cory Tyler, son of ventriloquist Willie Tyler of, you guessed it, Willie Tyler and Lester. Omnipresent in the 1970s and 80s, Willie Tyler is a comedian who appeared in movies, commercials, television, showrooms and comedy clubs across the country from 1964 to present. It’s funny how you see an entertainer and think you know about them because well, all you did was turn on the television. But scratching just be...
Rarified Heir Episode #45: Cory Tyler
September 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast is yet another first for us. Our guest today is Cory Tyler, son of ventriloquist Willie Tyler of, you guessed it, Willie Tyler and Lester. Omnipresent in the 1970s and 80s, Willie Tyler is a comedian who appeared in movies, commercials, television, showrooms and comedy clubs across the country from 1964 to present. It’s funny how you see an entertainer and think you know about them because well, all you did was turn on the television. But scratching just be...
Rarified Heir Episode #45: Cory Tyler (Willie Tyler & Lester)
September 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast is yet another first for us. Our guest today is Cory Tyler, son of ventriloquist Willie Tyler of, you guessed it, Willie Tyler and Lester. Omnipresent in the 1970s and 80s, Willie Tyler is a comedian who appeared in movies, commercials, television, showrooms and comedy clubs across the country from 1964 to present. It’s funny how you see an entertainer and think you know about them because well, all you did was turn on the television. But scratching just be...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #44: Kathi Marshall & Scotty Marshall (Garry Marshall) (Mini Bonus Episode)
September 21, 2021 10:30 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast Mini Bonus Episode, it’s more 70s hijinks with Scotty and Kathi Marshall which further devolves into a childhood filled with naptime reading from Lord of the Flies, hermits in the Hollywood Hills and even a nod from Kathy that Garry would have loved the podcast because he always loved the next generation. Take a 30 minute listen on this mini bonus episode.
Rarified Heir Episode #44: Kathi Marshall & Scotty Marshall (Mini Bonus Episode)
September 21, 2021 10:30 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast Mini Bonus Episode, it’s more 70s hijinks with Scotty and Kathi Marshall which further devolves into a childhood filled with naptime reading from Lord of the Flies, hermits in the Hollywood Hills and even a nod from Kathy that Garry would have loved the podcast because he always loved the next generation. Take a 30 minute listen on this mini bonus episode.
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #43: Kathi Marshall & Scotty Marshall
September 21, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 199 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to sister & brother Kathleen Marshall and Scott Marshall, the children of writer/producer/director/actor Garry Marshall. Having grown up with Kathi and Scotty at elementary school in the valley in the free range seventies at the Oakwood School, Josh dives into this episode which is chalk full of arcane memories and bizarre moments. Garry Marshall, of course, was the creator of such TV blockbusters as The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shir...