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 Episode #43: Kathi Marshall & Scotty Marshall (Garry 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...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #42: Innis Casey (J. Rickley Dumm)
September 14, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Innis Casey, whose father J. Rickley Dumm was a writer and producer in the 1970s, 80s and 90s on shows like The Rockford Files, Adam-12, Magnum P.I., Silk Stalkings, Stingray, Renegade and more. He and his college roommate Stephen J. Cannell worked on a massive amount of television shows after selling their first script together for the series It Takes a Thief. Innis talks to us about growing up with his dad which at times wasn’t easy to ...
Rarified Heir Podcast #42: Innis Casey
September 14, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Innis Casey, whose father J. Rickley Dumm was a writer and producer in the 1970s, 80s and 90s on shows like The Rockford Files, Adam-12, Magnum P.I., Silk Stalkings, Stingray, Renegade and more. He and his college roommate Stephen J. Cannell worked on a massive amount of television shows after selling their first script together for the series It Takes a Thief. Innis talks to us about growing up with his dad which at times wasn’t easy to ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 41: Precious Chong (Tommy Chong)
September 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Precious Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong of – you guessed it, the comedy team of Cheech and Chong. We talk to Precious about her own career in front of and behind the camera as well as intricate details of how a natural disaster kept the comedy duo (and Tommy’s marriage to wife Shelby Chong) afloat just when things seemed at their worst, having people judge you as a child purely based on your father’s work, how a generation of fans only kno...
Rarified Heir Podcast # 41: Precious Chong
September 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Precious Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong of – you guessed it, the comedy team of Cheech and Chong. We talk to Precious about her own career in front of and behind the camera as well as intricate details of how a natural disaster kept the comedy duo (and Tommy’s marriage to wife Shelby Chong) afloat just when things seemed at their worst, having people judge you as a child purely based on your father’s work, how a generation of fans only kno...
Rarified Heir Podcast: Episode #40: Jazmin Erving
August 31, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 201 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we have a first and it’s a good one – a celebrity who is also an athlete. We talk to Jazmin Erving, daughter of one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, Julius Erving, or Dr. J. Named to ESPN’s list of Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century, Dr. J captured the zeitgeist of the 1970s with his graceful moves in the ABA and his spectacular dunking ability that thrilled hoop fans coast to coast. Before Bird and Magic, it was Dr. J who kids wanted to e...
Rarified Heir Podcast: Episode #40: Jazmin Erving (Julius Erving, Dr. J)
August 31, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 201 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we have a first and it’s a good one – a celebrity who is also an athlete. We talk to Jazmin Erving, daughter of one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, Julius Erving, or Dr. J. Named to ESPN’s list of Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century, Dr. J captured the zeitgeist of the 1970s with his graceful moves in the ABA and his spectacular dunking ability that thrilled hoop fans coast to coast. Before Bird and Magic, it was Dr. J who kids wanted to e...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #39: Cathy Cole Green (The King Family, Buddy Cole) (Mini Bonus Episode)
August 24, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MBFor the first time ever on the podcast, we bring you a bonus episode. There was so much great stuff from our guest Cathy Cole Green of The King Family and the King Cousins, we just had to give you more. Another 30 minutes more. So sit back and keep listening to this bonus episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast.
Rarified Heir Podcast #39: Cathy Cole Green (Mini Bonus Episode)
August 24, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MBFor the first time ever on the podcast, we bring you a bonus episode. There was so much great stuff from our guest Cathy Cole Green of The King Family and the King Cousins, we just had to give you more. Another 30 minutes more. So sit back and keep listening to this bonus episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast.
Rarified Heir Podcast #38: Cathy Cole Green
August 24, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cathy Cole Green, whose family you might remember from a conversation we had about them just a few episodes ago with Cam Clarke. It’s a three headed hydra of an episode as we jump back into, “The First Family of Song,” The King Family, along with Cathy’s turn in The King Cousins and her dad, ace musician Buddy Cole. (And no, not the Scott Thompson character from The Kids in the Hall, but the real Buddy Cole.) Somehow we cover more ground ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #38: Cathy Cole Green (The King Family, Buddy Cole)
August 24, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cathy Cole Green, whose family you might remember from a conversation we had about them just a few episodes ago with Cam Clarke. It’s a three headed hydra of an episode as we jump back into, “The First Family of Song,” The King Family, along with Cathy’s turn in The King Cousins and her dad, ace musician Buddy Cole. (And no, not the Scott Thompson character from The Kids in the Hall, but the real Buddy Cole.) Somehow we cover more ground ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #37: Chrissy Quinn (Louis Quinn, Christine Nelson)
August 17, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Chrissy Quinn. Chrissy’s parents were a comedy team but not in the traditional sense. Her father, Louis Quinn was likely best known as Roscoe The Bookmaker on the popular television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also a writer for Milton Berle, a radio host and has credits in films as diverse as All The President’s Men to Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter. Her mother, Christine Nelson is perhaps best known for her comedic singing role as “Sarah Jac...
Rarified Heir Podcast #37: Chrissy Quinn
August 17, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Chrissy Quinn. Chrissy’s parents were a comedy team but not in the traditional sense. Her father, Louis Quinn was likely best known as Roscoe The Bookmaker on the popular television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also a writer for Milton Berle, a radio host and has credits in films as diverse as All The President’s Men to Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter. Her mother, Christine Nelson is perhaps best known for her comedic singing role as “Sarah Jac...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #36: Hollye Dexter (Dan Haggerty)
August 10, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Hollye Dexter. Now, by strictest semantics, Hollye isn’t a child of a celebrity. But everyone has a story, right? And Hollye’s story is a unique one that straddles two distinct worlds – that of celebrity and that of being your typical LA kid growing up in the seventies. Her step-siblings growing up were Kristy McNichol and Jimmy McNichol via her mother’s marriage to a man nicknamed Bullet. Yes, Bullet. And who do you think introduced Bulle...
Rarified Heir Podcast #36: Hollye Dexter
August 10, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Hollye Dexter. Now, by strictest semantics, Hollye isn’t a child of a celebrity. But everyone has a story, right? And Hollye’s story is a unique one that straddles two distinct worlds – that of celebrity and that of being your typical LA kid growing up in the seventies. Her step-siblings growing up were Kristy McNichol and Jimmy McNichol via her mother’s marriage to a man nicknamed Bullet. Yes, Bullet. And who do you think introduced Bulle...
Rarified Heir Podcast #35: John Denney
August 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 184 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to John Denney about his mother, actress Dodo Denney. Now, you may not know the name Dodo Denney but definitely have seen her. This episode is a roaring good time with John as we talk about his mother being in one of the most beloved movies of all-time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and also because John is the lead singer of one of the greatest punk bands of all-time, The Weirdos. Somehow we combine the best of LA punk rock, the allure of H...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #35: John Denney (Dodo Denney)
August 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 184 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to John Denney about his mother, actress Dodo Denney. Now, you may not know the name Dodo Denney but definitely have seen her. This episode is a roaring good time with John as we talk about his mother being in one of the most beloved movies of all-time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and also because John is the lead singer of one of the greatest punk bands of all-time, The Weirdos. Somehow we combine the best of LA punk rock, the allure of H...
Rarified Heir Podcast #34: Cam Clarke
July 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Cam Clarke, an ace voice actor who also happens to be from “The First Family of Song”, the King Family. We talk to Cam about growing up in the family business – where literally almost everyone was in on the act. Sometimes numbering 30 or more performers, The King Family defined wholesome American family entertainment from the 1950s until around 1985 when they headlined the second inauguration of American President Ronald Reagan, which was the la...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #34: Cam Clarke (The King Family, Robert Clarke)
July 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Cam Clarke, an ace voice actor who also happens to be from “The First Family of Song”, the King Family. We talk to Cam about growing up in the family business – where literally almost everyone was in on the act. Sometimes numbering 30 or more performers, The King Family defined wholesome American family entertainment from the 1950s until around 1985 when they headlined the second inauguration of American President Ronald Reagan, which was the la...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #33: Eden Alpert (Herb Alpert)
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Eden Alpert, daughter of the legendary Herb Alpert. Now, if you think you know Herb Alpert, I’m here to tell you, you really don’t. Sure you know him from his iconic hits in the 1960s “The Lonely Bull,” “A Taste of Honey” and “Tijuana Taxi” and many others. But did you know he sold more albums than The Beatles in 1966? Or that he had five albums simultaneously in the Top 20 on the Billboard charts which has never happened before or since?...
Rarified Heir Podcast #33: Eden Alpert
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Eden Alpert, daughter of the legendary Herb Alpert. Now, if you think you know Herb Alpert, I’m here to tell you, you really don’t. Sure you know him from his iconic hits in the 1960s “The Lonely Bull,” “A Taste of Honey” and “Tijuana Taxi” and many others. But did you know he sold more albums than The Beatles in 1966? Or that he had five albums simultaneously in the Top 20 on the Billboard charts which has never happened before or since?...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #32 : Gigi Garner (James Garner)
July 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gigi Garner daughter of James Garner, star of films like Grand Prix, The Americanization of Emily & Victor/Victoria, as well as Television icons Bret Maverick & Jim Rockford in classic shows like Maverick and The Rockford Files. We also hear about James’ love of animals which pushed daughter Gigi to start the James Garner Animal Rescue Fund (https://www.jgarf.org) in his honor after more than 30 years helping animals herself. With a star o...
Rarified Heir Podcast #32 : Gigi Garner
July 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gigi Garner daughter of James Garner, star of films like Grand Prix, The Americanization of Emily & Victor/Victoria, as well as Television icons Bret Maverick & Jim Rockford in classic shows like Maverick and The Rockford Files. We also hear about James’ love of animals which pushed daughter Gigi to start the James Garner Animal Rescue Fund (https://www.jgarf.org) in his honor after more than 30 years helping animals herself. With a star o...
Rarified Heir Podcast #31 : Amanda Gari
July 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Amanda Gari, actress, singer and impressionist who talks to us today about her grandfather Izzy Iskowitz, better known as Eddie Cantor. Starting in the 1920s until the late 1950s, Eddie Cantor was one of America’s biggest stars – from vaudeville to Broadway, from radio to television, from film to recorded music, there was arguably no bigger star in the first half of the 20th Century than Eddie Cantor, the man they called “Banjo Eyes." Ama...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #31 : Amanda Gari (Eddie Cantor)
July 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Amanda Gari, actress, singer and impressionist who talks to us today about her grandfather Izzy Iskowitz, better known as Eddie Cantor. Starting in the 1920s until the late 1950s, Eddie Cantor was one of America’s biggest stars – from vaudeville to Broadway, from radio to television, from film to recorded music, there was arguably no bigger star in the first half of the 20th Century than Eddie Cantor, the man they called “Banjo Eyes." Ama...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #30: Bill Funt (Allen Funt)
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 184 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bill Funt, whose father Allen Funt was creator, host, producer and force of nature behind the iconic television show Candid Camera. Founded in 1947 as a radio program called Candid Microphone Funt spun-off the property into LPs in the 1950s and even movies like What Do You Say To A Naked Lady in 1970 and Candid Candid Camera for Playboy TV in the 80s. But I digress. We talk to Bill about what his father would think about being known as the...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #30: Bill Funt
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 184 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bill Funt, whose father Allen Funt was creator, host, producer and force of nature behind the iconic television show Candid Camera. Founded in 1947 as a radio program called Candid Microphone Funt spun-off the property into LPs in the 1950s and even movies like What Do You Say To A Naked Lady in 1970 and Candid Candid Camera for Playboy TV in the 80s. But I digress. We talk to Bill about what his father would think about being known as the...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #29 : Kelly Carlin (George Carlin)
June 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 209 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Kelly Carlin, humorist, monologist, writer, therapist and all around amazing woman about growing up Carlin. That’s right, she’s the daughter of one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, the one, the only George Carlin. And boy, is this episode a winner. First off, Kelly was the inspiration for this podcast after a meeting at the grand opening of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York in 2018. Her book A Carlin Home Companion...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #29 : Kelly Carlin
June 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 209 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Kelly Carlin, humorist, monologist, writer, therapist and all around amazing woman about growing up Carlin. That’s right, she’s the daughter of one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, the one, the only George Carlin. And boy, is this episode a winner. First off, Kelly was the inspiration for this podcast after a meeting at the grand opening of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York in 2018. Her book A Carlin Home Companion...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #28: Josh Davis & Tony Davis
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to brothers Josh Davis and Tony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis was a five-time Emmy nominee and mother actress turned Psychologist, Beryl Davis were a second family to our host, Josh Mills growing up in the 1970s. Jerry came to Los Angeles from Brooklyn where he was then writing for the New Yorker and became a fixture behind the scenes as writer/producer on TV shows such as The Odd Couple, That Girl and Bewitched. And if you listened an ear...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #28: Josh Davis & Tony Davis (Jerry Davis)
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to brothers Josh Davis and Tony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis was a five-time Emmy nominee and mother actress turned Psychologist, Beryl Davis were a second family to our host, Josh Mills growing up in the 1970s. Jerry came to Los Angeles from Brooklyn where he was then writing for the New Yorker and became a fixture behind the scenes as writer/producer on TV shows such as The Odd Couple, That Girl and Bewitched. And if you listened an ear...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #27: Elmo Kirkwood (Curt Kirkwood, Meat Puppets)
June 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we speak with Elmo Kirkwood, son of Curt Kirkwood from one the greatest cult bands of all-time, The Meat Puppets. Our conversation with Elmo is as anarchic as any of the bands albums as we touch on everything from punk rock, the Shut Up, Little Man tapes, the glory of fanzines, the term ‘College rock’, iconic record label SST, that infamous Nirvana Unplugged session on MTV everyone knows about and the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame where the or...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #27: Elmo Kirkwood
June 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we speak with Elmo Kirkwood, son of Curt Kirkwood from one the greatest cult bands of all-time, The Meat Puppets. Our conversation with Elmo is as anarchic as any of the bands albums as we touch on everything from punk rock, the Shut Up, Little Man tapes, the glory of fanzines, the term ‘College rock’, iconic record label SST, that infamous Nirvana Unplugged session on MTV everyone knows about and the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame where the or...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #26: Doug Denoff
June 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 189 MBOn this episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Broadway theatrical producer Doug Denoff whose father was part of one of the greatest comedy writing teams of all-time, Sam Denoff. Along with writing partner Bill Persky, the team of Persky and Denoff wrote an amazing amount of the show that has arguably come to be known as the greatest and most-well-loved sitcom’s in American television – the Dick Van Dyke Show. We also a deep dive into WNEW radio from the 1950s, the Friars Cl...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #26: Doug Denoff (Stan Denoff)
June 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 189 MBOn this episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Broadway theatrical producer Doug Denoff whose father was part of one of the greatest comedy writing teams of all-time, Sam Denoff. Along with writing partner Bill Persky, the team of Persky and Denoff wrote an amazing amount of the show that has arguably come to be known as the greatest and most-well-loved sitcom’s in American television – the Dick Van Dyke Show. We also a deep dive into WNEW radio from the 1950s, the Friars Cl...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #25: Ethan Lawrence (Anthony Lawrence)
May 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to screenwriter Ethan Lawrence, son of one of the most prolific writers in Television history, Anthony Lawrence. It’s not everyone who can play poker with Rod Serling and Harlan Ellison, contract as a day player in Audie Murphy Westerns, do karate with The King, Elvis Presley on the set of Roustabout or pen one of the most beloved scripts in the TV show Bonanza’s 23 year run, the Christmas epic entitled “Gabrielle”. Writing for film and TV se...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #25: Ethan Lawrence
May 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to screenwriter Ethan Lawrence, son of one of the most prolific writers in Television history, Anthony Lawrence. It’s not everyone who can play poker with Rod Serling and Harlan Ellison, contract as a day player in Audie Murphy Westerns, do karate with The King, Elvis Presley on the set of Roustabout or pen one of the most beloved scripts in the TV show Bonanza’s 23 year run, the Christmas epic entitled “Gabrielle”. Writing for film and TV se...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #24: Quincy Coleman (Dabney Coleman)
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBThis week’s guest on the Rarified Heir Podcast is Quincy Coleman, daughter of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale. While we can’t give away too much away here, it’s connection city on the podcast with Josh and Quincy as well as their acting mothers. Shhh, no spoilers! We also discuss important subjects like Dabney Coleman’s favorite Mexican Restaurant, his career in Television on shows like Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill & The Slap Maxwell Story, to mother Jean’s run-in at a...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #24: Quincy Coleman
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBThis week’s guest on the Rarified Heir Podcast is Quincy Coleman, daughter of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale. While we can’t give away too much away here, it’s connection city on the podcast with Josh and Quincy as well as their acting mothers. Shhh, no spoilers! We also discuss important subjects like Dabney Coleman’s favorite Mexican Restaurant, his career in Television on shows like Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill & The Slap Maxwell Story, to mother Jean’s run-in at a...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #23: James Coburn Jr. (James Coburn)
May 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBThis week on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to James Coburn, son of, you guessed it, James Coburn. It’s a wild ride on the podcast with topics ranging from Bruce Lee, The Muppets, Sam Peckinpah, the Z Channel, a 4 year trip to Africa, a Coburn biography based on his own words and much much more. It’s a deep dive into the Beverly Hills enclave of Tower Road with neighbors Jack Lemmon and Donald Sutherland, of being paid 1,0000 pesos a-day as an extra on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #23: James Coburn
May 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBThis week on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to James Coburn, son of, you guessed it, James Coburn. It’s a wild ride on the podcast with topics ranging from Bruce Lee, The Muppets, Sam Peckinpah, the Z Channel, a 4 year trip to Africa, a Coburn biography based on his own words and much much more. It’s a deep dive into the Beverly Hills enclave of Tower Road with neighbors Jack Lemmon and Donald Sutherland, of being paid 1,0000 pesos a-day as an extra on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #22: Spencer Garrett
May 04, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 194 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to actor Spencer Garrett who you all have seen on shows like CSI & News Radio as well as films like Air Force One and most recently in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We talk to Spencer about growing up in Los Angeles with two parents in show business with deep Midwest roots. His father, agent/manager Richard Heckencamp & his mother, actress Kathleen Nolan. We talk about what it was like moving back and forth between Los An...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #22: Spencer Garrett (Kathleen Nolan)
May 04, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 194 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to actor Spencer Garrett who you all have seen on shows like CSI & News Radio as well as films like Air Force One and most recently in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We talk to Spencer about growing up in Los Angeles with two parents in show business with deep Midwest roots. His father, agent/manager Richard Heckencamp & his mother, actress Kathleen Nolan. We talk about what it was like moving back and forth between Los An...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #21: Michael Weintraub
April 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Michael Weintraub, son of legendary manager, agent, producer and promoter Jerry Weintraub and his stepmother, singer/performer Jane Morgan. Michael has a million stories about being around show business and tells us some previously unheard stores from The King to the Chairman of the Board. Stories like Bob Dylan’s ridiculously long nails, watching Ringo Starr & George Harrison eat breakfast cereal for dinner, riding in a car with John Denv...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #21: Michael Weintraub (Jerry Weintraub)
April 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Michael Weintraub, son of legendary manager, agent, producer and promoter Jerry Weintraub and his stepmother, singer/performer Jane Morgan. Michael has a million stories about being around show business and tells us some previously unheard stores from The King to the Chairman of the Board. Stories like Bob Dylan’s ridiculously long nails, watching Ringo Starr & George Harrison eat breakfast cereal for dinner, riding in a car with John Denv...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #20 : Tara Candoli (Pete Candoli)
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBThis week on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Dr. Tara Candoli, daughter of legendary trumpeter Pete Candoli and actress mother Vicky Lane, who you may or may not know as The Ape Woman in the film, The Jungle Captive. Tara’s connection run even deeper with 40s actor Tom Neal whose story is rife with violence and scandal, her stepmother, the incomparable Betty Hutton and a grandparent Kemp Niver who received a special Oscar for preserving the earliest silent films known to exist. Somehow ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #20 : Tara Candoli
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBThis week on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Dr. Tara Candoli, daughter of legendary trumpeter Pete Candoli and actress mother Vicky Lane, who you may or may not know as The Ape Woman in the film, The Jungle Captive. Tara’s connection run even deeper with 40s actor Tom Neal whose story is rife with violence and scandal, her stepmother, the incomparable Betty Hutton and a grandparent Kemp Niver who received a special Oscar for preserving the earliest silent films known to exist. Somehow ...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #19 : Jenny Brill (Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall)
April 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Jenny Brill, daughter of the comedy team Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall. Married 61 years ago, Mitzi and Charlie have had an incredible career having met in 1959 at Jerry Lewis Workshop & their marriage that endures to this day. Their career spans everything from Laugh-In to Star Trek, The Ed Sullivan Show to the Silk Stalking from Pebbles & Bam-Bam to Playboy After Dark. Oh and did we mention they were guest stars on Josh’s Mom’s 1964 ABC variety...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #19 : Jenny Brill
April 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Jenny Brill, daughter of the comedy team Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall. Married 61 years ago, Mitzi and Charlie have had an incredible career having met in 1959 at Jerry Lewis Workshop & their marriage that endures to this day. Their career spans everything from Laugh-In to Star Trek, The Ed Sullivan Show to the Silk Stalking from Pebbles & Bam-Bam to Playboy After Dark. Oh and did we mention they were guest stars on Josh’s Mom’s 1964 ABC variety...
Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #18 : Tony Cobb
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 197 MBToday on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Tony Cobb, son of Lee J. Cobb. Yes, the twice Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actor Lee J. Cobb aka Johnny Friendly from On The Waterfront and the originator of the role of Willy Loman on Broadway in Death of a Salesman among a huge cannon of acting work. We talk about Tony’s memories of his dad as just being a dad – a car enthusiast, a man who loved fixing anything around the house, a man who loved cigars. But we also talk about The Blacklis...