TV Guidance Counselor Podcast
689 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 201 ratingsEach week Boston Comedian Ken Reid and his guests discuss a specific issue of TV Guide. They debate, consider and discuss the difficult viewing choices of our past.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 350: Tom Arnold
April 20, 2019 21:15 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBToday Ken welcomes actor/comedian/involuntary investigational journalist Tom Arnold to the show. Ken and Tom discuss Hirshfeld's of yourself, The Honeymooners, Jackie Gleason, getting paid $1 million to not be in the Honeymooners, The June Taylor Dancers, how sexy Florence Henderson was, autograph shows, peeing next to "Sophia Loren", growing up without a Mother, Loni Anderson, The Partridge Family, David Cassidy, Bill Cosby, the Me Too Era, Roseanne, context and intent, The Break, the hor...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 349: Dr. Rebecca Housel
April 15, 2019 11:51 - 1 hour - 116 MBDecember 20 - 26, 2003 This week Ken welcomes Pop Culture Professor Dr. Rebecca Housel to the show. Ken and Rebecca discuss cheesecake, bar pizza,being an outdoor kid, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Golden Girls, entertainment dynasties, Roseanne, Wonder Woman, anti-antisemitism, Gal Godot, the weird sexual history of Wonder Woman, Donna Reed, variety shows, cutting out commercials from your life, on demand, Alice, Charlie's Angels, Bionic Woman, 50 Shades of Grey, Anne Rice, Interview with t...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 348: Shawn Carter
April 08, 2019 13:59 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis week Ken welcomes Boston comedian Shawn Carter to the show. Ken and Shawn discuss visiting Ken's house every two years, getting hugged by TV, assuming everyone is older than you, losing your hair, Shawn watching sports, getting off the Patriot's wagon, Ken's hatred of Gronk, Rockland MA, Plymouth Rock, clubbin', Skinemax Comedy, Boobs vs. Boobs after Midnight, HBO, running schoolyard gags, Mr. Walls, Mr. Enis, white suburban hip hop, Roseanne, Star Jones, ads with attitude, Michael Do...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 347: Ben Seidman
April 01, 2019 12:50 - 1 hour - 121 MBJune 20 -26, 2004 Today Ken welcomes magician, comedian and master pickpocket Ben Seidman to the show. Ken and Ben discuss dogs, weird relationships with TV, learning magic, what TV Guide has in common with Playboy, Ken's time in the UK, growing up in Milwaukee, Mid-west eyes, Butter Burgers, being an only child, central time, being an indoor kid, Prince, how practice makes friendless, martial arts, Making Believe, Krystyn Lambert, Boston bullies, Myq Kaplan, David Blaine, David Williams...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 346: Fee Waybill
March 24, 2019 21:09 - 1 hour - 118 MBThis week Ken welcomes Tubes' frontman Fee Waybill to the show. Ken and Fee discuss tax free New Hampshire, moving from Omaha to Arizona, horses, small town theaters, Westerns, Frances the Talking Mule, serials, Commando Cody, The Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, James Garner Maverick, The Rifleman, Chuck Connors, Branded, Wanted Dead or Alive, Steve McQueen, SCTV, the Serious Moonlight Tour with David Bowie, Canada, Edmonton, Wayne Gretzky, Big Bucks Bob, John Candy, The Fishing Musician, sushi, L...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 345: Erin MaGuire
March 18, 2019 12:13 - 1 hour - 147 MBThis week Ken welcomes BACK to the show (after appearing on a live edition at last year's Women in Comedy festival) comedian Erin Maguire. Ken and Erin discuss Ken's odd carnival prizes, East Coast anxiety, Psychic Storefronts, Arlington mobs, lottery studio, accents, nicknames, The Winter Hill Gang, SATs, five and dime stores, Boston's WHDH kid's show "Ready to Go", New Kids on the Block, Heathcliff, The Three Stooges, Roof Kids, Scott Grimes, two gingers, Night Life, Joey McIntire, Spens...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 344: Storm Large
March 10, 2019 19:47 - 1 hour - 145 MBThis week Ken welcomes fellow former Boston Punk Rock kid, the fantastic musician, writer and all around entertainer Storm Large. Ken and Storm discuss being North Shore, Framingham, being shocked that Massachusetts is a Democratic state, Boston's racism and segregation, bring back "fine", 90s lingo, Bad Brains, wanting somebody to sing to you from jail, going to an all boys school, sausage forests, growing up as a punk rock kid, San Francisco, drag queens beating frat boys with platform s...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 343: Nellie McKay
March 04, 2019 11:42 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBThis week Ken welcomes singer/songwriter Nellie McKay to the show. Ken and Nellie discuss dogs, growing up in Harlem, warming yourself by the TV when the heating is turned off, David Letterman, subversive art, Conan O'Brien, Ferguson, the cutting edge on the internet, The Jimmy Dore Show, when comedy becomes the gatekeeper of the status quo, corporate overlords, Jimmy Fallon: Comedy Eunuch, Joan Rivers, leaning into viral content, cool music on TV, COPS, not watching TV shows about New Yor...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 342: Guinevere Turner
February 25, 2019 12:33 - 1 hour - 111 MBToday Ken welcomes screenwriter, director and actor Guinevere Turner to the show. Ken and Guinevere discuss growing up in the Lyman Family, Ryan Walsh's Astral Weeks, Mel Lyman's Lords List of movies, not being allowed to watch TV, being obsessed with Dallas, The Twilight Zone, being the keeper of the commercial clicker, The Three Stooges, M*A*S*H, refusing to acknowledge Daylight Savings, getting TV Guide, Go Fish, making a movie for lesbians, falling in love with Kermit the Frog, Charles...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 341: Toy Newkirk
February 18, 2019 12:36 - 1 hour - 115 MBToday Ken welcomes actor, producer, director and all around talent Toy Newkirk to the show. Ken and Toy discuss the Hollywood Hills, growing up a tomboy, donut families, Fonzie's swimming hole, the 1970s, the golden age of porn valley, not being allowed to watch TV, growing up with the Zappas, from Maryland to California, being an engineer, being a kid on sets, curiosity, throwing dirt at a commercial director, riding horses, ice skating, going on vacation with Kim Fields, auditioning for ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 340: Jackie Kashian
February 11, 2019 12:05 - 1 hour - 110 MBJanuary 22-29, 1977 Today Ken welcomes comedian, podcaster and dork forest ranger Jackie Kashian to the show. Ken and Jackie discuss welcoming yourself to you, SCTV, Roots, having a liberal stepmother, bedtimes, Wonder Woman, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, decoding the Hallmark Christmas movies, Marvel Team-Up, Spider-Man, reading weird Australian biker books, Spenser for Hire, Wisconsin, Fonzie Statues, Happy Days, weird Milwaukee-isms, WI Gangsters, Laverne and Shirley, Starksy and Hut...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 339: Mehran
February 04, 2019 01:40 - 1 hour - 129 MBJanuary 7-13, 1989 After a long delay Ken finally welcomes comedian Mehran to the show. Ken and Mehran discuss Ken's aversion to coming into the city, murderous athletes, the Venn Diagram of Euro-trash and townies, the J. Fred Muggs Awards, Geraldo, White Supremecists, representation on television, Adam Walsh, Stranger Danger, Iran, being an anchor baby, butt tapes, HBO's America Undercover, having a big dump in your pants, waiting on Mike Tyson, Night Court, sleazy TV, Golden Girls, LA ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 338: Cathy Podewell
January 28, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour - 149 MBOctober 22 - November 2, 1979 Today Ken welcomes actress Cathy Podewell (Dallas, Growing Pains, Night of the Demons) to the show. Ken and Cathy discuss her pre-work, Studs Terkel, Riverdale, growing up in Chicago, the coolest artifact ever brought on the show, TV Forecast, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, golden age of live TV, legacy acting families, Lady Blue, why everyone should wait tables for two weeks, the importance of empathy, Halloween, Nightmares, The Beverly Center, Eight is Enough, Charl...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 337: Adam Marsh
January 21, 2019 14:07 - 1 hour - 158 MBSeptember 5-11, 1987 Today Ken welcomes writer (Atomic Bebop Hulabaloo) and friend Adam Marsh to the show. Ken and Adam discuss Adam's dream come true of appearing on the show, Adam's complicated sibling history, pool hustlers, Tower Records, New Kids on the Block, arcades, the homeless, slug people, pools, Mountain time, Pool Trucks, Rumpus Rooms, Werewolf, Chuck Connors, Thicke of the Night, Chris Elliot, Jay Leno on Letterman, What's Your Beef?, Marlon Brando, The New Adventures of Be...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 336: Ayden Mayeri
January 13, 2019 15:41 - 2 hours - 188 MBMarch 23-29, 1996 Today Ken welcomes actor Ayden Mayeri to the show. Ken and Ayden discuss the Bette Davis estate, seltzer, Polar, famous noses, the 90s and the 60s, Nick at Nite, SNL, separate beds, references in comedy, the 1996 Telecommunications Act, syndication, reality TV, the horrors of deregulation, local weird late night TV, preachers on TV, prank calling Church TV, growing up in wine country, Pastor Scott, calling people's parents by accident, growing up an only child, learning...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 335: Ken Levine
January 07, 2019 12:34 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBToday Ken welcomes writer/producer/podcaster/sports announcer Ken Levine to the show. Ken and Ken discuss Ken's Hollywood home, Hirshfelds, Emmys, the golden age of television of the early 70s, the horrors of working as a radio DJ, getting laid off before Christmas, forgetting a person's real name and calling them by their actor name, David White of Bewitched, Erin Murphy, being in the army reserves, moving into writing for TV, reverse engineering scripts via bookstore remainders and reel ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 334: Brooke Van Poppelen
December 29, 2018 15:21 - 1 hour - 124 MBSeptember 3-9 , 1988 Today Ken welcomes comedian and host of TruTV's "Hack My Life" Brooke Van Poppelen to the show. Ken and Brooke discuss Ken's L.A. Air Bnb, being stuck in Brooklyn, PTSD, being terrified of open spaces, panic attacks, Bablo Island, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, field trips, The Topsfield Fair, Stony Creek, board games, butter allergies, bulletproof coffee, the Olympics, a childhood as a gymnast, Miss America, The Peanuts, shared experiences, Freaks & Geeks, being a L...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 333: Lamont Price
December 21, 2018 13:06 - 1 hour - 161 MBDecember 16 -22, 1989 Today Ken welcome returning guest and TV Guidance Counselor All-Star Lamont Price back to the show. Ken and Lamont discuss the questionable racism of old media, skywriters, screwballs, Looney Toons cloud fights, animated sketch shows, black people's cultural Stockholm syndrome, cultural norms, Blackula, Bernie Casey, John Hughes fear of black people, White White Christmases, Motown Christmas, Bernie Mac Show, Christmas Lights, Good Times, getting thrown a bone, The ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 332: Jilly Gagnon
December 16, 2018 21:35 - 1 hour - 103 MBFALL PREVIEW ALERT September 18-24, 1994 Today Ken welcomes writer Jilly Gagnon. Ken and Jilly discuss eldercare, annual news reports, not realizing how much TV you consumed as a kid, growing up sans cable, The Legend of Zelda, side quests, Goonies 2, NES, Tri-Force tattoos, Gannons, Friday the 13th, news paper TV week, breaking the toaster oven style, Minneapolis, the Dr. Quinn and Walker Texas Ranger Date Night, Central Time, French Fries and Frosties, Toby McGuire, Eddie Furlong, ban...
TV Guidance Cousnelor Episode 332: Jilly Gagnon
December 16, 2018 21:35 - 1 hour - 103 MBFALL PREVIEW ALERT September 18-24, 1994 Today Ken welcomes writer Jilly Gagnon. Ken and Jilly discuss eldercare, annual news reports, not realizing how much TV you consumed as a kid, growing up sans cable, The Legend of Zelda, side quests, Goonies 2, NES, Tri-Force tattoos, Gannons, Friday the 13th, news paper TV week, breaking the toaster oven style, Minneapolis, the Dr. Quinn and Walker Texas Ranger Date Night, Central Time, French Fries and Frosties, Toby McGuire, Eddie Furlong, ban...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 331: Cady McClain
December 10, 2018 12:41 - 1 hour - 147 MBNovember 7-13, 1981 Today Ken welcomes actor, writer, director, artist, musician and all around dynamo Cady McClain to the show. Ken and Cady discuss how a Guinness Book Record for dancing can lead to a showbiz career, growing up in L.A., commercials, meeting the Kool-Aid man, Ann-Margaret, My Favorite Year, Pennies from Heaven, MGM's Musicals, having a grounding in reality, the business of make believe, being an object, not getting a job based on your looks, sacrificing for your art, th...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 330: Rob Tanchum
December 04, 2018 13:04 - 1 hour - 99.7 MBOctober 31 - November 6, 1992 Today Ken welcomes rapper and comedian Rob Tanchum to the show. Ken and Rob discuss satellites, Fax Ma'zines, TTY Prank phone calls, Westchester New York, teenage Improv teams, TV as coping mechanism, Sabrina, Fleabag, Crashing, The Young Ones, Toast of London, Saturday Night Halloween, hating teenagers, pranks, stealing Bubble Tape, Home Movies, animation, Yo! MTV Raps, babysitter hip hop, SNICK, SNL, Nick at Nite, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, glorifyin...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 329: Selena Coppock
December 02, 2018 13:19 - 1 hour - 138 MBSeptember 26 - October 2, 1992 Today Ken welcomes comedian Selena Coppock. Ken and Selena discuss the weird numbering system of Ken's street, lawless New Hampshire, Weston MA, Polar Seltzer, Jan from Toyota, being related to Batman, a family history of performance, 80s Times Square, Sting on Broadway, Guns and Roses, Vince Neil, country music, Garth Brooks, 38 Special, Revenge of the Nerds, Wayne's World, teen gross out comedy, transgender "Sisters", In Living Color, The L.A. Riots, why ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 328.5: "United We Fan"'s Michael Sparaga & Dorothy Swanson
November 28, 2018 13:14 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBToday Ken welcomes the director of the new documentary "United We Fan" Michael Sparaga, as well as the star of the doc, Dorothy Swanson. Ken Michael and Dorothy talk about grass roots movements, the importance of television, saving "Crime Story", Cagney and Lacey, hunting down TV contacts, watching things together alone, Niagara Falls Canada, The Story of Viewers For Quality Television, being a professional fan activist, Frank's Place, the importance of representation, DVRing Law and Order...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 328: Kevin Harrington
November 24, 2018 13:18 - 1 hour - 128 MBOctober 23-29, 1993 Today Ken welcomes comedian and man about town Kevin Harrington to the show. Ken and Kevin discuss bouncers, consequences, Kevin's grandkids, lying about having nieces and nephews, Ken's superman fortress of solitude, Dean Koontz, Tobe Hooper's Funhouse, St. Louis, central time, O'Boisie's, potatoes, regional candybars, Norwegian heritage, Ren & Stimpy, Aeon Flux, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Ray Bradbury, Liquid Television, Married...with Children, Knight Rider, Murp...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 327: Yancy Butler
November 19, 2018 00:11 - 1 hour - 103 MBThis week Ken welcomes actor Yancy Butler (Witchblade, Hard Target, Dropzone, Brooklyn South) to the show. Ken and Yancy discuss Air BnBs, the land of the beautiful and rich, Sarah Lawrence College, Spring Break in Boston, growing up in Manhattan, navigating crazy people, Al Lewis, palming $100 bills, expensive real estate, Dick Wolf, peaking at 21, Mann and Machine, being up against Murder She Wrote, The Lovin' Spoonful, futuristic dystopia, moving from NYC to LA, being car blind, Ken's p...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 326: Clay Fernald
November 12, 2018 12:49 - 1 hour - 117 MBOctober 5 -11, 1985 Today Ken welcome promoter and man about town Clay Fernald to the show. Ken and Clay discuss Ken's trash pile, being three years in the making, Sullivan Square Somerville, older siblings, Benson, not being allowed to watch Soap, Eddie Murphy's stand up, comedy tapes, mis labeling shows, PBS shows, boxing nuns, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Ken's grandfather killing The Exorcist, having the most friends on Myspace in Boston, The Boston Phoenix, Something Wicked This ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 325: Don Most
November 06, 2018 23:42 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBToday Ken welcomes singer, actor, director Don Most (Happy Days, Dungeons & Dragons) to the show. Ken and Don discuss growing up in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Million Dollar Movie, Channel 9, a start in singing, commercials, seeing The Jazz Singer, when things feel right historically, The Summer of '42, The Wanderers, American Graffiti, Love American Style, auditioning for your own part, Room 222, Emergency, Dramatic Roles, having a funnybone, Happy Days, recognizing Jumping the Shark, for...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 324: Joely Fisher
November 04, 2018 21:25 - 56 minutes - 77 MBToday Ken welcomes actor, singer, and author of the memoir "Growing Up Fisher", Joely Fisher to the show. Ken and Joely discuss her enormous group of children, TV wallpaper, the news, the way kids watch TV, how difficult it is the tell stories on social media, growing up with Connie Stevens, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, "Does TV Go Too Far?", Made for TV movies, "Someone I Touched", AIDS on TV, After School Special, why Ellen will never get rebooted, the wonders of multi-cam television, ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 323: The 2018 Halloween Special with Sam Furst and Rachel Reid
October 26, 2018 14:24 - 1 hour - 118 MBIt's the 2018 TV Guidance Counselor Halloween Special! This year Ken reunites the Halloween TV Special Forces A-Team of Monsters are Good's Sam Furst and Ken's Wifes is Great's Rachel Reid to watch and discuss the 1986 Sunday Night Disney Made-for-TV Special Mr. Boogedy. Happy Halloween!
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 322: Megan Duffy
October 22, 2018 15:25 - 1 hour - 113 MBFALL PREVIEW EDITION October 1-7, 1988 Today Ken welcomes the multi-talented podcaster, actor, producer Megan Duffy to the show. Ken and Megan discuss the Hollywood Hills, what it takes to give an Uber drive one star, Midnight Caller, Almost Grown, Roseanne, Paradise, Murphy Brown, Boston Common, Boston Public, growing up in Springfield MA, the boring homogeneity of Suburbia, Two Guys A Girl and a Pzza Place, Red Sox vs Dodger, the wonders of Judith Light, the weirdness of Nightmare on ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 321: Erin Gibson
October 15, 2018 05:12 - 1 hour - 127 MBOctober 7-13, 1989 This week Ken welcomes co-host of Throwing Shade and author of Feminasty Erin Gibson to the show. Ken and Erin discuss fancy hotel entitlement, hospitality industry jobs, why you should always rob criminals, Hollywoods One Chubby Girl at a time rule, Delta Burke, Gerald McRaney, the quest for judgement, how women are treated in Hollywood, Eating Disorders, why it's important to talk about stuff, Linda Bloodworth Thomeson, Les Moonves, sticking to your guns, sticking up...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 320: Agnes Obel
October 08, 2018 14:19 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBThis week Ken welcomes musician Agnes Obel to the show. Ken and Agnes discuss the proper pronunciation of "Agnes", Danish, having a satellite dish, the life change that was MTV, being on the cutting edge of technology, Yo! MTV Raps, 120 Minutes, Alternative Nation, Tori Amos, Daniel Johnston, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, YouTube, being exposed to new things, the interaction between sound and vision, national television stations, pop culture, living in Berlin, the strange comforting displacement o...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 319: TVGC Investigates MTV's Lost Weekend with Van Halen
October 02, 2018 11:54 - 36 minutes - 50 MBIn this special TV Guidance Counselor Investigates edition of the show Ken explores the 1984 MTV contest "The Lost Weekend with Van Halen" by going right to the source, the man who would know best, the winner, Kurt Jefferis.
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 318: Ben Blacker II
September 30, 2018 16:39 - 1 hour - 109 MBOctober 16 - 22, 199 Today Ken welcomes TV writer and creator of the new Vertigo comic "Hex Wives", Ben Blacker BACK to the show. Ken and Ben discuss the bizarre and insane level of Ken's guests, the Computer museum, weird AirBnBs, taking the bus to New York, being treated first class, San Diego Comic Con, the con formerly known as Boston Comic Con, Boston being unrecognizable, the rise of UPN and the WB, Felicy, Ben or Noel?, Ken's Dad, The 50 Greatest Characters in Television, Savannah...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 317: Anna Drezen
September 24, 2018 00:31 - 1 hour - 130 MBMarch 15-21, 1986 Today Ken welcomes writer, comedian, Anna Drezen to the show. Ken and Anna discuss Anna's dog's a-hole, duvet covers, fires, hand me downs, saucy buns, vomiting bright pink, the cultural bankruptcy of the second Reagan term, Madeline Stowe, If Tomorrow's Comes, having a "wig face", Saturday Night Live, CNN End of the world tape, John Wesley Ship, aerobics, titular lines in Broadway shows, Cats, Angels in America, cat AIDS, Ghosts, blackface on Gimme a Break, orangutans,...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 316: Alex Edelman II
September 17, 2018 14:46 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBMay 31 - June 6, 1997 Today Ken welcomes returning guest Alex Edelman to the show. Ken and Alex discuss shows at Laugh Boston, Alex's status as an international super star, Edinburgh, The Perrier Award, Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Jimmy Carr, MSG, Alan Carr, Steward Lee, the day Mary Tyler Moore passed away, The Great Indoors, Ken's visit to Alex's job, NHL, Lois and Clark, The Dana Carvey Show, how writers' rooms work, The Simpsons, stand up instincts, Young Comedians, Anthony Clarke, J...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 315: Bob McLeod
September 10, 2018 12:53 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBToday Ken welcomes artist, writer and comic book legend Bob McLeod to the show. Ken and Bob discuss Comic Conventions, sketches, satirizing Westworld for Crazy magazine, parody,growing up in Florida, Westerns, Flipper, Mad Magazine, starting as an Inker, the Bronze age of marvel comics, pasting page numbers, Joe Orlando telling you you need to go back to school to learn how to draw, cartoons, cartooning, funny animals, being terrified of Manhattan, Kojack, Streets of San Francisco, Dragnet...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 314: Dessa
September 02, 2018 23:06 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBJune 1-7, 1991 Today Ken welcomes writer and musician Dessa to the show. Ken and Dessa discuss Jasmine Guy's seductive nonsense, sexy Ice Tea, people from Boston, not knowing who Molly Ringwald is, living in a pop culture desert, the blur of childhood, Minneapolis Minnesota, Darkwing Duck, Duck, Inspector Gadget, being a latch key kid, The Misfits, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, building your own plane, is Inspector Gadget a zombie?, Jeopardy, Twin Peaks, the ether of our culture, sec...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 313: "Big" Jim Murray
August 27, 2018 12:51 - 1 hour - 145 MBMarch 28 - April 3, 1987 Today Ken welcomes Boston radio personality, long time friend and former WFNX co-worker "Big" Jim Murray to the show. Ken and Jim discuss the nostalgia overload of Ken's house, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, working in radio, podcasts that are too long, Ken's on air argument with Dane Cook, graduating from Melrose High, G4, Madden Challenge, e-sports, gamers, YouTube stars, Kirk Cameron, Growing Pains cocaine episode, the birth of FOX, Facts of Life, terrorizing...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 312: Charlie Benante of Anthrax
August 20, 2018 11:24 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBToday Ken welcomes Charlie Benante of Anthrax to the show. Ken and Charlie discuss soundchecks, Fall Preview editions, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Wonderama, Spider-Man, The Laugh-a-lympics, Little House of the Prairie, pre-electricity, Grizzly Adams, growing up in the Bronx, Barney Miller, NYPD Blue, Good Times, Newhart, erased tapes, Spielberg, Jaws, Sid & Marty Kroft, Land of the Lost, The Brady Kids, cartoons based on live action shows, Frank Welker, animation cells, Hanna Barbera, tv m...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 311: Jonny Brugh and Daniel Logan
August 13, 2018 15:56 - 1 hour - 146 MBToday Ken welcomes two of New Zealand's finest, Johnny Brugh (What We Do in the Shadows) and Daniel Logan (Star Wars) to the show. First up Ken chats with Johnny Brugh about New Zealand, vampires, The Six Million Dollar Man, Netflix, stand up, character comedy, Deacon, The Mighty Boosh, The Young Ones, Bad Taste, Peter Jackson, visiting America, aliens, seductive dances, and where the gold is. Next up Ken chats with Daniel Logan (Boba Fett in Star Wars Attack of the Clones). Ken and Dani...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 310.5 : Guy Branum II
August 09, 2018 18:28 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBIn this mini-episode recorded LIVE! via satellite Ken welcomes author of the new book "My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir Through (Un) Popular Culture", Guy Branum back to the show. Ken and Guy discuss growing up as an outsider, air BnBs, very special episodes, Night Court, Jennifer Slept Here, Love Sydney, The Facts of Life, abortions, Night Court, Barney Miller, the physical space of sitcoms, Guy's book, and make tentative plans to speak again in the future.
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 310: Rachael O'Brien and Sabrina Danzl
August 06, 2018 13:48 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBToday Ken welcomes comedians, best friends and podcasters Rachael O'Brien and Sabrina Danzl to the show. But FIRST TV Guidance Counselor Investigates returns and Ken explores the story of Mark Harmon: Real Life Hero. Next Ken, Rachael and Sabrina discuss kneeing on rugs, going through glass windows, Ben Franklin, Boston's history of drunkenness, Dunks, Dunkabeties, sports, not caring, growing up in Astoria OR, being in Kindergarten Cop, the movie Plain Clothes. Cheers, a lifetime of not ...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 309: David Harbour and Ron Perlman
July 30, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 118 MBIn another episode recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con 2018 Ken welcomes actors and Hellboys David Harbour and Ron Perlman to the show. First up Ken talks to David Harbour (Stranger Things). Ken and David discuss Pan Am, smoking, The Newsroom, Hellboy, prosthetics, having a fake body, Romanian stunt men, Tide commercials, practical vs. CG, Waffle House, Jangles, fast food recommendations, Antarctica, the power of Twitter, vomiting, the emotional resonance of character, Jim Hopper, mustaches...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 308.5: Barry Williams
July 26, 2018 11:24 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this mini-episode recorded LIVE! at North East Comic Con Ken welcomes Greg Brady himself, Barry Williams to the show. Ken and Barry discuss the nature of fandom, being a part of people's lives without knowing them personally, leaning into the recognition, musical theater, riding the wave of a cultural phenomenon, growing up next door to Peter Graves, Fury, Mission: Impossible, Dragnet, being a young actor, Run for your Life, The Invaders, The Mod Squad, It Takes a Thief, Adam 12, Vincen...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 308: Owen Linders
July 23, 2018 15:46 - 1 hour - 158 MBJanuary 20-26, 1996 Today Ken welcomes Boston Comedian and artist Owen Linders to the show. Ken and Owen discuss Hawaii, cranberry bogs, Spring Break, Alfred University, the pitfalls of "art", print making, solar power, stand up comedy specials, Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas in Who's Ready for Ice Cream?, flagmen, cops in roadworks, black boxes, beach houses, Sci Fi Channel, Cartoon Network, Space: Above and Beyond, Rhode Island, Swamp Thing, the odd things in Ken's home, cartoons based on R...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 307: Mike Reiss
July 18, 2018 12:15 - 54 minutes - 75 MBToday Ken welcomes longtime Simpsons writer and author of the new book "Springfield Confidential" Mike Reiss to the show. Ken and Mike discuss working one day a week, growing up in CT, Harvard Lampoon, Charles in Charge, Head of the Class, Sledge Hammer, Not Necessarily The News, It's Gary Shandling Show, The Critic, The Simpsons, the nutmeg state, "Bitch McNuggets", Airplane II, Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Alf, clip shows, The Tracy Ulman Show, people on TV watching TV, The Royle Fam...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 306: Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, KJ Apa and Skeet Ulrich
July 16, 2018 11:18 - 1 hour - 112 MBIn these two conversations recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con Ken welcomes Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, KJ Apa and Skeet Ulrich to the show. First up Ken talks to Andrew McCarthy. Ken and Andrew discuss Less than Zero, St. Elmo's Fire, why drugs are bad, Weekend at Bernie's, Mannequin, James Spader's eccentricities, department store vampires, Pretty in Pink, a 6 ft tall Gumby, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald's taste in men, the VCR age, directing, Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist, Cl...
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 305: Sean Patton
July 09, 2018 18:10 - 1 hour - 134 MBNovember 18-24, 1978 This week Ken welcomes comedian Sean Patton to the show. Ken and Sean discuss New Orleans, Boston trash bats, regional accents, Airwolf, reboots, modern day Ernest Borgnines, Turbo Teen, poisoned Halloween Candy, living in a world of adults, taking your younger brother to a strip club, Portland Oregon, New York expectations, Eyes Wide Shut, Rounders, The Village, gentrification, dirty old Boston, being just born, HBO's commitment to topless women, making a living, ro...