TV Guidance Counselor Podcast

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 252: Danny & Mike (Pete & Pete) and Billy West

In this episode recorded live at Gary Sohmer's South Coast Comic Con at a long closed JC Penny at the Hanover Mall Ken welcomes Pete & Pete, Danny Tamberelli and Michael C Marona. Ken, Danny and Mike discuss Pete and Pete reunions, nostalgia, The Beach Boys, US Patents, All That, Figured it Out, Nickelodeon, Tool & Die, Halloweenie, Mr. Slurm, Hal Hartley, Bacon Neck, Steve Buscemi, the Tarantino crossover, Inspector 34, Janitors, how Hunter S. Thompson was NOT on The Adventures of Pete an...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 251: Lizz Winstead

November 19-24, 1978 Today Ken welcomes writer, comedian, and world changer Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show) to the show. Ken and Lizz discuss hotel based Pink Floyd listening sessions, hating the Doors, being non-parented in a chaotic household, growing up in Minneapolis, Husker Du, Prince, being roommates with Soul Asylum, life on the road for comics and bands, Boston's fantastic indie radio scene, when WMBR became WTBS, moving to San Francisco, Dana Gould, Kevin Meaney, Bobcat's on stag...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 250: Larry Murphy

October 3-9, 1981 Today Ken welcomes actor, comedian, voice man Larry Murphy (Delocated, Assy McGee, Bob's Burgers) to the show. Ken and Larry discuss Ken's strange house, growing up with 6 kids in the family, Jiffy Pop, microwave popcorn cancer, saying "weird" too much, Fall Preview, Manimal, lunchbox decisions, Sleestacks, Land of the Lost, Esperanto, second guessing the decision to show your kids Harry Potter, Uncle Granpa, being scared of production company idents, Embassy Pictures, ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 249: Kenice Mobley

June 19 - 25, 1999 Today Ken welcomes podcaster and comedian Kenice Mobley to the show. Kenice and Ken discuss Oak Grove's Eastern Block aesthetic, the beige age, Charlotte North Carolina, Sleep Walk peeing, Secret restaurants, going into production, "Bougie", Ken's incredible whiteness, Dawson's Creek, racism, racism, dead dogs, 1999 vs. 2004, being an identical twin, Sister Sister, hunting Nazis, Brazilian twin villages, family  meals, Rugrats, SNICK, All That!, Marshall Law staring Sa...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 248: Mercedes McNabb and James Marsters

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 247: Joe List

March 27 - April 2, 1993 Today Ken welcomes old friend, comedian Joe List to the show. Ken and Joe discuss Joe's fancy hotel room, Joe's gay family, shirts vs. skins, black hair, chocolate chips, used cars, flaming roller coasters, The Oscars, Billy Crystal, Boston punching, getting pro Trump abuse on Twitter, being an undercover thief for Sears, Beavis and Butthead, Cops, Brittany Murphy, Empty Nest, Point Break, Near Dark, Ken's love of Kathryn Bigelow, The Hitcher, Mad About You, Sein...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 246: Steve Bannos

Today Ken welcomes writer, actor Steve Bannos (Freaks & Geeks) to the show. Ken and Steve discuss their mutual collecting bug, Flea Markets, Brimfield, Boston in the 80s, stand up comedy, Chicago, Mark of the Devil Barf Bags, The Combat Zone, TV Wheel, Judd Apatow, Night After Night with Alan Havey, The Higgins Boys and Gruber, Greek fry cooks, Gyros, Paul Feig, "The Ranch", Freaks & Geeks, the missing Missing Bus script, 7 Minutes in Heaven, rigging spin the bottle, Meet the Applegates, w...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 245: Micky Dolenz (The Monkees)

In this episode recorded live at Gary Sohmer's Southcoast Comic Con at the Hanover Mall, Ken welcomes The Monkees Micky Dolenz to the show. Ken and Micky discuss the innovation of the Monkees TV show, the Marx Brothers, the influence on MTV, directing television, Metal Mickey, Circus Boy, working behind the scenes in England, the 1997 Monkees reunion movie, "Head", Mickey's Rock N Roll tastes, Little Richard, Hellzapoppin', the divide between TV and movie actors, Michael Nesmith's Differen...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 244: Langston Kerman

January 6-10, 1996 Today Ken welcomes actor, writer, comedian Langston Kerman to the show. Ken and Langston discuss Ken's weird house, RC Cola and Moon Pies, health drinks, white people MacGuyvering things to get high and things to have sex with, pranks, teenage fight clubs, school suspensions, The Green Day Riots, poetry, Jesse Jackson, Tito, 1995's Top 10 Performers, Chicago, OJ, ER, Keith Olberman, Fraiser, 10 Shows that Clicked, Seinfeld, writing for the Oscars, Chris Rock, aliens, h...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 243: Dylan Brody

April 24 - 30, 1976 Today Ken welcomes writer, comedian, raconteur, Dylan Brody to the show. Ken and Dylan discuss Dylan's wife's similarities to his father, nicknames, Thomas vs. Bob, being almost Canadian, small town upstate New York, Coxsackie, Tituba's Spell, Ken vs Kenny, birthday viewing, Dick Van Dyke, booze as medicine, I Dream of Jeanie vs. Bewitched, The Marx Brothers vs. The Three Stooges, The Ritz Brothers, Dylan's Cinema Education from his Film Professor Father, Forest Gump,...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 242: Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad 13)

May 1-7, 1999 In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 5th Annual Philly Podfest at the Trocodero in Philly, Ken welcomes musician Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13) to the show. Ken and Sadie discuss feeling old when you're young and feeling young when you're old, Must See TV, growing up in Manhattan, The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Babyface, Animorphs, crushing on Hawk boys, Calista Flockhart, Alley McBeal, lawyers in Boston, a pre-Goodburger world, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, S...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 241: Carl Gottlieb

Today Ken welcomes writer, director and sometimes actor Carl Gottlieb (Jaws, The Smothers Brothers, The Jerk) to the show. Ken and Carl discuss classic Hollywood apartments, growing up in Manhattan, Your Show of Shows, Champagne tastes on a Beer Pocket Book, Howdy Doody, Milton Berle, The NBC Symphony, how radio begat television, The DuMont Network, having a pet mouse, Carl's TV debut, Tom Corbitt Space Patrol, being a Sci-Fi fanatic, The Shadow, Amos and Andy, how a car can cost as much a...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 240: Hollywood Fight and Stunt Coordinators Panel

In this episode recorded LIVE! at Denver Comic Con 2017 Ken welcomes a panel of legendary Hollywood stunt and fight coordinators, Mark Grove, James Lew, Carl Ciarfalio and Rick Avery. Ken, Mark, James, Carl and Rick discuss martial arts, how one gets into the stunt business, Big Trouble in Little China, Kung Fu, the Knotts Berry Farm Stunt Show, being a fun fighter, being a good looking man, car guys, Harold Lloyd, learning from old Hollywood, why sometimes cardboard boxes are best, John T...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 239: Curtis Armstrong

Today Ken welcomes actor (Supernatural, Revenge of the Nerds, Moonlighting) and author of the new memoir "Revenge of the Nerd: Or...The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would be Booger" Curtis Armstrong to the show. Ken and Curtis discuss the mid 60s, Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beatles, living in Switzerland, Detroit, how being forced to watch something other than the Wonderful World of Disney can change your life, the horror of stopwatches, The Avengers, being an angl...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 238: "Weird" Al Yankovic

Today Ken welcomes the legendary "Weird" Al Yankovic to the show. In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2017 Denver Comic Con in Denver, CO Ken and Al discuss why Al was never Magnum P.I., ALTv, the early days of MTV, Eat It, visual parody, Dr. Demento, Spike Jones, voice over, Warner Bros, growing up outside of Hollywood, The Weird Al Show, Saturday mornings, Billy Barty's kids show, Sheriff John, milk drinking contests, the golden age of theme songs, Green Acres, jumping on a parody, Al'...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 237: Jen Kirkman

April 17-23, 1982 Today Ken welcomes comedian, author and fellow Bostonian Jen Kirkman to the show. Ken and Jen discuss Jen's awe at Ken's west coast TV Guide collection, being torn between two issues, Ripped from the Headlines, AIDS, The Day After, Red Dawn, unsupportive terrifying fathers, Happy Days, being a defacto only child, bus station TVs, listening to TV on the radio, making audio tapes of Moonlighting, Back to the Beach, The Brady Bunch house, The Love Boat, high fashion on the...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 236: Andrea Romano

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Denver Comic Con 2017, Ken welcomes casting director, voice director and animation legend Andrea Romano to the show. Ken and Andrea discuss The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, SCTV, Hanna Barbera, Daws Butler, The Jetsons, the "Tiffany" controversy with Jetsons: The Movie, the golden age of voice actors, Huckleberry Hound, how work you love can extend your life, the secret to casting voices, Frank Welker, Mel Blanc, the horrors of replac...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 235: Stacey Travis

March 25-31, 1978 Today Ken welcomes actor, filmmaker Stacey Travis (Hardware, Earth Girls are Easy, Ghostworld) to the show. Ken and Stacey discuss dog withdrawals, CBS Turning 50, The Partridge Family, Little House on the Prairie, Sanford & Son, Dallas, The Brady Bunch, Good Times, Maude, All in the Family, sometimes having enough of children's entertainment, Hardware, Dream On, embarrassing your children, The Naked Truth, Seinfeld, studying acting in London, Earth Girls are Easy, Juli...

TV Guidance Counselor 234: Dino Stamatopoulos

FALL PREVIEW ALERT! September 9-15, 1972 On his Birthday Ken starts the show with discussing his plans for the day. He then welcomes writer and occasional actor Dino Stamatopoulos to the show. Ken and Dino discuss slaughtering Dino's name, Dean Martin, hookers, Chicago, growing up in a bar, why there are 40 in the top 40, not knowing there was color TV, Charlie Kaufman's refusal to believe Superman and Clark Kent are the same person, the lost Skank! spin off, The Ben Stiller Show, ho...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 233: Lynne Stewart

Today Ken welcomes actor Lynne Stewart (Pee Wee's Playhouse, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) to the show. Ken and Lynne discuss children's television, the origins of Miss Yvonne, the Pee Wee Herman Show reunion, meeting Tuesday Weld, growing up in Los Angeles, when Ken's dad was on Bozo, Phil Hartman, the MTV generation, the influence of Pee Wee's Playhouse on Japan, teaching kids how to scream, The Candy and Nancy Show, buying your own Candy for $300, Engineer Bill, the wonders of Face...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 232: Fred Schneider (B-52s, The Superions)

May 18-24, 1968 Today Ken welcomes the fantastic musician Fred Schneider to the show. Ken and Fred discuss Boston's industrial Nieman Marcus, having to watch what your mother likes, The Flintstones, I Married Joan, SNL, being trash talked on Carson, meeting David Bowie, Beanie and Cecil, F Troop, Petticoat Junction vs. Green Acres, Night of the Living Dead induced vomit, Alien panic attacks, Mama's Family, Forbidden Planet, loving bad movies, Martha and the Vandells, meeting Jimmy Page, ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 231: Dave Higgins

June 28 - July 4, 1975 Today Ken welcomes actor, comedian, David Higgins to the show. Ken and Dave discuss mid-western cold, the importance of outside, woods pornography, The Bi-Centennial, the glory days of the middle class, why the 70s were maybe a more enlightened time, Archie Bunker, Sammy and Company, Don Kirsher's Rock Concert, Poor Devil, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home, Bernie, burned off pilots, M*A*S*H, the Casey Kasem tapes, The Red Tapes, The Monkees vs the Goodies, Night Afte...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 230.5: Scott Ryan

Today Ken welcomes author, podcaster Scott Ryan to the show. Ken and Scott discuss Scott's new book, Thirtysomething at Thirty, an oral history of Thirtysomething, Twin Peaks, My So-Called Life, Special Bulletin, Picket Fences, Fringe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the return of Twin Peaks. 

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 230: Josie Long

February 9-15, 1991 Today Ken welcomes comedian Josie Long to the show. Ken and Josie talk about coming from the UK, American misperceptions of Royalty, how Hollywood couples like Roseane and Tom Arnold keep it together. The Radio & TV Times, why Darlene is so cool, Kevin James' Rich White guy support of Donald Trump, how cocaine explains most things, BBC Three, UK Play, Twin Peaks, Iraq War, Operation Desert Storm, The Damned, The Young Ones, Fist of Fun, tough guy dry tea, multiple cha...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 229: Terry Sweeney

Ken welcomes writer/actor Terry Sweeney to the show. Ken and Terry discuss corporal punishment, Texas, living in the South, growing up in Long Island, old dirty scary NYC, "Do what now", Terry's Sicilian Mother, hunting for TV Guide, Dinah Shore, being "excited" by Jim Morrison, Bones, crime shows, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brecht, Mr. Ball, Joan Rivers, Mad TV, Tripping the Rift, being in a hot tub with Madonna, Bruce McCullough, Mark McKinney, and television networks fear of d...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 228: Stephen Bissette

December 23-29, 1961 Today Ken welcomes writer, artist Stephen Bissette (Swamp Thing, Video Watchdog) to the show. Ken and Steve discuss tips to get through governmental checkpoints, Swamp Thing, dinosaurs, Comic Cons, Doctor Who, Ultraman, Canadian TV, Vermont, Fear No Evil, Made for TV movies,  Monster Kids, 8mm Castle movies, Ray Harryhausen, Outer Limits, taking notes while watching TV, Carnival of Souls, turning roof antenna, color TV, the Bus Stop controversy, Fabian, Senate invest...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 227: Jonah Ray

January 20 - February 1, 1991 Today Ken welcomes comedian, podcaster and television personality Jonah Ray to the show. Ken and Jonah discuss mannequins in car dealerships, The Superbowl, how sports leads to day drinking, Sportsball, human Guess Who, Kevin Meaney, Steven Webber in The Shining, Frank from Murphy Brown, Wings, Tracy Ullman, Oceanic Cable, Hawaii, Tales from the Crypt, Dawn of the Dead, Hidden America, when pranks become assault, horror bros, the golden age of VHS, customizi...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 226: Steve Johnson

Today Ken welcomes writer, special make up FX master and pseudo-Mad Scientist Steve Johnson to the show. Ken and Steve discuss making the television Ken talks about, moving to CA from Texas at age 18, Merv, Steve's book Rubberhead, Rick Baker, An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, Stephen King, Hammer Horror, Universal Monsters, Tom Savini, the birth of Gore, holographic contact lenses, Innocent Blood, Joe Hill, Max Landis, Tom Atkins, The Stand, Stephen King on Television, The Shin...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 225: Wendy Liebman

March 25 -31, 1978 Today Ken welcomes comedian Wendy Liebman to the show. Ken and Wendy discuss L.A. rain, growing up in Long Island, low tolerance for New England snow, inventions, Walk-Muffs, Shark Tank, inventions, Steven Wright, appearing on Late Night TV, Ding Ho, Boston Comedy, seeing "Match Game '74" taped live, seeing Madonna at the Danceteria, The Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack, Maytag vs. Friends, Bob Newhart, Stitches, following the rules of stand up, "Ass Blank", To Tell ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 224: Idalis DeLeon

Today Ken welcomes TV Coach, Actress, singer, and former MTV VJ, Idalis Deleon. Ken and Idalis discuss being nerdy TV Guide Collecting Kids, growing up in the Bronx while it burned, movin on up to Brooklyn, Seduction, how it feels to have Madonna rip your pants off,New Media, the birth of Hip Hop, living The Get Down, having three top ten singles, Marky Mark, Papi with Hector Alejandro, wanting to be Aaron Spelling, Charlie's Angels, bartending, when MTV came around to Hip Hop, industrial ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 223: Petey Gibson

January 22-28, 1994 Today Ken welcomes actor and comedian Petey Gibson to the show. Ken and Petey discuss the nature of excitement, anxiety, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Winter Previews, Mid-Season replacements, Ed Bagley Jr, Borne in Born, Cape Cod, Friendly's, flaming dice, hating Guy Fieri, hating change and surprises, Nanas, rituals, the darkness of the 90s, Saved By The Bell: The College Years, Empty Nest, Nurses, VO5 Hot Oil Treatments, Ben Vereen, Eve Plumb, Masterpiece Theater, fall...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 222: Greg Fitzsimmons

October 25-31, 1980 Today Ken welcomes comedian Greg Fitzsimmons to the show. Ken and Greg discuss Ken's puberty voice, slow dancing, the horrors of teenage girls, Boston University, the gentrification of Boston, John Waters, The Combat Zone, Patti Smith, how far away Boston is, Ken's nerdiness, McMob movies, Cheers, how social media ruins womanizing celebrities game, classic Boston lies, fighting Marky Mark, phone calls from Greg's wife, Boston Stand Up Comics cameoing in movies, Deli H...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 221: Michelle Barbera

May 11 - 17, 1985 Today Ken welcomes comedian, producer Michelle Barbera (Women in Comedy Festival) to the show. Ken and Michelle discuss Worcester, seasonal colds, dirty pictures at work, working in the mall, being the TV fan in an academic household, dirty wallpaper, drinking tobacco spit, Papa Gino's, Steven Wright, being a comedy nerd, Monty Python, Love Boat, Network, Computer Dating, Made for TV Movies, being a flipper, love triangles, Letting Go of the romance between John Ritter ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 220: Anne Beatts

Today Ken welcomes writer/producer Anne Beatts (SNL, Square Pegs, A Different World) Ken and Anne discuss the sadness of rain soaked inaugurations, golden showers, writing TV ads in London, Canada, National Lampoon, Freddy the Pig, The New Yorker, being suspended from the McGill Daily, Queen for a Day, Quiz Shows, aluminium extrusions, Michael O'Donohue, Mad Men, how cigarettes funded National Lampoon, Saturday Night Live, "no flies around the head..", Walter Crankcase, The Californians, w...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 219: Jon Fisch

October 17-23, 1987 Today Ken welcomes comedian Jon Fisch to the show. Ken and Jon discuss the rivalries of Newton, MA, Dolly Parton's sexy western Mrs Claus outfit, when Christmas isn't Christmas, exposes on undercover TV news programs, dirty bookstores, $14.22 slacks, The World Series, the 1986 Red Sox loss to the Mets, getting peed on at Fenway Park, Fever Pitch, The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, Golden Girls, Star Search, Duet, Family Ties, At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beat...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 218: Juliana Hatfield

March 10 - 16, 1979 Today Ken welcomes singer/songwriter Juliana Hatfield to the show. Ken and Juliana discuss suburban potholes, garbage collection, the TV room, Six Million Dollar Cliff Hangers, James at 15, market research, Lance Kerwin, After School Specials, Dukes of Hazard, "Southern" TV, Love Boat, Mary Tyler Moore, The Comforting ritual of television, the revelation of the sexy librarian, Vietnam, Law and Order, Iraq War vets, loving Donny & Marie, Coma, The Rockford Files, Fathe...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 217: Bobbie Brown

Today Ken welcomes model, actress, author and ex-wife of Rock N Roll Bobbie Brown to the show. Ken and Bobbie discuss always thinking it's Friday, drug problem induced lateness, Miss Teen USA, Miss Louisiana, always wearing the sash, The Jeffersons, modeling, High School popularity, Saturday Night Live, Three's Company, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Yuck Mouth Public Service Announcements, Soul Train, Kids Inc, Night Flight, Dance Party USA, Star Search, falling into acting, Married...with Ch...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 216: Tabitha Soren

Today Ken welcomes former MTV News Anchor, journalist and current photographer Tabitha Soren to the show. Ken and Tabitha discuss growing up in a Military family, living in Germany, reading American Children's books from the Philippines, living in an Olivia Newton John world, the culture shock of the Florida panhandle, learning the social rules of America, musical folders through the mail, Bewitched, Charlie's Angels, The Brady Bunch, being obsessed with Farrah Fawcett, Gary Marshall, mode...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 215: Liz Miele

November 14-20, 1998 Today in an episode recorded in the basement of ImprovBoston Ken welcomes comedian Liz Miele to the show. Ken and Liz discuss beer and trophies, stand ups on TV, Titus, mental illness, Robin Williams, Friends, The Simpsons, Kazaam, Shaq's career, loving cartoons, ProStars,Cops, True Crime, growing up with Veterinarian parents, banned TV, being one of five children, Cartoon Network, Dexter's Lab, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, growing up in New Jersey, Aargh! Real Mon...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 214: Brice Beckham

February 24 - March 2, 1990 Today Ken welcomes Actor/Writer Brice Beckham to the show. Ken and Brice discuss Ken annoying Brice, The Challenger disaster, TV Movies, "Too soon", Rob Stone, hosting Saturday Morning Preview Specials, The Gummy Bears, Disney TV, Pound Puppies, starting as a radio ad man, Daws Butler, Dave Coulier as Richard Pryor, guesting starring on Alice, how small a TV studio seems when you first see it in person, Mr. Belvedere, growing up in Long Beach, staying out of t...

TV Guidance Counselor Investigates: Mr. Rogers vs. The KKK

In the first (and maybe only) mini-episode of TV Guidance Counselor Investigates, Ken explores the strange case of Mr. Rogers vs. The KKK

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 213: Phil Hopkins and Don Stratley of The Film Detective

Today Ken welcomes Don Stratley and Phil Hopkins of The Film Detective to the show. Ken, Don and Phil discuss the wonders of stumbling on things, regional television, The Combat Zone, the case for curation, Horror Hosts, Simon's Sanctorum, Dana Hersey, The Movie Loft, TV38, Ask the Manager, shared experience, Cult Classics, Three Stooges, Creature Double Features, taking photos off your TV set, archiving long lost television, the future of media, Something Weird Video, Punk rock and grindh...

TV Guidance Counselor LIVE! at NorthEast Comic Con with Nicholas Brendon and Mark Goddard

In this episode recorded live at North East ComicCon on March 5, 2017 Ken sat on stage in an abandoned JC Penny and chatted with Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Goddard (Lost in Space). First up Ken chatted with Brendon about Psycho Beach Party, Three's Company, being a PA on Dave's World, growing up in LA, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, what he watches now, The Buffy Comic Book series, why Buffy and Xander never got together, the great dialog of Joss Whedon, Criminal Minds...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 212: Illeana Douglas

Today Ken welcomes author, actress, historian and all around great person Illeana Douglas to the show. Ken and Illeana discuss L.A. seasons, Roger Corman, growing up in CT with only one channel - CBS, All in the Family, finding an early love of movies, Jason Robards in 1,000 Clowns, Illeana's mother having a TV Guide subscription, Soul Train, The Ghost of Frederick Douglass, Melvyn Douglas, being there for Being There, developing a love of classic Hollywood, Sam Fuller, Claude Raines in Ph...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 211: Gary Petersen

May 27 - June 2, 1995 Today Ken welcomes recently defected former Boston Comedian Gary Petersen to the show. Ken and Gary discuss giant Moons, peeping in people's windows, Manhunter, Gary's age, Pamela Anderson, Baywatch, Traci Bingham, COPS, Facebook stalking, Boston Tanya's, the dump that is Quincy, boats, the horrors of 21st Century dating, Bringing Up Jack, SNICK, Ren & Stimpy, people who still say "NOT!", South Shore lingo,"Suck It", The Simpsons, Amy Fisher, 1995 Tabloid TV, Lois a...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 210: Lenora Claire

August 13-19, 1988 Today Ken welcomes model, art curator, casting director and kindred spirit Lenora Claire to the show. Ken and Lenora discuss being a Reading Rainbow kid, appearing on Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, growing up in the Valley, The Sherman Oaks Galleria, The Brady Bunch House, Star 80, suave ALF, furries, a love of movies, growing up the daughter of a Dr, The Comish, being a Police Surgeon, Bachelor Party, Adrian Zmed, Revenge of the Nerds, Oingo Boingo, The Cramps...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 209: Rose McGowan

Today Ken welcomes writer, producer, director, actor Rose McGowan to the show. Ken and Rose discuss "The Californians", the upcoming Apocalypse, growing up in the Adams Family, Italian Culture vs. American "culture", big families, vomit stories, the footwear of backwoods Oregon, being discovered while looking at butts, revival houses, Lawrence of Arabia, classic Hollywood cinema, having an Uncle who owns a video store, C.H.U.D., The Parent Trap, Hollywood child actors, never getting to be ...

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 208: Eliza Skinner

August 4-10, 1990 Today Ken welcomes comedian Eliza Skinner to the show. Ken and Eliza discuss sandwiches, the horrors of Miracle Whip, deep fried Danger, LA Air Traffic, PBS's Mystery, Edward Gory, pull-out couch culture, hiding in the clothing racks at department stores, 90s Nails, The Franklin mint, perfecting Beanie Babies, binging on friends' cable, Yo! MTV Raps, Richmond, VA, Anne of Green Gables, comedians in dramatic roles, Jacob's Ladder, Twin Peaks, Growing Pains, Ducktails, Gu...

TV Guidance Counselor 3rd Anniversary Episode: Sean Sullivan guest hosts with guest guest Ken Reid

In this episode recorded this very week Sean Sullivan guests hosts as Ken Reid guest guests to discuss THIS week in Television 2017.  Hear Ken Reid try to pretend he pays attention to current affairs, as Sean swears and they both reminisce about the past guests on the show, the early days of the show and the general state of the world.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 207: Frank "Dr. Frank" Portman

Fall Preview! September 18-24, 1976 In this episode recorded live at Piano Fight in San Francisco during SF Sketchfest Ken welcomes musician and author Frank Portman to the show. Ken and Frank discuss growing up in the Bay area, being banned from television, Mike's two Grandmothers Edna and Jean, The Chesterfield vs. The Davenport, agricultural game shows, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, being terrified of hippies, the Zodiac Killer, The Spirit of '76, Ken's odd childhood habit of...