Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Toni Tennille, singer, songwriter, The Captain and Tennille, author, "Toni Tennille: A Memoir"Order Toni Tennille's book: http://amzn.to/1X92GJJTONI TENNILLE podcast excerpt: "I have to point out that it's 'Do THAT to Me One More Time.' It's not 'Do IT to Me One More Time'! That's why lyrics are important. It's 'Kiss me.' And 'Say that to me again' -- instead of what other people may think!"KEY INTERVIEW MOMENTS:4:40: Toni Tennille describes her rough road with former husband Daryl Dragon -- The Captain in The Captain and Tennille -- but refuses to blame him or play the victim. Instead she blames his father, Academy Award-winning composer Carmen Dragon;23:45: Why has Toni Tennille dedicated "Muskrat Love" to former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at every performance still 1974?37:25: Toni clears the air about the title of the song "Do That to Me One More Time." Got it?Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor mor

Today's Guest: Susan Silverman, rabbi, international adoption activist, author, Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful Broken World   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Rabbi Susan Silverman by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of full-grown adults who would like a shot at being adopted by the Silverman clan… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Rabbi Susan Silverman is a bit of an alarmist. Don’t believe me? Just read her book. From the Prologue: Page xi: “At recess, I’d puposely get an out in kickball in exchange for my parents still being alive when the 3 p.m. bell rang and the school day was over.” SUSAN SILVERMAN podcast excerpt: "People are more likely to adopt if they feel their community has their back. I would say to people, create a situation in which you can adopt. If you have that in your heart and that capacity in your life, take the risk!" You can LISTEN to this interview with RABBI SUSAN SIL

OWEN GLEIBERMAN podcast excerpt: "When I first saw 'Spotlight,' I was, 'Yeah, this is great! It's feeding my nostalgia for 'All The President's Men'! It's about when newspapers mattered!' It touched all of my key passion points. But the more I thought about it, I thought it was a good move, but it wasn't great. And I did watch it a second time; if anything, it looked a little less good. The major characters could have been developed more; it's not All The President's Men."Key interview moments:• 8:30 Owen Gleiberman talks about the impact of scary, horrific movies on the souls of 12-year-old children (himself included);• 29:30 Legendary film critic Pauline Kael was an early supporter of Gleiberman's -- she recommended him for the job at 'Entertainment Weekly' -- but she was not an enduring friend to those who disagreed with her film criticism;• 54:00 "Spotlight" was a good movie, he says, but it didn't hold up upon repeat viewing.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription

Today's Guest: Frank Morsani, businessman, philanthropist, author, To Be Frank: Building the American Dream in Business and Life   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Frank Morsani by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of automobile dealers who still pine for the return of Joe Isuzu… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Frank Morsani is one of the finest men, bar none, with whom I’ve ever had the pleasure to spend time. That’s noteworthy because I got to know the Tampa Bay auto dealer at one of the lowest points in his business career, yet he always held his head high. Somewhere around 1989, I started working on my first nonfiction book, Stadium For Rent, the story of Tampa Bay’s decades-long – and enormously frustrating – quest for a Major League Baseball team. FRANK MORSANI podcast excerpt: “I think it’s pathetic (that Donald Trump is the GOP standard bearer). It’s a tragedy on our system." You can LISTEN to

Today's Guest: Toni Tennille, singer, The Captain and Tennille, author, Toni Tennille: A Memoir   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Toni Tennille by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of pop stars who won’t believe that drug and alcohol abuse is not at the core of what went wrong with The Captain and Tennile… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Toni Tennille: A Memoir is an okay title for the Alabama native’s life story, but once you read it to the end, you might agree with me that “Toni Tennille: Happy At Last” is more fitting. I cannot deny that I had low expectations as I began reading the autobiography of this singer who I always adored as a teen and held on to over the decades as a guilty pop pleasure. The glamour, the celebrity friends, parties, etc. – ho-hum, we’ve certainly heard it all before. But trust me, you haven’t heard this story. TONI TENNILLE podcast excerpt: "I cannot blame Daryl for the ki

Today's Guest: Jen Senko, documentary filmmaker, The Brainwashing of My Dad, The Vanishing CityJEN SENKO podcast excerpt: "Fox shouldn't have the right to call itself 'News'; it's mostly commentary."Key interview moments:• 3:05 Filmmaker Jen Senko dealt with multiple delays in getting The Brainwashing of My Dad to the silver screen, but the rise of Donald Trump, GOP political candidate, made her eventually timing perfect;• 12:10 Even Democrats scoffed at Hillary Clinton's mid-1990s claim of "a vast right-wing conspiracy" -- until long-time Republican operative David Brock confirmed her accusation was true;• 20:20 Senko questions whether Fox News Channel should be allowed to use the word "News" in its name.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February

Today's Guest: Chip Jacobs, author, "Strange As It Seems: The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler," "Smogtown"CHIP JACOBS podcast excerpt: "Some people scoff or give me a funny eyebrow scrunched look when them my uncle did these things that he did. He looked at his injury like some people look at a skin rash and said to himself, 'Deal with it. I want to go on my boat, take flying lessons, or... What about a safari?'"Key interview moments:• 3:00 Chip Jacobs gave him biography the subtitle "The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler" because he knew his uncle's life sounded unbelievable;• 19:20 Muriel Zahler, Chip's mother and Gordon's sister, recognized that her life was forever changed by Gordon's accident and the financial too it took on their family; she never forgave him but never abandoned him, either;• 19:20 Gordon's outsized life intersected with many celebrities thanks to his music business, creating relationships with everyone from sitcom queen Lucille Ball ("I Love Lucy") and animator Walter Lantz (creator of

Today's Guest: Owen Gleiberman, author, Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies, film critic, BBC.com, Entertainment Weekly, Boston Phoenix   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Owen Gleiberman by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of movie fans who agree with me that The Hollywood Knights is the most underrated movie of the last 40 years and that Robert Wuhl deserves the Kennedy Honors… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you thought that Straight Outta Compton was an at times brutal account of the entertainment business, ready yourself for the all-out brawl that is Owen Gleiberman vs. Pauline Kael and Her Acolytes. Okay, I’m kidding. Mostly. OWEN GLEIBERMAN podcast excerpt: "As a college kid, I was intimidated to be around Pauline Kael, this writer that I admired. She had a personality that was domineering. From the moment I was first talking to her, I felt pressure to agree with her. She was incredibly insi

Today's Guest: Jen Senko, documentary filmmaker, The Brainwashing of My Dad, The Vanishing City   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jen Senko by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of dittoheads, knuckleheads and general dickheads who thought they were getting tickets to be in the studio audience of The O’Reilly Factor… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Jen Senko was worried about her dad. A self-described Kennedy Democrat, Frank Senko was a peaceful, loving husband and dad whose political views were never much of an issue between him and the world. Until one day, on his long commute to work, he discovered talk radio… and Rush Limbaugh in particular. After that, Frank was never the same. JEN SENKO podcast excerpt: "Fox shouldn't have the right to call itself 'News'; it's mostly commentary." You can LISTEN to this interview with documentary filmmaker JEN SENKO, director of THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD, by clic

Do you find global financial issues a bit confusing?Think it would be easier if a founding member of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus,’ Terry Jones, explained it to you with humor, animation, songs and puppets?Thought so! Today's Mr. Media Guests: Bill Jones (son of Terry) and Ben Timlett, documentary filmmakers, “Boom Bust Boom” (starring Terry Jones of "Monty Python's Flying Circus")BILL JONES podcast excerpt: "Ben and I just watched 'The Big Short' where they go, 'You're betting against the housing market? The housing market NEVER goes down! And I kept shouting at the screen, 'YEAH? 1929!!!"Key interview moments:• 5:45 Bill Jones talks about comparisons between his film, Boom Bust Boom, and The Big Short;• 13:45 Ben Timlett discusses the challenges in editing such a complicated subject, let alone breaking down the immense crapload of jargon inherent in any financial discussion ;• 20:00 The filmmakers tell the true story of how the met as little boys (hint: it involves "Monty Python's Flying Circus" original m

Today's Guests: Acrobat Dustin Walton, puppeteer Helen Day, performers in Cirque du Soleil's "Toruk: The First Flight," based on James Cameron's film "Avatar"HELEN DAY podcast excerpt: "Puppets are very important to the Avatar show, from early on right to the end. The planet of Pandora is full of creatures, flora and fauna that interact with the Na'vi. And the puppets are very big!"Key interview moments:• 3:10 Puppeteer Helen Day describes the scope of the enormous puppets deployed in Cirque's new "Toruk: The First Flight" program;• 7:50 Acrobat Dustin Walston explains how Cirque du Soleil minimizes risks to performers.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy

Today's Guest: Chip Jacobs, author, Strange As It Seems: The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler, Smogtown   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Chip Jacobs by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of musical geniuses who had no idea how good their lives were until reading Strange As It Seems… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you are determined to title your book Strange As It Seems, you damn well better deliver. Chip Jacobs does that and more in a loving, funny and well-written biography of his late uncle, Hollywood musical legend Gordon Zahler. What makes it so strange? Well, in 1940, when Gordon Zahler was a 14-year-old daredevil who believed more than most teen-aged boys that he could do anything, a misadventure with a high school gymnastics springboard landed him on his neck and severed his spine. CHIP JACOBS podcast excerpt: "Some people scoff or give me a funny eyebrow scrunched look when them my uncle

Today's Guest: Bill Jones, Ben Timlett, documentary filmmakers, Boom Bust Boom (starring Terry Jones of "Monty Python's Flying Circus")   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Bill Jones and Ben Timlett by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who always knew Alan Greenspan was full of shit but were more afraid of his journalist wife, Andrea Mitchell, than they were the head of the Fed… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you will only sit still for one lesson in how Western economies work – or, don’t – I recommend you watch Boom Bust Boom by filmmakers Bill Jones and Ben Timlett. The documentary is a masterful explanation of the cycles caused by greed and mass psychosis, accomplished through a combination of historical recaps and expert witnesses, original animation, art and even “South Park” clips, plus much humor and song. BILL JONES podcast excerpt: "Ben and I just watched 'The Big Short' where the

Today's Guests: Acrobat Dustin Walton, puppeteer Helen Day, performers in Cirque du Soleil's "Toruk: The First Flight," based on James Cameron's film Avatar   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with acrobat Dustin Walston and puppeteer Helen Day by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of people who are really starting to annoy me with all the flipping, flopping and flying across my living room … in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! There are two cinematic sequels in production to the No. 1 box-office film of all time, Avatar. An Avatar-based theme park is also coming to Disney World’s Animal Kingdom in 2017. But what if you can’t wait that long to return to the land of the blue-skinned Na’vi? Even better, what if I told you that you could see the Na’vi live and in the flesh – in your own city? HELEN DAY podcast excerpt: "Puppets are very important to the Avatar show, from early on right to the end. The planet of Pand

Today's Guest: Cleveland Wheeler, legendary radio DJ, WAPE Jacksonville, Q105 Tampa, SiriusXMCLEVELAND WHEELER podcast excerpt: "Scott Shannon just had a way of connecting with people... He went out of his way to be natural and street level with people and to speak on their terms. He had a knack for communicating with people.”Key interview moments:• 9:30 Cleveland Wheeler discusses why his Q Morning Zoo radio partner, Scott Shannon, has been so successful in his radio career;• 11:30 Wheeler and Shannon locked themselves in a hotel room for two days as the morning show took flight and decided to do the unthinkable: pursue radio listeners from ages 8 to 80, which would be unheard of in today's fragmented radio market;• 46:50 Wheeler reveals the secret of where he and Shannon found their best political insights.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The cal

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, adult website entrepreneur, MrSkin.comMR. SKIN podcast excerpt: "The Showtime show 'Shameless' is great. This year it won our 'Best TV Show for Nudity' award. And when you think of 'Masters of Sex," Game of Thrones,' 'Powers' and 'Orange is the New Black' -- there are so many television shows that have great nudity! To actually win, you really have to have a great year in nudity. What I love about Emmy Rossum is that she's the star of the show and she carries the load of the nudity. It's not like like it's a bunch of extras that do nude scenes on that show. Every year, she comes through with solid nudity... We're big Emmy Rossum fans at MrSkin.com. And... she's beautiful!”Key interview moments:• 3:00 Mr. Skin explains why the Showtime series "Shameless" -- starring Emmy Rossum -- won "Best TV Show for Nudity" in this year's 17th Annual Anatomy Awards;• 20:00 An explanation of why you'll only find a celebration of nudity at MrSkin.com -- no body-shaming allowed;• 38:45 Skin explains

Today's Guest: Shawn Mullins, singer, songwriter, "My Stupid Heart," "Lullabye"In addition to an interview, Mullins performs two new songs, live and exclusively on Mr. Media: "The Great Unknown" and "Pre-Apocalyptic Blues."SHAWN MULLINS podcast excerpt: "'My Stupid Heart' is about the way I felt after a third marriage didn't work out... I felt unsuccessful as a human being in that I couldn't find a partner, although I've had wonderful relationships with all three of my wives. And I'm still close friends with two of three of them and I miss the other one."Key interview moments:• 5:50 Shawn Mullins talks about how police brutality and racial profiling moved him to write his new song, "Ferguson";• 23:45 After his third marriage fell apart, Mullins explains how he took a six-year hiatus from the road -- and relationships;• 43:45 Mullins tells how he met his writing partner Chuck Cannon, who then introduced him to his wife, actress and country music singer Lari White, who produced "My Stupid Heart."Subscribe to Mr

Today's Guest: Cleveland Wheeler, legendary radio DJ, WAPE Jacksonville, Q105 Tampa, SiriusXM   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Cleveland Wheeler by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of grown-ass men and women who remember the thrill of turning on the radio in the morning and never knowing what craziness was about to unfold… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! One of my first real magazine assignments after graduating college was writing a story for Tampa Bay Monthly about the unique chemistry between Q105 morning radio personalities Cleveland Wheeler and Scott Shannon. CLEVELAND WHEELER podcast excerpt: "Scott Shannon just had a way of connecting with people... He went out of his way to be natural and street level with people and to speak on their terms. He had a knack for communicating with people." You can LISTEN to this interview with legendary radio DJ Cleveland Wheeler by clicking the audio player a

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, adult website entrepreneur, Mr. Skin.com   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Mr. Skin by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of willfully naked starlets who want to be discovered by Mr. Skin and the Skinnettes for their bodies, not their minds… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Mr. Skin is living the dream. That is, if your dream is being an entrepreneur that spends every 9-to-5 moment at the office studying, categorizing, memorizing and fantasizing about naked TV and movie stars, then going home at night to a loving wife and family. Like I said, living the dream. MR. SKIN podcast excerpt: "The Showtime show 'Shameless' is great. This year it won our 'Best TV Show for Nudity' award. And when you think of 'Masters of Sex," Game of Thrones,' 'Powers' and 'Orange is the New Black' -- there are so many television shows that have great nudity! To actually win, you really have to have

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