Tv Guidance Counselor Podcast

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Ken Reid and his guests explore the tough television watching decisions of our past.

Episodes

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 106: Aparna Nancherla

    30/09/2015 Duration: 01h25min

    January 15-21, 1994   This week Ken welcomes comedian Aparna Nancherla to the show. Ken and Aparna discuss the chemical dump that is East Cambridge, sibling discussions, Avery Brooks, Star Trek, DSW Shoes, Jane Seymour, Dr. Quinn Medical Woman, evil circuses, Cops, The Mommies, the original House of Cards, Veep, US remakes of UK shows, the evils of cable, SNICK, being into Paula Abdul, splitting Vanilla Ice with your sister, Ace of Base and their international appeal, Mystery, Poirot, Ren & Stimpy's Rubber nipples, Rocco's Modern Life, Comic Relief 6, Shadoe Stevens, The Wonderful World of Disney, Mom Approved Murder, Bats, Married...with Children, Spanish Sean Connery, Sheena Easton:Terrorist, George Carlin, Black Bears, Washington DC, the location of Ford's Theater, The X-Files, renting movies, The Peanut Butter Solution, Evening Shade, The Marx Brothers, Blossom, 90s Homeless, Rescue 9-1-1, Betrayed by Love, The 1st Rule of the FBI, Peanuts, how the death of Monty made Friends, school condoms, Lily Tom

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 105: Eric Green

    25/09/2015 Duration: 01h43min

    In this episode Ken welcomes writer/director Eric Green to the show. Ken and Eric discuss Eric's documentary "Life on the V: The Story of V66", The mythical Billrica Mall, the early days of MTV, crowd funding, Ken's status as a serial micro-producer, being in the right place right time, the Cable explosion, the death of UHF, WBCN, moving from Radio to TV, The greatness of the Boston music scene, Extreme, leveling the playing field, filming music videos in your high school, Friday Night Videos, Dale Dorman, the rise and fall of Cable Access, the importance of access to production education, living in a world without instant gratification, getting listed in TV Guide, moving from videos to programs, Evening Magazine, the marriage of sports and rock music, the death of radio listeners, marathons vs. binge watching, spoilers, watching television as social event vs. watching television as social currency, the joy of Video Stores, physical media, archivists, how a year and a half can change the world, The Dropkick M

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 104: Julie Kitayama

    23/09/2015 Duration: 01h12min

    August 23-29, 1986 This week Ken welcomes writer, comedian Julie Kitayama. Ken and Julie discuss the ever changing face of Reid Manor, Valerie Harper vs. The Hogan Family, Sandy Duncan's eye, The Facts of Life and who is your favorite girl, boycotting Scooby Doo, Benson, Golden Girls, swing dancing, Bess Armstrong, One Day at at Time, TV shows with characters that have your name, Ken's love of surfing, Alice vs. Flo, catch phrases, Roots vs. The Empire Strikes Back, send your Dad to his room, Ken's first movie review, Fight Back! with David Horowitz, The Lottery, the saddest New Year's Eve of all time, how The Warped Tour ruined a man's dreams, Clams and Jai Alai, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, single moms, Kate & Allie, Lesbians on TV, Cagney and Lacy, Who's the Boss, Bob Uker, MTV Video Music Awards, Growing Pains, Charles in Charge, Zapped!, Moonlighting, Ulcers, Perfect Strangers as the New I Love Lucy, Under the Rainbow, home sick with game shows, Chronicle, loving Evening Magazine's Sara Edwards, Gimme a

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 103: Lou Barlow

    18/09/2015 Duration: 01h22min

    January 7-13, 1978  Today Ken welcomes musician Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Folk Implosion) to the show. Ken and Lou discuss being not from Detroit, Iggy Pop, being terrified of murderous hippies, becoming what you fear, torturing younger sisters, Saturday Morning religious programming, Sunrise Semester, SCTV, man's place in nature, late night English TV, German Steam Rooms, Warner Bros, Looney Tunes, dark suicides in cartoons, cats fearing "Happy Birthday", questioning the intelligence of Jimmy Durante impressions, Hair Bear Bunch, hating cheap TV Cartoons, Scooby Doo and it's relation to high fevers, lying geniuses, Jay Ward's store, Superchicken, education through Fractured Fairy Tales, Sid & Marty Kroft, the dark seedy underbelly of underground Claw Machine rings, Caldor Colors, how decades are more than 10 years, the magic of late 70s/early 80s music, New Wave, the eclectic pop charts, Discharge, college radio, Top 40, AM Radio Maps, narrow casting ruining stumbling on things, not hating modern

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 102: Jeff Dye

    16/09/2015 Duration: 01h34min

    May 9-15, 1998   This week welcomes comedian, television personality and man about town Jeff Dye to the show.   Ken and Jeff discuss the nature of being a collector, baseball cards, Wrestling toys, siblings questioning your reality, Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestlin', the long strange tale of Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Jerry Seinfeld the Cartoon, how adults deal with caricatures, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, growing up in a house of ladies, why old people don't count, The Fushigi Magic Gravity Ball, growing up poor, buying things "As Seen on TV", Cops, the rumor mill, Profiler, The "Boston Lunch Break", sleeping at work, real life Fight Clubs, undercover white guys, Ken's misspent punk rock youth, The World's Greatest Commercials, the UK TV system, MTV, attending awards shows, wondering who the hell Jeff is, The Kurt Loder of Comedy, being an undercover nerd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, "slabbing" baseball cards, replacing a gay character with Paulie Shore, fighting with Church, The Simpsons, teaching your Dad

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 101: Ben Weasel & Joe Queer

    11/09/2015 Duration: 01h38min

    In this episode recorded before their recent tour stop in Boston, Ken welcomes Ben Weasel and Joe Queer to the show. First up Ken speaks with Ben Weasel of Screeching Weasel and Weasel Radio about the nature of green rooms, the two hour power block of Fantasy Island and Love Boat, sleepovers, 70s lack of child supervision, the Doberman phenomenon, having never seen Suburbia, Class of 1984, Teenage Head, Alice Cooper's "punk period", Van Patton's as the future, Michael J. Fox, dating on Eight is Enough, confusion around the Partridge Family, Family, Kristy McNichol, getting really into 7th Heaven, how sincerity goes a long way, the NEW Fantasy Island, the 70s vs. the 90s, the strange relationship with Tattoo, hookers on TV, knowing what a "swinger" is while not knowing exactly what a swinger is, being careful what you wish for, Genie wish loopholes, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H, WKRP, Rock N Roll on TV, being a rock fan as social stand, Steve Dahl Chicago disc jockey, Disco Sucks, Freaks & Geeks, N

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 100: Clip Show

    09/09/2015 Duration: 01h11min

    In this VERY special Very Special Episode Ken celebrates a milestone in TV Guidance Counselor History, Episode 100 (although in reality it's more something like episode 125).   Ken discusses a short history of the show, Sean Sullivan, the significance of "Episode 100" in television, the definition of strip shows, a poorly researched history and justification of "The Clip Show" phenomenon, syndication, apologizing to gypsies, the two types of clip shows, Growing Pains two part clip show, Ken's doubts in doing the show in the future as a catalyst for a clip show, Pete's voice, discussions of cave living with Michael Ian Black, calling Paul Rudd, discussing strange baby names with Laura Kightlinger, Jeering Jelly Bread with James Adomian, Amy Sedaris: Paralyzed Detective, Amy's lack of knowledge on microwave cleaning techniques, Danny Tamberelli aka "Little Pete" from The Adventures of Pete and Pete's unpleasant interactions with George C. Scott, discussing the aspirations of NYC corpses and bread knowledge with

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 99: Nate Johnson

    02/09/2015 Duration: 01h01min

    November 10-16, 1984 This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian, and friend Nate Johnson to the show. Ken and Nate discuss the relative insanity of Ken's home, being a network guy, Joan Collins, Dynasty, drunken eye doctors, Diff'rent Strokes, who the Gooch is, Danny Cooksey, TJ Hooker, Puttin' On the Hits, Nell Carter's sass, hating Joey Lawrence, blackface, Love Boat, getting a jewel thief to retire, Mike Hammer, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Morgan Fairchild, Nautilus, Silver Spoons, Erin Grey, The Bermuda Triangle, Knight Rider, Vegas, "I Married a Centerfold", Star 80, Kate Jackson, Charlie's Angels, White Slavery, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Remington Steele, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, "Assaulted Nutz", Kate & Allie,  Newhart, The A-Team, Vehicles for breasts, Riptide, Paper Dolls, John Waite, The Fall Guy, Michael J. Pollard, Angels, Charles in Charge, pre-teen girls' obsession with horses, Ha! + The Comedy Channel= Comedy Central, Rich Hall, Facts of Life, "Nightmares", The Bishop of Battle,

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 98: Dan St. Germain

    26/08/2015 Duration: 01h07min

    July 17-23, 1993   This week Ken welcomes comedian Dan St. Germain to the show.   Ken and Dan discuss Mutegeon Man, the Ninja Tutrles, Lyle Lovett, musicians vs. comedians, sexy hunks and pampered pets, going into NYC for Broadway and Hockey Games, Guiliani's busing of the homeless on Disney's behalf, looking into Camden New Jersey, banning ferrets, Old Indiana Jones, Eerie Indiana, Troy Duffy, what gets overlooked in WWII, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, the death of Dick Clark, how no black music existed before The Notorious B.I.G., coming to MTV late, Soul Asylum, the magic of gift coins, Bon Jovi, George Bush's vomit, Sarah Michelle Gellar vs. Kirsty Swanson, having your burned hand crushed by Donald Sutherland, Lost Boys vs. Near Dark, love of horror, Ed Wood's sad decline, Shocktober, the terrifying nature of "The Exorcist", Ken's grandfather smashing the Exorcist VHS tape story (again), the early days of VHS, the rules of watching TV, the dog and cop movie sub genre, K-9, Turner & Hooch vs. Tang

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 97: Phoebe Angle

    19/08/2015 Duration: 01h12min

    February 22-28, 1997   This week Ken welcomes comedian Phoebe Angle.   Ken and Phoebe discuss Chuck Norris, great birthday gifts, butts, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, white Indians, Albinos, Cops, Private Detectives as Moms, Highlander, Murder Houses, Avid Editing, SNICK, lack of cable, Maine, UPN, Moesha, Homeboys in Outerspace, Early Edition, Burning Zone, The Simpsons, Touched by an Angel, King of the Hill, working in the corpse of The Rat, X-Files, Monster of the Week, Cosby, Jenny Jones, ambush shows, LL Bean, Maine, Manic Panic hair dye, how lies can get you on Ricki Lake, hating Home Improvement, Valerie Bertonelli's Night Sins, Spin City, The Grammys, award shows, Babyface, The Stunt Man, Antiques Roadshow, Sister Sister, Murder She Wrote, short guy syndrome, Haley Joel Osmett: Boy with AIDS, Rescue 911, Must See TV, Rosie O'Donnell, AJ Langer, The Naked Truth, Tea Leoni, Mad Max, dubbing English for English, The 13th Annual Soap Opera Awards, TGIF, Sliders, Family Matters, altering your genes to get on S

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 96: Janeane Garofalo

    12/08/2015 Duration: 01h35min

    September 23 - 28, 1978 This week Ken welcomes actress, comedian, writer and all around comedy hero Janeane Garofalo to the show.   Ken and Janeane discuss their pitch for "Lost in Portland", nibs, birthday weeks, circling TV, testing HBO, Madison NJ, seeing Lipstick when you shouldn't have seen it, the popularity of rape movies in the 70s, the popularity of rape TV in the 10s, Jeff Goldblum in Death Wish, Chained Heat, Rape/Revenge, procedural shows ruining juries,  Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Forest Whitaker, Matt Ryan, UK actors making the mistake of American Television, Mandy Patinkin, Mr. Show, Stand-Up, being totally absent from social media, the objective nature of comedy, the Simpsons, SNL, Michael Nesmith as Ken and Janeane's favorite person ever, Jay Leno, alienating people, wanting to be liked, Providence College in RI, Allston MA, open mics in Rhode Island, Midnight Movies as social mecca, only saying things to people you feel you can physically "take", Entertainers right to have political o

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 95.5: Louise Post & Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)

    07/08/2015 Duration: 30min

    In this special bonus mini-episode of the show, Ken welcomes Louise Post and Nina Gordon of the band Veruca Salt to the show.   Ken chats with Louise and Nina on their tour bus before their Boston gig about the heaven of 70s TV, growing up on East Coast vs. The Mid-West, the dark ages of cable proliferation, Happy Days, M.A.S.H., depressing theme songs, The 1973 Made-for-TV movie "Sunshine", the dark content of 70s TV aimed at children, the mystery of Beverly Archer, Halloween is Grinch Night, Jonathan Winters' pumpkin head, Sha-Na-Na, the birth of Nostalgia, 20 year cycles, Terri Nunn: Teen Actress with a bad rep on James at 15, the importance of The Bionic Woman, questioning Lindsay Wagner's well read status, TV negotiations with siblings, Star Trek vs. The Brady Bunch, living in a Brady Bunch genius den, being bumped from SNL by Sting, the sexy factor of Lee Majors and Gordon Sumner, The Monkees, crushing on Davy Jones, Cybill Shepherd :stunner, TV theme songs as your first favorite song, The Carol Burnett

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 95: Andrea Henry

    05/08/2015 Duration: 01h04min

    October 18-24, 1984 Today Ken welcomes writer and comedian Andrea Henry. Ken and Andrea discuss Brocton's weather related fights, colds, Dallas, Family Ties, crushing on Skippy, Marc Price's full frontal nudity in Trick or Treat, writing in character as Alex P. Keaton, American Graffiti, The New Gidget, The New Leave it to Beaver, first run syndication, Dracula, Pyschophobia, Life with Lucy, Stone Pillow, The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile, Sunday Newspaper Comic Strips, Holiday Specials, Indiana Jones, being let down by your own youth, Poltergeist, Puttin' on the Kids, having never carved a pumpkin, Frat Brothers taking you in a sports car to see Halloween in theaters, no weakness allowed with Andrea's brother, FAME, Nia Pepples Party Machine, Mike Hammer, It's a Living, The Bonaventure Hotel, Ann Jillian, Mama's Family, wigs, Ken's hateful spite fueled life, Star Search, Hate Watching, Sons of Anarchy, Fight Back!, Kate & Allie, CBS Monday Nights, MacGuyver, My Sister Sam, stalking, kids parties, the origin

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 94: Kevin Allison

    29/07/2015 Duration: 01h37min

    July 22 -27, 1978 This week Ken welcomes writer, comedian and master storyteller Kevin Allison to the show. Ken and Kevin discuss crazy things in your home leading to murderous theories, living in Pee Wee's Playhouse, Jesuit High School leading to a lack of television watching, falling asleep with Citizen Kane, pyromania, watching classics on TV, Night of the Living Dead, Leonard Maltin's books, Understanding Movies, Cincinnati, OH, The Boys in the Band, Catholicism,  William Friedkin into gay stuff, stumbling onto life changing media, Marilu Henner, Dukes of Hazard, hatred of sports, going to the Opera, being introduced to television and culture by your father, being terrified of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, PBS and Monty Python, scary music, The Muppet Show, The Electric Company, MTV, Liquid Television, watching TV at school, New Zoo Review, Catholic TV, ABC Sunday Night Movie, Roots, The Thorne Birds, Pulp Novels, The Exorcist, 70s obsession with the supernatural, Satanism,  hypnotism, The Bionic Man, b

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 93: Greg Wymer

    22/07/2015 Duration: 01h21min

    January 21-27, 1984 This week Ken welcomes DJ, improver and former co-worker Greg Wymer to the show. Ken and Greg discuss Greg's excitement, the disappointment of laser light shows, game show hosts, evening editions of day time game shows, Diff'rent Strokes, twins, Dixie Carter, unsold pilots, Ken's wife's hatred of Claire Grogan, Love Boat, Harlem Globetrotters, Bill Cullen: Favorite Game Show Host, Dolph Lundgren's MIT lie, Mama's Family, Sneak Previews, Dack Rambo, WFNX, Ken as Brian Benben, Superbowl Sunday, Gary Coleman's 200 IQ, gambling, Life Styles of the Rich and Famous, the early days of VCRs, James Bond, playing your own son, Airwolf, Iron Eagle, The Meatballs series, Mazes & Monsters, Washington D.C., MTV's Remote Control, Susan Stafford, PBS's Think Twice, a taste of real fame, Greg's Pee Wee's Big Adventure related mortifying moment, That's Incredible, Danny Cooksey, Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Made for TV Movies, Burt Renoylds' dark period, Spaghetti Westerns, The A-Team, Kim Richards, Th

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 92: Andrew Mayer

    15/07/2015 Duration: 01h08min

    June 9-15, 1990 This week Ken welcomes Boston comedian and bear enthusiast Andrew Mayer to the show. Ken and Andrew discuss mermaids, The New Mission Impossible, writing strikes, re-using old scripts, Andrew's insane father, living in a valley in the middle of nowhere with no cable, civil salt peter, USA Saturday Nightmares, Zombie Nightmare, not fearing the reaper enough, Janet Jackson, just going with the titles, Beauty and the Beast, America's Funniest Most Wanted, model planes, Nick at Nite but never Bewitched, weird mid-Atlantic accents, the Tin Man's classic Boston accent, Championship Ballroom Dancing, MacGuyver, Locker Posters, burning off pilots, the problems or murder, liking strange sports, foam, roller skating, the best Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Star Trek, home-made Halloween costumes, Rescue 911, Ken's obsession with the accordion, cheating at Skip-It, corny laugh track sitcoms, Spin City, Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, Nickelodeon's Fifteen, thinking the Wonder Years is boring, NBA Finals

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 91: Cris Kirkwood (The Meat Puppets)

    10/07/2015 Duration: 47min

    This week Ken welcomes musician, artist and fellow podcaster Cris Kirkwood of the legendary Meat Puppets to the show. Ken and Cris discuss Portlandia, TV Guides place in the home, watching the debut of Sesame Street, leaders vs. followers, the "Torment of the Older Sibling", bed wetting, growing up in Phoenix Arizona, the legacy of Omahanians, the horses, Alice, The Wallace and Ladmo Show, Pat McMahon, Steven Spielberg, the cultural make up of Arizona, Spanish Language TV, Sabado Gigante, local TV scenes as local punk rock scenes, how Mr. Peppermint begat the Butthole Surfers, Nirvana Unplugged, home made music videos, stealing people's souls, The Big Boys, Flipper, MTV, touching ex-girlfriends via the cathode ray tube, Steve Jones, Bill Cody, the Haden Triplets, Fred Armisen, stand up vs. music, The Harlem Globetrotters, the golden age of TV contortionists, punk rock trips to LA, Night Flight, New Wave Theater, the importance of flyers, hippies vs. punks, jazz fusion, how seeing Deliverance leads to a desire

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 90: Heather McDonald

    08/07/2015 Duration: 01h31min

    March 3-9, 1979.  This week Ken welcomes comedian and author Heather McDonald to the show. Ken and Heather discuss worrying about the elderly being easily influenced by television, cigarette ads, Andy Griffith's 70s BDSM, after school specials, why the youngest of five has no rules, Victoria Principal, High Class Hookers, Eve Plumb in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, living "the Valley", Lace, All Girls Catholic High Schools, Heidi Fleiss, The Mayflower Madam, SportsClub LA, creepy solo fixers, Valley Girl, Patty Hearst, parents taking you to inappropriate movies, knowing when you were straight, forced make out sessions up against a wall, Traci Lords, how a criminal act can add meaning to your life, The Osmonds Circus, Mary Tyler Moore Hour, "Singles" apartment buildings, the one time per lifetime women have to try and make it on their own, Stockard Channing: The Star of Grease, being terrified of New York, Good Times, sharing a room with your siblings, Love Boat vs. Fantasy Island, Julie's eternal Maid o

  • TV Guidance Counselor LIVE!: Jeff Kline and Julie McCullough at NECC

    03/07/2015 Duration: 01h32min

    In this episode recorded LIVE! at the NorthEast Comic Con and Pop Culture Expo on Saturday June 20, 2015 Ken welcomes writer/producer Jeff Kline and actor/comedian Julie McCullough to the show.   First up Ken welcomes Jeff Kline. Jeff looks at a TV Guide from the week March 18-24, 1978. Ken and Jeff discuss producing cartoons, Jumanji, finding out you got a job in the papers, the life and death of Saturday Morning Cartoons, UPN, That was Then, being 30 and getting to be 16 again twice, The Starland Vocal Band, generational record business, The Monkees, The Banana Splits, Sid & Marty Kroft,   Johnny Carson, KTLA, The Legend of Cougar Canyon, Lawrence Welk, Lechmere, Andy Williams, Wayland Flowers & Madam, the pasts' refusal to admit gayness, dialing is a commitment, Ken's aluminium foil based conspiracy theory, Saturday Night family TV, Wonder Woman, replacing Cathy Lee Crosby with Linda Carter, Eletra Woman and Dynagirl, spending 10 minutes in a hot tub with Pink Lady & Jeff, the Sid and Marty Kro

  • TV Guidance Counselor Episode 89: Micah Sherman

    01/07/2015 Duration: 01h14min

    September 12 - 18, 1998 In this episode Ken welcomes actor, improviser and comedian Micah Sherman.  Ken and Micah discuss e-cigarettes, the connection between fog machines and intestinal distress, outside vs. inside, blowin' it up, lack of cable, pillow case induced weekend TV watching, North Carolina Wolves, singing jocks, Jam Bands, Beard Fishin', the secret to loving High School, Squirrel Nut Zippers, interning at Mammoth Records, pulling your pork, low channels coming in more clear, the entertainment value of discussions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, College Sports, Cops, National Lampoon's Golf Punks, America's Most Wanted, Alan Alda, Burlesque Youth, Video Store Educations, Stand Up on TV, The Simpsons, loving the Fly Girls, being in the pop culture closet, Ken's hatred of Goodfellas, That 70s Show, not being excited by premieres, The Higgins Boys, The Army Show, The KGB, The X-Files, The Emmys,  Seth Green, Can't Hardly Wait, Cosby Show that's not the Cosby Show, Old Gay Softball, Mr. Bean, SNL B

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