Tv Guidance Counselor Podcast

In a first for the show, Ken presents you with two "mini-sodes" recorded before the guests' shows in the green room.    First up Ken welcomes the amazing singer, songwriter, actress, reality TV star, author and voice over artist Lisa Loeb to the show. In this lighting fast pre-show chat Ken and Lisa discuss October 1974, 70s pop hits, the lack of choice, Dallas during "Dallas", false sense of mainstream culture avoidance, the resentment of TV portrayals of professions, The Monkees, Wings, Chico and the Man, Sesame Street, Robert Urich, Serial Killing for Dummies, $25,000 Pyramid, Donnie Osmond, The Newlywed Game, Whoopie, bed time, Variety Shows, Muppet Shows, Fernwood Tonight, Cher, Carol Burnett, all around talent, all singing all dancing all acting celebrities, Florence Henderson: Pretty Lady, humor going over your head, The Love Boat, watching TV when you're sick, sexual bikinis, Adam 12, TV Crushes, why Don Knotts is kind of handsome, the inexplicable popularity of Little House on the Prairie, Fantasy Is

This week Ken welcomes writer, TV personality, former MTV VJ and all around great human being Karen "Duff" Duffy to the show. Ken and Duff discuss the heat of NYC, the road to MTV via nursing homes, New Jersey, Modeling, selling Skippy Peanut Butter, Saturday Night Live, Frank Sinatra, studying up, dressing for success, the multi-disciplined approach of classic TV presenters, broadcasting vs. narrowcasting, Firehouse vs. Firehose, the end of the hair bands, researching, photogenic memories, Whit Crane of Ugly Kid Joe, the fun of dating someone with a drinking problem, staying tight with the crew, Tabitha Soren, taking over for Martha Quinn, Rods & Cones, V66, The Basement Tapes, bands on railroad tracks, Ted Demme, Fade to Black, Fab 5 Freddy, Jermaine Jackson's Jermagesty, soul music, Herb Alpert, performers figuring out the business, George Clooney, Bill Murray and Duff's Wedding Present of the gift of performance, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Bill Murray's musical prowess, buying horns off Ebay, Michael O'Do

July 4 -10, 1974 This week Ken welcomes Buffalo Tom frontman Bill Janovitz to the show. Ken and Bill discuss TV Theme Songs, Bill's writing of the Mike O'Malley theme, Yes Dear, This Old House, growing up in New York, 80s NYC vs 90s NYC, how the gay part of town is always where the interesting stuff is going on, Beverly Hills and it's Welcome Sign, why LA is great, Fabio, Tim Reid (no relation), All in the Family, staying up late in the Summer, three camera sitcoms, how the faux-documentary style is played out, Blackish, the shared experience of television as a kid, Seinfeld, the generation gap, Maureen Stapleton vs. Jean Stapleton, Those Were the Days, Melancholy TV music, TV with multi-generational appeal, Norman Lear, the occasional brutality of 70s family television, VCR culture, quoting movies, gold fish memories, The Jeffersons, the mystery of the Good Times theme song, The Midnight Special, the seeds of wanting to be a rock star, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, SNL, Fear's Halloween Saturday Night Live se

June 25 - July 1, 1988 This week Ken welcomes comedian, rapper, old friend and man about town Zach Sherwin to the show. Ken and Zach discuss exactly when they first met, how the world grew into hip hop, Ken's lack of Dubstep knowledge, when Ken checked out of music, early Hip Hop as evolution of punk rock, W. Kamau Bell, The Ghetto Boys, the Bad Brains inspired origins of the Beastie Boys name, sound collage, Boston's An*l C*nt (*AC*), Snakes, getting high and watching nature documentaries, Ayahuasca, Ken's anti-drug mythology stance, the veil of reality, a life of suppression and control, "In Search Of...", Leonard Nimoy, the Hip Hop/Sci-Fi Connection, personal context of pop culture references, MF Doom, JJ Fadd Supersonic, Nicki Minaj, sometimes things are all about big butts, getting diagnosed with a "you've got six months to live", Ken's inherent skeptical wiring, Flatliners, Movie Novelizations, the novelization of "Bram Stoker's Dracula", Robocop, The Facts of Life, Ken's love of Sherrie Krenn/Austin ak

November 26 - December 2, 1994 This week Ken welcomes artist and comedian Val Kappa to the show. Ken and Val discuss Ellen's inexplicable success, living in a cableless society, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson impersonators, Country music, Ken's encounter with Cyndi Lauper, Paula Abdul, My Girl, bee fears, Ken's Star Wars vomit, killer Yogurt in The Stuff, Before they were Stars, Father of the Bride, Hombre Mayor, seeing Basic Instinct with your parents, Splatter: The Architects of Fear, Fresh Prince, Susan Powter, Ken's encounters with Tony Little, Scott Baio and Tom Oldham at malls, Blossom, My Two Dads, having your own TV in your room, teenagers talking on the phone for hours talking about nothing, The Simpsons, calling radio stations, the myth of the radio request line, KISS 108, 101.7 WFNX (RIP), Ted Turner, Emerson College, the fate of the second Kenneth W. Reid, Ken's alter ego "Dave", Phyllis Diller,  being stuck in an elevator with a pregnant woman, placenta buckets, holding a baby, kitten birth rui

This week Ken welcomes Tom Rhodes to the show.   Ken and Tom discuss Ken's TV Guide archives, the family dynamic of the Archie Bunker Chair, neighborhood talk of cable, butter knife soft core pornography, Emmanuel, modern kids lack of mechanical skills, MTV, General Hospital, Rick Springfield, moot points, the social justice power of soap operas, Steve McQueen in French, Jerry Lewis' foreign tongue, Barney Miller, family dance parties, highlighting the TV Guide for late night stand up, Carson, Letterman, Rich Hall, Mike Wilmot's murderous ways, Viva Vietnam, being the face of Comedy Central, being the subject of an NBC/HBO/Fox bidding war, Must See TV, taking the crown from the Fresh Prince, how to go from public defender to private school English Teacher in one easy step, Mark Brazil, learning to act on National TV, Ron Glass, Hal Linden, how the kids take over, the funny teacher sub-genre, being one in a four pack, Dabney Coleman's Buffalo Bill, Alan Partridge, the UK influence over likable US characters,  

In this very special after school special edition of the show Ken welcomes Sean Sullivan back to the show.   Sean and Ken discuss the popularity of Sean as a guest, school with siblings, 1990, Jr High vs. Middle School, the darkest thing Ken has ever said on the show, Sex Ed, the death of After school Specials, the Wave, cartoons, walking to school, horrific childhood games, Hard Copy, Canadian Co-Productions, Don't Just Sit There,  dinner plans, Boy Scouts, Orange Soda, cancer popcorn, 1993, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, secretly enjoying baby shows, 3.2.1 Contact, Beyond 2000, Tailspin, Disney Afternoon, Fifteen, Barney and Friends, Tiny Toon Adventures, Carmen Sandieago, Rockapella into Mmmbop, Dinosaucers, Plucky Duck, Goofy hatred, Shop Til You Drop, Sunday Mornings, Denver the Last Dinosaur, 1995, talk shows, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters, Ghost Writer, Beetlejuice, Quack Attack, Exosquad, Extreme Toxic Waste, Tazmania, Ricki Lake, I'm Telling, buying your childhood heart's desire game show prizes as an a

September 24-30, 1994 This week Ken welcomes fellow Boston Comedian Sam Jay to the show. Ken and Sam discuss the difficulty in finding Ken's home, Catholic School, cloak rooms, embarrassing incidents, demonic possession, Beverly Hills 90210, being a gay teen, being on a watch list from the Boston Archdiocese and having that lead to moving to a suburban public school, strip clubs, Atlanta, Black Williamsburg, going to college in a shopping mall, family tragedies, stand up comedy, knowing what you want to be, having cable in your room, SNICK, classic Nickelodeon, COPS, They Live, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, escapism vs. identification, Fox as the "black thing", Hating "Hey Dude", when things aren't a race thing but a taste thing, America's Most Wanted as family viewing, Stark Trek, Sisters, Lusty Sela Ward, The Simpsons, Black Bart, Flea Market bootleg clothing, Downtown Boston's Corner Mall, The Real World, Puck, AIDS, letting kids drink wine, Hardball, Married...with Children, classic MTV, how Melrose Pl

Recorded LIVE! at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland Oregon, on this special Bridgetown Comedy Festival edition of the show welcomes Brendon Small to the show. Ken and Brendon discuss VooDoo Donuts, drug testing, working at a movie theater, Berklee College of Music, going to film school, Harold and Maude, Springfield, Emancipation, Garbage Plates vs. Chop Suey Sandwiches, Chez Henri, conscripting a retired chef, Paul O'Connell, guitar, Little Stevie's Pizza, being insulted by Bobby McFarren, acapella TV theme songs, It's Gary Shandling Show and its theme song, NBC's comedy revolution, the early days of Fox TV, writers' constant state of strike, Shout! Factory, how nothing new is actually new, Burns and Allen, Ernie Kovaks, Jack Benny, when things are Shakespeare, stealing from dead people, cable making you who you are, Night Flight, loving horror films, wanted to have nightmares, Salem's Lot, the Poltergeist remake, JoBeth Williams, great scores, puking up a worm, why amputees make the world's best monsters, nov

April 10-16, 1976 This week Ken welcomes actor James Urbaniak. James and Ken discuss Lloyd Bridges: Policeman, 70s illustrations, Rhoda, cigarette ads, 70s High Fives, tar, just watching things because they are there, April Vacation, the evil nature of "Big Ski", free subscription gifts, the sheer class of a leather TV Guide Cover, having the option of Black and White, TV pliers, 8 Track Clubs, The New York Report, the Fall Preview excitement, Saturday Morning Premires, Jabberjaw, Holmes and Yoyo, cops and robots, the mythology of short lived shows, Pat Buchanan, Easter Specials, The Peanuts, the hierarchy of Charlie Brown specials, passive aggressive anger over the pre-preemption of Rhoda,  waking up early for Saturday Morning cartoons, Scooby Doo, Animated series based on live action series, The Ghost of Frankenstein, King Kong Thanksgiving,  the importance of buying brand name batteries, The Bowrey Boys, comedic spin offs from dramas, dramatic spin offs from comedies, Lawrence Welk, The Easter Resurrection

February 15-21, 1969 (sort of) This week Ken welcomes comedian, actor, author and smartest man in the world Greg Proops to the show. Ken and Greg discuss Fantasy on Television, The Avengers, The Adams Family, The Wild Wild West, Kids television, exactly when England got black people, The Black and White Minstrel Show, Star Trek, The psychedelic 60s, San Francisco, Star Trek, Dad movies, War, Zulu, speaking German, learning that sometimes there are no good guys, Chuck Connors, Branded, breaking a sword over your knee, The Prisoner: the original mindfuck, James Bond, questioning your government, Who's Line is it Anyway?, Punk, The Double Deckers, dystopia, the song that goes with every neighborhood in London, The 60s dream of peace love and nonviolence, Night Flight, the golden age of FM radio, KSAN, The UK vs US Top 40, The Intruder, Charles Beaumont, The Twilight Zone, realizing the rest of the United States is terrifying and different, buying into the media lie, hatred of memes, having the sum total of human

August 3-9, 1991   In this episode recorded LIVE! at ImprovBoston as part of the 2015 Women in Comedy Festival, Ken welcomes writer, musician, comedian and midwesterner Mary Mack to the show.    Ken and Mary discuss Mid-western attendance, central time, copious notes, realizing what you missed as a kid, roof mounted antennas, Punky Brewster, two beers as the cure for sadness, why Ken could never have been a Doctor, the physical nature of magazines, Choose Your Own Adventure books, cigarette ads, the original owner of the issues TV choices, Mary's cultural anthropological understanding of TV Guide, "Gerald", Janita, Madonna, 10 Years of MTV, horrorscopes, Gerald's crossword failure, Group Homes, working the night shift, Entertainment Tonight, Ken's invention of the Hold Button App, Uber for Jazz, traveling into town to see New Kids on the Block, Public TV, Benny Hill, Peoria, Morning Agriculture, John Candy, "Only The Lonely", The Twins, Sunday Football, Pickled Herring, Fresh Prince, Murphy Brown, Mark L. Wal

November 2-8, 1963 In this episode recorded at Musso & Frank's the legendary Hollywood dining establishment, Ken welcomes former comedian and current author Klph Nesteroff to the show. Ken and Kliph discuss prime rib, butter levels, direct connections to old Hollywood, classic TV and showbiz knowledge, Kliph's origin story, Hee Haw songs, the backwoods of rural Canada, CTV vs. City Television, Hockey night in Canada, David Letterman, A&E as educational vehicle, Mad Magazine, Cracked overcompensation, Looney Tunes, local TV Guide, early Hollywood films, 70s film books, the early days of modern film critics and historians, My Favorite Martian, Ray Walston fighting Tony Randal, laugh tracks, the "tween-ification" of television, Punky Brewster, cartoons based on live action shows, Little Clowns of Happytown, the educational and protective power of basements, the best time for afros, "Spinner" Spencer's father's gun totin' channel changer, not staying out of trouble, Degrassi, Nickelodeon, You Can't Do Tha

April 30 - May 3, 1983   In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, Ken welcomes John Glaser and Eugene Mirman himself to the show.   Ken, Jon and Eugene Discuss what's worrying TV's Sexiest Detective, Jerry Orbauch's sex appeal, Boston edition TV Guides, artists' renditions of the famous, Chicago as a Detroit suburb, why Detroit is Boston in 2024, the future of video tapes, Virginia Slims as Women's rights, being the youngest vs being the oldest, color vs. black and white, Buck Rogers, That's The Incredible! Hulk, if Bruce is a more gay name than David, Deaf Hulk, Hockey Playoffs, TJ Hooker, Southern Comfort, The Golden Age of Satellite, Dirtbag cousins, Love Boat, musical highlights, being plagued by orphans, the Chicago Mall, Brendan Tartikoff's edicts, TV's "Cowboy", "Oater" Themes, The Oater Varmints first album, kickboxing with only four toes, Steven Spielberg's 1941, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Censored Bloopers, the invention

This week Ken welcomes actress Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst. Ken and Elizabeth discuss Sherman Oaks, the unavailability of your favorite shows, the precursor of Arrested Development, Showtime, networks vs. cable, The Fox network, classic Hollywood discovery stories, Married...with Children, the terror of performing in front of a live audience, holding for the laughs, ABC's Gary Marshall Tuesday Night Line up, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Happy Days, when less commercials meant better TV,  being hell bent on acting, Ginger on Gilligan's Island, the niceness of people in LA, the flashy 90s, Dr. Pepper, political cancellations, Cult Hits, Reality Shows vs. Sitcoms, Modern Family, being star struck by William Shatner, Perversions of Science, Kevin Pollak, sex androids, being the object Pauly Shore's Video adoration, being naturally funny without your awareness, Get a Life, having a cousin writing for Letterman, Teri Garr, Judd Nelson's terrifying humor, "Conflict of Interest", The George Carlin Sho

October 6-12, 1984 The Boston Marathon Marathon concludes! In this episode Ken welcomes writer, comedian, actor and international man's man Chris Coxen to the show. Ken and Chris discuss Transformers major appliances, the TV "sweet spot", Morgan Fairchild vs. Lynda Carter, Airwolf, TJ Hooker, Jan Michael Vincent, Evil Twins, Chris' constant name dropping, Big Wednesday, When the Saints Go Marching In, Love Boat, Boxing Dick Butkus, Knight Rider, undercover monk, why Diamond Thieves were huge in the 80s, Pick Up Trucks, The Presidential Debate, Shirley Bassey, Reagan's hair, TNN's You Can Be a Star, Portrait of a Stripper, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Charlie's Angels, Dirk Benedict, not giving a damn about Kate & Allie, Barry Tattle, singing the Love Boat Theme, Three's a Crowd, Hawaii Five-O, Ken's Hawaiian bathroom,  Paperdolls, Dack Rambo, Freedome 90, Ken's love of models, how Ken and Chris are complete opposites, The Fall Guy, the popularity of stunts, Sybill Danning, Charles in Charge, Moonlig

April 11-17, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Continues In this episode Ken welcomes master musician and comedian Kelly Roberge to the show. Ken and Kelly discuss whether or not Jay Leno is up to it, Golden Girls, Kelly's favorite Starship songs, hoping your grandparents are not sexual people, The Pope, Bubba Smith, finding someone who knows less about sports than Ken, Baywatch meeting Gilligan's Island, never once dreaming you were on Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells' marijuana use, COPS in Boston, watching Cops and Judge Judy with grandma, Ken's meeting with Judge Judy, Perfect Strangers, why happy relationships are boring, Kelly's history with flying airplanes, Albert Brooks Defending Your Life, The Wonderful World of Disney, The Bloom Brothers (Scott and Brian), bikini girl based lies, Zsa Zsa Gabor on The Fresh Prince, Kelly's grandmother's verbal assault on police, warning old men about making mistakes, Ken's mother forcing beach visits, Whale Watch, Killer Whales, Jaws 3-D, Murphy Brown, "Mirror, Mirror",

September 17-23, 1994 Boston Marathon Monday Continues! In this episode Ken welcomes comedian Chris Dimitrakopoulos, professionally known as "Chris D". Ken and Chris discuss UK Lion Bars, never using TV Guide, Greek immigrants, Teen Wolf, public nudity, John Ritter's short shorts, van surfing, Cops, Back to the Beach, Team Reid outdoor movie nights, Kenny Rogers, Baywatch, SNICK, The Simpsons, a rare Superbowl Themed episode, Unsolved Mysteries,  Chris' belief in UFOs, Greek Programming, Teri Hatcher crushes, Lois and Clark, Superman the Animated Series, Hardball, Joe Flaherty, The Real World, dance crazes,  talk show madness, Fresh Prince, Tatianna Ali's music career, Jennifer Love Hewitt's "Let's Go Bang", Dave's World, I Love Lucy, ER, Captain Kangaroo on Murphy Brown, Annie Potts, WWF, black boxes, Foxy Boxing, Wings, Tim Daly, The Omen IV: The Awakening, Def Comedy, ranking the hosts of Family Feud, Home Improvement, John Larroquette vs Korean News,  Meatballs II, Real Genius, the greatest comedy of all

BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY July 27 - August 2, 1985 This week Ken welcomes comedian and promoter Rob Crean. Ken and Rob discuss dangerous travel conditions, Pitch Black Dark, Miami Vice, Don Johnson's music career, The Return of Bruno, Michael Mann, Airwolf, Summer reruns, TJ Hooker via SNL, Baby Boomer music, Where the Boys Are, 9 hours and 5 minutes of Dana Hersey's all night party, It's Your Move, Tripods, Gimme a Break, Falling asleep when Catherine Oxenberg is in her underwear, The Lair of the White Worm, The Prisoner, Mama's Family, Martin Mull's History of White People in America, Michael Nesmith's Television Parts, Murder She Wrote, Kevin McCarthy, Bob's Burgers, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, The Hogan Family's twins, Danny Ponce, The Twilight Zone: The Movie, Ken's Albert Brooks impression, local TV Horror Hosts, the original E/R, Kate & Allie, Ken's 144 copies of Kate & Allie Season 1, Newhart, Three's a Crowd, emptying The Milky Way, Muppets Take Manhattan, Growing Pains, Hail to the Chief

May 28-June 3, 1988 Boston Marathon Monday! Ken welcomes comedian Danielle Soto to the show. Ken and Danielle discuss being drawn to a time before you were born, 1988 births, Family Ties, repressed memories of ever having used a TV Guide, Ken's TV Week/Toaster Oven TV Guide/Toaster Theory (again), Facts of Life, Back-door pilots, Empty Nest, Tumpy's marijuana addiction leading to bad gift giving, The Cosby Show binge drinking episode, 227, Golden Girls, living the Stan Episodes, Mama's Family, Doctor Who, the role of ledges in sitcoms, Throb, Dream On, Wendy Malik,  Hot in Cleveland, Say Anything, being held hostage, why you never want to ride an elevator with a pregnant lady, Spenser for Hire, Family Ties, TV Land's First and Last Marathon, Nick's forgotton spin-off, My Demon Lover, hair metal, Mother Goose's Rock N Rhyme, Fairy Tale Theater, Married...with Children, Day by Day, The Terrible Revenge of the Nerds Pilot, Ted McGinnley, It's Your Move, David Garrison, not censoring children, the banned Married.