Tv Guidance Counselor Podcast

December 19-25, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Marathon Begins! Ken welcomes comedian Will Smalley to the show. Ken and Will discuss Ken's credentials, military recruitment, the best kinds of glue, Christmas week, MTV's Rock N Jock Softball, Cops, Roundhouse: World's Worst Show, Ren And Stimpy, SNICK, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Edge, Julie Brown vs. Downtown Julie Brown, The Young Comedians Special, A&E, In Living Color, America's Funniest Home Videos, Roc, Married...with Children, Herman's Head, Walking with Jesus, Fresh Prince, Evening Shade, Blossom, Joey Lawrence, quantifying the number of girls and gay men Will Smalley knows, Clarissa vs. Blossom, Bob, Wrestling Roundtable, Will's TV Debut on a WWF taping, Doink Dink, Monday Night Football vs WWF Primetime, Full House, Rescue 911, Petticoat Junction, Comicview, Roseanne, A Smokey Mountain Christmas, Dolly Parton, America's love/hate relationship with the shopping mall. Forever Knight, Beverly Hills 90210, The Wonder Years, Unsolved Mysteries,

September 10-16, 1978 Record Store Day Special! This week Ken welcomes comedian and Weirdo Records impresario Angela Sawyer to the show. Ken and Angela discuss dogs having accident, virtual reality, unexpected pets, having never seen Black people, racist names for animals, regional racism, Colorado, UMass Lowell, Odyssey of the Mind, Colorado: The Nexus of Pop Culture in the Beige Age, Aspen poor camps, central time, Us Against The World II, Cloris Leacheman's athletic prowess, Love Boat, Uncle tom Foolery, Scatman Crothers, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Gorgo, Roots, Event Television, Lavar Burton, Sword of Justice, Dack Rambo, Office Batman, Tennis Pros, Scott Walker (the singer not the evil governor), Igmar Bergman, Welcome Back Kotter, watching movies on laserdisc in the library, The Jeffersons, old war buddies hitting on your wife, the 70s locker famine, Ken's literal prison of a high school, Monday Night Football, fighting over custody of the Broncos, M.A.S.H., the made for TV 70s Live Action Spider-Man, Thr

June 28-July 4, 1997 This week Ken welcomes comedian and poet Wes Hazard. Ken and Wes discuss Ken's hoodie collection, shared celebrity birthdays, Ken's 17th birthday, Agent Orange, the you now and the you at 17 having different tastes, Cops, America's Most Wanted, the scariest Unsolved Mysteries Ken ever saw, learning gay pick up spots from Farley Bros movies, Fashion Bug, Dress Barn, Snick, Robin Williams, Ernest's career, Krull, Beastmasters of the Universe, Early Edition, being introduced to 70s Green Arrow by your doctor, The DC Animated Universe, Isabella Rosellini, Kablam!, Charles Burns' Black Hole, Oddville, Ken's punk rock teenage band days, banning the Simpsons, Ken's arguments with the dude from Dashboard Confessional, Real World vs. Road Rules, King of the Hill, Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Big Top vs. Big Adventure, Fargo, Unhappily Ever After, The Wayans Bros, rare diseases, the over lap of Kids Inc and Children of the Corn, UPN shows, L.L. Cool J's unplugged comeback, Broken Arrow, John Woo's US car

This week Ken welcomes actor/comedian Allan Havey to the show. Ken and Allan discuss the beauty of Santa Monica, growing up in Miami, working blue, Catholic Families, watching the Tonight Show with Dad, playing a priest at 5 years old, the magic of hearing your own voice for the first time, kids being seen and not heard, The Three Stooges, the early silent comedies, The Twilight Zone, watching anything and everything on TV, 57 Channels and nothing on, the cornucopia of choice in the 21st Century, Louie, marathoning shows, Sunday Night Family viewing, watching football at double speed, Mad Men, not rewatching your own stuff, starting stand up in New York City, Lorne Michaels' "The New Show", SNL replacements, Letterman, having the same joke as several other people, the validation of being on TV in the eyes of the public, other people defining your success, buying into the 60s counter culture, meeting JFK and the shock of the Kennedy Assassination, the power of prayer, the generation gap, National Lampoon Magaz

May 15-21, 1993 This week Ken welcomes comedian, TV host and author Max Silvestri to the show. Ken and Max discuss Cheers, having your own wing of the house, sneaking wrestling, waiting to get the good cable channels, Sci Fi Channel, living in the 'boro, being an early adopter of the internet fandom age, TiVo, being a Nielsen Family, saving genre shows single handedly, being an only child, Prodigy vs. Compuserve vs. AOL, Ken's major award of a custom Mr. Show Bowling Shirt, Ken's collector mentality, cast and crew jackets, being burdened by your interests, Bloopers, practical jokes vs. flubs, Cops, Max's visceral aversion to the underclasses, Empty Nest, being wise beyond your years, Jerk offs, Code 3, Mad About You, Newsradio, Murder She Wrote, Wild Palms, Max's love of British child murder, Virtual Reality taking over the world in 2007, Epic Made for TV Events, Humanity as a bummer, Championship Skating, Evening Shade's series finale, Murphy Brown, why there are no great young movie stars anymore, 1-900 num

This week Ken welcomes comedian and actress Mary Lynn Rajskub to the show. Ken and Mary Lynn discuss technical spring, Detroit, odd parental choices, punk rock, being shaken to your core, Ken's unusual positivity and not Jesus complex, Gone Baby Gone's accuracy, stand up comedy road work and it's relation to your family, early bed times, central time privilege, Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacy, art school brains, being moved to tears by the Rockford Files, The Love Boat, Gold Rush, HGTV, Spider-Man, Cupcake Wars, Donut Pride, ignoring the death of a parent, 24, The Walking Dead, childhood fears of adult good times that happen after you fall asleep, the excitement of the early days of MTV, HBO's monthly catalog, Mr. Show. The Larry Sanders Show, Veronica's Closet, being outed as famous, Simon & Garfunkel live in Central Park, renting out room in your brain, hypnotism, moving to San Francisco, Tic Tac Dough, how Netflix spoils children, weird daytime PBS, Slim Goodbody, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the odd pur

In this week's episode Ken welcomes comedian Paula Poundstone to the show. Ken and Paula discuss the 60s Batman and it's death traps, Liberace, TMZ, Jennifer Aniston's possible pregnancies, America's desire to see celebrities fail, idolizing the wrong people, how actors are able to continue to work with bad material, awards shows, Roasts, Alex Trebek's hidden humor, Betty White's unauthorized backstory, Lost in Space, The Twilight Zone, Billy Mumy, banning television for children, going through life without an immunity to advertising, programming your children's tastes, The Three Stooges, experiencing comedy as a collective experience, technical failures increasing comedy, cartoon adaptations of live action sitcoms, Wacky Races, Boston's WSBK TV38 and it's phenomenal afternoon line up, the sanctity of a girl's underwear drawer,  Gilligan's Island, taking credit for Sherwood Schwartz's work, re-enacting the story of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for the stage, OCD leading to marathoning shows, M.A.S.H., forsaking

In this episode Ken welcomes Irish comedian and television personality Maeve Higgins to the show.   Ken and Maeve discuss theater basements, Tuba based misunderstandings, RTE 1 and 2: Ireland's only television, TV in Zimbabwe, The Tracy Ullman Show, seeing the Simpsons for the first time, 7 Brides for 7 Blues Brothers, books as dick fuel, Home & Away, Australian soaps, parental hypocrisy, hidden camera shows, why the Irish are uniquely positions to be willing victims on hidden camera shows, Airplane, slapstick humor, Only Fools and Horses, not being able to identify with all male comedy shows, Irish Babysitters, living in the suburbs as a nanny, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, Two Fat Ladies, Fancy Vittles, My So-Called Life, capturing teenagers spirit, American feelings, awful first kisses, not revisiting your childhood favorites, NYC on TV, Friends, Seinfeld, The Late Late Show: The Longest Running Chat Show in the world, Terry Wogan, leaving Ireland for fame and fortune in the UK, Graham Norton, Father Te

June 3-9, 1989 This week ken welcomes former Boston, current LA Comedian Laura Crawford. Ken and Laura talk about Ken's technology paranoia, Oprah, Richard Bey and the other trashy talk shows, Rickie Lake's Urban fanbase, Living Single, how Ken might have been a young black woman, MTV Dating shows, picking the mom over the daughter, remaking geeks into chic, mean high school nicknames, the "boy with A.I.D.S", Donut burns, lobbying congress for better sexual education, the Robot Revolution, Real Genius, Night of the Creeps on USA's Saturday Nightmares, the Horny Hot Dog the Movie, edited teen movies, Arye Gross is not Ari Meyers, COPS, being falsely accused of being a child prostitute, living Beyond Tomorrow, why It's Gary Shandling's Show is better than Larry Sanders, how great hair is the single deciding factor in how attractive a woman finds a man,being a fashion innovator.Star Search, Whitey Herzog, Ed McMahon filled donut shops, Ken's sweet on booze, insulting drag queens, Night Court, Big Trouble in Litt

Saturday December 18, 1993 This week Ken welcomes back to the show comedian and author Anthony Scibelli.  Ken and Anthony discuss Winter Phlegm humor, sexy adult cereals, The Hack Handbook, Jay Leno's penis, Christmas week for half jews, Eastern Religions, weekend routines, gravitating towards old time comedy, the importance of B&W,  cartoon voice over legends, Comic Book: the Movie, The Animaniacs, Abbot and Costello, cheap VHS tapes, robotic Three Stooges, Sexy Joe Besser, accidentally signing up for the army, Mousercize, the White Shadow, Burgess Meredith, Bullwinkle, Hot Air Balloons, the creepiness of Jay North, Dennis the Menace, when Nick at Nite shows air during the day, Ducktales, the mutant animal phenomenon, Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks, why kids love Toxic Waste, Turtle Pies, Hostess, Ninja Turtles, Pooh Corner, Fraggle Rock, The strangeness of Jim Henson, The What's Up Network, Captain Planet, Eco-Cartoons, Ken's love of Doctor Blight, Mighty Max, Polly Pocket, Monster in my Pocket, fa

This week Ken welcomes actress Molly Hagan (Herman's Head, The Nutt House) to the show.  Ken and Molly discuss the speed of television, Herman's Head, Election, cringing, auditioning in front of your rivals, Northwestern University, growing up in Indiana, coming from a big family, Johnny Quest, Clutch Cargo, being too young to negotiate, Bob Newhart Show, Mary Tyler Moore, The Carol Burnett, All In the Family, the conundrum of Archie Bunker, Homefront (the name of the show Ken and Molly can't remember), television as escape, private concerns, American obsession with pulling back the curtain, blue collar actors, High School Reunions the cost of living in LA, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Nutt House, getting starstruck at work, working with Harvey Korman, The A.L.F. Christmas Special, getting into personal arguments with carpet samples, Mr. Sunshine, Jeffrey Tambor, Alan Spencer, Mel Brooks, "Ringmaster", Jerry Springer, the glut of talk shows in the 90s, the forgotten exploitation past of Oprah's television show

September 21-27, 1985 This week Ken welcomes Boston Comedian, and fellow former punk rock teen Matt Kona to the show. Ken and Matt discuss strong coffee, cookie plates, sweeps week, micro-film, George Burns Comedy Playhouse, UHF vs VHF, WLVI Kids' Club, Ken's Teenage Punk rock band, hardcore bands named after Nintendo names, TV horror anthologies, The Christian Broadcasting Network, Stacey Keach's cocaine use documentary, George Clooney's introduction to the Facts of Life, boxing, watching The Golden Girls with a Golden Girl, York Beach Maine and beach arcades, The Prisoner, UK Sci-Fi, why "Used Cars" is one of the best comedies of all time, Dennis the Menace, the Emmys, Crazy Like a Fox, TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes, tattoos, Family Ties in the UK, Turkey Television, pubes and their relation to professional wrestling, history with Tony Danza, the debut of Growing Pains, Ken's memorized Growing Pains scripts, Boxcar Willy, TV series based on movies, Hell Town, Flip Wilson, SCTV, Billy Vera and the Beaters

July 4-10,1987 This week Ken welcomes old friends, David and Christopher Walsh, collectively known as The Walsh Brothers. Ken, David and Chris discuss family dynamics, alternate universe Walsh Brothers, why Ken is not a conservative Southern politician, inserting the disc, commuting to school, the subtleties of Boston public transportation,  Texas Chainsaw Massaca, when your childhood home because an area of refuge, Charlestown, living in the projects, cops, your non-comedian brother getting a TV credit before you do, Max X, TV38, Boston, more Boston, LA Sex porches, Kari Wuher, Monday Night's CBS line up, Ken's status as a sophisticated Boy, Alf, George Carlin, your preferred alias, The Spectre, Valerie, calling family meetings, being drawn to stability, love of absurd comedy, the terror of a minor key theme song, Alan Thicke: Musician, the terror of the news, European Vacation, classic video store memories, Corvette Summer, LA Mall filming locations, Chopping Mall, Alyssa Milano, cartoon boobs, disabled act

In this episode Ken welcomes comedian, actor, producer Paul Provenza. Ken and Paul discuss Kids Court, robbing drug dealers, growing up in New York, being chained to development deals, failing to update I Spy, growing up a comedy nerd, comedy LPs, the crossroads of comedy's past and future, Graham Norton, claims of a lack of English language skills, the power of comedians, being a teenage stand up comedian,  Robert Kline, taking down the system from the inside out, Tubby Boots, Gabe Kaplan's dire warnings, Jazz Club Comedy, Jay Leno, Comedy as the road to sitcom, DIY ethos, finding your audience, the power (or lack of it) of Late Night shows in the 21st Century, I Spy, Man from U.N.C.L.E., TV Comedy as processed junk food, Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, All in the Family, The Marx Brothers, the anarchy of 20s-30s comedy, the essential nature of live comedy, Johnny Carson, Steve Allen, Letterman, Ha! + The Comedy Channel = CTV - Canada = Comedy Central, Comics Only, Comedy MTV, Bill Hicks, the dark, sick,

April 4-10, 1992 This week Ken welcomes stand up comedian and mastermind behind the Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction empire Bryan Cook. Ken and Bryan discuss bi-coastal hoarding, the standard cleaning fee for removing TV Guides from a rental car, those sexy soaps, growing up in Maine cable-free, Satellite Dish culture, old people scent, Brian Dennehy's gift, Willfred Brimley's laundry, Gulf War trading cards, Cocaine busts in Boston, the birth of reality television, Billy's Head of the Class spin off, travel shows, UK Stand Up Comedy, TV kids having fast aging disease, Alyssa Milano leading to 4th grade troubles, bottle episode love, moving to LA for a writing job, the fashion police, Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction, Roc, Mann and Machine, favorite Pun TV Show titles, In Living Color, the lonesome death of James Carey, Anton's pickle jar, the first time seeing a black person, Teacher bangin', Dollar Store TV, physical altercations over Star Trek, cold calling girls you like, future cops, Herman's Head, Tea Leoni

In this one year anniversary special of the show, guest TV Guidance Counselor Sean Sullivan welcomes Ken Reid to the show. Ken and Sean review this week's edition of TV Guide and go through Ken's picks of two weeks of modern television from Monday February 16 to Sunday March 1, 2015. 

In this special Holiday Mini-Episode (the first of 2015 and the last until the Fall) Ken discusses his thoughts on Valentine's Day, his Valentine traditions, and his recommendations for Valentine's viewing. Ken recommends staying in doors, drinking rose flavored soda and watching My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler, The Boogens, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Mad About You, the Love Boat, Moonlighting, Brimstone, Chuck, Cheers, Cybill, The Facts of Life, Forever Knight, Gimme a Break, Growing Pains, Hey! Arnold, magic episode 18s, Mr. Belvedere, Newhart, Night Court, Punky Brewster, Roseanne, Spin City, That 70s Show, Supernatural, Wings, and The Wonder Years. 

This week Ken travels to Los Angeles and welcomes writer/actress Christine Elise(Child's Play2, Beverly Hills 90210) to the show.   Note: Christine's website is http://www.itschristine.com/ Ken and Christine discuss their mutual Boston punk rock pasts, Roslindale, the disappointment of Boston University's rules, The Ball Busting nature of Boston, never wanting to live in Boston again, finding your business, the mechanics of film, Pulp fiction, Film Noir, being robbed of computer programming, being burnt out on punk rock, turning 50, working for a living, the value of a job well done, looking younger than your age, Head of the Class, Lea Remini, China Beach, ER, natural seduction instincts, TV Movies, almost giving up, Brad Pitt, Facts of Life, Bad Comedy, Child's Play 2, being snubbed for premiers, Christine's novel, The Cramps, writing Beverly Hills 90210, Jason Priestly's business acumen, using the access you have, Gilligan's Island, the ease of guest writing an established show, how Hip Hop makes you dumb,

July 31 - August 6, 1993 In this episode Ken welcomes fellow Boston Comedian and social media exploitation king Will Noonan. Ken and Will discuss Patrick Stewart, The Real World, Tammy's "Wasn't Not Funny", Bloopers and Practical Jokes, SNICK, COPS, being a hypochondriac, what it means when you are peeing all the time, Alfonso Robero's Globe of Death, MTV Sports, House of Style, comedian nick names, The Comish, Doing the rubber, America's Funniest Home Videos, FOX, Idalis, Herman's Head, lusting after Reba McIntire's Doritos, Blossom, George Bush, Laugh-In, Cynthia Rothrock, parents intervening during inappropriate viewing material, Problem Child, Christmas in August, Rescue 911, Nova, getting that tingle, DIC, Roseanne, Third Rusty, Coach, Wonder Years, Unsolved Mysteries making you shit out your own ghost, the original Comedy Central, Home Improvement, Hal Hartley, Thursday Nights are unstoppable, David Crosby, Summer School, TV38's Movie Loft, which Brother from Wings you are, Don "the Dragon" Wilson, TV G

In this special LIVE! Edition of the show recorded at the Smell in Downtown Los Angeles during the 2015 Riot LA Comedy Festival Ken welcomes voice over legend Billy West (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy, Doug).   Ken and Billy discuss their mutual experiences playing the Rat in Boston, Roslindale, cocaine, Greeks, the entertainer economy, Kardashians, the power of guitars, the tolerance of Boston, being shy, Roasts, the salvation of TV and Radio, early Elvis impersonations, the nature of stage clothing, Boston's reputation, Boston's North End, Beach Parties, Aerosmith, broken dreams, the nature of scenes, James Brown, the Record Garage, The Cars, The Ding Ho, the 80s Boston Comedy Scene, Barry Crimmins, the transition from music to comedy, playing with Brian Wilson, Howard Stern, playing sleazy lounges, Happy Days causing destruction, spandex, Touched by an Old Person, breaking the 10 Commandments, religion, The Three Stooges, Jimmy Stewart's racism, Larry Fine, Philly accents, minimizing your talents, shampoo, th