Tv Guidance Counselor Podcast

July 7-13, 1990 This week Ken welcomes author, comedian and NPR Radio host extraordinaire Ophira Eisenberg (The Moth, Ask Me Another).  Ken and Ophira discuss warm television memories, Canada, Australia, small pop cultural differences, a youth without MTV, YTV, Buckshot, King of Kensington, Mr. Dress Up, Neighbours, Dogs in Space, INXS, Calgary, Facts of Life's Pippa, The Best and the Worst of 1989/1990, Twin Peaks, Laura Palmer's Diary, future generations lack of shared experience outside of tragedies, Moonlighting, Bones, why every single show doesn't need an arc, police procedures as pure science fiction, The US Health Care System, suspicion, accents being made up for comedic effect, Nickelodeon, foreigners confusion of US geography, Soap Opera Guides as a prehistoric internet, the basement as home of "the good TV", sibling TV rivalries, Star Trek, the love of action, Honey West, Curse of the Gold Monkey, keeping Bruce Campbell's secrets, 80s fears, Saturday Night Potentials, The Buddy Holly Story, Archeol

In this LIVE! Special edition of the show recorded at NorthEast ComicCon in Wilmington, MA on December 7, 2014  Ken welcomes Willy Wonka's Mike Teevee, Paris Themmen.    Ken and Paris discuss what the hell a TV Guidance Counselor even is, the weight of secret society chairs, growing up in Manhattan, The Wire and gritty realism, how the golden age of television might bum you out, Deadwood, dissolving the lines between actors on a set, being on Broadway at age 8, being wise beyond your ears, It's a Wonderful Life, TV in 1967, The Monkees, Star Trek, Marine Boy, Jeopardy, having a disdain for canned laughter filled sitcoms, bubblegum pop, being a classicist, traveling to 61 countries, modern TV as karaoke, RiF, Pinocchio coming out of a Whale's Mouth, Will Wonka, the agelessness of being a child actor, kids vs. parental reaction to actors getting older, Francis Ford Coppola's parties, Jack Albertson, dislike of Barney Miller, being in the Rothchilds with Hal Linden, being on the Ed Sullivan show, being picky, ju

May 10-16, 1986 This week Ken welcomes writer and comedian Anthony Scibelli. Ken and Anthony discuss Ken's home, the secrets of Anthony's birth, John Lennon's Death, Cheers by Jack Davis, watching TV every night of the week, PBS, Will Eisner's Spirit,   the 90s being the lowest point in comic book history, Ken's fights with children at a screening of the first Spider-Man, all night 3-D movie marathons, Gimme a Break, Charles Grodin, Miss Hollywood vs. Jules Feiffer, anthology shows, Amazing Stories, meeting Sid Caesar, Mr. Ed is eternal, how Wikipedia ruined Ken's social life, why Ken never does pop culture jokes in his stand up comedy, striking out in T-Ball leading to homophobic slur induced assault, Nick at Nite, Car 54 Where Are You?, Drinking with Donna Reed, rejecting the previous generations popular culture, Fighting Back with David Horowitz, Carl Reiner, NBC paying tribute to NBC, hating Milton Berle, female puppeteers, The Eflman clan, CBS Monday Night lineup gold, Nova, Tia Carrerre's relative age,

June 20-26, 1992 This week Ken welcomes writer/podcaster/blogger and occasional actress Tess Lynch. Ken and Tess discuss the beauty of borrowed temporary housing on the dark side of the Hollywood sign, clam dunks from Boston, a 9-year-olds hate fueled rage towards their parents' bedtime rules, the Glory of 90210, The Flash, TV's Man of the Year Ross Perot, "Popcorn Chicken", making up parenting as you go along, Sinbad's reading classes, Rancid ruining your children's programming, Soaps, Passions, cloning TGIF, Who's the Boss, who cares?, horny old ladies, being serious when it comes to law enforcement, the anxiety of flipping, picture-in-picture, taking advantage of teenagers inherent love of eavesdropping to teach foreign languages, House of Style, Todd Oldham date night, On the Air, hateful In Living Color, Hi Honey! I'm Home, the seasonal inappropriateness of Edward Scissorhands, John Waters, Hairspray covered Pink Flamingos, John Stamos' Dreams, the inherent hilarity of mediocre actors re-enacting 9-1-1 c

In this episode Ken talks to actor, film historian, author, play write Jim Beaver.   Jim is probably best known from his roles on Supernatural, Deadwood and Justified but has appeared in many  many roles over the years.   Jim and Ken discuss living for the TV Guide's release every week, growing up in Texas, Gorgon vs. Icky Twerp, discovering classic cinema via television, The Lone Ranger, Superman, physically assaulting people on behalf of loving that Bob, being outvoted by your sisters, second hand movies, Get Smart, George Reeves, a love of old movies leading to making new movies, actors with lives, taking a lifetime to write about someone else's lifetime, type casting, technically advising Hollywoodland, editing a life, Superman, Television as fountain of eternal youth, calling actor's by their character name, fan conventions, being removed from Hollywood, who exactly Indiana Jones is, Roy Rogers, making the transition from fan to object of fandom, demonic colds, theater, Tim Lucas' Mario Bava Book, New Yo

September 17-23, 1983 This week Ken welcomes actor/comedian Christian Finnegan. Ken and Christian discuss 80s Boston comedians, Steve Sweeney being more famous than Louie CK, The Revolutionary War area of Massachusetts, laser light shows, Ken's TV Week/Toaster Oven theory is tested yet again, dead siblings, Battlestar Galactica vs. Buck Rogers, the love of the glowing box, local Boston news casters, Mission of Burma, divorced Dad horny, the offensive nature of the spelling of Diff'rent Strokes, Orson Welles' study of upside down African trees, Love Boot, Fall Preview specials, the big reveal of the new shows, actors finding excuses to sing, Silver Spoons, Jason Bateman, Corky Pigeon, being directed by Alfonso Ribeiro, Are We There Yet?, doing the Carlton when nobody wants to see it,  Cindy Williams being your mother, pretending to have sex with Jackee', incredible racists, kissing Paulina Porizkova, being threatened by Rick Ocasek, how acting is the opposite of stand up comedy, The Road Warrior, the more depr

In this first ever New Year's Eve special Ken goes solo recapping his year and proving some suggestions for things you may want to watch this New Year's Eve. He starts with a heartfelt, and a bit silly frankly, list of thank yous to listeners and friends, guests and supporters of the show. He also gets into the secret origins and background of the show, discusses a bit of his stand up comedy career, the horrible New Years past at his grandparent's house, New Year's fights, punk rock New Year's, Millenium New Year, Man or Astroman?, Adult Swim Marathons, the Reid family New Year's tradition of Rock N Roll Nightmare, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Barney Miller, Designing Women, Kate & Allie, Kids Inc, My So-Called Life, Night Court and the Wonder Years. Happy New Year and here's to an even bigger and better 2015. 

December 25-31, 1993 Ken welcome actor/comedian Erik Charles Neilson (Community, Conan). Ken and Erik discuss a very Johnny Carson Christmas, Florida, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, dislike of War, Real World, Frank Langella, Space Center field trips, death on Disney property, The State, getting into comedy after you already started doing it, NBA Basketball, Shaq:Rapper, Christmas Specials, going all the way with conductors, getting mugged for free pizza, living in a dystopian America's Funniest Videos future, The State, Comic Book Confidential, No-Friend-O, Nick Arcade, Stivy Poninski, Universal Studios Florida, Seaquest DSV, working on fake dolphins, Miami as a world unto itself, switching bodies, Comedy Central's history of airing 1940s movies, having no photos of one's self in their home, the difficulty of shooting multiple angles, Ken being weirded out by seeing Erik on TV, the mystery of Dan Boulger, issues with political comedy, Newhart against Newhart, Taxi, how everybody loves Cheers, Monty Python, havin

In this episode recorded after their recent Boston show Ken speaks first with Captain Sensible, long time guitarist from the Damned and then the Damned's frontman David Vanian.