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    TV Guidance Counselor

    Each week Boston Comedian Ken Reid and his guests discuss a specific issue of TV Guide. They debate, consider and discuss the difficult viewing choices of our past.

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    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 450: Tyler Spencer aka Dick Valentine of the Electric 6 Feb 03, 2021
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    October 5-11, 1991

    This week to celebrate 450 Episodes of TV Guidance Counselor Ken welcomes the amazing Tyler Spencer aka Dick Valentine of the Electric Six.

    Ken and Tyler discuss adapting to the pandemic, investing in Zoom, humor tests for Ken, 1991, how the 80s went into the 1990s, Sharon Gless, being a late bloomer, starting University, being a drummer, realizing the front man gets to fire people, firing people, Jazz Dracula, The Best and Worst Dressed, how Ann Magnuson is the coolest person ever, Bongwater, Blair Underwood vs. Andy Griffith, Designing Women, artisanal craft tobacco, The Franklin Mint, writing letters to TV Guide, Northern Exposure, being burned by Twin Peaks, being hunted down by Barry Manilow, being very funny, going to college with the Sklar Brothers, OCD, being obsessive, having to talk between songs, Elvis adding tax, being into Hockey, growing up in Detroit, Edmonton, The Wailers, local fame, Gordy Howe, David Bowie and Wayne Gretzky, the miracle of Tony Danza, riding Barbra Mandrel to get to Mr. Ed, Pump Up The Volume, Football, why being half asleep and surprised is the best time to watch the Superbowl, being a UK Football celebrity, Gay Bar, Top of the Pops, Danger Danger High Voltage, Baby Spice, going Downtown, I Come in Peace, action flicks, loving Annie Potts, Corvette Summer, going initial, C. Everett Coop, seing Ghost over and over, Rescue 911, bad re-enactments, Unsolved Mysteries, The Day After, being desensitized, Mork and Mindy, Freaks and Geeks, going to see The Nude Bomb, Get Smart!, gambling problems, athletes guest starring on television shows, Magnum P.I., writing songs alone at Clippers games, Club MTV, She's Out of Control, Hunter, Fire Walk with Me, why Grand Canyon is the worst movie ever, thirtysomething, editing out the stutter from A Fish Called Wanda, cleaning up movies for TV, and Geraldo Rivera's filthy dirty sex life.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 449: Jim Bowes Feb 01, 2021
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    October 22-28, 1983

    This week Ken welcomes long time bud and fellow Boston comic Jim Bowes.

    Ken and Jim discuss ferrets, kids, kids with ferrets, cold dead eyes, Beastmaster, blind love, Centaur Woman, Mr. Smith, Clyde the Monkey, being a teacher, Divorced Dad Horny, getting emails from the GOP, mailing list roulette, Patriot Ledger, going "in town", adult ADD, It's a Living, Sex Therapists, Love Boat, Diff'rent Strokes, impotence, Starblazers, Mr. Big's Toyland, growing up poor, being part of a big family, Rambo, HBO premieres, teenage rumbles, beating people with a crowbar, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Goodnight Beantown, Not Necessarily the News, Newhart, offensive jokes, M*A*S*H, Jane Seymour, The Haunting Passion, TK Carter as a Genie, Amanda Bearse, Happy Days, Jenny Picolo, Political Debates, Ray Flynn, Knight Rider, Mr. Bigs, The Fall Guy, Murderers hunting murderers, Dom DeLuise as a clown, The End, putting words in Richard Roundtree's mouth, Joanna Kerns, Gimme a Break!, Corey Feldman, The Bad News Bears, Scotty Schwartz, Jackie Gleason, The Great Pumpkin, Manimal, Monthy Python, watching documentaries and OUTRAGE!


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 448: Kyle Kinane Jan 25, 2021
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    December 6-12, 1986

    This week Ken welcomes comedian Kyle Kinane to the show.

    Ken and Kyle discuss Zoom backgrounds, homeless wi-fi, Top Secret, revisiting your childhood comedy favorites, Back to the Beach, Malibu, Pajama Parties, dumber Fonzie, turning down bad comedy, getting into an argument with Skippy, Chicago, Chem trails, Ken's wasted potential, Delta Burke, Brundlefly, scratch tickets, buying booze and cigarettes for your family when you are a toddler, forgotten female comics, the greatest of Elayne Boosler, Night Court, John Goodman, how a supporting cast saves a stand up, Hardbodies II, horny accountants, writing closed captions, messing with people, doing a little "mix and match", plastic surgery, Jackee, 227, Golden Girls, giving people whatever, variety shows, gross Kraft dinners, made up sex things, TV trying to get you to read, homework, HBO, Amazing Stories, Monsters, WGN, Svenghoulie, Lifetime Lifestyles, Raising Arizona, Martians Go Home, Playboy Stand Up, Newhart, Moving Violations, Police Academy, Michael Winslow, Cousin Larry Appleton = Larry David, Cousin Balki = Borat, Gimme a Break, Dolph Sweet, The Lawrence Brothers, Diff'rent Strokes, Cobra Kai, the wonder of Billy Zabka, Cheers, what to do with your wallet, eating at Norm's, rebuilding NBC, having a Christmas birthday, Royal Dano, knowing how the game works, Odd Job, Crime Story, Chicago's best actor, The Murray Brothers, Cusack, Black Velvet Flag, and the wonders of teenage punk rock.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 447: Graham Duff Jan 18, 2021
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    December 25-31, 1976

    This week Ken welcomes British writer, performer, DJ and best all around comedy superstar Graham Duff to the show.

    Ken and Graham discuss not discussing the weather, Christmas 1976, a life in films, Ghost Stories at Christmas, horror films, The Signalman, Halloween, All Through the House, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, the horror of ironic watching, being overwhelmed by a US TV Guide, The Goodies, Benny Hill, the wonders of the horrors of the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Days of Thrills and Laughter, being a film fan, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, Starsky and Hutch, John Saxon: Vampire, Satanists, hating Christmas episodes, James Bond, Sean Connery, film scores, being self aware, Christopher Lee, John Carpenter live, Goblin, writing notes on your hands, women in comedy, Hollywood's take on counter culture, TV movies, Salem's Lot, Magnum PI, TV just made to fill time, period pieces, 10pm the perfect slot of barbershop quartets, Best Sellers, Rich Man Poor Man, Once an Eagle, mini-series, television events, Amerika, Bruce Dern, Smile, The Secret Life of John Chapman, Tony Randall, The Hollywood Museum, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, One of my Wives is Missing, Who, The Prisoner, loving Twin Peaks the Return, and the state of television now.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 446: Matt Braunger Jan 11, 2021
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    September 15-21 1984

    This week Ken welcomes friend, comedian, and good dude Matt Braunger to the show.

    Ken and Matt discuss Winter in New England, having a new baby, not being a TV Guide Household, being an entertainment planner, Delightful flashbacks, Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Snorks, loving Richard Pryor, planning a heist to steal the lost Richard Pryor movie from Bill Cosby's vault, The Love Boat Preview Special, Commissioned art, the death knell of Variety TV, Airwolf, Diff'rent Strokes, loving Sneak Previews, trailers, Dad commentary from 80s action flicks, Mrs. Garrett Super Spy, drugs, PSAs, stealing horses, hating Mama's Family, Vanessa Williams, Star Search, Miami Vice, Heartbeat, Newhart, Hunter, dying immediately from Jungle Diseases, Mason Storm, The Fall Guy, stunt driving, smug Burt Reynolds, Hollywood PR, Cheers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Lethal Weapon, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Mr. T and filthy Ricky Schroeder.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 445. Dara Ó Briain Jan 03, 2021
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    RTE Guide December 17-30, 1983

    This week Ken kicks off 2021 right as he welcomes Irish stand up comedian, television hose and space enthusiast Dara Ó Briain to the show.

    Ken and Dara discuss the horrors of doing stand up via Zoom, remote work, Mock the Week, Battleship, hosting children's TV, traumatizing a generation of children, telescopes, learning one Presidential secret, having your donations rejected, Ireland getting stuff before England, who shot JR, missing all references to US TV, not getting late night shows, Smothers Brothers, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Richard Nixon on Laugh In, Cracked vs. Mad, WKRP in Cincinnati, laugh track sitcoms, the 80s via the 50s, the Ultimate Destination that is America, Florida, Vietnam Vets, War on TV vs actually living in a Warzone, being Irish Irish vs American Irish, having a lot of time for JFK but less than in Boston, The Late Late Toy Show, how amazing the Late Late Toy Show is, The RTE Guide, Christmas Day, Irish songs, doing an "Irish" Comedy Night at the Improv in LA, Flash Gordon, Billy Connolly, Christmas with the Boston Pops, how America is inherently Cinematic, Sprawl, London, how weird America is, having no "local", not being a walking country, having seen everything in America without ever visiting, Dating Amber, Love/Hate, Spaced, The Young Ones, flat shares, Shaun of the Dead, changing your name to the name of the street you live on, Dark, Fringe, sci-fi, The Last Exit, buying t shirts and caps of logos of companies in Sci-Fi, The Thing, and the glory of putting Easter Eggs in your own life.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 444: 2020 Year in Review Dec 23, 2020
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    This week Ken goes solo for our second annual Year In Review episode. Who would want to review 2020? Well we do anyway. Revisit all the highlights, lowlights, behind the scenes and in front of the scenes stuff you may have missed as we all happily say goodbye to 2020.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 443: Tony Pacitti Dec 21, 2020
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    November 9-15, 2002

    This week Ken welcomes fellow New Englander, Mortified alum and author Tony Pacitti.

    Ken and Tony discuss cheating, Spanish, Rhode Island cuisine, Italy, diners, the 2000s, smoking Marlboros, James Bond, boobs, Christ in New York, Rocket Scientists, JFK, According to Jim, the Big of her Front, kids feeling up women, Bruce Lee knives, Battlebots, Dom Joly's Trigger Happy TV, Good Eats, Rocket Man, peeing into boots, Charmed, Angel, cutting Invasion of the Body Snatcher twice, Alias, Home Movies, TNN, Spike, Star Trek the Next Generation, WWE RAW, Russian versions of US Sitcoms, Behind the Music, E! True Hollywood Stories, Hocus Pocus, Anna Nicole Smith, the five night chronological version of The Godfather, The Sopranos, The Tick, Birds of Prey, Scrubs, Spin City, Crossing Jordan, Providence, History's DVR driven memory hole, Who's Line Is It Anyway?, John Doe, guessing late night talk show hosts jokes and hanging out with the Son of Sam to understand the DC Sniper.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 442: Sofiya Alexandra Dec 14, 2020
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    October 18-24, 1997

    This week Ken welcomes comedian, writer, actor, podcaster and all around entertainer Sofiya Alexandra.

    Ken and Sofiya discuss the horrors of 2020, happy sad birthdays, growing up in Ukraine, moving to Hollywood, America's ego, being amazed by Santa Monica, Supermarkets, fine Russian Chocolates, Odessa, old dirty Hollywood Blvd, Halloween, the sick joke of candy corn, Wonder bread, a love of horror, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, how horror is female, Frankenstein, understanding fear, mindfucking, teenage girls, The Net, The Lawnmower Man, Baby's Day Out, Bad to the Bone, murder and adultery, Dangerous Minds, teenage hormones, forgettable movies that were HUGE, Ally McBeal, Beverly Hills 90210, private schools, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Birdcage, representation, Over the Top with Annie Potts and Tim Curry, problematic pasts, drag, how quickly we become an outdated model, Party of Five as a show full of snacks, the sad cruel trick played on Jennifer Love Hewitt's music career, Living Single: The greatest show of the 90s, Martin, Goldeneye, Wonder Years, Teen Angel, TGIF, The National Treasure Movies, and visual comfort food.


    TV Guidance Counselor Episode 441: Brett White Dec 07, 2020
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    September 21-27, 1996

    This week the TV Guide meets The TV Guidance Counselor as Must Have Seen TV's Brett White joins Ken to discuss Returning Favorites circa 1996.

    Ken and Brett discuss Long Island, lockdown depression, action figures, The X-Men, New Mutants, Marvel Continuity, Mad Men, Bewitched, Decider, Full House, Fuller House, visiting sets, Home Improvement, childhood lists, making your own Top 40, being barred from watching MTV, smoking, the blown out 90s, returning favorites, Married...with Children, Second Noah, Jeff Foxworthy, Dr. Phil, shot on video vs shot on film, Newhart, Drew Carey Show, Baywatch Nights, Kevin Sorbo, Renegade, USA Network, live action Saturday Mornings, hacking the X-Men Cartoon, Walker Texas Ranger, Night Stand with Dick Dietrick, MST3k, Sci-Fi Channel, Talk Soup, good Streaming Services, SNL edits, Dean Cain, taking whatever comic book stuff you could get, tape trading, arguing with kids online, classic commercial compilations, Road Rules, The Real World, Mad About You, Third Rock from the Sun, Something So Right, the enormous amount of women writers on Home Improvement, Ellen's Coming Out episode, Space Above and Beyond, farces, Friends, was Joey Gladstone a good stand up comedian?, E.R., Stevil, Ken's war with Kane Hodder, TGIF, Martin Mull sexy man, and the origins of the Ninja Turtles on Oprah tape.


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