TV Guidance Counselor

Latest Episodes:

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 304: David Tennant and Billie Piper Jul 02, 2018

Show notes

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2018 Denver Comic Con Ken moderates two different discussions with Doctor Who royalty.

First up is The Doctor himself, David Tennant. Ken and David discuss Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, the live broadcast of The Quatermass Experiment, Doctor Who, Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Russel T. Davies, the responsibility of being the Doctor, an exclusive club for former Doctors, being merchandise, Broadchurch, Scrooge McDuck, immodesty, Presbyterian guilt, Scotland, Jessica Jones, Kilgrave, playing evil characters, Ken's shirt, the nature of heroes, Good Omens, Camping, the nature of accents, Hogwart's House, being a voice actor, the power of educators, throwing phones and books.

Next up Ken welcomes everyone's favorite companion, Rose Tyler herself Billie Piper. Ken and Billie discuss her days in drama school, her teenage music career, her lack of familiarity with Doctor Who before she was cast, traveling the United States, Matt Smith, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Chris Eccleston, Robert DeNiro, how to deal with being in the public limelight, ridding yourself of the criticism of social media, the music industry, the changing world of acting, having to be your own PR person, Penny Dreadful, having David Tennant be your assistant, the inappropriate nature of John Barrowman, the romance at the center of Doctor Who, the popularity of UK shows in the United States, the perils of fame, and stealing a legacy for your uninterested children's future.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 303: Brian and Cargill of Junkfood Cinema Jun 25, 2018

Show notes

April 30 - May 6, 1998 and October 16- 21, 1988

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the 2018 Denver Comic Con, Ken welcomes Brian Salisbury and Cargill of the Junkfood Cinema Podcast.

Ken, Brian and Cargill discuss the Golden Girls, Dr. Ruth, whisky, commissioned art, hoarders, Jocko, Engergizer, Sam Jones, Truck copters, Knight Rider, The Highwaymen, Australian Obsessions, Cosby, My Demon Lover, My Stepmother is an Alien, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Roseanne, Just the Ten of Us, The Matt Lauer Show, Who's the Boss, Mr. Belvidere, Wendy and the Butler, NBC Thursday Night, Cheers, Night Court, LA Law, TV Guide Channel, the Scroll, TV Movies, Loni Anderson, Necessity, Elmore Leonard Las Vegas Crime movies with Jimmy Smitt, North and South, being crazy for Swayze, V, Highlander, Michael Ironsides, New York City talk, The Hulk Out List, Freddy's Nightmares, In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro, Grizzly II, Moms and Lovers, Outlaws with Richard Roundtree, and the wonders of Misfits of Science.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 302: Kyle Ploof Jun 18, 2018

Show notes

March 4-10, 1995

Today Ken welcomes comedian and Boston ex-pat Kyle Ploof to the show.

Ken and Kyle talk about opioids, Weymouth MA, The Movie "BLOW", awful Irish plus other ethnicity bars, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Halloween costumes, hugging Scott Baio at the Liberty Tree mall, meeting costumed characters who are imposters, Santa fighting the Abominable Snowman, Ken's teenage love of Claire Danes, creepy crushes, Nightmare on Elm St, Friday the 13th, being terrorized by your father on weekends, NY vs LA, wiggling why you watch, A.I.D.S., Slim Goodbody, The Mommies, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, having a clown thing, The Critic, Married with Children, Vice Versa, body switching, not being allowed to interact with girls, hating three camera sitcoms, Roseanne, MTV's Oddities starring The Head, Ultraman, love of bathrooms, Grace Under Fire, being beaten to death with a hammer, Unsolved Mysteries, The George Wendt show as Car Talk, The Cosby Mysteries, Wheel of Fortune, game shows, Living Single, obstacle courses, Breaking Bad, "he's killing me", the 90s obsession with VR, and nudity on TV

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 301: Paige Davis Jun 11, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes star of trading spaces and the current North Shore Music theater production of Mame, Paige Davis to the show.

Ken and Page discuss theater in the round, multi-cam sitcoms, All In the Family, Cheers, The Big Bang Theory, West Side Story, gymnastics, growth spurts, golden doors of Broadway, Chicago, Mame, racy TV Guide Covers, Bob Hope, Zoom, funding the arts, School House Rock, The Electric Company, Blackish, Will and Grace, Bebe Neuwirth, The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Debbie Reynolds, fame, game shows, being on Oprah, The Bachelor, Orange is the New Black and the greatness of Tom Bergeron.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 300: Shadoe Stevens Jun 04, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes DJ, actor, writer, producer and all around legend Shadoe Stevens to the show.

Ken and the Shadoe discuss "Oofda", North Dakota, being a child DJ, the hell that is Boston, Mayor White, "Ya I saw it", Cabo Wabo radio, living in the future, DIY life, Federated, WRKO 680, Dave Garroway, being the youth correspondent, hosting "Gazebo", Steve Allen, re-writing the Thief of Baghdad, time travel, enraging fake psychics, theater of the Mind, American Top 40, being your friend in the void, KROQ, Hollywood Squares, Traxx, Max Monroe Loose Cannon, being the original host of The Midnight Special, Sam Kinison, Kentucky Fried Movie, turning down Airplane, drive time, your brain's predisposition to negativity, how sometimes things just work out, Dave's World, becoming a children's author, Atlanta, and how you never know who is watching your career.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 299: Karen Kilgariff May 28, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes comedian and "My Favorite Murder" co-host Karen Kilgariff to the show.

Ken and Karen discuss Northeast accents, The Wizard of Oz, Ray Boulger, growing up in Northern California, John Ennis, The Wahlbergs, Hellzapoppin, chain dining, futons, being trapped in an elevator, Family Ties, Billy Vera and the Beaters, Scott Baio vs Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Travolta, Jackie Stallone's Foxy Boxing, Ricky Schroeder, Silver Spoons, childhood crushes, funny cars, CHiPs, stunning Hollywood inhumans, The Famous Teddy Z, stealing office supplies, Webster, Rick Dees, three camera sitcoms, Barney Miller, Cheers, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Ally McBeal period, kids fathers yelling at them in front of you, Made for TV Movies, Bill, How's Your News, Zoom, developmental disabilities in media, laughing at the right thing, satire vs. poorface, Married...with Children, Threads, Whoops!, The Day After, Testament, When the Wind Blows, Atomic Blonde, Tabitha Takes Over, shock humor and fake worship of serial killers, hating McMob movies, Boondock Saints, The Little House on the Prairie "mime rape" episode, Twin Peaks, British mysteries, Chris Elliot in Manhunter, and why Martin Short is the greatest thing ever.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 298: Scott Ryan May 24, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes author and fellow TV junkie Scott Ryan back to the show.

Ken and Scott discuss Scott's new book, The Last Days of Letterman, available for pre-order now, an oral history of the final six weeks of David Letterman's CBS show.

Ken and Scott also discuss the Twin Peaks finale, Roseanne, the nature of reboots, the value of Late Nite TV, daily habits, the storytelling difficulties of finales, and what they are both watching now.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 297: Mark Waid May 21, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes writer, comic book royalty and world's leading Superman expert Mark Waid to the show.

Ken and Mark discuss the casual celebrity of Los Angeles, growing up in rural Alabama, the loss of the Boston Romper Room's franchise, central time people, The Newlywed Game, why the prizes were so unimpressive, Monty Hall and Let's Make a Deal, The Prisoner, Spy Shows, the power of heart and sincerity, My Three Sons, Leave it to Beaver Monster Sweatshirts, what holds up, The Andy Griffith Show, Maybery R.F.D., Car 54 Where Are You?, Christmas Episodes, breaking the 4th wall, I Married Dora, incidental music, theme songs, Vic Mizzy, slumming on TV, variety shows, Batman '66, which came first comics or TV?, Lost in Space, Superboy, The Cain-iacs, Captain America: The Musical, Ken Barry, retooling, Archie Bunker's Place, Facts of Life, Family Affair, invisible friends, It Takes a Thief, Robert Wagner, micro film, micro dots, why spy shows were the new Western, Land of the Giants, Wild Wild West, When Where Why, Wonder Woman's Emma Peele phase, Mr. Mind, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invaders, color TV, why Glen Campbell replaced the Smothers Brothers, Pat Paulson for President, Green Acres, The Flying Nun, the origin of "Gidget", animated series based on live action shows, time travel, in space, in a band, The Rifleman, Branded, Elseworlds, Kingdom Come, Marvel's "What If?", Ken's dream Ghost Writer TV series, Daniel Boone, Davey Crocket, Hex 2000, the tragedy of the Wild Wild West movie, Get Smart!, The Banana Splits, Saturday Morning Preview Shows, and the longevity of The Simpsons.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 296: Alexandra Paul May 14, 2018

Show notes

Today Ken welcomes actor, activist and health and fitness expert Alexandra Paul to the show.

Ken and Alexandra discuss living without television, rural New England, being an identical twin, the Cassidys, Parker Stephenson, Baywatch, the small world of entertainment, teen magazines, how asking a teenage boy to turn off Charlie's Angels lead to the death of a television set, the boob tube, keeping TV in the closet, having cable for one month, Tour De France, modeling, Paper Dolls, Canadian tax shelter horror films, Eric Stoltz, the wonders of books, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander, Harlan Ellison, fightin' fires, the blue collar world of acting, the Kemp Brothers, Spandau Ballet, Grace Jones, being professional, Perry Mason, Debbie Reynolds, Christine, the move from television to movies, Michael J Fox, Teen Wolf, Back to the Future, George Clooney, confusing Robert Wagner with Roger Moore, the secrets motivation behind Ken, Lifetime movies, the slant towards men on television, the unheralded feminism of Baywatch, how to sell gay movies to homophobic countries, Here TV, Lee Majors, Farrah Fawcett, Starkey and Hutch, Paul Michael Glaser, Anson Williams, Donnie Most, the problems with keeping your health insurance, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island, going into directing, the history of Baywatch, Baywatch Nights (!), representing people on television, the talent available in under represented populations, how hard working Pamela Anderson is,the amazingness of David Hasselhoff, Angie Harmon, 8 Million Ways to Die, never watching your own stuff, and producing Free the Animals.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 295: Yarnel Nicolas May 07, 2018

Show notes

November 17-23, 1990

Today Ken welcomes director, writer, producer and old tape trading friend Yarnel Nicolas to the show.

Ken and Yarnel discuss local Boston Shows, Goodnight Beantown, Chett and Natalie, RD Sahl, WLVI TV56, Jeopardy, the Death of Jim Henson, networks switching affiliations, RTG, Fox TV, Cartoons, Fox Kids, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Marky Mark, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures, Almost Live, Wise Guy, Beyond 2000, Star Search, True Colors, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Stephen King's IT mini-series, fear of clowns, Bobby's World and it's connection to Good Grief, Married...with Children, Vinny and Bobby and Top of the Heap, Acme Crime Net, Sitcom City, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, Tabloid TV, Murphy Brown, The Reporters, Dawn Hayes, the lottery, Mr. Rogers, Child World's Video Toy Chest, The Simpsons, Prime Time Pets, Babes, A Different World, Penn and Teller, Wings, the Thanksgiving Day Parade and Cheering and Jeering.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected