TV Guidance Counselor

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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 264: Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin Nov 07, 2017

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June 12-18, 1999

Today Ken welcome authors, media personalities and best friends Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin to the show.

Ken, Gaby and Allison discuss how busy everyone is, Ken's first meeting with Allison, hitting, weird parts of Boston, segregation, ethnic neighborhoods, fear of the turn of the Millennium, Y2K vs Billy Joel, Star Wars, found footage media, I Hate Everyone But You, Blair Witch Project, kicking a map, horror movies, The Thing, Growing Pains Leo, Splice, Joe Bob Briggs' #1 rule of horror, The Faculty, Stephen King's Danse Macabre, Ken's coffee covered Wonder Woman shirt, SpiceWorld, Eddie Murphy, how Ginger Spice led to a generation of bi-women, UK album charts, Willenium, falling off a horse, BMG, Martial Law, Walker Texas Ranger, NYPD Blue, Golden Girls, watching Zach and Mira with your mom, Dads and Sex In the City, watching Animal House with your Rabbi, All That, The Crow TV series, hypernesia, Marilu Henner, MTV's Undressed, the wonders of the movie "Freeway", Zoe Duncan Jack and Jane, Everybody Loves Raymond, Men of a Certain Age, arguing about who played Zombies in Night of the Living Dead, Friends of Eddie Coyle, how a folded vs rolled movie poster can tell you a lot, collecting comic books, taxidermy, Beaver Lamps, Spring Break, Florida, bikers vs frat dudes, Strangers with Candy, South Park, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hating hi-fives, falling asleep during True Romance, Road Rules, awards shows, when Ricky Martin could fly, Jennifer Lopez's Waiting for Tonight, Spin City, Fraiser, loving David Hyde Pierce, being very badly hurt, aliens, and secret Bat Mitzvah themes.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 263: Jay Larson Oct 31, 2017

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May 31 to June 6, 1986

Today Ken welcomes actor comedian Jay Larson to the show.

Ken and Jay discuss Jay's hometown, Reids, WKRP, having every comedian from Stoneham, Mario Cantone, Nancy Kerrigan, MacGuyver, suburban ingenuity, woods porn, being a Navy man, growing up with cable, growing up with a single mom, being shocked that CNN existed as long as it has, This Old House, Hugh Howser's California Gold, Best Bars in America, loving Portland, Mr. Sunshine, swingers, actors never being blamed for bad comedy, thinking George Clooney is Schneider, doing audience warm up, The Dating Game, "in the butt", Love Boat, loving TV houses, Golden Girls, horny old ladies, 227, Magnum PI, a fascination with guest houses, beach culture, Fight Back! with David Horowitz, Full House, the Olsen Twins, Joel McHale, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, You Again with John Stamos, Valerie's Family, Jay's role in Twin Peaks: The Return, auditioning for David Lynch, owls, Jim Belushi, Barney Miller, Newhart, Who's the Boss, child actors, Growing Pains, wanting to live about a garage, kitchen greenhouses, loving a home office, Moonlighting, BMW 635 CSI, always wanting a leather jacket, the Amish, St. Elsewhere, Mark Harmon, Cosby, disappointing series endings, Family Ties, Michael J Fox being the best guy, the Keaton's griddle, The Celtics, the Bruins, Webster, The Papadopolis' Class Doored fridge, Mr. Belvedere sitting on his own balls and how 70s television may have been more enlightened than today's television.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 262: 2017 Halloween Special with Sam Furst and Rachel Reid Oct 25, 2017

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For our annual Halloween special Ken welcomes returning guest Sam Furst (Monsters are Good) and surprisingly first time guest Rachel Reid (Ken's wife) to discuss the long thought lost made-for-TV Nickelodeon movie Cry Baby Lane, which aired on October 28, 2000.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 261: Stephen Bissette Halloween Oct 24, 2017

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Today Ken welcomes author, artist, and personal hero Stephen Bissette to the show.

Ken and Steve discuss Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Medic, Davey Crocket phases, Disney Halloween, Donald Duck, witches, Green Acres, Mr. Peepers, Dick Van Dyke Show, Elizabeth Montgomery, TV Guide covers, the 1950s, Dr. Syn The Scarecrow, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Dick Smith's Dorian Gray, David Suskind, Secret Agent Man, Patrick MacGoohan, Captain Clegg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mr. Boogedy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Red Skelton's Halloween episodes, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff's crossdressing role on Honey West, Star Trek Halloween, Famous Monsters, Make Room for Daddy, having a pumpkin stuck on your head, scary Cheetah masks, raising hell with teens, Night of the Living Dead, Dusk til dawn Drive-In marathons, Twilight Zone marathons and why John Carpenter's Halloween is still the best Halloween media.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 260: Lydia Lunch and Weasel Walter Oct 20, 2017

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Today Ken welcomes author, poet, artist, musician and force of nature Lydia Lunch along with her musical partner in crime Weasel Walter.

Ken, Lydia and Walter discuss monsters, Godzilla, being picky about horror, real life horror, In a Glass Cage, Singapore Sling, Intacto, The Deuce, the early 70s New York City, Scorese films, running away from home, David Bowie, The New York Dolls, Chicago, auditioning for The Shining, swinging disco clubs, dreams of living in a bus, Dark Shadows, SNL, Gilda Radner as Patti Smith, The Harlem Globetrotters visit Gilligan's Island, Jaws, Quincy Punks, hating punk, covering bad songs, cursed covers, The Facts of Life, Horace & Pete, hating laugh tracks, Cheers, Diff'rent Strokes' Mr Bicycle Man episode, Good Times, Suzanne Somers, thighs, vibrated foods, Markie Post, Linda Blair, going to shows for your career, the golden age of pills in the 70s, being on the cover of TV Guide with Penn & Teller, Don't Fear the Reaper, Big Little Liars, OA, Legion, mental illness on TV, creeps, TV Theme Songs, Red Kross cover of The Good Times theme, retrovirus, and loving Eric Andre's chaos and destruction.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 259: Zoe Quinn Oct 17, 2017

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May 30-June 5, 2004

Today Ken welcomes game designer, comedian and author Zoe Quinn.

Ken and Zoe talk about Starbucks, logs with jobs, growing up in a motorcycle shop, being old beyond your childhood, wolfmen, monsters, deep nerd technicalities, Dungeon Masters, Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox, Gillian Anderson, growing up in rural New York, driving a $200 hillbilly car to Florida, Boomerang, feeling old, I Dream of Jeanie vs Bewitched, latch key kids, socializing on the internet, calling yourself in sick, racking up 900 number bills, Yahoo Pool, Net Zero discs, original Gameboy, things falling off a truck, the golden age of Mom and Pop Video Game instruction booklets, Kids in the Hall, moving to Toronto, Twitch City, Little Shop of Horrors, punk rock, Insomniac, Pawn Stars, hosting a travel show, the appeal of open world games, Comedy in Video Games, Fallout, Boston Open World Games, being mechanically inclined, deconstructing TV remotes, original Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Teen Titans, comic books, Avery Brooks, world building, The Addams Family, Batman the Animated Series, X-Men, game recommendations, finding out you are the monster, Space Camp, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge vs. Takashi's Castle, trying too hard, wanting to be a comedian for free tomatoes, Last Comic Standing, Grant Morrison, and the long strange history of Spider-Man movies.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 258: Joe Wong Oct 10, 2017

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Today Ken welcomes old friend and big star Joe Wong to the show.

Ken and Joe discuss how Boston has changed, how long it's been since Ken has seen Joe, doing comedy in English in China, public loud speaker TV, cross talk, pirate radio, Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Cow, Hong Kong vs. Mainland China, The Comedy Studio, moving to Texas for college, Growing Pains in China, All American Girl, Margaret Cho, Joe's TV show in China, State Run Media, how people access media in China, investigative reporting, how the internet is replacing TV, Korean Soaps, sitcoms, Mary Tyler Moore, Joe's past as a Chemist, Breaking Bad, mailing drugs, skipping school to go to video parlors, Hong Kong comedy, the working middle class of China, Joan Chen, Off the Boat, Crouching Tiger, David Letterman, Joe's status as a big deal in China, working the red carpet, product endorsement, political ads, performing at the White House Corespondents Dinner, meeting Joe Biden, making 50 Cent made, violent Chinese kids' cartoons, Sex vs. Violence on TV, and being watched by a hundred million people on television.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 257: Garrett Wang Oct 05, 2017

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In this episode recorded live at Denver Comic Con Ken welcomes Garrett Wang (Star Trek Voyager) to the show.

Ken and Garrett discuss George Takai, DragonCon, going from fan to being the head of TrekTrack, CosPlay, Miss Star Trek Universe, Ensign Kim, Rich Little, being an impressionist, Kate Mulgrew, loving Star Wars, LL Cool JJ "martinating", UPN, being kept from the bathroom, stealing stuff from the set, having second hand Data clothes, other people owning your uniform, games played on set, how Tim Russ is a real life Vulcan, training to press buttons, seeing the worst episode of Star Trek The Next Generation over and over again, All American Girl, Asians on US TV, James Hong, why he never got a promotion on Star Trek, Handsome Kim, a history of failed relationships, farting the original Star Trek theme, and being dumbfounded by Sigourney Weaver.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 256: Kendra Cunningham Oct 03, 2017

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October 6-12, 1984

Today Ken welcomes comedian Kendra Cunningham to the show.

Ken and Kendra discuss communist dance troupes, growing up in Milton, Dorchester, moving to the Cape, NKOTB, Pretty Boys, Chess King, Maurice the Pants Man, Brockton, Casey Affleck's Dunkin Donuts ad, wearing purple velvet, Leah Remeny, Paper Dolls, models, Love Boat, cocaine, cruise ships, Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous, Fatal Vision, Sweeps Week, Gin Blossoms, Carl Malden, Shelly Long, Cheers, Joan Rivers, Late Night Shows, Arsenio Hall, SNL, Stand Up Comedy, Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Richard Simmons, why Ken wants to mostly sit at home and watch movies with his Poodle, getting stuck in Jan Brady Voice, Kendra's sing speak, Ryan O'Neal, Killing Klaus Kinski, John Ritter's Wardrobe malfunction, Judith Light, World's Funniest Commercials, The Amnityville Horror, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Ball Lighting, In Search Of..., Arthur and Arthur II: On the Rocks, Parasitic Twins, New Edition, and Little People tough guys of Boston.

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 255: Lane Moore Sep 28, 2017

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March 7-14, 1998

Today Ken welcomes comedian, writer, musician and all around entertainer Lane Moore to the show.

Ken and Lane discuss being a 90s kid, feeling old, Dawson's Creek, the shift in morality in a short amount of time, collecting 'em all, being a sophisticated adult discussing movies, New York City, the shocking nature of MTV's NEXT, Brittney vs. Christina, loving Buffy, why the TV Guide may be the only normal thing in childhood for many of us, smooth operators from Denver, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, SNICK, All That, being confused by Ren & Stimpy, doing comedy to meet women and vice versa, Amanda Bynes, being part of someone's childhood, getting recognized in public, Alan Strange, the wonders of Awards shows, writing songs for your cat, Crybaby, being a serious musician but a funny comedian, loving pop culture, MTV, interviewing Ani DiFranco, writing for major magazines as an outsider, Saved by the Bell, writing TV Theme songs, how California Dreams can change your life, Clueless and the childhood depression fueled by there being nothing to watch at 9:30pm.

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