TV Guidance Counselor

October 24-30, 1981 Happy Halloween! This week Ken welcomes producer/director behind the excellent documentaries "In Search of Darkness", David Weiner. Ken and David discuss playing Star Trek, TV watching with siblings, the three ages of horror, the video store age, making friends just to watch cable, not getting a VCR until much later in life, being the person in the household who brings in techn...

March 16-22, 1991 This week Ken welcomes comedian Fabrizio Copano. Ken and Fabrizio discuss Barbara Walters love of TMNT, inappropriate turtle love, Chile, El Chino, Ninjas, Hero Turtles, Peru, Dragon Ball Z, Japanese content, Ramna, why The Simpsons were so massive in South America, prime time animation, things that aren't just for kids, Bart is forever, Lucha Libre, El Santo, WWF, how things fro...

March 2-8, 1996 This week Ken welcomes comedian behind the comedy special "Bougie on a Budget", Denise Winkelman. Ken and Denise discuss pouring rain in New England, growing up in Minnesota, Ken confusing Minnesota with Michigan, the coldest spot in the country in the Winter, growing up in a very rural town, the magic of cable bringing Pro Wrestling to your home, Wrestling magazines, local wrestli...

November 2-8, 1991 This week Ken welcomes writer, performer and Cleavland television stalwart Zachariah Durr to the show. Ken and Zachariah discuss bunkers, loving the smell of gasoline, BYOTVG, Jim Henson, owning only two copies of TV Guide, Michael Jackson, The Muppets, Ken spending the day with John Cleese, The Ten Commandments, true fame, how nobody has world wide fame anymore, Sherman William...

This week Ken welcomes showrunner (Bones), author (The Driver, The Seminarian) and all around amazing human Hart Hanson. Ken and Hart discuss Canadian advertisements of dogs who want milk, milk bags, thinking you were Canadian your whole life until you find out you were actually secretly American, Dave Thomas, not being one of those show business living guys in show biz, always wanting to be a nov...

October 30 - November 5, 1999 This week Ken welcomes comedian and host of the podcast "Could be the Move", Bobby Dolan to the show. Ken and Bobby discuss LA's West Side, Ken's life hack driving tips, San Diego, Montgomery County Baltimore, going to college in Maryland, John Waters, Ken's punk rock band, John Butler Trio, when a venue doesn't have a stage, Halloween, Ken not having the original iss...

This week Ken welcomes legendary warm up comic, and author of the essential memoir "Warm Up Guy", Bob Perlow to the show. Ken and Bob discuss the side of Rhode Island, Night of the Comet, Gary Marshall, being conscripted into warming up the audience, Newhart, falling into writing on Laveren and Shirley, discovering audiences want T-shirts, the power of sound queues, America's Host, the sequestered...

September 24-30, 1955 FALL PREVIEW This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian and film fan Josh Fadem to the show. Ken and Josh discuss being the first TVGC dandy, being swell, the age of guests, the 1950s, blacklisting, film noir, Ida Lupina, Columbo, John Cassavetes, Josh's Tulsa Noir Night, Oklahoma, German Expressionism, Eddie Muller of TCM, TV vs. Films, old Hollywood gossip rags, loving old ads,...

This week Ken welcomes artist, all around coolest human, and writer/illustrator of the Minky Woodcock comic series, including the newest volum "The Girl Called Cthlulu", Cynthia Von Buhler. (yes I know I called it "Mindy" Woodcock a couple times instead of "Minky". It's Minky) Ken and Cynthia discuss Ken's fandom, art, coming up in Boston, the Boston Phoenix, growing up in Western MA, Children's B...

This week Ken welcomes academic, fellow middle aged punk, and author of the new book " Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan: The Lyrical Lashing of an American Presidency ", Robert J. Fitzgerald. Ken and Robert discuss Robert's favorite TVGC episodes, Jane Seymour, Ted Danson, his love of House of Pain, Ken's high school punk band, Goonies, doing your research, The Pogues, Mike Watt, living in the U...

July 29 - August 4, 1989  This week Ken welcomes the comedian behind the new special "with Picture", Jim Tews. Ken and Jim discuss hot aural experiences, college text book rip offs, professors who make you buy books they wrote, pen names, sci-fi, Married...with Children, lazy writing, being 10 years old, being a child of divorce, permissive Dads, basic cable, black "cheater/scrambler" boxes, cigar...

This week Ken welcomes fellow Bostonian, and singer songwriter, Will Dailey to the show. Ken and Will discuss being gross, growing up in Boston, touring, staying in Boston, how massive the United States is, not just wanting numbers and followers, wanting to make art, Boys Talking, not releasing an album, doing it for the art, playing live, journey with no destination, The $10 Song, catharsis, feed...

December 28th, 1991 - January 3, 1992 This week Ken welcomes Las Vegas comedian behind the new special "Highly Intelligent", Shanna Christmas.  Ken and Shanna discuss the heat, growing up in Las Vegas, how they were both 6'3" at age 14, being a jock, the nerd school, buying booze underage, hanging in night clubs, enjoying the word "Geriatric", dumb kids Ken grew up with, Jerry's Kids, how you neve...

October 8-16, 1988  This week Ken welcomes Mike and Scot from the First Seven Inch podcast.   Ken Mike and Scot discuss obscure hardcore, punk rock, having to pivot to make the fans happy, the power of Patreon, The Equalizer, TV and movies with punks, John Wick, Donnie Yen, being an easy mark, Midnight Caller, Silk Stalkings, Nick/Forever Night, USA Network, what to do when it's "too hot to sleep"...

October 27 - November 2, 1990 This week Ken welcomes former MA resident and current producer of The Last Drive-In, and owner of Not a Funeral Home productions Matt Manjourides.  Ken and Matt discuss working at video stores, MA Video Stores, Video Smith, Mike's Video, Video Oasis, Live Poultry Fresh Killed, Palmer Video, buying VHS tapes,  having cable growing up, black boxes, "On Deman" video that...

August 14-20, 1999 This week Ken welcomes writer, musician and comedian who has created the video podcast built on music, performance storytelling and Ai visuals, Skulk The Hulk, Steve "Skulk" Pasieka Ken and Skulk discuss Mad Magazine, Steve's Dick DiBartolo mustache, Action shows on TV, Chuck Norris, WWF (WWE), Samo Hung, WCW, Chinese action heroes, Attitude Era of WCW, defining High School by w...

 January 5-11, 1985 After a long time coming Ken welcomes podcast inovater, writer, video game expert and all around brother from another mother Glenn Rubenstein. Ken and Glenn discuss strange hobbies they explored during COVID, The Ratings Game with Danny DeVito, Double Trouble, It's Your Move, twins, not remember who is who, hunting down theme songs, testifying against Nintendo, The Game Genie,...

Ken and Kendall discuss The Place of Darkness, silent horror cinema, the birth of the horror movie, Kolchak the Night Stalker, how the late 80s and early 90s mirrors the silent to talkies era, basic cable TV, thirst for content, imported horror, anthology horror, radio horror, Monster Kids, Witches Tale, Tales from the Crypt, The Hitcher, Dracula the Series, Tales from the Darkside, Dark Shadows,...

This week Ken welcomes the astounding accomplished, TV all star, casting royalty Joel Thurm on the show.   Ken and Joel discuss his book, "Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season", the importance of caffiene, Hollywood tellalls, how to guides, judging all of the NBC pilots from 80-90 ish, the Brendon Tartikoff era of NBC, Fred Silverman, making money producing old people shows, Grant Tinker, homophobia in Holly...

December 14-20, 1991   This week Ken welcomes former preacher, home school all star and current comedian behind the new Blonde Medicine lp "Almost a Grown Man", Jeremy Alder. Ken and Jeremy discuss growing up religious, Hannibal Lecktor's cell in Manhunter, birthdays, being 12, growing up in Texas, having to sneak TV at grandparents and friends houses, TV Guide's excellent writing, parents vs teen...

 April 7-13, 1990 This week Ken welcomes author of super cool graphic novel Von Bach, and man behind the fanstic YouTube channel Hammered Out, owenhammer.com/hammered-out.html , Owen "The Hammer" Hammer.   Ken and Owen discuss Hammered out, ABC's reputation, Twin Peaks, the premiere of Twin Peaks, David Lynch, film criticism, media review, how the actors aren't always the best person to have insig...

March 6-12, 2004 This week Ken welcomes podcaster, film critic and author of the new book "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend", Jason Bailey.  Ken and Jason discuss living in The Bronx, moving from Kansas to NYC, wanting to leave your home town, the Sopranos phenomenon, HBO original programming, 1st and Ten, prestige TV, unlikeable protagonists, America Undercover, Tales from the Cryp...

May 9-16, 1998 This week Ken welcomes comedian behind the new comedy LP "Beach Brain", Andy Woodhull. Ken and Andy discuss being live via sattellite, coast to coast, refusing to partake in daylight savings time, having never read a TV Guide, having a stand up bit that never works but you refuse to dump it, when fonts are too small, growing up in Indiana, refusing reality, supper, even uglier Jerry...

May 9-16, 1992 This week Ken welcomes co-founder of Mental Floss, co-founder of Kaleidoscope and host of the Part-Time Genius and Skyline Drive podcasts, Mangesh Hattikudur. Ken and Mangesh discuss downtown Brooklyn, going to college in North Carolina, spending your Summers in Idia, spending a year abroad in Atlanta, Brooklyn Manners, not being able to watch R rated movies, the book adaptation lif...

November 14-20th, 1992 This week Ken welcomes long time Ken Reid superfan, NASCAR expert and the co-host of the Meet Me at Applebees Podcast Brien Kielb. Ken and Brien discuss NASCAR video games in Chuck E Cheese, growing up in upstate NY, The Showcase Showdown, punk rock teens, Boston Punk, Motorsports, Albany, moving to Cleveland, Pittsburgh PA, local cuisine, watching old NASCAR races, meeting...