Fun Ideas Podcast

Our guest today is a writer of many books including The Encyclopedia of Film, The Motion Picture Film Guide, Digging Down Deep Subterranean Homesick Movie Review 1975-2017, and Digging Down Deeper Film Writings Found in the Scrapheap. Here he is, Paul Brenner.

Our guest today worked for many years for Marvel’s Crazy magazine, then doing Spies and Sabs for Cracked magazine for many more years, and then even more years drawing sports cartoons. Here he is, Michael Ricigliano. Plus, "Aaaaalllviiinnn: The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show" is out. Order your copy today on Amazon or at BearManor Media.

Our guest today has been a professional cartoonist since age 14. He was curator for the Toonseum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He’s written a few books including the Three Little Pigsburghers and A Celebration of Animation, and currently has a regular comic strip panel called Mazetoons. Here he is, Joe Wos.

Mike Curtis has had a wide and varied career. He ran a movie theater. He’s been a horror movie host on TV. He’s published his own comic books under the banner of Shanda Fantasy Arts featuring Shanda the Panda. He has written scripts for Richie Rich and other Harvey Comics, but his current gig is the writer for Chester Gould’s long-running Dick Tracy comic strip, which will celebrate it’s 90th anni...

The curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, Andrew Farago joins us today. He's also the author books on such diverse subjects as Looney Tunes, Harley Quinn, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Peanuts and 80s Cartoons. Plus, updates on my Chipmunks and Warren Kremer books and my flight to LA for Harvey Comics, which is why this episode is posting early.

Our guest today has worked for Filmation, Ruby-Spears, Hanna-Barbera, Marvel, working on such shows as GI Joe, Transformers, Thundarr, Jem, Inhumanoids, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tiny Toons, Tarzan and the Super Seven, Webwoman, Dungeons and Dragons, Teen Wolf, Batman, Superman, Plastic Man and more.

Jorge Pacheco is our special guest. He drew covers and stories for Harvey Comics back in the 1990s featuring Casper, Richie Rich, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Underdog, Pink Panther and more. Currently, he's doing the same for American Mythology. Plus, the usual Fun Ideas Productions news.

Eddie DeAngelini is a cartoonist, webcomic collaborator, author, and owner of the Hi De Ho Comics comic book store in Santa Monica, California. He also writes, draws and publishes his own comic book called "Collectors".

Nat Gertler is a huge fan of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, and has compiled many books featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and all the rest. Another thing our guest does is reprint books that have fallen into the public domain or are difficult to get in some way, but have historical significance.

Today I interview my first female guest. Denise McKinney is a collector of matchbook covers and other old kitchy stuff and vintage thrift. She makes it a habit to visit southern California diners with older decor. She is also the author of Morrissey FAQ, a book devoted to the former lead singer of The Smiths, who has had a fairly successful solo career.

Ted Davenport has been collecting and selling old radio shows for over 50 years with a store called Radio Memories, selling shows on cassette, CD-Rom and MP3. Also, the latest Fun Ideas Productions news.

Troy Howarth is my special guest. He is a huge movie buff, author and an expert and fan on Italian horror films including those by Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci. Also, the latest Fun Ideas Productions news.

David Seidman of Disney Comics, Claypool Comics, Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and the author of numerous books on a variety of subjects joins Mark today, along with the latest updates from Fun Ideas Productions.

Kurtis Findlay, author of the book "Chuck Jones: The Dream That Never Was", editor of the complete reprinting of Lynn Johnston’s "For Better or For Worse", and various other projects for the Library of American Comics joins host Mark Arnold on this episode.

Radio and TV Historian Martin Grams joins me for an overview of his various books on radio shows such as Suspense, Duffy’s Tavern and The Shadow, as well as books on such classic TV series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Car 54 Where Are You? and The Time Tunnel.

Today’s guest is television historian Wesley Hyatt, one of Stu's Show’s resident TV critics. Wesley has also written books on daytime television, The Red Skelton Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and The Bob Hope TV specials.

From his Batcave, Pop Culture Historian Alan Bryan gives his recommendations on which of today's Marvel and DC comic books are worth reading.

Producer, director, animator and designer Bob Kurtz is my special guest this week. He's worked for many major animation studios including DePatie-Freleng, Jay Ward and Disney. I interviewed him for my upcoming book "Aaaaalllviiinnn: The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show", available now for pre-order.

Mark chats with writer and actor Phil Hall, who also hosts his own podcast called The Online Movie Show. Phil discusses his new book The Weirdest Movie Ever Made and his other projects.

Mark's guests are Walter Brogan of Cracked and Crazy magazines, and Charles Santino of Conan and What Th'. Together, they are now producing Danny and Harry Private Detectives: The Case of the Missing Trunk, featuring a cat and seagull pair.

The second half of my lengthy interview with Writer at Large Dan Fiorella. We discuss more of his various writing assignments for print and TV over the years.

Dan Fiorella gives a lengthy interview that had to be broken up in separate parts talking about Cracked Magazine, The Prairie Home Companion, The Start of Something Big and detouring off on Uncle Floyd, Abbott & Costello, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and more!

Mort Todd discusses his years with Cracked Mazagine, Marvel, DC and currently with projects like Charlton Neo. Plus, the latest Fun Ideas Productions news.

Our guest Milton Knight discusses his career in comic books and animation including Richie Rich, Crazy, Cracked, Sonic the Hedgehog, Felix the Cat, Hugo and Midnight. Plus, the latest Fun Ideas Productions news.

Bob Perlow discusses his book "The Warm-Up Guy" and his career in doing warm-ups, writing scripts and acting on various shows such as Hollywood Squares, Laverne & Shirley and Jay Leno's Tonight Show. Plus, the latest Fun Ideas Productions news.