Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Chicken soup for the COVID soul. Seventy minutes in heaven with impressionist, comedian, actor, icon, John Byner. A hero of mine for as long as I can remember, he exceeded all my hopes, as a talent and a human. What a lovely, lovely man. I suspect his fabulous attitude had much to do with his wonderful career and the spectacular life he lives. He appreciates and cherishes it all. John's a power of...

For an hour + I forgot there's a pandemic and that I haven't heard live music in 5 months. Liberty Devitto filled the air and my heart with rock 'n roll. One of the greatest drummers of all time, Billy Joel's, Liberty Devitto, now bestselling author of LIBERTY, Life, Billy & the Pursuit of Happiness (https://amzn.to/2CP8qrg ) sat down and banged it out with me. We talked Billy, of course, the reco...

Spectacular chat with Butch Patrick, from pre-Eddie Munster... a cute sister and a charming mom helped pave the way to his first film at 7, with Eddie Albert, Jane Wyatt, and Soupie Sales, on The Two Little Bears. His resume is a time capsule of my youth. We talked about his guest starring roles on Ben Casey, Bonanza, My Favorite Martian, Mister Ed, Rawhide, The Real McCoys, and General Hospital,...

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Sam Harris, singer/songwriter, Tony-nominated, film &, TV star, writer, director, producer, author, 1st Star Search Winner, gave his all, as that's all he knows how to do. What a spectacular time. Opening with song, at my beg-quest, he picked the perfect COVID lead-in and treated us to the skinny on his just dropped, The Substance of All Things, which I am in the middle of, and must hurry through...

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Timely, inspiring, powerful, conversation from today's arrests to the need for protests, new thinking, actions, and much more conversation, with actress, activist, and advocate, Monica Horan Rosenthal of Everybody Loves Raymond. Monica walks her talk and has in big ways for years. From Inner-City Arts, where's she's a fierce advocate and facilitator for arts in the schools, The Rosenthal Theatre,...

We're so lucky he's so funny. Wow, that was fun! Somebody Feed Phil's Phil Rosenthal started at the top, of his life that is... taking us from being 5 yrs old and only wanting to make people laugh, hating Hebrew school, getting the leads in his High School and college plays, surely destined to be a star, but... working odd jobs, co-writing and co-creating a smash stage show (which ran for decades)...

Wanna forget there's a pandemic? No one funnier or more fun than American Comedy and Cable Ace Award Winner, PAULA POUNDSTONE. The time flew... talking COVID, Trader Joes, being a Sanitation worker, dogs, Mo specifically, cats, all 12 of them, which she names, albeit with some effort, mask tests, nirvana eating, cutting back, losing weight - now, really? Yes, she is. Reading to her daughter, now,...

Everything happens for a reason, as it's meant to. Tech challenges allowed actress, author, self-creation healer, Dee Wallace​, to see us, not vice versa. We pushed on. Perhaps it was for the best, as she suggested. No distraction getting lost in her magnificent blue eyes or gazing at her adorableness. We heard her words, powerful beyond imagination. Dee provided tools for all us to joyfully live...

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We were Live for the first successful COVID edition of Game Changers with a guest. And what a guest she was. Birthday Person, Writer, Producer, Cindy Begel​, whose credits include: Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Joanie Loves Chachi, The Jeffersons, Head of The Class, Alice, Married With Children, Mama's Family, The New Leave It To Beaver, The Days & Nights of Molly Dodd, The Martin S...

My guest tonight was COVID-19. Game changer, if ever there was one. We talked about whether we think we'll forever be changed. Will we ever shake hands again, good question on the thread. Will we be cooking more moving forward? When will we feel safe to mingle? Gather? Go to a Live event? Kiss? Have... sex? When will we be in the mood? How's your mojo through this? Non-existent, or oddly stimulate...

I was Live, shooting the shit. Stop! #ToiletPaperCrisis ~ Had a lovely time connecting and chatting (Ms. TalkAlot) with y'all about how we're navigating the new normal... which it turns out is no longer 98.6 for many of us. Shared strategies... Zoom meetings for recovery of all kinds, workshops, business, support- in fact, join us on Zoom every Tuesday at 11 am PT for the Women Who Write Support G...

Went Live with this week’s guest. Me. Went solo, exercised social distancing. Shared info, not spit... what I’m doing, thinking, trying, for mind body and soul… and got loads of great feedback from y’all- please add to this thread anything you’re doing, reading, or hearing. THIS IS NOT an endorsement of anything - take what you like and leave the rest… I am not telling anyone what to do, just sayi...

Some things and people are worth waiting and bending for. Only once before in 3 1/2 yrs have we changed the time of the Live Broadcast. The first for Norman Lear. No explanation needed. The second, today with Tommy Chong. No explanation needed. Wow. Just wow. After a lifetime of adoration for his art and the funny, my affection and respect were amplified a gazillionfold by the grace of the man him...

We went Live with Pamela Des Barres, legendary groupie/author/journalist and got groupie schooled––I’m With The Band, The GTOs, Groupie Therapy… unabashed and unapologetic, Pamela started out as a "normal," good girl––there was Elvis, Dion and then The Beatles, she eventually met all of them. What's a groupie? Pamela defines, and then explains how she gained access and, her code. There's great lov...

Oh please! It doesn't get funner than this! Screenwriter, bestselling author, Gigi Levangie Grazer dishes like no plater I know. We talked wasbands (Brian Grazer), Fred Silverman, Julie Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Debra Messing, Tinder, a sexy Frenchman, third time being the charm, Stephen King, finishing, optioning, moving on, success, having a "normal" life, kids, cooking, living life to the full....

We were Live with RIchard TBear. As his friend Mike FInnigan might say, what a life! We talked Belushi, his Joe Cocker, The Blues Brothers, SNL, getting blasted, Wired, Woodward, that fatal night, getting blacklisted... RIchie Havens starting him off, Allee Willis (*weeps*) and writing for Cher, getting sober, John Prine, Steve Goodman, oh hell yeah! Opening for The J Geils Band and getting balled...

We were Live with Australian pop sensation, Daniel Aranda. I'm so moved by his forthright, kind, moxie, his music, and his activism. He played, a lot, his music, and some Beach Boys, which he loves. He's played with a few and credits the Facebook. Such an impressive artist and person. Daniel's the first Westerner to perform in a slum in Uganda to raise money to house the homeless. He’s sweet, cute...

We were Live with 6x Emmy Winner, Bruce Vilanch. Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, Emmys! He's written for all of them. EGOT adjacent! We talked Bette, Barry, and Billy, to peoples who don’t have B names... Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kay Ballard (ooo, that's a B) who gave him his first break, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Johnnie Carson, Robert Wuhl, Paul Lynde, Neil Simon, Ann-Margret, Jack Palance, Whoopi,...