On Screen & Beyond

On Episode #568 of On Screen & Beyond, our guest is Vernon Wells who is known for his roll in "Mad Max 2" with Mel Gibson, "Commando", "Power Rangers Time Force", "InnerSpace" and so many other films.  On Oct 8 he takes on another role in the Holiday film "Christmas Collision".  Vernon joins us for an interesting look at the film and his career.

Episode #567 of On Screen & Beyond has hit music maker Brian Hyland  stopping by to chat about his career!  Brian had such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini", "Sealed With A Kiss" and "Gypsy Woman" among others!  We talk about these songs, Dick Clark, touring and more!

Episode #566 of On Screen & Beyond heads into the world of Soap Operas with Carolyn Hennesy of "General Hospital"!  Carolyn talks about the many roles she has had over the years such as on "Dawson's Creek", "Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker" and of course her over 500 episodes of "General Hospital" and many others!  We also talk about her hobby of ...... listen and hear!  

Episode #565 of On Screen & Beyond has 3 time Emmy winner Set & Production Designer Ray Klausen stepping up to the OSB mic!  Ray has designer sets for Elvis, Cher, Big Crosby, 9 Oscar Award shows, countless American Music Award shows and so much more!  Ray shares some great stories of people he has worked with over the years including Bea Arthur and ....Miss Piggy!  Ray's ne...

Episode #564 og On Screen & Beyond has Emmy nominee Janeshia Adams-Ginyard joining us!  Janeshia stops by the talk about the Emmy nomination, her stunt work, her bobsledding, her wrestling, her acting and so much more!  She has appeared in "Black Panther", "WandaVision", "Station 19", "Avengers: Endgame" and so many other films and TV shows!  Janeshia is an amazing guest!

Episode #563 of On Screen & Beyond has actress Tracey Birdsall joining us!  Tracey has appeared on "Family Ties", "Loving", "Hearts Are Wild", "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson" and more!

Episode #562 of On Screen & Beyond has Former Lightweight Boxing Champion and Boxing Hall of Fame member Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini as our guest!  We talk about his new film "6:45" which in now in theaters, as well as chatting about his boxing career and more! 

Episode #561 of On Screen & Beyond has "The Greatest American Hero" flying up to the OSB mic!  William Katt stops by to chat about his career on "The Greatest American Hero", working with his mom on "The Perry Mason TV movies", the original "Carrie" and much more!  William also talks about his latest movie "Overrun", an action thriller.

Episode #560 of On Screen & Beyond has two time Emmy nominee Nicholas Turturro as our guest.  Nicholas is known for many roles including "NYPD Blue", "Blue Bloods", The Longest Yard", "BlacKkKlansman" and so many others!  He joins us to chat about his latest movie "Overrun".

Episode #559 of On Screen & Beyond has as our guest, producer/director and founder of The California Independent Film Festival, Derek Zemrak, who now adds author to the list.  Derek's new book, "50 Movies You May Not Have Seen That You Should", looks at films that include Bill Murray, Martin Landau and Jim Carrey to name a few!  Be sure to check out the book, which is a must for all...

Episode #558 of On Screen & Beyond takes us into the world of actor Courtney Gaines.  He has made us laugh, scared the heck out of us and more.  We have seen him in "Children of the Corn", "Memphis Belle", "Back To The Future", "Sweet Home Alabama" "Monk" and so many other films and TV shows!  Courtney joins us to talk about his career, his latest films and we also talk about hi...

Episode #557 of On Screen & Beyond has singer/songwriter, Emmy winner Melanie as our guest!  Melanie performed at the original Woodstock festival and gave us the hit songs "Ruby Tuesday", "Lay Down (Candles In the Rain", 'What Have They Done To My Song Ma", "Brand New Key" and so many others!  Melanie shares her memories of Woodstock, several of her songs and we also talk about her l...

Episode #556 of On Screen & Beyond has actor Chris Mulkey joining us to talk about his many roles over the years.  Chris has been on "M.A.S.H.", "The Waltons", "Twin Peaks", "Justified", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Broken Arrow", "The John Gotti Story", "Scandal", "Boardwalk Empire" and many, many other shows and movies.  Chris shares some interesting stories with us in this episode.&nbsp...

Episode #555 of On Screen & Beyond takes us into the acting journey of actress Dana Sparks!  Dana has been on several Soaps including "Passions" and most recently on "The Young and The Restless".  She is also known for many of her other roles such as on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and who can forget her as Vickie Gioberti on "Falcon Crest"!  She shares many stories includin...

Episode 554 of On Screen & Beyond takes us back to 1971 and the hit song "Chick-a-boom (Don't Ya Jes’ Love It)" by Daddy Dewdrop!  His real name was Richard Monda and he joins us this week to talk about that hit and he was also a child actor!  Richard talks about working with Tony Curtis in "The Midnight Story", James Dean and acting and singing in "The Eddie Cantor Story" at the age...

Episode #553 of On Screen & Beyond has Mika Boorem as our guest this week.  Mika is known for her role's on "Mighty Joe Young", "Blue Crush", "The Tom Show", "Hearts In Atlantis", "Along Came A Spider" and so much more!  Mika's latest film is called "Hollywood.con" which she stars in...and directs...and wrote...and you don't want to miss it!  

Episode #552 of On Screen & Beyond  - Brian sits down and chats with director/producer/author Kenneth Johnson who brought us "The Bionic Woman", "The Incredible Hulk", "V" the mini-series", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Short Circuit 2", "Alien Nation: the TV Series" and so much more!  Ken shares some great stories and takes us behind the scenes of making shows that people remember!

Episode #551 of On Screen & Beyond brings actress Linda Purl to our mic!  Linda is known for many roles, including as Fonzie's long term girlfriend on "Happy Days", as Charlene the daughter of Matlock and Pam's Mom on "The Office" as well as many other roles in movies, TV and on stage!  Linda shares memories with us as well as her upcoming performance online with Viral Vignettes, to...

Episode #550 of On Screen & Beyond has Part 2 of our conversation with singer songwriter Henry Gross.  We continue our interview as Henry is heading to Nashville.  He has been making music since a young age and still going strong!

Episode #549 of On Screen & Beyond takes us into the music world with singer songwriter Henry Gross who gave us the hit song "Shannon" in the 70's.  Henry also was a founding member of the oldies group Sha Na Na, as well as bring the youngest person to perform at Woodstock! In Part 1 of our interview with Henry we talk about all this and more!

Episode #548 of On Screen & Beyond has the amazing Ruta Lee joining us!  Ruta was in "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" and "Funny Face", as well as numerous guest star rolls of TV shows and she was the co-host with Alex Trebek on the gameshow "High Rollers" and she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!  Ruta is a ton go fun and you don't want to miss her stories!  She has a...

Episode #547 of On Screen & Beyond - Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Annie Potts sits down with Brian to chat about her latest film, "Arlo The Alligator Boy", an animated musical on Netfix.  Annie is known for so many roles from "Designing Women" to "Toy Story" films and "Ghostbusters" to "Young Sheldon" as Meemaw!  She talks about the new film as well as letting us in on the upcoming...

Episode #546 of On Screen & Beyond steps into the Marvel Universe with Olli Haaskivi, who plays the role of Dr, Wilfred Nagel in Marvels's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+.  Olli talks about the show and his past roles on shows such as "Manifest" and more!

Episode #545 of On Screen & Beyond brings Emmy nominated Composer Kevin Kiner as our guest.  Kevin has written more music for the world of Star Wars than any other composer!  Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels and now Star Wars: The Bad Batch, all Kevin's music. His music has also composed the music for many other TV shows including "Hell On Wheels", "Jane The Virgin", "Nar...

Episode #544 of On Screen & Beyond has actor Raymond J Barry as our guest.  Raymond is known for his many roles in movies and TV, including as Pa Cox in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story", The Shaman on "Gotham", "The 100", "Justified" and many others!  He  also talks about his latest film, "Free Byrd".