On Screen & Beyond

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".  

Episode #543 of On Screen & Beyond brings Orla Brady as ours guest!  Orla has appeared in many TV shows and movies as well as her stage work.  She has been on "Star Trek: Picard", "Into The Badlands", "The Fringe" and so much more, as well as shows across the pond!  Orla's latest film she stars in is ROSE PLAYS JULIE, which is now available.

Episode #542 of On Screen & Beyond brings Emmy nominated Martha Bolton to the OSB mic.  Martha was the first female staff writer for Hollywood Legend Bob Hope!  Martha shares memories of Bob and talks about her new book, DEAR BOB: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence With GI's of WWII.  

Episode #541 of On Screen & Beyond  This week Academy Award winner George Chakiris joins us once again!  George won his Oscar for his role as Bernardo in the classic film "West Side Story" and he has a new memoir out called "My West Side Story"!  George shares memories of working on that film as well as working with Gene Kelly, Charlton Heston, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe, Rose...

Episode #540 of On Screen & Beyond brings actor Hank Garrett to our mic as we step back 60 years ago to the TV show "Car 54, Where Are You?".  Hank played Officer Nicholson on the show, but his life could be a movie in it self!  We talk with Hank about many things including growing up in poverty and Sammy Davis Jr pulling him out from the trenches.  We also talk about sparring w...

Episode #539 brings Production Designer Daniel T Dorrance, who has been the Art Director or the Production Designer for many big films including "Saving Private Ryan", "Brave Heart", 'The Expendables 3", A Good Day To Die Hard" and the upcoming new Planet of the Apes movie!  Daniel's latest movie, coming out on Hulu on February 26, is "The United States vs Billie Holiday"!  He lets us kn...

Episode #538 of On Screen & Beyond brings Emmy winner Blanche Baker as our guest.  Blanche won the Emmy for her role in the miniseries "Holocaust" and is remembered for her role as Ginny Baker in the cult classic film "Sixteen Candles"!  Blanche shares memories of her notable roles and talks about her latest film ALICE FADES AWAY which is now available on VOD.

Episode #537 has actor Han Soto joining us to talk about his role in season 3 of the hit Netflix show COBRA KAI.  Han talks about that role and other roles he has done and has coming up. We also looks at "My Policeman" and "The Royal Treatment" on this episode of On Screen & Beyond.  Be sure to tell a friend about On Screen & Beyond and subscribe to the show where ever you get th...

Episode #536 of On Screen & Beyond brings Oscar winning director Aaron Schneider to our mic.  Aaron sits down with Brian to talk about his road to directing such notable actors as Robert Duval, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Ron Perlman and Tom Hanks!  Aaron shares some fun stories of Billy Crystal and what it's like working with Bill Murray.  A really fun interview!  We also t...

Episode #535 brings Derek Ting, writer, producer, director and star of the sci-fi thriller AGENT REVELATION.  Derek shares what it is like to wear many hats to make a film. He also talks about bringing Michael Dorn into the film and so much more!  We also take a look at Dean Cain's latest movie, a new Tom Hardy movie and so much more on this episode of On Screen & Beyond.

Episode 534 of On Screen & Beyond has documentary director Darcy Weir joining us.  Darcy has produced and directed many documentaries on the subjects of Sasquatch, Crop Circles and UFO's.  His latest film is VOLCANIC UFO MYSTERIES, which is now available to see on many video on demand platforms.  We also looks at "The Little Mermaid" upcoming remake, "Spencer" about Lady Diana a...

Episode 533 of On Screen & Beyond beams up Michael Dorn, Worf, of Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine!  Michael joins us to talk about his latest film AGENT REVELATION which is now available.  We also talk about about Michal's jets, being in "Rocky", music, the make-up for Work and so much more!  We also take a peek at "Wonka", "Bios" with Tom Hanks and m...

Episode 532 of On Screen & Beyond brings political activist Stephen Bassett who has been on "Ancient Aliens" and many other UFO related programs and documentaries.  Stephen is the executive director of Paradigm Research Group which is pushing the government for disclosure of what it knows about the UFO issue.  Stephen also is in the new documentary "Volcanic UFO Mysteries", an intrig...

Colin Mochrie joins us in this episode of On Screen & Beyond! Colin has cracked us up on the hit show "Whose Line Is It Anyway" for years and now he stars in a new comedy out now called BOYS vs GIRLS. Colin also talks about his comedy career and 'getting a nod" from comedic legend Sid Caesar when they worked together! Plus we check out "Cry Macho" with Clint Eastwood, "Marry Me" and more, on t...

Hold on to your hats! Kevin McDonald of "The Kids In The Hall" fame, as well as voicing Pleakly in Disney's Lilo and Stitch and he was Pastor Dave on "That 70's Show"! Kevin joins us for a fun interview and we also talk about his latest comedy film BOYS vs GIRLS which is now available! Plus we check out "Crisis", "Electric State" and more, on this week's On Screen & Beyond!   Be sure...