Rarified Heir Podcast

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Saratoga Ballantine, daughter of Meyer Kessler who was really comedian Carl Ballantine aka The Great Ballantine aka The Amazing Ballantine aka The World's Greatest Magician. But of course, Carl Ballantine wasn't a great magician, he was one of the first to marry magic and comedy that became his trademark in vaudeville, television, stage and film...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast is yet another first for us. Our guest today is Cory Tyler, son of ventriloquist Willie Tyler of, you guessed it, Willie Tyler and Lester. Omnipresent in the 1970s and 80s, Willie Tyler is a comedian who appeared in movies, commercials, television, showrooms and comedy clubs across the country from 1964 to present. It's funny how you see an entertainer and think...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast Mini Bonus Episode, it's more 70s hijinks with Scotty and Kathi Marshall which further devolves into a childhood filled with naptime reading from Lord of the Flie s, hermits in the Hollywood Hills and even a nod from Kathy that Garry would have loved the podcast because he always loved the next generation. Take a 30 minute listen on this mini bonus episode.

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to sister & brother Kathleen Marshall and Scott Marshall, the children of writer/producer/director/actor Garry Marshall. Having grown up with Kathi and Scotty at elementary school in the valley in the free range seventies at the Oakwood School, Josh dives into this episode which is chalk full of arcane memories and bizarre moments. Garry Marshall,...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Innis Casey, whose father J. Rickley Dumm was a writer and producer in the 1970s, 80s and 90s on shows like The Rockford Files, Adam-12, Magnum P.I., Silk Stalkings, Stingray, Renegade and more. He and his college roommate Stephen J. Cannell worked on a massive amount of television shows after selling their first script together for the series...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Precious Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong of – you guessed it, the comedy team of Cheech and Chong. We talk to Precious about her own career in front of and behind the camera as well as intricate details of how a natural disaster kept the comedy duo (and Tommy's marriage to wife Shelby Chong) afloat just when things seemed at their worst, having p...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we have a first and it's a good one – a celebrity who is also an athlete. We talk to Jazmin Erving, daughter of one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, Julius Erving, or Dr. J. Named to ESPN's list of Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century, Dr. J captured the zeitgeist of the 1970s with his graceful moves in the ABA and his spectacular dunking ability...

For the first time ever on the podcast, we bring you a bonus episode. There was so much great stuff from our guest Cathy Cole Green of The King Family and the King Cousins, we just had to give you more. Another 30 minutes more. So sit back and keep listening to this bonus episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast.    

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cathy Cole Green, whose family you might remember from a conversation we had about them just a few episodes ago with Cam Clarke. It's a three headed hydra of an episode as we jump back into, "The First Family of Song," The King Family, along with Cathy's turn in The King Cousins and her dad, ace musician Buddy Cole. (And no, not the Scott Thomp...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Chrissy Quinn. Chrissy's parents were a comedy team but not in the traditional sense. Her father, Louis Quinn was likely best known as Roscoe The Bookmaker on the popular television series 77 Sunset Strip . He also a writer for Milton Berle, a radio host and has credits in films as diverse as All The President's Men to Vasectomy: A Delicate Matt...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Hollye Dexter. Now, by strictest semantics, Hollye isn't a child of a celebrity. But everyone has a story, right? And Hollye's story is a unique one that straddles two distinct worlds – that of celebrity and that of being your typical LA kid growing up in the seventies. Her step-siblings growing up were Kristy McNichol and Jimmy McNichol via her...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to John Denney about his mother, actress Dodo Denney. Now, you may not know the name Dodo Denney but definitely have seen her. This episode is a roaring good time with John as we talk about his mother being in one of the most beloved movies of all-time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and also because John is the lead singer of one of the greatest p...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Cam Clarke, an ace voice actor who also happens to be from "The First Family of Song", the King Family. We talk to Cam about growing up in the family business – where literally almost everyone was in on the act. Sometimes numbering 30 or more performers, The King Family defined wholesome American family entertainment from the 1950s until around 1985 w...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Eden Alpert, daughter of the legendary Herb Alpert. Now, if you think you know Herb Alpert, I'm here to tell you, you really don't. Sure you know him from his iconic hits in the 1960s "The Lonely Bull," "A Taste of Honey" and "Tijuana Taxi" and many others. But did you know he sold more albums than The Beatles in 1966?  Or that he had five album...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gigi Garner daughter of James Garner, star of films like Grand Prix, The Americanization of Emily & Victor/Victoria , as well as Television icons Bret Maverick & Jim Rockford in classic shows like Maverick and The Rockford Files. We also hear about James' love of animals which pushed daughter Gigi to start the James Garner Animal Rescue Fund (ht...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Amanda Gari, actress, singer and impressionist who talks to us today about her grandfather Izzy Iskowitz, better known as Eddie Cantor. Starting in the 1920s until the late 1950s, Eddie Cantor was one of America's biggest stars – from vaudeville to Broadway, from radio to television, from film to recorded music, there was arguably  no bigger sta...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bill Funt, whose father Allen Funt was creator, host, producer and force of nature behind the iconic television show Candid Camera. Founded in 1947 as a radio program called Candid Microphone Funt spun-off the property into LPs in the 1950s and even movies like What Do You Say To A Naked Lady in 1970 and Candid Candid Camera for Playboy TV in th...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to Kelly Carlin, humorist, monologist, writer, therapist and all around amazing woman about growing up Carlin. That's right, she's the daughter of one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, the one, the only George Carlin. And boy, is this episode a winner. First off, Kelly was the inspiration for this podcast after a meeting at the grand openin...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to brothers Josh Davis and Tony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis was a five-time Emmy nominee and mother actress turned Psychologist, Beryl Davis were a second family to our host, Josh Mills growing up in the 1970s. Jerry came to Los Angeles from Brooklyn where he was then writing for the New Yorker and became a fixture behind the scenes as writer/...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we speak with Elmo Kirkwood, son of Curt Kirkwood from one the greatest cult bands of all-time, The Meat Puppets. Our conversation with Elmo is as anarchic as any of the bands albums as we touch on everything from punk rock, the Shut Up, Little Man tapes, the glory of fanzines, the term 'College rock', iconic record label SST, that infamous Nirvana Unplugged ses...

On this episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Broadway theatrical producer Doug Denoff whose father was part of one of the greatest comedy writing teams of all-time, Sam Denoff. Along with writing partner Bill Persky, the team of Persky and Denoff wrote an amazing amount of the show that has arguably come to be known as the greatest and most-well-loved sitcom's in American televi...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to screenwriter Ethan Lawrence, son of one of the most prolific writers in Television history, Anthony Lawrence. It's not everyone who can play poker with Rod Serling and Harlan Ellison, contract as a day player in Audie Murphy Westerns, do karate with The King, Elvis Presley on the set of Roustabout or pen one of the most beloved scripts in the TV...

This week's guest on the Rarified Heir Podcast is Quincy Coleman, daughter of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale. While we can't give away too much away here, it's connection city on the podcast with Josh and Quincy as well as their acting mothers. Shhh, no spoilers! We also discuss important subjects like Dabney Coleman's favorite Mexican Restaurant, his career in Television on shows like...

This week on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to James Coburn, son of, you guessed it, James Coburn. It's a wild ride on the podcast with topics ranging from Bruce Lee, The Muppets, Sam Peckinpah, the Z Channel, a 4 year trip to Africa, a Coburn biography based on his own words and much much more. It's a deep dive into the Beverly Hills enclave of Tower Road with neighbors Jack Lemmon and...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to actor Spencer Garrett who you all have seen on shows like CSI & News Radio as well as films like Air Force One and most recently in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. We talk to Spencer about growing up in Los Angeles with two parents in show business with deep Midwest roots. His father, agent/manager Richard Heckencamp & his mot...