Rarified Heir Podcast

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Amanda Gari, granddaughter, old Banjo Eyes himself, Eddie Cantor. Amanda was a great guest who talked about her loving, if somewhat. compromised grandfather she knew after a series of medical events slowed him down. We talk to Amanda about the massive star Eddie Canter was from the 1920s to the 1960s. He worked with everyone from Will Rogers &...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, "in the morning, in the evening…ain't we got Funt?"* That's right, it's an encore episode with Bill Funt, son of Allen Funt. We speak to Bill about growing up the son of perhaps THE pioneer of reality television whose Candid Camera TV show was a major hit on American television for decades and was just one of the versions in a long line of Candid incarnations wh...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to master illustrator, painter and cartoonist Drew Friedman, son of writer/screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman. And when we say writer, we mean a writer – short stories, essays, Broadway plays, films, novels – you name it and Bruce Jay Friedman did it. From screenplays like hit films like Splash and Stir Crazy to less, how do we say this, successful fi...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Josh Langsam, the grandson of the one and only Cab Calloway. Now aside from having a great name, Josh tells host Josh Mills about the legacy, the history and the future of one of America's greatest entertainers of all-time. Starting in the 1920's Cab Calloway was a band leader, performer, author, singer, actor, song writer and his  influence ra...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gary Hall, son of actor/comedian Huntz Hall. Like many of our episodes, we find that there are way more questions than there is time to answer and this episode was absolutely one of them. We talk to Gary about, of course, The Bowery Boys and the Dead End Kids of which Huntz Hall a part of since the first Broadway show in 1935 to the last incarna...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present another encore episode, this time with Kelly Carlin, daughter of iconic stand-up comedian George Carlin. We spoke with Kelly, who we met at the National Comedy Center in 2018 and who was essentially the impetus for the podcast about a variety of subjects. Some of the great things we chat about with Kelly are her memoir, A Carlin Home Companion : Growi...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we bring you an encore edition with brothers Josh Davis and Anthony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis wrote and produced episodes of classic television shows like "Bewitched," "The Odd Couple" and "Bewitched" among many others. We love this episode because frankly with all the connections to guests we've had in the past, host Josh Mills and both Davis' have known e...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Susannah Mars, daughter of the amazing actor/comedian Kenneth Mars. We spoke to Susannah about growing up with the man who portrayed the outrageous Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers as well as Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein . Of course that means we talk about Mel Brooks but it also means we talk about everything from Chicago...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Elmo Kirkwood, son of legendary guitarist of the band Meat Puppets Curt Kirkwood and nephew to bassist Cris. While casual fans might know the band via their connection to the historic and much lauded Nirvana episode of MTV's Unplugged , the Meat Puppets began in Phoenix in 1980 and cut their teeth in the punk scene after signing with the iconic...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we have an encore episode with Broadway producer Doug Denoff, whose father, Sam Denoff was one of the greatest comedy writers of his generation. Originally part of the famed comedy writing team Persky/Denoff with the equally genius Bill Persky, Stan Denoff worked on some of the most beloved sitcoms of the latter half of the 20 th century including The Dick Van D...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you part two of our conversation with Brendan Wayne, who portrays The Mandalorian on Disney+ as well as being John Wayne's grandson. We pick up on this episode where we left off on the last one. We talk to Brendan about his own acting career beginning with the film   Cowboys and Aliens, CSI and all the way up to the Star Wars universe. We also go deep i...

Today on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Brendan Wayne. Hmmm…now how might you know that name? Well some of you might know his grandfather, likely the most famous international star ever, The Duke, John Wayne. However, other listeners might know Brendan Wayne as The Mandalorian, from the massive Disney+ show, The Mandalorian . The thing is that in addition to inhabiting a p...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Eric Bonerz whose father Peter Bonerz you all know from his acting and directing career. Likely, most of you know Peter Bonerz as the role of Jerry the Dentist on The Bob Newhart Show . But did you know that Peter directed some of the biggest (and some of the most bizarre) television shows of all-time? From Wings to Murphy Brown to Home Improvem...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to siblings Stan Warnow and Deborah Scott Studebaker whose father was the composer, musician, innovator, band leader and inventor Raymond Scott. While you may not know the name Raymond Scott, you absolutely know his music. That's because while he may not have composed for cartoons, his music is the DNA of most if not all, Looney Toons & Merry Melod...

Today on another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to screenwriter Ethan Lawrence about his screenwriter father Anthony Lawrence, who might be one of the most prolific film and television writers in the history of the Writers Guild with close to 500 credits to his name. From Elvis films like Roustabout to biopics to series like Outer Limits and Bonanza to sci-fi cult favor...

    Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present an encore episode with Quincy Coleman, daughter of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale. Ironically, this comes on the heels of our encore episode with James Coburn's son, James Coburn.  Which means we have now spoken to the children of all-four leads from the film In Like Flint including Tony Cobb, son of Lee J. Cobb and Richard Duggan, son...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Kelly Conway, daughter of genius comedian Tim Conway. Many of you know Tim Conway from his television career on The Steve Allen Show, McHale's Navy and likely The Carol Burnett Show. Some may know him from his film career in Disney films like The Apple Dumpling Gang or The Private Eyes with Don Knotts among others, like Gus or The Prize Fighter...

  Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we are talking to James Coburn, son of, well James Coburn. We spoke with James during the Covid crisis and James was the perfect antidote. We learned about an array fascinating things the younger Coburn shared with us such as: being on the set of Peckinpah film, Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid in Mexico and In Like Flint in Jamaica, his dads love...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to country music royalty. We are talking to Lisa Sutton who's has not one but four musical legacies and estates to look after. Her mother, the great singer Lynn Anderson is best known for her iconic #1 hit, "Rose Garden" and released, count 'em, 72 singles in her career. Lisa's father, was Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member Glenn Sutton who p...

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Ron DeFore, son of actor Don DeFore and singer Marion Holmes. Ron came to us via a previous guest, Peter Ackerman so there is a true classic television connection. Don DeFore is best known for his roles as "Throny" in The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet as well as Mr. B on Hazel . What we didn't know when we were connected was that Don DeFore is...

Today on the 100 th episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to…wait a minute, we talk to Josh Mills? That's right, we've flipped the script! Because this is a milestone for us, having launched during Covid and posting a new episode for 100 weeks in a row, we decided to do something to celebrate. Something different. Our amazing and talented friend Daisy Torme took the time out of her busy sc...

  Today on an encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to actor Spencer Garrett, whose mother, actress Kathleen Nolan should be familiar to all you classic tv fans from the show, The Real McCoys. We talk to Spencer about his groundbreaking mother who was also the President of the Screen Actors Guild. That's a familiar theme on the podcast - actors who fought for the royalties and benef...

Today on part two of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Peter Ackerman, son of actress Elinor Donohue and TV executive Harry Ackerman. On this episode, we focus on Peter's mother Elinor Donohue and discuss everything from the Ray Court's memorabilia shows as well as the Star Trek memorabilia shows she appeared at and the role Peter played at those events. Of course we do talk about Peter...

Today on part one of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Peter Ackerman, son of actress Elinor Donohue and TV executive Harry Ackerman. We talk to Peter about growing up in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and how his parents worked on iconic television shows from the 1950s through to the 1990s. For Harry, that meant being directly responsible for shows like "I Love Lucy", "Bewitche...

Today on part two of the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking actor/musician/SAG-AFTRA VP David Jolliffe about the relatives of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. No really. David ran in some amazing circles – from Alice Cooper and The Hollywood Vampires to Rosemary Clooney, we get a deep dive into Hollywood that needs to be told. The son of actress Glorya Lord and television executive Richard...