Relatively Famous with Chip White

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=030k3XLajpM&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous Answer: Jennifer Dornetta – Question: Who is Jimmy McGuire’s sister…Answer; Jennifer Dornetta…. On this episode of Relatively Famous I hark back to my days of producing Jeopardy! Clue Crew segments. Jimmy McGuire was one of the original Clue Crew members and remained a world traveling member of the Jeopardy! Clue Crew for...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l7sX97VyY0&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous Since starting this podcast I have been stunned by the connections Wheel of Fortune has provided. Here I have the honor of interviewing the granddaughter and daughter of renowned Master Illusionist Harry Blackstone and Harry Blackstone Jr , Bellamie Blackstone . She is not only an amazing TV Producer, she’s also the Produc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQVLJ3syhw&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous It’s always fun and interesting to me when I meet another brother of someone famous and on this episode we met the brother of actress Eva Mendes. Carlo Mendez is as handsome as his sister is beautiful. Eva may have retired from acting but Carlo is just starting his acting journey. Carlo talks about his career, growing up i...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNdQkpfgdJo&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous Thanks to social media I was able to reconnect with Charlie McCord’s father. I first meet Charlie’s father in the Green Room of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Vanna was a guest and his dad was promoting his hit song “At This Moment”. Charlie is the son of Billy Vera, one the most amazing singers I know, with a career...

One of my prized possessions is a signed concert program from Ringo Starr’s All Star Band 1989 tour. What I love about this program is that Clarence “The Big Man” Clemons signed it, I’ve be a fan of The Big Man for years. So when I saw his son Nick Clemons posting on Facebook I had to reach out and ask him to be a guest. Nick is also a musician with his own band and style of music. He recalls the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgO1BJs2t0&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous On this episode of Relatively Famous we stepped into our own backyard to discover a great tale of a family Dynasty, DUCK DYNASTY that is. Our Producer, Philip Nelson’s brother Jaye is married to Willie Robertson’s wife Korie’s sister Ashley Howard Nelson. Yeah that’s mouthful. True to the Duck Dynasty family Ashley has an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PevjJ08JUp0&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous On this episode of Relatively Famous I take the word relative literally. In early December 2024 my nephew, Vanna’s son Nikko Santo Pietro became an internet sensation when a Wheel of Fortune food video went viral. Suddenly “Vanna’s HOT son” was the talk of the town. During Nikko’s 30 years on this planet we have had some c...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOBTJorku2Q On this episode of Relatively Famous we meet Keith Coogan , the grandson of Jackie Coogan , the first child star in Hollywood and the man responsible for protecting child actor’s income with the Coogan Law. Keith has an amazing acting resume, ponders films, tv and streaming future, his mom and Hollywood, his incredible work ethic, time with his grandfath...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N2HemHVyW0&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode’s interview came out of left field for me. I’ve spent the last 50 yrs quoting lines from her father’s films with my friends only to discover she has been a makeup artist of Wheel of Fortune for 20 yrs. Yep Clint Eastwood’s daughter Kimber Eastwood Midkiff has been an actor like her father but prefers being beh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBy6zwvjKbU&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode’s guest, Kimberly Butler McMillan, I met way back when the short film, A Chess Player that I produced, was screening in the Beaufort International Film Festival . However it wasn’t until years later that she told me about her father, a well known Canadian singer songwriter. As the podcast grew and I was thinki...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3dD6iOYhkY&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous In this episode I talk with the daughter of movie star, rights activist and NFL Legend Jim Brown. Kimberly Brown talks of how her father instilled helping others and how she, along with Ray Charles daughter started Daughter of Legends . Watching her dad portrayed and having a small part in the film One Night in Miami . Lau...

I was introduced to this episode’s guest through a friend from back in Charlotte, NC who wrote this amazing book called “Poster Girls”. That intro will make sense if you’re a movie buff and love the film “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Our guest Christina Capra is a film director, writer, and YES granddaughter to the legendary film director, three time Oscar winner, Frank Capra . Like her famous grandfat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbMckvezdck&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode is for all the Trekkies and fans of the original Star Trek tv show with William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy and Grace Lee Whitney “Yeoman Janice Rand”. Our guest is Jonathan Whitney Dweck a very talented musician, educator, brother, father and the loving son of the late Grace Lee Whitney , actress, singer and reco...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfyFaH2Ootw&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous For 30 seconds in my youth I thought I wanted to be a boxer. I was inspired at the time by 6 time world champion and gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard , and father of our guest, Ray Leonard Jr. I learned quickly I don’t have the nose or the pain threshold to be a boxer. Ray Leonard Jr has been in the ring and on the field as...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Pf-0msDZ4&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous For this episode I got to meet and chat with someone from my hometown area of Myrtle Beach, SC. He’s the dad of the amazing, and soon to be even more famous, Jumanji actress Madison Iseman. Her dad, John Iseman, was introduced to me by a mutual friend and he was right in saying, John is the nicest, most dow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zduju1BSXuE&t=1s&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode we meet and talk with the twin brother of one of the best, coolest and nicest character actors in the movies. I have worked with Ranny’s brother Danny Vinson on several films and got to meet Ranny Vinson at The George Lindsey film festival when Danny and I had Crab Trap playing in the festival. Not on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhrBrh9UPK8&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode is a true hardcore baseball fan episode. I chat with Jordan Burbank, the daughter of Dennis Burbank, a three time MLB draftee. Jordan is an SEC Texas A&M Champion Soccer player herself. This is a fun, full-blown, sports family episode… #MBL #collegesoccer #OSU #softball #eSports. It may be a stretch to use...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBDfkEULY3c&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous On this episode we have the privilege of meeting the son of one of the greatest comedic actors ever and known to those in the know as Captain Chaos. Oh yeah, and he’s no amateur in the comedy world himself, like father, like son, meet David DeLuise, son of Dom DeLuise! David was the dad of Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyf4xKoAm8&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous This episode we talk with a man who, once you hear him and see him, you know exactly who his father is. I met Alfonso Freeman in Charlotte, NC where we were making films, crossing paths and helping grow the struggling NC film industry. He has a great story of his life, his films and his relationship with his father Morgan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9UZKjhsro&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE Christiaan Voldstad , his dad became a beloved tv star for NOT speaking on the hit  show “Newhart” as my other brother Darrell, Mr John Voldstad. Christiaan is an artist and voiceover actor. In t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhV4sflJrXc John Putch , like Dutch, is the son of film and tv star Jean Stapleton of “All in the Family” fame. John is an actor, director and film producer. In this episode John loves to talk about his mom, but we get him to tell us about being a child actor, life in community theater, films and tv shows he’s directed and produced. Oh and the famo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBAkTDKGQA0&t=13s Christian Hoyt , brother to the first male SuperModel, actor, podcast host and cult survivor Hoyt Richards. In this episode Christian talks about life with the Hoyt siblings, following his brothers footsteps into the world of male modeling and running a successful family business.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bih4oI3Lly4 Chris   Carson , nephew to the legendary “Tonight Show” host Johnny  Carson  is one of the first people I met in LA that was related to someone super famous. In this episode  Chris  tells us about life with Johnny, his love of surfing, working in show business, hotrods and going fuel speed as a drag r...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonN_Ozc7Q0&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous Paige Glaves , niece of the Queen of Halloween Elvira; Mistress of the Dark, Cassandra Peterson, who while living in LA I just happen to have been her limo driver. In today’s episode Paige and I talk about how Elvira took her under wing as a child exposing her to Hollywood showbiz, branching into voiceover work, boun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqndRMbsOu8&ab_channel=RelativelyFamous Ryan Cassidy , son of Tony winner Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones, with a Hollywood legacy of siblings David, Patrick and Shaun, Ryan was a star way before stepping behind the camera. In this episode Ryan talks about the magic of set dressing on hit tv shows, his love of vintage clothing, cars and his eclectic style. And wh...