Reliving My Youth

Noel catches up with James Morrison. The talent actor is best known for portraying CTU director Bill Buchanan on 24. He starred in the cult TV show, Space: Above and Beyond. James had a recurring role on the Twin Peaks revival. James directed and produced the documentary, Showing Up, an unprecedented look at the audition process. He is also a very talent musician, having releases two albums.

Noel catches up with Joe Urla. The talented actor is probably best known for playing Dugan on Seinfeld. Urla has had guest-starring roles on The Wire, The Americans, The Blacklist and so much more. Find out which Dick Wolf show he partnered with Wesley Snipes. On the silver screen, Urla has had roles in Deep Impact, Sleepers and Disclosure and more.

Noel catches up with Dennis DeYoung. The former lead singer of Styx recently released his final studio album, 26 East, Vol. 2. Dennis reveals why it will be his final album. We discuss why he never wanted to release solo albums in the first place, if he'll ever reunite with the band and his favorite placement of one of his songs in pop culture.

Noel catches up with musician Chris Bostock, probably best known as the bassist/songwriter of the band, JoBoxers. The British band is best known in America for their song, "Just Got Lucky", which reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. Chris was also a member of Subway Sect, Spear of Destiny and Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys.

We're celebrating our fourth anniversary with DC Glenn, aka The Brain Supreme of the hip-hop duo, Tag Team. Their signature song, Whoomp! (Theres It Is) was massive back in 1993, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was brought back into the public conscious with the Geico commercial, "Scoop! (There It Is).

Noel catches up with Res. The amazing singer's debut album, "How Do I", is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The album features the songs "They Say Vision", "Golden Boys" and "700 Mile Situation". "How Do I "featured so many different styles of music it made it difficult to promote as one genre of music. The album was clearly ahead of its time. Res's voice bears an uncanny resemblance to Stevie Ni...

Noel catches up with Jonathan Schmock. He is a performer, a writer, an artist, a director, and an editorial cartoonist. Jonathan is probably best known for his role as the Chez Quis Maitre D' in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Which is celebrating its 35th anniversary. After starting his career as half the comedy team The Funny Boys, he became a writer/producer, co-creating such shows as Sabrina, The Te...

Noel catches up with Graeme Clark from Wet Wet Wet. The Scottish band scored a number of hits on the UK charts and around the world. Their debut single, "Wishing I was Lucky", hit number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their biggest hit, the 1994 cover of The Troggs' hit "Love Is All Around", from the Four Weddings and a Funeral soundtrack, spent 15 weeks atop the UK singles chart, one week short of...

Noel catches up with Steve Barton. The Translator frontman released his latest album, Love and Destruction, last month. Translator's signature song, Everywhere That I'm Now, was featured on their debut album, Heartbeats And Triggers. The album received good promotion and became an underground and College radio hit in 1982. The band released four albums between 1982 and 1986.

Noel catches up with Jesse Kove. The son of Martin Kove talks about his season three role on Cobra Kai and how much fun it was to join his father in the Karate Kid universe.

Noel catches up with Glenn Medeiros, who had a massive worldwide hit in 1987 with "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You." Glenn had a number one song in 1990 with Bobby Brown in "She Ain't Worth It." He had three songs on the Karate Kid Part III soundtrack. After his music career, Glenn became an educator. Dr. Medeiros is now the president of the Saint Louis School in Honolulu.

Noel catches up with Bill Hanstock, the author of "We Promised You a Great Main Event," an unauthorized WWE history. We discuss the state of the WWE, the most important wrestler and moment of the last 40 years.

Noel catches up with William Christopher Ford, who played Dennis in Karate Kid Part 3. William's latest project, 52 masters, has him embark on a journey to learn 52 martial arts disciplines from 52 masters. Two of the masters Karate Kid fans know well, Sensei Ron Thomas and Daryl Vidal.

Noel catches up with Tony Ortiz, who was the lead singer of The Monroes. The band had a cult classic with "What Do All the People Know". Unfortunately, the band never released a full length album due to the shuttering of their record company. Tony took some time away from music. He's back now with his amazing band, Tony Ortiz and The Guns of Soul.

Noel catches up with Michael Cavalieri, who starred opposite Hillary Swank in The Next Karate Kid. Michael played Ned, the leader of the Alpha Elite. We discussed how he got the role, his experiences with both Pat Morita and Michael Ironside and what he thought of Hillary Swank's performance. Michael wrote, directed and starred in the short film, Ritornato. He talks about his inspiration for the f...

Noel catches up with Jeffrey Lee Campbell. The musician went from selling candy in a theatre to touring as Sting's guitarist on the "Nothing Like the Sun" tour in 1987-88. Jeff detailed the experience in his amazing book, "Do Stand So Close: my improbable adventure as Sting's guitarist." In recent years, Jeff has transitioned to Broadway. His credits include Saturday Night Fever, Seussical, Mamma...

Noel catches up with George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, better known as Boy Meets Girl. The duo had a massive hit with "Waiting for a Star to Fall." The song top the Billboard AC charts in 1988 and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. They talk about where the inspiration for the song came from. They are also accomplished songwriters, having wrote two of Whitney Houston's biggest...

Noel catches up with Sean Kanan. The actor returns to discuss his Emmy-nominated series, Studio City, which he also created. We discuss Sean's upcoming motivational book, Way of the Cobra, and how he came up with the idea. Naturally, we discuss "Karate's Bad Boy" Mike Barnes and whether Sean will appear in season 4 of Cobra Kai.

Noel catches up with Paul Hirsch, the Oscar-winning film editor of Star Wars. He has edited over 40 feature films, including The Empire Strikes Back, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Footloose, Carrie, Falling Down, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Blow Out, The Secret of My Success, Steel Magnolias and Ray, for which he received a second Academy Aw...

Noel catches up with Stan Bush, the singer-songwriter behind the classic song, The Touch. The song was featured in animated film, The Transformers: The Movie, in 1986. Stan talks about the 80's movie that inspired him to write The Touch and where in pop culture history is his favorite placement of the song. Stan's work was also featured in the Jean-Claude van Damme movies, Kickboxer and Bloodsport...

Noel catches up with Brad Hopkins, the bassist of the Canadian band, Chalk Circle. The band's biggest hit, April Fool, reached 22 on the Canadian charts. They received a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1986.

Noel catches up with Tara Kemp. Her self-titled album is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It featured two top-ten singles, "Hold You Tight" and "Piece of My Heart." Unfortunately, the music business got in the way and that was the only album Tara released. Tara talks about what happened and what she has been up to. 2021 is poised to be a big year for Tara as her long-awaited second album, which h...

Noel catches up with Dunstan Bruce. The former lead singer of Chumbawamba. The band ruled 1997 with their smash hit, Tubthumping. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and hit number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number one Billboard Modern Rock charts. What people may not know is that the band formed in 1982. Chumbawamba was never shy about t...

Noel catches up with Frank Ashmore. The actor is best known for his roles in Airplane! and V. Frank talks about the legacy of Airplane and its place among the funniest movies in history. Frank played the Visitor, Martin, in the two V miniseries and the series. The actor talks about the backlash NBC got over Martin's fate on the show, which led to Phillip.

Noel catches up with Iva Davies, the lead singer and co-founder of Icehouse. The Australian band is best known for their hit single, Electric Blue, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. The band is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the debut album, Flowers, with a live album called Icehouse Plays Flowers Live.