The Extras

Send us Fan Mail Legendary animation historian Jerry Beck is back for part three of a multi-episode discussion on Looney Tunes.   In this episode, we dive into a fun-filled discussion on our favorite wise-cracking rabbit, Bugs Bunny.  Who turned 80!  Jerry provides a brief background on Bugs Bunny and his early cartoons and where he got that New York attitude.  And then we discuss the curation cho...

Send us Fan Mail Executive Producer and Director Bob Singer joins the podcast to take a look back at his career in this two-part podcast series.   In part two we discuss with Bob Singer the classic rock music that was used in the series Supernatural.  We explore the process of choosing the music for the episodes, working with music supervisor Alex Patsavas to secure the rights, and how Bob worked...

Send us Fan Mail Executive Producer and Director Bob Singer joins the podcast to take a look back at his career in this two-part podcast series.   We begin part 1 with a review of how Bob first broke into Hollywood on the horror films “The Night Strangler” starring Darren McGavin, and Stephen King’s “Cujo,” starring Dee Wallace. Then we discuss one of Bob’s all-time favorites, the 1990’s hit TV se...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of "The Origins of Warner Archive" with film historian and Warner Bros executive George Feltenstein.   If you haven’t yet listened to part one,  I highly recommend that you first listen to episode 15, "The Origins of Warner Archive."   We pick up from the end of that first year and the challenges that lay ahead once the initial batch of good film...

Send us Fan Mail Film Historian and Warner Bros executive George Feltenstein reviews and provides background on the Warner Archive November releases.  Titles include, Fury (1936) Blu-ray, The Last of Sheila (1973) Blu-ray, Ladies They Talk About (1933) Blu-ray, Some Came Running (1958) Blu-ray, National Velvet (1945) Blu-ray, Lullaby of Broadway (1951) Blu-ray, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) Blu-ra...

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker Constantine Nasr of Rivendell Films joins the podcast to discuss the extras for several classic Horror films. In December of 2020, the Warner Archive released “The Curse of Frankenstein,” so we review the extras Constantine Nasr created for the special 2-disc release.  This Hammer horror classic revitalized the horror genre and led to an explosion of creativity in genre...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrate the 25th Anniversary release of "Superman: The Animated Series" for the first time on Blu-ray with a discussion with filmmaker Alex Gray about his exclusive special feature extra created for the release.   Alex details for us the challenges posed by the pandemic, and how he re-worked his original creative concepts to accommodate the remote interview restrict...

Send us Fan Mail BTS Producer Michael Brosnan joins the podcast to discuss the exclusive extras he produced for the “Walker” season 1 DVD, which releases on October 26, 2021.  In “Tragic Hero,” the extra explores the origin and development of the show and how it makes a distinct break from the previous Walker TV series. In “The Edge of the Coin,” the extra explores the moral code that Walker embod...

Send us Fan Mail For the very first time, we have Warner Bros. executive George Feltenstein and animation historian Jerry Beck join the podcast at the same time to talk about the Tex Avery Vol. 3 release from the Warner Archive.  Jerry provides a brief history on the legendary animator Tex Avery's career, while George details the challenges in the preservation work behind the cartoons.   And...

Send us Fan Mail Part three of a multi-part series with filmmaker and DC expert Alex Gray and former Warner Bros Vice President of Special Features Bonnie Spence remembering their work with Adam West on the “Batman: The Complete Television Series” box set release.  In “Bats of the Round Table”, we revisit working with Ralph Garman, actor Phil Morris, DC legend Jim Lee and director and actor Kevin...

Send us Fan Mail “Free Guy” releases October 12th, 2021 on DVD/Blu-ray/4K and we have filmmaker Alan Griswold on the podcast for a fun-filled discussion about the extras he produced for this movie. Alan also provides background on his career in Hollywood, which started as a producer's assistant to comedian and actor Ben Stiller.  That led to working with Warner Home Video on the DVD release o...

Send us Fan Mail “Here’s what I do.” Legendary animation historian Jerry Beck is back for part two of a multi-episode discussion on Looney Tunes.   In this episode, we dive into a fun-filled review of Jerry’s fascinating career curating Looney Tunes titles.  He explains the genius he has in hunting and finding and cataloging old cartoons (like all genius, it is actually unexplainable).  We try and...

Send us Fan Mail Legendary Home Entertainment executive George Feltenstein returns to the show to talk about the early days of the Warner Archive.  In this episode, George takes us back to his work with Rhino Handmade on small-scale, but profitable soundtrack releases on CD during the late 1990’s.  That led to a fateful meeting in 2002 with fellow Warner Bros executive Jim Wuthrich, who was determ...

Send us Fan Mail "What, no Mickey Mouse?" Legendary animation historian Jerry Beck joins the podcast for a multi-episode discussion on Looney Tunes.   In this first episode, Jerry provides background on how he got into animation history and the importance of his friendship with the iconic Leonard Maltin.  And he provides a brief history of Looney Tunes starting with the character of Bosk...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Birthday Adam West! Part two of a multi-part series with filmmaker and DC expert Alex Gray and former Warner Bros Vice President of Special Features Bonnie Spence remembering their work with Adam West on the “Batman: The Complete Television Series” box set release.  In this episode, we discuss the extra “Holy Memorabilia Batman!,” which details the unique place Batman ’66 co...

Send us Fan Mail We remember Adam West, the original Batman, as we near his birthday on September 19th. Part one of a multi-part series with filmmaker and DC expert Alex Gray and former Warner Bros Vice President of Special Features Bonnie Spence as they remember working with Adam West on the “Batman: The Complete Television Series” box set.  We start with the backstory of why it took so long for...

Send us Fan Mail LA based producer Michael Brosnan and Irish behind-the-scenes producer Gerry Duffy discuss their work on the extras for the popular TV series Vikings.  They detail the advantages of filming on location in Ireland and the state-of-the-art Ashford Studios.  They also explain why creator Michael Hirst has filmed both his previous show The Tudors and all 89 episodes of Vikings in Irel...

Send us Fan Mail Part two of a two-part series with filmmaker Alex Gray reviewing the creation of the documentary “Masterpiece: Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.”  In this episode, we hear the compelling story of meeting the legendary Frank Miller in his New York home for the filming of his interview.  And then Alex recounts his interviews with DC stalwarts Janette Kahn, Denny O’Neil, Bruce...

Send us Fan Mail Part one of a two-part series with filmmaker and DC expert Alex Gray.  In this episode, we discuss Alex Gray’s early career working on the DVD box set of The Matrix and how that led to his stint as an executive at Warner Home Video.  Alex also recounts the impact of reading Frank Miller’s graphic novel “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” and how that propelled him into a lifelong pa...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part 3 of a three-part series with legendary home entertainment executive George Feltenstein.  In this episode George details the home entertainment release history of Hollywood classics Ben Hur, A Star is Born (1954), Looney Tunes, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.  Along the way, we hear the behind-the-scenes stories of the extras, the mystery behind the Judy Garland 1954...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part 2 of a three-part series with legendary home entertainment executive George Feltenstein.  In this episode George details the home entertainment release history of Hollywood classics The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain, North By Northwest, and Gone With the Wind.  Along the way, we hear the behind-the-scenes stories of the decisions made on what e...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part 1 of a three-part series with legendary home entertainment executive George Feltenstein.  We discuss George’s early career working with MGM/UA during the era of VHS, before getting into the development of extras on Laserdisc in the mid-1980s.  George also provides background on the swift consumer adoption of DVDs in the late 1990s and the increasing importance...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Sweet is one of Hollywood’s foremost audience warm-up professionals and he takes us on an entertaining look at his career as a magician and comedian.  Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he eventually moved to Los Angeles and broke into audience warm-up for the "It’s Garry Shandling’s Show."  He has since gone on to do audience warm-up for over 4000 television episod...

Send us Fan Mail Emmy nominated Jerry Wanek discusses his 15 seasons as the Production Designer on the hit show Supernatural.  We then go in-depth into the origins and design of the iconic "Men of Letters" bunker.  We also highlight his designs for the desolate alternate universe of "Apocalypse World," a world without the Winchesters.   And finally we revisit the emotional last...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, filmmaker Jeff Maynard and Host Tim Millard reveal the drama behind the making of the three final season behind-the-scenes documentaries for Supernatural.  They discuss the impact of the pandemic on their original concepts and their plans for getting on-set footage.  And they detail how at the 11th-hour they were permitted to send a  crew to film the very last day...