TV Guidance Counselor

This week Ken welcomes actress Kelli Maroney (Chopping Mall, Night of the Comet) to the show. Ken and Kelli discuss Boston accents, losing your native accent through paying old women to fall asleep, Minnesota, Shakespeare, Ryan's Hope, Manhattan, Soap Opera snobbishness, 50s New York vs. 80s New York, Night of the Comet, being the inspiration for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jim Wynorski, being Kimbe...

December 21 -27, 1974 Today Ken welcomes musician and sometimes actress Britta Phillips to the show. Ken and Britta discuss subscribing to TV Guide, being limited to two hours a day of television, constantly moving, growing up in Eastern Pennsylvania, being a shy kid, childhood fist fights, pro-hippies, having a huge Christmas Celebration, favorite Christmas Carols, Sleigh Bells, variety shows, Al...

March 7-13, 1998 Today Ken welcomes comedian Mark Gallagher to the show. Ken and Mark discuss Ken's collections, the thrill of obtaining things, TV on DVD, depression based purchases, horror video games, Custard's Last Stand, dirty Atari, St. Patrick's Horror, Haverhill, being Burn Notice babysat, John Malkovich, Dawson's Creek, Flash Dad, Michael J. Pollard, Superman, The Funspot, Hercules, Bloop...

Today Ken welcomes writer, actress Angela Featherstone (Friends, Con Air, Dark Angel the Ascent) to the show. Ken and Angela discuss Canadian geography,Guy Madden, Roman Polanski, being a teenage model, Paris, video store education, Fearless Vampire Killers, The Italian Beatles, Hermann Hesse, Bertolucci, Opera, German Radio, learning Japanese, John Woo, forbidden television, Dallas, Black Beauty,...

On this special Jet Black Friday Holiday edition Ken welcomes author and Christmas TV History expert Joanna Wilson (Tis the Season TV, The Christmas TV Companion, Triple Dog Dare) to the show. Ken and Joanna discuss watching and surviving a 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story, The Waltons, The House without a Christmas Tree, Sad Christmas vs. Funny Christmas, Scrooged, It's a Wonderful Life, cha...

May 30- June 5, 2004 Today Ken welcomes comedian and mad about town Sean Tumblety to the show. Ken and Sean discuss New Jersey vs. New Hampshire, 'zines, sexy Gillian Anderson, Cult TV Shows, X-Files, Sean's industrious youth, converting people to Breaking Bad, Ken's insults at Sean for not knowing who Max Headroom is, TV Pirates, studying film, Deja Vu, Pee Wee's Big Adventure Playhouse, Xena, sh...

May 13-19, 1989 Today Ken welcomes author, comedian, podcaster and filmmaker Negin Farsad to the show. Ken and Negin discuss outdoor podcasts, Harvard University, transcriptions, tax law, living abroad, barista as dream job, French TV, watching US Shows in foreign countries, TV sign offs, The Yule Log, hotel room channels, being politically active, Making White People Laugh, being Muslim, the dark...

Today Ken welcomes writer Matt Oswalt to the show. Ken and Matt discuss the hierarchy of showbiz, cute kids, The Hollywood Hills, Satanism on Television, Poor Devil, The City Connection, being a pro-TV family,Saturday Night's Main Event, Wrestling on TV, Santa Claus as Pro Wrestler, Mud Wrestling,Gimme a Break's infamous blackface episode, Joey Lawrence, In Search Of...,, booster STDs, Saturday Ni...

March 2-8, 1996 Today Ken welcomes (former) comedian and (current) socialist Shawn Donovan to the show, Dinosaurs, Growth, Environmental Collapse, Ken and Shawn discuss workplace pleasantries, moving to LA to be a Communist, the nature of manifestos, the Salem Witch Trials, childhood field trips, problem kids in schools, NYPD Blue, Propaganda, the nature of Art in Communism, Second Noah, Beach Cop...

March 23-29, 1991 Today Ken welcomes actor, writer Ben Schwartz to the show Ken and Ben discuss roped off areas, electro-shock collars, stunt boys, people's injuries, glass tables, House of Lies, Ramen Noodle Julia Roberts, Whoopie from Ghost, The Oscars, Dusty Hoff, testing Ken's brain, Gerald McRaney, J.J. Abrams, Undercovers, Fringe, living forever, Count Duckula, In Living Color, SNL, The Bron...

Today Ken welcomes writer, director Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World, The Decline of Western Civilization). Ken and Penelope discuss growing up poor, sneaking TV, the Wonderful World of Disney, Saturday Matinees, hippie drug culture, Dragnet, punk rock scare films, 60 Minutes, the horrors of corporate mergers, the death of true journalism, Wayne's World, Beverly Hillbillies, The Little Rascals, Gr...

On the third annual TV Guidance Counselor Halloween special Ken welcomes friend and believer in the good of Monsters Sam Furst to the show. Ken and Sam discuss haunted houses, Ghostbusters costumes, The Nightmare on Elm St series, Terminator 2, Halloween TV edits, "making of" TV specials, The Witches, Spawn, the depressing nature of Pet Semetary, Stephen King, New England Halloween, not wanting to...

September 30 - October 5, 2000 FALL PREVIEW ALERT! Today Ken welcomes comedian, podcaster and movie lover Doug Benson to the show. Ken and Doug discuss Chinatown hotels, le petite cine, tv vs. movies, the importance of recognition, Jeff Goldblum: President, Lorne Michaels' New Show, Fall Previews, Geena Davis, roads not taken, When Things Were Rotten, canceled shows, 9/11 and Television, Ed Asner,...

Today Ken welcomes musician, writer Tracy Newman to the show. Ken and Tracy discuss pre-interviews, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Ricky Jay, card magic, telling a story in 20 minutes, Ed McMahon, false confidence, knowing a performer, being yourself on stage, improv, The Groundlings, The Three Stooges, Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Betty White, live TV, Phil Silvers, Ernie Kovacs, D...

October 17-23, 1998 Today Ken welcomes Boston comedian Tawanda Gona to the show. Ken and Tawanda discuss Tawands'a first trip to Ken's home, thesuburbs, Hyde Park, Wilmington North Carolina, being born inZimbabwe, Fast 5, African bootlegs, never having a real birthdayparty, Atlanta, having parents who are super smartbio-statisticians, Smart Guy, molestation, Ken's Comedy Centraldebut, the wonders...

April 9-15, 1983 Today Ken welcomes author and actor Diane Franklin (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Better Off Dead, The Last American Virgin) to the show. Ken and Diane discuss Diane's compliments for Ken, bringing your own TV Guides (BYOTVGs), Long Island, modeling, Soap Opera acting, That Girl, being a first generation American of German descent, Lawrence Welk, size vs. time, Valerie Bertone...

April 23-29, 1994 Today Ken welcome actress, comedian and fellow Massachusetts native Erica Rhodes to the show. Ken and Erica discuss Boston accents, Newton Pedigree, Prairie Home Companion, The Nutcracker, Jason Alexander's clothes, Hollywood, Robert Altman, PT Anderson, Pee Wee's Playhouse, TV Contests, not having a TV until you're 7, the horror of Alice in Wonderland on TV, being scared of horr...

January 14-20, 1978 Today Ken welcomes comedian, actor, writer and fake internet judge John Hodgman to the show. Ken and John discuss John's love of the Wilbur Theater, how good cold marble feels on your armpits, The Combat Zone, tunnels, nudie bars, questing for a Quest for Fire, Brookline as The Vatican, Videosmith, Doug Loves Movies, Jim Gaffigan's wasteful performance rider, washing dishes in...

September 11-17, 1971 Today Ken welcomes actress, writer, musician, artist Ann Magnuson to the show. Ken and Ann discuss Ann's interesting history with TV Guide, literally keeping up with the Joneses, the importance of The Fall Preview issue, The Psychotronic Video Guide, Club 57, The Cramps, PBS, educational through television, The Space Lady, YouTube holes, anti-Hippie Scare Films, LSD, Dragnet,...

Today Ken welcomes actor/comedian Mark Valley (Keen Eddie, Fringe, Human Target) to the show. Ken and Mark discuss the nature of leaf blowing, the mid 70s, the premier of Barney Miller, upstate New York, taping TV on audio cassettes, Soap Opera exposition, earning cue cards, Marlon Brando, how a military career being stationed in Germany leads to becoming an actor, growing up with CBC and Canadian...

March 15-21, 1997 Today Ken welcomes comedian and loyal listener Ryan Shores tothe show. Ken and Ryan discuss Ken's "Very Special Episode" One man showfrom 2008, Mr. Belvedere, AIDS, The Hogan Family, Orange County,Goosebumps, Elmo, Wishbone, America's Most Ticklish Toddler, MMA,ESPN 2 Strongest Man in the World Competitions, America's MostWanted, COPS, Scottish Fiddle, Joe Dante's Second Civil Wa...

Today Ken welcomes actress Musetta Vander to the show. Ken and Musetta discuss proper name pronunciation, beingfascinated by America, being a second generation professionaldancer, being ruled by fate, hosting a video show on South AfricanTV, Blade Runner, having no TV in South Africa until the mid-70s,the value of radio dramas, the intimacy of television, CarolBurnett, the shock of American happin...

October 30 - November 5, 1993 Today Ken welcomes comedian and television writer M. Dickson tothe show. Ken and M. discuss selling a show to Hollywood, writing a book,hair metal, New Jersey, coming from a Water Park family, meetingMichael Jackson, meeting a fake Michael Jackson, living a cablelatch key kid existence, Sesame Street. loving Jim Henson, MuppetTreasure Island, Dinosaurs, Rescue 911, Ki...

Because YOU the listener demanded it, Ken presents a special edition of the show focusing on game shows with his guest, Old School Game Show figurehead Mike D'Angelo. Ken and Mike discuss the best show in Boston, gameshow tape traders, making your own radio mix tapes, Long Distance Dedications, Sir Italian Newton, TV Broadcast Towers, The Gong Show, the three categories of celebrity game show, Nat...