TV Guidance Counselor

Today Ken welcomes singer, actress Jill Schoelen to theshow. Ken and Jill discuss growing up in the Valley, inexplicableaccents, growing up near Disney Studios, Encino, being discoveredin school, your kids hating your past work, Popcorn, recording inJamaica, inadvertent Scream Queen Status, Made-for-TV movies, Whena Stranger Calls Again, working with Ray Walston, The Stepfather,Mr. Ed, Emergency!,...

In this special true BONUS episode Ken digs into the Reid Archives and pulls out some interviews with his 16-19 year old selves during his "lost" years when he was in a punk rock band. There's surprisingly more TV content than there should be. Come for the bad Boston accents, stay for the bad Boston accents. 

June 12-18, 1999 Today Ken welcomes author and comedian Erin Judge to the show. Ken and Erin discuss Ken's pop culture "leakage", Ken's esoteric monster hunting knowledge, New England obsessions with scented candles, Brooklyn to Texas, Wellesley College, Freshman Dorm TV viewing, how 1999 was the Year of the Woman on Television, Ally McBeal, Felicity, "Hollywood 60", Buffy The Vampire Slayer, bein...

Today Ken welcomes husband and wife Rachel (writer, editorBoston Magazine) and Sean Slade (engineer & producer, Hole'sLive Through This, The Pixies, Radiohead's Creep) to the show. Ken, Rachel and Sean discuss the love of musty attic smells,lack of smokers owning TV Guides, growing up in New York City andPhiladelphia respectively, going into the city, The Bijou in TimesSquare, silent films, Downto...

On this special Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens edition of the show Ken welcomes musician and actor of face and voice Mr. Robbie Rist (The Brady Bunch, TMNT, Kidd Video) to the show. Ken and Robbie discuss The Cousin Oliver incident, Kidd Video, being a musical kid, twists of fate, growing up in Los Angeles, being a Mad Scientist, Monster Movies, B-Movie innovation, fantasies of murdering Cousin Oliv...

Today Ken welcomes writer, sometimes actor, producer David Fury(Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Lost, Fringe, 24, Dream On) to theshow. Ken and David discuss high school guidance counselors, SoapOperas, General Hospital, One Life to Live, living on or in LongIsland, assisting Elizabeth Taylor, Luke and Laura, Stand Up,sketch comedy, learning comedy through repetition, Bob Newhart,WPIX, being a Monster K...

Today Ken welcomes actor and filmmaker James Lorinz to the show. Ken and James discuss the 1970s, growing up in Queens, Barney Miller, Gregory Ciera, killing hold up men, Valerie Harper's City, serious episodes, Good Times, Normal Lear, All in the Family, One Day at a Time, spending quality time with Talcum Powder, Mannix, being the Monster under the Castro Convertible, shooting on the lot, Tom Po...

Today Ken welcomes actress Lisa Wilcox (Nightmare on Elm St. 4 +5) to the show. Ken and Lisa discuss the emotion of walking down memory lane,missing the simplicity of the TV Guide, catching up with the times,Twin Peaks, thirtysomething, Gilligan's Island, having two "goodTVs", Fantasy Island/Love Boat, odd family viewing, appointmenttelevision, Little House on the Prairie, growing up in Missouri,f...

Today Ken welcomes the authors of the new book Fade Up: 26 The Movers and Shakers of Variety Television Steve Binder and Dr. Mary Beth Leidman. First up Ken speaks with producer/director Steve Binder. Ken and Steve discuss proper pronunciations, Col. Tom Parker, KABC TV LA, going from the mail room to the control room, Soupy Sales, Vampira, the timelessness of television, preserving the past, lovi...

September 12-18, 1987 Today Ken welcomes comedian Guy Branum to the show. Ken and guy discuss the tease of the Fall Preview issue, Rags toRiches, TV Musicals, Cop Rock, mid-season replacements, ChickenSoup, Ted Harbert dating Chelsea Handler, Jamie Tarses, G4, MTV's IWant to be a VJ contest, childhood love of crossing over into theTV world, MTV's invention of modern reality TV, the fame drug, theH...

Today Ken welcomes actress, singer, songwriter, Olivia d'Abo to the show. Ken and Olivia discuss the origins of the show's title, Bolero, French as a first language, TV Guide, The Wonder Years, being in Mad Magazine, Electric Boogaloo, New Mexico, being the eternal outsider, having an ear for accents, dirty little gypsies, Bo Derek, the disappointment of cornrows, biblical floods, Conan: The Destr...

Today Ken welcomes writer/director/producer and former actressCheryl Pollak (Pump Up the Volume, The Heights, Hull High, My BestFriend's a Vampire)to the show. Ken and Cheryl discuss Cheryl's surprise at Ken's fandom, HullHigh, being ahead of the times, The Heights, Cop Rock, My BestFriend's a Vampire, What's Alan Watching?, Live Shot, Alien Nation,wanting to be fired, Roomies, Jordache Jeans, Mam...

November 23-29, 1991 Today Ken welcomes Save Ferris front woman and occasionalactress Monique Powell to the show. Ken and Monique discuss the worst weather Los Angeles has everhad, MTV, Remote Control, Orange County, The Golden Girls, SaturdayNight Live, The Go-Go's, Save Ferris, The World is New video, KROQ,Oingo Boingo, punk rock stabbing, Hepcat on the Flash, Dance HallCrashers, 10 Things I Hat...

On this very special birthday edition of the show Ken welcomes actor and Boston legend Ted Danson to the show. Ken and Ted discuss Ted's lack of childhood television access, the mythical TV Guide use at Ted's cousins' house, Creepshow, Basketball, getting into acting for the sake of a date, Cheers, Taxi, Best of the West, getting that Lone Ranger look, being bilked by comic book ads, Dick Van Dyke...

May 19-25, 2001 Today Ken welcomes comedian Casey Malone to the show. Ken and Casey discuss gangsters, forgetting 9/11, The West Wing,miserable jerk Doctors, 19th Birthdays, the wonders of being overage 18, buying pornography, comic book stores of ill repute, StarTrek, Marvel Cards, Comedy Central, a life without cable, SNL,gamers, Mortal Kombat, Dan Ackroyd, Neighbors, Cops, Columbo, classwarfare...

Summer Scare-A-Con Special! Today Ken speaks with legendary Exploitation movie scholar Joe Bob Briggs and the Mads of MST3k Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff. First up Ken talks to Joe Bob Briggs (TNT's Monstervision, Joe Bob's Drive In Theater). Ken and Joe Bob talk about the horrors of Springfield, classic sleazy neighborhoods, Help Reviews, being introduced to The Howling 7, anonymous oddities,...

Today Ken welcomes former actor, current lawyer Troy Slaten tothe show. Ken and Troy discuss Troy's work clothes, legal issues,stenographer tidbits, being a talking head on 24 news channels,Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Melanie Chartoff, Cagney & Lacey, the"lost" Cagney, learning on the set, growing up in Calabasas, Beta,The Revell Funster Funbird, Reese's Pieces, commercials, Grandma'scard came leadin...

July 6-12 , 1974 Today Ken welcomes author Elizabeth Crane to the show. Ken and Elizabeth discuss when Cambridge was cool, New York editions of TV Guide, having life time subscriptions to TV Guide, Lucy, keeping scrapbooks, All In the Family vs. The Partridge Family, loving Danny, bus station TV, having a TV in your room, the secret origins of Ken's TV knowledge, the importance of context, The Gla...

September 12-18, 1992 FALL PREVIEW ALERT! Today Ken welcomes musician, and all around quality human beingBrett Anderson (The Donnas, The Stripminers) to the show. Ken and Brett discuss The Heights, The Ben Stiller Show, TwinPeaks inside Beverly Hills 90210 outside, moving from Indiana toCalifornia, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, appearing on Charmed,Jawbreaker, Ken's first meeting with Brett in...

Today Ken welcomes actress Josie Davis (Charles in Charge, Lifetime, Beverly Hills 90210) to the show. Ken and Josie discuss the wonders of Nespresso, if anyone actually knows who Josie is, Charles in Charge, Out of This World, the hard work that goes into not aging, coming from an acting family, Hollywood cosmetic surgery, how the stoic look best, acting in commercials at 3, being replaced by Sug...

March 8-12, 1980 Today Ken welcomes writer, Tick-creator and all around personal hero Ben Edlund to the show. Ken and Ben discuss going through the looking glass from Massachusetts, desire to play by the rules, a multi-TV household, piloting the house from the kitchen, The Muppets, Henson's subversive PBS model, WGBH, Zoom, trying to live the California lifestyle in New England, CHiPs, Beefcake Ba...

For his monumental 150th (!) episode Ken is honored to welcome the fantastic, fabulous, one and only Cassandra Peterson, also known as Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Ken and Cassandra discuss who the hell she is, drag disguises, the trappings of celebrity, the great flood, Colorado, the 70s conservative Christian invaders, being a show girl in Las Vegas, living on a farm without a TV, "The Silver Ac...

Today Ken welcomes author, comedian Mary Jo Pehl (Mystery Science Theater 3000) to the show. Ken and Mary Jo discuss being a TV Guide crossword puzzle answer, Jeopardy, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Twin Cities, Minnesota, obsessions with Roddy McDowell, How Green was My Valley, planning your week around movies on TV, falling in love with men of questionable sexuality, Scott Baio, Happy Days,...

September 9-15, 1978 FALL PREVIEW ALERT! Today Ken welcomes artist and former comedian Brian Gordon to the show. Ken and Brian discuss how long its been since they've seen each other, pneumatic tubes, temp jobs, ADHD, Brockton, Baseball, how crowd work skills can help communicate with people with autism, Ted Williams' frozen head, Ed Gein, The Cutting Edge, collecting artifacts, Maura Kelly replac...

August 26 - September 1, 1995 Today Ken welcomes comedian Jordan Handren-Seavey. Ken and Jordan discuss how to properly pronounce Jordan's last names, Maine, Saturday Night Life, doing impressions, adult humor, French, Potatoes, your first encounter with an African American, not having cable, MTV fishing, bootlegs, 100 episode strip shows, serialization, HBO, the golden age of TV bowling, being ho...