TV Guidance Counselor

August 3-9, 1991   In this episode recorded LIVE! at ImprovBoston as part of the 2015 Women in Comedy Festival, Ken welcomes writer, musician, comedian and midwesterner Mary Mack to the show.    Ken and Mary discuss Mid-western attendance, central time, copious notes, realizing what you missed as a kid, roof mounted antennas, Punky Brewster, two beers as the cure for sadness, why Ken could never h...

November 2-8, 1963 In this episode recorded at Musso & Frank's the legendary Hollywood dining establishment, Ken welcomes former comedian and current author Klph Nesteroff to the show. Ken and Kliph discuss prime rib, butter levels, direct connections to old Hollywood, classic TV and showbiz knowledge, Kliph's origin story, Hee Haw songs, the backwoods of rural Canada, CTV vs. City Television, Hoc...

April 30 - May 3, 1983   In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, Ken welcomes John Glaser and Eugene Mirman himself to the show.   Ken, Jon and Eugene Discuss what's worrying TV's Sexiest Detective, Jerry Orbauch's sex appeal, Boston edition TV Guides, artists' renditions of the famous, Chicago as a Detroit suburb, why Detroit...

This week Ken welcomes actress Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst. Ken and Elizabeth discuss Sherman Oaks, the unavailability of your favorite shows, the precursor of Arrested Development, Showtime, networks vs. cable, The Fox network, classic Hollywood discovery stories, Married...with Children, the terror of performing in front of a live audience, holding for the laughs, ABC's Gary Marshall Tuesday Nig...

October 6-12, 1984 The Boston Marathon Marathon concludes! In this episode Ken welcomes writer, comedian, actor and international man's man Chris Coxen to the show. Ken and Chris discuss Transformers major appliances, the TV "sweet spot", Morgan Fairchild vs. Lynda Carter, Airwolf, TJ Hooker, Jan Michael Vincent, Evil Twins, Chris' constant name dropping, Big Wednesday, When the Saints Go Marching...

April 11-17, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Continues In this episode Ken welcomes master musician and comedian Kelly Roberge to the show. Ken and Kelly discuss whether or not Jay Leno is up to it, Golden Girls, Kelly's favorite Starship songs, hoping your grandparents are not sexual people, The Pope, Bubba Smith, finding someone who knows less about sports than Ken, Baywatch meeting Gilligan's I...

September 17-23, 1994 Boston Marathon Monday Continues! In this episode Ken welcomes comedian Chris Dimitrakopoulos, professionally known as "Chris D". Ken and Chris discuss UK Lion Bars, never using TV Guide, Greek immigrants, Teen Wolf, public nudity, John Ritter's short shorts, van surfing, Cops, Back to the Beach, Team Reid outdoor movie nights, Kenny Rogers, Baywatch, SNICK, The Simpsons, a r...

BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY July 27 - August 2, 1985 This week Ken welcomes comedian and promoter Rob Crean. Ken and Rob discuss dangerous travel conditions, Pitch Black Dark, Miami Vice, Don Johnson's music career, The Return of Bruno, Michael Mann, Airwolf, Summer reruns, TJ Hooker via SNL, Baby Boomer music, Where the Boys Are, 9 hours and 5 minutes of Dana Hersey's all night party, It's Your Move,...

May 28-June 3, 1988 Boston Marathon Monday! Ken welcomes comedian Danielle Soto to the show. Ken and Danielle discuss being drawn to a time before you were born, 1988 births, Family Ties, repressed memories of ever having used a TV Guide, Ken's TV Week/Toaster Oven TV Guide/Toaster Theory (again), Facts of Life, Back-door pilots, Empty Nest, Tumpy's marijuana addiction leading to bad gift giving,...

December 19-25, 1992 The Boston Marathon Monday Marathon Begins! Ken welcomes comedian Will Smalley to the show. Ken and Will discuss Ken's credentials, military recruitment, the best kinds of glue, Christmas week, MTV's Rock N Jock Softball, Cops, Roundhouse: World's Worst Show, Ren And Stimpy, SNICK, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Edge, Julie Brown vs. Downtown Julie Brown, The Young Comedians...

September 10-16, 1978 Record Store Day Special! This week Ken welcomes comedian and Weirdo Records impresario Angela Sawyer to the show. Ken and Angela discuss dogs having accident, virtual reality, unexpected pets, having never seen Black people, racist names for animals, regional racism, Colorado, UMass Lowell, Odyssey of the Mind, Colorado: The Nexus of Pop Culture in the Beige Age, Aspen poor...

June 28-July 4, 1997 This week Ken welcomes comedian and poet Wes Hazard. Ken and Wes discuss Ken's hoodie collection, shared celebrity birthdays, Ken's 17th birthday, Agent Orange, the you now and the you at 17 having different tastes, Cops, America's Most Wanted, the scariest Unsolved Mysteries Ken ever saw, learning gay pick up spots from Farley Bros movies, Fashion Bug, Dress Barn, Snick, Robi...

This week Ken welcomes actor/comedian Allan Havey to the show. Ken and Allan discuss the beauty of Santa Monica, growing up in Miami, working blue, Catholic Families, watching the Tonight Show with Dad, playing a priest at 5 years old, the magic of hearing your own voice for the first time, kids being seen and not heard, The Three Stooges, the early silent comedies, The Twilight Zone, watching any...

May 15-21, 1993 This week Ken welcomes comedian, TV host and author Max Silvestri to the show. Ken and Max discuss Cheers, having your own wing of the house, sneaking wrestling, waiting to get the good cable channels, Sci Fi Channel, living in the 'boro, being an early adopter of the internet fandom age, TiVo, being a Nielsen Family, saving genre shows single handedly, being an only child, Prodigy...

This week Ken welcomes comedian and actress Mary Lynn Rajskub to the show. Ken and Mary Lynn discuss technical spring, Detroit, odd parental choices, punk rock, being shaken to your core, Ken's unusual positivity and not Jesus complex, Gone Baby Gone's accuracy, stand up comedy road work and it's relation to your family, early bed times, central time privilege, Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacy, art scho...

In this week's episode Ken welcomes comedian Paula Poundstone to the show. Ken and Paula discuss the 60s Batman and it's death traps, Liberace, TMZ, Jennifer Aniston's possible pregnancies, America's desire to see celebrities fail, idolizing the wrong people, how actors are able to continue to work with bad material, awards shows, Roasts, Alex Trebek's hidden humor, Betty White's unauthorized back...

In this episode Ken welcomes Irish comedian and television personality Maeve Higgins to the show.   Ken and Maeve discuss theater basements, Tuba based misunderstandings, RTE 1 and 2: Ireland's only television, TV in Zimbabwe, The Tracy Ullman Show, seeing the Simpsons for the first time, 7 Brides for 7 Blues Brothers, books as dick fuel, Home & Away, Australian soaps, parental hypocrisy, hidden c...

June 3-9, 1989 This week ken welcomes former Boston, current LA Comedian Laura Crawford. Ken and Laura talk about Ken's technology paranoia, Oprah, Richard Bey and the other trashy talk shows, Rickie Lake's Urban fanbase, Living Single, how Ken might have been a young black woman, MTV Dating shows, picking the mom over the daughter, remaking geeks into chic, mean high school nicknames, the "boy wi...

Saturday December 18, 1993 This week Ken welcomes back to the show comedian and author Anthony Scibelli.  Ken and Anthony discuss Winter Phlegm humor, sexy adult cereals, The Hack Handbook, Jay Leno's penis, Christmas week for half jews, Eastern Religions, weekend routines, gravitating towards old time comedy, the importance of B&W,  cartoon voice over legends, Comic Book: the Movie, The Animaniac...

This week Ken welcomes actress Molly Hagan (Herman's Head, The Nutt House) to the show.  Ken and Molly discuss the speed of television, Herman's Head, Election, cringing, auditioning in front of your rivals, Northwestern University, growing up in Indiana, coming from a big family, Johnny Quest, Clutch Cargo, being too young to negotiate, Bob Newhart Show, Mary Tyler Moore, The Carol Burnett, All I...

September 21-27, 1985 This week Ken welcomes Boston Comedian, and fellow former punk rock teen Matt Kona to the show. Ken and Matt discuss strong coffee, cookie plates, sweeps week, micro-film, George Burns Comedy Playhouse, UHF vs VHF, WLVI Kids' Club, Ken's Teenage Punk rock band, hardcore bands named after Nintendo names, TV horror anthologies, The Christian Broadcasting Network, Stacey Keach's...

July 4-10,1987 This week Ken welcomes old friends, David and Christopher Walsh, collectively known as The Walsh Brothers. Ken, David and Chris discuss family dynamics, alternate universe Walsh Brothers, why Ken is not a conservative Southern politician, inserting the disc, commuting to school, the subtleties of Boston public transportation,  Texas Chainsaw Massaca, when your childhood home because...

In this episode Ken welcomes comedian, actor, producer Paul Provenza. Ken and Paul discuss Kids Court, robbing drug dealers, growing up in New York, being chained to development deals, failing to update I Spy, growing up a comedy nerd, comedy LPs, the crossroads of comedy's past and future, Graham Norton, claims of a lack of English language skills, the power of comedians, being a teenage stand up...

April 4-10, 1992 This week Ken welcomes stand up comedian and mastermind behind the Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction empire Bryan Cook. Ken and Bryan discuss bi-coastal hoarding, the standard cleaning fee for removing TV Guides from a rental car, those sexy soaps, growing up in Maine cable-free, Satellite Dish culture, old people scent, Brian Dennehy's gift, Willfred Brimley's laundry, Gulf War trad...

In this one year anniversary special of the show, guest TV Guidance Counselor Sean Sullivan welcomes Ken Reid to the show. Ken and Sean review this week's edition of TV Guide and go through Ken's picks of two weeks of modern television from Monday February 16 to Sunday March 1, 2015.