Gary Has Issues

It was a twisted road that brought Producer Laurie Zaks success. It began giving tours at NBC, a few stopovers at Comedy Central and CBS before she developed and produced the mega-hit “Castle”. She now helms her own production company with a very specific mission. Before we spoke with Laurie, Gary and Kenny debate where Garys’ career went off the rails.

He went from Madtv to Saturday Night Live. His character“Drunk Girl” was a regular on “Weekend Update”. With his own repertoire of characters and impersonations it turned out the only cast he really needed was himself. Which he showcases on the aptly named “The Jeff Richard’s Show”. Enjoy our candid conversation with Jeff and a few of his celebrity friends that live inside his head.

Comedian and talk show host, John Poveromo joins Gary & Kenny to share stories, opinions and how his  very popular show, named after an imagined state of great suffering andinjustice, “Dystopia Tonight” came to be.

If you like to hear Gary & Kenny rattle on about how much better looking we are then old people used to be, the price of being a provocateur and hear Kenny's  Andy Warhol story.  If that’s exactly what you’re looking for, or possibly even close, this is the episode for you!

From living in his car and friends garages to becoming EP/Showrunner for the $100M “John Wick” prequel “The Continental” that is now filming in Budapest. We go half way around the world and speak with Kirk about his journey, life on-location in Hungary, the John Wick universe and working with Mel Gibson. It’s a fascinating, fun and revealing conversation with a special bonus of Kirk doing his impe...

This week is a potpourri of topics that include pot and pourri. Kenny talks about his frightening day at the zoo, Gary on wine (literally), Gary shows off his announcer chops and other entertaining repartee. You’ll never get the half-hour back again but that doesn’t mean you won’t have a good time.

James Rolfe and his long running YouTube character "The Angry Video Game Nerd" are household names to over 3.5 Million subscribers.  A triple threat as a Gamer, a Movie buff and a rock and roller, he joins The Gary & Kenny Show to talk about how he started his career as an internet broadcasting pioneer, how he manages to get the job done without leaving home and we discover some things about K...

He was in the room with George Lucas editing “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back” . He was in the room with De Palma editing “Carrie” , “Blowout” and “Mission Impossible” . He was in the room with John Hughes editing “ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ” and "Planes, Trains & Automobiles”, and Herb Ross doing “Footloose”. He was in the room with Joel Schumacher editing " Falling Down” and with Tay...

At 5, Clark Gable took him on a horseback ride, his dad was head of Paramount Pictures. Hawk was involved in the making of “Chinatown” , “The Way We Were” “Heaven Can Wait” “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Wayne’s World” just to name a few! He’s the former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the Producers Guild of America. And we’re talking to him right before the Oscars ! A don’t miss fascinati...

He wrote for sitcoms Roseanne , Reba , Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place , Grace Under Fire and Last Man Standing . He hosted the game shows : Hold Everything, Love Connection and Card Sharks . Pat Bullard is funny, handsome and a helluva nice guy. Which makes it hard for the rest of us to compete.

Beth McCarthy-Miller is a 10 time Emmy Nominee, 11 seasons directing Saturday Night Live . She’s directed The MTV VMA’ s, The Super Bowl Half Time shows, dozens of 1/2 hour comedies including 30 Rock, Veep , Modern Family, The Kaminsky Method , Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Young Sheldon just to name a few. We talk beginnings, highlights, lowlights and whether she thought Kenny was a good boss.

Cathy Ladman’s a comedian, actor, writer and fortunately for us a good friend. Is Santa Real? Doing stand-up wearing protective gear, and of course an uplifting discussion on the upside of death and other holiday themed topics. We love our conversations with Cathy in our final show of 2021. Happy New Year. We hope.

From Casting Director to Director to running a Studio for Actors,  Risa talks about auditioning, casting and what to do with all those old tapes. She shares stories about her collaboration with Oliver Stone, finding Sandra Bullock and directing the cult favorite“200 Cigarettes”. 

With the holiday release of the Sing 2 we’re bringing back our exclusive conversation with the person behind that film and many others including the franchises for “The Grinch”, “Dispicable Me”, “Ice Age”, “The Minions”, “The Secret Life of Pets”, just to name a few. And what’s up with the Shrek sequel and the Mario Brothers movie!

Gary and Kenny bring in the holidays! We talk about turkeys, cows, cruises and resting meat. And speaking of meat…we meet Joe Sill, a filmmaker who creates futuristic worlds.  We hope you enjoy and have a happy, safe Thanksgiving.

He’s been directing Saturday Night Live for the past 17 years and is about to step down. Emmy winning Director Don Roy King shares his thoughts, stories and challenges of mounting the 90 minute comedy behemoth each week. 

The original “Magnum P.I, “Shades of Blue”, “Elementary, “White Collar", “Army Wives” “Burn Notice"....the list goes on and on. If you ever watched episodic TV, you've seen his work. We talk about how he became a showrunner, his worst experience, his best experience and  why he's still mad at Kenny.

Mark Gordon's  list of TV and movie credits are impressive; " Saving Private Ryan", " The Patriot",  " Speed" , " The Day after Tomorrow", " Steve Jobs" , " Murder on the Orient Express" , " Grey's Anatomy", " Criminal Minds" and " Ray Donovan"  just to name a few. What is also impressive is we got him to come on and answer questions submitted by our audience. And we get his  take on the recent tr...

Getting stood up, pairing a seasick patch with a good wine and shampooing your monkey. That,  and musical discovery Carly and the Universe.

Novelist, Screenwriter, Director, Allison Burnett discusses filmmaking and why it’s great to have a girls name.

We wanted to know what was going on with the young people so we invited, Chris Kroeger, Gary’s son, to speak on their behalf. What are they watching, listening too, and how Covid has turned there lives upside down.

SCTV, SNL Schitt’s Creek, Ground Hog Day, are just a few of Robin Dukes credits. She founded the comedy sketch troupe “Woman Fully Clothed” and is now a college professor teaching writing and acting. But we wanted to know if she was ever drunk while performing.

Richard Kind has fooled us all. I guess that’s what good actors do. He’s fooled us to think he was just a funny face on shows like “Spin City”,  “Mad About You”, or his current role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.  But then he shows up in movies like “A Serious Man” and “Argo. He gets a Tony nomination and wins the Drama Desk award for his role in the play “The Big Knife”. Richard is a joy and as he st...

Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield saw a quiet young kid at SNL and figured he couldn’t be any worse than anybody else, so they took a shot and wrote a bit for him for Weekend Update. He killed. It was Eddie Murphy. The three of them went on to collaborate on some of the most iconic of SNL skits; Gumby, Buckwheat, and James Brown’s Hot Tub. The collaboration continued with them writing Coming To...

He wrote jokes and did stand-up. He wrote on Becker, The Nanny, Futurama, Paranormal Action Squad and Family Guy. And now he’s written a book about his journey, “It’s a Funny Thing: How the professional Comedy Business Made me Fat & Bald”. Larry David said, “If you’ve ever had any interest in comedians….you will devour Mike Rowe’s insightful, personal and yes, very funny book.”