This week Ken welcomes legendary warm up comic, and author of the essential memoir "Warm Up Guy", Bob Perlow to the show.

Ken and Bob discuss the side of Rhode Island, Night of the Comet, Gary Marshall, being conscripted into warming up the audience, Newhart, falling into writing on Laveren and Shirley, discovering audiences want T-shirts, the power of sound queues, America's Host, the sequestered audience of a sitcom taping, how Friends tapings could take up to 8 hours, Dream On, the three hour limit, trying to keep the energy up, Full House, the unique weirdness of multi-cam sitcoms, being one of the elite few warm up comics, the 1978 -2008 sweet spot, Cheers, Night Court, Taxi, writing for Who's the Boss, Danny Arnold, being an extra on Barney Miller, torturing Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine, Vanity Plates, the horror of being famous and poor, seeing a former star now bartending, shows filmed outside during COVID, Oh! Madeline, the best sitcoms and the worst, The Single Guy, the classic mistake of not coming out and saying hello to the audience, how great Bob Newart is, the power of Robin Williams, how Tony Danza was absolutely the boss, photo mats, prank shows, getting hired as a writer having never written anything, being a tour guide, Angie, offering your services for free to get established, Robert Hayes, Makin' It, LA traffic, warming up the Tonight Show, Jay Leno, doubling up on gigs despite traffic, having a video to play if you're running late, Harry Anderson, getting fired from Home Improvement because Tim Allen is insecure, warming up a Michael Jackson video, warming up Susan Powter videos, 9 to 5, Major Dad, when actors take the part too seriously because they are wearing a uniform, Candid Camera, wanting to see some people get their competence, Grace Under Fire, Brett Butler, Cybill, getting photos with celebrities, aspirations to be on screen, how performers are not shy, Andy Kauffman on the set of Taxi, Annette Funicello, Growing Pains, Let Bob Do It, treating your audience with respect, Coach, Bob Saget, why you DO want to meet your heroes, why it's best to stay in a warm up gig for the long haul, being so you nobody can steal it, keeping souvenirs, giving away swag, keeping the diner sign from the Laverne and Shirley episode you wrote, running into people on the studio lot, Roseanne's late night show, how hard it is to make a living, being in Robin Williams improv group, The Larry Sanders Show, and getting out at the right time.

September 24-30, 1955 FALL PREVIEW

This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian and film fan Josh Fadem to the show.

Ken and Josh discuss being the first TVGC dandy, being swell, the age of guests, the 1950s, blacklisting, film noir, Ida Lupina, Columbo, John Cassavetes, Josh's Tulsa Noir Night, Oklahoma, German Expressionism, Eddie Muller of TCM, TV vs. Films, old Hollywood gossip rags, loving old ads, Doom Flipping, Touch of Evil, late period trashy Noir, The Killing, Jim Thompson, Ben Casey, Micky Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly, Mike Hammer, The Girl Hunters, Chuck Connors, The Rifleman vs Branded, Robert Mitchum, Old Gringo, Gregory Peck, Humphry Bogart, Rod Steiger, acting styles, the 2000s sketch comedy voice, Candy Clark, Twin Peaks, being seduced by Angie Dickinson, Fall Previews, Peter Laughford, Winky Dink and You, Ernie Kovacs, Edie Adams, Playhouse 15, Live television, Backlash, Richard Wydmark, The Lucy Show, Ed Sullivan, Night of the Hunter, Lillian Gish, Pearl Bailey, The Outside Man, Ann-Margaret, Howard Hesman, Billy Jack improv, updating IMDB for other people, The Love God, bad acting choices, Three for Bedroom C, Adventure Walks with Mark Sabre, free diamonds, rocket ships, the singing rage of Patty Paige, Robert Shane, Shaggy, defective detectives, Racket Squad, big time arsonists, Studio 1, NY City Dramas, Counterfitter Detectives, The Little Rascals/Our Gang, Mr. District Attorney, expensive 1950s long distance phone calls, Mercedes McCambridge, Cleveland's Cafe Intime', The Alcatraz Hotel, the pictures, lavender bath soap, James Cagney, echo tape recorders, American Poem Songs, Charles Bronson, Vernon Chapman, and how Andy Griffith should have been in a version of The Killer Inside Me.

This week Ken welcomes artist, all around coolest human, and writer/illustrator of the Minky Woodcock comic series, including the newest volum "The Girl Called Cthlulu", Cynthia Von Buhler.

(yes I know I called it "Mindy" Woodcock a couple times instead of "Minky". It's Minky)

Ken and Cynthia discuss Ken's fandom, art, coming up in Boston, the Boston Phoenix, growing up in Western MA, Children's Books, illustrating, noir, alternative history, HP Lovecraft, Tesla, Alestair Crowley, going to Art School, living in London, people missing the joke, tongue in cheek, Women of Sodom, parody, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Sid & Marty Kroft, immersive theater, Illuminati Ball, Land of the Lost, Jem, Crime Story, Faces of Death, extreme video nasties, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, I Spit on Your Grave, Japanese weirdness, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Letters to Cleo, appearing in the Macy's parade, being a free range child, consuming things more deeply because they are harder to get, being shocked you have no tattoos, James Bond, how society's pop culture has caught up with the underground, Gumby, Archie, Hubba Hubba, Davey and Goliath, Christian Shows, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, how all kinds are hard wired to love monsters, Squid Games, Patchinko, loving foreign television, subtitles, Korean Culture, Mad Men, the difficulty of telling stories in ongoing TV series, knowing when a story is done, trauma induced nightmares, and the weird legacy of HP Lovecraft.