Sun, May 24, 2020
Meet your podcast host Comedian Jeff Dwoskin as he fulfills his #StayAtHome dream by launching his own podcast. Lots of great interviews and topics including a fun deep dive into some fun hashtags blowing up on Twitter via Hashtag Roundup. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #IfIWereAMildlyAnnoyingThief.
Sun, May 24, 2020
Looking to make fast, amazing Q&A videos? You'll love my interview with Brian Alvey, CEO of Answers RN (answers.link/app) an app that has revolutionized Q&A sessions. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #MyAdviceForGrads.
Sun, May 24, 2020
What do you do when XM comedy legend Bob Phillips (@BobTheSuit) wants to swing by your show to promote his 3rd album? You say, YES. Bob denies being Tony Stark and we dive into the current state of comedy during the current pandemic. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #SongsThatDescribe2020.
Sun, May 31, 2020
Lance Gould (@lancegould) joins us to talk about World Environment Day and his work with the UN. We promise you that no other podcast will teach you as much about elephants as this one will - You're welcome. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #FakeElephantFacts.
Mon, Jun 8, 2020
Dan Zehr (@MrZehr) joins us to talk about Star Wars. We reflect on the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and Dan share with us the best order to watch all the Star Wars movies (important now that they are all on Disney +) and Dan goes deep on a great lesson from Master Yoda.
Sat, Jun 13, 2020
Princess Pinky Girl, Jennifer Fishkind, is in the house. Jennifer is an expert blogger and high profile pinner on Pinterest. We discuss the in and outs of Pinterest and lay the groundwork for pinning success. Looking to learn more about how to leverage Pinterest? This is the show for you.
Thu, May 21, 2020
Ricky Glore is a super hilarious comedian who just released his new album, "Spitting Image." We dive deep into how he developed and honed his material into his spectacular new album. If you're looking for inspiration and a battle plan to layout and meet your goals this interview should inspire you.
Sun, Jul 5, 2020
Alan "BIG AL" Muskovitz, Detroit radio legend and star of Dick Purtan and Purtan's People for over 18 years (1992-2010) joins Jeff for an amazing conversation. BIG AL recalls some great moments he had with Regis Philbin and Jerry Lewis. We also discuss comedy back in BIG AL's radio days vs. the state of comedy today. We also share a story about Tim Allen and advice from BIG AL's mom.
Sun, Jul 19, 2020
Honored to have actor, writer, and producer Larry Hankin as a guest this week. Larry has an amazing 50-year career in TV and movies. Larry talks about his beginnings as a stand-up comic and his transition to improv via 'Second City' and a 10-year run as a member of 'The Committee'. Great stories about his old friends Carl Gottlieb (writer of 'JAWS') and Howard Hessman (Dr. Johnny Fever on 'WKRP in Cincinnati') and how Penny Marshal discovered him and gave Larry his first acting gig as Laverne's dancing partner on 'Laverne and Shirley.' I asked Larry about 'Alf' and his role in one of my favorite movies, 'Running Scared' which led to a great story about Gregory Hines. Larry also shares great stories about Gary Marshall, being fired on set, John Hughes, scriptwriting, and working with the late great John Huston on the set of 'Annie'. We also discussed Larry's most well-known roles: Mr. Heckles from 'Friends', Tom Pepper from 'Seinfeld', and Old Joe from 'Breaking Bad' and 'El Camino'.
Sun, Jul 26, 2020
Not all heroes wear capes. This week I had the pleasure of talking to one of my oldest friends, Brad Mislow. Brad in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic lost his father and returning from the funeral was ushered into his state's mandatory 14-day quarantine. This is his story live from New York and live from his quarantine.
Thu, Jul 2, 2020
Honored to have Anthony Carbone join me this week. Anthony is Showrunner/Executive Producer of Floor is Lava on Netflix. As well as Tough As Nails (CBS), Encore (Disney+), and more. We discuss in detail his hit new game show Floor is Lava. We also go deep into Anthony's catalog and chat about King of the Nerds, Food Revolution, Wipeout, Fear Factor, and more.
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
I am excited to have Chicago Fire's own Doctor Mabery, Dwight Turner with us. Dwight is an amazing dramatic and comedic actor and shares some great behind the scenes stories as well as some exciting upcoming projects with us. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #CelebrityDestinations.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020
The legendary Bruce Vilanch joins me. One of the most sought-after jokesmiths in the entertainment industry, Bruce has become a recognizable face in his own right, thanks to the feature-length documentary "Get Bruce!" (1999) and his one-time stint as a regular on "Hollywood Squares" (1998). We chat about the writing process, Paul Lynde and Paul's Halloween Special, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Donny and Marie, Comic Relief, Billy Crystal, The Academy Awards (specifically Jack Palance) and of course the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Sun, Sep 6, 2020
Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling joins me to reminisce about our time together in Detroit and his years at Michigan State University. We talk about the years leading up to his 18-year run with the Howard Stern Show. Didn't talk about Howard Stern? No, however Jackie promises to return and answer all my questions and all YOUR questions. Go to @JeffDwoskinShow and send me a question via my Answers RN post or tweet me with the hashtag #JeffAskJackie. We'll ask all your questions about Jackie and the Howard Stern Show. Nothing is off limits.
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Dan Zehr, Star Wars expert and host of Coffee with Kenobi, joins us to talk about The Mandalorian (on Disney+). Great Star Wars tidbits and insights on the show, characters and of course the Dark Saber. Jeff dives into recent trends and reads some of his favorite tweets from trending hashtags. The hashtag featured is #BabyYodaSongs.
Sun, Sep 20, 2020
James Healy Jr. joins me to talk about his amazing acting career. Fun stories from the set of Dallas (He knows who shot JR), News Radio (His time with Phil Hartman), Will and Grace (Getting the big laughs with Eric McCormack), Even Stevens (Working with Shia LaBeouf), Walker, Texas Ranger (Teaching Chuck Norris a thing or two) and more.
Sun, Sep 27, 2020
Honored to have comedian Bobby Collins join me this week. Bobby was the first big name I worked with when I started comedy. Bobby Collins exposes the humor of day-to-day situations as well as serving up resplendent rants on world events. We chat about the current state of politics, his trip to Israel, New York vs. California, his RV camping regrets, road stories with Frank Sinatra, and much more.
Sun, Oct 4, 2020
A delightful conversation with actress Erin Cummings. Most recently seen as "Sura", the Thracian wife of "Spartacus" in the Starz original action-adventure drama series, Spartacus (2010). She also had a recurring role on Matthew Weiner's Emmy Award-winning AMC series, Mad Men (2007). She was seen, alongside Martin Lawrence, in Universal Studios' Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008). On TV, Cummings was a series regular on the second season of Dante's Cove (2004), on the Here. Network. Her other television work includes a guest lead turn on Cold Case (2003), a recurring role on Dollhouse (2009), and appearances on Nip/Tuck (2003), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), Threshold (2005) and Charmed (1998). Erin is the founder of "Mittens For Detroit", a community initiative whose sole purpose is to collect and distribute new gloves and mittens to children and adults in the city of Detroit.
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
Stacey Toy, the COO of TwentyFiveEight Studios, joins me to talk about her amazing career. We dive deep into her coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, Her hit movie: 100 Acres of Hell, what it's like to make a movie during a pandemic, producing movies, her work with the View Askewniverse, and much more.
Sun, Oct 18, 2020
Scream queen Suze Lanier (Susan Lanier-Bramlett) joins me for an amazing conversation and look back on her awesome career in horror and comedy. We talk about her starring role in The Hills Have Eyes and the legacy of that movie. We also discuss her time as a Sweathog on Welcome Back, Kotter (she was Vinnie Barbarino's girlfriend on the show). We also have some fun talking about Electra Woman and Dyna Girl and how she was almost Chrissy Snow on Three's Company. Plus a sneak peak on Suze's first book.
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Horror movie survivor, Kelli Maroney, joins me to share many great stories including her path to becoming an actor and making it big right out of the gate as a lolita on Ryan's Hope. Fun stories about Fast Times at Ridgemont High involving Sean Pean and Cameron Crowe. The secrets of 80's hair. And Kelli's turn as a scream queen in such horror classics as Chopping Mall and Night of the Comet.
Sat, Oct 31, 2020
Actor, writer, director and producer Carl Gottlieb joins me for an amazing conversation. We discuss Carl's time with the improv team The Committee, co-writing The Jerk with Steve Martin, writing the screenplay for Jaws, stories from the set of Jaws and working with Steven Spielberg. Carl also shares some great tips for writing and writers, stories while acting and improvising in the movie M*A*S*H, celebrity matchmaking w/Dan Aykroyd and Ringo Starr, winning an Emmy writing for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with such comedy greats as Rob Reiner, Steve Martin and Bob Einstein and of course writing the greatest movie making book of all time, 'The Jaws Log' and much more.
Thu, Oct 8, 2020
I am joined by legendary comedian Bob Zany, Bay-Bee. We revisit our short time together in 2011 at a gig in Kalamazoo, Michigan, we discuss Bob's time on Star Search, the Gong Show, guest hosting the Jerry Lewis' Labor Day Telethon, working with Rodney Dangerfield, his many movie roles including Joe Dirt and the Informant with Matt Damon, his documentary 'Close But No Cigar' which chronicles his first 50 years in comedy and of course Bob's brand new Dry Bar Comedy Special and much more.
Sun, Nov 15, 2020
I am joined by Actor/Writer/Producer Billy Van Zandt. We discuss Billy's obsession and time with Lucille Ball including being part of the rediscovery of the lost original 'I Love Lucy' pilot episode. We also discuss Jaws 2, Star Trek, Taps and his adventures with Sean Penn and Tom Cruise. We also go deep into Billy's book 'GET IN THE CAR, JANE. Adventures In the TV Wasteland' which chronicles the amazing TV work he and his writing partner Jane Milmore worked on together. We discuss their time together on 'Newhart' (including that incredible series finale!), 'Martin', with Martin Lawrence, 'Anything but Love' and 'Daddy Dearest' with Richard Lewis and a series of amazing stories with Penny Marshall, Andrew Dice Clay, Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles and and one Jeff Dwoskin Show exclusive story!.
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
I am joined by Actor/Director/Writer and Comedian Hal Sparks. Zoltan himself joins me to talk about his recent alien communications and we may or may not have found that dude's car. Hal shares stories from the set of Talk Soup, Lab Rats and Queer as Folk as well as offering his take on Rudy Giuliani's appearance in Borat 2. Hal explains the gish gallop technique, talks about meeting Paul Stanley, performing in the Sexy Liberals Show, and his award show the Fiduciaries. I was laughing my whole way through this interview. Don't miss this amazing conversation with the spectacular Hal Sparks.
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
I am joined by actor Liz Priestley. Liz makes her acting debut in Concrete Cowboy. Concrete Cowboy also stars Idris Elba (Liz plays Idris' wife) and Caleb McLaughlin. Liz talks about the history behind her new movie, shares stories from the set, meeting Idris for the first time, trying to get secrets from Caleb on the next season of Stranger Things and Liz also gives a review of the movie Cats. Super fun episode, can't wait for you to hear it. Also, it was recently announced Concrete Cowboy will air on Netflix soon.
Fri, Nov 6, 2020
I am joined by Actor and Comedian Bil Dwyer (also a writer). Bil had his own Comedy Central special and was the host of Battle Bots, I've Got a Secret and Dirty Rotten Cheaters. Bil was also featured in VH1's I love the 70's, 80's and 90's. We discuss wearing masks, words that start with DW, typing tests, Screech, and the true test of when your material is in bad taste. We also dive into Bil's time on Last Comic Standing, the Larry Sanders and playing Valerie Bertinelli's ex-husband on Hot in Cleveland.
Sun, Dec 27, 2020
I am joined by 50's and 60's child star John Eimen. John had starring roles in The Twilight Zone, Leave It To Beaver, Wagon Train, McKeever and the Colonel, Lassie, The Untouchables. We also dive into some great stories including a time the Three Stooges sang for Johnny, Starring in an Alpha Bits commercial, His iconic Carnation print ad, working with Rod Serling, Frank Sinatra, and backing up Sonny and Cher with his long time friend Ed Begley, Jr.
Thu, Feb 27, 2020
Ricarlo Flanagan was not only an amazing comedian, rapper, and actor, he was an amazing human being. Everyone that knew Ricarlo loved him. He will always remain one of the most naturally funny people I've ever had the pleasure to know and perform with. Ricarlo was a staple in the Michigan comedy scene before making his way to LA. The interview I share was our reunion conversation after not literally seeing or talking for some time. In our conversation, we picked up right where we left off before he left for comedy and TV fame. The interview is from January 2021 and Ricarlo passed away in October 2021. Having seen Ricarlo on Mad About You in December 2020. I called him and we found time to record this conversation together. It was great to share laughs with an old friend and hear about all of his successes. Ricarlo has a comedy album (Man Law) available on Amazon Music and can be seen in The Mick, Shameless, Walk The Prank, Mad About You, and Room104 to name a few of his many TV appearances. Notably, Ricarlo also was a semi-finalist on the 9th season of Last Comic Standing. Ricarlo had just begun when his life was sadly cut short but together let's celebrate a man that went all in during the time he did share with us.
Fri, Jul 24, 2020
Ready to explore early 80s Saturday Night Live? Recruited from the Practical Theater alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gary Kroeger's life changed when tapped to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. Celebrate my 150th episode with Saturday Night Live's Gary Kroeger. My guest, Gary Kroeger and I discuss: Saturday Night Live in the 80s -Archie: To Riverdale and Back - Gary was the first live-action Reggie. -Witnessing the career explosion of Eddie Murphy -Practical Theater Company - being discovered with Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus -The hiring process at Saturday Night Live / trying to fit in -The brilliance of Joe Piscopo -Harry Anderson -Andy Kauffman being banned from SNL -Developing impressions -Working with Jim Belushi -His favorite guest (Ringo Starr) -An amazing Robert Blake story -Working with Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Martin Short You're going to love my conversation with Gary Kroeger.