TV Guidance Counselor Episode 99: Nate Johnson

November 10-16, 1984

This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian, and friend Nate Johnson to the show.

Ken and Nate discuss the relative insanity of Ken's home, being a network guy, Joan Collins, Dynasty, drunken eye doctors, Diff'rent Strokes, who the Gooch is, Danny Cooksey, TJ Hooker, Puttin' On the Hits, Nell Carter's sass, hating Joey Lawrence, blackface, Love Boat, getting a jewel thief to retire, Mike Hammer, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Morgan Fairchild, Nautilus, Silver Spoons, Erin Grey, The Bermuda Triangle, Knight Rider, Vegas, "I Married a Centerfold", Star 80, Kate Jackson, Charlie's Angels, White Slavery, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Remington Steele, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, "Assaulted Nutz", Kate & Allie, Newhart, The A-Team, Vehicles for breasts, Riptide, Paper Dolls, John Waite, The Fall Guy, Michael J. Pollard, Angels, Charles in Charge, pre-teen girls' obsession with horses, Ha! + The Comedy Channel= Comedy Central, Rich Hall, Facts of Life, "Nightmares", The Bishop of Battle, horror anthology series, Ellis Island Mini-Series, It's Your Move, C. Thomas Howell, the Hitcher, the cinematic career of Eric Red, The Cosby Show, Lisa Bonet's role in Angel Heart, The Bradbury Building, Jim J. Bullock, the horror of sexual assault on Too Close for Comfort, people who can't use Q-Tips right, Cheers, Shelly Long crushes, Night Court, John Larroquette, Benson, V: The Series, The infamous Hulk Out List, paper mache driven programming choices, Webster's Thanksgiving, Ben Vereen, Dallas, the hateful violence of Fred Dyer's Hunter, Tracey Walter, and Jeering Gimme a Break for being too timid to embrace breakdancing.