TV Guidance Counselor Episode 62: Matt Kona

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 cocaine use documentary, George Clooney's introduction to the Facts of Life, boxing, watching The Golden Girls with a Golden Girl, York Beach Maine and beach arcades, The Prisoner, UK Sci-Fi, why "Used Cars" is one of the best comedies of all time, Dennis the Menace, the Emmys, Crazy Like a Fox, TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes, tattoos, Family Ties in the UK, Turkey Television, pubes and their relation to professional wrestling, history with Tony Danza, the debut of Growing Pains, Ken's memorized Growing Pains scripts, Boxcar Willy, TV series based on movies, Hell Town, Flip Wilson, SCTV, Billy Vera and the Beaters romantic soundtrack, Cheers, Night Court's connection to the Clash, The Glass Teat, Mr. Belvedere and his fan club, and the mystery of The Bushies.