TV Guidance Counselor TV Guidance Counselor Episode 117: Todd Barry
December 3-9, 1983
December 3-9, 1983
Today Ken welcomes comedian Todd Barry to the show. Ken and Todd discuss A/C removal, David Letterman, watching stand up comedy, Florida, Ft. Launderdale Spring Break, Ken's encyclopedic knowledge of 80s T&A Movies, Todd's first TV appearance in 1982, behind the scenes in showbiz, re-watching your old TV sets, having a Black and White TV way past the time it was ok to have a Black and White TV, watching the Deer Hunter uncut, watching TV in foreign lands, the wonder of international pharmacies, UK Comedy Nerds, getting a first national TV Gig on Conan via Louie CK, being a regular on Dr. Katz, being an in demand voice over artist, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Hawaii Five-O, Todd's Punk Rock Status, CHiPs, Quincy M.D., shivving, lack of comfort shows, avoiding TV comedy, Spinal Tap, Diner, Paul Reiser's musical genius, Rodney Dangerfield's car, meeting Grady from Sanford and Son, opening for Joe Bob Briggs, Richard Butler (from the Psychedelic Furs), where you are really from, Maui, the media infrastructure in Hawaii, Flipper, the slow pace of older shows, Comic Conventions, the strange world of paying for celebrity autographs, the Breaking Bad van, moving from acting into civilian jobs, Joanie loving rental cars, rerun money, singing with Donny Most, James at 15, The White Shadow of Ben Franklin, Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Dick Van Dyke's autograph hunts, celebrity pricing, Miami Vice, The Clash, Ellen Foley, What's Happening!!!, performing for Haywood Nelson, Barbara Walters Specials, 60 Minutes, 20/20, being both the homecoming princess and the Football QB, Barbara Walters as ABC's Marc Maron, Two Johnnies - Carson and Cash, keeping things private, interviewing Steve Martin, Michael Keaton's stand up, Twelve Years a Stand Up, Todd Playing Todd, free donuts, Richard Pryor, Pam Greir's autobiography, Kent McCord, Ralph Macchio's going rate, Trauma Center, the golden age of hospital shows, Lou Ferrigno, TV Theme songs, Orange is the New Black, picking your intro music, Devo's Uncontrollable Urge, letting Joe Jackson know you're the man, picky foodies, Anthony Bordain, auditioning for Larry David, not being pervy enough to play a child murderer, Doug the Tourguide on Spin City, Michael J. Fox, crushing on Justine Bateman, and befriending the cast of Satisfaction.