FROM THE VAULT: Richard Donner Interviews
FROM THE VAULT: Ken Plume’s in-depth interviews with director Richard Donner…
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FROM THE VAULT: Ken Plume’s in-depth interviews with director Richard Donner…
Ken Plume has a chat with actor Bobby Moynihan about pool daze, house living, voices, Disney daughter, pin pearly, small spaces, Flavacol, cotton candy concessions, Mr. Mayor, cancelling balloons, fish biscuit machines, polar bears, SNL, beards, Tommy Porkins, Muppets, takeaway props, Loafy, uncomfortable influencing, DuckTales, and Star Wars rabbit holes….
Ken Plume has a chat with actor Paget Brewster, about panniversaries, date books, shopping stress, headaches, wrong glasses, slow cooking, Hobo Soup, fishy trauma, computer spies, Below Decking, re-entry anxiety, aftershows, crusty patties, spaghetti sauced, party pizzas, salted slime, celebrity shucking, language mastery, cauldrons, Hodgmania, Criminal Minders, social happiness, Birdgirl, DuckTales, and Della Duck…
Ken Plume has another chat with vlogger, musician, filmmaker, and author Charlie McDonnell, about haircuts, soppy thoughts, private karaoke, Canada, driving, tea phases, Twitch, hypeless, raids, geoguessing, open doors, compufears, jobs, census data, grounding, milk bags, satisfying loose-leaf, and blending…
Ken has another of his periodic chats with writer, deranged millionaire, minor television celebrity, PC, literary trivialist, judge, and performer, John Hodgman, about standards, pregnant announcements, hiding out, mentoring, chicken barn pans, passing pucks, extinct hockey, seasoned reasons, hats on hats, Badi trauma, hobo faux pas, Dicktown, the abyss, practice, walls, and bridges..
Ken has a chat with actor Darin De Paul, about J. Jonah preaching, tasty vocals, bagel offices, theater magic, Reinhardt-at-Law, voice dandy, Disney rubberheads, Burt Reynolds, Charles Nelson Reilly, broken glass, Adventurer’s Clubbing, zombie starbursts, Union Squared, toy stories, pandemic promises, and storytelling…
Ken has a chat with writer Karla Pacheco, about Spider-Woman, boat living, Dalek speakers, pandemic cliffhangers, exploding dinosaurs, upstate farm babies, Bratpool, Bat-dunking, Chipology, DJing, opening doors, murderphants, D-Listers, awards, and vagabond pirate queens..
Ken Plume has another chat with actor Yuri Lowenthal, about Spider-Man, statuary burdens, stenciled doors, first jobs, dead tech, Lowhawk & Fiddlesticks, young bones, power records, Rockcomics, dad jokes, and Spidey ad-libs…
Ken Plume has a chat with the hosts of ELECTION PROFIT MAKERS – David Rees, Starlee Kine, & Jon Kimball – about elections past, trauma dredging, investment politics, debating, Star Wars minutes, Irresistible fails, movie clubs, and ban wars…
Ken has a chat with actor Jason Ritter, about DuckTales, Animal Crossing, creepy islands, cheats, wandering, gaming soundtracks, Slider’s band, Gravity Falls, Dipper confessions, Orko’s reveals, thankful cracks, chill pills, hall swimming, magic jeans, lunch islands, Tisch kids, bookbag pizza, afterparties, and squirrel duels…
Ken has a chat with actor Deanna Rooney, about little asks, Cottonball Lear, sourdough turtles, ill will, patchwork cities, Vegas contracts, Tisch scarves, starches, Kevin Kline-a-thon, Dick Butkus, turtle power, statuary, Gaby!, and goodbyes…
Ken Plume has a chat with media darling Travis McElroy, about magical journeys, unlucky charms, before-times, uncertainty, radio ears, amorphous days, Cooltown, retainers, and new normals….
Ken Plume has a chat with writer Matt Fraction, about quarantimes, Orson couching, Lou’s drawings, Paul’s Pony, Ringo’s pogo, Elton’s rocket, Dead reckoning, Blazing Olsen, zdarsky Knights, Criminal ends, Disney Superego, and cheeseburger wellingtons…
Ken Plume has another chat with actor Steve Agee, about a lot of things, some nonsense, Suicide Squads, Capaldi’s comics, Ringo’s cans, movies, and more nonsense…
Ken has another chat with musician Molly Lewis, about birthdays, big doofus energy, typewriters, manholes, hydrants, themes, wolves, shucks, Disney covers, boysenbabies, Song Fu, long hair, sandy shorts, treehouse horror, champagne clown fountains, personhood, Hodgman punches, tiny ukuleles, Nilsson-dipping, therapy, recitals, and peppermint schnapps…
Ken Plume has an impromptu chat with The Venture Bros.’ own Doc Hammer, about Venture Bros., Warburton knives, Enterprise, senior papers, belted gowns, artroom keys, pottery, sinister hands, toilet paper RA, underpant firestarter, legs, constipation, paintings, Fudgie The Whale, brain rewiring, rope, quarter helms, road trips, gallery shows, pencil cups, dollars, and rhymes….
Ken Plume has a chat with writer/artist/certified genius Chip Zdarsky, about deadlines, nothing pits, working holidays, maritime adventures, Spider-Man rules, columnists, Extremely Bad Advice, studio dorms, oil paintings, Tintin hooligans, self-awareness, illustration, copycats, romantic hooky, focus, Sex Criminals, Zdarsky legends, work wives, second acts, Fantastic Four, X-Men, ego, Daredevil, life stories, and no clones…
Ken Plume has another chat with artist/writer/actor/musician/comedian/presenter/badge enthusiast Phill Jupitus, about Bond musicals, Bragg birthdays, London leaving, Scotland calling, Buzzcocks, university boy, Reverend Bluejeans, Swimming Izzard, musicals, Neil Innes, Bonzos, Aural Kaleidoscopes, Idiot Bastards, radio, stand-up, heroes, Noel Fielding, Terry Wogan, Haddock scarves, sunsets, badges, and breakfasts…
FROM THE VAULT: Ken Plume’s in-depth interviews with Monty Python’s Terry Jones…
It’s that time of year again, when sites the web-over compile helpful holiday shopping lists to guide you into the deepest, darkest pits of retail with a map that will hopefully get you out alive. Here now, without further ado, is the 2019 FRED Holiday Shopping Guide…
Ken has another of his periodic chats with writer, deranged millionaire, minor television celebrity, PC, literary trivialist, judge, and performer, John Hodgman, about lingering, beloving, unasked questions, AfterThis, Blues Brothers fusion, Dan Aykroyd side missions, fan letters, Sisyphean twisters, judicial juggling, Daily memories, generational tastes, Star Wars promises, Galaxy’s Edging, Mandalorian madness, and starliner friends..
Ken Plume has another chat with the co-host of NO SUCH THING AS A FISH, Dan Schreiber, about Fish Tales, travel ills, Harkined, furious booksellers, malortified, Apatow cost, Ig Nobels, 21 seconds, looping pilots, vindication, curious museums, badger holes of ignorance, Gentlemen Adventurers, comedy education, New York nights, Chicargo, James Acaster, interstellar cockblocking, street-spotting, Neil Innes, Marxist memorabilia, signed books, big hands, and fact farewells..
Ken has another chat with writer Kelly Thompson, about Disney Minus, twins, prose woes, brass rings, Tele-Hawkeye, misinformation, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, West Coast Endings, promotional conundrums, Jeff the Land Shark, collectible cat-astrophes, Sabrina surprises, love triangles, drama, poker nights, turtle talk, Rogue thaws, Fearless babies, endings, numbing renumbering, melody makers, and cursing Zdarsky…
Ken Plume has a chat with writer Matt Fraction, about dark humor, cold comfort, sponsors, great courses, shingles, Canadian hips, Uncle Chip, stress, Lynchian pizza, processing emotion, deep Sex Criminals, embracing Jimmy Olsen, Steve Lieber’s dinosaur, lightness, and Hawkeye’s dog…
Ken Plume has a chat with actor Janet Varney, about soup, brick sick, placebo effects, sleep, jokes, bodily rejections, jar jar binks, Last Eels, sandwich moats, meat ravines, puppy power, hipster games, Domino Hustler, salons, ApprovOwls, SketchFest, Albert Brooks, and heroes…