The Tobolowsky Files

The Tobolowsky Files episodes:

• 01.11.2021

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 99 - My Possible Future (Season Finale)

  If life is perplexing just remember: It’s almost always about the guitar.

  
• 01.04.2021

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 98 - The Creature’s New York Adventure

  One afternoon in New York, I was a winner. Lucky for me - I still have the proof.

  
• 12.28.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 97 - The Show Does Not Have To Go On

  This picture was taken before I knew I was going to be a character actor. Every disaster, at one point, looked like a success. Unfortunately, every success also can look like disaster. That’s why there are so many bars...

  
• 12.21.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 96 - The Creature Returns

  How do you make a merry-go-round more like a roller coaster? You ride closer to the edge.

  
• 12.14.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 95 - The Last Cat

  A love letter and a prayer for a beautiful girl with short legs. I am referring to Belle. Pictured is Ann and Belle sleeping together. Unfortunately, I am not in the bed, but someone had to write the story.

  
• 12.07.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 94 - The Persistence of Vision Part 2: Two Dreams

  Life can be hard. Sometimes we have to be unconscious to know what’s happening.

  
• 11.30.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 93 - The Persistence of Vision Part 1: My Top 10

  Movies depend on seeing what is no longer there. How is that different from remembering this morning? Or dreaming about tomorrow?

  
• 11.23.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 92 - The Fifth Dimension Revisited

  We may not have control over what happens in our lives – but we do get to tell the story.

  
• 11.16.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 91 - The Creature of Impulse

  1976. Beth and I meet our first famous person in Los Angeles. He asks me for a loan. It goes downhill from there.

  
• 11.09.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 90 - Working Man

  I was 13 when I got my first job. Uncle Hymie hired me. Heaven help us all.

  
• 11.02.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 89 - Mayhem Day

  You never get a warning the day the world ends.

  
• 10.26.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 88 - The Recurring Character

  Life is like a long-running television show. The characters that shaped you return. Some delight. Some threaten. But the most troublesome seems to be my former self.

  
• 10.19.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 87 - New Literature for the 21st Century

  A love story about a girl, a cat, and a five-dollar loan that was never repaid.

  
• 10.12.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 86 - Ghost Writer

  How I became a writer. I think laws were broken.

  
• 10.05.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 85 - The Résumé

  I played a part in “The Jefferson’s” LIVE for 22 million people. I think. I have to check my resume to be sure.

  
• 09.28.2020

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 84 - Untold Story

  I thought I knew what happened in my life. Then, I heard an untold story and the world changed.

  
• 06.09.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 83 - The Things That Move in the Dark (Season Finale)

  When I was little, I was afraid of the dark. Not anymore. That is where answers hide.

  
• 06.01.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 82 – Greetings from the Great Destruction

  Imagine a season of theater so bad it is beyond imagination. Got it? You’re not even close.

  
• 05.24.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 81 – The Legacy

  Stephen remembers a couple of things he forgot. One of them is in his suitcase.

  
• 05.17.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 80 – Building a Character

  Sometimes when you reach your destination you discover you haven’t even started.

  
• 05.10.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 79 – An Actor Prepares

  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…and a case of Coors.

  
• 05.03.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 78 – The Holy Places

  There are two places you never forget: the holy places and the places that weren’t.

  
• 04.26.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 77 – The Road Trip

  We should never forget the Berlin wall. I carry a piece of it with me wherever I go.

  
• 04.19.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 76 – The Soldiers of Empathy

  Anyone can be a soldier. You just have to know what you're fighting.

  
• 04.12.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 75 – Three Questions

  What is the difference between an answer and the real answer? I start with three questions.

  
• 04.05.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 74 – What Is Hidden

  What does a story for my father and the end of the world have in common? The answer is hidden. Note: This episode contains adult language.

  
• 03.29.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 73 – The Uncomfortable Balance between Lost and Found

  The most surprising thing about the future can be the past.

  
• 03.22.2017

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 72 – Boys Life

  A journey down the creek past the end of the known world leads to treasure and the unexpected – proving that what is gone, can return with a vengeance.

  
• 08.13.2015

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 71 – If I Know Now What I Knew Then

  We may be born knowing everything we need to know. The problem is we have a short attention span.

  
• 04.22.2015

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 70 – Maps of the Ancient World

  Stephen learns from his brother Paul that sometimes sports can be death-defying.

  
• 03.25.2015

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 69 – The Two Kinds of Nothing

  Nothings happen to everyone. The challenge is to fill them before they fill you.

  
• 02.02.2015

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 68 – Circle of Causation

  The only difference between mystery and certainty is that everyone loves a good mystery.

  
• 10.28.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 1 – Sex, Death, and Halloween

  Episode 1: the 2014 Version. "Sex, Death, and Halloween." Sometimes a picture says it all.

  
• 09.26.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 67 – Tomorrow Comes

  You try many things on a first camping trip: peyote, skinny dipping, death. We were lucky. We got two out of three.

  
• 08.05.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 66 – The Benefit of Doubt

  Theater is like life, you never know what will happen next. That's supposed to be the good part.

  
• 05.30.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 65 – All In

  We’re all gamblers. The only difference is that some of us know what a sure thing looks like.

  
• 03.17.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 64 – The Days of Rat Funerals Are Over

  Here is the "Million Dollar Rabbit", Thistle. Is he really worth that much? The truth is he is probably worth more.

  
• 02.24.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 63 – The Return

  The Return: The conclusion to the Travel Trilogy. Ann and Stephen discover the secret to happiness from a sheep on the coast of Scotland.

  
• 01.30.2014

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 62 – Notes from the Frontier

  What could possibly go wrong when the sun is always shining? We test the limits. Part 2 of Stephen and Ann in Finland.

  
• 12.20.2013

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 61 – Prehistoric Britain

  There are a lot worse things than traveling to Europe with a girl you don’t really know. On second thought….

  
• 11.21.2013

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 60 – Another Second Chance

  Education is a tricky thing. I learned a lot when I became a father--so who was the teacher?

  
• 02.26.2013

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 59 – The End and an Introduction

  The end of Stephen’s first experience on Broadway demonstrates that the difference between hope and tragedy depends on when you choose to close the curtain.

  
• 08.29.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 58 – Gone

  It often seems like our world vanishes before our very eyes. But what is more amazing are the things that seem to reappear.

  
• 06.29.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 57 – The Long Distance Relationship

  Stephen prepares to leave his family for Broadway. Along the way he learns some unexpected lessons from his past about the future.

  
• 05.18.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 56 – What Does The First Day of a Dream Look Like?

  Stephen auditions for Broadway: A morning of terror, an evening with a lap dancer, and an unexpected discovery of where a lifelong dream comes from.

  
• 04.13.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 55 – The True Arena

  Stephen learns about acting from a horse. Winning and losing may not be how you play the game but if you can, figure out where the arena is.

  
• 02.10.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 54 – The Long Road to Somewhere Else

  The conclusion of the heart story trilogy. Stephen finds the missing time from the recovery room. It comes with a message he didn’t expect and will never forget.

  
• 01.06.2012

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 53 – The Return of Mr. Huge

  Part Two of the Open Heart Surgery Adventure. Some journeys are best enjoyed without actually having to reach the destination.

  
• 11.25.2011

  The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 52 – The Rubicon

  Crossing the Rubicon. In history or literature it was the act that couldn't be undone. I just couldn't remember if it was at the beginning of the story or the end.

  
• 10.14.2011

  A Special Tobolowsky Files Announcement - Live in Boston and Seattle

  Come see the Tobolowsky Files LIVE in Boston and Seattle.