CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor Ray Abruzzo. Ray is best known for his role as Little Carmine Lupertazzi on The Sopranos as well as for playing police sergeant John Zorelli on Dynasty, detective Michael McGuire in The Practice and Sal in Transparent. A very familiar face to TV his some of his other credits include Criminal Minds, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Rookie, Chicago P.D., Ray Donovan, Castle, NCIS, Murder She Wrote, L.A. Law, House M.D, Night Court,NYPD Blue, Law & Order: SVU, Bones, In Plain Sight, Mad Men and many, many more.

Steve Cooper talks with musician Dave Meniketti. Dave is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for hard rock/heavy metal band Y&T. He has also released three solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented. He currently tours worldwide with Y&T. Y&T has a discography of 18 albums, three greatest hits collections, plus a boxed set and has sold over four million albums since their 1974 inception. They have received extensive airplay with hits such as Forever, Rescue Me, Mean Streak, Don’t Stop Runnin’, and Summertime Girls—which played in heavy rotation on MTV. Their songs have been featured in a multitude of movies and television shows, including Real Genius, Out of Bounds, Baywatch, and Hunter. After five top 100 albums, songs that tipped into the 40s, two Bammie Awards, and many international television appearances, their hits are still played on VH1 Classic and classic rock radio stations worldwide.

Steve Cooper talks with voice actor Rob Paulsen. Rob is best known for Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, and most of the other animated projects that he has been part of as a voice actor for nearly three decades.  With over 2,000 half-hour programs and dozens of films, video games, and other animated media to his credit, he has been one of the hardest working, most in-demand, and most beloved voice artists in the industry, earning a Daytime Emmy, a Peabody and three times winning the Annie Award (for voice actors).

Steve Cooper talks with musician Phil Solem. Phil is best known as one half of The Rembrandts. In 1990, Phil and Danny Wilde got together to record some demos in Danny's Southern California garage/studio. The demo was released 'as is', as The Rembrandts. The album landed in the Billboard hot 100, thanks in part to the Top 20 hit Just The Way It Is, Baby. The follow up single Someone, with Phil on lead vocals, also ended up on the Billboard Top 100. In 1992, The Rembrandts received more critical acclaim for their follow up album, Untitled. In 1995, The Rembrandts became most famous for a song that was never intended to be on an album. Although the duo had recorded the 42 second theme I'll Be There For You for the show Friends, it was never intended to be a full length song. But the label insisted the duo record a full length version and include it at the end of the already finished album, LP. 

Steve Cooper talks with guitarist Ace Von Johnson. Ace is the rhythm guitarist and tours nationally with the popular band L.A. Guns. Before that he was the lead guitarist for Faster Pussycat. He was also member of metal bands such as Cheap Sex, Madcap, The U.S. Bombs, The Generators, Unwritten Law and Murphy's Law. He recently started a career as a voice over actor and has recorded documentaries, cartoon, TV series and spokesperson spots.

Steve Cooper talks with actor D.B. Sweeney. D.B.'s many films include Gardens of Stone, Memphis Belle, Fire in the Sky, The Cutting Edge, No Man’s Land, Spawn, Roommates and Eight Men Out (as Shoeless Joe Jackson). The Steven Spielberg produced Captive State was released March 2019. His latest, Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre will be released in early 2020. On Television he played Dish Boggett in the landmark Lonesome Dove miniseries and the memorably oblivious Larry opposite Jon Cryer on Two and a Half Men. His other extensive credits include Sharp Objects, Ice, Criminal Minds, 24, CSI, Crash, Jericho, House, Harsh Realm, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and the multi-Emmy winning Miss Rose White. He also just co-starred, directed, produced and wrote the multi-award winning short Two Dum Micks. 

Steve Cooper talks with actor/musician Rob Mailhouse. Rob appeared on Days of Ours Lives in the early 90's and has guest starred in a number of TV shows including Bones, Seinfeld, Picket Fences, Melrose Place, Caroline in the City, Sports Night, Dharma & Greg, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy and The Larry Sanders show. He has also co-starred in the series Easy to Assemble with Illeana Douglas and the popular TV movie The Christmas Pageant. As a musician he is the drummer for the band Dogstar whose bassist is Keanu Reeves.

Steve Cooper talks with musician Alan Frew. Alan is best known as the lead singer of Glass Tiger. He has also released three solo albums. Glass Tiger is a Grammy-nominated Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, The Thin Red Line, went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States and included the top 10 hits Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) and Someday.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Chris Bauer. Chris is best known for his roles as Frank Sobotka in The Wire, Andy Bellefleur in True Blood and Bobby Dwyer in The Deuce. He has been a regular in series such as For All Mankind, Law & Order True Crime, Survivor's Remorse, American Crime Story and Third Watch and also has guest starred in numerous shows including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, FBI, Modern Family, Full Circle, Parks and Recreation, Elementary, The Office, Hawaii Five-0, The Good Wife and New Amsterdam.

Steve Cooper talks with comic Ritch Shydner. Ritch has made numerous appearances on TV, including Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno and has done an HBO comedy special. He also played Al Bundy's co-worker on Married with Children, made guest appearances on shows such as Roseanne and Designing Women was seen in movies like Roxanne and Beverly Hills Cop II. His writing credits include The Mind of the Married Man, Roseanne and The Jeff Foxworthy Show and recently wrote the movie adaption for Bill Maher's book True Story. In 2010 he produced and starred in the award winning documentary I Am Comic and in 2016 he released his second book Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 80's Comedy Explosion. He currently is touring the country performing his one man show, America's Reflection in the Fun House Mirror: A History of Stand-up Comedy.