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- Matt Price - Episode 472
Steve Cooper talks with actor/writer Matt Price. Matt has appeared on stage at UCB in many shows including ASSSCAT, Fucked Up & Illegal Videos, The Jersey Shore Recap Party, and Harold Night. He also produced and hosted a monthly storytelling show called Show & Tell and has performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the Toyota Comedy Festival in NYC, SketchFest in San Francisco, and the Chicago Improv Festival. As an actor, one of his favorite roles was playing Lawrence for two seasons on TNT's critically acclaimed Men of a Certain Age. Other appearances include The Office, Hart of Dixie,1600 Penn, The West Wing, Arrested Development, Reno 911, New Girl, The League and many others. He currently writes for Regular Show on the Cartoon Network for which he won an Emmy in 2012 and has also written for Comedy Central's Root of All Evil with Lewis Black as well as various shows on the television.
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1 hr 1 min - Paul Provenza - Episode 471
Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor/writer/producer/director Paul Provenza. Paul has been producing the hit live show Setlist that has been performed around the world in clubs and festivals. Some of the top comics from different countries perform a stand-up set not knowing the topics before they hit the stage. He is a very accomplished comic with over 100 TV appearances including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with David Letterman. He also is a director helming the hit documentary The Aristocrats and currently working on a new film. A man of many talents he hosted the Showtime series The Green Room, co-wrote the book Satiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs & Vulgarians and has starred in many movies & television shows including Northern Exposure and Fixing Frank.
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1 hr 1 min - Judge Tanya Acker - Episode 470Steve Cooper talks with lawyer Tanya Acker. Tanya is an attorney and civil litigator and is best known as one of three judges on CBS Television Distribution’s new syndicated court program Hot Bench created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. She is an attorney at a Los Angeles law firm and is an experienced civil litigator who also advises clients on various transactional issues on pre-litigation conflict resolution. She has represented a wide array of clients, from major automobile manufacturers in high stakes product liability litigation to media companies in hotly contested trade secret impulses. She is also an experienced television commentator and has been featured on Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, The O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, CNN Reports, Anderson Cooper 360, Extra, Your World With Neil Cavuto, CNBC Reports and many others and she guest co-hosted CNBC's Power Lunch.1 hr 1 min
- Ron Yavnieli - Episode 469Steve Cooper talks with comic/voice actor/writer/animator Ron Yavnieli. Ron trained at Cal Arts and Syracuse University and has worked with companies like Funny or Die, Bento Box, Disney, Warner Brothers, Machinima, Nintendo, College Humor, Nickelodeon and Nerdist over the years and continues producing original content. His original films have won awards at Worldfest Houston, Worldfest Flagstaff, Dogfest, The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and The Miami Animation Festival. Ron co-created several cartoons for Yahoo's 'Sketchy' channel including the viral hit Disney/Star Wars Corporate Retreat which won Best Narrative Short at The 2013 Animation Block Party. He currently is the creator and executive producer of Gorillaville on DreamworksTV which is in it's second season.1 hr 1 min
- Shawn Ryan - Episode 468Steve Cooper talks with TV writer Shawn Ryan. Shawn is best known for creating the hit FX series The Shield. He got his start in television when he entered and won the Norman Lear Playwriting award sponsored by Columbia Pictures Television (which has become Sony). Later he was a staff writer on the show Nash Bridges and served as a writer/producer on Angel. He was also the show runner for season 2 of Fox's Lie to Me and was the show runner and executive producer of FX's Terriers. He created the crime drama The Chicago Code and in 2012, his pilot Last Resort got picked up by ABC for the fall. His current project is the series Mad Dogs which can be streamed on Amazon.1 hr 1 min
- Bruce Baum - Episode 467Steve Cooper talks with comic Bruce Baum. Bruce became part of a small cadre of comedians performing at the Comedy Store in the 1970's that included David Letterman, Robin Williams and Jay Leno - a crew of comedians that ignited the comedy boom that began in the 1980's and continues today. Many of those comedians appeared in his student films and/or also appeared in his videos and short films while he was at Fox-TV as resident short film maker for Sunday Comics and Comic Strip Live and two more years on ABC's America's Funniest People. He also served as creative consultant on Whose Line Is It Anyway for three season and has, amongst other things, appeared on The Simpsons as himself, Hollywood Squares, Full House, Growing Pains, Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime and Make Me Laugh.1 hr 1 min
- Mackenzie Phillips - Episode 466Steve Cooper talks with actor Mackenzie Phillips. Mackenzie is an actress and singer best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper on the sitcom One Day at a Time. She is most recently known for her role on Disney channel’s science – fiction show So Weird. Mackenzie is the daughter of John Phillips, lead singer of the 60s band, The Mamas and the Papas. As a troubled teen star, Phillips made several visits to rehab before getting sober. Mackenzie’s struggles with addiction have been well documented in her bestselling memoir High On Arrival and in the media. She now wishes to use her past experiences to help others and offer hope to individuals who are struggling with substance abuse and addiction. She is now working for the Pasadena Recovery Center as their Recovery and Treatment Advocate, running groups on a weekly basis.55 min
- Melinda Hill - Episode 465Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor/writer Melinda Hill. Melinda created, wrote, produced and starred in the web series Romantic Encounters with Melinda Hill, which was selected to screen at LA Web Fest, was nominated for an LA Weekly Web Award for “best comedy series” and was an IndieWire Critic’s Pick for “best comedy web series.” She also created the web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill and is currently doing a series with Maria Bamford for Funny or Die. She plays multiple characters on Adventure Time (including Doctor Princess) and is the other half of the viral hit Confessions of a Tooth Fairy with Kristen Wiig. Other TV/ film appearances include Comedy Central’s Pretend Time with Nick Swardson, Reno 911, Sarah Silverman Program, Important Things with Demetri Martin, Bill Maher’s Bright Day, The Winner, Frank TV, Glory Daze, and Chris Kattan’s Bollywood Hero. Her stand up has been featured on Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Bonnie Hunt Show, BBC’s World Stands Up, NESN’s Comedy All Stars, Comics Unleashed, Who Wants To Date a Comedian, Stand Up In Stilettos ABC and when she hosted the series Comedy TV.1 hr 1 min
- Bill Brochtrup - Episode 464Steve Cooper talks with actor Bill Brochtrup. Bill was originally cast for just two episodes of NYPD Blue during the show's second season. However, when his splendid portrayal of P.A.A. John Irvin won over the show's producers and audience alike, he was invited to reprise the very same role in comedy series Public Morals and two years later he returned to NYPD Blue as Irvin, and continued to be a much-loved character for 8 seasons. His other TV roles include shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Dharma & Greg, Without a Trace, Dexter, Kendra plus recurring roles in Shameless and Major Crimes.1 hr 1 min
- Rich Redmond - Episode 463Steve Cooper talks with drummer Rich Redmond. Rich is an influential touring/recording drummer/percussionist based in Nashville, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California. His versatile, dynamic, and rock solid drumming is the sound behind many of today’s top talents. While he’s not in the studio or on tour Rich is motivating others with his CRASH Course for Success a meticulously crafted program that anyone can follow to achieve success. As the drumming powerhouse behind Grammy nominated mega star Jason Aldean, he has recorded 17 #1 singles with over 7 million albums sold and well over 13 million single downloads. As a high-energy live showman, he plays sold out shows of 20-60,000 fans nightly in amphitheaters, arenas and stadiums across North America .A musical showman in the spirit of Gene Krupa, He has toured/recorded/performed with: Ludacris, Kelly Clarkson, Bryan Adams, Joe Perry, Jewel, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, John Eddie, Pam Tillis, Susan Ashton, Deana Carter, Kid Rock, Lauren Alaina, Trace Adkins, Randy Owens, Marty Stuart, Mindy McReady, Rushlow, Gene Watson, John Anderson, Doc Walker, Jedd Hughes, Patricia Conroy, Earl Thomas Conley, Hank Williams III, Emily West, Jo El Sonnier, Jim Brickman, Lee Brice, Steel Magnolia, The Stellas, Kevin Fowler and many others. He has also appeared many times on the trail of late night shows such as: The Voice, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Conan, Jimmy Fallon, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Craig Ferguson, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Michael and Kelly Show, Ellen, Austin City Limits, The CMA Awards, The ACM Awards, The CMT Awards, The ACA Awards, numerous GAC and CMT Specials, and of course, The Grammy Awards.1 hr 1 min
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Straight out of Philly! Entertainer Steve Cooper is ”Only as hip as his guests”. He hosts Comedians, Actors, Writers and Musicians and spends an hour with them for some organic chat about the biz!