Mr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman

From 2008: Never let a good brand die. That seems to be the marching order given to Brent Poer, general manager of TheWB.com, the web video site launching on Wednesday, August 27. The WB, as you will recall, began in January 1995, and was the short-lived network home of many pop culture TV icons including Seventh Heaven, Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Charmed, Gilmour Girls and Smallville.

From 3008: The good news: His TV dad is Benjamin Bratt. The bad news: His TV dad is an avenging angel for God. Brett DelBuono (pronounced Del-BUno) currently stars as “Ben Banks” alongside Bratt on the A&E original drama, The Cleaner. Judging from the number of teen girls who called and raved about him during this interview, I think he's going to be very, very popular. That, and he's a funny, clever kid; listen for his imitation of his Balls of Fury co-star Christopher Walken!

From 2008: Joining me today is one of the earliest supporters of Mr. Media, and subsequently one my podcasting heroes, Alan Levy, founder of BlogTalkRadio.com.

From 2008: If you’re a cartoonist—writer or artist—an editor, a fan or someone in the business, there are three sites you must check daily: Alan Gardner’s DailyCartoonist.com; David Astor at EditorandPublisher.com and Tom Spurgeon’s ComicsReporter.com. Joining me today is Alan Gardner, founder of DailyCartoonist.com.

From 2008: On Monday, September 8, OJ Simpson will stand trial is Las Vegas on kidnapping and armed robbery charges. That evening, at 9 p.m. EST, Norman Pardo will launch “OJ’s Court,” a special series of programs heard exclusively on BlogTalkRadio.com, that will allow armchair jurors to weigh in on each day’s proceedings. At the end of the trial, online jurors will be asked to render a final verdict in the case.

From 2008: Jonathan Riggs is my guest for this hour of Mr. Media. Riggs -- the editor of both the 2008 Prism Comics: Your Guide to LGBT Comics and Instinct magazine -- made for a great guest. Prism Comics, incidentally, is a nonprofit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) comics, creators, and readers.

From 2008: Miles wrote, produced, and starred in Little Chicago. But if you haven’t seen Little Chicago, maybe you know him from some of his other film roles, including Remember the Titans, The Patriot, or October Sky. On television, he was in episodes of “NCIS” and “Star Trek Voyager.” I think you'll find what he has to say about producing indie films quite interesting.

From 2008: Bill Prady is having a pretty good year, writer’s strike and all, thanks to the success of “The Big Bang Theory,” the hit CBS sitcom he co-created with Chuck Lorre. If you haven’t seen “The Big Bang Theory,” it stars Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons as a couple of supernerds named Leonard and Sheldon – an in-joke for those of us who remember the late Sheldon Leonard. Leonard produced everything from “Make Room for Daddy” to “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Andy Griffith Sh

From 2008: My parents never sent me away to summer camp. I don’t blame them; as a kid, I was afraid of my own shadow, easily got car sick, and was not well adjusted, socially. And after reading Roger Bennett’s new love letter to summer camps, Camp Camp, I’m pretty sure I would have hated sleepaway camp.

From 2008: Charlos Gary is the man behind two daily strips, the single panel “Working It Out” and the multi-panel “Café Con Leche.” And he’s found an unusual twist: "Café Con Leche" is about the lives of young African-American man and his Latina wife. Sometimes it’s political, sometimes it's as everyday as Blondie. But it’s never dull and it’s always good for a laugh.