Mr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times journalist, reporter, 2009 winner of Pulitzer Prize Feature Writing Lane DeGregory, St. Petersburg Times, Winner, 2009 Pulitzer Prize Feature Writing The story you’re about to hear is true, even if it sounds implausible even for fiction. It’s about a little girl named Danielle, “The Girl in the Window” described in Lane DeGregory’s story in the St. Petersburg Times that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. I remember the day that Lane’s story first appeared in the paper. My wife, who is an editor in the Times newsfeatures department, came home that night talking about the crazy traffic at the newspaper’s website, all drawn to the incredible tale of the feral child. Within days, there were 1,284 comments posted to the paper’s website about just this story. I can tell you that Lane DeGregory is one of the most admired reporters at the St. Petersburg Times, a newspaper that has won its shared of Pulitzers over the last quarter century. But she is also one of the best-liked journalists at the paper. Lane DeGregory Website • Facebook • Twitter • Tampa Bay Times Profile Order a daily subscription to the Tampa Bay Times, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the newspaper above! Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, founder, Mr. Skin adult website, MrSkin.com Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jim McBride, a.k.a., Mr. Skin, by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of lying dogs who say they only subscribe to MrSkin.com for the articles… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Adele beat out Beyonce at the Grammys. Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party overtook Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice for Worst Film at the Razzies. And, in a photo finish, Moonlight outshone La-La Land at the Oscars. Mr. SKIN podcast excerpt: "I have awards for 'Best Breasts,' 'Best Butt, 'Best Lesbian Scene--same awards every year, different winners. But what's most fun for me is curating through tons of television and movies for these crazy, wild nude scenes that most people don't even know happened; 'Most Mufftastic Merkin' is a great example." But what America really wants to know: Who won “Best Full Frontal” in Mr. Skin’s 18th Annual Anatomy Awards? What was the year’s “Most Shocking Nudity” – and does anyone really need to see it again? What were this year’s special merit categories? And what does the All-American breakfast cereal Fruit Loops have to do with any of this? "Best Nude with Fruit Loops" award goes to Kether Donohue of "You're The Worst"   Joining me today for his sixth appearance on Mr. Media – the most times any single guest has appeared in our 11 years of podcasting – is my second favorite Mr. – Mr. Skin. Mr. SKIN podcast excerpt: "A lot of what you see in our Anatomy Awards are a direct result of the incredible quality of what's being produced--the TVs, the monitors, the equipment. Everything we have in the office today we didn't have access to five years ago." Key interview moments: • 2:30 Jim McBride, a.k.a., Mr. Skin, explains the best part of curating his annual Anatomy Awards; • 30:20 A discussion of the impact of HD TV on expanding Mr. Skin's nude offerings; • 35:40 Mr. Skin talks about the impact of what he does on his kids -- and what happens when their friends hear him on The Howard Stern Show. Mr. SKIN Website • Facebook • Twitter • YouTube • PornHub • Wikipedia Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, founder, Mr. Skin adult website, MrSkin.com Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jim McBride, a.k.a., Mr. Skin, by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of lying dogs who say they only subscribe to MrSkin.com for the articles… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Adele beat out Beyonce at the Grammys. Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party overtook Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice for Worst Film at the Razzies. And, in a photo finish, Moonlight outshone La-La Land at the Oscars. Mr. SKIN podcast excerpt: "I have awards for 'Best Breasts,' 'Best Butt, 'Best Lesbian Scene--same awards every year, different winners. But what's most fun for me is curating through tons of television and movies for these crazy, wild nude scenes that most people don't even know happened; 'Most Mufftastic Merkin' is a great example." But what America really wants to know: Who won “Best Full Frontal” in Mr. Skin’s 18th Annual Anatomy Awards? What was the year’s “Most Shocking Nudity” – and does anyone really need to see it again? What were this year’s special merit categories? And what does the All-American breakfast cereal Fruit Loops have to do with any of this? "Best Nude with Fruit Loops" award goes to Kether Donohue of "You're The Worst"   Joining me today for his sixth appearance on Mr. Media – the most times any single guest has appeared in our 11 years of podcasting – is my second favorite Mr. – Mr. Skin. Mr. SKIN podcast excerpt: "A lot of what you see in our Anatomy Awards are a direct result of the incredible quality of what's being produced--the TVs, the monitors, the equipment. Everything we have in the office today we didn't have access to five years ago." Key interview moments: • 2:30 Jim McBride, a.k.a., Mr. Skin, explains the best part of curating his annual Anatomy Awards; • 30:20 A discussion of the impact of HD TV on expanding Mr. Skin's nude offerings; • 35:40 Mr. Skin talks about the impact of what he does on his kids -- and what happens when their friends hear him on The Howard Stern Show. Mr. SKIN Website • Facebook • Twitter • YouTube • PornHub • Wikipedia Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: David Fury, writer, producer, "24," "Lost," "Dream On," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," "Tyrant," "Fringe" Television screenwriter, producer David Fury Pop quiz: name the man who’s been a writer and/or producer for the following TV shows: “The Jackie Thomas Show,” “House of Buggin’,” “Dream On,” “Pinky and the Brain,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Lost,” “24.” Give up? It’s David Fury, and he joins us today via phone from Hollywood. David Fury Twitter • Facebook • IMDB • Wikipedia • Order Dream On on DVD from Amazon.com • Order 24: The Complete Series BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: David, welcome to Mr. Media. DAVID FURY: Thanks very much, Bob. I want to answer that question. I know, I know who that is. Order 'Dream On - Seasons 1 & 2,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD above! ANDELMAN: And we will send you a prize, I promise. FURY: Oh, thank you. ANDELMAN: David, does Barack Obama’s presidential campaign send a commission on every dollar it collects to the producers of “24”? FURY: No, not that I know of. How did Barack Obama come into this? ANDELMAN: Well, I look at Barack Obama, and it seems like he’s had a very smooth sail in these first months of his presidential campaign, and it seems to me, and maybe I’m alone, that a lot of it has to do with “24” making it very comfortable for America to have an African-American president, twice even. FURY: Interesting. Interesting premise. Well, I’d like to think that we’ve, as a country we’ve become more comfortable with the idea of bringing in presidential candidates from different walks of life, whether they be black or women or Asian or anything. If “24” has anything to do with it? All the better. I’d love to think that we’ve, to some extent we’ve matured enough that people are open to the idea. ANDELMAN: It’s interesting. I mean, there hasn’t really been a situation in years past where an African-American would play the President and it wouldn’t be like a big deal, but now it’s like…. FURY: Well, there was Deep Impact I remember which had Morgan Freeman as President. My God, I would have voted for him right there if Morgan Freeman had run, such an excellent presidential candidate. Or James Earl Jones years ago in a movie called The Man. ANDELMAN: I remember that. FURY: I remember that, as well, so I don’t think we’re the first, certainly, to do it, but perhaps…. ANDELMAN: No, but it’s very matter of fact in “24.” I think in those previous settings, it was more, you know, “What?” FURY: Well, certainly in The Man, it was very much evident that this was a racial issue and was telling a racial story. Morgan Freeman was handled matter-of-factly, and certainly David Palmer has been on the show. You may be right, you may have something to that. ANDELMAN: Well, I do think you guys should get a commission. I think you should look into that. FURY: All right. ANDELMAN: I hear a lot that Republicans tend to love “24” because of its kind of take-no-shit approach to terrorism, and I wondered if the creative staff has a noticeable political bent. FURY: Well, certainly a couple members of our staff lean very heavily toward the right, as there are a couple members that lean very heavily toward the left. We have a wide diversity of different political viewpoints. I don’t think Republicans, just simply Republicans love the show. I have heard that people as diverse as Barbra Streisand is apparently a big fan of the show. ANDELMAN: I didn’t mean to suggest that only Republicans, by no means, but… FURY: Everybody likes to filter their viewing of “24” through their own viewpoint, and we try to give a very diverse viewpoint on the show. Republicans will certainly embrace some of the more right wing aspects of “24,” the take-no-prisoners approach to terrorism, and there are others who recognize that that doesn’t work all the time. What you really have is somebody like Jack Bauer, who is serving the greater good but who has no particular political bent. I mean,...

Today's Guest: Jon Bon Jovi, singer, Bon Jovi   Bon Jovi, featuring Jon Bon Jovi, center Today--March 2--is singer Jon Bon Jovi's birthday. I've been intent on publishing my January 19, 1984, phone interview with him for a long, long time, but I just cannot locate the original print version of the story to accompany it, so today I am throwing up my hands and we'll just go with the audio. At the time of this interview, Bon Jovi was a hard-working, fast-rising Jersey Shore band that made itself media accessible and media friendly. The guys frequently played baseball against local radio station DJs as they toured the country, generating good feelings and lots of extra spins of their debut record. JON BON JOVI podcast excerpt: "My mom is a florist; my dad is a hairdresser. They always said, 'Do whatever makes you happy.' They knew I wanted this; there was a lot of of support." I remember being struck by how nice Jon was in this interview and how surprised I was to discover his hometown was Sayreville, NJ. I grew up a short drive away in North Brunswick. He asked if I know any Bongiovis in North Brunswick--particularly Joe and Nanette. He also mentioned time spent at the then Boy Scouts of America Museum in my hometown. One other note about this interview: for years I carried around boxes and boxes of rock star interviews I conducted in the mid-1980s. Many, recorded on high-end brand name cassette tape, failed to hold up to the ravages of time and Florida weather. The ones recorded on cheap tape--Hello, Realistic!--seemed to do better. No one knew then there would one day be an Internet were all such things would have a second life. JON BON JOVI podcast excerpt: "Ron Diaz at (Tampa Bay radio station) YNF was the biggest supporter before I ever had a record deal." Anyway, two friends inspired me to recover this and dozens of other lost interviews. First was my friend Dean Hendrix, himself a musician. Second--particularly for  this Jon Bon Jovi interview--was my neighbor, Lori Crotts. One day, I was visiting with Lori about some school matter and I saw some Bon Jovi memorabilia on her desk, including a photo of her and Jon, I believe. Turns out, she became a late fan of the band and had been catching up, attending as many of their concerts as possible, meeting the boys in the band backstage several times. This happily married, mother of three, and beloved pillar of the community, worked hard and, as her reward, treated herself to Bon Jovi concerts whenever possible. I told Lori about this interview and offered to find it for her. I took too long, as it turned out. Unfortunately, soon thereafter, Lori was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and never got to hear this restored conversation. She died on January  31, 2013. (Read more about Lori here.) That's why, I'm dedicating this to a fine woman and the biggest Bon Jovi fan I've ever known. Jon Bon Jovi Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation • Wikipedia • IMDB Bon Jovi Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • YouTube   Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Robert Conrad, actor, "The Wild Wild West" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that includes Brigadier General Moore, Colonel Lard, 1st Lt. Wiley, Capt. Gutterman, Lt. Anderson, Lt. Bob Boyle and 1st Lt. Bragg… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida!   Order 'The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series' by clicking on the photo above! He’s the original TV tough guy. He’s a formidable ladies man and unstoppable flirt. And now in his late 70s – 70s! – Robert Conrad still doesn’t know the meaning of slow down and smell the flowers. ROBERT CONRAD audio excerpt: "I enjoy everybody's company. I haven't had anybody on the radio show who's surprised me. I've been in the business 55 years!" He’s in his third year as a weekend host on the CRN Digital Talk network – a podcaster, for cryin’ out loud! And you know what? He’s damned entertaining. There may be snow on the roof, but there is still fire in the heart. Conrad, who became a household name when he starred in Hawaiian Eye and Wild Wild West, is at home in front of a microphone, sounding like a guy who has been doing radio all of his life. I first heard about Conrad’s now vocation when he was interviewed on Stitcher’s “Meet The Talkers” with Matty Staudt. He was hysterically funny and blunt, gamely answering any and all questions. Now it’s my turn. Robert Conrad CRN Radio Website • Twitter • Order Wild Wild West: The Complete Series on DVD Actor Robert Conrad now hosts 'PM Show with Robert Conrad' on CRNTalk.com   Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Ali Landry, actress, David Charvet, actor, "The Superstars" Ali Landry, David Charvet, "The Superstars" My best friend Bruce Kessler and I would be glued to ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” during the 1970s when it aired its ‘Superstars” competitions, pitting athletes and celebrities against one another in sports which no one had a natural advantage or, usually, much experience. Now ABC has once more brought back that old chestnut in a new primetime seasons of “The Superstars,” airs on Tuesday through July at 8 p.m. on ABC. This time around, we get male/female, celebrity/athlete teams including Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa, Robert Horry and Estella Warren, Lisa Leslie and Dan Cortese, Brandi Chastain and Julio Iglesias Jr. and others. Joining me today are two superstars who are not teamed together, Baywatch and Melrose Place star David Charvet and actress and former Miss USA Ali Landry. Ali Landry Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Wikipedia • IMDB David Charvet Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Wikipedia • IMDB Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, adult film website entrepreneur, MrSkin.com   Part 1 of 2 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Anatomy Award nominees who can’t figure out why the studio is so darn chilly today… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! The 83rd Annual Academy Awards may have been a bit of a snore, but there is nothing dull or flat about the 12th Annual Mr. Skin Anatomy Awards! Usually, we can count on Mr. Skin to fast-forward to the best parts in TV and film. But at this time of year – not at all coincidental to the Oscars, Skin and his staff of skinvestigators single out the year’s greatest flashes of female skin. There are our usual favorite categories, of course – best breast, best butt, best full frontal, best Wet T-Shirt and of course, Breast Picture. But this wouldn’t be the Anatomy Awards if Mr. Skin didn’t add new, one-of-a-kind categories to recognize each year: • Best Nude Parasailing: Piranha 3-D • Best Nude in an Apron Scene Leonor Watling, Mirrors 2 • Best Naked and Dead: Christina Ricci, After Life • Best Glowing Boobs: Lola Davidson, The Caretaker • Best Network Nip-Slip: Leven Rambin, ABC’s "Scoundrels" • Best Network Butt Crack: Lisa Edelstein, "House, M.D." Mr. Skin has a way with words that makes Hugh Hefner seem illiterate. You can see scenes from all the shows and movies we discuss by signing up for a premium membership at MrSkin.com. Mr. Skin Website • Facebook • Twitter • Order Mr. Skin's Skintastic Video Guide from Amazon.com • Order Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked   Part 2 of 2   Order 'Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Order 'Mr. Skin's Skintastic Video Guide: The 501 Greatest Movies for Sex & Nudity on DVD,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, adult website entrepreneur, MrSkin.com Order 'Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked' by clicking the book cover above! Here’s a statement of fact I think we can all agree upon: Heterosexual men like to look at naked women. We also like to see fully and partially clothed women and imagine them naked. That, in truth, is often more satisfying, in a strange but true fashion. MR. SKIN podcast excerpt: "Over 2,000 new nude scenes have happened since January 2005. So I said, 'It's time for a second edition.' That's kind of the reason this book is 688 pages. It's like half the size of the health care bill." And let’s not forget that we also enjoy doodling pictures of naked women and sharing these doodles wih our equally compelled brethren. Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione figured this out. Howard Stern did, too. And then there was Jim McBride, the cheerful young dude who makes a living cataloging and capturing the moments when our favorite film and TV actresses—and many more women we’ve never heard of—slip a nip or more out of their clothes for all to see. Call it Celebrity Twin Peaks, if you must. Mr. Skin, as McBride is best known, is an empire-builder himself, with his website, MrSkin.com, radio appearances on the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, and now the second edition of his valuable library reference,  Mr. Skin’s Skincylopedia—now in its second edition. Mr. Skin Website • Facebook • Twitter •  Order Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Jim McBride, adult website entrepreneur, MrSkin.com Guys, Mr. Skin watches movies so you don’t have to. Forget the days of wading through plot and dialogue just to get to the moment where Phoebe Cates pops open her bikini top in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Or when Sherilyn Fenn gets randy in Two Moon Junction. Mr. Skin, via his website at www.mrskin.com and his just released second book Mr. Skin’s Skintastic Video Guide, The 501 Greatest Movies for Sex and Nudity on DVD, can tell you alphabetically exactly how far to fast-forward just to get to the good parts. Skin time, what body parts are exposed, size, skin color, hair color, you get the idea. Mr. Skin is nothing if not thorough. And for those who think there must be a finite supply of these moments, let me just say that today alone Mr. Skin added seventy new pictures and twenty-one video clips to his archive. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. Mr. Skin Website • Twitter • Facebook • YouTube • Wikipedia Order 'Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Order 'Celebrity Skin,' available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD above! Order 'Knocked Up (Unrated)' starring Seth Rogen, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the DVD cover above! Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!