Reliving My Youth

I catch up with Christine Elise McCarthy, probably best known as Emily Valentine on Beverly Hills, 90210. Horror fans know her as Kyle from Child's Play 2. Christine talks about both of these franchises being rebooted/remade. Christine is also an accomplished author, having penned the novel, Bathing and the Single Girl.

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I catch up with legendary songwriter Jim Vallance, who co-wrote some of Bryan Adams biggest hits, "Summer of '69", "Heaven" and "Cuts Like a Knife". Jim shares stories behind some of Bryan's biggest songs, how he met Bryan and how he got into the business. Jim also collaborated with Aerosmith, Heart, and Glass Tiger on some of their biggest hits.

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I catch up with Glenn Shorrock, the former lead singer of the Little River Band, who recently released "Glenn Shorrock sings Little River Band". The album reimagines some of LRB's most memorable songs, "Reminiscing", "Cool Change", and "Lonesome Loser". Glenn also discusses the ongoing drama between himself and the current version of the band and why he doesn't perform in the states.

We continue our celebration of the 35th anniversary of The Karate Kid with Rob Garrison, who played Cobra Kai member, Tommy. Rob is best known for his line, "get em a body bag", we discuss how the line came about and discuss his other memorable line in the movie. Rob talks about his experience filming the movie and gives his thoughts on the Cobra Kai TV show.

The Karate Kid is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. I wanted to talk with as many actors from the movie as possible. We start our series with Sensei Ron Thomas, who played Bobby Brown. Ron talks about his real life Cobra Kai experience, which got him involved in the martial arts. He talks about his time filming the movie and what he thinks Bobby is doing now. Ron is now a published author, motivational speaker and empowering life and mindset coach.

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We are back with part two of the top 80's movie soundtrack songs. This time, we are featuring the most underrated/under appreciated songs. The Hustle's Jon Lamoreaux joins me once again.

I catch up with Michael Gray, who played Billy Batson on the Shazam! TV show. Michael talks about his time on the show, the drama surrounding Jackson Botswick's departure and being type-casted. Michael had a memorable guest-starring spot on Archer and discusses how that came about. Shazam! is now streaming on DC Universe.

I catch up with Bif Naked, International Recording Artist, Poet, Writer, Troublemaker, Nice Girl, Dishwasher, MartialArtist, Ballerina, StraightEdger, TreeHugger, Bare-Knuckle Fighter, Canadian Citizen and Middle Daughter. Some of Bif's hits included Spaceman, Moment of Weakness, and I Love Myself today. Bif talks about doing The Tonight Show, getting her name, and most importantly, beating cancer

I catch up with Karyn Parsons, who famously played Hillary Banks for six seasons on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Karyn talks about just how much fun it was to play Hillary and if she felt type casted following the show. Karyn just released her debut novel, "How High The Moon". She talks about her inspiration for the novel. Karyn is the founder of Sweetblackberry.org, which brings little known stories of African American achievement to children everywhere.

I catch up with Corin Nemec, star of Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Corin tells me why he initially did not want to do the show and why the third season was it's last. Corin earned an Emmy nomination for the TV movie, "I Know My First Name is Steven", and talks about his experience. HIs latest movie, "Rottentail", comes out in the Spring.