SCRATCH the SURFACE with EJ Scott

Kay Cannon has written a #1 movie at the box office... twice! Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 are movies that can not and should not be ignored. They are fun, funny, smart, heart felt films that are helping along the careers of Anna Kendrick, Haillee Steinfeld, Rebel Wilson and more! But Kay wasnt always a writer, she started out as a sketch and improv performer at The Second City in Chicago, Comedy Sportz and iO Chicago. We talk about her writing process, getting hired to write and produce on the NBC series 30 Rock by Tina Fey, her friendship with Tina Fey, her work on New Girl on FOX and her work on Cristela. We talk about her marriage and divorce from SNL alum Jason Sudeikis, finding new love with her husband, Eban and motherhood, we talk about working in Las Vegas, her favorite musicians - Hall and Oates, auditioning for Saturday Night Live, and much much more! Please listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!

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Adam Rifkin comes over and sits at the kitchen table with me to talk movies, filmmaking, mistakes made he has learned from, being cousins with Ike Barinholtz from MADTv and the Mindy Project, losing out on rebooting the Planet of the Apes franchise 15 years ago, the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie that he wrote and that John Woo was going to direct that never happened, giving me a huge tube TV and a lizard 10 years ago when I was a mover, making Detroit Rock City, working with KISS, making the CHASE with Kristy Swanson and Charlie Sheen, how Charlie Sheen is one of the most professional actors hes ever worked with, how a character form the series Action was based on him, how his ex girlfriend made a film called Love and Sex about their relationship where Jon Favreau played Adam, we talk about his parents divorce when he was a kid, how his writing office is still in his moms house, writing scripts in a week, future projects and so much more!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!

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Matt Walsh is a stand out comedian among stand out comedians on the HBO show VEEP. But he didnt start out wanting to do comedy. He started out as a psychologist. During this interview I think Matt uses some of his training on me and divulge things about myself I don't think I have previously on my podcasts. We also talk about improv, Chicago sports, how humor helped Matt make friends and not get beat up, being a dad, drug use, meeting his wife, Morgan, directing, being on the Daily Show as a correspondant and his return for the end of Jon Stewarts run, co-founding The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, which has 4 locations now, his fear of providing for a growing family as an actor, growing up 1 of 7 siblings, Del Close, his belief in religion after being raised a Catholic, his frustartion as a teacher, coaching the Harlem Globetrotters in improv and so much MORE!! Please Share, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!

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Deborah Ann Woll is best known to the public as Jessica Hamby from HBO's True Blood, but that may soon change thanks to her role as Karen Page on Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix. We talk in depth on her role as Karebn, how she got the part, how she almost couldn't do it because of True Blood conflicts, her process as an actor, how she appraoches a role, specific scenes of the series, why she doesnt watch her self anymore and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!!

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Elden Henson has been acting since he was a little kid. Now he plays Foggy Nelson in Marvel's Daredevil for Netflix. Elden talks to me about falling in love quickly with his wife, actress Kira Sternbach, how she got pregnant early in their relationship, how he was gone filming Hunger Games: Mockingjay parts 1 and 2, how there were problems with the birth, post pardem depression, going to couples counseling, and how they are stronger for it. We also talk about how he had trouble working on Daredeil due to being a new dad, acting as a child, the divorce of his parents and his difficult relationship with his dad, working in all three Mighty Ducks movies with Emilio Estevez, working with Sharon Stone in the Mighty, how he is writing a tv pilot, his love of music, working on Daredevil, Jennifer Lawrence and much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!!

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Christos Gage and Ruth Fletcher Gage are staff writers for the new Marvel's Daredevil for Netflix. They are married and have been writing partners for a long time. We talk about how they met in college, what its like to be the lone female writer on a staff of men, we talk about Christos' family where his grandmother was executed in Greece and how Christos' dad was going to murder the man that had her executed, also how Christos' dad took down the mob as a journalist, what its like writing Buffy comics for Joss Whedon, how Ruth was raised in a political family, how they got involved with Daredevil, some behind the scenes stories of Daredevil and much more!!!

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Jeph Loeb is a multi Eisner Award Winning comic book writer that has transitioned into one of the most important guys at Marvel. He runs the television department. He was kind enough to come to my house and talk with me for a couple of hours while I nerded out that Jeph Loeb was in my house! He's written legendary stories about Daredevil, Wiolverine, Batman, Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, the list goes on and on. He got his start in writing by writing screenplays, specifically Commando and Teen Wolf. We talk about writing, Cinderella, Tim Sale, Alan Moore, Ed McGuinness, whatever happened to Captain America: White, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alyssa Milano, casting Daredevil, sitting in on writing meetings on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, almost doing an animated Buffy tv show, Heroes, Smallville, a possible Punisher Tv show, the horrible loss of his 17 year old son to bone cancer and how he paid tribute to him in comic book form and much more! Please listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!

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Steven DeKnight started his career teaching English as a Second Language. A job that was suppose to last 6 months lasted 6 years. Until he finally got a break writing for MTV's Undressed show. That helped lead to working with what would end up being a life changing experience, working for Joss Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which was Stevens favorite show on TV at the time. He worked on Buffy developing friendships that would last to this very day and beyond. He worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which lead to working on Angel, then Smallville, Dollhouse, a little short lived gem called Viva Laughlin (a musical drama on CBS with Hugh Jackman), helping create and show run Spartacus and now the hit Netflix/ Marvel show Daredevil. We talk about Show running, directing, producing, writing and he was even had aspirations of being an actor. We talk about Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Doug Petrie, tattoos, how horrible it was losing the lead of Spartacus- Andy Whitfield- to cancer, the bravery of his replacement with Liam McIntyre, being a Howard Stern fan, reading good and bad reviews, , we talk about Daredevil, how he was bought in kind of last minute, working 7 days a week to get the series made, casting Daredevil, working with Jeph Loeb, Deborah Ann Wolls audition and casting process and how it almost didnt happen, how Richard Gere was considered for Wilson Fisk, and so much more!! It was a great time talking with Steven. Hes a great guy and has a ton of great stories. Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!!

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Joe Quesada is known in the comic book world as a living legend. He's one of the best artists the medium has seen and now hes one of the guys that has a lot of say and sway in an incredibly successful company. Joe is kind enough to come over to the house two times in two days. We talk about a lot including Joe being born and raised in Queens, New York, his parents separation and eventual rekindling relationship, inheriting a loyalty to the Mets from his dad who help build Shea stadium, the first comic his dad ever got him and how that changed his life, being considered gifted as a child, his first date, ging to college at the School of Visual Arts in NY, how he stepped away from art after college and focused on music, his start in comics with Valiant, then DC, leaving DC because he wasnt allowed to draw Batman, , starting at Marvel at a time when Marvel was going bankrupt, being put in charge of 4 very important titles including DAREDEVIL, PUNISHER, BLACK PANTHER and INHUMANS which became the MARVEL KNIGHTS series, getting Kevin SMith's involvement in writing comics and the pressure he was feeling, we talk Brian Michael Bendis, Stan Lee, Bob Kane, starting the adult aimed MAX series, having his own company called EVENT Comics, his involvement in the Marvel U and developing new shows for Netflix including the upcoming DAREDEVIL, JESSICA JONES, LUKE CAGE, IRON FIST and the DEFENDERS and so much more!!! Had a great talk with Joe. I hope even if you dont read comics you'll listen and enjoy. Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!!

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Steven Yeun moved to Canada from Seoul, South Korea when he was a yound kid, then shortly afterwards to Michigan. Steven talks about difficulty making a major move like that and how he reacted as a kid, how his parents expected him to be a doctor but his heart lead him to acting, we talk about how he met his current long term girlfriend, why he was sych a bad bartender, his love for Jimmy Johns Sandwiches, auditioning for Frank Darabont, how the cast and crew reacted to the show runner changes over the course of the show, improv, comedy, sketch, living in Chicago, Christianity, being a bratty kid, his friendship with Daily Show correspondant Jordan Klepper, comic cons, becoming famous almost over night, voice overs, Chew, producing, writing, Drunk History and so much more! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!!

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