SCRATCH the SURFACE with EJ Scott

Derek Miller was one of my very first improv coaches in 2004 in Los Angeles. He and his family are moving to London, England and I wanted to have a chat before he left. We talk acting, Chicago, family, ups and downs of the business, improv, improvising on the set of Transformers: Dark of the Moon for Michael Bay with Shia LaBeouf, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Chris Claremont has been writing comic books for around 50 years!! He has written some of the most influential and memorable X-Men comics ever!! He had me over to his home where we talked about his long history and influence in comics. We talked a few other things too but mostly comics!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Bryan and Bradford Manning were told they were going blind from an eye disease called Stargardt Disease when they were kids. I met up with them in NYC and talked with them about learning at an early age about their disease, what it was like growing up knowing you are losing eye sight, an attempt at driving, going on the Ellen Degeneres Show, dating, starting a clothing company designing clothes for the blind in mind and raising money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!

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Brian Stack was kind enough to talk with me at his office in NYC where he writes for the Stephen Colbert Late Show on CBS. We talk about a lot of things including working for Conan O'Brien for 20 years and what was it like to leave him, the Chicago improv scene, meeting and marrying his wife, quitting drinking three years ago, Trump and so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!

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John Lutz was very kind in letting me interview him while I was visiting New York at his work in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. We talk about a lot of stuff including working on SNL, what it was like dealing with host Donald J Trump several years before he ran for President, Tina Fey asking him to be in 30 Rock, working for Seth Meyers, meeting and proposing to his wife, Chicago improv scene, his religious upbringing, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Taran Killam and Paul Brittain make their triumphant return to Scratch the Surface, but this time they come in together to promote the film Killing Gunther available on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video. We talk about what it was like for Taran to write, direct and star in a movie, working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, some stories from Saturday Night Live, Taran being in Hamilton on Broadway, comics, improv, Ryan Gaul and so much more!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY!

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Matt Marr and I met many years ago at an improv theater called iO West. We knew each other a little bit and then lost touch after I moved to Chicago and then back to LA. Anyway in that time we both started podcasts. And he was kind enough to invite me on his. I also recorded the interview and turned the table on him a few times. We talk about me going blind, podcasting, Matt coming out of the closet, family stuff, relationships and much much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN, PLEASE SHARE, PLEASE ENJOY!

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Michael Ausiello is use to writing and critiquing television shows about fictional drama. But in his book writing debut Michale opens up about his relationship with his husband and the cancer that took him away. I highly recommend reading or listening to the audio version of the book. Its a funny, moving, heartbreaking, relatable, incredibly well written story of love and loss... and Smurfs. He was on once before and could not talk in great detail about the book, but here we talk about quite a bit. Plus, I predict Jim Parsons playing him in the movie adaptation before it was even announced. Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Beth Dover and I first met in class at Second City Los Angeles in 2003. She joins me in my kitchen to catch up and talk about finding love with a actor/comedian Joe LoTruglio, marriage, motherhood, family, losing a brother, not being close with other members of her family, working on Orange is the New Black on Netflix, Another Period on Comedy Central, Children's Hospital on Adult Swim, living all over the country, living in South Korea, studying acting at Lesley Kahn, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!!

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RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play.

Marc Evan Jackson is recognizable from dozens of different things ranging from commercials, television, film and voice over. Marc and I talk about everything this episode! Including, being born and raised in Buffalo, NY, losing a sibling to SIDS before he was even born, the death of his parents, meeting his wife and their decision not to have kids, how he got hooked on improv, performing at The Second City in Detroit, MI, working on projects like Kong: Skull Island, The Good Place, Transformers, The Thrilling Adventure Hour Podcast, Parks and Recreation, DuckTales, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Spoils Before Dying. And working with the likes of Will Ferrell, John Goodman, Kristen Wiig, John C. Reilly, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Michael Bay, Keegan Michael-Key, Andy Samberg, Amy Poehler and much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast

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My website www.ejscott.com

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RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play