Aaaaaaand we’re back. Spring has sprung and we’re busy as bees! But out of chaos comes order and, if not order, a podcast. This month we have our old buddy Alison Rosen, whose new book, Tropical Attire Encouraged And Other Phrases That Scare Me is available now. Comedian Blaine Capatch and raconteur and California comedy history gadfly Mike Carano are also here.

As for me? I’m back on tour later this summer after we wrap filming season three of Stan Against Evil, which is, as we speak, in the high dudgeon of pre-production. By the way I have just learned we have our own recap podcast, Pod Against Evil. Give it a listen, won’t you? http://DanaGould.com

We have a terrific show for you this month. The host of TV Guidance Counselor, the great Ken Reid is here. And real life Forrest Gump, star of Animal Planet’s Room Vets and former bouncer for some of the greatest rock bands in the history of music, the man Keith Richards made go to medical school, Kevin Fitzgerald is here!

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This is something of a different episode of the show. It's dedicated, almost in its entirety to one man, a brilliant writer and radio performer named Joe Frank. Joe Frank started his career by and large on WBAI in New York and eventually made his way to KCRW in Los Angeles, He was completely unique, incredibly inventive and is actually the reason this podcast exists.

Joe Frank sadly passed away in January of this year. He was 79. But he leaves a legacy of an amazing body of work and I cannot recommend it strongly enough. And it is all available to you, at JoeFrank.com.

During this show, I'm going to be talking to our own Eddie Pepitone, another big fan of Joe's work, and Dave Carlson, who wrote and directed the documentary Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There and you can learn everything about that at JoeFrankMovie.com.

Now, I'm not getting a dime off of any of this. I'm a fan and if you enjoy what I do, I think you'd really dig, so I'm trying to hep you cool cats to some wow new sounds.

There will be no middle piece this show, no Two Guys From Boston, though both will be back next month, in between the interviews, I will be interspersing some of my favorite monologues from Joe, it's about, .000000001 % of his work, but hopefully it will whet your appetite enough to go to JoeFrank.com and JoeFrankMovie.com to take a bigger bite.

I want to personally extend my thanks to Michal Story and Logan of my favorite and at the end of the episode, we're going to play half hour piece that I wrote that Joe produced and aired in his show In The Dark in 1993. I want to thank Farley Zeigler, Michal Story Dave Carlson and Logan at Joe Frank.com for their permission in using these pieces and for making them available.

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Happy 2018 everybody. Let’s get at season 7 of the Dana Gould Hour podcast. Getting right at it, we have a great line up for you. The hilarious and recently-married Matt Braunger is with us. Look for Matt’s new comedy special, later this year. An comedian and human woman, Emma Arnold is with us. You can pick up her album Shut Up Calvin wherever fine records are sold.

We also have the hosts Jack O’Brien and Miles Grey of The Daily Zeitgeist Podcast, along with their producer, and co-host of the excellent podcast Ethnically Ambiguous, Anna Hossnieh is with us.

Me? Well, I’m busier than a one-armed traffic cop with a skin rash. Stan Against Evil is coming back for e third season on IFC, and I’m busy right now working on the scripts and stories for that, couple other very exciting projects in the works that I’m not at liberty to discuss at the moment but that I assure you are super groovy.

If you are in the Washington DC area, I’ll be in Arlington Virginia at the Arlington Drafthouse on Friday and Saturday, February 2nd and 3rd.

On Feb 22, 23 and 24th I’ll be in Denver Colorado at The Comedy Works, and on March 1, 2 & 3rd I’ll be right here in Southern California at the good ol’ Irvine Improv. Big invite to all my OC peeps to come on down to the Irvine Improv.

For ticket links and all other info, just tawdle on down to the live events page at http://www.danagould.com/events

You’ll be glad you did!

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Oh weather outside is frightful. Eh. But nonetheless, Welcome to the holiday 2017 episode of the Dana Gould Hour, recorded high atop in Los Angeles at Falcon’s Lair Recording Studios.

We have two incredible interviews and a heapin’ helpin’ of audio extras for your listening pleasure. First of all, it IS December, and that calls for a year-end recap. Last year, I’m sure you recall how, prior to election day, we all thought we knew how the year was going to turn out. Well it didn’t quite work out that way, did it? So joining me at the mic today is none other than Mike Murphy. I’m a Democrat, he’s a Republican but outside of that, we walk alike, we talk alike, we even wear our socks alike. Mike has no love for the President, and neither do I, but he has some excellent insight into how the other side approaches this most unique period on out history.

Joining Mike and myself is Pete Aronson. Pete has held many an executive position in show bidness, as well as being a very talented writer and all around funny guy in his own right. If you are a fan of Stan Against Evil, you have Pete to thank for it. But more than all of that, he’s a smart cookie and I’m eager to get this rolling.

We also have Danny Bland with us. Compared to Mike and Pete, Danny is a disreputable hobo. Hobo, I say! And that’s why we’re friends. Danny is, among other things, the road manager for The Blasters, and, yeah, I’d say he has some stories. He’s also the author of the excellent novel In Case We Die which details his oh so fun recovery from heroin and the people he met along the way, Danny, well, you’ll hear it. I’d like to have Danny on every month. He is the real deal.

For details, tickets and links to all of my live show malarkey, please visit the live appearance page at DanaGould.com.

I will be back at one of my favorite clubs in the country The Laughing Skull in Atlanta on Jan 4th, 5th and 6th, and then I’ll be back up to San Francisco on Jan 18th, 19th and 20th for good ol’ Sketchfest.

On Jan 19th at the Marines Memorial Theater, the folks who brought you last year’s live staged reading of Plan 9 From Outer Space are reconvening for a live stage reading of The John Travolta classic, The Boy In The Plastic Bubble. It stars not only Stan Against Evil actors like me, Janet Varney, Deborah Baker Jr and Nate Mooney, but also Scott Adsit from 30 Rock, Maria Bamford from Lady Dynamite, and Steven Ogg from The Walking Dead, as well as Bob’s Burgers’ Ron Lynch. The Boy In The Plastic Bubble. See it. We want to put our germs on you.

Lastly, if you are in the DC area, I will be at the Arlington Drafthouse in in Arlington, Virginia on Feb 2nd and 3rd.

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Today’s show features two amazing guests, author, actor, podcaster, husband, father, men’s facial hair advocate John Hodgman is here. Many people first became aquainted with John from his appearances on The Daily Show, but he is so so so much more than that, and he has an excellent new book out now called Vacationland and he is here to discuss that, and so much much more.

Also, I was recently in the lovely city of Chicago, Illinois where I was able to speak with the one and only Rich Koz himself, otherwise known as Svengoolie. He of ME-TVs SciFi Saturday night. An American institution and, as America’s leading horror movie host, a man I am somewhat if not very jealous of.

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Speaking of me, which is a great title for a book, you may want to come see me perform my live comedy all professional joke telling show. December 14, 15 & 16, I’ll be in San Francisky Ca. at the Punchline. My good buddy Emma Arnold will be joining me at those shows. They’re sure to sell out, so get your tickets early. And then show up, and get them oily.

Jan 4, 5 & 6 I’ll be in my home away from home Atlanta, GA. At the Laughing Skull. One of my favorite clubs in one of my favorite cities, how can you go wrong?

Feb. 2 7 3rd I’ll be in Arlington, VA. At the Alamo Drafthouse and Cinema, so all my DC friend are encouraged to hie on out, and Feb 22 – 24 finds me in Denver, CO. at The Comedy Works.

For details on all of this and more, toddle on over to Dana Gould.com and click on the See Me Live page. Or Calendar or whatever it’s called. You’ll see it. DanaGould.com

And nowwwwwwwwwwww let’s do, our filthy business.

It's Halloween Times, and we have a veritable pillowcase full of treats in store for you. Joe Dante, the director of Gremlins, The Howling, Pirahan, Matinee, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2, The Burbs, Twilight Zone: The Movie, the list goes on and on and on. Josh Olson, the Academy Award nominated screen writer for A History of Violence, friend of Harlan Ellison and the current curator of the excellent Trailers From Hell podcast. And Mike Mendez, director of the great, great film Big Ass Spider, Don't Kill It, Tales Of Halloween, etc. Great guys all, good friends all, super Halloween nerds all.

Enjoy.

October 29th is a sweet ass day if you live in Los Angeles. It's Plan 9 From Outer Space LIVE at Largo on La Cienega. Joining me will be Janet Varney, Paul F. Tompkins, Laraine Newman, Brian Posehn, Jonah Ray, Matt Braunger, Ron Lynch, Deborah Baker, Jr., Nate Mooney, G. Charles Wright with live musical accompaniment by Eban Schletter and stage design by Pam Severns. Go to http://LARGO-LA.com for tickets.

November 1st, season two of Stan Against Evil premieres on IFC. You had to have been living under a rock if your even a casual fan of this podcast and haven't heard me blather on and on about that. Season one is on Hulu now if you'd like to catch up.

Dana Gould's live events are on his events page. November 2nd through 4th, 2017, I'll be at Zanies in Chicago. And I promise, it will be very zany. I swear, it will be zany. November 16th through 18th, it's back to my hometown of Boston Massachusetts to Laugh Boston, where I'll be performing with former podcast guests, personal friends, and estimable comedians in their own right, Valerie Tosi and Ken Reid.

Don't live in Chicago or Boston? You can buy my album, Mr. Funny Man, on Kill Rock Stars Records, available on iTunes and Amazon.

We are nearing THAT time of year. Halloween season is almost upon us, so we'll be an accelerated production of the show this month and it's my hope to have the Halloween episode out in all it's glory by October 15th, we've got some big, excellent guests lined up for that show, and they're going to have to be 'cause this show has a murderer's row. Valerie Tosi, held over from last month to make room for big dead Jerry Lewis is here, Valerie is an incredibly funny comedian and an LA transplant from Boston, so yeah, we had more than a little to talk about. The Bitter Buddha is back, Eddie Pepitone is here, 'nuff said, and lastly, a guy I've wanted to have on the show from the episode one. A very funny and talented comedian and actor who is one of those guys who, when it comes to comedy at least, seems to quite literally know everyone and seems to have been every place. He's also the only person I know who has played himself on The X-Files. Mr. Wayne Federman.

October 5th I'll be joining John C McGinley, and Janet Varney at the Javitts Center in New York for the Stan Against Evil Panel at New York Comic Con.

October 6th it's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE LIVE at the Littlefield Theater in New York, with myself, Gilbert Gottfried, Janet Varney, John Hodgman Michale Ian Black, Jean Grea, Scott Adsit, Adam Savage, Ron Lynch and Mark Gagliardi, and Ennis Esmer

October 6th will also see the release of my new album, if that's what they're called, Mr. Funny Man. On Kill Rock Stars records, cassettes and 8 track tapes.

October 12, 13 and 14 I will be back in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the ACME Comedy Club.

A funny thing happened on the way to this podcast. I had recorded the first interview, with podcaster and LA comedy gadfly Mike Carano. I then recorded interview #2, with comedian Valerie Tosi. Valerie and I both grew up in Massachusetts and we started talking about, among other things the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, which always signaled to end of summer vacation.

After we recorded the interview, I thought, you know, I should write the middle piece about Jerry Lewis. He's a pretty interesting dude. And then, I went to bed, and woke up in the morning and learned that Jerry Lewis had died.

Oy. Hope it wasn't me. In any event, although I have never met Jerry, I did see him in what must have been one of his last public appearances here in LA. But, I know people who know Jerry, so I made a couple phone calls and got them over here. So with apologies to Valerie Tosi, who will be appearing next month, my guests today are...

The brilliant and hilarious Mike Carano. If you are a fan of comedy, you may not know him, but every comedian you know knows him. Also, director Steve Kessler, who directed Vegas Vacation, The Independent and Paul Williams Still Alive. And writer director Rob Cohen. I squatted in Rob's office at The Ben Stiller Show in 1992 and we've been friends ever since. Rob has directed SPEECHLESS, MARON, and half of season 2 of STAN AGAINST EVIL. Also, actor, writer artist and Jerry Lewis expert, Ken Daly is here.

As far as I'm concerned, come see me. Live appearance info is at http://DanaGould.com/events

Hot town, summer in the city. The Lovin’ Spoonful sang it. But we’re gonna keep you cool with a bunch of interesting junk. How’s that? Four amazing guests on this episode. April Richardson is here with her pal and mine Karen Kilgariff. You can find April online at @apey, and Karen is one half of the podcast My Favorite Murder, and if you don’t know about that by now, I can’t help you. Bobcat Goldthwait is here, with his pal comedian Caitlyn Gill. Bob has a new show coming out on Tru called Misfits and Monsters that is going to be amazing. As for me? Lots a stuff coming up. On August 17th 18th and 19th I will be in Cleveland Ohio at Hilarities, I’ll try my best to live up to its name, and on September 9th, I will be in Boise Idaho at The Egyptian Theater as part of the 208 Comedy Festival. All live info is at http://www.danagould.com/events/ October will see the release of my new album "Mr. Funny Man" on Kill Rock Stars and season two of Stan Against Evil premiers on IFC on November 1st, so lots and lots and lots of stuff. http://DanaGould.com