The Dana Gould Hour

Alas and alack, another summer come and gone, which means that here in Los Angeles, we only have two more months of blazing heat until fall.

But we have an amazing show this month! From Turner Classic Movies, Ben Mankiewicz is here. Ben is smart, funny, knows everyone in show business, comes from a family of Hollywood royalty and DC political insiders. Talk about connected. What's he doing here, you might ask? Well, he thought he was doing WTF. No, I'm just kidding. Ben's a friend. Also, speaking of friends, from he Simpsons, the author of the new behind the scenes book about The Simpsons, Springfield Confidential, Mr. Mike Reiss is here.

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Hello all! This is our annual messed-up mid-summer episode. I have been in the beautiful city of Atlanta Georgia for the past month and half filming season three of Stan Against Evil which promises to be our third season yet. No, it's the third season and it's the best by far--take my word for it. You'll find out in October.

However, I didn't have time to do my laundry properly, much less get a podcast going, but I didn't want the month to go by with nothing to show for it. So, we're going to take some of my favorite middle pieces (those sort of journalistic chunks that I put in the middle of the podcast) most especially ones from our early early days, which we haven't re-run. And I wrote a new one that will lead off the show and we'll do sort of a best of story time episode.

But in the meantime, enough of my talking. It's time for more of my talking.

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Ahhh summer. The kids are getting ready for finals, vacations are being planned, and if you're me, you're in Atlanta making your friends hang out in a swamp as you film season three of Stan Against And Evil and suddenly remembering, "Holy Shit! The podcast!"

Well, we got it done and it's a still a great one. Two great guests.

Shaun Cassidy was an undisputed teen idol in the 1970's with a hit TV show – The Hardy Boys - and hit albums, his debut album entitled, oddly enough, "Shaun Cassidy" went multi-platinum and netted him a number one single. He then switched gears in his career and became a writer, creating one of my favorite TV shows, American Gothic, and many, many more. Shaun Cassidy is here today with April Richardson.

Eddie Pepitone was also a teen idol, scoring huge hits in the early 70's with his band Eddie and the Peptones. He later starred in Columbo: The Next Generation and I am just about at the end of this gag. But needless to say, Eddie Pepitone is here today.

As for me, I am, as I said, in working away on the show which accounts for why this show is a week late, Next month we're going to have a special episode with some of my favorite middle pieces, and some other surprises, and then we'll be back in action.

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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.