The Locher Room

Please join Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, who you may recognize from being the “OxiClean Guy,” in The Locher Room. Sully took a detour on his television career when his daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder and needed an alternative to the prescription medication which robbed her of her personality.

This desperate Dad entered a unique 2nd act as the owner of a hemp farm born out of his want and need to find alternative drugs for his young daughter. MONTKUSH is based on 116-acres in Vermont where Sully spent two years living in an AirStream on top of a mountain in freezing conditions. He has learned how to farm CBD and CBDA, the non-intoxicating chemical in the cannabis plant. MONTKUSH has received both USDA organic certification and Vermont’s organic certification. Sully began administering CBD for his daughter’s symptoms and her seizures were then under control. Her weight and personality came back. When you enter the code “LOCHER” at www.MONTKUSH.com you get 30% off your purchase.

Original Airdate: 2/25/2022

Emmy Award-winning actress Kathleen Noone joins me in The Locher Room to look back at her incredible career on stage and screen. Kathleen made her television debut on As the World Turns as Margaret Porter in 1975. In 1977, Kathleen moved over to Pine Valley playing Ellen Shepherd Dalton for the next 11 1/2 years on All My Children. She earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1987.

Shortly after her arrival in Hollywood, she landed a number of guest starring roles on such shows as Quantum Leap, Hunter and Empty Nest before accepting the leading role of Claudia Whittaker on the prime-time soap Knots Landing. After Knots, she moved to recurring roles on LA Law and Party of Five. Soon after she started to tackle comedic roles, in the role of Maris’ kooky aunt on Frasier and guest-starring roles on such sitcoms as Love and War, Ned and Stacy, Murphy Brown and Ellen.

In 1996 Aaron Spelling requested that she play ‘Bette’ on Sunset Beach earning her third Emmy nomination. In addition, she played the role of Edna Wallace on NBC's Passions earning her fourth Emmy nomination. Some of her other film and guest starring television appearances include Don't Mess with the Zohan, About Fifty, United States of Tara and a recurring role on Dexter. She co-starred on stage with Linda Gray in Bette Davis Speaks.

Kathleen earned a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology and in 2001 she started Kathleen Noone’s Emotional Fitness. She wanted to use the combination of her extensive education, life experience and over 40 years in the entertainment industry to be of service to those already in the business and most importantly to those just coming into it. In addition, she conducts Emotional Fitness seminars for colleges and universities on Creating and Sustaining A Successful Career in Theatre and the Entertainment Industry.

Original Airdate: 2/24/2022

Please join me for the 13th episode in the Conversations with Alan series in The Locher Room to meet Limor Vink, the Anti-Defamation League's Regional Coordinator of the New York/New Jersey office.

Limor will be here to share her story about her remarkable grandparents; one a Holocaust survivor and the other a Righteous Gentile who helped save the lives of the Lowenstein family in the Netherlands during World War II. Two very different stories, but each powerful in their own right. Limor and I have a unique connection to the Netherlands and to WWII.

After finishing her graduate studies in psychology, Limor decided to become involved in an organization that will fulfill her aspirations to help others and become part of an organization that educates about the holocaust to young children and teens and fights hate in all forms (ADL).

The story of her grandparents, the survivors, and those who rescued - is following Limor with each step of her path. Being a part of both ends - knowing the consequences of what it means for one to be prosecuted from one end - and what the other can do for those who are being harassed is the actual embodiment of the two narratives in her identity that she has tried to integrate over the years.

Original Airdate: 2/23/2022

Tune-in to The Locher Room when two daytime legends, Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) and Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) join me live. This real-life duo will sit down with me to reminisce about their incredible careers in network television and tell us about their new website: https://www.soapoperasecrets.com/. The site includes recent interviews interspersed with scenes from old Days of Our Lives episodes. Each "episode" covers a secret to their 48 years of a happy, loving marriage!

Bill and Susan first kissed on television on July 23, 1970 (their first kiss in real life too) and were married four years later on October 12th, 1974. This real-life couple had the pleasure of getting married a second time as “Doug and Julie,” on Days of Our Lives on October 1st, 1976. In 2005, they wrote the memorable memoir Like Sands Through the Hourglass. According to TV Guide, it is “the best book ever written about daytime television.” They also penned a historical novel about actors, (what else?), and are working on a sequel. These two actors are the recipients of Lifetime Achievement Emmy Awards for their over fifty years of work on Days of Our Live.

Original Airdate: 2/17/2022

Come celebrate the 25th Anniversary since the debut of NBC's Sunset Beach in The Locher Room. Cast members Christina Chambers (Maria Torres), Priscilla Garita (Gabi Martinez Torres), Jason George (Michael Bourne), Lisa Guerrero (Francesca Vargas), Kam Heskin (Caitlin Richards Deschanel), Dominique Jennings (Virginia Harrison) and Randy Spelling (Sean Richards) will all be here to share memories of their time spent working on this daytime drama.

Sunset Beach made its television debut on NBC on January 6, 1997. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Sunset Beach won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times during its three-year run. The last episode aired on December 31, 1999. This was the first daytime soap opera produced by legendary television producer Aaron Spelling.

Original Airdate: 2/17/2022

Catch up with The Lewis Family in The Locher Room. Joining me for the hour are Rebecca Hollen (Trish), Robert Newman (Josh) and Krista Tesreau Strauss (Melinda Sue). Rebecca Hollen was the first Lewis to arrive in Springfield in August of 1981 with Robert Newman following soon after in 1981 and with Krista Tesreau joining in 1983.

Rebecca made her daytime television debut on As the World Turns in the role of Tina Cornell in 1978 before joining Guiding Light in 1981. She played the role of Trish until November of 1985 and returned to the show a few times over the years. In addition to Tina and Trish, she played the part of Peggy Lazarus on Another World. Before working in daytime, Rebecca made a living working on stage and in commercials for Nabisco and Hallmark to name a few.

Robert Newman played Joshua Lewis on and off the canvas for 28 years. Since Guiding Light left the air, he has appeared on stage, in primetime and on film in several high-profile roles. Some of those roles include The Amazing Spider Man 2, Homeland, House of Cards, Criminal Minds and Law and Order: SVU to name a few. He just took over the role of Ashland Locke on CBS' The Young and the Restless and the fans can't wait to see what trouble Robert stirs up in Genoa City.
Robert's first airdate on Y&R is February 9th.

Krista Tesreau Strauss played Melinda Sue Lewis for six years before departing Springfield for good in 1989. Fans were always happy to see her return over the years and were thrilled when she came back to the show at the end of the series to bring the "Four Musketeers" together one last time. Krista also returned to daytime television as Andi Klein on Santa Barbara. She assumed the role of the tantalizing Tina Roberts on One Life to Live in 1994, and played that role for three years. In addition to her daytime roles, Krista has appeared in several hit prime-time series.

Original Airdate: 2/11/2022

Catch up with the Emmy Award-winning real-life duo of Julie Pinson and Billy Warlock in The Locher Room. The couple met in 1999 but reconnected on NBC's Days of Our Lives where they played Billie Reed and Frankie Brady. The couple wed in 2006.

Julie made her daytime television debut on Port Charles playing Eve Lambert. In addition to Eve and Billie, Julie went on to play Janet Ciccone on As the World Turns where she earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. She also played the part of Shiloh on The Young and the Restless in and appeared on River Ridge as Kimberly Reeves.

Billy Warlock made his television debut on the 10th season of the ABC hit comedy, Happy Days. He then went on to play the lifeguard Eddie Kramer on the first three seasons of Baywatch. Billy joined the cast of Days of Our Lives in 1986 and in 1988 he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor. In addition to Frankie, Billy played A.J. Quartermaine on General Hospital, Ben Hollander on The Young and the Restless, Ross Rayburn on One Life to Live and as Anthony Blackthorn on As the World Turns working with Julie.

Original Airdate: 2/10/2022

Please join Brian Gaskill in The Locher Room. Brian is a vet of daytime and prime-time television and will join us to reminisce about his role as an artist, writer, actor and father.

Brian graduated from the prestigious Acting Conservatory at Suny Purchase in 1993 and upon graduation performed in The Lion in Winter at The Cleveland Playhouse. His co-star, Tony Award-winner Elizabeth Franz convinced Brian to head west to LA where he soon broke into television on Aaron Spelling’s Melrose Place spin-off Models, Inc.

He next landed his first daytime role of Bobby Warner on All My Children. After leaving AMC and appearing in several prime-time series he returned to daytime in the role of Rafe, a vampire slaying angel, on Port Charles. His other daytime roles include Oscar Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, BJ Greene on As the World Turns and Dylan Lewis on Guiding Light.

Brian wrote, starred in and co-directed a 20-minute short film title, The Speech. He also co-wrote an original song for the short. In addition, he wrote a second short film called, The Audition. Both shorts are available on YouTube.

Brian recently designed the artwork for fellow daytime actor Jon Hensley’s upcoming new album, Sing Out Revolution and co-wrote the title track.

Original Airdate: 2/3/2022

Come celebrate the birthday of the one and only Kim Zimmer herself in The Locher Room on her birthday, February 2. Let’s show this four-time Emmy Award-winner some love by raising money for one of her favorite charities, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Kim made her daytime television debut as Bonnie Harmon on ABC’s One Life to Live in 1978. In 1979, she replaced Kathleen Turner in the role of Nola Dancy Aldrich on The Doctors before returning to the role of Echo DiSavoy on One Life to Live. In 1983 Kim took Springfield by storm creating the iconic role of Reva Shayne on the long running Guiding Light. Kim played the part with everything she had for over 20 years earning four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress.

When Kim left Guiding Light in 1990 for five years, she joined the cast of Santa Barbara as Jodie DeWitt Walker and landed some memorable prime-time roles on Seinfeld, Designing Women and MacGyver to name a small few.

Kim has starred in many stage roles, including several at The Barn Theater in Augusta, MI including Blood Brothers, Mama Mia, The Lion in Winter, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard, Hello Dolly! to name a small few. Kim also joined the first North American tour of Broadway's Wicked where she played the role of Madame Morrible.

Kim has been married to A.C. Weary for almost 41 years and together they have three children Rachel, Max and Jake. Today Kim and A.C. enjoy spending time with their three grandchildren, Vincent, Sophie and Reed.

Original Airdate: 2/2/2022

Emmy Award-winning producer Wendy Riche will sit down with mein The Locher Room on to look back at her career producing some of your favorite daytime dramas.

Wendy began her association with ABC Television as a secretary in Children’s Programming. After working as a Coordinator of Late Night Programming, she began her producing career as Associate Producer of the ABC Late Night Series “In Concert”. Wendy became the Executive Producer of ABC’s General Hospital in 1992 where she remained for nine years earning five Daytime Emmys Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. As Executive Producer of General Hospital, she created the GH spin-off, Port Charles in 1997, delivering 1 1/2 hours daily scripted programming to ABC Daytime. Following General Hospital, Wendy was the Executive Producer of the MTV groundbreaking docu(soap)series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

Wendy is the Executive Producer and co-writer of the award-winning The Bay along with Gregori J. Martin and Kristos Andrews. With Gregori, Wendy Exec Produced, Co-created and co-wrote the upcoming spinoff of The Bay titled “yA.”

Wendy is currently in partnership with Riche Productions working with her husband Alan Riche and her son Peter Riche, developing films and television series.

Original Airdate: 1/28/2022