June 26 – July 2, 1993
This week Ken welcomes writer/comedian Lisa Curry.
Ken and Lisa discuss canceling in person plans, afternoon gigs, being heckled by 6 year olds, Supermodels, loving Cindy Crawford, Malibu, Amy Klobechar’s comb utensil, working in DC, Veep, growing up in central time, not watching TV in the Summer being and outdoor kid, Carol Burnett’s love of soaps, never saying “funny lady” or “skit”, loving fashion photography, MTV’s House of Style, Anna Nicole Smith’s film career, a very depressing Bill Bixby story, National Enquirer, “anti-coughing machines”, stupid conspiracy theorists, thinking people with actual brain damage know what’s “really going on”, leaps in logic, Ren & Stimpy, rubber nipples, watching TV that feels like you are getting away with something, being suspicious of people who have no problem performing, loving the 90s, creepy dolls, haunted dolls, “Mommy I’m Sorry”, having no toys, working in a factory at 17, making fun of family sitcoms, Married…with Children, bothering Bud Bundy, pissing off Judd Nelson, MTV Unplugged, LL Cool J’s deodorant cakes, hating football, father’s making viewing choices for you, Zorro, hating Westerns, shows built around women not just trying to catch a man, Mary Tyler Moore, loving basketball, Ken’s clearance bin Michael Jordan sleeping bag, gifting that sleeping bag to Lisa, Tales from the Crypt, Don Rickles, Ken being a total jerk as a teen, Wonder Years, music replacements, weight loss ads, Ace Ventura, Once Bitten, In Living Color, the glory of Cheers, Ted Danson playing Sam Malone as Sam Alone, prank calling adults to tell them their baseball team sucks, Dennis Eckersley telling Ken he was a “little dick”, Tonys, the saturation of ads, news crawls, breaking news, TV Bugs, Jay Leno’s stand up early days, loving Reading Rainbow, loving Axl Rose, crushes on naked Eric Andre and Righteous Gemstones.
and now… THE DOLL
I’m Ken Reid, a stand up comedian from Boston, MA and a life long television fan. I’ve been twice nominated as the Best Stand up in Boston and I have been featured on Comedy Central, NPR, Nerdist, and MSN. I own every issue of TV Guide. Each week a guest chooses an issue at random, picks their viewing choices from that week and the show is our discussion of the tough viewing choices of our past. We get into stories about growing up, people’s relationship with television, some cultural/media studies dissection and I spit out a lot of trivia.
Note: The Ken Reid TV Guidance Counselor Podcast is rated PG-13 and may contain mild language.
