First and foremost, MANY, MANY THANKS to all of you who have bought items off of the EQUIPMENT WISH LIST here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/30092197. I’ve updated the list with a few additional items I’ve since learned I need in order to get the other items to work with my recorder (insert all of the facepalms here), so if you’re...
2019-09-21 21:12:39 +0000 UTC View PostAhoy hoy!
So, to cut to the point, I’ve had a clutch of computer issues as of late, as well as a desire to make my mobile recording setup a bit lesa cumbersome so I can record more easily while out of town. One of you nifty Patrons (you’re ALL nifty) suggested that I might put together an Amazon wishlist of equipment, in case any of you were inclined to help/support my upgrade process.
Here, then, is that link, which will allow you to view the list and place orders (if you are...
2019-09-19 20:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Marking the 10th anniversary of the debut of COMMUNITY on NBC and its miraculous 6 season run across something like 3 dozen networks, platforms, and projections on the side of a school bus (I think), I thought this would be a great time to make a comprehensive post linking to all of the wonderful BIT OF A CHATs I've had with the writers and cast over the years.
If you haven't heard these conversations, I hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane...
2019-09-17 23:45:57 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's DragonCon.
Once again, while it may be awkward that we didn't have the two brill creatives responsible for crafting the show, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer, this panel made some mighty fine lemonade by just being a fun time with me and stars James Urbaniak, Hal Lublin, and Mark Gagliardi.
Okay, maybe there was a special surprise guest.
2019-09-11 06:18:47 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you!
This one's just a brief little slice of goofy fun for ya...
During my recent trip out to Los Angeles, I guested on an episode of the podcast I produce, WE GOT THIS, hosted by my pals Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi. (If you want to check it out, it's Episode 231 - "Disneyla...
2019-08-16 06:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's PensaCon.
While it may be awkward that we didn't have the two brill creatives responsible for crafting the show, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer, this panel made some mighty fine lemonade by just being a fun time with me and stars James Urbaniak, Hal Lublin, and Mark Gagliardi.
Be aware that there may be a few naughty words here and there.
There will be more of ...
2019-08-16 04:32:54 +0000 UTC View Post
And now we come to the last of the Chats I was able to record during my recent whirlwind sojourn in Los Angeles, and this one's a real corker.
My guest is a writer, an actor, a comedian, a musician, a gadfly, an enigma, and the current host/tortured soul of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 - The one, the only, Jonah Ray.
And in this episode, you'll hear us cavort lithely about such topics as Care-ometers, leg days, Valley guys, tiny streets, Terry Gross Drivetime, LA deep dish, coyote...
2019-08-07 05:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post
During my recent trip out to Los Angeles, my pal Steve Agee asked me to guest on his podcast, WE'RE NO DOCTORS. You can listen to that conversation HERE(https://megaphone.link/STA2684176226). But then, because we live in a podcast ouroboros, I immediately recorded a brand new BIT OF A CHAT with Steve.
And just a head...
2019-08-06 05:54:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor the past few years, I've been hosting a wonderful panel called Reel Crime, where my guests pick their favorite guilty pleasure films, or just movies that they feel are criminally overlooked, and then have to defend their choices.
For this edition, recorded at PensaCon in Pensacola, Florida on February 22, 2019, my guests were Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, and Craig Cackowski
As usual, please DO NOT DISTRIBUTE this file. It's exclusive to you, folks!
(BTW, if you...
2019-08-01 07:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been talking about Disney a lot lately, whether it's nattering about my love of the Disney Theme Parks on Joseph Scrimshaw's OBSESSED podcast (here) or making the difficult decision "Disneyland or Disney World" on Hal Lublin & Mark Gagliardi's WE GOT THIS (
Hey, it's another one of those BIT OF A CHAT episodes that has taken ages of false starts to finally come together. It was most certainly worth the wait, though, and turned into a real humdinger of a corker, thanks to my guest - WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE's own Tamika Flynn, Symphony Sanders.
Listen as we talk about windy cities, deep dish crusauchee, wonder sporks, onion bombs, magical housewarmings, booze bastards, nesting, Daleks, joy sparking, smoke exits, rude patrons, sky monsters...
2019-06-29 23:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
If you've seen TOY STORY 4 (and you most definitely should if you haven't), then you've heard Juliana Hansen as the voice of Bonnie's kindergarten teacher, Miss Wendy, during a rather pivotal scene in the film.
A brilliant singer and performer, she's also just good people, so it was a delight to finally have her on the show to chat about TOY STORY 4, Funkoforky, Miss Wendy, direct offers, wild teachers of the wasteland, weeping Hanks, Disney range, bright voices, high school music...
2019-06-27 08:35:03 +0000 UTC View Post
For over a year now, Nathan Hamill and I have been conspiring to record a Bit Of A Chat.
Finally, the timing aligned, and it couldn't be more perfect. Why? Because Nathan, in addition to the vinyl figures that have been produced based on his artwork over the years, has just launched an apparel line called LAVAWEAR, which also features his artwork.
For links to all of this, you can visit 2019-06-24 07:50:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I love having guests back on A BIT OF A CHAT, and I very much looked forward to writer extraordinaire Kelly Sue DeConnick making her return after too long an absence.
In addition to her work on CAPTAIN MARVEL, BITCH PLANET, PRETTY DEADLY, AQUAMAN, and more, we're also both huge Disney theme park nerds, so there was plenty for us to gab about.
Now prepare to join us for the wildest chat in the wilderness, as we talk about hypervigilance exhaustion, woof-fors, Captain Marvel, third ...
2019-06-20 08:26:37 +0000 UTC View Post
#TowelDay! Here's a Douglas Adams piece I did a few years back, with contributions from Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry, Terry Jones, Neil Innes, Mike Nesmith, & more:
http://asitecalledfred.com/2010/05/25/douglas-adams-tribute/
2019-05-25 11:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another one of those episodes I've been meaning to record for ages, and finally got around to doing on location.
The location was Walt Disney World's Boardwalk Hotel, and my guest was performer & convention compere extraordinaire, Patty Hawkins. And guess what? You'll get to see us *both* in one week as guests at the debut of GALAXYCON RICHMOND in Richmond, Virginia, 5/31-6/2. (Get those ...
2019-05-20 06:56:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I was a fan of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE long before it was fashionable. And I truly believe, in the years since its initial run, when it was often viewed unfavorably as an awkward middle child, that the show has finally attained an appreciation as a groundbreaking work of serialized fiction.
Oh, and a damned fine program, filled with exquisitely written and performed characters.
The show is being celebrated in a brand new documentary, WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND, which ...
2019-05-10 09:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I was a fan of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE long before it was fashionable. And I truly believe, in the years since its initial run, when it was often viewed unfavorably as an awkward middle child, that the show has finally attained an appreciation as a groundbreaking work of serialized fiction.
Oh, and a damned fine program, filled with exquisitely written and performed characters.
The show is being celebrated in a brand new documentary, WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND, which ...
2019-05-09 07:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I was a fan of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE long before it was fashionable. And I truly believe, in the years since its initial run, when it was often viewed unfavorably as an awkward middle child, that the show has finally attained an appreciation as a groundbreaking work of serialized fiction.
Oh, and a damned fine program, filled with exquisitely written and performed characters.
The show is being celebrated in a brand new documentary, WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND, which ...
2019-05-08 08:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I was a fan of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE long before it was fashionable. And I truly believe, in the years since its initial run, when it was often viewed unfavorably as an awkward middle child, that the show has finally attained an appreciation as a groundbreaking work of serialized fiction.
Oh, and a damned fine program, filled with exquisitely written and performed characters.
The show is being celebrated in a brand new documentary, WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND, which ...
2019-05-07 07:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised in our recent Chat, dear Patrons, here is an additional hour of Chat that I had with writer/producer Paul Dini, EXCLUSIVE to you, in which we talk more about the Joker, Mark Hamill's performance, Harley Quinn, the Mad Hatter, March Harriet, Superman, Luthor, and more.
(BTW, if you haven't looked it over yet, you can find ALL of my exclusives on the handy-dandy EXCLUSIVES page HERE: ...
It's always a joy to talk to my old chum, writer/producer Paul Dini, about pretty much anything.
For this episode, though, I wanted to dive a bit more into his history at Lucasfilm and even more into his time writing for Batman, so we did. In fact, we talked SO MUCH that there's an additional hour of Chat (more in-depth conversation about the Joker, Mark Hamill, Batman's rogues gallery, and more) that's available EXCLUSIVELY to my $1+ Patrons (which, if you're not one already, you can v...
2019-05-04 06:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post
"Hey - Why don't we record in the diving bell?"
On a recent trip to Disney World, I had a chance to record a Chat with my buddy Nate Begle, a brilliant puppeteer/performer. And, because I love recording "on location", I thought it would be swell to record at Disney's Indiana Jones-themed establishment, Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar.
Which has a table inside a diving bell.
Which is swell.
And so that's where we recorded, and talked about love nudges, plane pretzels, Univers...
2019-05-01 07:09:49 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised in the recently posted Bit Of A Chat with Dave Thomas (#4, for those of you keeping count, which can be found HERE), Dave and I had an additional conversation that is an exclusive JUST FOR YOU as a thank you for being a Patron.
Listen to us talk about lions, Strange Brew, special effects, cinematic larceny, and more.
(BTW, if you haven't looked it over yet, you can fin...
2019-04-28 08:27:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a fair while since I posted a new episode, but I hope the various personal issues that kept me from doing so are forgiven when you listen to this Chat, which is a conversation I really enjoyed having with comedy legend Dave Thomas.
Not only is this the fourth Bit Of A Chat we've recorded over the years, but this is technically the second part of the massive Chat we had way back in December (which you can listen to 2019-04-28 08:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
While, yes, we've been meaning to record one for ages, it was perfect timing for MC Frontalot and I to finally have A Bit Of A Chat, as it nicely coincides with the release of his brand new album, NET SPLIT.
You should definitely have a listen to the album, because it's great, but also listen to our Chat, as we gab about concept albums, the PokeParty, candidate shipping, WWE News Network, logging off, dainty barbarians, gimmicks, phasing, album discipline, Tom Waits for no man, tombston...
2019-03-25 04:14:45 +0000 UTC View Post
JEM. HAWKEYE, NANCY DREW, ROGUE & GAMBIT. JESSICA JONES. CAPTAIN MARVEL. MR. & MRS. X. WEST COAST AVENGERS.
Over the course of just a few short years, writer Kelly Thompson has become one of my absolute favorite comic creators, crafting stories with brilliant characterizations and plots that present the best of what the medium has to offer.
I was delighted to record a Bit Of A Chat with Kelly, and I hope you enjoy us talking about janx, dream projects, leveli...
Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's PensaCon.
Every year, I host a few panel shows, affectionately (and accurately) titled Gonzo Quiz Shows. They're a mix of various quiz games lovingly foisted upon a panel of delightful guests.
For this show, those guests include Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, Craig Cackowsi, Kirk Thatcher, James Urbaniak, Patty Hawkins, and Leah Cairns.
Be aware that there are...
2019-03-02 08:28:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I know it's become a bit of a refrain from me, but this is another one of those Chats that has been on the books for ages - YEARS! - but which circumstances only just finally aligned to make it possible.
And I'm glad it came together, because not only is Rufus Jones a phenomenal actor - seen most recently as rising theater impresario Bernard Delfont in STAN & OLLIE - he's also a writer and a damned fine person to have a conversation with.
Be sure to keep an eye out for his upc...
2019-02-11 10:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Any self-respecting comedy fan should have already picked up a copy of THE KIDS IN THE HALL: ONE DUMB GUY, a long-needed history of the legendary comedy troupe, written by my buddy Paul Myers.
And because he's my buddy, I asked Paul to come back on the A Bit Of A Chat to talk about the origins of the book, and because it's a Chat, we ranged far and wide beyond that, touching on topics including The Kids In The Hall, beer Christmas, secret Canadians, trying lives, compartmentalizing, and...
2019-02-10 10:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post