MR. MEDIA® INTERVIEWS BY BOB ANDELMAN Complete archive 1978-2015, last updated November 27, 2015 1978 September 14, Frank Zappa, rock star, AUDIO 1979 Russ Meyer, pornographic film director, “Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens,” AUDIO 1983 May Johnny Van Zant, singer, Johnny Van Zant Band, AUDIO May 5 Billy Powell, keyboard player, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band, Allen Collins Band, AUDIO November 26 Brian Johnson, lead singer, AC/DC AUDIO December 23 Joan Jett, singer, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, AUDIO 1984 January 13 John Denver, singer, AUDIO June 18 Phil Everly, singer, The Everly Brothers, AUDIO 1985 January 7 Gene Stanley, singer, bass player, KISS, AUDIO May 10 Bo Diddley, rock star, AUDIO 1986 May 22 Ronnie James Dio, singer, Black Sabbath, Dio, AUDIO 1994 x 1995 January James Grippando, novelist, “The Pardon” 1996 August 12 George Myers, Jr., editor, “George Jr.” magazine September 16 Jamie Caesar, editor, “Digizine” September 23 Jim Lee, Marvel Comics editor, artist, “Heroes Reborn” October 7 Craig Kilborn, host, “The Daily Show” October 28 Mark Brown, author, “Using Netscape” November 4 Rob Tannenbaum, writer, editor, “Details” magazine November 11 R. Seth Friedman, editor, “Factsheet Five” November 2 Tom Leykis, syndicated radio host December 2 Heather Findlay, editor, “Girlfriends” DATE? Chris Gore, editor, “Film Threat” 1997 February 3 Sandra Beckwith, editor, “The Do(o)little Report” March 31 Clare McHugh, editor, “Maxim” April 7 Brian Hecht, CEO, “Electronic Newsstand” April 21 Tad Low and Woody Thompson, showrunners, MTV, “Pop-Up Video June 30 Chris Matthews, MSNBC talk show host, “Hardball” July 14 Chip Rowe, columnist, Playboy Magazine, “The Playboy Advisor” July 21 Randall Lane, publisher, editor, “P.O.V. Magazine” August Aaron Warner, cartoonist, “The Adventures of Aaron” August 4 Bill Boggs, TV host, “Midday Live,” “Historic Traveler,” “Freeze Frame,” “The Corner Table,” “Daily Dish,” “Championship Boxing Report Update” October 10 Bruno Maddox, editor, “Spy Magazine” 1998 x 2003 September 23 Scott Turow, author, “Presumed Innocent” 2007 11/30/2007 Jeremy Mitchell, NEMESIS, movie producer: Mr. Media Radio 11:00 AM Interview Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt, I'M A LEBOWSKI, YOU'RE A 12/6/2007 LEBOWSKI, co-authors: 12:00 PM 12/11/2007 Stacy Collins, editor, & Breann McGregor, model, PLAYBOY 1:00 PM SPECIAL EDITIONS 12/13/2007 Milo Ventimiglia, HEROES TV actor 11:30 AM 12/14/2007 Brian Frazer, HYPER-CHONDRIAC author 3:00 PM 12/18/2007 Stephan Pastis, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE cartoonist 1:00 PM 2008 Pete Von Sholly, CAPITOL HELL cartoonist 1/2/2008 1:00 PM 1/10/2008 1:00 Paula Garces, RED PRINCESS BLUES, Voice Actress PM 1/18/2008 9:00 Bob Balaban, BERNARD AND DORIS, HBO film director, actor AM 1/22/2008 1:00 Wendy Pini and Richard Pini, ELFQUEST, MASQUE OF THE RED PM DEATH, artists 1/25/2008 1:00 Anna Gunn, BREAKING BAD, DEADWOOD actress: PM 1/25/2008 2:00 Bob Horowitz, SUPER BOWLS GREATEST COMMERCIALS 2008 PM producer 1/29/2008 1:00 Brian Alexander, AMERICA UNZIPPED author PM 1/31/2008 1:00 Bret Carr, REVOLOUTION, Star and Movie Director PM 2/14/2008 1:00 Sara Zarr, SWEETHEARTS, STORY OF A GIRL novelist PM 2/15/2008 Alberto Ibarguen, KNIGHT FOUNDATION, chairman and president 10:00 AM 2/21/2008 1:00 Stephen Chao, WonderHowTo.com, web entrepreneur, ex-Fox TV exec PM 2/26/2008 1:00 Danny Fingeroth, DISGUISED AS CLARK KENT, author and past PM Marvel Comics editor 3/5/2008 3:00 Robert Schimmel, CANCER ON $5 A DAY, author and comedian PM 3/7/2008 1:00 Kristin Harmel, HOW TO SLEEP WITH A MOVIE STAR, THE ART PM OF FRENCH KISSING 3/10/2008 1:00 Philip Shenon, THE COMMISSION, author PM 4/2/2008 1:00 James Sheehan, THE LAW OF SECOND CHANCES, novelist and PM lawyer: 4/4/2008 3:00 Robert Schimmel Returns! CANCER ON $5 A DAY, author and PM comedian 4/7/2008 1:00 Jon Provost and Laurie Jacobson Provost, TIMMY'S IN THE WELL, PM Lassie star and co-authors 4/8/2008 1:00 Bill Prady, THE BIG BANG THEORY, writer and executive producer PM 4/9/2008 1:00 Arie Kaplan, SPEED RACER comic book writer: PM 4/16/2008 1:00 Bill Adair, POLITIFACT.com editor and writer PM 4/18/2008 1:00 Cindy Jackson and Paul Fitzgerald, WILL EISNER & PS MAGAZINE, PM VCU librarian and author 4/18/2008 4:00 Jeff Kreisler, MY WALL STREET JOURNAL, INDECISION 2008, PM humorist 4/24/2008 1:00 Daniel Pink, THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO, FREE PM AGENT NATION, author: 5/7/2008 1:00 Legs McNeil, PLEASE KILL ME, THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD, PM author 5/8/2008 1:00 Katherine Fugate, ARMY WIVES, creator and executive producer PM 5/16/2008 1:00 David Hajdu, THE TEN-CENT PLAGUE, author: PM 5/19/2008 1:00 Richard Brody, EVERYTHING IS CINEMA, THE NEW YORKER PM film critic 5/22/2008 1:00 Tom Farley, Jr., THE CHRIS FARLEY SHOW author PM 5/23/2008 1:00 Katy Chevigny, MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL director PM 5/28/2008 Jules Feiffer, EXPLAINERS cartoonist 11:00 AM 5/28/2008 1:00 Alan Levy, BLOGTALKRADIO.com founder PM 5/29/2008 2:00 Jonathan Riggs, PRISM GUIDE TO LGBT COMICS editor PM 6/3/2008 9:00 Katherine Fugate, ARMY WIVES, creator and executive producer: AM 6/3/2008 1:00 Scott Miles, LITTLE CHICAGO actor, screenwriter PM 6/4/2008 1:00 Michael Uslan, THE DARK KNIGHT, WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT PM movie producer: 6/9/2008 1:00 Mike Edison, I HAVE FUN EVERYWHERE I GO author PM 6/10/2008 1:00 Charlos Gary, CAFE CON LECHE, WORKING IT OUT cartoonist PM 6/11/2008 1:00 Gene Colan, CAPTAIN AMERICA, DRACULA, IRON MAN artist PM 6/11/2008 2:00 Chuck Workman and Stephen J. Kern, IN SEARCH OF KENNEDY PM documentary filmmakers 6/13/2008 1:00 Robbie Lee, THE STRAIGHT MAN'S POCKET GUIDE TO PICKING PM UP A HOTTIE author 6/16/2008 1:00 Roger Bennett, CAMP CAMP author PM 6/25/2008 1:00 Alec Foege, RIGHT OF THE DIAL: THE RISE OF CLEAR PM CHANNEL AND THE FALL OF COMMERCIAL RADIO author 6/27/2008 Rob Kutner, APOCALYPSE HOW and THE DAILY SHOW writer 12:00 PM 6/30/2008 1:00 Jenny Block, OPEN: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage, author PM 7/1/2008 1:00 Todd DePastino, BILL MAULDIN: A LIFE UP FRONT biographer PM 7/2/2008 12:00 George Motz, HAMBURGER AMERICA author PM 7/2/2008 1:00 Blake Bell, STRANGE & STRANGER: THE WORLD OF STEVE PM DITKO, author 7/3/2008 1:00 Rick Smolan, AMERICA AT HOME photo book editor PM 7/8/2008 1:00 Julia Roberts, MOTHERHOOD TO OTHERHOOD author PM 7/8/2008 2:00 Will Jerro, MONKEYSEE.com co-founder PM July 17 2 p.m. Joe Pistone, Donnie Brasco July 17 3 p.m. Rep. Dennis Kucinich July 18 NOON Patrick Sullivan, PRA (CMI/FIM) July 18 1 p.m. Marlise Kast, Tabloid Prodigy July 23 1p.m. Ian McCrudden & Robbie Cavolina, Anita O’Day doc July 25 10 p.m. Chip Rowe, Playboy Advisor July 29 1 p.m. Peter Salett, Forgetting Sarah Marshall July 30 1 p.m. Paul Hertzberg, CineTel Films, CEO Aug. 5 10 a.m. Ed Droste, Hooters Aug. 6 8 p.m. Catherine Taber, Star Wars: Clone Wars Aug. 8 7 p.m. Carolyn Lawrence, SpongeBob Squarepants Aug. 14 1 p.m. Joe Ariel, Eats.com Aug. 15 2 p.m. STEAM Cast: Ally Sheedy, Kate Siegel, Kyle Schickner Aug. 15 4 p.m. Brett DelBuono, actor, The Cleaner Aug. 22 2 p.m. Steve Rosenbaum, Magnify.net, MTV Unfiltered creator Aug. 25 2 p.m John Darnton, Black & White and Dead All Over, novelist Aug. 25 4 p.m. Brent Power, TheWB.com Aug. 26 10 a.m. Bob Alper, comedian Aug. 26 4 p.m. Zits & Baby Blues cartoonists Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Rick Kirkman Sept. 2 7 p.m. Eric Deggans & Aaron Barnhart, Fall TV Preview Sept. 5 1 p.m. Norman Pardo, ex-O.J. Simpson friend, publicist, documentarian Sept. 9 1 p.m. Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, Skinny Bitch book series co-authors Sept. 12 12:30 p.m. Bob Gruen, rock ‘n’ roll photographer Sept. 16 1 p.m. Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist Sept. 19 12:30 p.m. Harvey Frommer, Remembering Yankee Stadium author Sept. 19 2 p.m. Mike Lynch, magazine cartoonist Sept. 22 3 p.m. Kirk Douglas, actor Sept. 27 TBD Live from BlogOrlando, Tommy Duncan, Dana Wilhoit Sept. 29 2 p.m. Joey Luthman, Weeds, An American Carol Oct. 1 10:50 a.m. Bruce Davison, actor, “Knight Rider” Oct. 1 7 p.m. Michele Cameron, African-American romance novelist and her editor, Deborah Schumacher Oct. 2 2:30 p.m. Jeremy Redleaf, director, “Juneau” Sarah Palin parody Oct. 2 3 p.m. Mike Gold, ComicMix.com editor, others Oct. 3 9:20 a.m. Jeffrey Lyons, movie critic, “Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk” Oct. 3 10:50 a.m. Rie Heffron, eliminated contestant, “America’s Toughest Jobs” Oct. 3 2 p.m. Brian Michael Jenkins, terrorism expert and author Oct. 7 1 p.m. Haroon Mokhtarzada, Webs.com CEO Oct. 9 10:10 a.m. Danielle Nicolet, “The Starter Wife” actress Oct. 10 9:30 a.m. David Alan Basche, “The Starter Wife” actor Oct.