Episode 65: Terry Moore

Strangers in Paradise creator Terry Moore stops by to talk about the new SiP omnibus, tshirts and his convention tour!

Episode 64: Geoff LaTulippe

Geoff stops by to talk writing, knowing famous people and other sorts of ridiculousness.

Help Jared Hoy

He's the gentleman to your right. 

Last year some time I wrote an episode of an upcoming web series called THE LADIES & GENTS SHOW. Jared Hoy was tapped to direct that episode. From what I have seen from the episode, it is going to look amazing. The man has an amazing visual style, and heavens help us, Id love to work with him again. 

But Im not here to just promote. Jared needs our help. 

On Thanksgiving of 2012, while Jared was hosting a Thanksgiving party for some of his friends who couldn't make it home for the holiday, he was robbed. Now when I say robbed, I don't mean someone took his wallet and called 900 numbers with his credit cards, I mean he was ROBBED. 

Even with 8 folks present, there was a break in and approximately $20,000 USD worth of camera, lighting and audio equipment was stolen. The police and the insurance company have been of no help so now it's time we rally together and give him a hand. 

He has set up an Indiegogo page to try and raise the money to, in a sense, rebuild his life. There are quite a few great perks for you when you donate (and a full list of equipment that was taken as well.)

If you have ever seen anything Jared has done, take the time out to donate to help him out as a way of saying thanks. If you don't have the cash, at least help spread the word. This is truly a very worthy cause. 

You can donate at the following link:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-jared-rebuild-after-hashtag-turkeydayrobbery2012

Episode 63: Morgan Peter Brown

Morgan Peter Brown is on the program to talk about acting, the difference between film and tv and Jeremy returns to the show. We even talk Shakespere. Yes, the Bard has made it to the podcast world.

Elisabeth Shue: A Gal for All Seasons

This might sound really crazy. Hell, everything you read from this point out may sound ridiculous, but I don't think that anyone watches the original Karate Kid with as much concentration or intensity as I do. It's not because of the father/son relationship that builds throughout the film between Daniel and Mr Miyagi. Or the conflict between Daniel and the Cobra Kai.

It was because of Elisabeth Shue.

She was so innocent. Ali really loved Daniel and her intentions were pure. She was done with the asshole Johnny and wanted a decent guy. She was the first hot woman in a film that a fat schlub like myself could actually get. That would show me the time of day.

Ali Mills. I wore my copy of The Karate Kid out. Rewinding and fast forwarding back and forth to catch glimpses of her being the cheerleader or playing soccer. She didn't give an Oscar worthy performance but she captured me and sucked me in.

When Karate Kid II came out and there was no Elisabeth Shue, I knew that something was wrong. When Daniel told him that Ali left him for a football player from UCLA I was dumbstruck. Not my Ali. She wouldn't do that. Daniel had to have done something to her, and whoever he found over in Okinawa just would NOT be a suitible replacement. So I looked elsewhere.

From Adventures in Babysitting to her being the replacement Jennifer in Back to the Future II & III I followed her the best that I could. Then I found her. I found her with Nic Cage and in a way it broke my heart. Part of me was hurt that she wasn't the innocent Ali Mills anymore, but mainly I was hurt that she was with Cage. I can't put my finger on what, but something does not sit well with me about him and seeing my beloved with him hurt my ventricles.

But something happened. Something clicked.

She went from the innocent young Ali Mills in the Karate Kid from my youth, to the over sexualized "hooker with a heart of gold" Sera in Leaving Las Vegas that I was looking for when I was a young virgin of 15 years old. She didn't question Ben, she was there for him and was there for him when he finally shuffled from this mortal coil.

I'll never forget any of these things, and when I see Karate Kid on Netflix, I re-watch it with a fondness in my heart. I'll always love Elisabeth Shue, a gal for all seasons.