Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show features unconventional conversation and comedy, hosted by Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt. Featuring celebrity guests that share funny and formerly unheard stories about their careers and lives.
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Comedian and Hollywood Voice Actor Danny Mann
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Phil and Ted welcome actor, voice man and comedian Danny Mann. You’ve heard his voice characterizations in big screen favorites like “Up”, “Babe”, and “The Grinch” and countless TV series including “Curious George”, “The Avengers” and several hit video games like “Cars: Fast as Lightning”, “Lego City Undercover. ” Danny is beloved by his peers and …
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Hollywood Creative Couple Melissa Rosenberg and Lev Spiro
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Phil and Ted welcome one of Hollywood’s most prolific couples, screenwriter and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg and director Lev Spiro. Melissa is the creator and showrunner of the Peabody award-winning TV series, “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.” and all five screenplays for the vampire romance phenomenon, “The Twilight Saga.” Melissa won a Peabody as head w…
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Besides being among the nicest people in show business, Marty Rifkin is a multi-instrumentalist session musician, producer, and pedal steel guitar virtuoso. Marty has recorded with numerous artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Jewel, Glen Campbell, Elton John, Weird Al Yankovic, Hans Zimmer, Dwight Yoakam and many more. He’s toured with…
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GloZell Lynette Green, better known as GloZell, is a YouTube personality who established her channel in 2008 with video interviews, comedy about her life, and song parodies. With more than four million subscribers by 2015 and more than 700 million views, her most popular videos include her "Cinnamon Challenge" video and "My Push-up Bra will help me…
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Rock ’n’ Roll DJ Legend and Worker Safety Crusader Adele Abrams
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Adele Abrams started as the sole female DJ at Maryland’s WHFS-FM, one of the country’s founding progressive radio stations, and is featured (with Phil) in the recent documentary movie, Feast your Ears: The Story of WHFS. Adele is now a leading employment safety attorney, advocate, author, and a member of multiple state bars and federal courts, incl…
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Author, Playwright, Actress Sandra Tsing Loh
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Writer, Playwright, Actress and Radio Personality Sandra Tsing Loh is the author of many books on the trials and tribulations of womanhood, motherhood and being a madwoman in the modern world ("A Year in Van Nuys," "Mother on Fire," "Madwoman and the Roomba,"), she is celebrated for her one-woman shows and commentary "The Loh Down." Her latest play…
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Show Business Mates Sarah Kawahara and Jamie Alcroft
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Phil and Ted welcome the multi-talented husband and wife team, Jamie Alcroft and Sarah Kawahara. Sarah is a double Emmy Award-winning figure skater and choreographer, including winning for the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City. She is the choreographer for more than a dozen current ice skating shows on cruise ships worldwide. …
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Phil and Ted welcome radio and audio producer extraordinaire and colleague, Bill Kates, for fun radio stories, ranging from Howard Stern to The Firesign Theatre and more.By Ted Bonnitt and Phil Proctor
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Phil and Ted continue their free-ranging conversation, this time about artificial intelligence, Apple's Vision Pro, and UFOs including little-known history about Utah's infamous "Skinwalker Ranch." What could possibly go wrong?
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Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt talk amongst themselves today. After three years of co-hosting the Sexy Boomer Show, they feel it’s time to get to know each other. Talk about opening a can of worms! They share stories about chasing UFOs, surviving gangland shootings, making exploitation films, learning remote viewing and how they first met in a haze o…
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More with Actor and Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr.
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Actor Ed Begley Jr. is back for more with the Sexy Boomers! Ed is truly one of a kind, a performer who is known equally for his prolific film and television career and his environmental activism. He’s been in hundreds of films, from “An Officer and a Gentlemen” to “This is Spinal Tap.” His TV work spans from “My Three Sons” to “Mary Hartman,” “St. …
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Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin and wife Alice
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World-renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, author of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide returns to the Sexy Boomer Show, this time with his wonderful and hilarious wife, Alice. Meet a private side of Leonard and their nearly 50-year marriage that personifies the phrase, "Behind every great man there's a great woman." Join this fascinating a…
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Legendary Radio and TV personality, Shadoe Stevens
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Actor, artist, and legendary radio and TV personality, Shadoe Stevens is an inductee of the Radio Hall of Fame. Shadoe was the brains behind the original KROQ, the cutting-edge progressive FM radio station in Los Angeles. In addition to a million other achievements, Shadoe is now behind the wild and innovative comedy of “Mental Radio.”…
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Author and Miracle Product Man Joey Green
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Author Joey Green has written 60 books! He was a writer for National Lampoon and top ad agencies. You’ve likely seen him on TV polishing furniture with Spam and moussing Conan O’Brien’s hair with Jello. And now, Phil and Ted learn what to really do with Miracle Whip. And you’ll hear why Senator Barry Goldwater came up with idea to shave on a campin…
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Phil and Ted welcome Shelley Herman, author of her tell-all book, My Peacock Tale: Secrets Of An NBC Page. “I’m not ashamed of anything,” says Shelley, which is a good thing having come of age in the 1970s. Shelley talks about her experiences as a young 20-something working at NBC’s Burbank TV studios in the heyday of network television, which incl…
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Phil and Ted are in New York to speak with Tulis McCall, a true, one-woman show, renowned monologist on her podcast “Monday Musings” and storyteller at a local NY cabaret. Tulis covers the NY stage on her website, thefrontrowcenter.com.By Ted Bonnitt and Phil Proctor
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Legendary LA Radio DJ and Comedian Frazer Smith
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Phil and Ted welcome Radio legend, actor and comedian, Frazer Smith. "The Fraze" is a culture jammer who hosted manic shows on LA's biggest rock stations. Frazer co-hosted subversive, alternate audio commentary to television coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade. His improv was also heard on KROQ-FM's Hollywood Nightshift, which featured Fires…
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Beloved actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. shares hilarious and poignant stories of his improbable life, focusing on his relationship with his legendary father, adventures with Hollywood icons, the origins of his environmental activism, addiction and recovery, and his lifelong search for wisdom and common ground.…
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More rain?! Phil and Ted welcome TV weatherman and stand-up comic, Fritz Coleman. Fritz was a fixture on Los Angeles’ KNBC-TV for 39 years. Fritz co-hosts the MEDIA PATH PODCAST with Louise Palanker, which looks at media and culture for the past half-century. Phil, Ted and Fritz have a fun talk about the weather and climate change in Southern Calif…
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Greg Laemmle runs Los Angeles’ cherished Laemmle Theaters. We discuss the present and future of movie theaters, and their dramatic struggles in the post-pandemic and video streaming age. Also, the remarkable Laemmle family legacy, including Greg’s great-grand uncle, Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures and an originator of the motion picture…
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Veteran film, TV and stage actress Phoebe Dorin played “The Wild Wild West” ingénue and bad girl, “Antoinette.” Despite nearly dying on set repeatedly, she never let Hollywood lick her (or at least Robert Conrad). Phoebe almost smothered in Adam Sandler’s bare chest, while drowning in whipped cream. But she licked that moment! What, and quit show b…
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Ted and guest co-host, MC Gainey welcome actor, master storyteller, and funnyman, Troy Evans. Troy has appeared in countless movies and is perhaps best known for his television roles as Desk Clerk Frank Martin in “ER” and more recently as Detective Johnson (Barrel) in “Bosch.” Serving with the Army infantry in the jungles of Vietnam during the war …
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Summer is here and time to watch out for sharks at the beach! Phil and Ted welcome Carl Gottlieb, screenwriter of "JAWS." Carl shares amazing inside stories about the making of the very first summer blockbuster movie that changed the movie business forever. Carl also co-wrote "The Jerk," and TV shows “The Smothers Brothers," "The Odd Couple,” “All …
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Media wizards Louise Palanker and Fritz Coleman
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Phil and Ted welcome TV weatherman and stand-up comic, Fritz Coleman and veteran radio producer and documentarian Louise Palanker. Fritz was a fixture on Los Angeles’ KNBC-TV for 39 years and Louise co-founded Premiere Radio Networks. Together, they host the MEDIA PATH PODCAST, a conversational show that looks at what has defined media and culture …
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Phil and Ted welcome Noel Blanc, the son of Looney Tunes voice legend, Mel Blanc. Noel shares personal stories about his dad and his remarkable career, ranging from close friendships and personal encounters with Jack Benny, Roy Rogers and Elvis Presley. Noel also talks about his remarkable life and work, including his close friendships with Kirk Do…
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Ian Ruskin as Thomas Paine and Nikola Tesla
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Actor, writer and social activist, Ian Ruskin trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and is a veteran of stage and screen. Performing his one man show for audiences around the world, Ian brings to life the stories of remarkable and often misunderstood, true-life heroes, including Nikola Tesla and Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine, conside…
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Lawrence Kubik, Hollywood producer, agent and actor
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Lawrence is a long-time Hollywood producer, agent, and actor. He produced and acted in films and television, including "Death Before Dishonor," "Merchants of War" and the TV series "Hunter." From the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, Lawrence and his partner Craig T. Rumar, ran the successful Hollywood talent agency, Film Artists Management Enterp…
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As the voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy Cartwright is at the center of the cultural phenomenon, “The Simpsons.” America’s longest-running television series has made America laugh for over 30 years. In this engaging and fun interview, Nancy offers a fascinating, inside look at how “The Simpsons” is made, how it navigates controversy, and remains a hit i…
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America's Favorite Dad, Actor Paul Dooley
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Beloved actor Paul Dooley dressed up as a clown and juggled his way out of a hardscrabble rural West Virginia childhood and onto the Broadway stage opposite Walter Matthau, and later played “Wimpy” in Robert Altman’s classic film, Popeye. On the way, he performed comedy in New York’s Greenwich Village Vanguard and watched Lenny Bruce get his start.…
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Actor, Comedian and Impersonator Jim Meskimen
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Guests include Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Walken and others, including Rocky Rococo… thanks to master impressionist, big screen actor, comedian, artist and renaissance man, Jim Meskimen. Jim shares fast and funny stories about his work, spanning from his amazing YouTube and TV performances to acting in “…
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It may be easier to list what Jamie Alcroft hasn’t done, than to list all his many talents and accomplishments. He’s a comedian who with his partner Mack Dryden hosted a hit TV show, “Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie” that helped launch the careers of Kevin Pollak, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Reiser and others. He’s a silversmith and dad to pop star, Hay…
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Is Jay Johnson doing Satan’s bidding? Or does he just suffer from mental illness? Neither of course, but it’s a good thing that Jay is working in the 21st Century where master ventriloquists win Tony Awards, unlike more superstitious times when the stagecraft of “throwing a voice” was associated with demonism, fraudsters and God forbid, sewage! Jay…
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Animation Film Producer and Author Steven Leiva
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As a long-time Hollywood producer, Steven Leiva has enjoyed a front seat in the film animation world, working with greats like Looney Tunes’s Chuck Jones, Brad Bird, Yutaka Fujioka, Gary Kurtz and others. When animation was down and out in the late 1970’s, Steven correctly predicted that animated films would become Hollywood blockbusters, but only …
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Paul Magid is a master juggler, comedian, playwright and co-founder of the world-renowned Flying Karamazov Brothers. The Flying Karamazov Brothers, the world’s most innovative juggling act, began as a couple of college students who just enjoyed the attention. Their fortune began unexpectedly one day when they took off their hats off as they street …
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Actor, author and professor, Armin Shimerman, is best known as “Quark”, the first Ferengi alien character in the TV series Star Trek: the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. You’ve also seen him on many TV shows including, “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer”, “Boston Legal” and, “Beauty and the Beast.” Gamers know him from countless video games, including…
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If you’ve enjoyed The Office Space, The Larry Sanders Show, Cheers and countless other TV shows and movies, Paul Willson has made you laugh…a lot. His on-screen characters are deadpan hilarious. Paul’s fast-draw talent comes from groundbreaking work in political comedy improvisation groups in the wild days of 1960’s San Francisco, where he grew up.…
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Vietnam Vet and Reggae Psychonaut Roger Steffens
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As a 1960s Goldwater conservative, Roger was drafted into the military, shipped to Vietnam to work in psyops, dropped acid and talked his way into a free pass to travel anywhere in-country to help shaken residents and refugees. He was ordered to dump propaganda leaflets from low flying planes on panicked and illiterate villagers, while he distribut…
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Movie Critic and Historian Leonard Maltin
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World renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, author of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, joins Phil and Ted for a conversation all about movies. Will movie theaters come back after COVID? Leonard talks about how COVID changed his viewing habits and what he’s watching now. His pet peeve these days is cancel culture and its threat to filmmaki…
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Neal Israel is a producer, writer, director for over 20 feature films and co-creator of the hit movie series, THE POLICE ACADEMY. He co-wrote and directed BACHELOR PARTY starring Tom Hanks and was Executive Producer for the Oscar nominated FINDING NEVERLAND starring Johnny Depp. He wrote an original book musical for Ringo Starr on NBC, and produced…
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Laraine Newman, an original cast member of Saturday Night Live is sexy, funny and brutally honest about her remarkable life and career. Laraine shares some never before heard stories featured in her new memoir, May You Live in Interesting Times. She studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris and was a founding member of the LA comedy group, The Grou…
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Actress, Comedian, Author, Survivor and Hero, Alison Arngrim has lived a remarkable life. Famous for her villainous role as “Nellie Oleson” in the hit TV series, ‘Little House on the Prairie’, Alison continues to make waves. Her memoir, “Confessions of A Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated” is a New York Time…
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Producer and Rhino Records Co-Founder Harold Bronson
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Harold Bronson is as much of a rock ’n’ roll music fan as he is a music industry trailblazer. As a UCLA college music journalist, Harold flew to London to meet and interview his idols, and later wrote the book, "My British Invasion- The Inside Story on the Yardbirds, the Dave Clark Five, Manfred Mann, Herman's Hermits, The Hollies, The Troggs, The …
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Comedians Larry Hankin and Paul Willson
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Phil and Ted welcome improv legends, Larry Hankin and Paul Willson. Plus comedy from the Firesign Theatre. Paul and Larry talk about performing comedy in San Francisco in the 1960s, and how they witnessed and participated in the birth of the counter-culture movement. Paul is probably best known for his long run as a barfly on “Cheers” and has appea…
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Weird Al Yankovic has a huge and fanatical fan base for good reasons. He’s a five time Grammy winner and member of a rare group of musicians (U2, Michael Jackson, Madonna Kenny G,) with a top 40 hit for four decades running. Self-proclaimed “Weird Al obsessive” Lin Manuel Miranda credits Al as an inspiration for the hit musical “Hamilton.” It began…
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Sexy Boomer Show with DEVO's Gerald Casale Part 2
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Phil and Ted continue their conversation with Gerald Casale the co-founder of DEVO. In Part 2, DEVO is discovered by David Bowie, launching them into a platinum record sensation that all came crashing down… or as Gerald calls it, DEVOlution. Gerald discusses collaborating with Brian Eno to produce their first album and how they were labeled as “dif…
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Sexy Boomer Show with DEVO's Gerald Casale Part 1
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Gerald Casale is the co-founder of the iconic rock band DEVO. In Part 1, “Are we not men?” Gerald tells how he was caught in the crossfire of the May 4 Massacre at Kent State University, a personally shattering event that gave birth to one of the most intense punk bands of the 1970s, DEVO. Gerald offers his take on current events and warns kids tod…
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Thom Hartmann, #1 Progressive Talk Show host and New York Times best selling author, shares with Phil and Ted how conservatives took over talk radio and made a liberal like him so popular that he receives regular death threats. In this eye opening conversation, Thom explains his view of how the Reagan revolution will end with the Trump presidency, …
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Actress, author, comedian and RUGRATS voiceover star with our co-host Phil, Melanie Chartoff shares never before told stories including about acting on Broadway, where she and 30 fellow cast members had a near death experience on a collapsing stage, and when Melanie hit in Hollywood, how women of the night protected her from stalkers. Melanie discu…
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Sexy Boomer Show with Penn Jillette Part 1
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Part One with magician, TV star, self proclaimed carny trash and renaissance man Penn Jillette, the speaking half of Penn & Teller. Penn offers an eye opening look at the world during COVID and how Las Vegas is “doing badly” with it. Penn discusses his family life while isolated together, and how society is being forever transformed by the pandemic…
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Sexy Boomer Show with Penn Jillette Part 2
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Part Two with magician, TV star, self proclaimed carny trash and renaissance man Penn Jillette, the speaking half of Penn & Teller. Penn shares remarkable stories about spending hours with Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice and how he eventually landed on Trump “most hated list.” Penn explains how he breaks his work day into 27 minute and 27 seco…
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