Sinopse
Ken Reid and his guests explore the tough television watching decisions of our past.
Episódios
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 736: Natasha Vaynblat
13/04/2026 Duração: 01h28minFebruary 15-21, 1992
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 735: Shawn Marek and Jen Stansfield-Marek
06/04/2026 Duração: 02h13minMarch 4-11, 1995
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 734: Rodney Anonymous
30/03/2026 Duração: 02h04minMay 15-21, 1976 This week Ken welcomes Dead Milkman, DJ, raconteur Rodney Anonmyous to the show.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 733: Christian Finnegan II
23/03/2026 Duração: 01h40minMay 20-26, 1978 This week Ken welcomes BACK to the show the excellent comedian and fellow New Englander Christian Finnegan.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 732: Ryan Keely
15/03/2026 Duração: 02h04minAugust 4-10, 1990 This week Ken welcomes adult content superstar, D&D player (I Seduce the Dragon podcast), high coutuier fashion fan and voracious reader, Ryan Keely. Ken and Ryan discuss wearing lashes, Boston area horse races, growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the best time to start drinking, serial killers, supplying the world's Holly, Lifetime network, skinflicks, skinemax, adult content, daddy issues vs mommy issues, the thing adult content providers and stand up comedians have in common, Friday the 13th, mobbed up movie production, being afraid of horror films, shopping addiction, how Shalom Harlow is the absolute best, never finishing your fantasy prose story, comic books, Stan Lee, never reading the comments, ice skating, knowing nothing about the Goodwill Games, growing up without a TV, Star Trek : The Next Generation, Wrestling, body building, boxing, Night Court, Larry King, Marlon Brando, loving The Princess Bride, learning more about Carey Elwes, bringing back Supermodel of the World, sai
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 731: Michael Carbonaro
09/03/2026 Duração: 01h48minApril 23-28, 1988 This week Ken welcomes magician Michael Carbonaro to the show. Ken and Michael discuss time travel, growing up in Long Island,
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 730: Michael Des Barres
02/03/2026 Duração: 01h09minThis week Ken welcomes actor, musican Michael Des Barres to the show. In addition to discussing Michael's new record Kiss or Kill (available via Rum Bar Records over at Bandcamp https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kiss-or-kill-me) Ken and Michael discuss how you tell people you're doing in 2026, Elvis, interpretting art, being a child actor, Lonnie Donnegan, Warhol, Iggy Pop, working hard, Silverhead, Z Cars, Alf, being a juvenille deliquint on screen, To Sir with Love, going to UK Private School, I Monster, Christopher Lee, Ghoulies, how acting is just a job, the power of stripped down guitar bass and drums, when Elvis joined the Army, The '68 Comeback Special, theories on why there are no stars anymore, Duran Duran, The Power Station, Live Aid, replacing Robert Palmer, Obsession, the mystery of WWF's Saturday Night's Main Event, performing for a billion and a half people at once with only two days of rehersal, where Michael's live long friendship with Don Johnson started, punk, delivering, being the
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 729: Thom Shubilla III
23/02/2026 Duração: 01h22minJune 1-7, 1974 Returning to the show for a THIRD time this week is author of the new book "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Thom Shubilla.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 727: The 2016 Year In Review
08/02/2026 Duração: 01h49minKen flies solo this week as he goes week by week through 2016, and this year he absolutey, no argument peaked in comedy, and maybe in life. It's astounding. Join us for the journey.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 726: James Greene Jr
02/02/2026 Duração: 01h25minSeptember 21 -27, 1991
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 724: Len Webb and Vincent Williams
19/01/2026 Duração: 01h33minJuly 30 - August 5, 1983
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 723: Andrew Price
12/01/2026 Duração: 02h14minSeptember 24-30, 1994 This week Ken welcomes the deep diver from the Treehouse Detectives and the Deep Cuts podcast Andrew Price to the show. Ken and Andrew discuss the secret origin of Blast from the Past's TV Guide collection, Andrew WK.. Deep Dives podcast, how one can buy celebrity touched TV Guides, how wives keep us in check, Andy Kaufman, becoming part of your mythology, AI is awful, not having respect for craft anymore, Fraiser, skullets, 1994, Murder She Wrote, the Murder She Wrote contest, Renegade, step dad shows, how young people took "adult swim" too seriously, Growing Pains, how Ken made a poor decision moderating a reunion panel once, the best Growing Pains theme song version, depressing TV Guides, Ricardo Montalban, Luthor Vandross chilling on the couch with Price is Right, Charles Nelson Reiley, the golden age of awkward late night talk show appearances, the second season of the John Larroquette Show, hating My So-Called Life, Wizard Magazine, Ken's comic book past, They Live, James Bond Jr
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 722: Mark Malkoff
05/01/2026 Duração: 01h17minThis week Ken welcomes fellow podcaster (Inside Late Night) and author of the new book "Love Johnny Carson", Mark Malkoff.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 721: TVGC 2025 Year in Review
29/12/2025 Duração: 01h24minWe made it through another year somehow. Ken flies solo to get through the ups and downs, and more downs, and a few more downs of 2025 week by week. Happy New Year and here's to a better 2026 for us all.
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 720: Douglas Widick
22/12/2025 Duração: 01h28minNovember 27 - December 3, 1999 Boston Edition + Feb 16 - March 1, 2009
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 719: Rick Katschke
15/12/2025 Duração: 01h27minAugust 27th - September 2, 1994 This week Ken welcomes wholesome, midwest superstar and host of the Catered Quiz Podcast Rick Katschke to the show. Ken and Rick discuss the Catered Quiz, The Monroeville Mall's imminent demise, working at Walmart, getting jacked in a warehouse, department stores, new shows airing after a Fall Preview, the weird TV landscape of the end of August, physically writing letters, channel flipping, Harvey Firestein, pre-out of the closet Ellen's bad fashion sense, Billy Bob Thornton, asking Tom Petty that, Letterman, making Letterman laugh, Staying at the Fister, what the hell is the Wisconsin Dells, water slides, what the Step by Step roller coaster is, arcades, Water Country's Geronimo, the bizarre HBO travel prize, exactly how much a lifetime of free HBO is worth, how creepy it was that a 14 year old Claire Danes was starring opposite a 22 year old Jared Leto, My So-Called Life, Jeanie vs. Samantha, TNN's Club Dance, being in the audience for The Chew, refusing to be an audience p
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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 718: Ben Katzner
08/12/2025 Duração: 01h32minMarch 7-13, 1992 This week Ken welcomes comedian behind the must watch/must listen to comedy special "Supple Harlot", Ben Katzner. Ken and Ben discuss their mutual love of seltzer, local drinks, Galco's soda pop stop, pinpoint carbonation, hating Tim Allen, Detroit, hating Kid Rock, Prince, small towns, Minneapolis, moving from New York, how beer is Dad soda, co-headlining a seltzer brewery tour, sweeps week, the TV Guide secret decoder, Marlboro miles, Pepsi money contests, Pepsi Points, being shocked that Mark DeCarlo is 29, Studs, Tiny Toons, NBC cartoons, Smurfs, Fantasy Factory, how TMNT is too violent, how math and sex are difficult, Macaulay Culkin, when Ringo Star was replaced by George Carlin, Captain Planet, the Where's Waldo? cartoon, 3.2.1 Contact, the sleaze of Step by Step, NOT!, True Colors, MTV, Roc, Mr. Rogers, rich kids, Scorch, all the work in TV Guide, how long it takes Ken to scan a TV Guide, Comic Strip Live, basketball, What a Dummy?, The Gate, Rick Patino, Pat Reiley, America's