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Gene Dunn is a modern day Martial Arts Master who has trained, guided, helped, molded, mentored and changed the lives of thousands of people that have trained and studied under his tutelage.
I am one of them.
It was an honor to have him in for the first of many of our conversations.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
http://www.dunnsdojo.com
https://brooklynbjj.com
Gene Dunn is a lifelong martial arts practitioner, and has dedicated his life to propagation of traditional martial arts to students through safe, effective, non competitive methods. His influence as an instructor and educator now reaches from his home base in Brooklyn – where he has taught for over 20 years – to as far away as Melbourne, Australia.
He began his martial arts training in Shotokan Karate at the age of 11 and has gone on to achieve the rank of Black Belt in karate under Mr. Toyotaro Miyazaki and Mr. Kai Leung; in judo under Mr. Kyoshi Shiina; and in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Mr. Renzo Gracie.
He also holds the rank of double-black Pra Jiad in Muay Thai under Mr. Jamie Crowder. In addition to working in boxing and wrestling throughout New York City, he has practiced extensively in the art of Kung Fu with Mr. Paul Vizzio and in Tae Kwon Do with Mr. Herb Perez and Mr. Kevin Padilla.
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Everyone's favorite friend, Gabe Calemmo comes in to talk about his life, his ambitions, his deepest darkest secrets and opens up about love, politics, religion...just kidding.
He came in, smoked pot and told us about the time he watched a future female celebrity pee in the shower.
Gabe is awesome.
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Ethan Herschenfeld joins T.J. Stone & Afrim Gjonbalaj at the 3PLT studios. He is fun, smart, talented, well educated, handsome, good at a lot of things...basically, the opposite of T.J.
https://www.ethanherschenfeld.com
Here's a little bit from Ethan's Bio:
Website:
Ethan Herschenfeld is a stand-up comedian, accomplished actor, and award winning Opera singer. In addition to appearing on Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, High Maintenance, Power, and Damages, he's sung at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and Opera stages around the world. He appears regularly at comedy clubs in NY, LA, and across the country.
At the age of 6 he discovered that shaving cream makes a convincing old guy beard, and he hasn't stopped performing since. He started singing and acting as a student at Harvard which lead to full time work on stage in New York City.
Click on shows to see him in person and watch him this year on Deception (ABC) and Happy! (SyFy).
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Douglas Taurel comes in to talk about, amongst other things, his powerful solo show "The American Soldier."
Doug instantaneously fits in and becomes one of my favorite old/new friends. Can't wait to have him back in.
Here's a little bit from his bio:
Whether it’s performing his one-man show to audiences around the country or his appearances on some of television’s most acclaimed series, Douglas Taurel, always gives his best. His resume is seasoned with roles from the stage to the silver screen and continues to grow. It’s not surprising that the media have called his work ‘flawless,’ ‘powerful,’ and ‘compelling.’
Taurel’s solo show, The American Soldier, has been touring across the country for the past two years. What started off as a project to honor veteran and their families, has turned into something much larger and more meaningful than he ever imagined. The play is based on real events and actual letters written by veterans and their family members from the American Revolution all the way through current day Afghanistan. The American Soldier has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for theatre excellence, received 4 stars internationally, been featured in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Time Out to name a few and was performed at The Kennedy Center during inauguration weekend. Taurel will close the year out with a performance in Washington, D.C. for the Library of Congress on Veterans Day, November 11th and a special performance for members of the U.S Congress in December. The play has also inspired a TV web series which is being funded by Thomas Edison State Military University, slated to start production in 2018.
The foundation of his training as an actor, are his mentors Wynn Handman and Tim Phillips. Taurel has appeared in numerous television shows including “Mr. Robot”, “The Americans”, “Blue Bloods”, “Person of Interest,” “The Following,” “Damages,” “NYC 22,” “Believe,” and “Nurse Jackie.” His film credits include The Cobbler directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman and the upcoming The Kindergarten Teacher directed by Sara Conlangelo starring Maggie Gyllenhall. In the indie world, Taurel has appeared in many films including Into the Valley (release date in 2018), Delivery at the HBO Latin Films Festival, Help Wanted (Cinequest Online Viewers Choice), La Vida Blanca(L.A Film Festival Winner), and Hagondes (CUNU Festival Winner) to name a few. He also produced and starred in the short film Siesta, co-starring Zoe Mavroudi, performed it in both English and Spanish. It was officially selected and was screened at The Big Apple Film Festival, The Atlanta Short Fest, AADA New York and AADA Los Angeles Film Festival's and the Hamilton Film Festival.
Douglas grew up in Houston, Texas and is the son of Latin American parents. His mother is from Colombia and his father is from Argentina. Always challenging himself mentally and physically, Taurel boxed in college, has run two marathons (New York & Philadelphia), bagged all 10 Scottish Munros, ran with the bulls in Spain on his honeymoon and in 2012 climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. He’s lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, loves a good bourbon and is an Ole Miss alumni. -
My 81 year old father comes in to talk about his life. Brooklyn in the 40's and 50's, Pearl Harbor, Air Raids, Gangsters, Doo Wop, Stick Ball, Baseball...playing for the Boston Red Sox farm team and other stuff.
I Love this man.
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Padraic Lillis is the founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater.
Lee Kaplan iOS an Actor, writer and Voice Over Artist.
Padraic is directing Lee in his solo performance of the autobiographical play, "Bully"
Find info about our guests and the show, including where and when to see it here:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3096027
and here:
http://www.bullytheshow.com
and here:
http://www.padraiclillis.com/Home_Page.html
and here:
http://www.leejkaplan.com
Here's a little bit about Padraic from his Bio:
adraic Lillis is the founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. The Farm Theater’s name inspired by the ‘farm’ system of baseball cultivates early career artists through workshops, productions, and artists. As a playwright, has been produced nationwide and are published with Dramatists Plays Services and Indie Theater Now. Most recently he was awarded the Planet Advocate and Best Solo Show for his solo show on suicide awareness, Hope You Get To Eleven or What are we going to do about Sally? His play Pooter McGraw Is Not Dead Party was produced at Kansas University. His film Hand Over Hand, which he wrote and directed, was awarded Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival. His play Lights Up On The Fade Out was awarded top ten plays of 2011 in Los Angeles. His other plays, Two Thirds Home was produced in New York by the Broken Watch Theater, and Ronnie’s Mask was produced in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Performance Garage. His solo show How to Survive Crack Addiction was produced in New York at Art/NY. As a director he has been awarded the NY IT Award for Outstanding Director for Lindsay Joy’s Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen, Overall Excellence in Directing Award from NY International Fringe Festival for Lee Kaplan’s Bully, Outstanding Director at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for Valerie David’s The Pink Hulk. Padraic has taught with NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing, is a member of The Labyrinth Theater Company and a lifelong Yankee fan.
Here's a little bit about Lee from his Bio:
Selected NYC credits: Off-Broadway - "Penny Penniworth," "Bully" (Awarded Best Direction at FringeNYC). New York Theatre - "Overruled", Shiyr Productions Film/TV - "Attempt to Rise," "Work in Progress," "Grand Theft Auto V," "Saving Unicorns," "Justice Woman." Voiceover - Baskin-Robbins, Nissan, Pep Boys, Little Debbie, Tommy Hilfiger. National and Regional campaigns. Awards - "Best Film Premiere" for "Attempt to Rise" at the Hudson Valley International Film Festival; "Best Dramedy Actor" for "Justice Woman" at the Rome Web Awards. Training - William Esper Conservatory Graduate.
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Damon DiMarco comes in to talk about, among other things, his incredible book: Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11
Damon is incredible. Here's a little bit of his bio:
Damon DiMarco is an actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter.
He studied acting at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts Professional Actor’s Training Program and earned his MFA under William Esper. Damon’s acting credits include performances in regional theater, recurring roles on soaps, prime time television, commercials, live hosting, and live industrial shows. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Damon’s non-fiction books have been endorsed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights David Mamet and Stephen Adly Guirgis; Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Thomas H. Kean; comedian Amy Schumer; Academy Award winning actors Olympia Dukakis, and Mary Steenburgen; author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr.; and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
He has appeared as a guest on national television and radio programs for CNN, The National Geographic Channel, FOX News, Montel Across America, Premiere Radio Networks, and other venues.
In 2012, he initiated the Writing for Public Intellectuals workshop for PhD students in the History and Culture program at Drew University’s Caspersen Graduate School.
Damon lives in New York City.
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Stars of the incredibly funny top rated Australian comedy T.V.
show, Rosehaven, Celia and Luke take some time out to talk about Vegemite.For their work on Rosehaven, Celia and Luke won the 2017 AWGIE Award for the best comedy script and are nominated for 3 AACTA Awards.
Listen to this. They're funny.
Here's a little bit of their Bios:
Celia:
Multi-award-winning comic Celia Pacquola has cemented her position as one of the most in demand comedians in Australia, while also forging a comedy career in the UK and abroad.
Her stand-out solo festival shows The Looking Glass, Let Me Know How It All Works Out, Delayed, Flying Solos and Am I Strange, have all garnered rave reviews wherever they were performed, from Melbourne to Edinburgh. In 2014 Celia was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the best show and won the Amused Moose Laughter Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. This year, Celia became the youngest woman to host the Oxfam Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival/Network Ten.
Celia is also a two time AACTA award-winning actor with her roles in the acclaimed ABC1 series The Beautiful Lie, and in Working Dog's series Utopia. She has also starred in AACTA award-winning Laid and Logie Award winning drama Offspring. Her wit and jokes will be familiar from guest appearances on Spicks and Specks, The Project, Good News Week, Dirty Laundry, Have Been Paying Attention? and more. Internationally, Celia has been a guest on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Live At The Apollo, Chelsea Lately and The Rob Brydon Show. She was also handpicked to support John Oliver on his 2015 Australian Tour. Following this, Celia was invited to the 2016 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal to perform as part of the Carrie Fisher Gala.
In October 2016, Celia and her dear friend and Utopia colleague Luke McGregor starred on ABC1 in Rosehaven - a comedy series of their own creation.
Luke:
Luke McGregor started his stand up comedy career in Tasmania in 2007 when he entered the raw comedy competition after one of the contestants didn’t show up. In 2008 he was selected as a Raw Comedy national finalist.
Luke was a regular performer and writer for three seasons on Channel 31’s Studio A. He has written on various TV projects including Legally Brown, It’s A Date 2 & Our Watch – Christmas Campaign.
In 2013 Luke’s first solo Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show ‘My Soul Mate Is Out Of My League’ played to sold out rooms and won the prestigious Best Newcomer Award. He then went on to perform a hugely successful season at London’s Soho Theatre.
Luke performed in the feature films Now Add Honey and Border Protection Squad in which he co-starred alongside Peter Helliar, Ryan Shelton, Dave Hughes and Lachy Hulme. On television, he has had regular roles on Utopia (ABC) and Legally Brown (SBS) and appeared on Time Of Our Lives (ABC1), Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me(ABC/Pivot), and the telemovie Scumbus. His ‘ginger wonderland’ date with Sibylla Budd in It’s A Date (ABC1) stole the show, and he garnered cult figure status amongst the celebrities lucky enough to be interviewed by him on Dirty Laundry (ABC2). Luke has also appeared on Hamish & Andy’s True Story, The Project as a correspondent, This Week Live, Spicks & Specks and the web series Noirhouse.
Luke performed his solo show ‘I Worry That I Worry Too Much’ at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Luke had no need for undue ‘worry’ as he was moved to a bigger venue during the festival. Two thumbs up Mr McGregor! Immediately after the MICF, Luke took the show to the Sydney Comedy Festival and was awarded Best Newcomer 2014, another outstanding festival season. He then went on to perform his debut season at the Edinburgh Festival and a return season at the Soho Theatre in London. In 2015 he performed a return season of three sold out shows at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.
In 2016 Luke presented Luke Warm Sex (ABC), a show that took an embarrassingly honest and humorous look at all things ‘sex’. Luke then teamed up with Celia Pacquola for the hit series Rosehaven (ABC) a new comedy filmed in Tasmania which they wrote and performed the lead roles in.
2017 has seen Luke return to stand up with sell out seasons of his brand new solo show ‘Almost Fixed It’ in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. Later this year, Luke will be back on the ABC with the second series of Rosehaven, with a new broadcast partner in the United States, SundanceTV.
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Patrick Hickey Jr.: Author of the upcoming book: The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult & Classic Game Developers.
3PLT Crew Member Afrim Gjonbalaj kindly brings in his friend and Genius Brooklynite Patrick Hickey to talk about his book, his voice over work as the main character on the new video game "The Padre", his website and how horribly he treats the children in his family.
Patrick's website www.ReviewFix.com is your one stop for Video Game, TV, Movie, Music, Book and Graphic Novel reviews
And...Here's a little bit of Patrick's Bio:
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Master Jedi and Grand Pooh-bah of ReviewFix.com. Despite being an avid and prolific journalist over the past seven years, I find myself wanting more. During my career, I’ve spent time covering everything from minor league hockey and baseball to the New York Mets and the NHL and interviewing everyone from David Wright to Martin Brodeur. I’ve been published in over two dozen newspapers, magazines and websites and have won several awards along the way. In addition to teaching Journalism and English full-time at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, I am also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and NAtional Video Games Writer at the late Examiner.com. I’m still hungry, though.
While sports writing has been a blast and still provides a tremendous rush for me, I felt a need to return to entertainment writing, an endeavor I supremely enjoyed while I was the EIC of two college newspapers. As a matter of fact, some of the greatest times in my journalistic career were those late nights in the editing and layout rooms, working with people and discussing pop culture. Sometimes, those would be the reasons why I enjoyed myself so much, aside from looking at our finished product at the end of the night.
After college, I continued writing and began teaching Journalism and felt that again, while sports writing will always be the Jennifer Love-Hewitt of my heart, I realized that I am a slave to this craft and need an Alyssa Milano of sorts. That, to me, at least, is entertainment writing. At this site, my staff -which I have gathered from my exploits as a professor and journalist- and I will be dedicated to bringing you the most up to date reviews in the entertainment world as well as reviews of older material you may not have seen, which eventually will create a one of a kind experience you’ll feel the need to see every single day, before we eventually own your soul.
Don’t fight it, my friends, embrace it.
You can reach me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns. It is our goal to make this the most innovative and fun atmosphere we can. Help us make that happen.
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My dear, wonderful genius of a friend, Francis Galluccio is too good for any of this and he barely tolerated being surrounded by a bunch of self centered, egotistical morons for the afternoon. However, we did feed him some nice Italian food which seemed to quell his rage, temporarily. Thanks for your patience and understanding Francis...now, here's Part 2 of this nonsense.
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Johnny Rocket is a legendary Bar Band Frontman. For nearly 50 years, Johnny has been the lead singer of Johnny and The Rockets. He's played in thousands of venues all over America but his home base is Brooklyn, New York.
Known mostly as a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band, Johnny is not afraid to take on today's current hip-hop hits and that's what makes him so interesting. Nothing more unique than an old time rock and roll guy, in his late 60's, performing songs from DMX, Jay Z, Drake, Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.
In this preview of things to come, we present Johnny Rocket's Cover of the popular song 1-800-273-8255
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Francis Galluccio is a raging genius. Writer, Producer, Musician, Songwriter...everything.
Here's a little bit of Francis' Bio:
Francis' songwriting credits include albums by Celine Dion, Danielle Bollinger, Ender Thomas and Gary Moore. TV Main Theme and background composer credits are to numerous to list. Honors & Awards - "When The Broken Hearted Love Again" Billboard May 2005 #1 Billboard Club Dance Chart - "A New Day Has Come" Album by Celine Dion Multi-Platinum Award (10x)
Francis is the co-founder of the successful production music library Auracle Music. In 2014, Francis scored movie trailers "Intersection" and "Dead Of Winter" for R3 International. He also Executive Produced his first feature film "Intersection" which won Los Angeles Movie Awards Best Actor, Best Narrative Feature & Audience Awards 2014. In 2011, Francis co-wrote the song "Este Amor" for Yanni Presents Ender Thomas. In 2008 he co-wrote the "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" theme song for 4Kids Productions, which can be seen on "The CW" network. He has also been writing and producing for famed record producer Ric Wake for many years. Among the artists Francis has written for include Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Jessica Simpson, Destiny's Child and Celine Dion. "When The Broken Hearted Love Again" (artist: Danielle Bollinger), a song he co-wrote, reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2005 and the #9 on the Billboard Dance Radio chart. Also, the song is on the in-store play list of Abercrombie & Fitch stores nationwide. "When The Wrong One Loves You Right", a song that Francis co-wrote, is on Celine Dion's 2002, Multi-Platinum album, A New Day Has Come. To date, the album has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. Celine, along with Beyoncé Knowles and Destiny's Child, performed "When The Wrong One Loves You Right" live on national television, on CBS-TV. Auracle Music, Inc., is a music library that supplies background and feature music to television and film. Auracle Music now has over 40 songwriters who create background music and themes for its clients, as well as supplies them with a library of existing original music. With over 3000 original compositions in the library, Auracle delivers cutting-edge production music for television, radio, film, mobile, broadband and DVD. Auracle Music has also scored several DVD video games and has scored several themes, including "World's Strongest Man" on ESPN, "Battle of the Gridiron Stars" on ESPN, and "British Open Memories" on ABC, to name a few. Auracle Music is featured on shows such as "Real Housewives Of New Jersey", "Rachel Zoe Project", "Super Bowls Greatest Commercials", "The New York City Marathon", "NFL Football", "US Open Tennis" and many others. Specialties: Production Music for television, film, and digital media. Compose custom music and main title themes. *NOTE: Ole' Major Indie concluded it's acquisition of Auracle Music in August of 2012. The deal brought with it ownership of over 3000 unique tracks on nearly 300 CDs from the Auracle library, the Auracle brand and Web portals as well as a continuing relationship with key client, IMG Media (the production arm of IMG, the global sports, fashion and media company). Francis' songwriting credits include albums by Celine Dion, Danielle Bollinger, Ender Thomas and Gary Moore. TV Main Theme and background composer credits are to numerous to list. Honors & Awards - "When The Broken Hearted Love Again" Billboard May 2005 #1 Billboard Club Dance Chart - "A New Day Has Come" Album by Celine Dion Multi-Platinum Award (10x). *NOTE: Ole' Major Indie concluded it's acquisition of Auracle Music in August of 2012.
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Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling returns, with friends. A documentary crew follows Jackie as he sits with T.J. Stone to share Jackie stories about Jackie things and it's funny.
Jackie's friends are Ian Karr, Michael Artsis, Francis Galluccio and some guy named Rory.
Here's a little bit of Jackie's Bio:
For eighteen years (1983-2001) a fixture of radio & television’s Howard Stern Show, comedian Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling was born and raised in East Norwich, a tiny hamlet on the glorious North Shore of Long Island, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Oyster Bay High School and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1971.
Jackies Website: www.Jokeland.com
Here's a little bit of Ian's Bio:
Ian Karr is the president and owner of IKA Collective, a fully functional production company in NYC.
Here's the website: www.IKACollective.com
Ian was the the co-host of Jackie’s Joke Hunt on SiriusXM for 8 years.
Michael Artsis is a 5 time Emmy Award winning host, producer, journalist and director. Michael is a lifelong Stern fan who was inspired to get into the business from listening to Jackie growing up. Michael owns and operates a company called Be Terrific, a production company that produces positive original content and programming. He's incredible, check out his website: www.beterrific.com
Francis Galluccio is too good for any of this and he barely tolerated being surrounded by a bunch of self centered, egotistical morons for the afternoon. However, we did feed him some nice Italian food which seemed to quell his rage, temporarily.
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Vic Dibitetto and I have been friends for almost 30 years. On his way home to Jersey, Vic made a U-Turn in Staten Island to graciously come back to Brooklyn and spend some time with us in studio.
Vic is one of my dearest and most treasured friends in this business who has enjoyed some well earned, incredible fame and popularity after 30 years of hard work.
His Viral Videos, including "Bread and Milk", have accumulated millions of views, downloads, likes, shares etc...however I know how much more there is to this incredible genius and he was open, honest and incredibly sincere when we spoke. Enjoy this one, it means more to me than I can say.
Here's a little bit of Vic's Bio:
Vic DiBitetto is a terrific comedic and dramatic actor as well as a gifted improvisational actor.
Social Media Numbers:
198,000 FB Likes 120,000,000+ Internet views 110,000 Instagram followers 11,000 Twitter Followers 100,000 Youtube SubscribersRecently appeared on:
Jay Thomas Sirius Radio Show NJ 101.5FM (largest listening audience in NJ including all NY stations) Gary Cee iHeart Radio Show John Fugelsang Sirius Radio Show Anthony Cumia OTT Radio/TV Show Chaz and AJ (#1 Radio Show WPLR in Connecticut) Featured Guest Celebrity on Steve Adubato’s One on One TV Show –PBS Featured in Independent feature Who’s Jenna Hosted AXS Comedy Live television program Celebrity guest on Dr. Oz The DA Show Hosted by Damon Amendolara on CBS Sports Radio (Nationally Syndicated) ABC Radio NY various showsBelow are some of the 5000+ vignettes he conceives, writes performs and produces for an idea of various stylistic performance capabilities. He is strongly suited to perform in any video and audio genre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NWcw6_mxcs Not Driving to Floridahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1db1OzPuWk How I Study a Script
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1yMOTX4KD4 The Shed Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s65T8G-vYQU The Italian Broom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdujQO1U9Es Their Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OwU6iikJMw Tony Gaga in Florida (selling real estate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--iU49AjTQ Justin Bieber Rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiQdFyR8kSc Asshole Driving in a Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lji8yN6pmVo The N Word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSURr8SI_Q Remote Controls
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Super Schooly M.C. is an underground Hip-Hop Legend. Born in Brooklyn, raised in the Bronx, Schooly is the most under appreciated Hip Hop artist of all time.
Highly regarded as the Real Godfather of Hip Hop, Schooly was the author, producer and performer of the very first Rap song, ever.
The name of the song is "Feel The Rhyme" and it dominated 8 track and cassette tapes all over New York City and the 5 Boroughs in the early to late 70's.
The victim of predatory record label executives and a system bent against him, Schooly never received the acclaim or the opportunities that he so deserved.
Unfazed by it all, with an indelible sprit and an incredible disposition, Schooly joins me in studio to talk about the past, the present and the future as things seem to be finally going his way.
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Chris Mazzilli is the legendary owner of the legendary Gotham Comedy Club. Chris graciously opened up Gotham to us as we sat live on the main stage to talk with him about life, business and comedy. Thank you to my friend, Chad Dougatz for being there to record and to the great Billy Hayes for making it happen.
Here's a little bit of Chris' Bio:
Along with fellow Native New Yorker, Michael Reisman, Chris Mazzilli opened Gotham Comedy Club in May 1996. Mazzilli, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, was roundly praised at that time for his top to bottom design of the original 3,300 square foot space. "It's been ten years since a club of this magnitude opened in Manhattan," said Mazzilli at the time. We felt that it was time for changes in the way comedy clubs have been perceived: all comedy and no ambiance.
Over the past decade, Mazzilli has proven himself to be a leader in the industry, bringing comics such as Dave Chapelle, Lewis Black and Colin Quinn (to name a few) to his stage. Gotham Comedy Club has become the backdrop for many TV shows and films such as Jerry Seinfeld's 2002 Miramax film "Comedian" and Larry David's pilot of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". -
Charles Goforth, the preeminent acting teacher, director and head of the incredible CompassNeedle.org joins T.J. in studio with Keith Price, Afrim Gjonbalaj and is very tolerant and understanding of T.J.'s stupidity.
Here's a little bit of his bio:
Charles graduated from New York’s High School for Performing Arts, where he was trained by the students of Group Theater members Sanford Meisner, Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, and Stella Adler. It was here Charles began his connection to the finest traditions of American acting training. These early opportunities with Strasberg’s method, Meisner’s technique and Clurman’s brilliance created a real foundation for future decades of learning and practice.
After joining Equity and SAG-AFTRA, Charles earned a B.A. in English from Williams College, one of the country’s top liberal arts colleges, and after assisting the Artistic Director at San Diego Repertory Theater, he went on to earn an M.F.A in Directing at Rutgers University, where his directing training was guided by Amy Saltz and Hal Scott, and his acting training in the Meisner technique was received from William Esper and Maggie Flanigan.
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Afrim Gjonbalaj is an actor, writer, producer, martial artist and comedic genius. A long time friend...Afrim has become a big part of our 3 People Like this Podcast and is an insanely amazing talent.
Here's a little it of Afrim's Bio:
Afrim Gjonbalaj is an American Actor and Martial Artist of Albanian descent. A native New Yorker Born and raised in Brooklyn, Afrim's passion for Martial Arts films led him to start training in Shotokan Karate at the age of 15 and he started acting in high school plays around the same time. Afrim received his B.A. in Theater with a concentration in Acting from Buffalo State College in 2006. He has also trained at the Canadian National Voice Intensive, The Labyrinth Theater Company and is a humble member of SAG-AFTRA. Afrim is a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate and Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Afrim is best known for playing Albanian Mobster Edon Dervishi in Unforgettable (2011) and Captain Sims in Battledogs (2013)..
