Bob Andelman Interviews

This was so cool, I had to share it: I took a flyer on a paid commercial for the Mr. Media podcast on  Kevin Smith's new Smodcast daily, online radio show, Plus One Per Diem. The show features Smith, the director of Clerks, Chasing Amy and Red State, and his wife, actress Jen Schwalbach, discussing life, culture and family.   I wrote some suggested points for the live read of the commercial, but Smith improvised the best and rest of it. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!   Exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Now in its 5th year! Subscribe FREE on iTunes or mobile devices via the Stitcher app and never miss a show! Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

Saxophonist/Singer/Songwriter Mindi Abair has not only set sonic trends, but has broken all the boundaries as she continues to define the less traditional future of jazz.   Raised on the road with her father’s band, she graduated from Berklee College of Music and headed to Los Angeles where she became a sought after sideman.Her solo career has produced 10 #1 radio singles. She has hosted the internationally syndicated radio show “Chill With Mindi Abair” for 5 years, and has successful 5 major label solo releases to her credit “It Just Happens That Way” (2003), “Come As You Are” (2004), “Life Less Ordinary” (2006), “Stars” (2008), and “In Hi Fi Stereo” (2010).   She's been featured on this season of  American Idol as a soloist with Paul McDonald and Casey Abrams, won Best International Instrumentalist at the 2011 Wave Awards in Toronto, and  Best Female Artist of the Year at the 2011 Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards.   Exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Now in its 5th year! Subscribe FREE on iTunes or mobile devices via the Stitcher app and never miss a show! Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

Buddy Scalera, the author of Creating Comics, is an active and enthusiastic comic book educator. He has traveled to conventions all over the country to talk about how aspiring creators can improve their craft and break into the comic book industry.   Exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Now in its 5th year! Subscribe FREE on iTunes or mobile devices via the Stitcher app and never miss a show! Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Social Network by Angela Crocker takes reader through the technical aspects of creating a successful site-and addresses the responsibilities involved in running one. Exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Now in its 5th year! Subscribe FREE on iTunes or mobile devices via the Stitcher app and never miss a show! Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

Wilfred Santiago's graphic novel, 21: The Roberto Clemente Story, is a biography of Puerto Rico's greatest baseball star. 21 is an all-ages graphic biography of baseball star Roberto Clemente: No other baseball player dominated the 1960s like him and no other Latin American player achieved his numbers. 21 chronicles his early days growing up in rural Puerto Rico, the highlights of his career (including the 1960s World Series), the prejudice he faced, his private life and his humanitarian mission. Santiago captures the grit of Clemente's rise from his impoverished childhood, to the majesty of his performance on the field, to his fundamental decency as a human being, in a drawing style that combines realistic attention to detail and expressive cartooning.

Michael Larsen worked in promotion for Bantam, William Morrow, and Pyramid (later assimilated into Berkley). He and his wife Elizabeth Pomada started Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco in 1972. They are members of AAR and have sold books to more than 100 publishers. Mike is eager to find nonfiction books that will excite big and midsize houses: how-to’s, self-help, business, personal finance, popular culture, biography, current affairs, history, health, medicine, spirituality, inspirational books, trends, technology, the future, and other books with practical, social, or literary value. He is the author of the third editions of How to Write a Book Proposal and How to Get a Literary Agent. With Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, and David Hancock, he is co-author of the second edition of Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work. Mike also offers a consulting service for nonfiction writers who are not clients.   Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

Parvesh Cheena stars in NBC's new comedy series "Outsourced" as Gupta, a socially awkward call center employee at Mid America Novelties, whom everyone tries to avoid because of his never-ending conversations.   Cheena has recurred on "Help Me Help You," "'Til Death," and "Brothers and Sisters." Other guest starring roles include "ER," "The West Wing," "The O.C.," "The Suite Life with Zack and Cody," "Crossing Jordan," "My Name is Earl," and most recently, "Sons of Tucson."   His film debut was in "Barbershop" as Samir, and he reprised his role in the sequel "Barbershop 2: Back in Business."   Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

Diedrich Bader stars in the NBC comedy “Outsourced” as Charlie Davies, an American who runs a call center in India for the company All American Hunter, but who has no intention of acclimating to Indian culture.   Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738  

Brian Walker -- author of both The Comics and Doonesbuy and The Art of G.B. Trudeau -- has written and edited more than two dozen books and curated more than 70 cartoon exhibitions. Since 1984 he has been part of the creative team that produces the comic strips Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois. He lives in Wilton, Connecticut.   Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com . Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelman . Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Media-Interviews-by-Bob-Andelman/10847855738

The Mr. Media Training Blog offers daily tips to help readers become better media spokespersons and public speakers. It also examines how well (or poorly) public figures are communicating through the media.   Brad Phillips is the author of the Mr. Media Training Blog. He is the president of Phillips Media Relations, a media and presentation training firm with offices in NYC and DC.   Before founding Phillips Media Relations in 2004, Brad worked as a journalist with ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel and CNN's Reliable Sources and The Capital Gang.   Watch or listen to more interviews like this one at http://www.mrmedia.com .

Rizwan Manji stars in the NBC comedy “Outsourced” as Rajiiv Gidwani, assistant manager of the Mid America Novelties call center in India who dreams of someday taking over as manager. Manji is a Canadian born actor whose family hails from a small village in Gujarat, India.   Recently he has played roles that would make any Indian mother proud.  He can be seen playing a doctor on “Flash Forward,” “Three Rivers,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Hawthorne” and “Glee.”   NBC’s workplace comedy "Outsourced" centers around a catalog-based company, Mid America Novelties, whose call center was relocated to India, and sells American novelty goods, including whoopee cushions, foam fingers and wallets made of bacon.   Click here for more Mr. Media interviews like this one!

Cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy is the star of the new three-part Animal Planet show “My Cat from Hell,” which debuts on Saturday, May 7.   Listen to more Mr. Media interviews like this one!

Round Table Companies has struck deals with several prolific authors including Chris Anderson, Tom Hopkins and Larry Winget, to deliver their informative concepts in 60-80-page visually engaging graphic novels. The books are available in e-book and droid formats for 90-days beginning on April 1, and landed on the shelves of Hudson New stores in airports across the country on May 1.   CEO Corey Michael Blake on this innovative new line, and its “freemium” publishing model inspired by partner author Chris Anderson.   More Mr. Media interviews like this one!

It was a David and Goliath battle waged with pencils and computers. Let's Pollute, the social satire with a green message nominated for the Best Animated Short Oscar®, was created on a shoestring budget by former Pixar animator turned indie filmmaker Geefwee Boedoe. The budgets and staffing of the other films to receive the nomination, Pixar's "Day & Night" and three foreign productions, dwarf those of Mr. Boedoe's labor of love.   "Let's Pollute," Boedoe's first independent film, took more than three years of solitary work in a home studio and was completed for under $15,000 plus some volunteer labor. Its credits are barely long enough to scroll. Like most short films, it has gone largely unnoticed by the public, though it was well received at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, was awarded Best Animated Film at the Orlando and Big Muddy festivals and took the Silver SpIFFy at the Spokane International Film Festival last week.   In stark contrast, Pixar's nominee, "Day & Night," gained a huge audience as the short preceding the $200 million Disney-Pixar box office hit Toy Story 3, and is available for purchase on i-Tunes.   "Let's Pollute," a satire animated in the style of 1950s educational films, uses humor to address a serious subject: our heritage and potential legacy of toxic, irresponsible living. "It follows an average family who wants to do their part and pollute to their maximum capacity for a better, blighted tomorrow," explained Mr. Boedoe, tongue firmly in cheek.   Listen to more Mr. Media® interviews like this one!

If Wishes Were Horses is a testament to debut author Robert Barclay’s undeniable gift for storytelling. Barclay, who has been compared to Nicholas Sparks, captures the struggle to find happiness, and the self-approbation to believe one deserves it, with compelling, authentic characters in his phenomenal commercial fiction debut.   Click HERE for more Mr. Media interviews like this one!