Movies for Kids

Sep 22 2020

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Mike Bobbitt is an entertainer and a storyteller, but more importantly, he's a new dad. Movies were an important part of Mike's childhood, shaping him into the man he is today. Mike interviews his friends and families about their own relationship with the movies they grew up with. He also talks to parents about their experiences with their own kids and film. Along the way, Mike makes an important discovery about what it means to be a parent.

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The End...for now with my Father-in-Law Rob Hood

Sep 22 2020 11 mins

We're going to go out on a light note after so many heavy episodes...mostly because I didn't want to cry in front of my father-in-law Rob Hood!He is a person I genuinely like and enjoy being around and not just because he's my wife's dad. We share a very similar sense of humor. He's a wonderful, self made, hard working provider too. I'm incredibly lucky to have him as a dad.Thank y

Recapping with Allyson Bobbitt

Sep 15 2020 14 mins

This is going to be the penultimate episode for awhile at least. I sit down with my wife to review what I learned over the first 24 episodes of talking to my friends about parenting. I would like to return to this show every couple of years and check in with my guests to see where they're at and what's changed. So I hope you'll come back for that. Next week I'll be talking to my si

Needs vs Wants with Kara Coraci

Sep 08 2020 19 mins

I didn't know comedian and photographer very well before this interview, but she posted something on Facebook that I found really moving about how resourcefulness in her childhood contributed to the artist she is an adult. So I reached out to her to talk about that and the challenges of being a stepmom. I haven't really been putting links to my guests in these show notes, but if yo

Raising a Daughter (Jay and Bubbles)

Sep 01 2020 20 mins

For as long as I've known him, my friend Jay has had a real strength of character where he will be completely honest with you no matter how much it may hurt your feelings. He's stoic. He's hard to crack too, which always made his approval at his job at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase the Holy Grail. When we became Facebook friends, I got to see a completely different side of him. I g

Deanne & Eric Haenke: When Your Child Comes Out

Aug 25 2020 21 mins

Eric Haenke told me a wonderful story about a year and a half ago that stuck with me as the ultimate goal I had to strive for as a dad. I wanted him and his wife to share that story on this episode, which they do, in addition to giving me so much more to contemplate and digest.If there's one thing I'm really learning about successful parenting it's that often times it takes a team.

JD Marshall from A Mission of Love on the Loss of a Child

Aug 18 2020 20 mins

My depression gets the best of me sometimes and I get horribly intrusive thoughts and I worry about losing Benji. My friend JD Marshall had those nightmares become his reality when he lost his daughter Stephanie to Cancer. Somehow JD found the strength to carry on and develop A Mission of Love which helps other families who have kids fighting Cancer. One of the fundraising arms of

Drummer/Architect/Wise Goofball Eric Weeks on Worrying

Aug 11 2020 18 mins

I have perhaps too strong of a bond to my parents where even when they're not around I always look for parental figures. While I was in Los Angeles, Architect Eric Weeks became like a surrogate dad to me. When I found out how layered of a human he was after seeing him rock out with his band The Red Elevens I knew he was a friendship I'd value for my entire life.We joked around ever

Comedian/Actor/Producer Samantha Hale on Inclusivity

Aug 04 2020 17 mins

Samantha Hale is born and raised in Hollywood. She come from a Hollywood dynasty. Her Great Grandfather Alan Hale Sr. was buddies on screen and off with Errol Flynn. Her Grandfather was Alan Hale Jr., loved around the world to many as the Skipper on Gilligan's Island, the longest running television show in syndication of all time.I wanted to talk to Samantha about her relationship

Jonathan Robertson's Movie Bucket

Jul 28 2020 19 mins

I've known my friends Jonathan and Hilary Robertson since 1991. We all worked together long before they were even married. The story of their relationship is quite epic in itself actually. They're married now, living in Pasadena and raising their exceptional daughter Dylan.The Robertsons made living in Los Angeles feel a little bit like home, welcoming me and my wife into their hom

Animator Joe Apel talks Direct to Video Sequels and Meeting Jim Henson

Jul 21 2020 22 mins

I've been friends with Joe Apel for a very long time. I actually graduated High School with his older brother Paul.Early on in our friendship Joe was faced with a humongous life decision. He ended up taking a leap of faith that drastically changed the trajectory of his destiny. It brought him his wife and his daughter.I get existential talking to Joe about momentous experiences and