The Walter Paisley Movie House

Oct 07 2024 64 ep. 55 mins 93

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The Walter Paisley Movie House celebrates cult movies and the people who make them. Featuring interviews with the famous and obscure directors, writers, actors, and anyone else who helped to bring the world movies that are so unique that we they live on in the basement screening rooms of those who love them.

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The Ed Wood 100th Birthday Extravaganza!

Oct 07 2024 100 mins

Dana Gould, Fred Olen Ray, and Bob Blackburn join me to talk about one of the most misunderstood and unfairly maligned filmmakers of all time, Edward D. Wood, Jr. in celebration of what would have been Ed's 100th birthday. I could not have gotten a better group of people to talk to about this topic as Bob has compiled books of Ed's essays and short stories and has just released a b

”A Ben Evans Film” Feature Fundraiser

Jan 02 2024 39 mins

A Ben Evans Film is a short movie that my son and I worked on back in 2019. We met and became friends with many of the movie's crew and talent, including one of the directors, James Henry Hall, and the star, Sky Elobar. Tody, James and Sky join me to tell me about their work in trying to make a feture length version of the movie happen. Based on a story by Josh Malerman (Birdbox),

Mitch O’Connell: The World’s Best Artist

Nov 16 2023 67 mins

Today I get to talk to one of my favorite artists and pop culture\sleaze encyclopedia, Mitch O'Connell. From a very early age, Mitch knew he wanted to be an artist, and his love of watching The Ghoul and Svenghoulie became his muse. From the utterly hilarious to the outright bizarre, if it's kitschy or cult, Mitch is likely going to draw it. He tells me about being a teenager trave

Michael J Weldon, Part 2

Nov 01 2023 48 mins

Part two of my chat with the great Michael J Weldon continues as it left off, with me acting like a complete fanboy, because I totally am! Michael tells me about founding the magazine and running a record store in prime era NYC. He tells me about what types of movies are even too tasteless for him, how watching everything being sent to him eventually became wearing, and the joys of

Michael J. Weldon, Part 1

Oct 08 2023 39 mins

Psychotronic Magazine founder and all around cool guy, Michael J. Weldon has long been a wishlist guest for me and I finally got him! Michael joins me to talk about seeing The Cramps at a house party in 1978, watching b-horror movies as a kid, opening Psychotronic Video, and being one of the first vendors outside of Seattle to carry movies from Something Weird Video. (Now led by pr

Bruce Vilanch

Oct 01 2023 68 mins

It's the one and only Brue Vilanch! One of the most prolific and versatile comedy writers of his or any generation joins me to talk about his incredible career that began over five decades ago and is still going strong today. Bruce talks about his youth in Patterson, NJ, the joy of seeing his first Broadway show, writing for some of the most iconic voices of the times, and being th

Steve Stoliar, Part 2

Sep 18 2023 49 mins

I am back after a bit of an unplanned hiatus! (Sorry, gang. I started a new job and it has been an adjustment for me.) Today, Steve Stoliar and I continue our conversation picking up with him telling me how he got the job with Groucho. He tells me about his time in the house, his struggles with Erin Flemming, and his joys at meeting legends of old Hollywood. He also tells me about

Steve Stoliar, Part 1

Aug 10 2023 44 mins

Steve Stoliar is a man of many talents. He's a gifted mimic, voiceover artist, writer, and pop culture historian. At the age of 19, he was hired on as an assistant to the legendary Groucho Marx. Soon, he was working as the comedian's principal archivist and friend, spending evenings with the likes of Mae West, S.J. Perlman, and Zeppo. His book, Raised Eyebrows, My Years Inside Grou

Days of the Dead Indy 2023

Aug 07 2023 68 mins

In this Very Special Episode I was asked to join the fun at the Days of the Dead Indianapolis Film Fest. Sadly, I was not able to get in as many interviews with filmmakers as I had hoped, because of computer issues (Which is also why this episode is getting out so late.), but I did get to talk to a couple of great folks. William Boothman is a Texas based filmmaker who has been hard

Gregory Scott Cummins, Part 2

Jul 17 2023 58 mins

My conversation with Greg continues with more talk of being a jobbing actor, auditioning, and the pros and cons of typecasting. We also talk Brian Bostworth's choke holds, John Lithgow's prowess at playing bad guys, and hanging out in the mountains with Stallone. Of course, we get into It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia but more importantly, we talk Hunter. Find out more about Greg