Sean Howe stops by to discuss his book "Marvel Comics: The Untold Story," interviewing Stan Lee, and how Marvel has influenced everything. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
J. Elvis Weinstein talks about the difference between writing for Mystery Science Theater vs. writing for a live audience vs. writing for America's Funniest Home Videos. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Amanda and Tyler are the Portlandia based artists responsible for the art of Portlandia. Here they explain how they find what they find, how a costume can fill in a character's backstory, and which sets are real places you can visit in Portland. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Freestyle Love Supreme creates hilarious improvised music. But don't take my word for it! You can hear them freestyle in first five minutes of this very episode, before we break down how they do it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week I am very pleased to present The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show 2012 Year-End Jeff-tacular. I have gone back and asked nearly all of 2012’s Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show guests to spend five minutes describing their favorite thing of the year. Answers ranged from movies to music to software to once-in-a-lifetime days. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
We're living in a golden age of TV and Alan Sepinwall's new book, The Revoloution Was Televised, traces the origins of this renessaince through the history of twelve key shows - Oz, The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Buffy, Lost, 24, Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Matt Graham (Conan, SNL, Scrabble World Championships) discuss the strategy of high-level Scrabble, his incredible board game collection, and why Scrabble is really a game about math. Plus, how to win without memorizing the dictionary! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jason Michael Paul produces a touring Zelda symphony, and here he explains what it takes to represent the Nintendo brand. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Wayne White was a set/puppet designer on shows like Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and Beakman’s World, as well as music videos like Smashing Pumpkins’ Tonight Tonight. Wayne is the subject of the new documentary Beauty is Embarrassing, and on this week's show you'll hear from both him and the film's director. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jason Narvy and Paul Schrier have appeared in several hundred episodes of Power Rangers, making them by far the show's longest-running characters. This week we get their unique perspective on the iconic show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dr. Robin Rosenberg studies what makes superheroes tick. Here she diagoses Batman, The Joker, The X-Men, Green Arrow, and Buffy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A live recording of the CollegeHumor panel at Comic Con! Jeff moderates a conversation about creating nerdy internet comedy with Susanna Wolff, Patrick Cassels, Brian Murphy, Caldwell Tanner, Owen Parsons, and Andrew Bridgman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Justin Wong is one of the greatest fighting game players in the world, holding multiple world titles in games like Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Mortal Kombat 9. But how did he get so good? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
First week of the month is usually an off week for The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show, but Pat and I were gonna talk about Looper anyway. So we recorded it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week Jeff talks to Jay Levey, who has been Weird Al's manager for over 30 years. In addition to managing one of the most unique and successful artists in pop music history Jay, atypically for a manager, collaborated with his client on the creative. He has directed many of Al's music videos including Eat It and cowrote/directed the stone-cold classic UHF. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
