Actor, comedian, writer, and voiceover artist Phil LaMarr joins me this week to talk about his hundreds of animation roles including Green Lantern from Justice League, Static from Static Shock, and He-Ro from Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation. PLUS – we’ll chat about his roles in front of the camera in Spider-Man 2 and Supergirl!
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Date: October 15, 2020







Peabody-winning writer, producer, director, and educator Bridget Terry is in the Lair to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the feature film Popeye and her incredible chronicle of the film’s production – The Popeye Story!
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Date: October 10, 2020







Star of stage and screen, Roberta Maxwell, joins me to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the feature film Popeye! Roberta talks about bringing Nana Oyl to life in the film, and working with Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and director Robert Altman!
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Stuff you heard on the show:
Mongrel Media
Marc Cushman’s Lost In Space books
Lost in Space on Blu-ray
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Date: October 3, 2020







Directed by Spielberg! Directed by Anthony Perkins in a Psycho flick! Directed by Zemeckis in a Back to the Future film! And – Sweethaven resident directed by Robert Altman. Brilliant actor Donovan Scott has just about done it all and he’s here to help me celebrate the 40th anniversary of the feature film Popeye, where he brought the iconic Thimble Theatre character Castor Oyl to life on the big screen!
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Date: September 26, 2020







Legendary science fiction author Alan Dean Foster joins me to talk about his time in the world of Star Trek adapting the animated series into prose, bringing Power Records stories to life, and developing the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. PLUS – we’ll spend some time in a galaxy far, far away to talk about ghost writing the original Star Wars novelization, writing the follow-up adventure Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, and I’ll get Alan’s thoughts on the latest Star Wars sequels!
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Stuff you heard on the show:
Order Marc Cushman’s Star Trek books from Jacobs/Brown Media Group
IndyCast 300th episode round table
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Date: September 24, 2020






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