Talents I've interviewed...Give or take a few names
185 items • Updated 1/20/2026
I first started doing interviews in 2006. I was writing for a nostalgia website called RetroJunk at the time, and I wanted to do something a little different from the other writers. I had come to exchange a few messages with animator Jon McClenahan on an animation message board I was winding down my time on, and around the same time as that, TLC personality Ali Barone had moved to my hometown. McClenahan and Barone became my first two interview subjects.
I wrote for RetroJunk from 2006 to 2013. Along the way, I attempted to do a phone interview with original MTV VJ Nina Blackwood in 2011. Unfortunately, I didn't have a recorder at the time and I couldn't keep up when I was writing her answers, so we switched it to an e-mail interview.
In 2012, I was told that singer Samantha Fox only did phone interviews, so I purchased a phone recorder, invested in an international calling plan, and had my first successful phone interview with Ms. Fox as my interview subject. Most of my interviews from there on out would be phone interviews.
Unfortunately, after interviews I did with Julie Michaels and Jewel Shepard barely got any feedback in 2013, I started looking for a new place to write. The overhaul of RetroJunk caused me to lose a lot of readers. Thankfully, I found a new place to write when my friend let me join the website Pop Geeks in 2014. I've had my greatest successes as an interviewer on that site.
You'll notice some overlap with the list of talents I've met at Chiller Theatre, as shown in this link: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls069131736/.
The reason for that is that I interview a lot of talents who were active in the last few decades of the 20th century, and keep busy to this day in many ways, whether on the entertainment scene, working in new fields or going on the convention circuit.
This list is slightly incomplete, hence the words "Give Or Take A Few Names". The reasons for that are twofold. First, (11/11:21 edit) three people I've interviewed, Jessie's Girl drummer Michael Maenza, Hoboken International Film Festival publicist Lisa Munjack, and online singer/entertainer/adult model Karen Eng, don't currently have IMDB pages. Second, I've interviewed some adult film veterans over the years, yet for some reason, I'm not able to add them to the list. For Mr. Maenza, Ms. Munjack, and the adult film performers, I've listed those interviews in the description boxes for the talents I can list, mentioning when they happened.
This list will continue to be updated for as long as I'm able to do interviews. Stay tuned as the list grows.
12/23/18 edit: As I look at this list, I must say it's been wonderful to interview all the talents on this list. Whenever I do a new interview, it's like getting a gift. I thank all of the talents mentioned on this list, and the ones I was not able to include, for being so kind and courteous in taking time to speak to me. I'm truly a lucky man.
07/21/23 edit: On the advice of several of my friends on this list, my interviews are on hold until the Writers' Guild and Screen Actors' Guild strikes are resolved, hopefully in favor of the writers and actors.
11/13/23 edit: Now that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have been resolved, I'll both be sending out interview requests again, and following up with talents I interviewed before the strikes went into effect.
03/18/24 update: I haven't done any interviews since mid-2023. I was going to start doing them again once the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes ended, but shortly after they ended, my health started taking a turn for the worse that friends noticed sooner than I did. I ended up in the hospital with diverticulitis on January 4th, 2024, and even though I got out of the hospital on January 17th, I've been having a lot of doctors' appointments. I also have a colonoscopy and at least one operation to come, so my priority right now is concentrating on my health in preparation for those things. I hope to be back to doing interviews in May (Knock wood).
08/22/24 update: I started doing interviews again in July of 2024, and today, August 22nd, 2024, saw me publish my first interview in over a year. It's good to be back doing something that I love.
01/12/25 update: My health became turbulent again in October of 2024, and for the past few months, I’ve been in and out of the hospital again. Once I am discharged, though, and have been safely home for several weeks, I plan on waiting to send out interview requests for a while as many of the talents I would like to interview, as well as their representatives, have bigger things to worry about as they’re in California, which is being devastated by wildfires as I write this. Interviews can wait. 04/24/25 update: My health issues are now behind me, and starting in May, I will be returning to doing interviews on an active basis. I'm looking forward to it very much.
08/08/25 update: Some of my Pop Geeks interviews are currently offline, but I'm gradually working on getting them back online.
I wrote for RetroJunk from 2006 to 2013. Along the way, I attempted to do a phone interview with original MTV VJ Nina Blackwood in 2011. Unfortunately, I didn't have a recorder at the time and I couldn't keep up when I was writing her answers, so we switched it to an e-mail interview.
In 2012, I was told that singer Samantha Fox only did phone interviews, so I purchased a phone recorder, invested in an international calling plan, and had my first successful phone interview with Ms. Fox as my interview subject. Most of my interviews from there on out would be phone interviews.
Unfortunately, after interviews I did with Julie Michaels and Jewel Shepard barely got any feedback in 2013, I started looking for a new place to write. The overhaul of RetroJunk caused me to lose a lot of readers. Thankfully, I found a new place to write when my friend let me join the website Pop Geeks in 2014. I've had my greatest successes as an interviewer on that site.
You'll notice some overlap with the list of talents I've met at Chiller Theatre, as shown in this link: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls069131736/.
The reason for that is that I interview a lot of talents who were active in the last few decades of the 20th century, and keep busy to this day in many ways, whether on the entertainment scene, working in new fields or going on the convention circuit.
This list is slightly incomplete, hence the words "Give Or Take A Few Names". The reasons for that are twofold. First, (11/11:21 edit) three people I've interviewed, Jessie's Girl drummer Michael Maenza, Hoboken International Film Festival publicist Lisa Munjack, and online singer/entertainer/adult model Karen Eng, don't currently have IMDB pages. Second, I've interviewed some adult film veterans over the years, yet for some reason, I'm not able to add them to the list. For Mr. Maenza, Ms. Munjack, and the adult film performers, I've listed those interviews in the description boxes for the talents I can list, mentioning when they happened.
This list will continue to be updated for as long as I'm able to do interviews. Stay tuned as the list grows.
12/23/18 edit: As I look at this list, I must say it's been wonderful to interview all the talents on this list. Whenever I do a new interview, it's like getting a gift. I thank all of the talents mentioned on this list, and the ones I was not able to include, for being so kind and courteous in taking time to speak to me. I'm truly a lucky man.
07/21/23 edit: On the advice of several of my friends on this list, my interviews are on hold until the Writers' Guild and Screen Actors' Guild strikes are resolved, hopefully in favor of the writers and actors.
11/13/23 edit: Now that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have been resolved, I'll both be sending out interview requests again, and following up with talents I interviewed before the strikes went into effect.
03/18/24 update: I haven't done any interviews since mid-2023. I was going to start doing them again once the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes ended, but shortly after they ended, my health started taking a turn for the worse that friends noticed sooner than I did. I ended up in the hospital with diverticulitis on January 4th, 2024, and even though I got out of the hospital on January 17th, I've been having a lot of doctors' appointments. I also have a colonoscopy and at least one operation to come, so my priority right now is concentrating on my health in preparation for those things. I hope to be back to doing interviews in May (Knock wood).
08/22/24 update: I started doing interviews again in July of 2024, and today, August 22nd, 2024, saw me publish my first interview in over a year. It's good to be back doing something that I love.
01/12/25 update: My health became turbulent again in October of 2024, and for the past few months, I’ve been in and out of the hospital again. Once I am discharged, though, and have been safely home for several weeks, I plan on waiting to send out interview requests for a while as many of the talents I would like to interview, as well as their representatives, have bigger things to worry about as they’re in California, which is being devastated by wildfires as I write this. Interviews can wait. 04/24/25 update: My health issues are now behind me, and starting in May, I will be returning to doing interviews on an active basis. I'm looking forward to it very much.
08/08/25 update: Some of my Pop Geeks interviews are currently offline, but I'm gradually working on getting them back online.
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