Shakeytown Radio

"The King of TV" Paul Goebel

"The King Of TV" Paul Goebel is an actor, comedian, and host of "The Paul Goebel Show" podcast. He was TV Land's Ultimate TV Fan, the TV Geek on "Beat The Geeks," and the chef who did something unsavory with your French toast in "Not Another Teen Movie." On this episode, we discuss the boob tube, anger issues, animal rights, and Morrissey's racism. Also, the music of the Misfits.

Stefane Zamorano

Stefane Zamorano is an actress, comedian, teacher, and writer who co-hosts the "Comedy And Everything Else" podcast. She also appears on and writes for "The David Feldman Comedy Podcast" and "The Jimmy Dore Show," now both on KPFK Pacifica Radio (90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara), and the monthly live show "Pop and Politics" at the UCB Theatre in L.A. Her one-woman show "POCHA!" deals with her identity as an Americanized Mexican who doesn't speak Spanish. We discuss all that, as well as the youth of America and the education system, and a kinky tangent into cosplay where Gene and Brodie turn the teaching tables on Stef to enlighten her about the world of furries. Also, featuring the music of Lou Miami and the Kozmetix.

Sam Proof

Sam Proof (http://samproof.tv) is an actor, producer, and writer. His show livestreams every Saturday from Meltdown Comics on Sunset in Los Angeles and he curates the post-apocalyptic themed blog Podpocalypse. He appeared in season two of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job" as Raz and produces and appears in shorts on his YouTube channel. He is a part of the "Enchantment Under The Web" Web Prom 2010, a charity ball at Busby's East in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 22. On this episode, we discuss "TV Guide," Upright Citizens Brigade's improv and writing courses, Mother Brain, and just who runs Bartertown. Also featuring... the music of Jawbreaker!

Sam Varela (Naked Comedy)

Sam Varela is the host of "Naked Comedy" (http://nakedcomedy.org), where she conducts in-depth interviews with the top performers in comedy today. On this episode of "Shakeytown," Sam tries to turn the interviewing tables on Gene and Brodie, but not before she herself has the tables turned on her! Conspiracy theories! Mean Hitchcock! Racism in NorCal! Airplane noise! Brak and Space Ghost! Did I mention the table turning?

A Very Special Shakeytown

Your emails, your calls, your reviews, your questions, and our trips to New Orleans and New York City! Also featuring music from Mishka Shubaly and Malkah Duprix!

Jen Kirkman

Jen Kirkman (jenkirkman.com) is a writer and comedian whose album "Self Help" was AST Records' first release. She starred in the award-winning short film "Drunk History," wrote and appeared on E! Network's "Chelsea Lately," and recently began work on a new NBC sitcom "Perfect Couples." We discuss cemeteries, golf courses, "The Buddy Holly Story," celebrity gossip, comedy classes, and Twitter fights. Also this episode: a visit by the ghost of Rodney Dangerfield; a plague of mic problems; and from Manchester - THE SMITHS!

Liezl Estipona & J.P. Spaulding

Liezl Estipona (http://liezlwashere.com) is a photographer who frequently covers L.A. comedy shows such as Comedy Death Ray at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and The Paul F. Tompkins Show at Largo. Her "Clay Of The Day" website (http://clayoftheday.com) features her sculpture work with clay people and their nefarious deeds. J.P. Spaulding (@JPSpaulding on Twitter) is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. He is also a food enthusiast and knows his cheese like nobody's business. We talk about flipping the bird at Comic-Con, getting into fights with photographers, our favorite video games, and the Joe Pesci song "Wiseguy."

"The Ukulady" Thessaly Lerner

MEEP! Hey kids, it's "The Ukulady" Thessaly Lerner! Besides a prolific voiceover career that includes "The Sims" and "Silent Hill" video game series, she produces numerous projects: a puppet show called Cupcake and Swizzle Stick; Kit 'n Tenders; a kids' show - The Ukulady UkulUniverse! Thessaly visits us on a rainy day in Burbank to discuss fake mustaches, dangers to the L.A. landscape (nuclear meltdowns, Lindsay Lohan, etc.), internet fatigue, Del Close gossip, kids' shows, and shady dealings in the video game industry.

Eli Braden (pt. 2)

The exciting conclusion to the earthquake cliffhanger!!!

Anne Beatts

PEOPLE! It behooves us to bring you a very special edition of the podcast this week... Anne Beatts is a writer, producer, professor at USC and Chapman, and true legend of comedy. She has a sketch writing course coming up July 30th through August 1st at Wordspace (http://wordspace.net) in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Atwater Village. In our conversation, she shares her philosophies on the differences between writing and performing for radio, stage, stand-up, and screen, and her thoughts on Los Angeles comedy clubs, improvisation, spontaneity, and writing the funny down for later. She was the first woman to become editor at National Lampoon, both the magazine and radio show. As one of the first writers hired by Lorne Michaels, she won the Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live," where her and Rosie Shuster created such characters as Uncle Roy, Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute, and Todd and Lisa (whose popularity literally put the word "nerd" in the dictionary). She created the cult TV hit "Square Pegs," which launched Sarah Jessica Parker's career and featured musical performances by The Waitresses and Devo, introducing punk rock characters on TV... sorry, sorry, "new wave" (different head). We talk about dealing with the network, a difficult Mike Ovitz, and a conveniently placed Dwayne "Dobie Gillis" Hickman in trying to see her vision through for the show. She also helped revamp the first season of "A Different World," and created the characters that would later usurp Lisa Bonet's Denise Huxtable as the leads on the show - Whitley and Dwayne Wayne. Besides Beatts' literary and television works, she also wrote the book for Leader Of The Pack, the Elle Greenwich Broadway musical. We discuss her upcoming classes, how she made her way as a woman in a male-dominated industry, the questionable ethics behind how money is made with internet content, why Gary Shandling is more like Craig Kilborn than Yoda, where Jim Hightower has got it right (but where he got it wrong), the recent GQ issue on comedy, why "Modern Family" is both good and bad (and "According To Jim" is just bad), the genius of Mitch Hedberg, the insanity of Michael O'Donoghue, a prank Bill Murray played on her before his "Square Pegs" appearance, a joke she wrote for Chevy Chase that he tried to sandbag, and many more memories from her 40 years in comedy. For more information on Finding Your Comedic Voice, contact Wordspace at info@wordspace.net. Or, contact Anne Beatts directly at Beattsclass@aol.com, or 310-273-1637. This episode also features the music of The Bouncing Souls (http://bouncingsouls.com)