Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Phil Morris, Renowned Actor, Son of Greg Morris

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Phil Morris, is a popular actor who’s brought us a great many memorable performances.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in “Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock”, “Dark Planet”, “Legal Deceit”, “Wag the Dog”, “Jekyll Island”, “Abominable”, “Cry of the Butterfly”, “Ghosts of the Ozarks” and he’s the voice of “Dr. Joshua Sweet” in “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”, and he’s the voice of “Vandal Savage” on “Justice League: Doom”, for which he and his fellow cast members won 2 Behind the Voice Actors Awards.

And on television, he’s well known for his portrayals of “Tyrone Jackson” on “The Young and the Restless”, “Grant Collier” on “Mission: Impossible”, “Walter” on “Melrose Place”, “Jackie Chiles” on “Seinfeld”, “Chief Purser Will Sanders” on “Loveboat: The Next Wave”, “Martian Manhunter” in “Smallville”, “John Creighton” in “Bosch Legacy”, “Silas Stone” in “Doom Patrol”, and “Delroy Jones” in “Love That Girl”, for which he was nominated for 2 NAACP Image Awards. He’s also the voice of “Doc Saturday” in “The Secret Saturdays”, and his voice can be heard in a whole slew of animated series and video games.

He’s also guest starred in dozens of other iconic TV shows including “Hart to Hart”, “Webster”, “Knight Rider”, “Cheers”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Beverly Hills 90210”, “Will & Grace”, “CSI Miami”, “Hot in Cleveland”, “Young Sheldon”, and many more.

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Peter K. Ackerman, Author, Son of Classic TV Producer Harry Ackerman and Actress Elinor Donahue

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Peter K. Ackerman, is descended from Hollywood royalty. He grew up in the 1960s, as close as anyone can, to the world of classic television, at the height of his parents’ careers.

His father was the legendary television producer Harry Ackerman, who brought us many classic TV shows including “I Love Lucy”, “Hazel”, “Dennis the Menace”, “The Donna Reed Show”, “Leave it to Beaver”, “Bewitched”, “The Flying Nun, “Gidget”, and many more shows.

And his mother is the popular and beloved Emmy-nominated actress Elinor Donahue, who starred in many classic TV shows. She played “Betty Anderson”, the eldest child on “Father Knows Best”, she was “Ellie Walker” the pharmacist on “The Andy Griffith Show”, she played Felix Unger’s girlfriend “Miriam Welby” in “The Odd Couple”, she was “Kate Honeycutt” in “Days of our Lives”, she played “Gladys Peterson” in “Get a Life”, and every fan of “Star Trek: The Original Series” knows her as “Nancy Hedford” from the season 2 episode entitled “Metamorphosis”. She also guest starred in many other popular TV shows including “Newhart”, “Happy Days”, “Friends” and “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”. And who can ever forget her as “Bridget”, the nice saleslady in the department store who helps Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman”?

Our guest has had a fascinating career, first following in his parents’ footsteps, as an actor, then in production for TV commercials, music videos featuring iconic stars like Madonna, Aerosmith, Janet Jackson and Peter Frampton, and then in television production, working on classic shows like “Full House” and “Friends”, before leaving show business and finding his true calling in the church, and becoming an Episcopal priest in 2007.

He’s here to discuss his brand new book – which I absolutely loved - entitled, “Mom, Dad, Me and Classic TV: Growing Up with Classic Television’s Harry Ackerman and Elinor Donahue”.

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Carlyn Montes De Oca, Author, “Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Carlyn Montes De Oca, is an award-winning author, acupuncturist, nutritional consultant and expert in the animal-human health connection. Her best-selling book entitled “Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse: An Animal Lover’s Guide to a Healthy, Happy Life”, reveals how our loving bonds with our beloved cats and dogs positively impact every part of our well-being – mind, body, and spirit. She then produced 2 more books: “Paws For the Good Stuff: A Dog Lover’s Journal”, and “Paws For the Good Stuff: A Cat Lover’s Journal”.

And now she’s released an emotionally powerful and highly compelling book entitled, “Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances”. The book was triggered by the astonishing revelation by our guest in 2019 at the age of 57, when she discovered through a DNA test that she was NOT the biological child of the parents who raised her. Through the book, she shares the riveting and poignant account of her turbulent journey towards the ultimate understanding and acceptance of the true meaning of family, a sense of identity and belonging, and the discovery of forgiveness, healing and self-affirmation.

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To learn more about Carlyn Montes De Oca, go to:

https://animalhumanhealth.com/

https://www.facebook.com/carlynmontesdeoca/

https://twitter.com/carlynmdo

https://www.instagram.com/carlynmontesdeoca/

https://www.youtube.com/user/carlyn555

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Marsha Warfield, Renowned Actress & Comedienne, Roz from “Night Court”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Marsha Warfield is highly popular actress and comedienne who is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the tough, wise-cracking, no-nonsense bailiff “Roz Russell” on the classic sitcom “Night Court.”

She also played “Dr. Maxine Douglas” in “Empty Nest”, and “Toni Wilson” in “9-1-1”, and she’s made guest appearances on dozens of other TV shows including “The Richard Pryor Show , “Riptide”, “Family Ties”, “Cheers”, “Touched by an Angel” and many more. And yes, she was the voice of the mail carrier in “The Addams Family”.

And in the early 90s, she even hosted a wonderful talk show of her own, “The Marsha Warfield Show.” She’s also appeared in many great movies including “Doomsday Rock”, “Caddyshack 2”, “Anything for Love”, “Mask”, “They Call me Bruce”, “The Marva Collins Story”, “Miracles Across 125th Street”, “A Holiday I Do” and many more.

But in my opinion, the best way to experience the brilliant talent of our guest, is when she’s being her hilarious and insightful self, on stage, doing stand-up comedy. And she’s been doing that a long time. She won the San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 1979. She’s made dozens of appearances on late night talk shows and comedy specials including, “Comic Relief”, “An Evening at the Improv”, “The Comedy Store”, “Funny Women of a Certain Age”, and most recently, the Netflix documentary, “Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution.”

And who can ever forget her classic comedy album, “This is Not Gross, This is Important”, in which she provides a no-holds-barred exploration of the subject on everyone's mind: sex. She’s got a fabulous web-show on YouTube called “Midnight in the Marsha-verse”, in which she shares her trademark wit and wisdom with celebrity guests in thought-provoking and insightful conversations.

She’s currently on tour, performing to sold out audiences, and she’s funnier than ever, tackling a wide variety of issues including everything from politics, the realities of being a Black gay woman, and her love affair with pizza.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Marsha Warfield, go to:

https://www.marshawarfield.com/

http://www.facebook.com/MarshaWarfieldsComedyCafe

https://twitter.com/MarshaWarfield

https://www.instagram.com/marshawarfield/

https://www.youtube.com/c/MarshaWarfieldComedian

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Andrew Stevens, Actor, Producer, Director & Author

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Andrew Stevens, is a highly respected actor, writer, songwriter, producer, director, author, educator and film company executive. The fact that he has show business in his blood comes as no surprise, given that he’s the son of screen legend Stella Stevens.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in “The Boys in Company C”, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Male Newcomer, and he also received the Star of Tomorrow award from the National Association of Theatre Owners. He also appeared in “Shampoo”, “The Fury”, “Death Hunt”, “The Seduction”, “Double Threat”, “Pop Star”, “Missionary Man”, and many more.

On TV he appeared in dozens of shows and movies including “Once an Eagle”, “Topper”, “Code Red”, “Hollywood Wives”, “Hotel”, “Dallas”, and many more. He’s also written many screenplays and composed numerous songs for movies and TV shows. He's directed over a dozen feature films, including world premieres on HBO and SHOWTIME, as well as multiple episodes of popular TV series.

But beyond all of that, our guest is one of the most prolific and successful producers in Hollywood. He has co-founded and run numerous film production companies, and is currently President and CEO of Andrew Stevens Entertainment and Stevens Entertainment Group. He’s produced hundreds of enormously successful feature films including “The Whole Nine Yards”, “Angel Eyes”, “The Pledge”, “City by the Sea”, “The Big Kahuna”, “Green Dragon”, “Get Carter”, “The Marksman”, “Black Dawn”, and dozens more.

As an educator, he created a fully accredited Associate of Applied Arts college degree program in Motion Picture Production, which formed the basis of an online certificate program called “Foolproof Film School”, based on his best selling 2014 book entitled, “Foolproof Filmmaking: Make a Movie That Makes a Profit”. His other books are “Producing for Profit: A Practical Guide to Making Independent and Studio Films”, and “Screenwriting for Profit: Writing for the Global Marketplace.”

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest also serves on the board of directors of the International Film and Television Alliance, and until recently served as Chairman of the Independent Producers Association.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Andrew Stevens, go to:

https://andrewstevens.info/

https://www.facebook.com/andrewstevensffilm

https://twitter.com/astevensent

https://www.youtube.com/user/astevensent/videos

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Liberace Protégé, Steve Garey, Part 2

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s returning guest, Steve Garey, is a renowned, 2-time gold record winning pianist, vocalist and recording artist who has a very prestigious connection to 2 show business legends: Liberace and Frank Sinatra.

He was selected by Liberace to be his very last protégé, and he is the only protégé of Liberace’s to receive the endorsement and support of the Board of Directors of The Liberace Foundation and the Liberace Estate.

And the other superstar with which our guest shares an illustrious history is the Chairman of the Board, the one and only Frank Sinatra, who chose our guest, when he was only 20 years old, to be his piano accompanist. Our guest began his career in the 1970s as a child prodigy, performing concerts throughout the world, which led to a successful career in nightclubs as well as in films and on television. And in 1981, Mr. Showmanship himself, Liberace selected our guest as his last and final protégé.

He studied with Liberace for the last six years of his life. Our guest has performed at the most prestigious venues around the world, and besides performing with Liberace and Frank Sinatra, he’s worked alongside dozens of superstars including Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore, Bernadette Peters, Johnny Mathis, Debbie Reynolds, Jane Russell, John Travolta and many more.

With his incredibly versatile repertoire, which includes everything from the Jazz Classics, Pop and Country Music to the great American Songbook, our guest has given Command Performances for 5 American Presidents in addition to a number of Crown Monarchs in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He’s been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Hollywood Reporter, and on the cover of both TV GUIDE and the American music industry publication "The Score” magazine".

He’s also a Contributing Editor to Keyboard World Magazine, and he continues to serve as a consultant on books and film projects regarding both Liberace and Frank Sinatra.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Steve Garey, go to:
https://www.stevegarey.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1NG_K9BzWTHNcamlaSavw
https://twitter.com/stevegarey

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Patrika Darbo, Renowned Actress, Nancy Wesley of “Days of Our Lives”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Patrika Darbo, is a multi-award winning actress, producer, director and author who is perhaps best remembered for her portrayal of the sexy, cunning and manipulatively domineering “Nancy Wesley” on the immensely popular daytime drama, “Days of Our Lives”, for which she won a Soap Opera Digest Award, as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and an Online Film and Television Association Award.

Her other major soap opera role was on “The Bold and the Beautiful”, in which she portrayed “Shirley Spectra”. She won a Prime Time Emmy Award for her performance in “Acting Dead”, and she won an Indie Series Award AND a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her work in “Studio City”.

She won another Indie Series Award for her performance in “Indoor Boys”. She’s received 6 more Indie Series Award nominations - 3 for her portrayal of “Mickey Walker” in “The Bay”, 2 nominations for her performance as “Dorothy Nolan” in “Ladies of the Lake” and “Ladies of the Lake: Return to Avalon”, and another nomination for her portrayal of “Dr. Freed” on “Miss Behave”, which she also produced and directed. She’s appeared in dozens of classic TV shows including “Diff’rent Strokes”, “St. Elsewhere”, “Step by Step”, “Seinfeld”, “Married With Children”, “The Big Bang Theory”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Dexter” and many more.

And who can forget her portrayal of Roseanne Barr in the 1994 TV movie “Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes”. On the big screen, you’ve seen her in “Leaving Normal”, “In the Line of Fire”, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, “Corrina Corrina”, “Speed 2: Cruise Control”, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, “Charlie Wilson’s War”, and many more great films. And yes, she provided the voice of one of the sheep in “Babe”.

And get this - our guest was named by TV Guide as one of the sexiest stars of 1999, and a few years later, she released an entertaining, insightful and inspirational memoir entitled, “365 Glorious Nights of Love and Romance”, in which she shares her life experiences, life lessons, and many tips for building confidence, a winning attitude, and a positive approach to life, so we can all be and feel beautiful and sexy.

And well beyond her stellar career as an actress and author, our guest has a long and distinguished history of community service. She was on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and she currently serves on the Performers Group Executive Committee. She’s on the Executive Board of the Thalians, established by my dear friend Ruta Lee and the late Debbie Reynolds, whose mission is devoted to helping the brave men and women of the American military heal the wounds of war, both physical and mental. She’s also worked for many years with the Elks, and she’s renowned for her support of charities helping veterans, animals and children.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Patrika Darbo, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/PatrikaDarbo/

https://www.instagram.com/darbopatrika/

https://twitter.com/patrikadarbo

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Richard Karn, Al Borland from “Home Improvement”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Richard Karn, is a popular actor, producer and author who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Al Borland”, the master plumber, licensed contractor, best friend and co-host of Tim Allen's character “Tim Taylor” on the classic, long-running TV sitcom, “Home Improvement”. He absolutely immortalized the phrase, “I don’t think so, Tim”. He also starred as “Arthur Piller” in “Control”, “Fred Peters’ in “PEN 15”, and he also executive produced and co-starred with Tim Allen in 2 reality shows, “Assembly Required”, and “More Power”. In addition to all of that, our guest was the host of two game shows: “Family Feud” and “Bingo America”. He’s also written 2 books: House Broken: How I Remodeled My Home For Just Under Three Times the Original Bid”, and “Handy at Home: Tips on Improving Your Home From America’s Favorite Handyman.” And most recently, he is the executive producer and star of the brand new TV series, “Once a Mormon.”

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Richard Karn, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/officialrichardkarn/

https://x.com/therichardkarn

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