385 episodes
Hollywood & Levine Brain Candy Laugh & Learn
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4.8 • 457 Ratings
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Hollywood & Levine looks at the world of entertainment, pop culture, screenwriting, and life, and takes none of it seriously. The point is to make you laugh, although useful information might accidentally slip through. Hosted by Emmy-winning writer/baseball announcer/talk show host, Ken Levine, Hollywood & Levine will feature commentary, war stories on Ken’s career (MASH, Cheers, Frasier, Simpsons), interviews, writing advice, movie reviews, snarky award show recaps, tall tales from his baseball and radio career, segments from old broadcasts, improv sketches, answering listener questions, and more. It’s a fun, fast-paced hour of humor, nonsense, and God knows what.
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EP385: Behind the Scenes at the Academy Awards
This week stage manager, Dency Nelson pulls back the curtain and explains what really goes on backstage at the Oscars. And later — the Grammys.
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EP384: Meet TV Stage Manager, Dency Nelson
Dency Nelson has been the Stage Manager for the David Letterman Show, the Academy Awards (25 years), the Grammys, the Emmys, Late Night with Craig Ferguson, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Miss USA Pageant. This week we talk about his unique career path and working with David Letterman.
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EP383: Another Free-Association Podcast
You never know what Ken is going to talk about because Ken doesn’t know what he’s going to talk about. It’s another Free-Association episode where one topic leads to another and another. Feeling adventurous? Tune in.
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EP382: Kevin Smith: the Sequel
More with iconic writer/director Kevin Smith — one of Ken’s most fascinating guests.
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EP381: Meet writer/director Kevin Smith Part One
Ken replays one of the best interviews in the eight years of H&L. Writer/director Kevin Smith. In Part One Kevin discusses writing versus directing, how he broke in, directing other people’s work, and more. It’s the fastest half hour in podcasting.
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EP380: Who’s hungry?
It’s the summer and travel season and you gotta eat, right? This week Ken gives you restaurant recommendations around the country based on his life as a Major League Baseball announcer. Great food, not particularly healthy.
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Customer Reviews
Great Podcast - One of my favorites
Ken's podcast compliments his exellent blog "By Ken Levine". He is a long time Hollywood writer/ director / showrunner that has been involved is several of the "best sitcoms of all time". He has great guests from time to time.
Fun and Interesting
Ken Levine has to have one of the most varied backgrounds of any podcaster: TV and Movie Writer, TV Director, Playwright, DJ, and baseball announcer. Yet, he is so self deprecating and wryly humorous at the same time. He’s really good at interviewing people you’ve likely never heard of, but have seen or heard before, and opening up sides of the entertainment industry you might not know existed. There’s great stories and anecdotes delivered really well. This is a podcast I never miss.
Fun
Very entertaining. A nice break from true crime.
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