Hey, That's Me! - A Commentary Podcast

Brian and Patrick watch THE SERIES FINALE of Full House, S8E24 "Michelle Rides Again Part 2" (1995) with writer Carolyn Omine. Carolyn Omine is an American television writer. She wrote seven episodes of Full House during its final two seasons (1993 - 1995). Since 2000 she has been a writer and producer on The Simpsons, for which she has written 28 episodes and won five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2023) from 12 nominations. CAROLYN'S SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/carolynohmine/

Brian and Patrick watch Muppet Treasure Island (1996) with co-writer Kirk Thatcher. Kirk R. Thatcher is an Emmy award winning writer/producer, an award winning television, commercial and viral video director, as well as a creature maker and character designer for both films and television. Kirk began at nineteen working at Industrial Light and Magic, designing, creating and puppeteering creatures for blockbusters such as, Return of the Jedi, Star Trek II, Star Trek III, E.T., Poltergeist, and Gremlins. He was also an associate producer on Star Trek IV, in which he had a memorable cameo as the Punk on the Bus, rocking out to the Punk anthem he both wrote and sang, called, “I HateYou!” Kirk has co-written several Muppet films including Muppet Treasure Island and directed four television movies: “The Muppets Wizard of Oz”, which premiered at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival, “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie,” “The Muppets Letters to Santa” as well as the Lifetime Network Thanksgiving movie, “Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow” starring Mary Steenburgen. He was Supervising Producer on the Emmy Award winning ABC series, Muppets Tonight, and co-producer on the ABC series Dinosaurs, on which he designed most of the characters, working closely with one of his mentors, the Muppet’s creator Jim Henson. As well as his long form work, Kirk has directed over thirty Muppet commercials and web shorts including, Muppet’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which has been viewed over 72 Million times. More recently, Kirk created, wrote, and Executive Produced a series for Netflix entitled, “The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell” He also directed episodes of the Muppets new series, “Muppets Now” on Disney +, which debuted in 2020. He also co-wrote and co-directed the hit Muppet Live Shows that played at the Hollywood bowl and in London’s O2 stadium as well as the "Muppets Haunted Mansion" special on Disney+.

Patrick watches Malcolm in the Middle, S7E12 "College Recruiters" (2004) with co-executive producer / writer Jay Kogen. Jay Kogen has been in show business since he was 5 years old. He is an actor, director, stand-up, and Groundlings alum but mostly he has written and produced many of the most popular TV comedies over the last 30 years. He helped develop and wrote on the first five seasons of The Simpsons He wrote and produced Frasier,Malcolm In The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, The George Lopez Show, School of Rock, and Henry Danger to name a few. He has written, rewritten, punched up many films including Eddie Murphy’s The Nutty Professor, all the Austin Powers comedies, most of the Shrek films, Madagascar, Zombieland 2, and the academy award nominated Kubo And The Two Strings. Jay has won many awards including a WGA Award, The Humanitas Award, a People’s Choice Award, and a Golden Rose of Montrose (whatever that is). Jay has been nominated for 14 Emmy awards and won 4 of them. He’s had numerous pilots written and made. He created a show based loosely on his life, Wendell and Vinnie, and he co-wrote and produced the cult comedy, The Wrong Guy, which won the HBO Comedy Festival Award. Jay is currently writing and producing a few pilots and writing a movie he wants to direct and proudly teaching his future employers at USC. LINKS TO WATCH THE SHOW: Hulu - [https://www.hulu.com/series/malcolm-in-the-middle-ca1ac46e-9883-4125-a6e8-97efce9a2bf5](https://www.hulu.com/series/malcolm-in-the-middle-ca1ac46e-9883-4125-a6e8-97efce9a2bf5) GUEST SOCIAL MEDIA Jay's Instagram - [https://www.instagram.com/jaykogen/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/jaykogen/?hl=en) Jay's Podcast - [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-be-alone-with-jay-kogen/id1711124234](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-be-alone-with-jay-kogen/id1711124234)

Patrick and Brian watch Jurassic Park 3 (2001) with Special Effects Artist / Pteranodon Performer Mark Viniello. Over the last several years, Mark has been honored to hold the position of Makeup Effects Coordinator/Supervisor at leading FX studio Spectral Motion, bringing with him nearly 30 years of industry experience. Previous to his time at Spectral, Viniello shared his talents with many of the top shops in Hollywood, including Stan Winston Studio, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc., Steve Johnson’s Edge FX, Weta Workshop, Harlow FX, Patrick Tatopoulos Designs, MastersFX, and more. His resume veritably bursts with film and television credits, including Stranger Things, True Blood, Starship Troopers, Alien: Resurrection, The Lord of the Rings, Where the Wild Things Are, and Jurassic Park III, just to name a few.

Patrick watches The X-Files, S11E7 "Rm9sbG93ZXJz" (2018) with writers Shannon Hamblin and Kristen Cloke-Morgan. Shannon Hamblin is a writer and writers' assistant on the 11th season of The X-Files. Kristen Cloke-Morgan's first feature film role was the female lead in Megaville (1990), opposite Billy Zane. She is best known from her role as Shane Vansen in the television series Space: Above and Beyond (1995) and most recently the Academy Award nominated "Lady Bird". In addition to acting, she is a writer best known for "The X-Files" episode "Rm9sbG93ZXJz", as well as several episodes of BBC's "Intruders".

Patrick watches 30 Rock Season 3, Episode 9 'Retreat to Move Forward' (2009) with writer Tami Sagher. Tami Sagher is an acclaimed American television writer, producer, and actress known for her work on acclaimed comedies like 30 Rock, Inside Amy Schumer, Orange Is the New Black, and How I Met Your Mother. A veteran of Chicago and NYC improv (Second City, UCB), she is a three-time WGA Award winner.

Patrick watches Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993) with sound effects/foley artist since 1969, Dick Maitland. The sound isnt perfect on this one, sorry! The room we were in was very echo-y! Dick Maitland is a sound effects/foley artist who has worked continuously on Sesame Street and its various spin-off specials since 1969. Maitland has won twenty-five Emmy Awards for his work. His sound effects were also heard on the vast majority of Sesame Street albums. Maitland is also the squeaky voice of Oscar's pet Slimey, operated by Martin P. Robinson. Working with others, he also provided the sound design for the Muppet specials The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. To date, along with the rest of the show's sound crew, Maitland has received 25 Daytime Emmy Awards for either best sound mixing or sound editing (and in 2012 and 2015 for both categories) and multiple nominations. In the late 1970s, Maitland worked with Tedd Rapp to develop the Tram TR-50 microphone for wireless Broadway use and on-set with its famous "vampire clip," which is still being used worldwide. Sesame wardrobe woman Grisha Mynova also developed a sweatproof pouch for the TR-50 Transmitter. Maitland has also supplied sound effects for such series as The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Maya and Miguel, the Nick Jr. show Wonder Pets, and 3rd & Bird. Maitland is also a live "sweetener" (enhancing crowd sounds and reactions) whose credits include Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Grammy Awards, A Capitol Fourth, Christmas in Washington and Fashion Rocks. He provided surround sound effects for the One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure Planetarium grand opening in Beijing, China. For records, Maitland worked on comedian/impressionist David Frye's Richard Nixon albums I Am the President and Radio Free Nixon. Maitland started his career at ABC on such shows as Dark Shadows, All My Children and Wide World of Sports.

Patrick watches Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) movie with co-writer Scott Murphy. Scott Murphy has written extensively for a variety of different mediums: film, half-hour TV, hour-long TV, children’s programming, animation, and even comic books. After working on several low-budget, independent films in Texas, he was accepted into the Graduate Screenwriting Program at USC where he received his MFA in Screenwriting. Upon graduation, he was awarded a year-long Disney/ABC Writing Fellowship where he developed scripts with Disney executives and learned the ropes of the studio-development process. From there, he went on to work on the writing staffs of TV shows The Nightmare Room, Angel, My Own Worst Enemy, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He’s also written pilots for NBC, producer Joel Silver, and Warner Bros. Television. In addition to his television work, Murphy has done extensive writing in the feature-film world, selling and developing scripts for Miramax, producer Gale Anne Hurd, and others.

Patrick watches 'The Penguin' S1E08 (2024) with editor Henk Van Eeghen. Henk Van Eeghen is an Emmy Award-winning editor on shows such as Fargo, Lost , Fringe , Terra Nova, Once Upon a Time, Rectify, The Leftovers, Resurrection, 12 Monkeys, Outcast , Berlin Station, Patriot, Watchmen.

Brian and Patrick watch The World According to Sesame Street (2006) with documentary subject Nadine Zylstra, the former Vice President of Sesame Street Production and Programming. Nadine Zylstra leads global programming for Pinterest. Previously, she was the Global Head of Programming for YouTube Originals. Prior to working at YouTube, Zylstra served as Vice President of Sesame Street Production and Programming and Supervising Producer for Sesame Street. She has been recognized with numerous awards including a Peabody Award, Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing and Producing in a Children’s Television Series, and several South African Avanti Awards among others.

Brian and Patrick watch Parks and Recreation S2E18 'The Possum' (2010) audio commentary with writer/producer Mike Scully. Mike Scully is a television writer and producer. He is known for his work as executive producer and showrunner of the animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1997 to 2001. In 1986, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a stand-up comic and wrote for Yakov Smirnoff. Scully went on to write for several television sitcoms before 1993, when he was hired to write for The Simpsons. There, he wrote 12 episodes, including "Lisa on Ice" and "Team Homer", and served as showrunner from seasons 9 to 12. Scully won three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the series. Scully still works on the show and also co-wrote and co-produced 2007's The Simpsons Movie. More recently, Scully co-created The Pitts, The Boy Who Lost His Schoolbag, and Complete Savages, as well as working on Everybody Loves Raymond and Parks and Recreation. He co-developed the short-lived animated television version of Napoleon Dynamite, and co-created Duncanville with his wife, Julie Thacker, and comedian Amy Poehler.

Brian and Patrick watch The Simpsons S32E17 'Uncut Femmes' (2021) audio commentary with actor Tony Rodriguez ("Julio"). Tony Rodríguez is a longtime performer of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres in New York and Los Angeles and has written for and performed in CBS' Sketch Diversity Showcase. His screen credits include : Late Late Night with James Corden; Crazy Ex Girlfriend; Adam Ruins Everything; Conan; Playing House; Emmy-winning webseries 'Eastsiders' and Netflix's 'Gentefied.' He is a consulting producer on a documentary about drag queens in Cuba, 'Transformistas,' and won 'Outstanding Male Actor in a Webisode' at HBO Latino's Official Latino Film Festival 2020.