Thu, 1 August 2013
Simpsons creator Sam Simon tells the story of his cancer diagnosis and the doctor's bizarre interruption (EXCERPT)
Here's a small piece of an interview that first aired a few months ago BEFORE all the other interviews that Sam has done. We recommend you check out the WHOLE INTERVIEW at Edge-Show.com. Sam is one of the few who could make a story about getting a cancer diagnosis this entertaining and yet give us a flavor of what he's going through. We are posting this clip because last week, The Hollywood Reporter featured an interview with Sam in which he spoke about giving almost all of his Simpsons royalty money to charity. "The truth is," he said, "I have more money than I'm interested in spending." Where will the money go? Sam is a passionate advocate for animal causes through his Sam Simon Foundation; a recent article titled "8 Ways 'Simpsons' Co-Creator Sam Simon is Helping Animals Before He Dies" gives a pretty thorough rundown of the Foundation's activities, which include a mobile veterinary clinic, service dogs for veterans and an adoption program. He is also a supporter of PETA and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which seeks to protect ocean wildlife and habitat. It's clear that much -- but not all -- of Sam's wealth will go to animals. He has also funded the anti-hunger Feeding Families program, a project of the SamSimon Foundation, which feeds about 200 human families a day in Los Angeles. The food distributed is, of course, vegan. |
Fri, 26 July 2013
On this episode 2 interviews: The former lead prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay who spent two days on the witness stand testifying in the espionage trial of Pvt Bradley Manning, Col. Morris Davis joins us. Manning faces 22 charges, including violation of the Espionage Act, for which he could receive life in prison. The charges are in connection to his leaking classified documents to the whistleblower site, Wikileaks. Colonel Davis tells us what he was doing there and what he thinks will likely happen to Pvt. Manning. But before he does, Mark gets him into a conversation about Guantanamo itself: Who's there and what's happening to them? What's the likely future of the place? Plus, he'll give us some insights into the Bradley Manning trial as it wraps up. What is likely to happen with Bradley Manning? But first, the director of the controversial new documentary, BLACKFISH. The film looks at the killing of a top trainer at Seaworld by the orca named Tillikum. How it all happened and how many of the facts were covered up by Seaworld. The movie is riveting and has footage that is revealing and intense. Gabriela Cowperthwaite the director of Blackfish joins for the first half of our show One other quick note….These are telephone interviews so the fidelity suffers a bit but we're adding some new technology to make these even better in the future. Thanks for your patience and support. |
Mon, 22 July 2013
Quick Clip: Does the real life murder cop get help from the real life private investigators like on TV? #TheEdge
Here's a piece of our murder and mystery episode with murder cop Sal LaBarbera and NBC's Josh Mankiewicz (also Heather and Mark) |
Thu, 11 July 2013
Sal LaBarbera has been chasing bad guys for 27 years…REAL bad guys. He talks about the myths and the truths about the job (our vision shaped largely from TV and movies). Also joining is (friend of the show) Dateline NBC’s Josh Mankiewicz who reports on many of these murders and spins many a murder yarn. They discuss high profile cases, from the "water tank" body discovery at The Cecil Hotel to Aaron Hernandez and then some cases that Sal also gives us a sense of what a real crime scene looks like and how an actual investigation proceeds. |
Tue, 9 July 2013
Sal LaBarbera @LAMurderCop on Twitter has been chasing bad guys for 27 years...REAL bad guys. He talks about the myths and the truths about the job (our vision shaped largely from TV and movies). Also joining is Dateline NBC's Josh Mankiewicz who reports on these murders and spins many a murder yarn. |
Fri, 14 June 2013
It's a ROUNDTABLE ROUNDUP....Offbeat news of the day turns to a real live weekend with a molesting priest ...
ROUNDTABLE ROUNDUP SHOW....Some off beat items from the week's news discussed by our award winning panel: Jimmy Dore, J. Elvis Weinstein, Heather Ankeny and Mark Thompson. Warning: there is discussion of sex and some of it is a bit on the bizarre side. The show starts with a story of self asphyxiation in Thailand... then it's the sexual molestation cover-up in the Catholic church, Jimmy tells a tale of being in the literal hands of a molesting priest as a kid....Paris Jackson's suicide attempt prompts talk of "the fall of real information" and the utter irresponsibility of the media led by the celebritocracy reporters. Jimmy goes after Harvey Levin and Mark defends Harvey. Then Jimmy goes after Tom Brokaw (and Mark does not defend Tom) Google glasses as an every day gadget?? Gloria Allred has another press conference in which she announces she's suing United Airlines because her client was exposed to a masturbating passenger for an entire cross country flight and we finish with Behind The Candelabra, the Liberace movie. |
Thu, 13 June 2013
Edge guest @DannyZuker talks about his Twitter feud with Donald Trump which was picked up by @Usweekly
Donald Trump Slams Modern Family, Says the Show Was "Written By a Moron". Danny Zuker talks about his feud with Mr. Trump in this clip from the show. |
Tue, 11 June 2013
Talk of cover-ups in the Catholic church lead to Jimmy Dore telling a harrowing story of a molesting priest---Somehow he makes it funny. J. Elvis Weinstein and Heather Ankeny also join Mark Thompson |
Tue, 4 June 2013
We heard from a few of you...our server initially dropped the last 4 minutes of the show. Here is that final four minutes with a last second text message from arguably the greatest Modern Family and Danny Zuker fan who is in a federal penitentiary. |
Thu, 30 May 2013
As a top producer/writer in Hollywood, Danny Zuker has had quite a ride. He wrote and produced on shows like Arsenio, Roseanne and Just Shoot Me. His latest project, MODERN FAMILY, is a huge winner on ABC-TV and loved by millions every week. In addition, through Heather, we have found pockets of loyal viewership inside the FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM. Danny and Mark together learn a lot about the prison system and Danny learns that prisoners ask the tough questions about MODERN FAMILY. They also reminisce about the early 90s in Hollywood, drugs, fast living and the moment at which they both laid eyes on PAMELA ANDERSON. Mark Thompson hosts with Heather Ankeny and guest Danny Zuker. |