Sun, 28 September 2014
He also was the original host of AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS during that same period. All of that vaulted him to enormous visibility. All this time Bob has been a master of a stand-up act that is shocking to many given his wholesome image but is consistently in demand. It's terrific. Bob was the voice of the future Ted Mosby on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. His new book DIRTY DADDY which you can buy here through our Amazon link is a great read and takes the reader through his life that is filled with bitter loss but also amazing life gifts. It's filled with stories of meeting some of the shining lights of a show business career that's spanned decades We talk to him about all of it. Heather Ankeny joins with The King of TV, Paul Goebel. |
Fri, 12 September 2014
According to people who keep up with such things, Walter O’Brian is likely the 4th smartest man in the world. Is it lonely at the "genius top"? We ask him. Walter visits THE EDGE and tells of hacking into Pentagon computers when he was only 13 and then moving up to hacking into one of the world’s top banks when he was 16. Of course, by the time he was that age Walter was amassing quite a reputation already and building a business plan for hackers who could make a difference or at least make a buck. Part of putting a sort of A-Team of genius techies together has led him to clients who range from celebrities to our own U.S. government. And now it’s led to the CBS series SCORPION (his hacker name). Walter talks about that television series that's based on his life. His mathematically weighted but technologically accelerated view of the world has led him to pursue human immortality for the entire planet (or at least everyone who can afford it) in the form of the 2045 project. This is arguably the most provocative part of our conversation
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