Sep 23, 2015
August 23-29, 1986
This week Ken welcomes writer, comedian Julie Kitayama. Ken and Julie discuss the ever changing face of Reid Manor, Valerie Harper vs. The Hogan Family, Sandy Duncan's eye, The Facts of Life and who is your favorite girl, boycotting Scooby Doo, Benson, Golden Girls, swing dancing, Bess Armstrong, One Day at at Time, TV shows with characters that have your name, Ken's love of surfing, Alice vs. Flo, catch phrases, Roots vs. The Empire Strikes Back, send your Dad to his room, Ken's first movie review, Fight Back! with David Horowitz, The Lottery, the saddest New Year's Eve of all time, how The Warped Tour ruined a man's dreams, Clams and Jai Alai, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, single moms, Kate & Allie, Lesbians on TV, Cagney and Lacy, Who's the Boss, Bob Uker, MTV Video Music Awards, Growing Pains, Charles in Charge, Zapped!, Moonlighting, Ulcers, Perfect Strangers as the New I Love Lucy, Under the Rainbow, home sick with game shows, Chronicle, loving Evening Magazine's Sara Edwards, Gimme a Break, Blackie from General Hospital vs. The Dreams, Jamie Gertz, You Again, Cosby Show, Bill Gunn's Ganja and Hess, playing cards, Family Ties vs. the USSR, a rare Three-Parter, Deaths on Night Court, loving magicians, being freaked out by Webster, the movie Fuzz, the horror of Yule Brenner, Mr. Belvedere, Love Boat, Lorenzo Lamas, Adrian Barbeau's bust, and Jeering Magnum PI.