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September 12, 2014
Published by Interrobang Staff at September 12, 2014

Simon Pegg Says The Beatles Live In Your Mouth

Comedian, actor, and screenwriter Simon Pegg sat down this week with host Ron Bennington in front of a live audience to tape an episode of SiriusXM’s Unmasked. He talked about his new film Hector and the Search For Happiness, The Boxtrolls, what its like working with movie star Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible 5, and how his daughter saved Star Wars. He also shared his theory about how the Beatles live in all different parts of your mouth.
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September 10, 2014
Published by Interrobang Staff at September 10, 2014

Simon Pegg’s Daughter Saved Star Wars

Simon Pegg sat down this week with host Ron Bennington in front of a studio audience to tape an episode of SiriusXM’s Unmasked. He talked about his new film Hector and the Search For Happiness, The Boxtrolls, Mission Impossible 5, and how his daughter became known as the girl who saved Star Wars.
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September 8, 2014
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Stephen Trask the Genius Behind Hedwig

Stephen Trask composed the music and lyrics for the Broadway hit musical, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Before "Hedwig" was a massive hit on the great white way, it was a movie (that became a cult classic) which was in turn based upon the critically revered underground off-broadway hit that ran for two years at New York's Jane Street theater. Stephen sat down with Ron Bennington to talk about Hedwig and her many incarnations.
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July 12, 2014
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Joan Rivers Hired Body Guards After Jerry Lewis Death Threat

Recently, Joan Rivers sat down with Ron Bennington at the SiriusXM studios in New York City in front of a live studio audience to tape an episode of Unmasked. Rivers talked with Bennington about her new book, her recent fight with Kristen Stewart and how emotional it was for her to return to the Carson Show after 27 years. She also addressed comments that comedian Jerry Lewis recently made about an age old fight between the two comedians.
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June 26, 2014
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“The Set” with James Adomian

Comedian James Adomian does stand up, sketch comedy, has a long list of cartoon voiceovers, and is a frequent guest on tv shows and podcasts like Comedy Bang Bang, the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan, and Children's Hospital. James does hilarious spot on impressions of unusual people which you can see in his popular Funny or Die videos. His first comedy album, "Low Hanging Fruit" came out 2012, and when he's not doing tv appearances, cartoon voices, and podcasts, he's busy as a fan favorite at festivals around the country. Our own Kelsey Bauman talked with Adomian tabout where his impressions come from, his feelings about Tom Leykis, and why winning over the audience matters to him.
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June 10, 2014
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Bobcat Goldthwait Goes into the Woods in Willow Creek

Bobcat Goldthwait is no longer the angry actor and comedian you knew in the 80s. He's a brilliant film director who makes movies that are so original they often fail to easily fit into familiar genre label. His newest film follows two people who go hunting for the mythical Bigfoot in the California backcountry, but its not like any horror movie you've seen before. Bobcat stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington about talk about his new movie, Willow Creek, which opened on Friday June 6th in select theaters and On Demand.
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June 9, 2014
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Susie Essman: Jerry Lewis Never Was Funny

Comedian Susie Essman, who is best known for her role as Susie Greene on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and comedy scenester Jeffrey Gurian stopped by the Ron and Fez Show last week to talk comedy. Susie had just come back from the Friar's Club, where they were interviewing her for a PBS documentary on the famous club. After reminiscing about some great Friar's Club moments, the subject of Jerry Lewis came up, and Essman revealed that she had been invited to a tribute to Jerry Lewis, but refused to go.
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May 22, 2014
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Philly Legend Jimmy Shubert On Tonight’s Last Comic Standing

We've got one more name on the list of who is going to be competing in this year's Last Comic Standing on NBC. In addition to Joe "the handsome vault" Machi, we now know that comedy great Jimmy Shubert is joining the competition, so watch out everyone else, you're in for a tough fight. Shubert called in to the Ron and Fez Show today to promote his appearance this weekend on Dave Attell's Comedy Underground and also confirmed that we will see him on Last Comic Standing tonight.
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May 15, 2014
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Sports Writer Rick Reilly Names Wright Thompson the Future of Sports Writing

Sports writer Rick Reilly sat down with Ron Bennington to tape an episode of Ron Bennington Interviews this week to talk about his new book, "Tiger, Meet My Sister... And Other Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Said." Reilly talked with Bennington about the state of sports journalism today, and how the media has covered the Donald Sterling incident, and Michael Sam's press coverage.
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May 13, 2014
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Bob Weir’s Long Strange Trip

"The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir" screened at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month, and the legendary Bob Weir stopped in to the Ron and Fez Show to talk with Ron Bennington about the documentary, along with the film's director Mike Fleiss. Weir and Fleiss talked about the film as well as some of the great stories from Weir's life. Excerpts from the interview appear below.
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May 5, 2014
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Favreau’s Back to the Indie World!

Jon Favreau at 47, has already had an incredible career as a screenwriter, and actor and a director. In 1996 he co-wrote and co-starred in the sleeper indie hit Swingers. Since then, he's been directing big box movies like Elf, Iron Man and Iron Man 2 and has had huge success. He's also undoubtably familiar with making choices that relate to creativity, safety, compromise, quality of life and personal growth-- all themes that arise in his new film, Chef. He recently stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington on The Ron and Fez Show, to talk about those themes, and what its like to be working on a small film again.
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April 24, 2014
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Gilbert Gottfried Talks About the Joke That Tore Shecky Greene, and the Friars Club Apart

Here we go again, Gilbert Gottfried told a joke and someone's upset. Sounds familiar right? Gottfried's been in trouble a few times before (more on that below). This time, at least nobody is expecting an apology.
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April 22, 2014
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Shecky Greene Quits Friars Club Over Gilbert Gottfried’s Act

Comedy legend Shecky Greene, 88, has been a member of the Friar's club for decades, but today he tore up his membership card and said he's finished. And it's all because of Gilbert Gotfried's dirty mouth. Shecky came by the SiriusXM studios along with his friend and fellow Friar Jeffrey Gurian, to sit down with Ron Bennington of the Ron and Fez show and talk about the incident that upset him so much that he turned in his Friars Card.
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April 18, 2014
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The Tao of Tracy: Tracy Morgan Gets Serious With 21 Tracy-Isms

Earlier this week, Tracy Morgan came to SiriusXM satellite radio headquarters in New York City, to sit down in front of a live studio audience with Ron Bennington for an episode of Unmasked. Despite the early hour of the taping-- 9am-- Tracy was ready to get heavy, and the hour included a few emotional breakdowns, with Tracy dropping some tears, and a lot of philosophy, Tracy Morgan style.
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April 17, 2014
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Opie and Anthony Celebrate Twenty Years in Radio With a LIVE Unmasked From Carolines in NYC

Radio team Opie Hughes and Anthony Cumia are celebrating twenty years in radio and SiriusXM held a special LIVE event at Caroline's Comedy Club on Broadway to mark their career. Ron Bennington, who hosts SiriusXM's "Unmasked" sat down with Opie and Anthony in front of a packed house and talked with them about the ups and downs of their incredible career.
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April 9, 2014
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Paul Stanley “You Don’t Pull My Strings”

On the eve of KISS finally being officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, founding member Paul Stanley sat down with Ron Bennington on The Ron and Fez Show. He's written a brand new book, "Face the Music: A Life Exposed" and had a lot to say about the book, his career, and of course, how he feels about the Hall of Fame.
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April 1, 2014
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Jay Mohr, the Comedy Store Ghostbuster

Last Friday when comedians Jay Mohr and Louie Anderson were guests on SiriusXM's Ron and Fez Show, Jay told a crazy story about the time he got a visit from the legendary "Comedy Store Ghost" while he was on stage, and how Louie helped him.
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