This blog has run an eclectic range of interviews; the subjects relate to film, TV, music, literature, animation, and other aspects of pop culture. I will continually add to this list.
film
TV
music
literature
- The kids who played young Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah in the opening flashback scene of Splash.
- The actor who played singer Marvin Berry in Back to the Future.
- The actress who played the student Bill Murray tests/flirts with at the beginning of Ghostbusters.
- Footloose actors: Ariel's boyfriend, Ren's friend, Ren's uncle, Ariel's friend, the younger of Ren's cousins, Sarah Jessica Parker's stand-in.
- The actor who played Argyle, the limo driver, in Die Hard.
- The actress who co-starred in director Steven Spielberg's first commercial release, the short film Amblin' (1968).
- The actress who played Elsie, the older of the two cousins, in FairyTale: A True Story.
- The photographer who took the last published photos of actress Amanda Peterson (Can't Buy Me Love).
TV
- An oral history of 1980s sitcom Family Ties, as told by its guest stars.
- An oral history of the 1990s drama My So-Called Life, as told by its guest stars.
- Child actors who appeared on the original The Twilight Zone (1959-1964).
- One of the duo who sang the radio single version of the Happy Days theme song.
- The cast of the "Whassup!" commercial campaign for Budweiser beer (1999-2002).
- The cast of "The Bloodhound Gang" detective segment from 3-2-1 Contact.
music
- Dozens of '80s music video ingénues. Round 2.
- Singer/songwriter Mick Smiley, whose song "Magic" was in Ghostbusters.
- Singer Karla DeVito, whose song "We Are Not Alone" drove the dance sequence in The Breakfast Club.
literature
- Actress Ally Sheedy, who published She Was Nice to Mice, a novel for children, when she was a child herself.
- The reclusive author of the 1987 debut novel Memoirs of an Invisible Man (no interview).
- Children's authors read aloud bad reviews of their own books (not interviews but revealing nonetheless).
- The author of David and the Phoenix, a cult favorite middle grade novel from the '50s.
- The author/illustrator of Little Gorilla, a classic picture book from the '70s.
- The creator/artist of the successful Anti-Coloring Book series.
- The creators of Stone Soup, the long-running literary magazine written and drawn exclusively by young people.
animation
- Voice actors of Peanuts TV holiday specials.
- Voice actors/songwriters of first seasons of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- Granddaughter of Bill Lutz, writer of season 1 of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- Songwriters and singers of Schoolhouse Rock.
- The girl who voiced Tuffy/Nibbles in 1950s Tom and Jerry cartoons.
superheroes
- Scores of '70s and '80s superhero performers.
- Two granddaughters (#1, #2) of the creator of Wonder Woman.
- The singer of the 1981 hit song "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)."
- The grandson of a man who may have visually inspired Clark Kent.
- The lead singer of the theme song of the first season of the 1970s Wonder Woman show.
- A female writer of the 1970s Wonder Woman show.
- The first (known) person to play Bill Finger in a production (in this case, a play).
- The two men who broke the story of Superman's co-creators living in poverty and obscurity.
- Almost a dozen writers/artists from the Golden/Silver Age of Comics.
- Superman II actress Leueen Willoughby.
- Superman II actress Robin Pappas.
- The man who convinced the comics community that there would be a Wonder Twins movie.
- The brother and representative of the late author of the critically-praised 1979 YA novel The Kryptonite Kid.
- The man who wrote Bob Kane's autobiography. (No, it wasn't Bob Kane.)
- The 1990 Flash show (no interview).
plus
- A mother who runs a playroom that is also a nonfiction library.
- A teacher who is also a ghost hunter.
1 comment:
Mr.Nobleman,
I'm Italian,sorry for my BAD English.
I also sent you a request on LinkedIn.
I'm writing a book on the cult B-movies.
I'd be happy to interview the former model Tania Harcourt-Cooze (Tania Coleridge) on his thriller film The Rain Killer (1990), but I really don't know how to reach her.
I couldn't find an email address of her, nor a social network aacount.
Googling her name I found your interview with her (July 2014) on your blog Noblemania. She appeared in the George Michael's video of "Father Figure".
Are you still in touch with her ?
Could you forward my request to her ?
A brief email-interview (email is the best for me) on The Rain Killer. She starred in that film while she was living in Los Angeles. It was produced by the B-movies king Roger Corman.
A preliminary overview of the questions: how she became involved with The Rain Killer; her recollections of the shot and the other actors; how was working with the director Ken Stein.
Basically, I'm writing this book without a budget, but I'll be happy to send Ms.Harcourt-Cooze a copy when it will be published. It will be the least I can do to reciprocate with her courtesy.
I already have an interview with Ray Cunneff who wrote The Rain Killer.
Plus, I'm trying to reach some of the other main actors.
If Ms.Harcourt-Cooze is interested to partecipate, she can reach me at my email address:
f.borseti1981@gmail.com
Of course you can delete my comment :)
Thank you very much for your time and attention.
Best regards,
Francesco Borseti (Rieti, Italy)
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