Entrepreneur Wendy Miller (Ask Your Gay BFF Oracle Cards): "I Peed Next To Della Reese!"
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Wendy Miller, the entrepreneur behind the new Ask Your Gay BFF Oracle Cards, a deck of cards that, in Wendy’s words, “force people to get real about what they want out of life.” Wendy talks about where the idea to create the cards came from, starting her company Card To Believe, plying her gay male friends with alcohol to get their sassy retorts and finding the perfect black velvet bags to package them in. She also talks about the “woo-woo” aspects of the cards and how she’s always been an extremely intuitive person. She even recalls that one time she...
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Playwright Steve Silverman ("Happy Birthday McKenna"): "I Want To Make People Uncomfortable"
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright and director Steve Silverman, whose dark comedy Happy Birthday McKenna is currently running at the Hudson Backstage Theater in Hollywood. Steve talks about the fateful trip to a Chicago cemetery that inspired the play, mounting a show in LA when you live in Santa Barbara, rotating in different actors and the bratty 3 year-old who is the McKenna in question. He also talks about his career working in promotion for TV networks and directing stars like Cloris Leachman and Mindy Kaling. Other topics include: the Spielberg movie that rocked his world, how he...
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Filmmaker Robert Chandler ("Dirty Sexy Comics"): "I've Never Held One Myself"
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by L.A.-based filmmaker Robert Chandler to discuss his new documentary Dirty Sexy Comics, which is about the world of gay, male, erotic comics. Robert talks about how he got the idea to do the film, balancing this passion project with a day job in corporate entertainment, being starstruck while interviewing the artists he’s admired for years and how many of those artists destroyed their work when they were starting out rather than risk being exposed as gay. Robert also recalls his first comics crush, Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four, the days he spent...
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THE YEAR IN MOVIES 2022 Part 2 w/ film critic Glenn Gaylord and actor-writer Drew Droege
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Glenn Gaylord, Senior Film Critic at The Queer Review, and actor-writer-film enthusiast Drew Droege for Part 2 of their annual year-end movie wrap-up. The films discussed include 13 Lives, The Banshees of Inisherin, Bros, A Man Called Otto, The Whale, Blonde, To Leslie, Official Competition, Barbarian, The Black Phone, Decision to Leave, Nope, Watcher, The Fabelmans, Babylon, The Cathedral, Emily the Criminal, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Emergency, The Inspection, Causeway, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Dog.
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THE YEAR IN MOVIES 2022 Part 1 w/ film critic Glenn Gaylord and actor-writer Drew Droege
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by Glenn Gaylord, Senior Film Critic at The Queer Review, and actor-writer-film enthusiast Drew Droege to talk about the movies of last year; their favorites, the moments that have stuck with them and the movies they just weren’t that into. The films discussed include RRR, Tar, Marry Me, Bones and All, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Speak No Evil, The Lost City, Women Talking, Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Pearl, She Said, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Menu and Triangle of Sadness.
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Cinema Craptaculus Presents The Expanded Universe crossover episode w/ hosts John H.H. Ford and Smoore: “Romance…Wherefore Art Though?”
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis goes from host to guest with this crossover episode with the podcast Cinema Craptaculus Presents The Expanded Universe hosted by John H.H. Ford and Smoore. Here’s the official blurb: Love … exciting and -- GONE? Are romantic movies going extinct? Dennis Hensley, host of game shows and the Dennis Anyone? with Dennis Hensley podcast joins the geeks to see if Hollywood still cares about love in films, where we can find them, and why we still need them. Romance, wherefore art thou? It’s a special Valentine’s Day episode of Cinema Craptaculus Presents: The...
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Actors Jonny Beauchamp & Mike Manning (The Way Out): “We Owe It All To Super Coffee & Chipotle Burritos”
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by actors Jonny Beauchamp and Mike Manning the stars of the new thriller The Way Out, which hits streaming this month. The film, directed by Barry Jay, tells the story of a vulnerable young man named Alex (Beauchamp) whose dealing with major issues like abuse and addiction, who takes in a new roommate named Shane (Manning) who maybe isn’t quite the nice guy he seems to be. The pair talk about what drew them to the project, supporting each other on set and how good it felt to be working after a year and a half of lockdown. Jonny talks about the thrill of shooting his...
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Eric Orner (Cartoonist & Author of Smahtguy: The Life & Times of Barney Frank): “You Should Stick to the Kinds of Fairies That Wear Chaps”
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by cartoonist Eric Orner, who is best known for The Mostly Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green, to talk about his new graphic novel Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank. Eric talks about meeting Congressman Frank when he was in his 20’s, going to work for him in his congressional office and describes why, decades later, he wanted to turn Barney’s life into a graphic novel. Eric also talks about getting Barney’s blessing on the project, interviewing him over four months to get the full story, and the reaction Barney had after reading the finished book. He also...
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Actor Jonathan Slavin (Home Front): “It Might Have Been Joey Lawrence Related”
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis is joined via Zoom by actor Jonathan Slavin, one of the stars of the play Home Front, which is about the obstacles facing a black naval officer and his white fiancee in post WW2 America and is currently playing at the Victory Theatre in Burbank, CA. Jonathan plays the couple’s gay neighbor, who is also a veteran. Jonathan talks about working with the playwright Warren Leight, who based Jonathan’s character on his uncle, and how he balanced bringing humor to the show without playing into wacky gay neighbor clichés. Jonathan also talks about his career in television, playing...
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Filmmaker Matt Carter (In From the Side): “Come For the Shorts, Stay for the Drama”
DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Dennis connects via zoom with Matt Carter, the London-based co-writer and director of In From the Side, a romantic drama about a forbidden love between two players in a gay rugby league. Matt talks his own rugby background and why he wanted to explore the issues of monogamy and infidelity rather than the coming out and homophobia themes that are so common in gay films. Matt also talks about the casting process, when he knew his two leads Alexander Lincoln and Alexander King had chemistry and how he approached directing the pair in the film’s steamy love scenes. He also discusses how he got...
info_outlineIn Part 1 of a two-part series, Dennis is joined via Zoom by four different creative entrepreneurs who have products that are perfect for holiday gift giving. First up, is writer and film critic Alonso Duralde who is the co-author of I’ll Be Home For Christmas Movies: The Deck the Hallmark Podcast’s Guide to Your Holiday TV Obsession and the sole author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. Alonso talks about the cozy Christmas TV movie boom and how it shows no sign of letting up, which of these season's offerings are the best--and gayest, the clichés at play in these movies (Big city people are demons!) and how it feels for him to be the go-to Christmas movie experts. He's pulled a Mariah! Next up is Hollywood makeup artist Brett Freedman, the man behind Dennis’s favorite stocking stuffer; Dr. Kiss lip balm. Brett talks about the exhausting process of getting the balm just right, his retro influences like cherry Chapstick and how starting his own side-business has made him feel smart. Next is Tom Judson, the founder and sole designer behind Tom’s Trendy Tees, an Etsy shop that features T-shirts inspired by flop Broadway musicals, obscure classic movie logos and other niche oddities. Tom talks about how the business began as a way of recreating the old Broadway show shirts that his mom accidentally threw away, doing the graphic design himself and shares how starting the business has shown him there are "weird" people with offbeat taste like him all over the world. Finally, Yasir Naama, the founder of Sir Candle, talks about how every one of his candles tells a story and breaks down the stories behind his candles Smells Like Silverlake, Venice Daddy, Yosemite Trip and Holiday Spirit. And all four guests talk about how creating their business and getting their stuff out in the world has enriched their lives in unexected ways.
I’ll Be Home For Christmas Movies book: https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Home-Christmas-Movies-Obsession/dp/0762499354
Dr. Kiss lip balm (Discount code DENNIS): https://brettfreedman.com/
Tom’s Trendy Tees: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TomsTrendyTees?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=497169330
Sir Candles (Discount Code Sir25): https://www.sircandle.com/