Off Off Pod - Episode 006 - Erik Van Wyck actor/writer - Part 2
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
Release Date: 12/20/2013
Off Off Pod - Episode 034 - Off Off Topic – Sal Clemente & Stephen Talk Star Wars – SPOILERS!
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
I get Off Off Topic with my buddy, Sal Clemente, and we talk some Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Sal and I are the same age, and we both saw the original back in 1977 at age 14. (I said 15 in the interview, but I checked our birthdates, and we were 14 when it came out.) I think it's fair to say the new movie brought out nostalgic feelings from when we saw Star Wars in our youth. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 033 - Producer Director Actor Brad Coolidge, Part 2
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
Filmmaker Brad Coolidge likes hockey ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 032 - Producer Director Actor Brad Coolidge, Part 1
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
Stephen Bittrich and Brad Coolidge after whacking some golf balls. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 031 - Actor Mindy Raymond
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
Mindy getting made up for Bigfoot action ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 030 - Director Will Pomerantz
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
Will Pomerantz and I grew up in the same small town of Seguin, Texas, and we both eventually made our way to the Big Apple to pursue a life in the theatre. We first met when he was about 13 (which would have made me about 12), and while in Texas we did plenty of high school and community theatre together. We recount a few tales from our Texas theatre roots in the interview. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 029 - David Marantz - Voice-Over Artist and Actor
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
David Marantz and Stephen Bittrich in the webseries OFF OFF. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 028 - Actor Maggie Wagner
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
My friend Maggie Wagner is opening in a new movie tonight! It will be playing tonight Friday June 20th at the at 9:30 pm. The film is called which stars -- Maggie of course, Daniel Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mayra Leal. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 027 - Ann Talman and Kel Haney
Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
My friend has been developing her solo show, for a few years (well, arguably her whole life) about her relationship with her family and in particular her brother, Woody. ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 026 - Author Karen Moline, Part 2
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Karen Moline's Novels ...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 025 - Author Karen Moline, Part 1
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My fun friend Karen Moline is a wonderful writer with a no shortage of great stories! We we had such a long conversation (the time flew by) that I needed to break the interview up into 2 parts. So here is part 1 today. Come back next Friday for part 2. ...
info_outlineThis is part 2 of my talk with my good buddy, actor/writer, Erik Van Wyck. In this interview Erik lets it all hang out in his assessment of Los Angeles, the good, the bad, and the ugly -- why it can be intoxicating and also soul sucking to pursue the favored industry of the town.
Erik talks a bit about a movie he helped produce (and acted in) called Expecting with Radha Mitchell and Michelle Monaghan.
He also talks about traveling the world as the host of the reality show Getting Abroad which was on for a season on the now defunct The Mojo Network. The show explored mating and dating rituals around the world, and basically Erik traveled to a country, and he and a local wing man went around and tried to pick up women. He started each show by sampling an (often disgusting) local aphrodisiac.
Erik also offers up some embarrassing and/or bizarre audition stories.
Topics covered in the interview:
- My introduction (0:00)
- What drew Erik to Los Angeles (4:58)
- Ryan Reynolds gets Blade Trinity (7:58)
- Douchebag is born in the movie Expecting (8:41)
- The reality tv show Getting Abroad goes abroad (12:33)
- Disgusting aphrodisiacs of the world, sheep's face (15:45)
- How to get lucky in Iceland (23:50)
- Interrogated by Stana Katic and the pilot Drived (29:19)
- Embarrassing audition story, hiding crotch with script (39:48)
- Big bad casting director story (47:48)
- Casting couch - keys to the apartment (54:18)
- The management company, "Welcome to Hollywood" (58:25)
- Being killed with kindness in LA -- "Hope is fuel." (100:35)
- Seduced and Abandoned and The Hurt Locker party (104:58)