Vicki Abelson's Broadcast: The Road Taken

Went Live with Rudy Sarzo - we talked Cuba, Kennedy, The Beatles, topless bars, porn palaces, Bill Mumy,Randy Rhoads, Quiet Riot, sleeping on the floor, Ozzy, losing Randy, rejoining Quiet Riot, re-finding joy, writing it all down in his book, Off The Rails... Hired Gun, Liberty Devitto, being married for 30+ years... it’s all about being responsible, trust, being his best self, taking care of each other, and... love. What an inspiring, talented, lovely man. With a beautiful soul, which evolves as much as his fab hair. The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Wed, Sept 27th, 7 pm PT/10 PM ET Live on ZinnaTV and on The Facebook Replay here: www.facebook.com/vickiabelson/vid…/?type=3&theater All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman Associate Producer Jake Belcher This week's show is sponsored by Ultimate Jam Night at The Whisky, Tuesdays at 8 pm, Live on zinna.tv/ And, by Rick Smolk

Sat down with Dee Wallace​, beloved mom from E.T., thriver and survivor of extreme horror in Cujo, The Howling, in life... non-stop working actress, a passel of projects currently in post, always relevant, funny, warm and lovely... Dee's also an Author, Radio Personality, and Spiritual Healer. She offered me a morning ritual years ago, which I've employed every day since... I don't yet have it all, but I'm grateful as hell for what I do have. We talked Seinfeld, Netflix, Leno, Super Dave, E.T., Cujo., Stephen King, Speilberg, the other Steven, Fritz Coleman and Jimmy Brogan and how I messed that shit up, money, self love, abundance, how to lose weight, gain money and love. It was a love fest. Love the Dee. I love myself, so I won't say, what's up with my hair... and my shirt... I'm way too sexy for that shit. I digress...need to watch the show, stat! Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Live, Wed, Sept 20th, 7 pm PT http://zinna.tv/ And, Live on my Facebook Replay here: http://bit.l

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Went Live with Lori Lieberman. Don McLean inspired Lori to write a poem, which became Killing Me Softly. When Roberta Flack heard Lori’s recording on a plane she jumped! The rest is record-breaking history. There’s a story there. She told it, she played it. Goosebump city! We talked DonMcLean, Roberta Flack, The Fugees, Saturday Night Fever... there are takeaways. Lots of 'em. And, I love her. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Live, Wed, Sept 6th, 7 pm PT http://zinna.tv/ And, Live on Facebook Replay here: http://bit.ly/2gIRrbf With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman Associate Producer Jake Belcher This week's show is sponsored by Ultimate Jam Night at The Whisky, Tuesdays at 8 pm, Live on http://zinna.tv And, by Rick Smolke​ of Quik Impressions​, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com

Went Live on the Facebook with Emmy Winning funnyboy, Alan Zweibel... SNL, It's Garry Shandling's Show, David Letterman, Curb... FUNNEE! What a mensch! So fun to talk about Gilda, Billy, Larry, Steinberg, Marty, Lorne, Letterman, Barry... stories, stories, stories... he may not be a stand-up, but, man is he funny! And, takeaways worth their weight in Grandma Libby's matzah balls (rocks!). We talked process... intention... how the hell he does it... success after success... TV, and Books, and, Plays... oh my! Alan's my kinda guy. . Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, 8/30, 7 pm PT/10 pm ET Facebook Live Video BROADcast replay here: http://bit.ly/2el1dje All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj Video and Photo shot by Samantha Abelson

On location! Live from New York in Honey's den with Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister. I love this man. We've known each other forever... haven't seen each other in a couple of decades... and yet, it's as if no time's passed. Had a great time... even though I couldn't remember what city I was in. #redeye And, we were tech challenged. We talked Twisted Sister, Twisted Hot Sauce, The Beatles, Olympic biking, wedding bands, cover clubs to stadiums... fun! Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Live, Wed, Aug 23rd, 7 pm PT/10 pm ET Live on the Facebook Replay here http://bit.ly/2w0hJ1C All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj This BROADcast brought to you by Eddie Ojeda's Twisted Hot Sauce https://twistedhotsauce.com

We went Live with Larry Hankin… Bizarro Kramer on Seinfeld, Mr. Heckles on Friends, Old Joe on Breaking Bad… we talked Larry David, Woody Allen, Jack Rollins, Clint Eastwood, Escape From Alcatraz, Penny Marshall, Laverne and Shirley, Jaws, and how to lose “Friends” by being Bizarro Larry. Great stories, fabulous storyteller. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Live, Wed, Aug 16th, 7 pm PT http://zinna.tv And, Live on the Facebook Replay here http://bit.ly/2whl7pw All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman Associate Producer Jake Belcher This week's show is sponsored by the Ultimate Jam at The Whisky, every Tues at 8 pm PT on ZInna.TV Photo by Louise Palanker

It was 7 yrs in the nailing to get Peter Tolan to say, "Yes." An Emmy Winning hero, for The Larry Sanders Show... Rescue Me (in my top 5 of all time). Add to that Murphy Brown, another Emmy… Home Improvement, The Job, Ellen… how about the little film, Analyze This?!? Analyze That! I analyzed him On The Road Taken… we got to the meat of how the hell this guy does it… over and over and over again. We talked Garry Shandling, Norman Lear, Jeffrey Tambor... He cracked open his tool box and shared his tricks of the trade. Which are absolute treats. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Live, Wed, Aug 9th, 7 pm PT http://zinna.tv/ So sorry. this podcast ends abruptly. For the full show... Which was Live on the Facebook Replay here http://bit.ly/2vopKeV All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman This week's show is sponsored by the Ultimate Jam at The Whisky, every Tues at

We went Live with the fantastical Michael Gross, of Family Ties, Tremors 1, 2, 3 and 4, How I Met Your Mother, and Anger Management. A peach of man, we dig deep with my tools to get at his. He brings tremendous humility and humanity to his work. What are the secrets of his success? He shares 'em. Continually challenging himself, for one. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success. Live, Wed, August 2nd at 7 pm PT. Live on ZinnaTV http://zinna.tv/ Relay here http://bit.ly/2uYF6bv And,, on Facebook Replay here http://bit.ly/2uYoznA All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman Associate Producer Jake Belcher Photo by Louise Palanker This week's show is sponsored by Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com

Here's.... ED! And he was fantastic. Tools out the wazoo! Ed shares the secrets to his success... and, I'm stealing 'em. Whether you're still seeking your fortune, or, already made yours dozens of times over, Ed's approach to life and his work is emulating worthy. He's as good as it gets. From St. Elsewhere, Ghostbusters, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Better Call Saul, Portlandia, Grace and Frankie, to the new Hulu series, Future Man, to name but a very few, the man is everywhere, all the time... more than that, he walks his talk... an environmental hero... a loving husband and father... an amazingly supportive friend who suits up and shows up. Could not love him more. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Wed, July 26th at 7 pm PT. Live on ZinnaTV http://zinna.tv/ And, on my Facebook Replay here http://bit.ly/2ePOsQZ All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman This week's s

I love Julie Warner. She co-starred in Mr. Saturday Night with Billy Crystal, marrying his Buddy Young Jr., I flirted with Buddy, 10 years earlier on SNL. We have crazy 2 degrees all over the place. Add Doc Hollywood, Nip/Tuck, Dexter and loads of other great work, Julie's managed to live her dream... how the hell did she do it? We shared tales about Billy and Julie shares the secrets of her success. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Celebrity Maps to Success Aired live on ZInnaTV and The Facebook 7/19/17 at 7 pm PT Watch the replay http://bit.ly/2vlj00E This week with Emme Geissal Produced by Brant Thoman Photo by Linda Abse All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj Sponsored by Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com

Jack McGee, one of my favorite actors, from one of my favorite (maybe my favorite) show of all time, Rescue Me, in the studio. Jack's IMDB is longer than Trump's nose. The Fighter, Moneyball, Crash, NYPD Blue, to name but a very few. Fantastic, amazing conversation, and, he sang! Loved every minute. Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken, Live, Wed, July 12th at 7 pm PT. Live on ZinnaTV And, on my Facebook Replay here: http://bit.ly/2tgzUeD All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj With Louise Palanker Produced by Brant Thoman This week's show is sponsored by Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com Photo by Linda Abse

Our first Live show on ZInnaTV was a great time. Rachelle Carson-Begley was an ideal first guest. The actress (Falcon Crest, Boston Legal, NYPD Blue, State of Grace, Eight Simple Rules), activist, environmentalist, was crazy fun. Where the fuck was Ed? Unscheduled late call shooting on Future Man for Hulu. He'll be with us Wed, July 26th. Gave us more time with his gorgeous girl. Their Podcast, Begleyesque, with celebrity friend guests, on iTunes, is a must-see for anyone who cares about our planet... and, the funny. With Louise Palanker. We were blonde on blonde on blonde. Produced by Brant Thoman To view the videocast: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154862204617737&id=730442736&_rdr&pnref=story Also Available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com BROADcast debuts 6/28/17

Bonus BROADcast! It's not every day I chat with a Marquis. An actual blueblood. Michael Des Barres reeks education and sophistication. He's also a Movie Star, a TV Star, a Rock Star, and currently, a DJ, on Little Steven's Underground Garage. A one-time junkie who married, perhaps the most celebrated groupie of our time, Michael's a sober, devoted, father, and ex. A true renaissance man, he speaks with authority on philosophy, art, music, film, theatre, celebrity, and Pinkberry. From To Sir with Love, NCIS, Nip/Tuck, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure, St. Elsewhere... signed by Jimmy Page, himself. replacing Robert Palmer to front Power Station, and at Live Aid no less, had a massive hit with Obsession, helped found Rock Against Drugs... the man is a glass all full, dynamo... gracious, charming, generous, intense. Our conversation began a tad challenging for me but very quickly evolved into one of the most thoughtful, fascinating, emotional, informative, delightful chats I've had to date. I was move

Guido the killer pimp. Ralphie, the killer. Period. Joe Pantoliano, aka Joey Pants, scared me. Joey's appeared in innumerable iconic films of varying genres. His work includes : The Idolmaker(a personal favorite), Risky Business, The Goonies, La Bamba, Midnight Run, Bad Boys I and II, Empire of the Sun, The Fugitive, The Matrix, Memento, and Daredevil, to name but some. Most notably perhaps, his Ralphie in The Sopranos, which earned him a best-supporting actor Emmy. A New York Times bestselling author, when I asked him to read at Women Who Write from his 2nd book, Asylum, chronicling his personal battle with depression, with each question he asked, I began to sweat. I’d hate to get whacked because of my lousy cooling system. He ended up being one of the warmest, earnest, most real and accessible guests we’ve had. Now, some years later, when I emailed him to ask him to guest on TRT, he shot me his digits and picked up the phone as if we’d spoken the day before. He was cooking dinner for his daughter jus

Enviable view... as I write, Chris Johnson is spending his nights staring into the glorious, celebrated, backside of Jennifer Lopez. A hired gun, Chris has sat behind, and supported, Rihanna, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Seal, Patti LaBelle Nelly Furtado, Anastasia, and Fantasia... to name but a bunch. Self-taught, discovered playing drums in church at 17, Chris's first professional gig was being discovered by American Idol's musical director Rickey Minor... winged from LA to NYC's Beacon Theatre, playing with a band for the first time in his life, backing up gospel star, Donnie McClurkin for the first time when the stage lights came up. Chris, a fearless, talented, musical genius, does the work and gets it done. I met Chris at the advance screening of Hired Gun, an independent feature set to drop in theatres throughout the country June 29th, for one night only. Not to be missed by anyone who loves rock and the rockers who make it... starring the sidemen who oft steal stadium and arena stages from the front men

Discovered by Robert DeNiro at 17, Domenick Lombardozzi, has barely stopped to breathe. Currently, he has three projects in various stages of production. I met Dom at Phil Rosenthal’s movie night a couple of years ago when they were working on The Winklers. I'm not sure if it's our shared Bronx heritage, or if it's just Dom's way, but every time I see him it's like hanging with famiily. This conversation, a case in point. Best know as Herc in The Wire, Dom began his career handpicked by DeNiro to be Nicky Zero in A Bronx Tale. He straddles both sides of the law, criminal to enforcer… he’s bared his buns, literally, on Entourage, has appeared on NYPD Blue, Oz, Law & Order, 24, was a series regular on Breakout Kings, Boardwalk Empire, The Adventures of Mr. Clown, and can currently be seen on Rosewood and Sneaky Pete. On the big screen, Dom appears in Bridge of Spies, The Wannabe, and The Gambler to name a few. The man is always working. I so admire the actor, adore the man, and am excited to share t

I met Eddie years ago in NY… we did a Comedy Central pilot together, and, he gave one of the most explosively hysterical performances Women Who Write has ever witnessed They call him the Bitter Buddha, a modern day cross between Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, and
 Eckart Tolle. Eddie’s had recurring roles on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and has appeared on The Life and Times of Tim, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Sarah Silverman Program, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Comic Standing, Chappelle’s Show, Love, The Goldberg’s, Maron, Community and Brooklyn Nine-Nine to name a bunch. Eddie was also featured in the film, Old School. An accomplished dramatic actor, Eddie appeared on Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Beat, and Now and Again. First and foremost a stand-up comic, Eddie appears regularly at The Improv, Caroline’s on Broadway, Largo at the Coronet, and both the LA and NY Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters. A Great Stillness, Eddie's first Live Comedy Album was recently released, and his, In Rui

Teen heartthrob, actor, pop star, author, activist… what's struck me most about this man I’ve adored since childhood is what a lovely and fine human he is. Paul Petersen began his career as a Mouseketeer, then appeared in Houseboat with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant, achieving stardom playing Jeff Stone from 1958 to 1966 on The Donna Reed Show. A pop star as well, Paul had hit records with She Can't Find Her Keys, Amy, Lollipops and Roses, and My Dad. And boy do I have a story! Turning to writing when acting work became scarce, Paul published 7 novels in one year. An overachiever at everything's he's done. Following the suicide of former child star Rusty Hamer, Paul founded A Minor Consideration, to improve working conditions for child actors and to assist in the transition between working as a child actor and adult life, whether in acting or in other professions. Most recently, reaching out to Erin Moran, just prior to her death. Thanks to his efforts, innumerable lives have been changed... and, saved.

I met Chris Lemmon on The Facebook. We had an instant, easy rapport, and affection. He’s been warm, loving, generous, honoring me with brilliant words for Don’t Jump, and, willing at first utterance when I have a request. Son of the late, great, iconic, actor, Jack Lemmon, the resemblance both in appearance and voice are almost unnerving. A gifted pianist, Chris followed his father's acting footsteps appearing onstage, on television, in Duet and Open House, and, in films, appearing with his father in Airport '77, That's Life! and Dad. Also a screenwriter and author, Chris adapted his, A Twist of Lemmon, to the stage. The show, which has garnered rave reviews, is being performed by Chris coast to coast. This is a heartfelt conversation, searching for Chris in the Lemmon. I adore this lovely man, and trust you do, or, will, too. Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound edited by Jon Mattox Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.