Kettle Of Fish

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Most people know William Sanderson from his role as E. B. Farnum, the shady, self-promoting Mayor from the HBO series, Deadwood, or as the strange hillbilly neighbor of Dick Loudon on the long-running TV sitcom Newhart. Perhaps some of you older Sci-Fi fans may also know William from his iconic role as J. F. Sebastian, the slightly mad but highly compassionate genius toymaker in the legendary science fiction film, Blade Runner. And I’m sure many of you younger, more hip types have probably have seen William on True Blood as the down home hard-boiled Sheriff of Bon Temps- Bud Dearborne. This episode of Kettle Of Fish was the first time we had the pleasure of speaking with William, and as a big fan of his work; from Newhart, to Deadwood, to some of his lesser known roles on shows like Lost, and The Practice, it was a huge honor for us to have the opportunity to pick William’s brain for 30 minutes about his many diverse roles in movies, animation, and television.

This episode was short and sweet. We talked about John’s YouTube show, Terry 14, got an update on Quick Draw, and chatted about John’s dedicated and loyal fan base.

Wowzers! This was our very first episode of Kettle Of Fish, and the story behind it was kind of funny. As you might have read in our Jamie Farr episode show notes, we started this short comedy driven podcast to kinda decompress from the 2 hours of heated debates during The Ignorance Equation. Little did we know our first episode would be birthed into this world by such an absolutely stupid f**king controversy! Our ridiculous tale of Protruding Mammary Outrage begins on our Drunken Trivia podcast. I had reached out to comedian Wendi Starling after spending my usual nightly shut-in of a life here on Meth Mountain scouring various YouTube videos for talented comedians who gave me a bad case of the ha-has. Wendi Starling immediately grabs my attention with her raw and edgy comedy. But not edgy just for the sake of shock value but edgy from a place of pain and sharing that pain through honesty in her stand up, a formula that always equals brilliant comedy. As always I asked our guest what topic she wanted to d