TV Guidance Counselor Episode 670: Dan Does

TV Guidance Counselor

Radio Times UK May 29 - June 4, 1993

This week Ken welcomes YouTuber, maker, do-er and fellow horror fan Dan Does to the show.

Be sure to follow Dan on YT https://www.youtube.com/@Dan_Does/

Ken and Dan discuss road tripin' in America, The Hitcher, driving, Roger Ebert's review of The Hitcher, royalty, The Queen, TV Times, Wales editions of the Radio Times, Jubilees, growing up in Essex in South East London, being a miserable teen, how Ken is so much older than everyone, punk rock, playing guitar, Robbie Williams, Take That, odd haircuts, Busted, The Fight for Market Basket, loving supermarkets, hating for profit businesses, making obscure horror creatures, Spookies, From Beyond, jiggle Mr. Barlow, The Brain, Funny Man, Gremlins, flame throwers, Little Devils: The Birth, Rawhead Rex, Ken's grandfather's non-verbal review of The Exorcist on VHS, Halloween in the UK, "Penny for the Guy", ghost stories, how Christmas in the UK is all about spooky ghosts, when horror films get shown, Killer Tongue, Ken's cut off point for Japanese Anime, Parenthood the TV series, no not that one, the first one, BBC Radio, FAST, Stroke jokes, carnies, Alton Towers, hating fun fairs and rinky dink rides, John Carpenter's Vampires, how James Woods can never replace Kurt Russell, but Kurt Russell could replace James Woods, Simpsons cameos, Deadwood, class distinction, Singers and Swingers, Birds of a Feather, "common" accents, racist comedians, Les Dawson, how absolutely amazing Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves are, Shooting Stars, Abel Ferrara, Driller Killer, Harvey Keite's schlong, The Good Sex Guide, dirty Teddy Ruxpin, US candy vs US candy, owning a sweet shop, how parents handle kids being bullied, did IT rip off The Perils of Punky from Punky Brewster?, horrifying PSAs, Red Dwarf, Kate Bush's Experiment IV, The Comic Strip, The Young Ones, US remakes of UK shows, and the strangeness of Today's Headlines.