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Kevin Pollak attends Cinespia's screening of 'The Usual Suspects' held at Hollywood Forever on June. The Usual Suspects and Casino when it came to shooting The Whole Nine Yards, I did a comedy. Casino is an absolutely riveting entertainment with rock-solid performances by DeNiro, Pesci and Stone, to say nothing of the formidable supporting cast. Scorsese directs with his usual grit and offers up one of the most compelling movies from the 1990's.
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Kevin Pollak |
| Genre | Interview |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Sundays |
| Length | 1-2 Hours |
| Production | |
| Camera | Camera Video |
| Direction | Jason McIntyre |
| Production | Jason McIntyre |
| Picture format | 16:9 HD |
| Video format | MP4 |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 22, 2009 – April 8, 2019 |
| Provider | Earwolf |
| Website | http://www.kevinpollak.tv |
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show was a weekly interview program hosted by actor, comedian and impressionist Kevin Pollak and streamed over the web on YouTube. The show aired live most Sundays from the M.I. Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, California. Episodes are archived on YouTube, as well as on iTunes and Earwolf. The show premiered on March 22, 2009, with guests LeVar Burton and Samm Levine.[1]
The show ended with a live audience taping on March 2, 2019, with guests Pamela Adlon and Jim Jefferies.[2]
Format[edit]
The show typically opens with Pollak at the table speaking directly to the viewers, which can consist of a simple introduction, an anecdote, a joke, this portion also includes sidebars with head writer, Jaime Fox, and side kick, Samm Levine.[3] The majority of the show is taken up with long-form interview segments, typically with actors, writers or comics. Initial episodes would feature 2 hour-long interviews, but subsequent shows typically feature one guest per episode, averaging two hours in length. There are also a number of 'games' Pollak plays with his guests, created by Jaime. Some of these include 'Who Tweeted,' which Samm hosts and reads 8 messages from Twitter, one at a time, all of which were written by either Paris Hilton, Justin Bieber or Tyra Banks. It's a contest between the guest and Kevin to see which can ring in and answer correctly. Each episode also includes 'The Larry King Game' (also created by Jaime), in which guests perform a bad impression of TV personality Larry King, exposing personal information that Larry should never, but does in fact reveal, then a throw to the phones including a funny sounding city name.[4] In 2010 the Kevin Pollak Chat Show was nominated for several Streamy Awards and won Best Live Show on the Internet.
History[edit]
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show started after Kevin Pollak met internet entrepreneur Jason Calacanis at an underground poker game in Los Angeles. Pollak shared his vision for a web-based, live-streaming talk show with Calacanis. Mahalo.com, Calacanis' startup, had recently built a studio around the NewTek TriCaster and Calacanis offered to produce Pollak's show. The show is among the most popular podcasts for download on iTunes and had a strong following on its own website. The Chat Show is available in both audio and video format. On March 13, 2013 it was announced that they had joined the Earwolf network. The show began streaming on YouTube as of episode 165 on March 28, 2013.
Regular cast members[edit]
- Kevin Pollak: Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak hosts the show. A long-time veteran of stand-up comedy, television and film, he has starred as casino owner Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese'sCasino, small-time criminal Todd Hockney in The Usual Suspects, LTJG Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men and President Walter Emerson in Deterrence. He also appeared in the Kevin Smith film Red State, was a recurring guest star on Mom, and recently co-starred with Jane Lynch in the CBS series Angel from Hell. In addition to acting and stand-up, Kevin has recently spread his wings into the realm of directing, helming the documentary Misery Loves Comedy and the coming-of-age comedy The Late Bloomer.
- Samm Levine: Actor Samm Levine is a regular guest of the podcast and also hangs out in the studio to watch interviews. Levine was a regular on the comedy series Freaks and Geeks and was seen in Quentin Tarantino'sInglourious Basterds. Levine regularly guest hosts.
- Jaime Fox: Pollak's partner (not to be confused with Jamie Foxx, aka Eric Bishop). She runs the chat room during the show, compiles the question roster, and provides occasional fangirl commentary. Inventor of the Larry King Game.
The crew[edit]
- Jason McIntyre has been a part of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show since its inception. Both as a producer and a writer for the show, he does the research on the guests and is present Sundays to operate the TriCaster and direct the show.
- Kenny Chen has been a part of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show since episode 1, and is the floor director and co-producer. On Sundays, he makes sure the cameras are in place, the lighting is set, and the show runs smoothly from inside the studio, once the live show is launched.
Episode guide and guests[edit]
- LeVar Burton[5]
- Chris Mallick
- Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel
- Samm Levine and Steve Agee
- Michael Gladis and Rich Sommer
- Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
- Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine
- Cast and crew of Drones: Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Samm Levine, James Urbaniak, Marc Evan Jackson, Dave 'Gruber' Allen, Dan Bern, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker
- Billy West and John DiMaggio
- 1 Year Birthday: Jason Calcanis, Bobby Slayton, James Urbaniak, Mike Binder, Samm Levine, Marc Evan Jackson, Illeana Douglas, Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Mike Rotman, Kenny Chen, Jason McIntyre, Josh Negrin and Emily Goodman
- James Roday and Maggie Lawson
- Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman
- Adam Savage (with studio audience)
- Rachael Harris (with studio audience)
- James Leighton
- Craig Cackowski
- Will Forte and Dana Carvey
- Colin Hay, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Burr (with studio audience)
- Vanessa Ragland and Joey Greer
- Ben Schwartz and Kyle Bornheimer
- Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood
- Beth Dover and Joe Lo Truglio
- Bobby and Mikey Roe
- James Heaney
- Schmoes Know
- AKA (Ask Kevin Anything)
- Jada Catta-Preta
- Mark Norman
- Jenna Laurenzo
- Chris Fairbanks
- Michael Zegan
- Katie O'Brien and Katy Colloton
- Pamela Adlon (finale)
Notes[edit]
- ^'Kevin Pollak's Chat Show'. Mahalo.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^'Last Episode Of 'Kevin Pollak's Chat Show' Podcast Tapes Saturday'. allaccess.com. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^'Welcome to Kevin Pollak's Chat Show'. Kevinpollakschatshow.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^[1]Archived October 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^[2]Archived September 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Kevin Pollak's Chat Show on IMDb
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Kevin Pollak |
| Genre | Interview |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Sundays |
| Length | 1-2 Hours |
| Production | |
| Camera | Camera Video |
| Direction | Jason McIntyre |
| Production | Jason McIntyre |
| Picture format | 16:9 HD |
| Video format | MP4 |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 22, 2009 – April 8, 2019 |
| Provider | Earwolf |
| Website | http://www.kevinpollak.tv |
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show was a weekly interview program hosted by actor, comedian and impressionist Kevin Pollak and streamed over the web on YouTube. The show aired live most Sundays from the M.I. Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, California. Episodes are archived on YouTube, as well as on iTunes and Earwolf. The show premiered on March 22, 2009, with guests LeVar Burton and Samm Levine.[1]
The show ended with a live audience taping on March 2, 2019, with guests Pamela Adlon and Jim Jefferies.[2]
Format[edit]
The show typically opens with Pollak at the table speaking directly to the viewers, which can consist of a simple introduction, an anecdote, a joke, this portion also includes sidebars with head writer, Jaime Fox, and side kick, Samm Levine.[3] The majority of the show is taken up with long-form interview segments, typically with actors, writers or comics. Initial episodes would feature 2 hour-long interviews, but subsequent shows typically feature one guest per episode, averaging two hours in length. There are also a number of 'games' Pollak plays with his guests, created by Jaime. Some of these include 'Who Tweeted,' which Samm hosts and reads 8 messages from Twitter, one at a time, all of which were written by either Paris Hilton, Justin Bieber or Tyra Banks. It's a contest between the guest and Kevin to see which can ring in and answer correctly. Each episode also includes 'The Larry King Game' (also created by Jaime), in which guests perform a bad impression of TV personality Larry King, exposing personal information that Larry should never, but does in fact reveal, then a throw to the phones including a funny sounding city name.[4] In 2010 the Kevin Pollak Chat Show was nominated for several Streamy Awards and won Best Live Show on the Internet.
History[edit]
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show started after Kevin Pollak met internet entrepreneur Jason Calacanis at an underground poker game in Los Angeles. Pollak shared his vision for a web-based, live-streaming talk show with Calacanis. Mahalo.com, Calacanis' startup, had recently built a studio around the NewTek TriCaster and Calacanis offered to produce Pollak's show. The show is among the most popular podcasts for download on iTunes and had a strong following on its own website. The Chat Show is available in both audio and video format. On March 13, 2013 it was announced that they had joined the Earwolf network. The show began streaming on YouTube as of episode 165 on March 28, 2013.
Regular cast members[edit]
- Kevin Pollak: Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak hosts the show. A long-time veteran of stand-up comedy, television and film, he has starred as casino owner Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese'sCasino, small-time criminal Todd Hockney in The Usual Suspects, LTJG Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men and President Walter Emerson in Deterrence. He also appeared in the Kevin Smith film Red State, was a recurring guest star on Mom, and recently co-starred with Jane Lynch in the CBS series Angel from Hell. In addition to acting and stand-up, Kevin has recently spread his wings into the realm of directing, helming the documentary Misery Loves Comedy and the coming-of-age comedy The Late Bloomer.
- Samm Levine: Actor Samm Levine is a regular guest of the podcast and also hangs out in the studio to watch interviews. Levine was a regular on the comedy series Freaks and Geeks and was seen in Quentin Tarantino'sInglourious Basterds. Levine regularly guest hosts.
- Jaime Fox: Pollak's partner (not to be confused with Jamie Foxx, aka Eric Bishop). She runs the chat room during the show, compiles the question roster, and provides occasional fangirl commentary. Inventor of the Larry King Game.
The crew[edit]
- Jason McIntyre has been a part of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show since its inception. Both as a producer and a writer for the show, he does the research on the guests and is present Sundays to operate the TriCaster and direct the show.
- Kenny Chen has been a part of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show since episode 1, and is the floor director and co-producer. On Sundays, he makes sure the cameras are in place, the lighting is set, and the show runs smoothly from inside the studio, once the live show is launched.
Episode guide and guests[edit]
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- LeVar Burton[5]
- Chris Mallick
- Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel
- Samm Levine and Steve Agee
- Michael Gladis and Rich Sommer
- Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
- Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine
- Cast and crew of Drones: Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Samm Levine, James Urbaniak, Marc Evan Jackson, Dave 'Gruber' Allen, Dan Bern, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker
- Billy West and John DiMaggio
- 1 Year Birthday: Jason Calcanis, Bobby Slayton, James Urbaniak, Mike Binder, Samm Levine, Marc Evan Jackson, Illeana Douglas, Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Mike Rotman, Kenny Chen, Jason McIntyre, Josh Negrin and Emily Goodman
- James Roday and Maggie Lawson
- Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman
- Adam Savage (with studio audience)
- Rachael Harris (with studio audience)
- James Leighton
- Craig Cackowski
- Will Forte and Dana Carvey
- Colin Hay, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Burr (with studio audience)
- Vanessa Ragland and Joey Greer
- Ben Schwartz and Kyle Bornheimer
- Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood
- Beth Dover and Joe Lo Truglio
- Bobby and Mikey Roe
- James Heaney
- Schmoes Know
- AKA (Ask Kevin Anything)
- Jada Catta-Preta
- Mark Norman
- Jenna Laurenzo
- Chris Fairbanks
- Michael Zegan
- Katie O'Brien and Katy Colloton
- Pamela Adlon (finale)
Notes[edit]
- ^'Kevin Pollak's Chat Show'. Mahalo.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^'Last Episode Of 'Kevin Pollak's Chat Show' Podcast Tapes Saturday'. allaccess.com. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^'Welcome to Kevin Pollak's Chat Show'. Kevinpollakschatshow.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^[1]Archived October 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^[2]Archived September 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
Kevin Pollak Casino Poker
- Kevin Pollak's Chat Show on IMDb