Television with Marc Hershon

Marc Hershon is a branding expert who has dreamed up names for countless hit products. He is a comedy veteran, a comedy impresario, and he teaches improv comedy. He has penned several television movies, and is the co-author of I Hate People, a guide to getting “what you want out of your job.” He has reviewed comedy podcasts for The Huffington Post and Splitsider and was the longtime producer and host of “Succotash” the comedy podcast podcast. Marc has spent much of his adult life trying to get people to stop using the word “podcast” and to use “soundcast” instead. Yet, he refers to this show as a “podcast”. He’s mercurial, that guy. On this episode … *Marc and Phil remember “Heroes” and “Nashville” star Hayden Panettiere, who died at the age of 36. *Phil talks about what he’s been watching (“Ted Lasso” season 4, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” season 4, “Sugar” season 2, “Down Cemetery Road” and “Diarra from Detroit” season 1) and asks Marc about each show. *Marc previews a forthcoming comedy series, “Dig”, from Michael Schur and Amy Poehler, based on the novel Excavations. *Marc offers positive reviews of the Will Ferrell vehicle for Netflix “The Hawk”, the Apple TV thriller miniseries “Lucky”, and the first episode of HBO’s “Lanterns”. *Marc bids halfhearted farewells to three recently-cancelled series: “The Hunting Party”, “Going Dutch” and “Good Cop/Bad Cop”. *Dean and Phil have sketch comedy on their minds as they each offer up an all-time favorite “guilty pleasure”. *Finally, the festivities close with Marc interviewing a VERY unique guest. In fact, it’s safe to declare that this guest has never been asked these interview questions on any show before. Come for the news, views, previews and reviews. Stay to figure out the connection between the classic TV instrumental theme used to open the show and the closing theme song with lyrics! Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported joint. To receive new shows and support our ever-expanding universe of podcasts, please become a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe