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 host Phil Leirness cover the good, the bad and the amazing from the Emmy Awards. *Recent cancellations get discussed. *Shows currently in production get previewed. *Marc and Phil both sing the praises of “Diarra from Detroit” season one, and try to make sense of why critics were so cold towards Will Ferrell’s delightful “The Hawk”. *They compare notes on the currently unspooling seasons of “Ted Lasso”, “Star Trek: Strange New World” and “Lanterns”. *Marc offers up three new series suggestions. *Finally, the festivities close with Phil Leirness and Dean Haglund interviewing the great actor, writer and director Dan Butler (Bulldog on “Frasier”) about his all-time television selections. Come for the news, views, previews and reviews. Stay to learn the connection between the classic TV instrumental theme used to open the show and the theme song with lyrics used to close the show! Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported joint. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming 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