A Podcast about Creative Inspiration with Branan Edgens and Anson Mount
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Rock legend Alice Cooper shares a surprising and touching story about one of the most interesting connections ever to come out of Hollywood: his friendship with Groucho Marx; and about how their respective work wasn’t all that different.
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Most people know Alice Cooper as the original Shock Rocker and a foundational pillar in the house of Metal. But few know that his journey into sobriety involved replacing one addiction with a new and more healthy one: golf. At 71 years of age, having played more courses than almost anyone alive, Cooper still plays 6 days a week and once even considered going pro. Join Anson as he picks the decapitated brain of Alice Cooper.
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THE WELL becomes the morning zoo as Doug Jones tells us a little more about his acting career without a mask and Branan tells a story about his first and last gig as a monster maker in Morocco! Plus, competitive sheep herding with David Lee Roth for some reason. Aaaaaahayaaaeah!!!
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Actor Doug Jones talks about how it feels to be the muse for our culture’s most influential monster maker, Guillermo del Toro.
Music in this week’s episode:
The Cemetery by Sinqlogue provided via a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license.
Worky Worky by Andy G. Cohen provided via a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license.
Tennessee Hayride by Jason Shaw provided via a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license.
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Doug Jones envisioned an acting career playing the wacky neighbor in sitcoms, but his career had other plans. In this episode Doug shares war stories from his life as a creature performer, including an incident where he accidently maimed fellow actor Randy Quaid.
Music for this episode:
Workdaze by Nctmm provided via a Creative Commons 4.0license.
Piscoid by Andy G. Cohen provided via a Creative Commons license.
Jenny’s Theme by Jason Shaw provided via a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Snappy by Jason Shaw provided via a Creative Commons 3.0 license. h
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Anson and Branan share their own near-death stories.
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Ethan was afraid to live his life until he almost lost it.
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The first of four Star Trek episodes, Ethan Peck shares with us the story of auditioning for one of the most iconic characters in film and television history, and how he overcame his own misgivings. When the shoes look way too big, we think only of feet.
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Anson and Branan each share a story about an awkward brush with fame.
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What would you think if someone told you that you were about to meet your idol? How would you prepare? What would you wear? What would you say? Illeana shares a hilarious and heartwarming story about finding herself in exactly this situation when, one day, she realized she would be meeting Marlon Brando. And Branan shares a story about his own (rather embarrassing) brush with fame.