Scratch The Surface With Ej Scott

Pat Finn was best friends with Chris Farley. Chris Farley was and is a comedy legend and icon. A new documentary is coming out July 27, 2015 with some of the people closest to Chris. Including his family, comedy peers and Pat Finn. Pat talks about meeting Chris, how they started doing comedy together, how Chris had to miss Pat's wedding because it was Chris's first time on SNL, how Chris was always thinking about others and helping sick kids, some of Chris's tough tmes, being involved in an intervention for him, how he heard of Chris's passing, Pat's own SNL audition that went terrible, performing on stage with Chris, so many great stories! If you're a comedy fan and/or Chris Farley fan you'll love this talk. Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

David Mack is one of comic books most prolific and talented artists. We talk about his work with wrter Brian Michael Bendis, how he helped Bendis get a job at Marvel, how Joe Quesada hired David to write then draw Daredevil during the Marvel Knights era. We talk about his tough childhood being raised in a religious household with fighting parents who eventually divorced. David talks about how he thinks his father was on the autistic/ aspergers spectrum, staying with his father who was homeless on visitation when he was a kid, how his mother would say that David has a "demon" in him. How he feels about religion now. And so much more! David has a fascinating back story that may or may not add to his incredible talent. Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!  My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Kristin Bauer van Straten was born Kristin Neubauer. She started out in Wisconsin thinking she would be a graphic artist and then one day in her 20's decided she wanted to try acting. She received immediate success by getting small parts and cast as a regular on a short lived show called The Crew. She got an agent by stalking means. She found her husband Abri by MySpace "stalking" him. A great story of how Abri, a South African musician, was in town and Kristin sought him out to .... well you'll just have to listen. SHe talks about working on Seinfeld and her moniker of "Man-Hands" on the show. Working with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. Working on THe Secret Life of the American Teen with Shailene Woodley. Auditioning for True Blood. Her relationship with Alexander Skarsgard. She sets the record staright about her relationship with Fabio. Losing her father to melanoma. Her passion to help elephants in South Africa and the documentary she is making about it. There's laughter, there's tears, there's stories t

"Dead of July" is hard to categorize. Part comedy, part thriller, part love story, part horror movie. Inspired by RL Stine's books "Fear Street" books, Matthew Scott Mongomery wrote this play very quickly after having a bad day. He staged a reading last year in Los Angeles and I was there. Matthew's a friend of mine and I thought this would make a fun audio play. Silly, creepy, lovely, funny. Dead of July is a good thing to include with your summer cocktail and bbq. The cast is Matthew Scott Mongomery, Devin Kelley, Brian Dare, Kat Canipe. Please Share! Please Listen, Please Ejoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Drew Goddard has worked on all my favorite shows and some of my favorite movies. We talk Buffy the Vampire Slayer and getting work on that, and how he got to choose which show (Buffy or Angel) to work on. He chose Buffy and then after that show ebded went over to Angel. He talks about working on Lost and Alias. Working with JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and Joss Whedon. He talks about locking himself in a hotel room with Joss to get writing deadlines met. Writing Cabin in the Woods together. Writing Cloverfield, coming in with Damon Lindelof to help fix an early cut of World War Z. We talk about his upcoming projects including The Martian, Robopocolypse, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, cold calling to get his first job as a PA on CBS movie of the week, his Spider-Man project, creating the Daredevil TV show for Netflix, his intent to be show runner for that but getting pulled out of the job sooner than expected. Meeting his wife, being a dad, his writing process and so much more!! Please Listen! Plea

Marco Ramirez is only 32 years old but making a huge splash in the entertainment industry. He is currently the co-showrunner of Season 2 of the hit Netflix series Marvel's Daredevil. We talk about becoming a showrunner and its challenges, writing for DaVinci's Code, Sons of Anarchy, Orange is the New Black, and getting hired as writer for the upcoming Akira movie. We also talk about his Cuban backround, play writing, dropping out of Juliard, dating and so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org  

Bill Corbett is a third of the comedy powerhouse known as Rifftrax. Where all the guys cut their teeth making fun of bad movies on Mystery Science 3000 that aired on Comedy Central (Comedy Channel at the time) and the Sci-Fi Channel. I talk with Bill about the process of writing jokes for the movies with his comedy partners, filling in on Crow T Robot as a puppeter and voice talent, getting in trouble as a kid in Brooklyn, getting into fights in Colorado, co-writing the movie MEET DAVE starring Eddie Murphy and where that movie may have went wrong, how he met his wife, going to Yale, his love of the stage and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and much much more!! Had a great time talking with Bill. My girlfriend, Deborah Ann Woll,  is such a big fan I asked her to help me intro the podcast. Please Share, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Timothy Simons plays a great asshole as Jonah Ryan on HBO's VEEP. But in real life he's a super nice guy with a family from Maine. Tim and I talk about growing up in Maine, being bullied in school, going to college in mAine and discovering alcohol, drugs, girls and acting, we talk about the process of shooting VEEP, his audition, how he met his wife, having twins, being away from his family while shooting VEEP, being a guest on David Letterman, working with such greats as Ivan Reitman, , Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix, Jack Black, Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Peter Dinklidge, Tracy Letts, we talk living in Chicago, comedy, improv, sketch, and so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Chris Hardwick is a jack of all trades. He is a host, writer, stand-up comic, producer, author, gamer, podcaster, musician, and much much more! Chris and I talk about his start on Singled Out, his sing off with Tom Cruise at Sna Diego Comic Con, his sobriety and how Jon Stewart's Daily Show helped him reach his "bottom", we talk about him and the possibility of marriage someday, his parents divorce as a child, moving around, being picked on growing up, Hard n Phirm, we talk about how he started "Nerdist" and how that has grown into a large brand and how Legendary partnered up with him, we talk Marilyn Manson's unusual appearance on Talking Dead, how he's a really good bowler, religion, his relationship with Wil Weaton, selling TV shows, how he helped me years ago be a part of a few fundraising events for charity, and we talk so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!! My website... www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.cur

Married couple, Tara Buck and Chris Pierce, are a power couple covering acting and music. Tara has been an actress going back to the 90s working on shows like Party of Five and X-Files and more recently played Ginger on True Blood for 7 seasons and guest spots on Justified, Backstrom, Bones, Longmire and more! Chris has 5 albums available to buy on iTunes under his name and his new group Reverend Tall Tree. Chris talks about being an openeing act for BB King, Al Green, Aaron Neville, Blues Traveler, Colbie Callait, growing up with interracial parents and the time a burning cross was on his lawn. They talk about their wine label, how they met, their wedding, Taras next job on Pee-Wee Hermans Big Holiday movie on Netflix, Chris talks about his hearing loss. Chris sings 3 songs for the show LIVE!! We talk about a lot of stuuf! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation  www.curechm.org

Kay Cannon has written a #1 movie at the box office... twice! Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 are movies that can not and should not be ignored. They are fun, funny, smart, heart felt films that are helping along the careers of Anna Kendrick, Haillee Steinfeld, Rebel Wilson and more! But Kay wasnt always a writer, she started out as a sketch and improv performer at The Second City in Chicago, Comedy Sportz and iO Chicago. We talk about her writing process, getting hired to write and produce on the NBC series 30 Rock by Tina Fey, her friendship with Tina Fey, her work on New Girl on FOX and her work on Cristela. We talk about her marriage and divorce from SNL alum Jason Sudeikis, finding new love with her husband, Eban and motherhood, we talk about working in Las Vegas, her favorite musicians - Hall and Oates, auditioning for Saturday Night Live, and much much more! Please listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Rese

Adam Rifkin comes over and sits at the kitchen table with me to talk movies, filmmaking, mistakes made he has learned from, being cousins with Ike Barinholtz from MADTv and the Mindy Project, losing out on rebooting the Planet of the Apes franchise 15 years ago, the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie that he wrote and that John Woo was going to direct that never happened, giving me a huge tube TV and a lizard 10 years ago when I was a mover, making Detroit Rock City, working with KISS, making the CHASE with Kristy Swanson and Charlie Sheen, how Charlie Sheen is one of the most professional actors hes ever worked with,  how a character form the series Action was based on him, how his ex girlfriend made a film called Love and Sex about their relationship where Jon Favreau played Adam, we talk about his parents divorce when he was a kid, how his writing office is still in his moms house, writing scripts in a week, future projects and so much more!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website

Matt Walsh is a stand out comedian among stand out comedians on the HBO show VEEP. But he didnt start out wanting to do comedy. He started out as a psychologist. During this interview I think Matt uses some of his training on me and divulge things about myself I don't think I have previously on my podcasts. We also talk about improv, Chicago sports, how humor helped Matt make friends and not get beat up, being a dad, drug use, meeting his wife, Morgan, directing, being on the Daily Show as a correspondant and his return for the end of Jon Stewarts run, co-founding The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, which has 4 locations now, his fear of providing for a growing family as an actor, growing up 1 of 7 siblings, Del Close, his belief in religion after being raised a Catholic, his frustartion as a teacher, coaching the Harlem Globetrotters in improv and so much MORE!! Please Share, Please Listen, Please Enjoy! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott.com @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Res

Deborah Ann Woll is best known to the public as Jessica Hamby from HBO's True Blood, but that may soon change thanks to her role as Karen Page on Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix. We talk in depth on her role as Karebn, how she got the part, how she almost couldn't do it because of True Blood conflicts, her process as an actor, how she appraoches a role, specific scenes of the series, why she doesnt watch her self anymore and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Elden Henson has been acting since he was a little kid. Now he plays Foggy Nelson in Marvel's Daredevil for Netflix. Elden talks to me about falling in love quickly with his wife, actress Kira Sternbach, how she got pregnant early in their relationship, how he was gone filming Hunger Games: Mockingjay parts 1 and 2, how there were problems with the birth, post pardem depression, going to couples counseling, and how they are stronger for it. We also talk about how he had trouble working on Daredeil due to being a new dad, acting as a child, the divorce of his parents and his difficult relationship with his dad, working in all three Mighty Ducks movies with Emilio Estevez, working with Sharon Stone in the Mighty, how he is writing a tv pilot, his love of music, working on Daredevil, Jennifer Lawrence and much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.com

Christos Gage and Ruth Fletcher Gage are staff writers for the new Marvel's Daredevil for Netflix. They are married and have been writing partners for a long time. We talk about how they met in college, what its like to be the lone female writer on a staff of men, we talk about Christos' family where his grandmother was executed in Greece and how Christos' dad was going to murder the man that had her executed, also how Christos' dad took down the mob as a journalist, what its like writing Buffy comics for Joss Whedon, how Ruth was raised in a political family, how they got involved with Daredevil, some behind the scenes stories of Daredevil and much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Jeph Loeb is a multi Eisner Award Winning comic book writer that has transitioned into one of the most important guys at Marvel. He runs the television department. He was kind enough to come to my house and talk with me for a couple of hours while I nerded out that Jeph Loeb was in my house! He's written legendary stories about Daredevil, Wiolverine, Batman, Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, the list goes on and on. He got his start in writing by writing screenplays, specifically Commando and Teen Wolf. We talk about writing, Cinderella, Tim Sale, Alan Moore, Ed McGuinness, whatever happened to Captain America: White, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alyssa Milano, casting Daredevil, sitting in on writing meetings on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, almost doing an animated Buffy tv show, Heroes, Smallville, a possible Punisher Tv show, the horrible loss of his 17 year old son to bone cancer and how he paid tribute to him in comic book form and much more! Please listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!! My website www.ejsco

Steven DeKnight started his career teaching English as a Second Language. A job that was suppose to last 6 months lasted 6 years. Until he finally got a break writing for MTV's Undressed show. That helped lead to working with what would end up being a life changing experience, working for Joss Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which was Stevens favorite show on TV at the time. He worked on Buffy developing friendships that would last to this very day and beyond. He worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which lead to working on Angel, then Smallville, Dollhouse, a little short lived gem called Viva Laughlin (a musical drama on CBS with Hugh Jackman), helping create and show run Spartacus and now the hit Netflix/ Marvel show Daredevil. We talk about Show running, directing, producing, writing and he was even had aspirations of being an actor. We talk about Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Doug Petrie, tattoos, how horrible it was losing the lead of Spartacus- Andy Whitfield- to cancer, the bravery of his replacement

Joe Quesada is known in the comic book world as a living legend. He's one of the best artists the medium has seen and now hes one of the guys that has a lot of say and sway in an incredibly successful company. Joe is kind enough to come over to the house two times in two days. We talk about a lot including Joe being born and raised in Queens, New York, his parents separation and eventual rekindling relationship, inheriting a loyalty to the Mets from his dad who help build Shea stadium, the first comic his dad ever got him and how that changed his life, being considered gifted as a child, his first date, ging to college at the School of Visual Arts in NY, how he stepped away from art after college and focused on music, his start in comics with Valiant, then DC, leaving DC because he wasnt allowed to draw Batman, , starting at Marvel at a time when Marvel was going bankrupt, being put in charge of 4 very important titles including DAREDEVIL, PUNISHER, BLACK PANTHER and INHUMANS which became the MARVEL KNIGHTS s

Steven Yeun moved to Canada from Seoul, South Korea when he was a yound kid, then shortly afterwards to Michigan. Steven talks about difficulty making a major move like that and how he reacted as a kid, how his parents expected him to be a doctor but his heart lead him to acting, we talk about how he met his current long term girlfriend, why he was sych a bad bartender, his love for Jimmy Johns Sandwiches, auditioning for Frank Darabont, how the cast and crew reacted to the show runner changes over the course of the show, improv, comedy, sketch, living in Chicago, Christianity, being a bratty kid, his friendship with Daily Show correspondant Jordan Klepper, comic cons, becoming famous almost over night, voice overs, Chew, producing, writing, Drunk History and so much more! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!!   Follow me on Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Fpundation www.curechm.org