Podcasts about how i got into college

Inspired by the clickbait videos we used to watch when we were younger, we decided to make a less-clickbait version of the "How I Got Into College" video. We talk about our GPAs, standardized testing, do an essay reading, and give advice for both prospective college students and their supporters.

“I was quite set on theater. I was going to go out to Los Angeles for one year -- and that was it. Then I was going to go back to New York and devote myself to the theater. It didn't work out that way.” -- Jan Eliasberg80s TV Ladies "Director Ladies" series continues as Susan and Sharon welcome legendary director Jan Eliasberg. Jan began her television director career in the 1980s with an episode of Cagney & Lacey -- and she went on to be the first female director ever on Miami Vice, Crime Story and 21 Jump Street. She has also directed episodes of Dirty Dancing, L.A. Law, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five, Sisters, Parenthood, Nashville, Supernatural, Bull and NCIS: Los Angeles. Jan recently published her first novel, Hannah's War.In this enlightening conversation, Jan discusses how the American Film Institute (AFI) and “The Original Six” opened up opportunities for her and other female directors; how to navigate directing a network television show for the first time -- and how courage, tenacity and little guile can make all the difference …THE CONVERSATIONHow do you get 10,000 hours of experience when directing requires so much time, money and people: Europe or Yale?What can Shakespeare and Ibsen teach you about directing TV? Everything…Frances McDormand, Angela Bassett, John Turturo, Tony Shalhoub and Courtney Vance -- how do you quickly figure out what different actors need to create great performances?What happens when you direct a play about South African apartheid in St. Louis in the early 1980s?On shadowing directors: “I'm already a director -- what am I doing watching these people? I mean, they're good, but I'm good, too. And that was the kind of confidence -- or maybe you could say arrogance, fearlessness - -that it takes to go into a field that is predominantly male and actually make a dent and get a job.”How a twisty game of cat-and-mouse with Barney Rosensweig led to Jan's first directing gig -- on Cagney & Lacey. (S5, EP13 -- “Act of Conscience”).Directing L.A. Law -- and David Kelly's very first script!How asking others for advice is a gift that goes both ways.Directing two classic, fan-favorite episodes of Miami Vice.Jan gets her first feature film in 1988: How I Got Into College -- but you won't believe what happened to her on Day Two of filming…Past Midnight -- working with the great Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.Is the window for women directors opening or closing? Jan gives us her take.So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Jan -- as they talk Dennis Farina, Michael Moriarty, Rutger Hauer, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Craig, Meg Foster, Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Kirsten Dunst, George Clooney, Patricia Arquette, Stanley Tucci -- and creamsicles!AUDIOGRAPHYFind out more about Jan at JanEliasberg.com.Buy Jan's new novel Hannah's War at Bookshop.Read Michael Cieply's 1988 article on Jan and other fired women directors at LA Times.  80s TV LADIES NEWSCatch 90s TV Baby Serita Fontanesi's “Not Ugly” podcast at Apple.CONNECTRead transcripts and more at 80sTVLadies.com.Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media.

Bonus Patreon Episode 35: The Savage Steve Holland Trilogy  Meep and his pal David Nofire discuss the holy trinity. The Savage Steve Holland trinity! Better Off Dead (1985), One Crazy Summer (1986) and How I Got Into College (1989). Also on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify or on our YouTube channel: Song Credits: A […]

In this episode, the team looks back at the feature film career of the mighty Savage Steve Holland, with "Better Off Dead," "One Crazy Summer," and "How I Got Into College. Also up for debate, the strange trajectory of "Porky's" films, the relative merits of the "Police Academy" movies, and whether or not "Her Alibi" should get a blu-ray release.

October 24-30, 1987 This week Ken welcomes actor, comedian and all around entertainer Mike Dorval to the show. Ken and Mike discuss unnatural heat waves, Flirting with Disaster, Alan Alda, Albert Brooks vs. Woody Allen, age appropriate leading ladies, Moon Zapa's father's facial hair, defending Louie's shows, the mechanics of separating the art from the artist, ASMR, StarCase, cable, Rhode Island, a cableless existence, vacation viewing, Hardbodies, Loose Screws, 80s T&A Comedies, Revenge of the Nerds, the darkness of The Last American Virgin, Cannon Films, Lemon Popsicle, Amazon Prime, Force Five, Mr. Big's Toyland, Frankenstein Jr., Moonlighting, Laverne and Shirley's California season, Facts of Life, Over Our Heads, "Funusual", backdoor pilots, re-casting Punchline, Spenser for Hire, Celtic Pride, CHUD money, The Hollywood blacklist, how new media is basically re-building cable, 227, the lie of apartments above garages, Our House, Family Ties, cocaine, Werewolf, Ken's love of Traci Lind, Married...with Children, The World Series of Baseball, Alf, Kate & Allie, Newhart, weirdness on TV, Who's the Boss, how a little Mona goes a long way, dragging on with the will they won't they, Growing Pains, How I Got Into College, Phil Hartman, Nora Dunn, Highway to Heaven, John Ritter's undervalued movie career, Robert Mitchum on The Equalizer, St. Elsewhere, Sledgehammer, Night Court, LA Law, Disney DTV Monster Hits, Miami Vice, *batteries not included, The Hollywood Museum, Denitra Vance, Paul Provenza in The Pursuit of Happiness, and Harry Anderson as Circus Folk.

Welcome welcome, friends! To The Bargain Den! In this episode, we dive into How I Got Into College, and really, we just applied. We discuss education, road trips, and how to deal with teenage stress! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097530/ You can contact us at: TheBargainDenCast@gmail.com You can find The Lounge Kittens at: http://www.theloungekittens.com/ Sara Anastasia did our cover art and you can find her at: https://sawoowoo.bigcartel.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-bargain-den/support

Today Ken welcomes actor (Supernatural, Revenge of the Nerds, Moonlighting) and author of the new memoir "Revenge of the Nerd: Or...The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would be Booger" Curtis Armstrong to the show. Ken and Curtis discuss the mid 60s, Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beatles, living in Switzerland, Detroit, how being forced to watch something other than the Wonderful World of Disney can change your life, the horror of stopwatches, The Avengers, being an anglophile, watching Help! while living in Help!, Rock N Roll shows on TV, loving the Universal Monsters, Famous Monsters, visiting Forrest J. Ackerman with Gilbert Gottfried, meeting Ray Bradbury, Moonlighting, working on Cybill, reading the script to Better Off Dead on the top of a Canadian Mountain while dressed as a caveman, working with Savage Steve Holland, the Boston fame of "Boogah", How I Got Into College, and what may be Ken's favorite story ever told on the show, a story of Gary Busey fighting with an extra about what the furniture in Heaven looks like.

April 9-15, 1983 Today Ken welcomes author and actor Diane Franklin (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Better Off Dead, The Last American Virgin) to the show. Ken and Diane discuss Diane's compliments for Ken, bringing your own TV Guides (BYOTVGs), Long Island, modeling, Soap Opera acting, That Girl, being a first generation American of German descent, Lawrence Welk, size vs. time, Valerie Bertonelli, not knowing actors' personal lives, One Day at a Time, commissioning art, Better Off Dead, St. Elsewhere, "it was all a dream", Amnityville Horror, As the World Turns, Made for TV Movies, Deadly Lessons, Donna Reed, Summer Girl, Cable, being before your time, The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s, One Crazy Summer's Better Off Dead connection, How I Got Into College, being a TV actor vs being a movie actor, taking your time, TerrorVision, The Final Interview, Waking Nightmare, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, seeing life through your children's eyes, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, sci-fi, the importance of physical media, curls, and how to best spend your $2.00.

This time out we have an extra-sized and extra-AWESOME episode of the podcast. Joining me is my friend and fellow podcaster Michael Bailey (of Views From the Longbox and From Crisis to Crisis) and we spend THREE FULL HOURS discussing the films of Savage Steve Holland! Who is Savage Steve Holland, you ask? You may not necessarily recognize the name but any child of the Eighties will recognize the phrase "I want my two dollars!" That's right, Savage Steve directed Better Off Dead ..., the 1985 John Cusack classic about breakups, French foreign exchange students, psychotic paperboys, and weird neighbors who sit at home crocheting and snorting nasal spray. But that's not all we talk about. We also reminisce about Savage Steve's other two films: the 1986 beach romp One Crazy Summer, which also stars John Cusack as well as Demi Moore and Bobcat Goldthwait; and we talk about his least-known but most-underrated film, How I Got Into College. Show notes and pictures are available at http://popcultureaffidavit.com, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture. Feedback can be addressed to popcultureaffidavit@gmail.com

This time out we have an extra-sized and extra-AWESOME episode of the podcast. Joining me is my friend and fellow podcaster Michael Bailey (of Views From the Longbox and From Crisis to Crisis) and we spend THREE FULL HOURS discussing the films of Savage Steve Holland! Who is Savage Steve Holland, you ask? You may not necessarily recognize the name but any child of the Eighties will recognize the phrase "I want my two dollars!" That's right, Savage Steve directed Better Off Dead ..., the 1985 John Cusack classic about breakups, French foreign exchange students, psychotic paperboys, and weird neighbors who sit at home crocheting and snorting nasal spray. But that's not all we talk about. We also reminisce about Savage Steve's other two films: the 1986 beach romp One Crazy Summer, which also stars John Cusack as well as Demi Moore and Bobcat Goldthwait; and we talk about his least-known but most-underrated film, How I Got Into College. Show notes and pictures are available at http://popcultureaffidavit.com, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture. Feedback can be addressed to popcultureaffidavit@gmail.com