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Brooks talks to the director (Isaac Rentz) and director of photography (Martin Vielma) about the making of his upcoming special, Alive in Alaska.
Here is the interview Isaac and I did with Dead Pilots Society about the process of making a network show. Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan
There's only a few more days left of Max Fun Drive and we're sad to see it go! This is the one time of year where we ask you to become a member or upgrade your membership to help make our show possible. If you've already done your part, thank you so much for your support. We couldn't bring you the best damn dead pilots in Hollywood without it. There's always time to become a Max Fun member, so if you want to help us keep fighting the good fight go to maximumfun.org/join ! For this year's Max Fun Drive we brought you the first three episodes of a show created by Brooks Wheelan (I Think You Should Leave, SNL) & Isaac Rentz (Opening Night) called Wheelan Motors. If you haven't listened to it yet… what are you waiting for?This is the after show and in it you'll hear all about how Brooks and Isaac started their comedy partnership. They talk in depth about their long and arduous development of Wheelan Motors. How close they were to the finish line and the rollercoaster ride that is Fox's new pilot development process. This episode has a whole lot of passion and vulnerability in it. Perhaps the perfect way to cap off this year's Max Fun Drive. Thanks for listening! Enjoy!This year our bonus content includes our library of video from our table reads. You can get them for as little as $5 by going to https://maximumfun.org/joinFor more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast!Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and Twitter, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com
It's Max Fun Drive! The one time of year where we ask you to become members or upgrade your membership to help make our show possible. For this year's Max Fun Drive we're bringing you something super special. A full on Dead Pilots Society Series. Well, the first three episodes of one at least.Today we're releasing the third and final episode of Wheelan Motors written and created by Brooks Wheelan (I Think You Should Leave, SNL) & Isaac Rentz (Opening Night). The title of this one is “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” and it's about Brook's brother Michael who after missing a Bret Michaels concert because his family forgot him in a trunk, quits Wheelan Motors and is poached by a rival dealership. His absence throws the family's delicate ecosystem off and the Wheelans crumble. It's the series finale of our little dead pilots society series and it's the funniest for sure!The cast for this one was next level! Wheelan Motors stars Brooks Wheelan, Jessica Lowe as Jenny Valvino, Paul Scheer as Todd, Will Sasso as Jim Wheelan, Kerri Kenney Silver as Chris Wheelan, Bobby Moynihan as Michael, Mike O'Brien as Freddie Admunson, Gary Anthony Williams as Doug T, Ryan Asher as Layton, Nick Rutherford as Ries, Joe Mande as Lincoln, Katrina Davis as Stacy T, and Joey Lyons with stage directions.This year our bonus content includes our library of video from our table reads. You can get them for as little as $5 by going to https://maximumfun.org/joinTune in Monday for episode three of Wheelan Motors written by Brooks Wheelan & Isaac Rents. Thanks for supporting our show! Enjoy!For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast!Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and Twitter, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com
It's Max Fun Drive! The one time of year where we ask you to become members or upgrade your membership to help make our show possible. For this year's Max Fun Drive we're bringing you something super special. A full on Dead Pilots Society Series. Well, the first three episodes of one at least.Today we're releasing episode two of Wheelan Motors written and created by Brooks Wheelan (I Think You Should Leave, SNL) & Isaac Rentz (Opening Night). In this episode, Wheelan Motors becomes embroiled in an insurance scam and Jim sponsors a little league team to get the community to trust him again. After finding out the team has a losing record he fires Todd as the coach, and hires Brooks as his "puppet."The cast for this one was next level! Wheelan Motors stars Brooks Wheelan, Jessica Lowe as Jenny Valvino, Paul Scheer as Todd, Will Sasso as Jim Wheelan, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Chris Wheelan, Bobby Moynihan as Michael, Mike O'Brien as Freddie Admunson, Gary Anthony Williams as Doug T, Ryan Asher as Layton, Nick Rutherford as Ries, Joe Mande as Lincoln, Katrina Davis as Stacy T, and Joey Lyons with stage directions.This year our bonus content includes our library of video from our table reads. You can get them for as little as $5 by going to https://maximumfun.org/joinTune in Monday for episode three of Wheelan Motors written by Brooks Wheelan & Isaac Rents. Thanks for supporting our show! Enjoy!For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast!Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and Twitter, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com
It's Max Fun Drive! The one time of year where we ask you to become members or upgrade your membership to help make our show possible. For this year's Max Fun Drive we're bringing you something super special. A full on Dead Pilots Society Series. Well, the first three episodes of one at least.This week's pilot is called Wheelan Motors written and created by Brooks Wheelan (I Think You Should Leave, SNL) & Isaac Rentz (Opening Night). Brooks and Isaac sold this show to Fox and the network was so excited about it that they ordered them to write two more episodes. Over the next two week's of Max Fun Drive you'll get two hear all three episodes of this show. Wheelan Motors centers around Brooks, who returns to Iowa to accept a job at his family's car dealership after a misunderstanding lands him in a mental hospital. This is also the first pilot we recorded live since the pandemic began so you're going to actually hear some real laughs!The cast for this one was next level! Wheelan Motors stars Brooks Wheelan as Brooks, Jessica Lowe as Jenny Valvino, Paul Scheer as Todd, Will Sasso as Jim Wheelan, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Chris Wheelan, Bobby Moynihan as Michael, Mike O'Brien as Freddie Admunson, Gary Anthony Williams as Doug T, Ryan Asher as Layton, Nick Rutherford as Ries, Joe Mande as Lincoln, Katrina Davis as Stacy T, and Joey Lyons with stage directions.This year our bonus content includes our library of video from our table reads. You can get them for as little as $5 by going to https://maximumfun.org/joinTune in Thursday for episode two of Wheelan Motors written by Brooks Wheelan & Isaac Rents. Thanks for supporting our show! Enjoy!For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast!Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and Twitter, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com
Career Q&A with Topher Grace. Moderated by Bruce Fretts, Closer Weekly. Acclaimed actor Topher Grace first caught the attention of audiences as one of the stars of the iconic television series, That ‘70s Show, before going on to make his mark on the big screen in numerous films. Topher currently appears in the Sony Pictures Classics drama, Truth, opposite Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Dennis Quaid and Elisabeth Moss. The film tells the true story of a group of journalists – with Topher portraying rebellious researcher, ‘Mike Smith’ – who uncover a conspiracy that would bring down President George W. Bush’s presidency. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Topher is currently in production starring alongside Brad Pitt in the upcoming Netflix black comedy, War Machine, in which he plays a civilian media adviser to Pitt’s four-star U.S. military general trying to win the war in Afghanistan. Based on Michael Hastings’ book, “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan,” and directed by David Michod, the film is scheduled to debut in 2016. Topher has also made the move behind the camera and recently completed production as producer and star of the romantic musical comedy, One Shot, directed by Isaac Rentz. The film features Anne Heche and Taye Diggs and follows a failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager who must save opening night by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew. On screen he’s also wrapped on the supernatural thriller, Home, expected for release by Universal in 2016. On the big screen, Topher won the National Board of Review award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actor, as well as a New York Film Critics award, for his roles in In Good Company and P.S. in 2004. As a member of the ensemble cast in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, he also won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2001. Additional film credits include Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar; Gary Marshall’s ensemble, Valentine’s Day, opposite Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Foxx and others; Sam Raimi’s Spiderman 3; Robert Luketic’s Win a Date With Tad Hamilton; Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile, opposite Julia Roberts; and Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve among many other memorable roles including, most recently, American Ultra, opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. On the small screen, along with That ‘70s Show, he has also appeared in Curtis Hanson’s Golden Globe winning TV film, Too Big to Fail, for HBO. He also appeared in The Beauty Inside, a 2012 social film developed by Intel and Toshiba. Directed by Drake Doremus and co-starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the film is broken up into six filmed episodes interspersed with interactive storytelling that all takes place on the main character's Facebook timeline. Topher won a Daytime Emmy in the category of Outstanding New Approaches - Original Daytime Program or Series. In 2014, Topher made his Off-Broadway debut in Paul Weitz’ acclaimed Lonely, I’m Not, opposite Olivia Thirlby, for Second Stage. Topher grew up in Darien, Connecticut and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Born in the coldest city in Japan and raised in the sweltering heat of Arizona, Isaac Rentz's highly stylized pop videos for artists like Katy Perry, Nick Jonas, Jason Derulo, OneRepublic, Paramore, Cage The Elephant, Bleachers, Tegan & Sara, blink 182, and Eminem have earned acclaim and heavy airplay on music channels in the U.S. and abroad. His commercial spots for clients like Honda, The Gap, TOMS, Taylormade, and Red Stripe have been viewed by millions, and his short films have been screened at festivals on both coasts. His quirky, detailed work has been honored with multiple nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards, Much Music Awards, Supertoon Festival, ReelWorld Festival, LA Film Festival, Vimeo Festival and in a wide variety of publications, including Pitchfork Media, Creative Review, Spin Magazine, 'Boards, and TV Guide. In 2015, Isaac began production on Opening Night, his feature film debut starring Topher Grace, Taye Diggs, Anne Heche, Rob Riggle, Alona Tal and Paul Scheer. The film debuted in summer 2016 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and was released to Netflix in summer of 2017. Instagram: @isaacrentz Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright
Music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli discuss TRL's top ten of 11/13/02. Topics include: TRL power couples, Ben Affleck's iconic booty moment, Diddy's 4 laws of power, how Christina Aguilera got everyone on set pregnant, and whether 8 Mile is the only great hip-hop movie (if you don't count Cool as Ice)
Music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli ditch the usual format and reveal the TOP 10 HALLOWEEN MUSIC VIDEOS. Topics include: Johnny Depp joining The Killers, Kanye joining the Illuminati, Rihanna opening a haunted house, and Michael Jackson being a “freaky boy”. Plus, Pooch reveals his favorite Halloween sound effect!
Actress and former Justin Bieber backup dancer Carlena Britch joins music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli to discuss TRL's top ten of 10/26/06. Topics include: Beyonce's cargo shorts, My Chemical Romance's haircuts, and Jay Z's champagne preference.
Ben Grey of Los Angeles indie-rock band Dear Boy joins music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli to discuss TRL's top ten of 10/09/01. Topics include: Nsync's Keanu Reeves connection, mud wrestling with Bubba Sparxxx, and Mariah Carey's mental breakdown.
Los Angeles electro-pop artist Trace joins music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli to discuss TRL's top ten of 10/02/98. Topics include: Nick Cage's version of Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, Korn's philanthropic efforts, and the year Titanic ruined music videos
Music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Alex "Pooch" Puccinelli discuss TRL's top ten of 9/25/99. Topics include: Mariah Carey's karate moves, The Backstreet Boys' spaceship, and the time Kid Rock took a road trip with a porn star.
Music video director Isaac Rentz and TRL superfan Pooch discuss TRL's top ten of 9/16/02. Topics include: Justin Timberlake's trip to 7/11, the time Austin Powers met Pharrell, and Vanessa Carlton's doomsday cult.
Director Isaac Rentz shares his story about how he got his start making music videos and talks about working with some of the top artists today including Blink 182 and Cage The Elephant.
devilled cardinal eggs podcast episode 2 Much thanks go to Isaac Rentz for the theme music. This week Big Joey T and I tackle the tough issue of the Cardinals' first loss. Sad times ahead. But there is a bright side. The Sun Devils are 3-0 and are heading into a massive game saturday against the Cal Golden Bears. Tune in to hear what we have to say.