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Rarified Heir Podcast

Host Josh Mills brings together a wide variety of adult children of celebrities for a fun, funny, bizarre, jaw-dropping, strange and wonderful look behind celebrity, by the people that know them best: their very own children.

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01:20:58

Episode # 129: John Denney (Dodo Denney)

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2023/05/09

Today on an encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast we spoke to John Denney, founding member and lead singer of the iconic punk band The Weirdos whose mother could make a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew, the one and only Dodo Denney. You likely remember Dodo as Mike TV’s mother in Williy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory but chances are you will remember her from a ton of television commercials, sitcoms, movies and the like. And if you lived in Kansas City during the 1950s, you likely remember

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01:09:16

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #128: Cam Clarke (The...

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2023/05/02

Today on another encore edition of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Cam Clarke, whose face you might not recognize but whose voice, you certainly will. Cam is a member – the youngest member perhaps – of the King Family as well as the son of cult actor Robert Clarke. As a member of “The First Family of Song”, Cam literally grew up around show business, starting as a child in an oh-so-very wholesome family show who sang at inauguration of US Presidents as well as The Hollywood Bowl,

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01:33:04

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #127: Bobby Brooks...

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2023/04/25

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bobby Brooks Wilson, son of Mr. Excitement, Mr. Soul, the amazing singer/performer Jackie Wilson. Now as you know, the theme of this podcast is : a child of a celebrity, interviewed by a child of a celebrity. So that hasn’t changed at all with this interview. However, there is something vastly different about thisinterview with Bobby Brooks Wilson than any other interview we have ever done and likely, will ever do. And it’s coming up next. We talk

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01:17:35

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #126: Gigi Garner...

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2023/04/18

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we are speaking with Gigi Garner, daughter of actor James Garner. Gigi was a fun interview to do because she spent so much time with her father both on camera and off. Yes she was on the set of The Rockford Files, yes we talk about her dad’s breakout role in Maverick which led to a very public and very personal lawsuit that Jim ultimately won, but also how they shared the camera in a Polaroid commercial, that was omnipresent in the 1980s. We talk

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01:22:20

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #125 : Eden Alpert...

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2023/04/11

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast encore edition, we talk to Eden Alpert, daughter of great trumpet player and record label owner, Herb Alpert. We talk about Herb’s youth growing up in LA, his Jewish roots, his songwriting career and ultimately his massive instrumental hits “A Taste of Honey” with the Tijuana Brass, his solo hit “Rise” as well as his vocal smash “This Guy’s In Love With You.” Put it this way, in the 1960s, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were the only other artist to knock The

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01:32:38

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #124: Michael Simmons...

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2023/04/04

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to journalist Michael Simmons whose father, Matty Simmons was the Chairman of the Board and guiding force behind the National Lampoon empire. It’s tough to overstate just how important National Lampoon has been to American comedy and comedy they world over. Launching in the1970s and continuing throughout the 1980s, this satirical magazine begat radio shows, stage plays, television shows and films like Animal House and Vacation, National Lampoon was

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01:30:01

Rarified Heir Podcast #123: Jon Klages (Enoch Light)

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2023/03/28

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we talk to musician and ace copy editor Jon Klages, whose grandfather, musician/producer/record label owner Enoch Light likely was the genesis of the Stereo revolution. Yes, you heard me right, classically trained violinist Enoch Light was one of, if not the first, to realize that by placing more than one microphone in a recording studio, you could create a fuller, more dynamic sound to your then, Hi-Fi, and now Stereo system today. Whoa. While Enoch released 25

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01:26:36

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #122: Sara Karloff...

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2023/03/21

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we speak to Sara Karloff, daughter of the great Boris Karloff. We spoke to Sarah about her English gentleman father who loved animals and gardening and rose bushes as well as being the face of the iconic monster in Frankensteinand it’s many offshoots. In fact, we talk about just how different the man was from the role he’s best known for. We talk about Karloff’s acting, spoken word albums and silent movie career, including a nearly four hour cut of King of the

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01:29:07

Rarified Heir Podcast #121: Deanna Brown Thomas...

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2023/03/14

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Deanna Brown-Thomas, whose father was none other than Mr. Dynamite aka, The Godfather of Soul aka “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business”. We are of course talking about the legendary James Brown. When Deanna agreed to be a guest on the podcast we had no idea just how honest and forthcoming she would be talking about her father. In fact, she used the word ‘transparency’ and that’s exactly what our interview was like. Outspoken, honest, joyful

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01:08:37

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #120: Amanda Gari...

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2023/03/07

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Amanda Gari, granddaughter, old Banjo Eyes himself, Eddie Cantor. Amanda was a great guest who talked about her loving, if somewhat. compromised grandfather she knew after a series of medical events slowed him down. We talk to Amanda about the massive star Eddie Canter was from the 1920s to the 1960s. He worked with everyone from Will Rogers & W.C. Fields, wrote an iconic song we all know as “Merry Melodies” and made a hit of the song “Santa

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01:18:27

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #119: Bill Funt Encore...

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2023/02/28

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, “in the morning, in the evening…ain't we got Funt?”* That’s right, it’s an encore episode with Bill Funt, son of Allen Funt. We speak to Bill about growing up the son of perhaps THE pioneer of reality television whose Candid Camera TV show was a major hit on American television for decades and was just one of the versions in a long line of Candid incarnations which spanned radio, cable TV and film as well. We spoke to Bill about everything from a legitimate air

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01:39:33

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #118: Drew Friedman...

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2023/02/21

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to master illustrator, painter and cartoonist Drew Friedman, son of writer/screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman. And when we say writer, we mean a writer – short stories, essays, Broadway plays, films, novels – you name it and Bruce Jay Friedman did it. From screenplays like hit films like Splash and Stir Crazy to less, how do we say this, successful films like Doctor Detroit, Bruce Jay Friedman walked in both the literary and pop culture worlds,

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01:40:54

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #117: Josh Langsam (Cab...

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2023/02/14

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Josh Langsam, the grandson of the one and only Cab Calloway. Now aside from having a great name, Josh tells host Josh Mills about the legacy, the history and the future of one of America’s greatest entertainers of all-time. Starting in the 1920’s Cab Calloway was a band leader, performer, author, singer, actor, song writer and his influence ranged from live performances, recorded music, film, animation, fashion – the guy did it all. He was the

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01:29:05

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode # 116: Gary Hall (Huntz...

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2023/02/07

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gary Hall, son of actor/comedian Huntz Hall. Like many of our episodes, we find that there are way more questions than there is time to answer and this episode was absolutely one of them. We talk to Gary about, of course, The Bowery Boys and the Dead End Kids of which Huntz Hall a part of since the first Broadway show in 1935 to the last incarnation of the gang in 1958. As Sach Jones, Hall was featured in literally a couple hundred short films and

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01:28:26

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #115: Kelly Carlin...

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2023/01/31

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we present another encore episode, this time with Kelly Carlin, daughter of iconic stand-up comedian George Carlin. We spoke with Kelly, who we met at the National Comedy Center in 2018 and who was essentially the impetus for the podcast about a variety of subjects. Some of the great things we chat about with Kelly are her memoir, A Carlin Home Companion : Growing Up with George, her career as a monologuist and therapist, her iconic dad’s humor, his early comedy

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01:22:34

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #114: Josh Davis & Tony...

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2023/01/24

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we bring you an encore edition with brothers Josh Davis and Anthony Davis, whose father Jerry Davis wrote and produced episodes of classic television shows like “Bewitched,” “The Odd Couple” and “Bewitched” among many others. We love this episode because frankly with all the connections to guests we’ve had in the past, host Josh Mills and both Davis’ have known each other since Kindergarten and spent the majority of their youth growing up together. From school to

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01:39:42

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #113 : Susannah Mars...

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2023/01/17

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Susannah Mars, daughter of the amazing actor/comedian Kenneth Mars. We spoke to Susannah about growing up with the man who portrayed the outrageous Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers as well as Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein. Of course that means we talk about Mel Brooks but it also means we talk about everything from Chicago radio/TV personality Sonny Mars who was Kenneth’s step father, additional Mars films like The Parallax

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01:10:41

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #112: Elmo Kirkwood...

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2023/01/10

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Elmo Kirkwood, son of legendary guitarist of the band Meat Puppets Curt Kirkwood and nephew to bassist Cris. While casual fans might know the band via their connection to the historic and much lauded Nirvana episode of MTV’s Unplugged, the Meat Puppets began in Phoenix in 1980 and cut their teeth in the punk scene after signing with the iconic punk label SST, home of Black Flag, Minutemen, Husker Du et all. We spoke to Elmo during the Covid

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01:19:46

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #111: Doug Denoff (Stan...

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2023/01/03

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we have an encore episode with Broadway producer Doug Denoff, whose father, Sam Denoff was one of the greatest comedy writers of his generation. Originally part of the famed comedy writing team Persky/Denoff with the equally genius Bill Persky, Stan Denoff worked on some of the most beloved sitcoms of the latter half of the 20th century including The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl along with Andy Williams specials, McHale’s Navy and much more. We spoke to Doug

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01:13:19

Rarified Heir Podcast Episode #110 Brendan Wayne...

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2022/12/27

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, we bring you part two of our conversation with Brendan Wayne, who portrays The Mandalorian on Disney+ as well as being John Wayne’s grandson. We pick up on this episode where we left off on the last one. We talk to Brendan about his own acting career beginning with the film Cowboys and Aliens, CSI and all the way up to the Star Wars universe. We also go deep into a little known world Brendan inhabits which is coaching girls and young women’s soccer. Who knew? We

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