Saturday Oct 10, 2020

The Geek Roundtable Ep33 - John Hughes Films

We're back with Episode 33 of The Geek Roundtable

For this episode host Kenny Mittleider along with guest hosts Kent, Rita, Jenni and Adam discuss one of my favorite film markers from when I was growing up, John Hughes.

Host of The Geek Roundtable:

Kenny Mittleider is a Post Production Supervisor for TV and a seasoned veteran when it comes to podcasting. He's been podcasting for over 10 years, he started guest podcasting on Treks in Sci Fi before creating a sub podcast call The Ready Room for Treks in Sci fi. He then created several companion podcasts for the webseries The Guild and My Gimpy Life, Knights of the Guild Podcast and My Gimpy Life Podcast, respectively. Over the years he's created other podcasts; Confessions of a Fanboy Podcast, Alien Nation: The Newcomers Podcast, MASH4077 Podcast, We Are Nerdstrong Podcast and now The Geek Roundtable Podcast.

Kent Melendez is a Speech-Language Pathologist working in Early Intervention. He has an undying admiration for the field of voice over and voice acting. On occasion he delights his friends and children he works with some quirky voices of Donald Duck, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Mickey Mouse. Video games are a favorite past time of his and enjoys both classic and modern video games such as Mega Man all the way to Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Cosplay is not a domain that he’s a stranger to as he’s dabbled in dressing up as Marty McFly and even Pokémon trainer. Anime is another passion of his as he’s seen countless number of series and movies such as Neon Genesis - Evangelion, Full Metal Alchemist, and even to the most recent My Hero Academia.

Rita Tennyson has worked over 25 years in tech PR. Favorite clients included video game companies Konami (Metal Gear Solid) and Blue Byte Entertainment (Dragon's Lair), video games for Playboy properties, and top video gamer, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell. She has Multiple Sclerosis and works from home in Van Nuys with her three dogs. She and her husband of 21 years met in college at LMU doing a play and both love going to theater and are often found at the Ahmanson Theater at the Music Center.

Jenni Powell is the Emmy Award-winning producer of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Welcome to Sanditon, lonelygirl15, Emma Approved and The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy. For two years she was Director of Content and Social Media for VidCon and was a producer at Felicia Day’s YouTube Premium Channel Geek & Sundry, where she produced the Geekie Award-Winning Talkin’ Comics Weekly. Most recently, she was Head of Production for NewMediaRockstars before co-founding Discourse Productions, a boutique production company specializing in digital media content and events. She doesn’t have a lot of free time.

Adam Boucher is an Assistant Production Accountant. His hobbies include watching TV, reading, going to the gym, and hockey. Adam collaborates with his good friend JP Russell, of 4513 Productions, on a variety of audio and video projects. He has been playing Dungeons and Dragons since he was 12, and watching Star Trek since he was 7. His favorite video game is either Dynasty Warriors 9 or Farming Simulator 2017. Also, doesn't like to name drop, but he used to play softball with James Van Der Beek, and once helped Patrick Stewart find his car. Both of which are pretty neat, he thinks.