The Kerri Edelman Show

The Kerri Edelman Show Present Mad Magazine Illustrator Ed Steckley

Wisconsin native Ed Steckley is a humorous illustrator living in New York City.  Beginning as a theme park caricature artist at multiple parks around the Midwest and the country, he’s navigated an illustration career ranging from comic books and magazine illustration, newspaper and advertising, and children's book illustration. Currently he’s the illustrator of two different series of Rube Goldberg books, published by Abrams: two kids’ picture books to date as well as the upcoming three book series of Rube Goldberg ‘Middle Reader’ books, written by Brandon T. Snider, the first of which will be published later this year. Artwork from the picture book series is currently traveling the country to various children’s and science museums as part of a long running Rube Goldberg exhibit. Other clients include Mad Magazine, lots of smaller magazines, Spin Master Toys, and more ad agencies than he’d care to shake a stick at. He's had and has artwork in art galleries and museums all over the country. In addition to his illustration career, Ed has spent the last number of years traveling around the globe with the USO to military bases with a small group of National Cartoonists Society (NCS) members, meeting and drawing for military service members and their families. Locations of these trips include Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Qatar, Germany and Turkey.  He currently serves as the liaison between the NCS and the USO. He’s the Vice President of the National Cartoonists Society and runs the Manhattan chapter of that organization.  He’s the recipient of two ‘Silver Reuben’ awards from the National Cartoonists Society, for ‘Best in Advertising Illustration’, as well as two different ‘Nosey’ awards for 'Caricaturist of the Year' from the International Society of Caricature Artists. For more information, visit: www.edsteckley.com

The Kerri Edelman Show Present Cartoonist, Illustrator & Writer Bob Eckstein

Bob Eckstein is an award-winning illustrator, cartoonist, writer and snowman expert. He creates cartoons for places like the New York Times, MAD magazine and The New Yorker. Eckstein wrote The History of the Snowman (Simon & Schuster, 2007) and Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores (Penguin Random House, 2016) which became a NY Times bestseller. His work has been exhibited in: The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco, Smithsonian Institute, The Cartoon Museum of London and in 2018 and The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University. He’s been nominated Gag Cartoonist of the Year (twice) by the National Cartoonists Society. Eckstein has written columns, Op-Eds and features for: New Yorker, New York Times, New York Daily News, NY Newsday, Reader's Digest, SPY, Playboy, Details, GQ, MAXIM, National Lampoon, Village Voice, and McSweeney's. I am a Contributing Editor at Writer's Digest. He also speaks publicly against online shopping to raise awareness for independent bookstores and teach writing at NYU. His two new books include  taught at Pratt Institute and School of Visual Arts for a dozen years. His new book is All’s Fair in Love & War: The Ultimate Cartoon Book by the World’s Greatest Cartoonists and The Elements of Stress and the Pursuit of Happy-ish in this Curren Sh*tstorm. He can also be heard with New Yorker Cartoonist Michael Shaw on their new podcast ‘The Cartoon Pad.’ For more information, visit bobeckstein.com

The Kerri Edelman Show Present Comedian, Writer & Impersonator John Di Domenico

John Di Domenico is an Emmy Nominated, Actor, Writer, Comedian and Impersonator. He is currently best known for his Award-Winning Donald Trump impersonation as winner of Best of Las Vegas Silver, ABC’s The View’s National Trump Contest and The Laugh Factory’s International Trump Competition. Di Domenico was immortalized as Trump on the Las Vegas Wall of Honor. Di Domenico has been performing Trump since 2004 and is the official Trump for Conan O’Brien, Slate’s Trumpcast, Chelsea Handler on Netflix, TBS’ The Heckler, Fox News Redeye, Planet America, Fox & Friends, Randy Rainbow, Glen Beck’s Blaze Network and many more diverse outlets. John has been heard as Trump on The Howard Stern Show, James Corden’s Show and Stephen Colbert. Di Domenico is also the voice of Trump on the bestselling audio book The Method to the Madness. John has made hundreds of live appearances as Donald Trump around the globe including the European Parliament in Brussel, London’s famed Dorchester Hotel, The Rainbow Room in NYC and headlined in Totally Outrageous Brunch at the Sahara/SLS on the Las Vegas Strip. John has appeared as Trump in four feature films, the 13 episode Canadian Comedy Awards Winning web series, “You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days” and his Amazon Prime show, “Fake News: A Trump Story,” which he co-wrote. John has made an appearances on TODAY in Australia and on Britain's #1 rated This Morning. You can see and hear Di Domenico on TikTok with over 4.5 million followers & YouTube with over 19 million views of his own content along with commercials, animated series, voiceovers, virtual reality, apps and even toys. John attended East Stroudsburg University and graduated from Temple University with a BA in Speech Communications. He overcame a severe speech impediment as a child to become a performer. For more information, visit www.thejohnnydshow.com

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Hard Rock Band Any Given Sin

The Maryland-based rock band ANY GIVEN SIN spent much of 2019 turning heads with the release of their single, "Dynamite," which quickly became the #1 most spun song on SiriusXM's Octane. The band soon solidified its position on the channel, landing the coveted 'Accelerator Artist' title, and blazing past some of the biggest names in Rock on their weekly 'BIG UNS Countdown', becoming the #2 Most-Requested song on the channel and landed them at #29 of SiriusXM Octane's Top 100 Year end countdown. The band quickly followed that up with the release of their next single "Another Life," which in turn also became another #1 most spun song on SiriusXM Octane. Any Given Sin has since just recently released their new single "Insidious" in the midst of the Covid- 19 pandemic. Although given the pandemic at hand the band never stopped moving forward and had to become more creative in the filming of the video for "Insidious." With social distancing a huge hurdle to overcome, they forged their way by each member being filmed separately in the shadow's of their images and brought together to create the video which was done with the magic of videographer Tom Flynn. The band has been working with some heavy-hitters in the Rock world including Trevor Kustiak (Evans Blue), John Moyer (Disturbed), and most recently, Chris Dawson (SAUL, Seasons After), who produced the single, "Another Life" and "Insidious." Every once in a while, a singer comes along that single-handedly re-sets the bar for what a Rock vocalist should be. Someone with such raw emotion and power it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up - ANY GIVEN SIN's Vic Richie is that singer. Complete with epic, crunchy guitar riffs and put-a-hole-in-your-soul, massive drums, this is a true-blue American rock band with both authenticity - and POWER.

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Screenwriter, Novelist & Comedian Peter Mehlman

Peter Mehlman grew up in Queens, NY and graduated from the University of Maryland. He started his career as a sportswriter for The Washington Post and worked with Howard Cosell where he produced a TV series titled, ‘SportsBeat.’ His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, LA Times and practically every Conde Nast women’s magazines. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles, CA where he bumped into his friend, Larry David. After showing Larry David a humor piece he wrote for the New York Times Magazine, it was passed on to Jerry Seinfeld who absolutely loved it. Upon writing a script for Seinfeld’s first freelance episode titled, ‘The Apartment,’ Mehlman was hired as a writer and over the next 6-years worked as a writer and co-executive producer where he was associated with the show through nearly all of its 9-year run. Mehlman is best known for his ‘Yada Yada’ episode (which has been included as an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary) and his classical Seinfeld-isms: ‘Spongeworthy,’ ‘Double-Dipping’ and ‘Shrinkage.’ In 1997, he joined DreamWorks and created the TV show, ‘It’s Like, You Know…,’ a scathing look at life in Los Angeles. Mehlman also punched up the animated kid flick, Madagascar, where a hypochondriacal giraffe was named after him. He continues to write essays, screenplays, NPR commentaries and hosts the Webby-nominated YouTube series, 'Narrow World of Sports.' He also dabbles in stand-up comedy and doodles subconsciously under the concept of ‘Bravely Oblivious.’ Mehlman has published numerous books including, ‘Mandela Was Late,’ ‘It Won’t Always Be This Great,’ and his most recent one, ‘#MeAsWell, A Novel.’ For more information, visit www.petermehlman.com

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Comedian, Actress & Writer Fielding Edlow

Fielding Edlow is an LA based comedian/writer and native New Yorker. She was recently named one of “the six funniest women in Los Angeles right now.” (Pure Wow) Fielding voiced the recurring character, “Roxie” on Bojack Horseman and hosts her own hit monthly show ‘Eat Pray F*ck’ at the Hollywood Improv. Her solo show, Coke-Free J.A.P, (Backstage’s “Best of Fringe Award”), was followed by a four-month, sold-out run in LA at the McCadden Theatre and was subsequently developed as a half-hour comedy pilot at Showtime. She recently created & starred in her award-winning web series Bitter Homes & Gardens which is based on her scary real-life marriage. Her first half-hour comedy special, “Can’t Say Sl*t” is now streaming on Amazon. For more information, visit www.fieldingedlow.com and follow her @fieldingedlow!

The Kerri Edelman Show Present NYT Bestselling Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia: How the Show About Nothing Changed Everything; a history of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted; and Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love. Most recently, she published her book, 'Pop Star Goddesses: And How to Tap Into Their Energies to Invoke Your Best Self.' She spent a decade on staff at Entertainment Weekly and has since written for many publications, including BBC Culture, The New York Times Book Review, Vice, New York magazine, and Billboard. She also speaks about pop culture history and creativity and hosts the podcast #Authoring. For more information, visit www.jenniferkarmstrong.com and follow her @JMKArmstrong.

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Illustrator, Writer & Performer Abby Schachner

Abby Schachner (Your Friend Abby) is a writer/performer who started illustrating four years ago to make her children’s writing REAL. When not illustrating, she performs her poems (and comedic ditties) around Los Angeles and beyond (especially when not in quarantine). After college, Abby moved to Chicago to study improvisation. There, she toured the country with The Second City and improvised with amazing people. She’s also a solo performer who enjoys tackling tough themes in creative ways. Be it eating disorders, sexuality, abortion, or intimacy, her shows have won Best Of’s at festivals around the US. Her show, Schachner Vs. Schachner, (a feel-bad comedy about family, identity, and attempted murder) was the #1 reviewed show at the Hollywood Fringe and received Best Comedy at the SFFringe. Always on the hunt to grow creatively and to challenge herself, the past year and a half she dove face first into stand up. When not drawing, painting, or writing jokes, she is occasionally overcome by crafting binges, creating dolls made from upcycled clothing, cans, and/or tampons. In the meantime, she has created four children’s books – Monsters Have Feelings, When Monsters Are Happy, The Spot and The Breathing Book. For more information, go to www.yourfriendabby.com and follow her @your_friend_abby IG

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Author & Journalist Mike Sager

Mike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning reporter. He’s been called “the Beat poet of American journalism.” For more than forty years he has worked as a writer for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, GQ and Esquire. In 2010, he won the American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine award for profile writing. More than ten of his articles have been optioned for or have inspired television movies and series and feature films, including Boogie Nights. The author of a dozen books and eBooks, Sager is also the editor and publisher of The Sager Group LLC, a consortium of multi-media artists and writers. For more info, please visit www.thesagergroup.net.

The Kerri Edelman Show Present Mark Nawara of The Outfit & CEO of Pavement Entmt

The Outfit, from Chicago, have been creating a buzz since coming on to the rock scene. Their first single 'Soldier Boy' released in 2018, secured the #34 spot on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. The band isn’t re-inventing the wheel, and it never tries to; that is its charm. The three words to describe the band is original, bold and rock. The Outfit shows they have the chops of veteran musicians, yet the forward thinking attitude to make an impact with a fresh unique sound for today's music scene. The instant gratification track 'Viking' has been received enthusiastically by crowds at the bands recent performances, including the Rock USA festival last summer. 'Viking' also cracked The Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator chart late last year, peaking at #24, while the video has over 360,000 views on You Tube, and over 90,000 plays on Spotify. The band is getting ready to lauch their new single 'Come Alive.' Lead singer Andy Mitchell says, 'Come Alive is a song about living in your dreams.  A place where you can go to see friends and love ones that have passed on.  A place where the dead come alive.' The Outfit released their new album titled 'Viking' on March 27th, 2020, via Pavement Entertainment. The album was mixed by multi-platinum producer Ulrich Wild (Breaking Benjamin, Static-X, Deftones, Pantera, and White Zombie).  The band will continue touring this year and will making stops at the world famous Whisky A Go Go, along with shows in Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix. Later this summer they will be opening for Puddle of Mudd on select dates.