June 15, 2007

Kathy and Bob Olkowski

Bee-ing There

Click here to view a sideshow The CBS animated series Creature Comforts features the voices of real people in real conversations, set to various animals. Radio producer Lu Olkowski recorded her own parents, Bob and Kathy Olkowski, for the show. Kathy was hoping she and her husband would be represented as little clay lovebirds; Bob thought anacondas or gorillas. They found out last week when Creature Comforts premiered - and their daughter Lu was there.

David Milch

David Milch

In the early 1980s, David Milch taught English literature at Yale. But then he submitted a script to the groundbreaking TV series Hill Street Blues. He went on to create NYPD Blue and HBO’s Deadwood. His new series, John from Cincinnati, premiered last week on HBO. Milch says he's got a lot in common with the rough-around-the-edges characters on his shows.

Ian McEwan (Eamonn McCabe)

Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan's new novel is about young newlyweds who are so innocent and tongue-tied that they can’t get comfortable when it really matters - on their wedding night. Kurt talks to McEwan about On Chesil Beach, set in the early 1960s on the eve of the sexual revolution.

Jack Zimmerman's toy rings (Theo Zimmerman)

Toymaker

Theo Zimmerman has one of those “cool dads” – especially cool if you’re about 6 years old: his father, Jack, designed toys. But he tended to keep them to himself. Produced by Theo Zimmerman.

Silver Surfer

Click here to view a sideshow Spiderman, Superman ... do we really need another comic book action flick? Fans say the Silver Surfer isn’t your average superhero - he’s shinier. No one’s more excited about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer than Judith Kampfner – she fell for him years ago.

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