Kipp Friedman tells of Bruce Jay, Drew, Josh and a Barracuda!! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interview

Today's Guest: Family memoirist Kipp Friedman, author of 'Barracuda in the Attic,' son of Bruce Jay Friedman, brother of Drew Friedman and Josh Alan Friedman.

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people named Friedmann – two ns – who don’t understand the fuss about the family with one less letter than them… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida

One of the happier accidents in my career came when I was adopted by the Friedmans.

Oh, I wasn’t an orphan – not that there is anything wrong with that – but the Friedman family, originally of New York, has been very kind to me.

First was caricaturist Drew Friedman, currently best known for his series of art books featuring Old Jewish Comedians. Becoming friends with him was an outgrowth of a slight in my biography of comic book master Will Eisner. Drew has been on the show twice, the second time spending time with my daughter and me at the International Society of Caricature Artists convention two years ago in St. Pete Beach.
KIPP FRIEDMAN podcast excerpt: "I spent a lot of time marveling at this marvelous creature with the fangs and colored gills. I would touch its button-like, dark eyes. The fangs reminded me of Lon Chaney, Sr. in the silent horror movie, 'London After Midnight,' which I saw pictures of in 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine. That barracuda brought me back to my dad's office study and I was then able to piece back together again what his office conditions were like."
You can LISTEN to this interview with writer KIPP FRIEDMAN, author of BARRACUDA IN THE ATTIC, by clicking the audio player above!

When Drew’s father, popular novelist, playwright and screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman, published his memoir Lucky Bruce, Drew convinced his dad to come on the show and do a video interview. He was delightful and it’s a conversation anyone interested in Bruce’s body of work or writing in general should watch.