My pal Ken Levine has this mad, misguided goal of doing every possible job in show business. He writes TV shows, he directs TV shows, he produces TV shows, he writes plays, he teaches comedy, he's a sports broadcaster…I'm leaving a number of things out…he's in an improv class, he stunt doubles for Christian Slater, he does make-up and hair for the Victoria's Secret fashion shows, he feeds the duck in the Aflac commercials…
The man is an overachiever. Recently, he decided to ditch all those low-paying professions and shoot for the Big Bucks with an Internet Podcast. The debut episode of "Hollywood and Levine" — a title which still won't teach anyone how his last name is pronounced — is up and available for your listening pleasure. I actually enjoyed it a lot, especially the bit about Mr. Special Effects, which is way too true to be funny but still manages to be funny. Go here to hear the first installment. There will be more especially if Ken is unable to land that job he's seeking as the person who's going to dub in the missing articles ("a," "an," "the," etc.) for Arnold Schwarzenegger on Celebrity Apprentice.