Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season – Joel Thurm

Mar 30, 2023 | aging, books, culture, Health, politics, seniors, technology

Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season – Joel Thurm

Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season – Joel Thurm

The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living interview series on radio and podcast. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and today’s show is brought to you by NextEvo Naturals, Clinically Proven, Absorbing CBD, and Harry’s, created for a different shaving experience  As part of our Art Of Living interview series, we have an excellent program sex, drugs and the pilot season for television and theater!   Our guest today is long-time star maker, casting director, and author Joel Thurm.  Hollywood casting director Joel Thurm has written the new book, Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director. 

Thank you so much for listening. We’ve got a great guest today, whom I’ll introduce in just a moment.  But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 707th episode when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, Former National Park ranger, and historian John Martini, discussing the infamous Alcatraz island.  Two weeks ago, I spoke to returning guest biblical scholar and NYT best-selling author Dr. Bart Ehrman.   Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience. If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather’s dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in Hollywood, Early on, Thurm’s instincts proved beyond reproach when he recognized John Travolta as much more than a teen idol, casting him in the TV movie THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE.  Joel Thurm tells us today about the stories and his key involvement in such iconic movies and shows as GREASE, AIRPLANE!, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, CHEERS, TAXI, THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND, STARSKY & HUTCH, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, KNIGHT RIDER, THE COSBY SHOW, HILL STREET BLUES and many, many more. SEX, DRUGS, AND PILOT SEASON is the ultimate backstage pass.

That, of course, is our guest today, author and casting director Joel Thurm, reading from his new book,   Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director.  Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast Joel Thurm.

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