Bill Cosby, George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Walt Disney, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Smothers Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Hammer Films, etc. Just look at my interests, and you'll figure out my influences...
Members
Just one that I know of...
TV Shows
My videographer work has appeared on such shows as:
"Entertainment Tonight" "Extra" "E! News Daily", etc. working in conjunction with my friend Dane Andrew for his company "Total Entertainment News". I won a Telly Award for my camera work on "Cinequest/The Peter Fonda Story" for "E! News Daily".
As actor/writer, I appeared in: "Dances With Squirrels: The Rocky and Bullwinkle Story" "KBHK-TV's Steve Martin Week Promo" "Random Acts of Meaningless Comedy" (Winner of Tino Award and Lassen County Video Film Festival) "Desperately Seeking Comedy" (Winner of Lassen County Video Film Festival) "C3V" (Winner of Tino Award) "Cupertino Connections/Hot Topics"
Films
"The Last Nightmare"
"Blow Job"
"Skin Flick"
"Ice Cream, You Scream"
Albums
I own lots and lots of comedy albums, but sadly, have never made one... P.S. I'm open to free samples to add to my collection!!
Mark Arnold's Interests
General
Geez, if you haven't figured this out from reading the other sections, then I don't know what to tell you...Ok, I also like comedians, comic books, humor magazines, movies, books, CDs, DVDs, TV, animation, music videos, etc...
Music
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Monkees, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Art of Noise, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Talking Heads, Ray Charles, B-52's, Devo, Tubes, Turtles, Supremes, Beach Boys, Eurythmics, Frank Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Supertramp, Ringo Starr, Flo and Eddie, Archies, Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye, Wings, Styx, Ministry, Kraftwerk, Kinks, Monkees, Fixx, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Dean Martin, Esquival, John Lennon, Tom Petty, George Harrison, ELO, Elvis Presley and Costello, Traveling Wilburys, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, David Bowie, etc...
Movies
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Star Trek, Star Wars, Hammer, Being John Malkovich, Cabin Boy, Good Burger, Harold and Maude, Evil Roy Slade, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, A Christmas Story, Up in Smoke, A Fish Called Wanda, Clueless, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Big Fat Liar, Coen Brothers, Farrely Brothers, Universal Monsters, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Austin Powers, Albert Brooks, Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Disney, Pink Panther, Peter Sellers, etc...
Television
Green Acres, Little Britain, The Goodies, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Star Trek, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, My Name is Earl, A Few Minutes with Stan Hooper, Robot Chicken, Cheers, Frasier, Gary Shandling Show, Bob Newhart Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Saturday Night Live, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Reginald Perrin, Conan O'Brien, Fawlty Towers, Mr. Bean, Carol Burnett Show, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, All in the Family, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Three's Company, Norm, Tim Conway Show, Ren and Stimpy, South Park, Beavis and Butthead, Maude, Jeffersons, Good Times, When Things Were Rotten, Mork and Mindy, Addams Family, Munsters, Flip Wilson Show, Rhoda, Phyllis, George of the Jungle, Fridays, SCTV, Electric Company, Sesame Street, Vision On, Hoppity Hooper, King Leonardo, Are You Being Served, Tonight Show, Simpsons, Get a Life, The Nanny, My Hero, The Goodies, Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Bugs Bunny Show, Get Smart, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, etc...
Books
Mainly biographies, autobiographies and informational books. Some humor and some other stuff. Not really into novels, but I own a nice edition of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and many children's books by Dr. Seuss and others...and of course, I like comic books, especially Harvey Comics (Casper, Richie Rich) and humor magazines like Mad or Cracked or National Lampoon...
Heroes
Probably see who I'd like to meet for that. I like anyone famous or not so famous that does something clever or creative or humorous that isn't just doing things completely for their own monetary gain or something that is harmful to themselves or others, that they do derive some pleasure about what they do. And if they aren't, why are they doing it???
San Francisco State University
San Francisco,California
Graduated: 1988
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Broadcast Communication Arts
Minor: Writing
1986 to 1988
De Anza College
Cupertino,California
Graduated: 1986
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: Liberal Arts
Minor: Film/Television
1984 to 1986
Saratoga High
Saratoga,California
Graduated: 1984
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Freelance Writing Assignments WANTED:
Minimum rate is $.10 per word.
Knowledgeable on a wide variety of topics including:
Comic Books/Strips
DVDs/Movies
Television
Books/Magazines
Sales/Marketing
Art
CDs/Music
Please contact me at thft@att.net with assignment, rate of pay, and deadline requirements.
My first book "The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times!"
Front cover by Shelley Pleger ("Shanda the Panda")
Back cover by Ernie Colon ("The 9/11 Report", "Richie Rich")
Forward by Tony Isabella ("Tony's Tips", Marvel Comics)
Edited by Mark Arnold ("Hogan's Alley", "ComicBase", "Atomic Mouse")
400 pages! Full color covers! Complete Harvey Comics history!
The number 1 bestselling Lulu book the first week of January, number 3 for the month of January and has peaked at number 105 overall out of over 35,000 books on Lulu!!
Order your copy today! Only $29.95 for paperback or $44.95 for hardback! Click HERE
to order! Also available at Amazon and available now in your local comic book shop!!
Click on each highlighted word for a different link to what I've done:
My latest projects for 2008 include a book called "Created and Produced by Total TeleVision: The Story of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo & the Rest" for BearManor Media, an article on Gene Deitch for Hogan's Alley magazine, and an article on Astro Boy for Back Issue magazine.
The TTV book is my third book and is due out in late 2008, or early 2009!!
I'm working on my second book now. It will be about The Beatles, so if you are a Beatles fan, join Mark Arnold Reviews The Beatles. By the way, I am looking for artists to do both cartoony and realistic drawings and paintings of The Beatles for the book. Everyone's contribution that's used will receive a free copy of the book when it's published, so contact me if you're interested. I am not sure of the exact date of publication, as I am writing the book in my spare time, of which I have none, but please contact me all the same if interested.
Feel free to add me. To quote Austin Powers, "I won't bite...hard!"
Whew!
BTW, I am single and looking, so if you are interested, please drop me a line. I am looking for someone who could evolve into a relationship. I like all types but prefer taller (5'7" and up)(I'm 5'11"), slimmer women (a few extra pounds are ok), with a pretty face and features, roughly between the ages of 27-47. Single only please and preferably no kids. I like smarter women who can be silly or goofy, but have a sense of class, elegance and sensuality, and can accept me for who I am (nice, friendly, blunt, sarcastic, witty, casual, etc.). Hope to hear from you soon!
-Mark.
Who I'd like to meet: Who haven't I met? Working with my friend Dane Andrew doing celebrity interviews all of these years has allowed me to meet many of my favorite people (too many to list here and many that have since passed away, like Bob Hope). However, there are still a few I'd like to meet before I go shuffling off... To name a few that I HAVEN'T met: Andy Griffith, Albert Brooks, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Jerry Lewis, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Kurt Russell, Dean Jones, Christopher Lee, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Conan O'Brien, Bob Elliot, Dana Gould, Dave Attell, Bob Newhart, etc... and although I have seen them in performance, I have not MET them face to face: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Martin Mull, George Carlin, etc...
Congratulations! You've managed to keep your new job for more than a month! In two more months you can get benefits and get that sex change operation you've been wanting... I'm so proud of you mijo, my ho, my son!
