Naked Lunch

The son also rises when Phil's beloved son Ben Rosenthal joins his father and David in his former bedroom -- now our recently converted "Naked Lunch" recording studio -- for a fun, funny and heartfelt lunch from a place they all love, Tere's Mexican Grill. https://www.teresmexicangrill.com/ Ben shares his perspective on life in The Family Rosenthal, growing up around "Everybody Loves Raymond," and his exciting new business. To learn more about Ben's business, go to https://www.zazas.co or https://www.instagram.com/zazascookiemix. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

You good people tell us that you absolutely LOVE it when Phil & David Phone It In, so here's another of our free-for-all "Naked Lunch" Call In episodes. This time around, Phil and David offered to provide any relationship advice -- much to the amusement of their loved ones -- but mostly you wanted to talk about the most important things in life -- food, music and "Somebody Feel Phil." Follow Phil and David on social media for announcements of the next chance to call in! To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Blues guitar sensation Joe Bonamassa joins Phil and David for a hard rocking "Lunch" with LOTS of strings attached, and actor and musician Jon Manfrellotti -- who played Ray's buddy Gianni on "Everybody Loves Raymond" --- sits in for a funny conversation about life, love and guitars . . . not necessarily in that order. Joe will be one of the superstars appearing at Eric Clapton’s 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival which takes place September 23-24 in Los Angeles at which David will be a Special Correspondent. Don't miss Joe's expert commentary on David's Top Ten Guitar Heroes Growing Up. For more on the Crossroads Guitar Festival. go to https://crossroadsguitarfestival.com/. For more on Joe Bonamassa, including tour dates and his upcoming album, "Blues Deluxe 2," go to https://jbonamassa.com/. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil gets to know and love David's longtime friend Mark Oliver Everett, AKA E, the leader of the acclaimed band EELS who have released fourteen studio albums and become an internationally beloved touring act since the "Beautiful Freak" album in 1996 that featured the alternative radio favorites "Novocaine for the Soul." We hear how E and David first met, how E played his wedding to Fran who he lovingly dubbed "Chiclet" and their early days hanging out with friends like Terence Trent D'Arby, Howie Epstein of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more. Over lunch from Sycamore Kitchen, E shares amazing stories about getting to know notable EELs fans like Steve Perry of Journey fame and Tom Waits, E's soundtrack and acting work (the "Shrek" movies, "Love," "Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," "Prisoner's Daughter"), dancing with Joni Mitchell and even playing Garry Shandling's memorial for an audience including Phil. For more on Eels, go here. https://www.eelstheband.com/ To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David remember the late great comedian Gilbert Gottfried -- who passed away in 2022 -- in a very special episode with Frank Santopadre, Gilbert's brilliant co-host on "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast." Phil and David discuss their shared deep love for Gilbert's comedy and Gilbert and Frank's podcast which influenced "Naked Lunch" more than any other with its loving celebration of conversational, fun-filled storytelling about show business. To follow "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing, Colossal Podcast with Frank Santopadre," click here! To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Things get Hot and Hilarious In Los Angeles when the brilliant and beloved actress Wendie Malick ("Dream On," "Just Shoot Me!" and "Hot In Cleveland") joins Phil and David for a fun and free-flowing lunch full of great stories and big laughs. Phil and Wendie explore and celebrate their brief and little-seen screen marriage in the 2012 film "Jewtopia." David discusses the pleasure of getting to know and work with Wendie thanks to the Environmental Media Association. Wendie shares her amazing journey from growing up in Buffalo, New York, her time as a Wilhelmina fashion model, working for football legend turned Congressman Jack Kemp, and finally her fantastic and enduring acting career on stage and screen. All this PLUS a totally wild story about Hunter Thompson and call-in questions from Wendie's friend and co-star -- and former "Naked Lunch" guest -- Valerie Bertinelli, as well as EMA's CEO Debbie Levin. To learn more about the work of EMA, visit https://www.green4ema.org/. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David invite you to "Be Our Guest" again for a special Call In "Naked Lunch" during which they answer your questions and ramble on about a wide range of topics. Along the way, Phil pays tribute to his late great friend director William Friedkin, David tells stories about interviewing Billy Joel and they both share stories about life and lunch. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

In every way imaginable, this "Naked Lunch" is a moving feast -- and a hilarious one, too. Teen sensation turned successful TV writer/producer Shaun Cassidy gets caught in traffic, and so thus this fun and freewheeling conversation begins with Shaun on the road. Phil, David and Shaun retrace Cassidy's remarkable life and career thus far, from growing up a Hollywood "nepo baby," the son of Oscar-winning legend Shirley Jones and actor Jack Cassidy, as well as the half-brother of David Cassidy, to becoming a stadium-packing "Teen Dream" with big pop hits like "Da Doo Ron Ron," "That's Rock 'n' Roll" and "Hey Deanie," to creating TV shows like "American Gothic," "Roar" and writing in recent years on the popular medical drama, "New Amsterdam." All this, plus Shaun tells a hugely funny story about Andy Warhol and how Oprah Winfrey and his wife Tracey helped set the stage for Shaun to return to the road after three decades for his acclaimed current touring show "The Magic of the Midnight Sky." Shaun also answers a star question sent by Kim Williams Paisley who helped set up this "Lunch," as well as taking a fan call from Monica's younger sister Jennifer Horan. Find more about Shaun at https://www.shauncassidy.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Instead of the usual "Lunch," Phil & David dine out on some great stories about their musical hero Bruce Springsteen with the deeply knowledgeable hosts of the totally Boss podcast "None But The Brave," Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean who since 2019 have been an excellent source of in-depth talk about Springsteen's enduring work. There are great stories about first Bruce concerts, memorable "Glory Days" they all had meeting with The Boss, favorite songs in the Springsteen cannon and so much more that will rock your world. To follow "None But The Brave: The Springsteen Podcast for the True Aficionado," go here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/none-but-the-brave/id1479939374. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Here's a striking new episode with actress, writer, author, director, and producer Justine Bateman who Phil became friends with on the last WGA strike -- they both also appear in the 2006 film, "The TV Set." Over a delicious lunch from Jeff's Table -- https://www.jeffstablela.com/ -- Justine, Phil and David enjoy a freewheeling conversation covering everything from Artificial Intelligence to "Family Ties," from Justin's compelling books "Fame" and "Face" to her acclaimed feature film directorial debut "Violet" in 2021 to going back to earning a degree in computer science and digital media management from UCLA in 2016. Justine is full of insights into Hollywood's current labor issues to making the movie "Satisfaction" with Julia Roberts. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David welcome the reunited rock trio Dogstar -- guitarist and lead singer Bret Domrose, drummer Rob Mailhouse and bassist Keanu Reeves -- for Courage Bagels (https://couragebagels.com/) and a fun-filled conversation about music, show business, friendship and food. David retraces how he first came to know and love the band, and Phil recalls a long ago Passover seder with Keanu. We hear "Everything Turns Around," Dogstar's inspired newly released first single from their forthcoming reunion album "Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees," their first album in more than 20 years. Brad Paisley calls in to join the Dogstar pack. Follow Dogstar here: https://www.dogstarofficial.com/. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David have a total blast having "Lunch" with their first-ever father-and-son guests -- actor, comedian, writer and director Ike Barinholtz who they've both loved in countless projects from "MADtv to "The Mindy Project" to this year's "History of the World, Part II" and "White House Plumbers" AND Ike's very loving and very funny dad Alan Barinholtz who has made a huge splash this year playing Judge Alan Rosen on the Emmy nominated "Jury Duty," the reality show hoax sitcom series that has become one of the most talked-about breakthrough TV shows of 2023. Join us and experience hilarious Barinholtz family values over tasty sandwiches from https://openmarket.la/. Also hear an exclusive preview here of next week's episode with the members of the band Dogstar: Brett Domrose, Rob Mailhouse and Keanu Reeves. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David have both known Jeff Ross for many years, so they are at ease with the comedian known around the world as The Roastmaster General. Over sandwiches from https://www.ouimelrose.com, Jeff retraces how a kid from a family of caterers from New Jersey ended up following in the footsteps of the "rock stars" of stand up he loved and bringing new life to the art of Roast Comedy, as well as befriending many of the legends who set the stage for his modern success story, including Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Joan Rivers and Pat Cooper, who died the day this episode was recorded and is remembered here. Jeff discusses touring with friends like Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and John Mayer, and shares great stories about Ray Romano, Eddie Vedder and, as is "Naked Lunch" tradition, Bruce Springsteen. To see where Jeff is appearing on tour, visit here: http://roastmastergeneral.com/tour-dates.html To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Melvin Mar ("Fresh Off The Boat," "Speechless," "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle") -- Phil and David's brilliant producer friend -- takes us inside the thrilling and inspiring creative success story of the critically acclaimed Disney+ series "American Born Chinese" along with a few of his key collaborators -- executive producer Gene Luen Yang who wrote the classic Eisner Award-winning graphic novel on which the show is based, executive producer and series creator Kelvin Yu ("Bob's Burgers"), and executive producer and director Destin Daniel Cretton ("Just Mercy," "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"). We encourage everyone to check out "American Born Chinese" -- with its amazing cast which includes TWO recent Oscar-winners and previous "Naked Lunch" guests, Michelle Yeoh and Key Huy Quan -- on Disney+ -- and currently you can also discover this great new series on Hulu, Roku and YouTube.

Phil & David explore both lunch from The Cheesecake Factory and "The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle" with their friend Wayne Federman who literally wrote the book of that title, first published in 2021. A gifted writer, comedian, actor and musician, and adjunct professor at USC, Wayne won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award in 2023 as a producer of the HBO documentary, "George Carlin's American Dream." If you enjoy comedy talk, food talk and friends endlessly teasing friends, this is your episode. Also, find out how Wayne Federman got cast on "The X-Files" as . . . Wayne Federman. To order Wayne's book, click here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil & David enjoy a lively TV Lunch with famed TV writer, TV host and film screenwriter Spike Feresten. But even though Spike is the comic genius who wrote the classic "The Soup Nazi" episode of "Seinfeld," there was No Soup For Spike here, but rather a delicious cheesesteak from https://www.southphillyexperience.com. Spike, Phil & David discuss Spike's fascinating career including great stories about writing for David Letterman, "Saturday Night Live," "Seinfeld," and his time hosting "Talkshow with Spike Feresten" on Fox. Jerry Seinfeld fans, DON'T miss Spike serving up a few tasty morsels about "Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story," an upcoming collaboration. Follow Spike's popular podcast, "Spike's Car Radio" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spikes-car-radio/id1247694648. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David absolutely LOVE guitar god and rock legend Peter Frampton -- Do You Feel Like We Do? David explains how he first came to meet Peter and then work with Frampton on 2014's acclaimed Grammy Salute to The Beatles for which Peter played guitar. Peter tells Phil and David about how David Bowie -- his childhood friend and a favorite art student of Peter's father -- had a tremendous impact on Peter's life and career. Peter discusses the good, bad & ugly of having a success as massive as the "Frampton Comes Alive!" album -- as well as his recent recording for Dolly Parton's upcoming "Rockstar" album. Peter also answers guest questions by his "Almost Famous" collaborator Nancy Wilson -- one from David son' s Alec about his experience making the famous and infamous "Sgt. Pepper" movie. To find dates and buy tickets for Peter's "Never Say Never Tour," go to https://www.frampton.com. And to order the "Frampton@50" box set he discusses with Phil & David, go to www.interventionrecords.com/records/frampton50-in-the-studio-cd-sacd-collection. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David have Apollonia's Pizza and a delicious conversation with director, producer, writer Allen Hughes who first made his name as one of The Hughes Brothers who brought the world films like 1993's "Menace II Society" and 1995's "Dead Presidents." David got to know and love Allen when he served as a Creative Consultant on Allen's brilliant 2017 documentary series "The Defiant Ones" about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. They reunite to catch up and discuss Allen's brilliant new FX smash documentary series "Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur." And David reveals a painful memory of the time that he passed on a chance to work for Steve Jobs at Apple. Follow @Hughes2Society on Twitter and look forward to his new documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger and upcoming biopic about Snoop Dogg. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

With the Writers Guild of America on strike, Phil and David -- who've both been on the picket lines -- discuss how they each eventually became TV writers and longtime members of the WGA. Phil traces his journey from starting out as a "failed actor" in New York, while David talks about starting out as a journalist and editor at "Rolling Stone" magazine. To learn more about the WGA, go to https://www.wga.org/.To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Phil and David are joined for a fascinating and funny lunch with the wonderful and witty folk duo known as The Milk Carton Kids -- namely, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan -- whose stunning harmonies and dry wits make them not only great recording artists, but wildly entertaining live performers. The Milk Carton Kids share how they first found their gorgeous sound, how they came by their awesome comedy chops, and even sing two songs live for "Naked Lunch," -- "When You're Gone" from their outstanding new album out this week entitled "I Can Only See The Moon" and "Snake Eyes" from their 2013 album, "The Ash & Clay." And stick around to the very end of this episode, because Kenneth and Joey also brilliantly reimagine Brad Paisley's theme song for "Naked Lunch." To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.