On today's episode of Comedy Centric, Julia and Cathy are thrilled to have the multi-talented Rhonda Hansome as their guest. Rhonda's extensive experience in the entertainment industry includes working with renowned figures like Jim Henson and Anita Baker. In this captivating podcast, Rhonda shares her remarkable journey through the world of show business, offering valuable insights and perspectives. This is an episode not to be missed, as Rhonda's anecdotes and experiences are sure to entertain and enlighten.

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Rhonda Hansome is Bermuda in the movie Pretty Woman and appeared

on Saturday Night Live. Her stand-up comedy has opened for Anita

Baker (Radio City Music Hall) Diana Ross (Constitution Hall) Aretha

Franklin, Smokey Robinson and The Pointer Sisters in Atlantic City.

She was Host & Artist Coordinator of Indictment Excitement, Laughing

Liberally’s Off-Broadway run of NY’s top political humorist.

On Sirius XM Ch 127 Rhonda is John Fugelsang’s regular Monday

guest (#HansomeMonday) on Tell Me Everything.

She writes Politoonitics, a political cartoon on Facebook. Rhonda writes

and is Real Newz anchor of Politipod podcast on Sound Cloud. She co-

starred in the Facebook mini-series Lo & Behold and with her City

Artists Corps Grant, she presented true tales of sex, murder &

gentrification in Lie Baby, Lie! her one-woman show.

This multiple award honored theater director is a Best Director nominee

for Dust of Egypt (nominated Best Production and won Best Actress) in

the New York Theater Festival Winter Fest. During quarantine she

directed a number of online projects for theaters including New Federal

Theater and Theater for The New City. Her play, C.P.R. A Love

Tragedy? based on the police assault of Abner Louima, was presented

by New Perspectives Theater and the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

She directed the short film, Let’s Keep This Professional, starring

Comedy in Harlem club owners (comedians) Jamie Roberts & Nicky

Sunshine. Rhonda’s hobby is rollerblading.

Website: www.RhondaHansome.com / www.DirectedByPassion.com

FB: Rhonda Hansome Comedy, Politipod, Politoonitics,

Twitter: @RhondaHansome / IG: rhondafull / Tik Tok: Lobehold100

Blog: www.SheSoFunny.org #NinaSimoneOfComedy #RadioRhonda

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RAY ANDERSEN GREW UP IN WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE THAT LEGENDARY SONGWRITERS, CAROLE KING AND GERRY GOFFIN LIVED. RAY WAS INSPIRED AT A VERY EARLY AGE TO START SINGING, PLAYING PIANO, GUITAR AND DRUMS, AND START CRAFTING HIS OWN SONGS-WITHOUT A SINGLE LESSON. FOR MUCH OF THE 80S, RAY WAS A MEMBER OF THE NOTABLE ASBURY PARK NJ, STONE PONY HOUSE-BAND, CATS ON A SMOOTH SURFACE. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PLAYED WITH RAY AND THE BAND SO MUCH, HE OFTEN RAVED TO THE PRESS WORLDWIDE, THAT THEY WERE HIS FAVORITE GROUP OF MUSICIANS TO JAM WITH WHEN HE WAS OFF TOUR. IN 1994, HIS WIFE AT THE TIME, WHO WAS PART-TIMING AT A PRE-SCHOOL, ASKED RAY TO COME IN AND PERFORM SOME SONGS FOR THE KIDS. IN NO TIME, HE BECAME KNOWN AS “MR. RAY,” HOLDING AN EYE-CATCHING, COLORFULLY-STICKERED GUITAR. THE KIDS (AND RAY) WERE QUICKLY HOOKED. IN 1998, RAY GOT A CALL TO PLAY GUITAR, KEYBOARDS & SING BACKUP FOR INTERNATIONAL ROCK STAR, MEAT LOAF. BESIDES GIVING HIM THE THRILL OF PERFORMING IN SOME OF AMERICA & EUROPE’S GREATEST VENUES, RAY, AS PART OF MEAT LOAF’S BAND, DID A LOT OF TV SUCH AS DAVID LETTERMAN, JAY LENO, TOP OF THE POPS, TGIF, VH1’S STORYTELLERS, HARD ROCK LIVE AND MANY MORE. ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2006 THE FIRST-EVER RAY COMMERCIAL AIRED ON NICKELODEON & CARTOON NETWORK IN THE US. IN SEPTEMBER 2008, RAY PARTNERED WITH A VERY HIP INDOOR PLAYGROUND IN CHELSEA NYC CALLED APPLESEED’S, BY WRITING & LICENSING ORIGINAL SONGS FOR THEIR MUSIC FOR KIDS PROGRAM CALLED SONGS FOR SEEDS. CLASSES LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2009. ON MARCH 19TH 2009, RAY WAS INVITED TO SING AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NYC FOR AN EVENT CALLED A SEASON FOR NON-VIOLENCE. HE WAS BACKED UP BY 15 CHILDREN SINGERS, PERFORMING JOHN LENNON’S ‘IMAGINE’ ‘GIVE PEACE A CHANCE’ AND TWO ORIGINALS, ‘MUSIC’S A LANGUAGE’ AND ‘MAKE THE WORLD SAFE.” HE PERFORMS EVERYWHERE FROM FESTIVALS TO PARKS AND LIBRARIES, AS WELL AS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FANFEST, CHILDREN AFFECT BY AIDS FOUNDATION AND MANY OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS. AS A PART-TIME MEMBER OF BOB BANDIERA’S JERSEY ROCK N’ SOUL REVUE, RAY PERFORMS FROM TIME TO TIME WITH FELLOW NEW JERSEYANS, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & JON BON JOVI. SONOMA ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSIONED RAY TO RECORD 150 PUBLIC DOMAIN KIDS’ CLASSIC SONGS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN BEST BUY, WALMART, K-MART & 9,000 DOLLAR GENERAL STORES NATIONWIDE. RAY HAS RECORDED, SANG & PRODUCED FIVE (5) COVER VERSIONS OF HIT SONGS FOR PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE NATIONAL TV COMMERCIALS. INCLUDING, THIS MAGIC MOMENT, HOW SWEET IT IS, YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE, THE ROCKY THEME AND JACKSON 5’S “I WANT YOU BACK”. ALONG WITH ALL OF THESE VENTURES, RAY RECORDS, PRODUCES AND SINGS ON NUMEROUS CLIENT PROJECTS FOR STARTING FIVE MEDIA. ONE OF THESE PROJECTS WAS A BLACKBERRY COMMERCIAL WHERE RAY PLAYED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND SANG THE ETTA JAMES’ CLASSIC, “AT LAST”. TO SEE BLACKBERRY EXECUTIVES LIP-SYNCING THE COMMERCIAL: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/2P8NK5KWLT0 RAY ANDERSEN WEBSITE: HTTP://MRRAY.COM/RAYANDERSEN_BIO RAY ANDERSEN YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CHANNEL/UCG8GJVYSX0CT1WSC0GEHITW ANTI-BULLYING PROJECT: HTTP://HARDROCKHAVEN.NET/ONLINE/2015/08/INTERVIEW-WITH-RAY-ANDERSEN/

You can purchase Donna's novel "Killer Actress" right here. This is a great read. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07PR7VFF8?ingress=0&visitId=7d1b3855-b4dc-4ad4-8beb-03f1829954c2 Subscribe to our channel and tap the bell for notifications Find The Comedy Centric Podcast on the following Platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comedycentricpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CentricComedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentricpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@comedycentricpodcast ____________________________________________________________________ A graduate of Tufts University, Donna graduated with a BA in Drama. She worked as a stand up comic for 10 plus years culminating in entertaining the troops in the Persian Gulf. In Los Angeles for over 20 years she appeared in numerous films, television shows and commercials. Back in New York she continues to act and write and now resides with her husband on Long Island. The sequel to KILLER ACTRESS is in the works.