VIRGIL CARDAMONE and MARK NELSON – owner/operator and general manager, respectively, of the famous Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, PA – join Dan for a fun and lively conversation about DRIVE-IN MOVIES.

Of course, there’s talk about movies first seen at their local drive-ins, as well as memories of swing-sets, tinny metal speakers, and kids wearing pajamas worn under their clothes. But Virgil and Mark also talk about what makes the Mahoning such a unique entertainment experience: celebrity guests, live DJ’s and music, specialty food items -- and most importantly, the Mahoning’s status as the last drive-in in America to show movies exclusively in 35mm (never digital) and its amazing lineup of cinema classics, cult favorites, and B-movies that rarely get shown on the big screen anymore.

With plenty of amazing vintage clips, making this episode a downright cinematic listening experience.

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Re-mixed and re-edited version of episode that originally debuted on December 4, 2023:

Dan welcomed two very special guests -- his twenty-something children APRIL FISHER and PHOEBE FISHER to compare musical notes on SONGS THAT MAKE ME WANNA DANCE.

Though there are some inevitable Boomer/Gen X versus Gen Z/Millenial comparisons,
many of their choices just might surprise you. Let's just say that Dan wasn't the one who picked a Kool and the Gang song. He went with Bruno Mars, instead.

This is an episode jam-packed with "bops" -- as the kids say -- and more than a few laughs. Consider this your invitation to the dance.

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Re-mixed and re-edited version of episode that originally debuted in September 2024:

It's THE NEW ZOO REVUE! COMING RIGHT AT YOU!

After nearly fifty years away from the public eye, Doug and Emily (Emmy Jo) Momary are back, and they’re everywhere – appearing at comic-cons and pop culture conventions, posting on social media, and now…they're Dan's guests on Let’s Talk Ten.

Doug and Emmy Jo turned out to be as sweet and genuine as the characters they played on their classic kid's show, which eight-year-old Danny Fisher never missed (though he’d never admit that to his fellow eight-year-olds -- who were no doubt watching it, too).

For all New Zoo fans, this episode will bring back fond memories of old pals Freddie the Frog, Charlie the Owl, and Henrietta Hippo, with plenty of songs that will be sure to stick in your brain for the next few days.

"It's quite an unusual thing,
The animals talk and sing,
With Doug and Emmy Jo,
Every day's a different show....."

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Can you tell me how to get…how to get to SESAME STREET?

DAVID KAMP can. He’s the author of the national best-seller “Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America”, which chronicles the behind-the-scenes stories of Sesame Street (as well as other classic shows like Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Zoom, and Schoolhouse Rock) and the seismic impact it had – not just in America, but the world – on the way children learned how to count, sing the letters of the alphabet, and how to deal with their own feelings. (While entertaining the living heck out of them.)

Dan and David talk about their favorite moments from the show – classic songs and skits featuring beloved Muppets like Kermit, Big Bird and Cookie Monster (with their non-Muppet pals Susan, Gordon, Bob, and Maria), odd little film segments like “The King of 8”, "Chicken or the Egg?" and the “Pinball/Number 12” cartoon (sung by pre-fame The Pointer Sisters – who knew?), and so many, many others.

This episode is brought to you by the letter E -- for Educational and Extremely Entertaining.

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Re-mixed and re-edited version of episode that originally debuted in January 2026:

COME ON DOWN to join Dan and his guest Adam Nedeff -- as they talk about their all-time favorite television game shows.

Adam's not just a fan -- game shows have been his lifetime's obsession. Currently an archivist and researcher for the National Archives of Game Show History -- and a published author of eleven books on the subject – his encyclopedic command of their histories, strategies, and trivia is truly dazzling.

Wheels spin and lights flash throughout a conversation that covers the behind-the-scenes stories, the legendary hosts, the celebrity guests, the laughs, the scandals...and, of course, those fabulous prizes.

P.S.: Listeners who sticks around all the way through the end, will discover an amazing post-credits clip that addresses one of the greatest game show urban myths of all time.

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BILLY SMITH – owner and operator of Billy’s Midway Arcade in Hawthorne, NJ – joins Dan to talk about their favorite all-time old-school arcade games: Pinball, Skee-ball, Pong, Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Pole Position, Tetris, House of the Dead, even claw machines.

It’s a fun and fast-paced conversation about the histories of these games and the tech wizards who created them; the enormous impact on they had on our culture, popular and otherwise; and why pinball is the most poetic of all the arcade games.

Recorded live from Billy’s Midway.

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Stand-up comedian and podcaster ADAM SANK joins Dan for a fun – and sometimes even a little serious – conversation about the stuff that makes him laugh.

They talk a lot about television – Adam’s obsessed with the Bravo Network, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, and sitcoms – as well as comedic influences like Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Howard Stern, and MAD Magazine; how Adam dealt with growing up as a queer Jewish kid in suburban New Jersey; and why the phrase “we need more cowbell” can still make both of them bust out laughing.

There’s plenty more where that came from -- with a whole bunch of hilarious clips thrown into the mix (including moments from Adam’s stand-up), just for laughs.

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Acclaimed filmmaker and author JOHN SAYLES joins Dan to talk about the movies he’s made (Dan’s worked on three of them: Passion Fish, City of Hope, and Matewan, which was his first-ever job in the film industry) as well as the price one pays to be “independent”, the movies John watched while he was growing up – and his “other” career as a novelist, with his latest, CRUCIBLE, out in bookstores right now.

Dan and John had not seen each other in over 25 years, so this is no mere podcast “interview” – it’s a reunion, a warm conversation between old co-workers and friends, with many insights into the process of creating stories on screen and on the page. Plus, a few laughs here and there.

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