Pop Geeks’ Flashback Interview: Belinda Balaski
I was first introduced to my next interview subject when I visited a Blockbuster video store during a visit to my uncle’s house in 1996. We rented several movies that weekend, and one of them was Amazon Women On The Moon. A wild compilation of sketches, one that stood out was a sketch called “Roast Your Loved One”, where wakes were turned into roasts. The widow of Archie Hahn’s Harvey Pitnik was named Bernice, and she was played by Belinda Balaski. She got some great lines in that sketch. 15 years later, I befriended Belinda Balaski on Facebook and acquired her autograph. I knew that she had done a lot of work with Joe Dante, a very underrated director, and I saw that she was a gifted painter, too. With such diverse talents, I knew she would make a great interview subject. We spoke in June, and now it’s time for us to Flashback again. Say hello to Belinda Balaski! —————- Johnny: What were your pop-cultural likes growing up, like
