About

Will McKinley is a New York City-based freelance writer, producer, and emcee. He’s a social media copywriter for Sony’s getTV and has been a contributor to PBS, Slate, and New York City alt-weeklies like The Villager and Gay City News (with more than 100+ published bylines). He’s also contributed to four film and TV-related books: Monster Serial (2013); Bride of Monster Serial (2014); Taste the Blood of Monster Serial (2015); and Remembering Jonathan Frid (2014). Will was the producer and co-host of The Cinementals podcast and the Hollywood Time Machine radio show, interviewing classic film and TV actors, authors, historians and fans. Will’s also been a guest on NPR, the KPBS podcast, Sirius XM Radio, Turner Classic Movies, and the official TCM podcast. He spent five years as a working stand-up comedian, hosting more than 100 primetime weekend shows at major New York comedy clubs. Ask him about the time an audience member chased him off the stage.