Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Jim J. Bullock, Renowned Stage, Screen & TV Actor, Star of the TV Show “Too Close For Comfort”.
Jim J. Bullock is a highly popular actor who is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of the goofy but hunky geek “Monroe Ficus” on the hit TV sitcom “Too Close For Comfort”, and as the narcoleptic “Prince Valium” in the classic Mel Brooks movie “Spaceballs”.
But beyond those signature roles, he’s had a long and diverse career. On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Switch”, “Get Your Stuff”, “Kissing Jessica Stein”, “10 Attitudes”, “Circuit”, “Role/Play”, and “Ron and Laura Take Back America”, for which he and his fellow cast members won an Idyllwild International Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
On television, besides “Too Close for Comfort”, he’s appeared in dozens of shows including “ALF”, “Seinfeld”, “Roseanne”, “The Bold and the Beautiful”, “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide”, “Glee” and many more great shows. He also co-hosted “The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show” with Tammy Faye Bakker. And of course, he was very entertaining on game shows like “Battlestars”, “The New Hollywood Squares”, “Match Game”, “Body Language” and “I’ve Got a Secret”.
On the Broadway stage, our Jim J. Bullock starred in “Hairspray” as “Wilbur Turnblad”, a role he also played in the national touring production. AND he also co-starred in the national tour of “Kinky Boots”, playing “George”, the factory manager.
If ALL THAT weren’t enough, our guest was also the voice of the lead character, “Adam Seymour Duckstein” in the groundbreaking animated series, “Queer Duck”.
Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also the bestselling author of “Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court” and hosted “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a television talk show on matters involving the family justice system.
After a distinguished legal career, Harvey was appointed a judge at the age of 38 in 1995. He has presided in family and criminal courts. He has been a trailblazer in several ways. He was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He was the first sitting judge in the world to write a national best seller and to host a TV talk show.
Harvey has been a role model and icon in the LGBTQ community. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2003, he was the only judge to make himself publicly available to officiate at weddings for lesbian and gay couples travelling to Toronto from all over the world to get married. In 2007, he officiated at the wedding of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the American couple whose marriage triggered the 2013 United States Supreme Court decision overturning the definition of “spouse” in the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
In February 2021, Harvey launched his online talk show “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” on his own YouTube channel. He saw this as an interesting hobby. Within several months, the show attracted hundreds of thousands – and then eventually, millions – of viewers. Because of the overwhelming success of the show, Harvey decided to retire from the judiciary on December 31, 2021 after having presided as a full-time judge for 26 1/2 years. Free from the constraints imposed upon judges regarding the expression of opinions and the endorsement of private enterprise, Harvey now happily devotes his full-time attention to hosting “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” as a regular member of the public – albeit one with a rather illustrious and unique career history.
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