Gustavo Arellano

Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Alison Rosen

Funny, Comic, Interviews, Women, Celebrity, Grief, Psychology, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.6 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2016

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

I knew Gustavo way back when I was leaving the OC Weekly and he was starting there. He came out of nowhere it seemed and was suddenly writing a zillion articles a week which, I heard at the time, didn't exactly endear him to the other writers. He went on to gain attention and notoriety with his now nationally syndicated "Ask a Mexican" column, author three books and become the editor-in-chief of the paper. He also regularly appears on radio programs and is a consulting producer on Fox's animated Bordertown. We chatted about his beginnings and how he got to where he is today including growing up the son of "Mexican hillbillies," not quite fitting in, falling in love with film and Pulp Fiction in particular, being a nerd, being repeatedly unaware of office politics, the satirical letter that changed his life, his relationship with former OC Weekly editor Will Swaim and so much more. We also took your questions over Twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

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0:00.0	I was saying rose in, I was saying rose in this new best friend.
0:05.9	I was saying, I was saying, with a good time's never end.
0:11.6	I was saying rose in, we get to dance again.
0:17.2	I was saying, rose in, I was saying, new best friend.
0:22.5	Hey everyone, hi, hello, it is me, Allison Rosen.
0:25.7	Welcome to another episode of Allison Rosen,
0:28.0	as a new best friend.
0:29.0	I am sitting here in dining room studios with Gustavo Ariano,
0:33.6	nationally syndicated, ask a Mexican columnist, publisher,
0:37.8	and editor-in-chief of the OC Weekly, written three books,
0:43.1	and you work on Border Town on Fox, right?
0:46.0	I'm a consulting producer on Border Town here.
0:47.9	Okay, so we'll get into all that.
0:49.5	Did I leave anything out?
0:50.7	Oh geez, a KCRW commentator.
0:54.2	Yes.
0:54.9	NPR as well, right?
0:56.9	NPR, a bunch of crap, the hardest working Mexican in show business,
1:00.1	probably at this point, even more than George Lopez, I would argue,
1:03.5	but no, it's just awesome to be here.
1:07.1	I mean, obviously we're going to talk about it,
1:08.6	but it's just so surreal to see you here doing all the success
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