Kenneth "Plumey" Plume (born July 10, 1977) is an American author, broadcaster, film producer and owner of Fred Entertainment.

Published works

Plume (with John Robinson) wrote the book ''There's a Zombie in My Treehouse!'' and paid out of pocket to have it published. The book was announced at the Film Fest and on the Apocalypse Rising track at

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in 2008. The book was paid by Plume to be published by Lulu Inc. the same year. The book details the story of a boy named Johnny who finds a zombie living in his backyard

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and does not know what to do.

Website and podcasts

Plume runs Fred Entertainment (www.ASiteCalledFRED.com), where he hosts the interview series ''A Bit of a Chat with Ken Plume''. He also produced

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and Scott Mosier's ''

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'' and co-hosts both the ''Ken P.D. Snydecast'' (with

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) and ''Whotininnies'' (with Glen Oliver).

Notable interview subjects

Plume has conducted many in depth interviews both in print and in various audio forms. His interview series ''A Bit of a Chat'' (which is distributed as a podcast) has included

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Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine ( ; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perf ...

Jonathan Coulton Jonathan William Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are "Cod ...

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and

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as well as many cast members and writers of the TV show ''

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'' including

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and

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. and Hal Lublin and most recently, 3/12/2014, he and his guests participated in a Radinkydonk conversation. Plume has also conducted print interviews for

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with subjects such as

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and

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book author, writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later bec ...

Other works

Kenneth Plume acted as producer on the film Milius, a documentary about director and screenwriter

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. The film was screened on March 9, 2013, at the

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. In addition to the podcasts on his site, Plume produces the "SModimations" cartoon series based on

's ''SModcast''. Plume edited all five volumes of artist Steve Troop's ''Melonpool'' books: * ''The Ultimate Melonpool: A Collection of Comics'' * ''Melonpool II: The Voyage Home'' * ''Melonpool III: A New Hope'' * ''Melonpool IV: Castaway'' * ''Melonpool V: This Island Earth'' Plume was influential in bringing

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to the United States with Red Nose Net. Red Nose Net, while not affiliated directly with Comic Relief, has hosted 24-hour marathon broadcasts with all donations made directly to Comic Relief. Plume was featured in the

and

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written Red Nose charity single "Some Kind of Charity". Plume also provided voices on the second-season finale of ''

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''.

Awards and honors

Plume was one of 52 people chosen for Len Peralta's art project

Geek a Week Geek a Week is an art project created by comic artist Len Peralta. Started in March 2010, Peralta's goal was to create illustrations and text for cards from a hypothetical collectible card game, creating one card each week. He sought to meet many ge ...

along with notables such as

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing Comedy music, comedy songs that often Parody music, parody specific songs by contempo ...

and

. He was nominated for a

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in 2010.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plume, Kenneth 1977 births Living people American interview podcasters American satirists American male voice actors Film producers from North Carolina People from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina American male non-fiction writers