Mr. B's Dinner Party
Conversational morsels for the mind. Commentary, interviews, reviews, pet peeves, comedy, and good-natured life lessons from the the creative mind of Scott Bertelsen based on four decades of classroom instruction, stage direction, and unmatched experiences. You're invited to Mr. B's Dinner Party every other Wednesday!
Episodes
Belly up to the table, friends, and join Mr. B as he discos down the floor to the recounted songs and stories of Barry Manilow, shuffles through several letters of thanks from students to teachers, takes a personal inventory of Step 10, and reviews the powerful film worth rewatching: Schindler's List. It's banquet of topics once again at Mr. B's Dinner Party!
Belly up to the table, friends! Mr. B is hosting Forest City City Administrator Tony Mikes for this dinner party. Find out what a City Administrator does, how he got involved with city government, family life, vision for the community and why the city doesn't remove snow from Mr. B's driveway. All this and more - on Mr. B's Dinner Party!
Belly up to the table once again, Friends! In this episode, Mr. B returns to the subject of Robin Williams - Mr. B's favorite film - "Mrs. Doubtfire" including favorite quotes from the film and a few other favorites from the Williams filmography he missed last time. Plus! More pet peeves from the wacky world of Mr. B that splatter incredibly close to home, and a spiritual journey discussion on the 10th Step in his p...
Belly up to the table, friends! Mr. B kicks off his fourth season at the Dinner Party and he's celebrating with a plethora of film and TV reviews including Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Part 1 of his reviews of Robin Williams films, Law & Order SVU of television and a spiritual journey covering the 9th Step in recovery. PLUS: poetry for educators as they head back to school.
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Belly up to the table, friends! Mr. B just returned from Europe and he brought slides! (Well, audio slides anyway....) Plus, more spiritual journey exploits, thoughts for the road and favorite quotes from movies at this feast- with Mr. B!
Belly up to the table, friends! Mr. B has a feast of morsels for the mind at this dinner party which include more pet peeves in particular order (but you can be sure airports and Wal-Mart is involved), reviews of the Netflix documentary "Crash" as well the hit horror film of 2026 (so far) "Obsession" and the first part of his review (and some would say obsession) with Madonna - "The Queen of Pop"! And of course, a s...
Belly up to the table as Mr. B shares his first course of pet peeves related to travel, a healthy serving of living a centered life focused on our Higher Power, delicious summer selections of poetry and for dessert: Maude and The Devil Wears Prada and its new sequel. Bon appetit!
Belly up to the table, Friends! On this episode, Mr. B shares his travel experiences to the Caribbean along with his new experiences with author Frida McFadden, the tumult of May term teaching, analysis of Step 5 for overeaters, and a run-down review of films a la Princess Cruises and more--- including a new feature song. Stay til the end for dessert - you'll be glad you did and share with your friends!
Belly up to the table, friends! This time, it's a quilting table and Scott hosts special quilting guests Linda Putney and Cathy Kruse to discuss their group Peacemakers of North Central Iowa https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578504192480 and the larger organization of Quilts of Valor. https://www.qovf.org
Belly up to the table, friends! It's time for another buffet of conversational morsels for the mind from Mr. B! In this episode, Mr. B reviews the 2025 Netflix documentary "The Perfect Neighbor" and the 1987 MGM romantic comedy "Moonstruck". He's been digging around in his shed and has found some fond letters from appreciative former students which he has decided to share with you and he returns to the wacky world o...
Belly up to the table, my friends! Join Mr. B as he serves up delectable morsels for the mind in review of the classic 1967 film "The Graduate" and a documentary review of "The Caterpillar" followed by the classic disco and sexy songs of the Queen of Disco: Donna Summer. And, fill up on part 2 of Step 4 in his spiritual journey of recovery as well as his thoughts on the classroom and the 70/30 rule, key months in th...
Belly up to the table, friends! On this episode Mr. B reviews the Elvis movie and a recent Elvis Documentary as well as some of his favorites from the BeeGees. Plus, he discusses the traits of a good student and shares some helpful messages from his friends along his spiritual journey to recovery.
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Join Mr. B at the table for delectable delights of musings from a review of the Academy Awards to a review of the 1964 camp film "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and take another step along with Mr. B on his spiritual journey of recovery and, boy, do those junior high kids ever say the darnedest things!
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Belly up to the Captain's Table! In this episode, Mr. B recounts his travels to the Caribbean on a Princess Cruise Line ship, shares his take on the places he visited and introduces a whole new "Travel With Mr. B" theme song we think you'll really enjoy! (Stay all the way to the very end for the full version!) He also discusses the Second Step (part 1) in his recovery journey, reviews all the films he watched at sea...
Belly up to the table, friends! This week Mr. B reviews the some favorites, dishes up some more spiritual journey steps, and doles out some wacky animal facts he's sure you haven't tasted before.
This Dinner Party was to have been aired March 4th but the producer (Troy) was out of town for the week so enjoy the banquet of Academy Award predictions from Scott just in time for the show this weekend, letters from students, more on recovery, and a review of the Netflix drama short series: Adolescence.
Bon Appetit!
Belly up to the table friends and enjoy yet another delectable conversation loaded with morsels for the mind including Part 2 of Mr. B's Top Pop of the 2010s, Part 2 of the Top Films of 2025, winter poetry, some trivial facts about snow, retracing the 12 Steps and a requiem for Diane Keaton.
Bon Appetit!
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Belly up to the table! Mr. B has a banquet of reviews from the best of 2025 to the TV series "Elsbeth" and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Also in this episode, Mr. B reads poetic tributes to friendship, discusses defeating hopelessness with hopefulness and sweet letters of support for and from the education community.
Bon Appetit!
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Belly up to the table and enjoy conversational morsels for the mind as Mr. B serves up left-overs of his favorite Fonda and Redford movies he hasn't discussed, a review of the Joan Crawford film "Torch Song", some "ABCs" of Elton John tunes, and his spiritual journey - it's like a whole weekend of leftovers following Thanksgiving on this episode of Mr. B's Dinner Party!
Belly up to the table, Friends! To start 2026, Mr. B shares his favorite turn of the century pop songs, reviews some favorite Redford films, re-introduces the Jeffersons, covers more of his spiritual journey and his teaching experiences, and serves up some more pet peeves from his plethoric pantry!
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