Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Michael Fishman, Co-Star of “Roseanne” & “The Conners”.
Michael Fishman is a multi-award winning actor, writer, producer and director who first captured our hearts as “D.J. Conner” on the long-running TV sitcom, “Roseanne”, and its spinoff series, “The Conners”, winning a TV Land Award, a Young Artist Award and a Young Star Award nomination.
Michael Fishman also appeared in a number of other TV shows including “Seinfeld”, “Walker, Texas Ranger”, and most recently in the TV movie “Abducted by my Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story”. He also wrote and produced many episodes of Roseanne Barr’s talk show, “The Roseanne Show”, and he created, wrote, produced and directed numerous episodes of the TV show, “Fish’s Call Sheet”.
He’s also directed multiple projects including 5 episodes of “The Conners”. In addition, he’s produced feature films including “A Place in the Field”, and “Available: A Modern Day Fairy Tale”, which won the Best Romantic Comedy Award at the Indie Gathering International Film Festival. He also produced 4 episodes of the 2015 TV miniseries, “Halsnoy”.
His passion as a producer and director is to tell relatable, visceral and uplifting stories that feature complex and varied characters, and that celebrate our diversity and inclusivity as a community. Michael Fishman is a true renaissance man. In addition to being an actor, writer, producer and director, he’s also been an athlete, coach, teacher, bounty hunter and rescue diver.
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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