Expertise: Classic Films

Available for in-person lectures in: Tampa/St. Pete

Available via Zoom? No

To book Bob, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

A Floridian since the ‘50s, Bob Ross is a graduate of Ocala High School and Eckerd College, where he wrote for the campus paper and discovered the joy of inflicting his opinions on others. After working as a proofreader, rock music critic and bureau reporter — and a stint managing Tampa’s first video rental store — Bob joined the Tampa Tribune as film critic in 1985. The job lasted 22 years, until it vanished along with much of the daily newspaper industry. Since retiring in 2008, Bob has remained active as a reviewer and contributor on WMNF radio and WTVT-TV Fox 13 in Tampa. A founding member of the Florida Film Critics Circle, Bob is known for his vast trivia knowledge and terrible puns.

Expertise: Broadway

Available for in-person lectures in: Tampa/St. Pete

Available via Zoom? No

To book Andrew, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com

Andrew Meacham studied theater and philosophy at Eckerd College, graduating in 1983. Along the way, he performed in dozens of plays and musicals while working in the construction trades and freelancing the occasional newspaper story. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida in 2004, joining the Tampa Bay Times in 2005. He became the newspaper’s performing arts critic in 2015, primarily covering theater, opera, and orchestra until his retirement at the end of 2018. His work that year earned Andrew the Society of Professional Journalists‘ Sunshine State Award for arts reporting, and another First Place in criticism from SPJ’s Green Eyeshade Awards, which covers the Southeastern United States.