Monthly Archives: January 2019

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, author and showbiz historian Geoffrey Mark shares a few thoughts and personal remembrances of Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard. Geoff’s book ELLA: A Biography of The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald is now available in paperback. The paperback edition includes the two-CD set featuring thirty-nine studio and/or live tracks of Ella Fitzgerald in her prime, all personally selected by Geoff himself

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

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Loretta Swit: Next on TVC

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

Actress, author and animal rights advocate Loretta Swit and television historian and broadcast communications professor Steve Beverly will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 1-3 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Singer, actress and comedienne Marilyn Michaels, America’s premier woman of a thousand faces and voices, on collaborating with her son, comedy writer Mark Wilk; the difference between an impressionist and an impersonator; and why it’s never a good idea to order halibut for delivery. Marilyn’s book, HOW NOT TO COOK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, is not a cookbook, but it does offer a recipe for obtaining what you want in life without breaking your bank account or compromising your values. It’s also filled with great stories about Marilyn’s life and showbiz career. HOW NOT TO COOK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE is available through Amazon.com and MarilynMichaels.com

Posted on January 30, 2019 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Next Show, Radio Stations | Tagged " Sammy Davis Jr., 7Up, Alan King, Alyss, anti-cookbook, artist, Barbra Streisand, Barry Shear, Broadway, Burt Reynolds, Carol Channing, Chicago, composer, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Donna Summer, Dwight Hemmion, empowerment, Ethel Merman, Fanny Grice, Frank Gorshin, Frankly Scarlett I Do Give a Damn, Fraydele Oysher, Funny Girl, George Schlatter, Gilbert Gottfried, Girls Night Out, Gregory the Terrible Eater, Harold Sternberg, How Not to Cook, How Not to Cook for the Rest of Your Life, Howard Stern, impersonator, impressionist, James Caan, Jerry Lewis, Jule Styne, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, London, Love Boat, Marc Chavin, Marilyn Michaels, Mark Wilk, Marvin Hamlisch, Moishe Oysher, Name of the Game, New Faces, Playboy, Rich Little, Robin Leach, Tell Tommy I Miss Him, The Kopykats, Voices, Wonderful at Last, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 2 with guest Titus Welliver is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on January 28, 2019 by admin

Show No. 435, Hour 2 with guest Titus Welliver Original Airdates: Jan. 25-27, 2019 Ed welcomes Titus Welliver, the actor who stars as LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch on the Amazon Prime series Bosch. Topics include Titus’ background as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Amazon Prime, Amy Aquino, Annie Wersching, Argo, art, artist, Barrel, Ben Affleck, Bess Armstrong, Bosch, Bosch TV series, Captain Scarlett, Concrete Blonde, Crate, Deadwood, ElectraWoman, Eric Overmyer, Fireball XL-5, Gerry Anderson, Gone Baby Bone, Gregory Scott Cummins, H.R. Pufnstuf, Harry Bosch, Hieronynus Bosch, Impressionism, Jamie Hector, Jason Gedrick, Jeri Ryan, Jim McKay, Jimmy O'Phelan, John Getz, Joni Bovill, Juliet Landau, Krofft brothers, Lance Reddick, Lost, Madison Lintz, Man in Black, Mark Harmon, Marty Krofft, Michael Connelly, Mimi Rogers, NCIS, Neil Welliver, Sarah Clarke, Scott Wilson, Shout! Factory, Sid and Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Silas Adams, sixties television, Sons of Anarchy, Space: 1999, Steven Culp, streaming on demand, Sylvia Anderson, The Black Echo, The Doors, Titus Welliver, Troy Johnson, Two Kinds of Truth | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on January 28, 2019 by admin

Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli Original Airdates: Jan. 25-27, 2019 Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned (The Waltons, Nurse) talks to Ed about how she approaches every performance as Daisy Werthan in … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Barney Miller, Cheers, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, famous final episodes, final episodes, Gerry Pass, Girls, Hoke, Hollywood, Howdy Doody, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Michael Learned, Nichols, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, Second Acts, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Smothers Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Television Finales, television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Shield, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, TV Worth Watching | Leave a comment

via San Francisco Chronicle: Oscar winner Mahershala Ali funds scholarships for his alma mater, St. Mary’s College of California

Posted on January 26, 2019 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Don Shirley, GoGaels, Green Book, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, St. Mary's College of California, True Detective | Leave a comment

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress, author and philanthropist Joyce Bulifant shares a few memories of her late husband Roger Perry, including the musical version of You Never Can Tell that they wrote together; her efforts on behalf of children with dyslexia and other learning differences; and some of the many angels who have graced her life at times when she needed it most. Joyce’s memoir, MY FOUR HOLLYWOOD HUSBANDS, is available through Amazon.com. Joyce can also be seen, along with Tom Everett Scott and Tituss Burgess, in I HATE KIDS, a new Amazon Prime original movie directed by Joyce’s son John Asher

Posted on January 25, 2019 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 90 Bristol Court, addictive behavior, Airplane, alcoholism, Bad News Bears, Big John Little John, Bill Bixby, Bye Yum Pum Pum, CBS Match Game, co-dependency, Crosswits, Diamonds, Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, domestic abuse, dyslexia, Edward Mallory, Fairy Godmother, feelings of self worth, First Lady of American Theater, game shows, Gene Rayburn, George Bernard Shaw, Goodson Todman, Hans Christian Anderson Award, Happiest Millionaire, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, Jack Weston, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, John Asher, Joyce Bulifant, Kirk Douglas, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, Love Thy Neighbor, Marie Slaughter, Match Game, My Four Hollywood Husbands, Neil Simon, New Beverly Cinema, Password, Perry Mason, Pyramid, Raymond Burr, Robert Redford, Roger Perry, Ron Masak, Stephen J. Cannell, stethoscope, Tattletales, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Tituss Burgess, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, Tom Everett Scott, Walter Pidgeon, Whoopi Goldberg, William Asher, You Never Can Tell, zucker abraham zucker, zucker brothers | 1 Comment

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit by film and television actor David Frankham, including news about the stop-motion animated film adaptation of THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES that David recently narrated, plus some memories of his work alongside Jack Benny, Vincent Price, Roger Corman, Shirley Temple, Ernie Kovacs, Angela Lansbury and other film and TV legends. David’s memoir, WHICH ONE WAS DAVID?, is available through our friends at Bear Manor Media. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES will be screened in February at the Santa Fe Film Festival

Posted on January 25, 2019 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 101 Dalmations, Alec Guinness, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Barbara Stanwyck, Basil Rathbone, BBC radio, Ben Wickey, Bob Hope, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Gorey, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Ernie Kovacs, Golden Age of Television, Ida Lupino, Jack Benny, Jonathan David Dixon, Kovacs on Music, live television, Master of the World, Maverick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Return of the Fly, Rock Hudson, Roger Corman, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Storybook, Star Trek, The F.B.I., The Gallant Men, The House of The Seven Gables, The Jack Benny Program, The Outer Limits, Thriller, vincent price, Which One Was David?, William Reynolds, William Wyler | Leave a comment

via Gries Cinema Productions: HARLEM SCHOOL 1970, the “direct cinema” documentary filmed and directed by Phil Gries, will be screened on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the ArcLight Cinemas in La Jolla, California as part of the 2019 San Diego Black Film Festival. Filmed during the spring of 1970, and recently restored digitally, HARLEM SCHOOL 1970 provides a rare look at a typical day in an actual public elementary school in Harlem, New York circa April 1970

Posted on January 25, 2019 by admin

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Posted in Radio Stations | Tagged ArcLight Cinemas, direct cinema, direct cinema documentary, Gries Cinema Productions, Harlem, Harlem School 1970, inner city public school, La Jolla, New York, Phil Gries, public elementary school, San Diego Black Film Festival | 1 Comment

via It’s Alive Media and National Comedy Center: The National Comedy Center to Celebrate the Life and Career of Comic Legend Ernie Kovacs with The Ernie Kovacs Centennial Exhibit, a new display of never-before-seen creative papers, rare audiovisual content, and original, screen-used artifacts from Kovacs’ influential television shows and specials from the 1950s and early 1960s. The Ernie Kovacs Centennial Exhibit will debut in August 2019, during the National Comedy Center’s annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival

Posted on January 25, 2019 by admin

Jamestown, New York – January 23, 2019 – The National Comedy Center will celebrate the centennial year of legendary comedy innovator Ernie Kovacs with the acquisition and display of never-before-seen material and rare artifacts courtesy of the comedian’s estate. The acquisition … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: January 2019

Loretta Swit: Next on TVC

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 2 with guest Titus Welliver is now available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand

via San Francisco Chronicle: Oscar winner Mahershala Ali funds scholarships for his alma mater, St. Mary’s College of California

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