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- This date in MAVERICK TV History: “The Rattlesnake Brigade,” an episode of BRET MAVERICK, airs on Apr. 27, 1982 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: James Garner files a cross-complaint against Warner Bros. on Apr. 26, 1960, reiterating his claim that the studio had breached his contract by suspending payment of his salary. The ensuing legal battle set in motion a chain of events that not only changed the course of Garner’s career, but led to the demise of MAVERICK – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Robert Webber, Marj Dusay, and Jameson Parker star in the conclusion of “Faith, Hope and Clarity,” a two-part episode of BRET MAVERICK that originally aired on Apr. 20, 1982 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Part 1 of “The Devil’s Necklace,” the only two-part episode of the original MAVERICK series, airs on Apr. 16, 1961 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Andrew Duggan stars as Big Ed Murphy in “The Money Machine,” airing Apr. 15, 1962 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 448 with guest Lee Purcell is now available online for listening on demand
Carol of the Bells actress Lee Purcell on being mentored by screen legend Steve McQueen and the cool party trick that James Garner taught her when she filmed Rockford Files Original Airdates: Apr. 26-28, 2019 TVC 448.3: Actress, writer, director … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged Almost Summer, Andrea F. Freeman, Big Wednesday, Bill Bixby, Blithe Spirit, Carol of the Bells, Charles Bronson, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Down syndrome, Due South, Eddie Macon's Run, Geena Davis, Gene Wilder, Geri Jewell, Green River Players, inclusion all forms media, Inclusion Films, James Garner, Jan-Michael Vincent, Joe Don Baker, Joey Travolta, Kirk Douglas, Lee Purcell, Love Letters, MacGyver, Michael Douglas, Orson Welles, Persona Unknown, Richard Pryor, Stir Crazy, Valley Girl, Warren Oates
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 448 with guest Julie Budd is now available online for listening on demand
Singer/actress Julie Budd on why her tribute to Frank Sinatra is unlike any other Original Airdates: Apr. 26-28, 2019 TVC 448.2: Ed welcomes Julie Budd, the legendary singer/actress whom Merv Griffin famously dubbed “the mini girl with the maxi voice.” … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged All the Way, Bill Cosby, Birdland Theater, Bob Hope, Brooklyn, Burt Bacharach, Carol Burnett Show, Catskill Mountains, Come Rain Come Shine, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Great American Songbook, Hal David, Herb Bernstein, Jerry Herman, Jim Nabors, Jim Nabors Hour, Joan Rivers, Jules Stern, Julie Budd, Julie Budd Carol Burnett, Let Me Try Again, Liberace, Marvin Hamlisch, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Julie Budd, Merv Griffin Show, Michel Legrand, Milton Berle, My Way, New York City, New York Times, Paul Anka, Remembering Mr. Sinatra, Sidewalks of New York, The Best is Yet to Come, the consummate performer, The Devil and Max Devlin, The Merv Griffin Show, the mini girl with the maxi voice, The Songs of My Life and The Composers Who Wrote Them
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 448 with guest Kat Kramer is available online for listening on demand
Turnover actress/producer Kat Kramer on the improvisational acting style of Paul Guilfoyle and how Turnover is the type of movie her father, Stanley Kramer, would’ve made Original Airdates: Apr. 26-28, 2019 TVC 448.1: Kat Kramer—daughter of actress Karen Kramer and … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged Adwin Brown, American Sign Language, ASL, Beverly Todd, Billy Preston, Blair Williamson, Carlos Carascas, Child of the '70s, CSI, director Linda Palmer, Donna Mills, Down syndrome, Elina Madison, Ellen Gerstein, Frances Rye, Gemstone, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Jamie Brewer, Julia Silverman, Karen Kramer, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World, Katharine Kramer, Lily Tomlin, Long Beach, Mick Jagger, My Duet with Mick, Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival, Party Doll, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle CSI, Paul Guilfoyle Turnover, Primitive Cool, Riker Lynch, Say You Will, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Turnover, Turnover Linda Palmer, Turnover movie
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via National Comedy Center and Jonas PR: The National Comedy Center Honors Lucille Ball on the 30th Anniversary of Her Passing with a New Initiative to Digitally Preserve the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum Archives
Jamestown, New York – April 26, 2019 – As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Lucille Ball, the new National Comedy Center — a state-of-the-art museum in Jamestown, New York that embodies Ball’s vision for a destination for the celebration … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged Amy Schumer, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ellen DeGeneres, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, Ray Romano, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, Trevor Noah
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 447 with guests Paul Green and Mary Ann Anderson is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 447 with guests Paul Green and Mary Anderson Original Airdates: Apr. 19-21, 2019 The Backlash Jeffrey Hunter Faced When He Played Jesus TVC 447.3: From August 2016: Ed welcomes Paul Green, author of Jeffrey Hunter: The Film, Television, … Continue reading
