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- Next weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, comedian, and impressionist JOHN BYNER on discovering his gift for mimicry at a very young age; his approach to creating different voices for animated projects, and to creating the many different characters he’s played on comedy and variety shows; and why the ambiance on talk shows during the era of Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore was often like going to a cocktail party. John’s memoir, FIVE MINUTES, MR. BYNER, not only shares many stories of his working with the likes of Steve Allen, Mel Torme, Dinah Shore, Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, Henry Fonda, and Elvis Presley, but gives readers a glimpse of the person behind each of these performers
- Special Tribute to Regis Philbin: Next on TVC
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- Special Tribute to Carl Reiner: Next on TVC « KSAV on via 121comm.com: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks’ performance of The 2,000 Year Old Man on the Feb. 12, 1961 edition of THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW will be among the many comedy and musical performances that will be streamed for free, in their entirety, on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW YouTube channel between Friday 7/17 thru Thursday 7/23. Also streamed that week will be classic appearances by Tom Jones, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, The Mamas and the Papas, Wayne Newton, a pre-Laugh-In Rowan & Martin and a pre-Get Smart Don Adams, plus a fun segment from 1962 that includes batting tips from Dodgers great Jackie Robinson. The ED SULLIVAN Show YouTube channel is part of the recent UMe agreement with SOFAEntertainment Inc. for the global digital rights to the classic Sunday night variety series
- Special Tribute to Carl Reiner: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Jonas Public Relations: Carl Reiner donates items from his career to the National Comedy Center, including the toupee he wore while playing Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Special Tribute to Carl Reiner: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: M*A*S*H star LORETTA SWIT on working with Carl Reiner on his short-lived but fondly remembered comedy anthology series GOOD HEAVENS—the premise of which, in many respects, embodied who Reiner was as a person
- Special Tribute to Carl Reiner: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Variety: Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies at age 98
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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
