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- via Me-TV: Holy Crossover, Batman! CosmicBook.News reports that Lynda Carter is talking to The CW about reprising her iconic as Wonder Woman, while Burt Ward will reportedly appear in the new CW series Batwoman
- Diane Baker, A Woman of Substance, plus The Lost Art of the Motion Picture Salesman: Next on TVC
- Biffle & Shooster performing live at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, CA on Sunday 7/28
- via DarbyHinton.com: Southern California listeners: Here are the details on the special benefit screening of BILL TILGHMAN AND THE OUTLAWS that will take place Saturday 9/7 at the Joel McCrea Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California. All proceeds from the evening will help actor Johnny Crawford in his battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Visit DarbyHinton.com for more information
- Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Kathy Garver is now available online for listening on demand
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- Kathy Garver, Jason Stuart, and the Vision of Gene Roddenberry: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Rainbow PR: Kathy Garver returns to television as AUNT CISSY, a new family comedy that is not exactly a sequel to Family Affair… but it has elements of the premise of that classic TV series, plus a few surprises. Become a part of the Indiegogo campaign for AUNT CISSY and you’ll receive many perks for your support, including a chance to be an extra on the show, brunch with the cast, and even dinner with Kathy Garver herself. Indiegogo campaign runs through Saturday 7/13, while production of AUNT CISSY is slated to start in August
- Gabrielle Stone, plus The Drive and Ambition of Gene Roddenberry: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Screenwriter and Star Trek historian Marc Cushman, author of the critically acclaimed three-volume THESE ARE THE VOYAGES book series, on Gene Roddenberry’s accomplishments in film and television during the ten-year period between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969 and the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, including The Questor Tapes, Genesis II, his ill-fated effort to reimagine Tarzan for the big screen and, of course, Star Trek: The Animated Series. Marc’s latest book, THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: GENE RODDENBERRY AND STAR TREK IN THE 1970s, VOLUME 1 is now available through Jacobs Brown Media Group
- admin on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Rick Hawkins on how “Went with the Wind,” the famous spoof of Gone With the Wind that he and Liz Sage wrote for The Carol Burnett Show, nearly never made it on the air; creating characters that are rooted in reality, even when writing a parody sketch; and adapting such popular American shows as I Dream of Jeannie, Married: with Children, and Everybody Loves Raymond for television audiences in Russia, which Rick did for Sony International in the mid 2000s
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via Me-TV: Holy Crossover, Batman! CosmicBook.News reports that Lynda Carter is talking to The CW about reprising her iconic as Wonder Woman, while Burt Ward will reportedly appear in the new CW series Batwoman
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Diane Baker, A Woman of Substance, plus The Lost Art of the Motion Picture Salesman: Next on TVC
Actress and producer Diane Baker, television writer Paul Robert Coyle, and author John McElwee will join us this weekend for a special encore presentation of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 26-28 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Night at the Opera, A Woman of Substance, Academy of Art University, Academy of Art University San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Citizen Kane, Crazy Like a Fox, David Janssen, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker, Dracula, Frankenstein, George Stevens, Greenbriar Picture Shows, House, Jake and the Fatman, John McElwee, King Kong, Kojak, Law and Order: SVU, Marnie, Motion Pictures & Television Acting School, Night Gallery, On the Waterfront, Paul Robert Coyle, Perry Mason, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Quinn Martin Productions, Rebel Without a Cause, Rod Serlings, Roger Corman, Route 66, Roy Thinnes, Sean Connery, Showmen Sell It Hot! Movies as Merchandise in Golden Era Hollywood, Simon and Simon, Stagecoach, Stephen King, Straight-Jacket, Sunset Boulevard, The Dead Zone, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Fugitive, the Golden Age of Hollywood, The Invaders, The Judgment, The Streets of San Francisco, The Wizard of Oz, They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar, Tippi Hedren, To Climb a Mountain, Xena: Warrior Princess
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Biffle & Shooster performing live at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, CA on Sunday 7/28
View this post on Instagram Hey, Everybody! This Sunday, America’s Favorite Fake 1930s Comedy Team returns to the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena with their semi-hilarious assemblage of songs and gags, joined by some special guests (not me, … Continue reading →
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via DarbyHinton.com: Southern California listeners: Here are the details on the special benefit screening of BILL TILGHMAN AND THE OUTLAWS that will take place Saturday 9/7 at the Joel McCrea Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California. All proceeds from the evening will help actor Johnny Crawford in his battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Visit DarbyHinton.com for more information
View this post on Instagram Thank you for your wonderful response 🤠People from all over are Cowboying up for Johnny and joining us for this fun event. The limited number of tickets are going quickly. Did you … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws, Cole Younger, Daniel Boone, Darby Hinton, Ed Hinton, Joel McCrea Ranch, Johnny Crawford, Johnny Crawford Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford The Rifleman, The Rifleman, TV Western, Western movies, Western TV actors, Westerns
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Kathy Garver is now available online for listening on demand
Kathy Garver Returns to Television as Aunt Cissy Original Airdates: July 19-21, 2019 TVC 457.3: Ed welcomes back actress, author, and voice artist Kathy Garver (Family Affair, X Child Stars, Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood). Kathy … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Minor Consideration, Anissa Jones, Aunt Cissy, Billy Clift, Brian Keith, Buffy and Jody, Child of the '70s, Child Stars Cruise, Cissy Davis, Cristina Ibarra, Danny Arroyo, Darby Hinton, Family Affair meets Modern Family, Holiday Recipes for a Family Affair, Hongyu Li, Johnnie Whitaker, Kathy Garver, Kathy Garver Aunt Cissy, Kathy Garver Cissy, Kathy Garver Family Affair, Madison Young, Michael Vaccaro, Miles Tagtmeyer, Modern Family, Mr. French, Patrika Darbo, Paul Petersen, Renee Lawless, Scott Travis, Sebastian Cabot, Surviving Cissy, Surviving Cissy My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood, Uncle Bill, X Child Stars book, X Child Stars Kathy Garver
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Jason Stuart is now available online for listening on demand
Jason Stuart on the Proper Inflection to Have When Saying Shut Up! I’m Talking Original Airdates: July 19-21, 2019 TVC 457.4: Ed welcomes film and TV actor Jason Stuart (My Wife and Kids, Gia, Kindergarten Cop, Birth of a Nation), … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Marc Cushman is now available online for listening on demand
The Legendary Memos of Gene Roddenberry Original Airdates: July 19-21, 2019 TVC 457.1: A continuation of last week’s conversation with Marc Cushman about Volume 1 of These Are The Voyages: Star Trek The Original Series, the three-volume biography of Star … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Nimoy, Alex Cord, Angie Dickinson, Bill Cosby, Bjo Trimble, Brave New World, Captain Kirk, Chris Doohan, D.C. Fontana, DeForest Kelley, Desilu, Desilu Studios, Dorothy C. Fontana, Dorothy Fontana, Dylan Hunt, Earle Hagen, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Erle Stanley Gardner, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek, Genesis II, George Takei, Great Bird, Great Bird of the Galaxy, Great Bird of the Galazy, Herb Solow, I Spy, I Spy canceled, I Spy TV show, James Doohan, James Goldstone, Jerry Finnerman, Joe D'Agosta, John D.F. Black, Leonard Nimoy, Lincoln Enterprises, Lucille Ball, Majel Barrett, Marc Cushman, Mariette Hartley, Mike Farrell, Mission: Impossible, Mr. Spock, National General Corporation, Nichelle Nichols, Paramount, Perry Mason, Phase II, Phase II Trek series, Planet Earth, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Ralph Senensky, Robert Butler, Robert Culp, Robert Foxworth, Robert H. Justman, Rock Hudson, Roddenberry projects, Roger Vadim, Sheldon Leonard, Spectre, Star Trek, Star Trek conventions, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Strange New World, Tarzan, The Questor Tapes, These Are The Voyages, These are the Voyages Books, Vic Mignogna, Walter Koenig, why was I Spy canceled, William Shatner
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Coming in August to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Darby Hinton on the approach he took to playing Cole Younger in BILL TILGHMAN AND THE OUTLAWS, a movie that he also produced, and filming the family drama WILD FAITH on location in Michigan. BILL TILGHMAN AND THE OUTLAWS will be released on DVD this fall, but if you’re in the Southern California area, you can see the film in person at a special benefit screening at the Joel McCrea Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California on Saturday 9/7. WILD FAITH, a faith-based film with a timeless message that is also incredibly timely, is now available on DVD, plus you can see it on demand on Amazon and other platforms
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Tagged 2018 Burbank International Film Festival, 2018 International Film Festival, Best, Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws, Cole Younger, Daniel Boone, Darby Hinton, Ed Ames, Ed Hinton, Faith-Based Film, faith-based films, family drama, Fess Parker, Joel McCrea Ranch, Johnny Crawford, Lana Wood, Lauren LaStrada, Lisa Lauren Smith, Michigan, Patricia Blair, post-Civil War drama, Roosevelt Grier, Rosey Grier, Shane Hagedorn, Trace Adkins, TV Western, Union soldier, Western movies, Western TV actors, Westerns, Wild Faith, Yuletide Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
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Kathy Garver, Jason Stuart, and the Vision of Gene Roddenberry: Next on TVC
Actress and voice artist Kathy Garver, actor and comedian Jason Stuart, and screenwriter and Gene Roddenberry biographer Marc Cushman will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 19-21 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco … Continue reading →
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via Comedy Hall of Fame: Premiering tonight on WNET Channel 13 in New York: SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, a new documentary featuring intimate, never-before-seen interviews with Caesar from the archives of the Comedy Hall of Fame. SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY will also become available for viewing on demand on PBS Passport beginning Monday 7/22
New York, NY — For more than 50 years, public television has provided unsurpassed access to the performing arts, including the very best of theater, dance, opera, classical, jazz, popular music, and comedy. Now, New York metro-area public television station … Continue reading →
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