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- Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming to DVD on Tuesday 11/13 from Shout! Factory: ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION, a nine-disc, 22-hour cornucopia of landmark comedy and bonus material highlighting the very best of Television’s Original Genius
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 445, Segment 2 with guest Josh Mills is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 445, Segment 2 with guest Josh Mills Original Airdate: Apr. 5-7, 2019 Listen to “What The Movie Big Owes to Ernie Kovacs” on Spreaker. Josh Mills, director of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, joins Ed, … Continue reading →
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Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC
Film, stage and television actor Robert Hooks will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 29-31 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/5 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →
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via National Comedy Center: It’s Official: Congress formally designates the National Comedy Center as America’s official cultural institution dedicated to the art of comedy
March 12, 2019 — The National Comedy Center, located in Lucille Ball’s home of Jamestown, NY, was formally designated today as the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy. In a tremendous bi-partisan show of support, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Bill Marx, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, Desilu Too, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, Fran Drescher, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Dingell Jr., Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, Laugh-In, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, National Comedy Center, NBC Universal, paramount pictures, Ray Romano, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams estate, The Garry Shandling Estate, The Harold Ramis Family, The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Smothers Brothers, Tom Benson, tom reed, Trevor Noah, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive
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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
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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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned Original Airdates: Sept. 21-24, 2018 First hour: A tribute to film and television actor Burt Reynolds featuring highlights from previously broadcast conversations with people who knew and worked with him, including actors Richard … Continue reading →
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Michael Learned, plus Tributes to Burt Reynolds and Bill Daily: Next on TVC
We’ll welcome back Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned, plus we’ll pay tribute to actors Burt Reynolds and Bill Daily, on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Sept. 21-24 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →
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Coming Tuesday 5/8 from Time-Life: Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD
The ’60s gave us “in-crowds,” “be-ins” and “love-ins,” and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of … Continue reading →
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