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- Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 500.4 with guests Peri Gilpin (Frasier, Old Guy) and producers Ursula Burton, Jennifer Burton, Maria Burton, Gabrielle Burton, and Charity Burton (Old Guy) is now available for listening on demand
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Film and TV actor and renowned acting teacher and acting coach BASIL HOFFMAN on the power of the monologue; the difference between “actor first” directors and “camera first” directors; and why Peter O’Toole, Peter Falk and James Garner were among the most accommodating actors he has worked with. Basil Hoffman will lead a two-day workshop, ACTING AND HOW TO BE GOOD AT IT, at Clear Light New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday 7/25 and Sunday 7/26. For those attend the workshop in person, the workshop will follow CDC guidelines with regard to social distancing practices, mask wearing, sanitation, and class sizes. Every actor who attends the workshop will receive a signed copy of Basil’s book, ACTING AND HOW TO BE GOOD AT IT. Actors who cannot attend the workshop in person can watch it via Zoom webinar for $99. For more information, or to register, go to BasilHoffmanWorkshops.com
- 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
- Show No. 500 with Peri Gilpin and Radames Pera: Next on TVC
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, director and voice artist MOOSIE DRIER with some memories of working with Carl Reiner, George Burns, John Denver and Teri Garr on OH, GOD!
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 452 with guest Herbie J Pilato is now available online for listening on demand
Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery biographer Herbie J Pilato Original Airdates: May 31-June 2, 2019 TVC 452.2: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching … Continue reading
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Tagged addictive behavior, alcoholism, Allan Burns, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Carl Reiner, classic TV, Classic TV Preservation Society, Cloris Leachman, co-dependency, David Letterman, diabetes, Dick Sargent, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick York, Ed Asner, Elizabeth Montgomery, Elizabeth Montgomery Bewitched, First You Cry, Grant Tinker, Heartsounds, Herbie J Pilato, Herbie J Pilato Classic TV, James L. Brooks, Laura Petrie, Lou Grant, Mary, Mary Richards, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Hour, Mary Tyler Moore Story, Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, Michael Keaton, MTM Enterprises, Ordinary People, plastic surgery, Ted Knight, The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Then Again with Herbie J Pilato, Thoroughly Modern Millie, TV historian, Twitch Upon a Star, Valerie Harper, William Asher
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via It’s Alive Media: Omnivore Recordings to reissue The Ernie Kovacs Album, the Grammy-nominated album from 1977, this summer with six bonus tracks
On Friday, July 5, Omnivore Recordings will reissue the 1977 Grammy-nominated The Ernie Kovacs Album as The Ernie Kovacs Album: Centennial Edition with six bonus tracks! Available on CD and digitally for the first time. To learn more about on this upcoming reissue, visit … Continue reading
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via It’s Alive Media: Attention, Kovacs Fans on the East Coast: May 2019 will bring three more events to celebrate Ernie’s centennial birthday, including a program honoring Ernie and Edie at the Library of Congress on Friday 5/10 and Saturday 5/11, and an Ernie Kovacs tribute at the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission on Wednesday 5/22
Announced today, Tuesday 4/16 (Edie Adams’ birthday) — May 2019 will be a big month for the Ernie Kovacs centennial (and for Edie Adams fans, too) as the estates for Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams have confirmed the following three … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alec Guinness, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, David Letterman, doodles, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, film and television commission, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, George Schlatter, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Here's Edie!, Howard, Illustrated Profuselies, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. Burlington Gearshift, John Magee, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, Library of Congress, Long Beach Museum of Art, Mack the Knife, Martin Krutch, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, Miklos Molnar, Monty Python, motion picture commission, Muriel Cigars Commercials, Museum of the Moving Image, Nairobi Trio, New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, Ode To A Housefly, Ode To Electricity, Ode To Stanley's Pussycat, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, Our Man In Havana, Packard Campus Theatre, Paley Center for Media, Percy Dovetonsils, Profuselies, Rock Mississippi, Sales Film, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Solfeggio, Strangely Believe It, Superclod Test, Susan King, Take a Good Look, TCM, Television's Original Genius, Television's Orignal Genius, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Kapusta Kid, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Mysterious Knockwurst, the National Gallery, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, Turner Classic Movies, visual improv, Wake Me When It's Over, Writers To Blame
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 446 with guest Herbie J Pilato is now available online for listening on demand
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 446 with guest Herbie J Pilato Original Airdates: Apr. 12-14, 2019 Why Mary Tyler Moore Ended The Dick Van Dyke Show Greg Ehrbar interviews author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato about his new book, Mary: … Continue reading
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Tagged addictive behavior, alcoholism, Allan Burns, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Carl Reiner, Cloris Leachman, co-dependency, David Letterman, diabetes, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ed Asner, Elizabeth Montgomery, First You Cry, Grant Tinker, Heartsounds, Herbie J Pilato, James L. Brooks, Laura Petrie, Lou Grant, Mary, Mary Richards, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Hour, Mary Tyler Moore Story, Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, Michael Keaton, MTM Enterprises, Ordinary People, plastic surgery, Ted Knight, The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Thoroughly Modern Millie, TV historian, Twitch Upon a Star, Valerie Harper
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