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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 437, Hour 2 with guest David Frankham is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 437, Hour 2 with guest David Frankham Original Airdates: Feb. 8-10, 2019 Listen to “Show No. 437, Hour 2: David Frankham and The House of the Seven Gables” on Spreaker. A return appearance by actor and author David … Continue reading →
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Anson Williams and David Frankham: Next on TVC
Actor/entrepreneur Anson Williams and actor/voice artist David Frankham will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 8-10 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 2/8 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit by film and television actor David Frankham, including news about the stop-motion animated film adaptation of THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES that David recently narrated, plus some memories of his work alongside Jack Benny, Vincent Price, Roger Corman, Shirley Temple, Ernie Kovacs, Angela Lansbury and other film and TV legends. David’s memoir, WHICH ONE WAS DAVID?, is available through our friends at Bear Manor Media. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES will be screened in February at the Santa Fe Film Festival
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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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Hour 1 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434, featuring Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 434, Hour 1 with guests Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard Original Airdates: Jan. 18-20, 2019 Listen to “Show No. 434, Hour 1: Ernie Kovacs Centennial plus Famous TV Series Finales” on Spreaker. Josh Mills, director of … Continue reading →
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Constance Towers, Television Finales, and A Century of Kovacs: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Constance Towers, Ernie Kovacs estate director Josh Mills, and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 18-20 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday … Continue reading →
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via It’s Alive Media: The Ernie Kovacs Centennial, a year-long celebration of the life’s work of Television’s Original Genius, kicks off this month with Kovacsland Forever, a two-night live event at the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Friday 1/18 and Saturday 1/19. Then, on Wednesday 1/23 (Ernie’s actual 100th birthday), Turner Classic Movies will air a special mini Kovacs marathon beginning at 8pm ET 5pm PT that will include three iconic Kovacs TV episodes and four of his best-known movies. The two events in January are the first of several Kovacs celebrations that are scheduled to take place in the U.S., Canada and Europe over the course of 2019. Details on these additional Kovacs venues will be announced shortly
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Monday, Jan. 14, 2019) – Ediad Productions announced today that the celebration of legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs’ centennial year kicks into high gear this month with two high-profile events around the birthday of Television’s Original Genius. On … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the director of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, on some of the many events on tap for 2019 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ernie Kovacs, including the upcoming two-day celebration at the Billy Wilder Theater at the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Friday 1/18 and Saturday 1/19. ERNIE KOVACS: The Centennial Edition, a newly released DVD configuration featuring the very best of Television’s Original Genius, is now available through Shout! Factory
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 431 with guest Josh Mills is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 431 with guest Josh Mills Original Airdates: Dec. 28-30, 2018 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 431 with guest Josh Mills” on Spreaker. First hour: Part 2 of our November 2017 interview with Josh Mills, curator of the … Continue reading →
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Take a Good Look at Guy Lombardo: Next on TVC
We’ll have something old and something new for you this holiday weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 28-30 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 12/28 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →
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