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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, author and showbiz historian Geoffrey Mark shares a few thoughts and personal remembrances of Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard. Geoff’s book ELLA: A Biography of The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald is now available in paperback. The paperback edition includes the two-CD set featuring thirty-nine studio and/or live tracks of Ella Fitzgerald in her prime, all personally selected by Geoff himself
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Aug. 3-6, 2018 First hour: Actor, writer and director Sam Medina (Preacher, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kickboxer: Retaliation) talks to Ed … Continue reading →
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Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Barbara van Orden, actor Sam Medina and music and TV historian Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 3-6 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/3 7pm … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Pop culture historian and showbiz raconteur Geoffrey Mark on why some TV shows still hold up today (and why others don’t) and the advice Rip Taylor gave that changed the course of Geoffrey’s career. Plus: The backstory of some of the tracks in the two-CD set that accompanies Geoffrey’s excellent biography of Ella Fitzgerald
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Karen Carpenter, Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Pablo, radio host, rags to riches, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Too Close for Comfort, Ultimate Symbol, Verve
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Podcast of last week’s TV CONFIDENTIAL with Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark is also available for listening on demand via YouTube
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Tagged 1941, 90 Bristol Court, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, addictive behavior, Airplane, alcoholism, Bad News Bears, Bertolt Brecht, Bill Bixby, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Briefcase Full of Blues, Bye Yum Pum Pum, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, co-dependency, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crosswits, Dan Ackroyd, Decca, Diamonds, Diana Washington, domestic abuse, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, dyslexia, Edward Mallory, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Elvis Presley, Elwood Blues, Fairy Godmother, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Jack Warden, Jack Weston, Jake Blues, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Belushi, Joliet, Joyce Bulifant, Karen Carpenter, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, Louis Armstrong, Love Thy Neighbor, Mack the Knife, Marie Slaughter, Marilyn Monroe, Match Game, Mel Torme, Michael Jackson, My Four Hollywood Husbands, Nat King Cole, Neil Simon, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Pablo, Password, Paul Shafer, Perry Mason, Pyramid, rags to riches, Robert Redford, Robert Stack, Roger Perry, Sam and dave, Saturday Night Live, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soul Man, Tattletales, Television Confidential, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, TV Confidential, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Walter Pidgeon, William Asher
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 402 with guests Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark is available online for listening on demand
Show No. 402 with guests Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Apr. 20-23, 2018 First hour: Author, singer, and show business raconteur Geoffrey Mark .helps Ed celebrate the centennial birthday of vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Geoffey’s latest book, Ella: A … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1941, 90 Bristol Court, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, addictive behavior, Airplane, alcoholism, Bad News Bears, Bertolt Brecht, Bill Bixby, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Briefcase Full of Blues, Bye Yum Pum Pum, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, co-dependency, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crosswits, Dan Ackroyd, Decca, Diamonds, Diana Washington, domestic abuse, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, dyslexia, Edward Mallory, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Elvis Presley, Elwood Blues, Fairy Godmother, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Jack Warden, Jack Weston, Jake Blues, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Belushi, Joliet, Joyce Bulifant, Karen Carpenter, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, Louis Armstrong, Love Thy Neighbor, Mack the Knife, Marie Slaughter, Marilyn Monroe, Match Game, Mel Torme, Michael Jackson, My Four Hollywood Husbands, Nat King Cole, Neil Simon, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Pablo, Password, Paul Shafer, Perry Mason, Pyramid, rags to riches, Robert Redford, Robert Stack, Roger Perry, Sam and dave, Saturday Night Live, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soul Man, Tattletales, Television Confidential, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, TV Confidential, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Walter Pidgeon, William Asher
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Joyce Bulifant, Ella Fitzgerald’s Birthday, and The Birth of The Blues Brothers: Next on TVC
We’ll welcome back actress and author Joyce Bulifant and author and showbiz historian Geoffrey Mark on this weekend’s edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing April 20-23 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/20 7pm … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1941, 90 Bristol Court, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, addictive behavior, Airplane, alcoholism, Bad News Bears, Bertolt Brecht, Bill Bixby, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Briefcase Full of Blues, Bye Yum Pum Pum, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, co-dependency, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crosswits, Dan Ackroyd, Decca, Diamonds, Diana Washington, domestic abuse, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, dyslexia, Edward Mallory, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Elvis Presley, Elwood Blues, Fairy Godmother, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Jack Warden, Jack Weston, Jake Blues, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Belushi, Joliet, Joyce Bulifant, Karen Carpenter, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, Louis Armstrong, Love Thy Neighbor, Mack the Knife, Marie Slaughter, Marilyn Monroe, Match Game, Mel Torme, Michael Jackson, My Four Hollywood Husbands, Nat King Cole, Neil Simon, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Pablo, Password, Paul Shafer, Perry Mason, Pyramid, rags to riches, Robert Redford, Robert Stack, Roger Perry, Sam and dave, Saturday Night Live, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soul Man, Tattletales, Television Confidential, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, TV Confidential, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Walter Pidgeon, William Asher
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Ella and Lou, Part Two: Next on TVC
We’ll play Part 2 of our conversations with Emmy nominated actor/director Lou Antonio and Grammy nominee Geoffrey Mark this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing March 9-12 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 3/9 … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 396 with guests Beverly Gray and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 396 with guests Beverly Gray and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Mar. 2-5, 2018 First hour: Beverly Gray, author of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation and onetime story editor for Roger Corman, … Continue reading →
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