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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 537.4 with guest Martha Bolton is available for listening on demand

Posted on May 3, 2021 by admin

The Heart of Bob Hope Original Airdates: Apr. 30-May 2, 2021 TVC 537.4: Ed welcomes Martha Bolton, the first and only fulltime female staff writer that Hope ever hired, and the co-author, along with Linda Hope, Bob Hope’s daughter, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged a book full of Hope, Academy Awards, Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, Bob Hope, Bob Hope Desert Classic, Bob Hope heart, Bob Hope Korean War, Bob Hope man of commitment, Bob Hope March Field, Bob Hope Martha Bolton, Bob Hope military audiences, Bob Hope military service, Bob Hope military shows, bob Hope monologue, Bob Hope on TV, Bob Hope Operation Desert Storm, Bob Hope photographic memory, Bob Hope Presents, Bob Hope radio show, Bob Hope secretary Marjorie Hughes, Bob Hope soldiers, Bob Hope Texaco, Bob Hope The Laugh Makers, Bob Hope USO, Bob Hope veterans, bob hope vietnam, Bob Hope World War II, Bob Mills, Cathy Lee Crosby, Chrysler Theater, Dear Bob, Dear Bob Bob Hopes World War II correspondence, Dolores Hope, Dolores Hope Bob Hope, FDR, first female comedy writer Bob Hoper, first female writer Bob Hope, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gene Perret, George Foreman, heart of Bob Hope, I Love Lucy, JoAnne Worley, Johnny Carson, legendary comedian, March Field Riverside, Marie Osmond, Marjorie Hughes, Marjorie Hughes Bob Hope, Marjorie Hughes unsung hero, Martha Bolton, Martha Bolton Bob Hope, Martha Bolton Dear Bob, Martha Bolton Joan Rivers, Martha Bolton Linda Hope, Martha Bolton Phyllis Diller, Martha Bolton The Lockhorns, Miss Hughes, Thanks for the Memory, The Odd Couple, The Simpsons, Tonight Show | Leave a comment

Bob Hope, George Jefferson, and Comfort TV: Next on TVC

Posted on April 28, 2021 by admin

Television writer and producer Jay Moriarty, comedy writer Martha Bolton, and author and TV historian David Hofstede will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 30-May 2 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: MARTHA BOLTON, the first and only full-time female writer that BOB HOPE ever hired, on the special connection that Hope always had with our military troops, especially the fighting men and women who served our country during World War II. Martha is the co-author, along with Hope’s daughter, LINDA HOPE, of DEAR BOB: Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the GIs of World War II, an astonishing collection of the some of the many letters, postcards, photographs, and packages that were sent back and forth between Bob Hope, the troops, and their loved ones. Thursday 5/6 marks the 80th anniversary of Hope’s first show for U.S. troops. DEAR BOB is available right now through University Press of Mississippi and Amazon.com

Posted on March 25, 2021 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged Academy Awards, Bob Hope, Bob Hope Desert Classic, Bob Hope Korean War, Bob Hope March Field, Bob Hope Martha Bolton, Bob Hope military audiences, Bob Hope military shows, bob Hope monologue, Bob Hope on TV, Bob Hope Operation Desert Storm, Bob Hope Presents, Bob Hope radio show, Bob Hope soldiers, Bob Hope Texaco, Bob Hope The Laugh Makers, Bob Hope USO, Bob Hope veterans, bob hope vietnam, Bob Hope World War II, Bob Mills, Cathy Lee Crosby, Chrysler Theater, Dear Bob, Dear Bob Bob Hopes World War II correspondence, first female comedy writer Bob Hoper, first female writer Bob Hope, Gene Perret, George Foreman, Get Smart, Gloria Loring, I Love Lucy, JoAnne Worley, Johnny Carson, legendary comedian, March Field Riverside, Marie Osmond, Martha Bolton, Martha Bolton Bob Hope, Martha Bolton Dear Bob, Martha Bolton Joan Rivers, Martha Bolton Linda Hope, Martha Bolton Phyllis Diller, Martha Bolton The Lockhorns, Pat Priest, Thanks for the Memory, The Odd Couple, The Simpsons, Tonight Show | Leave a comment

via National Comedy Center: Rob Reiner, Annie Reiner, and Lucas Reiner will donate the archives of comedy legend CARL REINER to the NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, including rare creative papers, scripts and artifacts that span Reiner’s seven-decade career as a writer, director, producer, author and performer. The National Comedy Center will also name its Archival and Preservation Department in memory of Carl Reiner

Posted on March 19, 2021 by admin

Jamestown, NY – March 19, 2021 – The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy, announced today that it will become the home of comedy legend Carl Reiner’s archives. The Reiner … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.7: Phyllis Lindstrom, Sue Ann Nivens, and Sexy Feminism with guest Jennifer Armstrong is available for listening on demand

Posted on March 15, 2021 by admin

Phyllis Lindstrom, Sue Ann Nivens, and Sexy Feminism Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.7: From June 2013: Jennifer Armstrong, author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 517.1 with guest Billy Van Zandt is available for listening on demand

Posted on November 23, 2020 by admin

How Lucy Channeled Buster Keaton Original Airdates: Nov. 20-22, 2020 TVC 517.1: Ed welcomes Emmy-nominated writer, producer, actor and playwright Billy Van Zandt (I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, Martin, The Hughleys, Newhart). Billy’s memoir, Get in the Car, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Adrienne Barbeau, Adventures in the TV Wasteland, Andrew Dice Clay, Anything But Love, Billy Van Zandt, Billy Van Zandt Adrienne Barbeau, Billy Van Zandt Get in the Car Jane, Billy Van Zandt Jane Millmore, Billy Van Zandt Teresa Ganzel, Bob Newhart, Boomer Boys Musical, Brooke Shields, D.L. Hughley, Daddy Dearest, Desi Arnaz, Don Rickles, Elaine Stritch, Get in the Car Jane, I Love Lucy, I Love Lucy The Very First Show, Jane Millmore, Life with Lucy, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Martin, Martin Lawrence, NAACP Image Awards, Newhart, Nurses, People's Choice Award, Prism Award, Richard Lewis, Silent Laughter, Stevie Van Zandt, Suddenly Susan, The Hughleys, The Wayans Brothers, Van Zandt Milmore, You've Got Hate Mail | Leave a comment

Daphne Maxwell Reid, Tom Dreesen, and Billy Van Zandt: Next on TVC

Posted on November 19, 2020 by admin

Actress and author Daphne Maxwell Raid and Emmy-nominated writer/producer Billy Van Zandt will join us, plus we’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with comedian Tom Dreesen. All this and more on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Nov. … Continue reading →

via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER partners with the Elkhorn Valley Museum to launch a new Johnny Carson Gallery in Carson’s hometown of Elkhorn, NE (set to open in 2021), and with the Carson Entertainment Group to launch a new Johnny Carson exhibit, 30 Years of Late Night Television, set to open in 2022

Posted on October 23, 2020 by admin

Jamestown, NY – October 23, 2020– As the country remembers comedy and late-night legend Johnny Carson on his 95th birthday today, the National Comedy Center—the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Johnny Carson’s hometown … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 30 Years of Late Night Television, African-Americans, Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, American history, Amy & Ben Stiller, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Animal Antics with Joan Embery and Jim Fowler, Archival Television Audio, Art Fern, Bill Cosby, Bill Marx, birthplace Johnny Carson, black Americans, Bob Newhart, Bobby Kennedy, Burt Reynolds, Camilla Cleese, Carl Reiner, Carson as Carnac, Carson with wild animals, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, David Letterman, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Too, Dick Van Dyke Show, Dionne Warwick, Drew Carey, Ed McMahon, Elkhorn Nebraska, Elkhorn Valley Museum, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, Floyd R. Turbo, Fran Drescher, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Goldie Hawn, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte Bobby Kennedy, Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, Harry Belafonte Tonight Show, Heeere’s Johnny, Hollywood Icons of the 70s, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jeff Sotzing, Jeff Sotzing Carson Entertainment Group, Jeff Sotzing Johhny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Cleese, John Dingell Jr., Johnny Carson Art Fern, Johnny Carson artifacts, Johnny Carson Floyd R. Turbo, Johnny Carson hometown, Johnny Goes Home, Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Joy Reid, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, king of late-night television, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, largest independent television production company in the United States, Laugh-In, Lena Horne, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Louie Anderson, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Martin Luther King Jr., Mel Brooks, Michael Caine, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, National Comedy Center World's Greatest Places, National Comedy Center’s Father’s Day Tributes, NBC Universal, New York, Nipsey Russell, Oscar Nunez & Judy Gold, paramount pictures, Paul Newman, Paula Poundstone, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, Phil Gries TV Confidential, pioneering monologist, Rain Pryor, Ray Romano, Richard Pryor, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, Sidney Poitier, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, The Best of Carnac the Magnificent, The Best of George Carlin, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams estate, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Garry Shandling Estate, The Harold Ramis Family, The Jack Benny Program, The Johnny Carson Show, The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Lucy Show, The Sit-In, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Untouchables, Time magazine, Time Magazine National Comedy Center, Time magazine Worlds Greatest Places, Tom Benson, tom reed, Tonight Show artifacts, Tonight Show Martin Luther King Jr., Tonight Show monologues, Tonight Show platform stand-up comedy, Trevor Noah, TV Confidential, W. Kamau Bell, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive | Leave a comment

Tribute to James Drury: Next on TVC

Posted on September 9, 2020 by admin

Film and TV biographers Paul Green and Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Sept. 11-13 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 9/11 9am ET 6am PT … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy-nominated writer, producer and actor BILLY VAN ZANDT on why comedians are born hearing a certain rhythm; his friendship with Lucille Ball and the influence she continues to have on his career; why working with Martin Lawrence reminded him of both Jerry Lewis and Bob Newhart; and why his experience working with Don Rickles on Daddy Dearest remains one of his best experiences in television. Billy’s memoir, GET IN THE CAR, JANE! Adventures in the TV Wasteland not only provides a front row seat to the adsurdity that often goes on behind the scenes in network TV, but offers useful tips on how to deal with the day-to-day frustrations of your job, no matter what you do for a living

Posted on September 3, 2020 by admin

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 537.4 with guest Martha Bolton is available for listening on demand

Bob Hope, George Jefferson, and Comfort TV: Next on TVC

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.7: Phyllis Lindstrom, Sue Ann Nivens, and Sexy Feminism with guest Jennifer Armstrong is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 517.1 with guest Billy Van Zandt is available for listening on demand

Daphne Maxwell Reid, Tom Dreesen, and Billy Van Zandt: Next on TVC

Tribute to James Drury: Next on TVC

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