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- Renowned illusionist DAVID GROVES performs Magic from the Jungle, a special hour-long Halloween Night magic show featuring breathtaking displays of magic that David learned from his travels to the South Pacific. The curtain rises via ZOOM on Saturday 10/31 beginning at 11pm ET 8pm PT. Cost is $20. See PayPal and Venmo addresses on the flyer below to register and for more information
- Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: ANSON WILLIAMS on the recent virtual reunion of HAPPY DAYS cast members that raised funds for Wisconsin Democrats. Anson also recently donated supplies of ALERT DROPS to frontline workers in various U.S. hotspots to help them stay alert naturally and battle pandemic fatigue
- Penny Peyser, plus The Genius of Billy Goldenberg: Next on TVC
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- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Kathleen Crowley and Arch Johnson star in “A Bullet for the Teacher,” airing Oct. 30, 1960 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Edd Byrnes, Michael Dante, and Peter Brown star in “Stage West,” airing Oct. 27, 1957 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Gerald Mohr and Paul Picerni star in “Escape to Tampico,” airing Oct. 26, 1958 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Joel Grey, Nancy Kulp, and Robert Lowery star in “Full House,” airing Oct. 25, 1959 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Gerald Mohr and Myrna Fahey star in “Mano Nera,” the first of four episodes co-written by Leo Gordon, airing Oct. 23, 1960 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513 with guest Ed Asner is available for listening on demand. Ed will star in a virtual performance of GOD HELP US that will live stream on Saturday 10/31 beginning at 6pm CT 4pm PT
Ed Asner: The Best Movie Santa Claus Ever Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both … Continue reading
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Spend part of your Halloween this year with ED ASNER as he stars, along with MICHAEL SHANNON and JORDAN COLEY, in a virtual production of GOD HELP US, the critically acclaimed political comedy by Samuel Warren Joseph and Phil Proctor, that will stream live on Saturday 10/31 beginning at 6pm CT 4pm PT. A live talk back featuring all three actors will follow the 90-minute performance. For tickets and more information, see the flyer in the post below
Ed Asner will star, along with Michael Shannon and Jordan Coley, in a virtual production of God Help Us that will be streamed live via the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 31 beginning at 6pm CT 4pm … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 512.4 with guest Ed Asner is available for listening on demand
50 Years of Ed Asner as Lou Grant Original Airdates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 TVC 512.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler … Continue reading
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Tagged A Man and His Prostate, Anne Bancroft, Autism, Briarpatch, Carl Fredericksen, Carl Fredericksen UP, David Janssen, Dead to Me, Ed Asner, Ed Asner A Man and His Prostate, Ed Asner action hero, Ed Asner Briarpatch, Ed Asner Carl Frederickson, Ed Asner Change of Habit, Ed Asner David Paymer Briarpatch, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed Asner God Help Us, Ed Asner Grouchy Historian, Ed Asner I hate spunk, Ed Asner Kid Galahad, Ed Asner Lou Grant, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ed Asner Pixar, Ed Asner Santa Claus, Ed Asner Son of a Junkman, Ed Asner Up, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Elvis Presley, Emmy Award, Fort Apache The Bronx, Gavin MacLeod, Gene Reynolds, Gene Reynolds Lou Grant, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, House on Greenapple Road, I hate spunk, James Garner, James Staghorne Sr. Briarpatch, John Wayne, Kansas City Bottom, Lily Tomlin, Lou Grant, Lou Grant controversy, Lou Grant El Salvador controversy, Lou Grant I hate spunk, Lou Grant you got spunk, Louis Gossett Jr., Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Nichols, Mr. Novak, Paul Bogart, Paul Newman, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Quinn Martin, Richard Crenna, Rod Serling, Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Skin Game, Slattery's People, Son of a Junkman, Son of a Junkman book, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Hollywood to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, special education, special needs, special needs children, Sydney Pollack, The Grouchy Historian, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Up, USA Network series Briarpatch, Vagina Monologue, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, Will Ferrell, you got spunk
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 511.1 with guest Suzy Friendly is available for listening on demand
Suzy “The Shark” Friendly Original Airdates: Oct. 9-11, 2020 TVC 511.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began earlier this year with Suzy Friendly about her thirty-five-year career in network television production. Suzy worked behind the scenes in many capacities, … Continue reading
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50 Years of Lou Grant and MTM, plus the Legacy of RBG: Next on TVC
Eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner and longtime national TV legal analyst Stan Goldman will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 16-18 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday … Continue reading →