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- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Loyola Law School professor Stanley A. Goldman, longtime journalist and TV news commentator and the founding director of the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide, on the remarkable and true story of his mother, Malka Repstein, a Holocaust survivor whose life was spared in 1945, along with one thousand other Jewish women, by Nazi interior minister Heimrich Himmler—and how the saving of those lives ultimately led to the demise of Adolf Hitler. Stan’s book, LEFT TO THE MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM, is available now in hardcover and for the Kindle through Potomac Books, and as an audiobook through Tantor Audio. If you only have time to read one book about the history of the Holocaust, make it this one
- Hour 2 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434 with guest Constance Towers is now available online for listening on demand
- Hour 1 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434, featuring Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, is now available online for listening on demand
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Michael Learned on how she approaches every performance as Daisy Werthan as a clean slate, no matter how many times she has played the character. Michael co-stars with Lance Nichols in the Laguna Playhouse production of Driving Miss Daisy, which runs thru Sunday, January 27 in Laguna Beach, California. Michael also stars, along with John Wesley, in the short film Second Acts. She is also one of the three recipients of this year’s Icon Award at the annual Oscars Party, held at the Paladium in Hollywood on Sunday 2/24, the night of the Academy Awards
- Constance Towers, Television Finales, and A Century of Kovacs: Next on TVC
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- Constance Towers, Television Finales, and A Century of Kovacs: Next on TVC « KSAV on 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
- Robin Williams: Comic Genius, plus a Salute to Ken Berry: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Time Life: Available now exclusively at RobinWilliams.com: ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS, a new DVD collection celebrating the comedy career of the Oscar-winning actor and comedic genius
- Julie Webster on TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 431 with guest Josh Mills is now available online for listening on demand
- Kirk Bovill, plus More of Merv: Next on TVC « KSAV on Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi is now available online for listening on demand
- Take a Good Look at Guy Lombardo: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Shout! Factory: Just in Time for The Holiday Season: Limited Edition sets of Never-Before-Available-or-Seen Lithographs by Ernie Kovacs, starting at $250
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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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Tagged AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alec Guinness, Alexis Smith, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Anthony Eisley, Anthony Geary, Arthur Marks, Barbara Hale, Barney Kessel, Barney Miller, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Bobby Troup, Budd Moss, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Capitol, Carousel, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Cheers, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, controversial films, Craig Stevens, Curtis Hansen, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, David Letterman, Deadwood, Designing Women, Dexter, doodles, Douglas L. Howard, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Egyptian Theater, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, famous final episodes, final episodes, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, Follies, Foster Hirsch, Frasier, Gene Evans, General Hospital, George Schlatter, Girls, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Grant, Grantville, Griff, Helena Carradine, Here's Edie!, Hollywood, Howard, Howdy Doody, Illustrated Profuselies, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. Burlington Gearshift, James Drury, James Garner, Jeff Thompson, John Ford, John Magee, John Wayne, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, Kelly, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, L.A. Law, Long Beach Museum of Art, Lost, Mack the Knife, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, Martin Krutch, Marvin Paige, MASH, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Dante, Miklos Molnar, Monty Python, Muriel Cigars Commercials, Museum of the Moving Image, Nairobi Trio, Nichols, Ode To A Housefly, Ode To Electricity, Ode To Stanley's Pussycat, Oklahoma, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, Our Man In Havana, Paley Center for Media, pedophile, Percy Dovetonsils, Perry Mason, Peter Breck, Prankish Professor, Profuselies, prophetic film, Raymond Burr, Robert Thompson, Rock Mississippi, Rockford Files, Rodgers Hammerstein, Roseanne, Sales Film, Samuel Fuller, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Shock Corridor, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, Six Feet Under, sixties cinema, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Smothers Brothers, Solfeggio, Sondheim, St. Elsewhere, Strangely Believe It, Superclod Test, Susan King, Take a Good Look, TCM, Television Finales, television history, Television's Original Genius, Television's Orignal Genius, The Big Cheese, The Case of The Missing Melody, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Fugitive, The Kapusta Kid, The King and I, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Mysterious Knockwurst, The Naked Kiss, the National Gallery, The Shield, The Sound of Music, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, Tragic Trophy, Turner Classic Movies, TV Worth Watching, visual improv, Wake Me When It's Over, Writers To Blame
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress, artist and animal rights champion Loretta Swit on what drives her advocacy for our furry and feathered friends. Loretta’s book, SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, is a collection of sixty-five full-color paintings and drawings of rescue animals and wildlife, all done by Loretta herself. All proceeds from the sales of SwitHeart will be donated to Loretta’s endless campaign to end animal suffering and cruelty. Loretta is also one of the three recipients of this year’s Icon Award at the annual Oscars Party, held at the Paladium in Hollywood on Sunday 2/24, the night of the Academy Awards
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Tagged actors and others for animals, Agnes Gooch, Alan Alda, animal kingdom, animal rights, animal rights advocate, animal rights champion, animals, Any Wednesday, Betty White Award Academy Awards, Bird of Paradise, Cagney & Lacey, Dr. Sugar, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gene Reynolds, GES Conservation Fund, global wildlife conservation, Harry Morgan, Hollywood, Hot Lips Houlihan, Icon Award, Jamie Farr, Ken Levine, Larry Gelbart, Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H TV series, Mame, Margaret Houlihan, MASH, McLean Stevenson, Mies Hora, Mike Farrell, Mike Henry, My Secret Journey, Oscars Party, Paladium, rescue animals, Shirley Valentine, SwitHeart, SwitHeart.org, The Nurses, The Odd Couple, The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, Wayne Rogers, wildlife, William Christopher
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, co-editors of TELEVISION FINALES: From Howdy Doody to Girls, an exploration of some of the most compelling and often controversial final episodes in TV history, including such famous finales as those of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, and The Fugitive; infamous ones such as St. Elsewhere, The Sopranos and How I Met Your Mother; plus a few others that you may not have thought of. TELEVISION FINALES is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Syracuse University Press
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Tagged Barney Miller, Cheers, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, famous final episodes, final episodes, Girls, Howdy Doody, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Nichols, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Smothers Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Television Finales, television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Shield, TV Worth Watching
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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 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 396 with guests Beverly Gray and Geoffrey Mark” on Spreaker. First hour: Beverly Gray, author of Seduced by Mrs. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1967, 1968 Oscarcast, 1968 Oscars, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, a comprehensive biography that includes 275 photographs (many of which are in color), A Tisket A Tasket, Abysinnia Henry, Academy Awards broadcast, AfterMASH, Alan Alda, American Dream, American popular culture, Anne Bancroft, April 1968, author, Best Picture, Best Picture nominations, Beverly in Movieland, big band, Billie Holliday, Bob Hope, Bobby Darin, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, comedian, Concorde-New Horizons Pictures, Count Basie, Darkest Hour, David Ogden Stiers, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Dunkirk, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Elvis Presley, First Lady of Song, Frances McDormand, Frank Sinatra, Gary Burghoff, Gary Oldhman, Gene Reynolds, Geoffrey Mark, Get Out, Goodbye Farewell and Amen, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Guillermo del Toro, Harry Morgan, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation, inclusion rider, Jamie Farr, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Jimmy Kimmel, Jordan Peele, Karen Carpenter, Larry Gelbart, Larry Linville, Lawrence Turman, Loretta Swit, Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, MASH, McLean Stevenson, Mel Torme, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, Mike Farrell, Mike Nichols, Nat King Cole, New World Pictures, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oscars, Pablo, radio host, rags to riches, Roger Corman, Savoy Ballroom, Seduced by Mrs. Robinson, show business raconteur, singer, Sometimes You Hear the Bullet, Steven Spielberg, The Graduate, The Hollywood Reporter, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Ebbing Missouri, Tom Hanks, too, Too Close for Comfort, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Wayne Rogers, William Christopher
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From the archives of TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Loretta Swit on her respect for the work of real-life nurses and the woman on whom she based her portrayal of Major Margaret Houlihan
With Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 marking the thirty-fifth anniversary of the original broadcast of the final episode of M*A*S*H, here’s a clip from our January 2017 conversation with actress Loretta Swit in which she discusses her respect for real-life nurses … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Hot Lips, Loretta Swit, Margaret Houlihan, MASH, Television Confidential, TV Confidential
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