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The Sounds of Lost Christmas: Next on TVC

Posted on December 22, 2021 by admin

We’ll go back in time this weekend as part of a special holiday edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 24-26 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 12/24 9am ET 6am PT … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Andy Griffith, Bob Hope, Charles Kuralt, Christmas TV Companion, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Florence Henderson, Glen Campbell, holiday TV episodes, Jim Nabors, Joanna Wilson, Jonathan Winters, Judy Garland, Phil Gries, The Sounds of Lost Television, Tis the Season TV, vintage holiday TV specials, Walter Cronkite | Leave a comment

Daphne Maxwell Reid, plus The Sounds of Lost Thanksgiving: Next on TVC

Posted on November 23, 2021 by admin

Please join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL for an encore presentation of our conversation with actress Daphne Maxwell Reid, airing Nov. 26-28 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 11/26 9am … Continue reading →

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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Robert Hooks, Joyce Bulifant, and Guy Lombardo: Next on TVC

Posted on December 31, 2020 by admin

We’ll replay our conversations with actors Robert Hooks and Joyce Bulifant as part of a special New Year’s weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 1-3 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged 90 Bristol Court, A Raisin in the Sun, addictive behavior, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, Airplane, alcoholism, Andrea Roth, Ashley, Audience Network, Auld Lang Syne, Bad News Bears, ball drop, Bewitched Forever, Big John Little John, Bill Bixby, bill henderson, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, bobby dean hooks, Boo Hoo, Bouffon, Breeda Wool, brock peters, Bye Yum Pum Pum, Camila, Carl Reiner, carter's army, CBS Films, CBS Match Game, Cecilia Leal, chas. floyd johnson, classic TV, Cloak & Dagger, co-dependency, contemporary black theatre movement, Crosswits, cultural architect, daniel melnick, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, denise nicholas, denzel washington, diabetes, Diamonds, Dick Van Dyke, Disney’s Freeform, Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, domestic abuse, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dyslexia, East Side West Side, Edward Mallory, Elizabeth Montgomery, eric hooks, Fairy Godmother, feelings of self worth, First Lady of American Theater, Five Feet Apart, foggy bottom, frank converse, French clowning, game shows, Gene Rayburn, genius, genius TV series, George Bernard Shaw, gerald krone, Goodson Todman, Grant Tinker, group theatre company, Haley Lu Richardson, Hans Christian Anderson Award, Happiest Millionaire, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Herbie J Pilato, Howard Cosell, hurry sundown, Ivan Dixon, j.T., Jack Warden, Jack Weston, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, janet maclachlan, jeff ward, Jesus Christ Superstar, John Asher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joyce Bulifant, julius harris, kevin hooks, Kirk Douglas, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, lorraine hansberry, Love Thy Neighbor, Marie Slaughter, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Marvin Gaye, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, Match Game, midnight, Mikayla, MLK, Mr. Mercedes, Mr. New Year's Eve, mr. t, My Four Hollywood Husbands, n.y.p.d. tv series, Neil Simon, Netflix, New Beverly Cinema, New Year’s Eve, New York, Olivia Holt, original n.y.p.d. tv series, passenger 57, Password, paul robeson, pbs special, Perry Mason, Phil Gries, pioneer black actors, plastic surgery, posse, Professor Sophie Amieva, Pyramid, Raymond Burr, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Robert Redford, Roger Perry, Ron Howard, Ron Masak, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, Royal Canadians, Royal Canadiens, search for spock, Sounds of Lost Television, star trek iii, star trek movie, Stella, Stephen J. Cannell, stethoscope, Tandy Bowen, Tattletales, The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the media forum, the original Mr. T, The Purge, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, tiger tiger burning bright, Times Square, Tituss Burgess, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, Tom Everett Scott, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, TV historian, Twitch Upon a Star, Walter Pidgeon, washington D.C., We Are All in Paradise, Whoopi Goldberg, William Asher, Winchester Cathedral, You Never Can Tell, zucker abraham zucker, zucker brothers | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 518 with guest Daphne Maxwell Reid is available for listening on demand

Posted on November 30, 2020 by admin

Daphne Maxwell Reid and The Business of Christmas Original Airdates: Nov. 27-29, 2020 TVC 518.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actress, photographer, clothes designer, educator, activist, and author Daphne Maxwell Reid (The Fresh Prince of … Continue reading →

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 516.1: Hugh Downs: TV’s First Great Utility Player is available for listening on demand

Posted on November 16, 2020 by admin

Hugh Downs: TV’s First Great Utility Player Original Airdates: Nov. 13-15, 2020 TVC 516.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the passing of broadcast legend Hugh Downs earlier this year as part of a special edition of This Week in History. … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Bobby Fischer chess, Bobby Fischer chess champion, Don Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Geraldo Rivera, Hugh Downs, Hugh Downs 20/20, Hugh Downs Albert Einstein, Hugh Downs Barbara Walters, Hugh Downs Bobby Fischer, Hugh Downs Concentraion, Hugh Downs Frank Lloyd Wright, Hugh Downs Jack Paar, Hugh Downs Merv Griffin, Hugh Downs NBC, Hugh Downs Over Easy, Hugh Downs Patty Duke, Hugh Downs PBS, Hugh Downs Phil Gries, Hugh Downs President Eisenhower, Hugh Downs Rita Hayworth, Hugh Downs Today Show, Hugh Downs Tonight Show, Hugh Downs Wisdom, Ike, Jack Benny, Jack Paar, Jack Paar Tonight Show, Jack Paar walk off, Jack Paar water closet joke, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Patty Duke, Patty Duke 20/20, Patty Duke Call Me Anna, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Archival Television Audio, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, President Eisenhower, Rita Hayworth, Sid Caesar | Leave a comment

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

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 510.3: The Build-Up to The Beatles is available for listening on demand

Posted on October 5, 2020 by admin

How Network TV News First Covered the Beatles Original Airdates: Oct. 2-4, 2020 TVC 510.3: From February 2014: Phil Gries joins Ed in the studio for a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television featuring audio highlights of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Beatles Dodge Stadium concert, Beatles Shea Stadium concert, Bruce Morrow, Cousin Bruce rock n roll, Cousin Brucie, Cousin Brucie jingles, Cousin Brucie Shea Stadium, Cousin Brucie The Beatles, Cousin Brucie WABC, Ed Sullivan Show, Ed Sullivan The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Phil Gries, Ringo Starr, rock n roll music, Sounds of Lost Television, The Beatles, The Beatles Candlestick Park concert, The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show | Leave a comment

via Indiewire: PHIL GRIES of TV CONFIDENTIAL and Archival Television Audio appears in and contributed vital archival audio to THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW, the new NBC Peacock documentary, executive produced by Joy Reid and directed by Yoruba Richen, that is now available for streaming on demand. Phil contributed audio of Belafonte interviewing The Smothers Brothers, Lena Horne and Bill Cosby during the week when the singer and longtime civil rights activist guest hosted The Tonight Show in February 1968. THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW will also have a special airing on MSNBC on Saturday 9/12 at 10pm ET and PT

Posted on September 12, 2020 by admin

In 1968, America was embroiled in protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War. In that tumultuous time, “The Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson turned over hosting duties for an entire week to actor and activist Harry Belafonte. His cast of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged African-Americans, American history, Archival Television Audio, Bill Cosby, black Americans, Bobby Kennedy, Civil RIghts and Voting Act, Dionne Warwick, Ed McMahon, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte Bobby Kennedy, Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, Harry Belafonte Tonight Show, Joy Reid, Lena Horne, Martin Luther King Jr., NBC Peacock, Nipsey Russell, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, Phil Gries TV Confidential, Sidney Poitier, The Sit-In, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Tonight Show Martin Luther King Jr., TV Confidential, Yoruba Richen | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 500.1: Tribute to Hugh Downs is now available for listening on demand

Posted on July 13, 2020 by admin

Hugh Downs on the Unpredictability of Jack Paar Original Airdates: July 10-12, 2020 TVC 500.1: From September 2013: Broadcast legend Hugh Downs talks to Ed and Phil Gries about his years as announcer/sidekick on The Jack Paar Tonight Show (NBC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Bobby Fischer chess, Bobby Fischer chess champion, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh Downs, Hugh Downs 20/20, Hugh Downs Albert Einstein, Hugh Downs Barbara Walters, Hugh Downs Bobby Fischer, Hugh Downs Concentraion, Hugh Downs Frank Lloyd Wright, Hugh Downs Jack Paar, Hugh Downs Merv Griffin, Hugh Downs NBC, Hugh Downs Over Easy, Hugh Downs Patty Duke, Hugh Downs PBS, Hugh Downs Phil Gries, Hugh Downs President Eisenhower, Hugh Downs Rita Hayworth, Hugh Downs Today Show, Hugh Downs Tonight Show, Hugh Downs Wisdom, Ike, Jack Paar, Jack Paar Tonight Show, Jack Paar walk off, Jack Paar water closet joke, Patty Duke, Patty Duke 20/20, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Archival Television Audio, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, President Eisenhower, Rita Hayworth | Leave a comment

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