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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 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark” on Spreaker. First hour: Actor, … 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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Podcast of last week’s TV CONFIDENTIAL with Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark is also available for listening on demand via SoundCloud, Stitcher and YouTube
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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
Original Airdate: Apr. 20-23, 2018 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 402 with guests Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark” on Spreaker. First hour: Author, singer, and show business raconteur Geoffrey Mark .helps Ed celebrate the centennial birthday of vocalist Ella … Continue reading →
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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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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 397 with guests Lou Antonio and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 397 with guests Lou Antonio and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Mar. 9-12, 2018 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 397 with guests Lou Antonio and Geoffrey Mark” on Spreaker. First hour: Part 2 of our conversation with Geoffrey Mark, … Continue reading →
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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 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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