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MeTV will pay tribute to Carl Reiner with a month-long presentation of his favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show that starts Sunday 7/5 at 10pm ET/PT and continues every Sunday night at the same time throughout the month of July
June 30, 2020 — The MeTV Network will celebrate legendary writer, director and actor Carl Reiner with a special, month-long presentation of his favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show. The tribute begins this Sunday, July 5 at 10p … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via Decades Network: DECADES will dedicate its July 11-12 Weekend Binge to Carl Reiner with classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, plus it will air the original pilot episode, Head of the Family, and Reiner’s interview with Dick Cavett on Friday, July 10 as part of a special two-hour programming block
June 30, 2020 — The DECADES Network will celebrate legendary writer, director and actor Carl Reiner with a special weekend binge of 15-time Emmy award winning sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. The tribute begins Friday, July 10 at 9p … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Carl Reiner not only took to Twitter, but his frequent musings on all walks of daily life gave his followers glimpses of his brand of humor and an unfiltered window into his mind
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via Variety: Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies at age 98
via @Variety: Comedy legend @carlreiner dies, age 98 #TheDickVanDykeShow #YourShowofShows #OhGod #EnterLaughing #TheJerk #2000YearOldMan To quote @KPCC host @JGHorn @TheFrame his brand of humor was smart, sophisticated, layered yet also seemed effortless https://t.co/z2TkHyU5za — ed robertson (@tvconfidential) June 30, 2020 … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 483.1: Remembering Pink Lady and Jeff is now available for listening on demand
Remembering Pink Lady and Jeff Original Airdates: Mar. 6-8, 2020 TVC 483.1: Tony and Ed commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Pink Lady and Jeff (NBC, 1980), the short-lived and, in many respects, infamous variety series produced by Sid & Marty … Continue reading →
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Tagged Banana Splits, Barbara Mandrell, Barbra Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, Billie Hayes, Blondie, Bob Denver, Butch Patrick, Cesar Millan, Charles Nelson Reilly, Chuck McCann, D.C. Follies, David Arquette, Deborah Harry, Deidre Hall, Donny & Marie, Donny and Marie Osmond, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Florence Henderson, Fred Silverman, H.R Pufnstuff, Jack Wild, Jeff Altman, Jeff Altman Challenge of the Super Friends, Jeff Altman comedian, Jeff Altman impressionist, Jim Nabors, Johnny Whitaker, Judy Garland, Kie, Krofft Kwickies, Land of the Lost, Larry Hagman, Les Poupees De Paris, Liberace, Lidsville, Lost Saucer, Margaret Hamilton, Martha Raye, Mei, Mei and Kie, Mei and Kie Pink Lady, Mutt & Stuff, Pink Lady and Jeff, Pink Lady bikinis, Pink Lady hot tub, Pink Lady Japanese, Pink Lady Jeff Altman, Pink Lady Kiss in the Dark, Pink Lady SOS, Pink Lady YMCA, Pryors Place, Richard Pryor, Ringling Brothers Circus, Rip Taylor, Ruth Buzzi, Seattle World's Fair, Sid Caesar, Sigmund & The Sea Monsters, Supertrain, Teddy Pendergrass, The Brady Bunch Hour, Timothy Bottoms, Will Ferrell
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via Comedy Hall of Fame: Premiering tonight on WNET Channel 13 in New York: SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, a new documentary featuring intimate, never-before-seen interviews with Caesar from the archives of the Comedy Hall of Fame. SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY will also become available for viewing on demand on PBS Passport beginning Monday 7/22
New York, NY — For more than 50 years, public television has provided unsurpassed access to the performing arts, including the very best of theater, dance, opera, classical, jazz, popular music, and comedy. Now, New York metro-area public television station … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Golden Age of Television, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 449 with guest Geri Jewell (Deadwood, Deadwood: The Movie, Carol of the Bells, The Facts of Life) is now available online for listening on demand
Deadwood actress and TV pioneer Geri Jewell on the Deadwood sequel movie and working with David Milch Original Airdates: May 3-5, 2019 TVC 449.3: Ed welcomes back actress and author Geri Jewell (The Facts of Life, Deadwood, I’m Walking as … Continue reading →
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Tagged ADA, big bird, big bird sesame street, black hills south dakota, Brad Dourif, Carol Burnett, Carol of the Bells, caroll spinney, cerebral palsy, Charlotte Rae, Cliff Robertson, Cousin Geri, daniel minahan, David Milch, Deadwood, deadwood movie, deadwood sequel, Deadwood The Movie, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Gerald McRaney, Geri Jewell, geri jewell cerebral palsy, geri jewell comedienne, geri jewell deadwood, geri jewell facts of life, geri jewell ted nicholson, HBO deadwood, HBO go, HBO on demand, i'm walking as straight as i can, Ian McShane, individuals with disabilities, Jane Fonda, Jewel, Lee Purcell, Lisa Welchel, Molly Parker, Norman Lear, Patty Duke, Robby Benson, Sesame Street, Sid Caesar, Speechless, The Facts of Life, Timothy Olyphant, Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond, William Sanderson
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Geri Jewell, plus Roddenberry in the 1970s: Next on TVC
Actress and author Geri Jewell and author and screenwriter Marc Cushman will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 3-5 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 5/3 7pm ET, 4pm PT … Continue reading →
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Tagged ADA, Alex Cord, Angie Dickinson, big bird, big bird sesame street, Bjo Trimble, black hills south dakota, Brad Dourif, Brave New World, Captain Kirk, Carol Burnett, Carol of the Bells, caroll spinney, cerebral palsy, Charlotte Rae, Cliff Robertson, Cousin Geri, D.C. Fontana, daniel minahan, David Milch, Deadwood, deadwood movie, deadwood sequel, DeForest Kelley, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Dorothy Fontana, Dylan Hunt, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek, Genesis II, George Takei, Gerald McRaney, Geri Jewell, geri jewell cerebral palsy, geri jewell comedienne, geri jewell deadwood, geri jewell facts of life, geri jewell ted nicholson, Great Bird of the Galazy, HBO deadwood, HBO go, HBO on demand, i'm walking as straight as i can, Ian McShane, individuals with disabilities, James Doohan, Jane Fonda, Jewel, Lee Purcell, Leonard Nimoy, Lincoln Enterprises, Lisa Welchel, Majel Barrett, Marc Cushman, Mariette Hartley, Mike Farrell, Molly Parker, Mr. Spock, National General Corporation, Nichelle Nichols, Norman Lear, Patty Duke, Phase II, Phase II Trek series, Planet Earth, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Robby Benson, Robert Foxworth, Rock Hudson, Roddenberry projects, Roger Vadim, Sesame Street, Sid Caesar, Spectre, Speechless, Star Trek, Star Trek conventions, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Strange New World, Tarzan, The Facts of Life, The Questor Tapes, These Are The Voyages, Timothy Olyphant, Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond, Walter Koenig, William Sanderson, William Shatner
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Geri Jewell on reprising her role as Jewel in the long-awaited DEADWOOD sequel movie (and the spirit of camaraderie between her and her fellow DEADWOOD cast members); her upcoming appearance in the indie film CAROL OF THE BELLS with Donna Mills, Lee Purcell and Donna Pescow; and how she nearly decapitated Big Bird when she guest-starred on Sesame Street. The DEADWOOD sequel movie premieres Friday 5/31 on HBO, HBO Now, HBO Go, and HBO on Demand
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Tagged ADA, big bird, big bird sesame street, black hills south dakota, Brad Dourif, Carol Burnett, Carol of the Bells, caroll spinney, cerebral palsy, Charlotte Rae, Cliff Robertson, Cousin Geri, daniel minahan, David Milch, Deadwood, deadwood movie, deadwood sequel, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Gerald McRaney, Geri Jewell, geri jewell cerebral palsy, geri jewell comedienne, geri jewell deadwood, geri jewell facts of life, geri jewell ted nicholson, HBO deadwood, HBO go, HBO on demand, i'm walking as straight as i can, Ian McShane, individuals with disabilities, Jane Fonda, Jewel, Lee Purcell, Lisa Welchel, Molly Parker, Norman Lear, Patty Duke, Robby Benson, Sesame Street, Sid Caesar, Speechless, The Facts of Life, Timothy Olyphant, Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond, William Sanderson
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned Original Airdates: Sept. 21-24, 2018 First hour: A tribute to film and television actor Burt Reynolds featuring highlights from previously broadcast conversations with people who knew and worked with him, including actors Richard … Continue reading →
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