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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 467.2: Inside the National Comedy Center and Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum is now available online for listening on demand
Inside the National Comedy Center and Desilu Museum Original Airdates: Oct. 11-13, 2019 TVC 467.2: Ed welcomes Gary Hahn, director of marketing for both The National Comedy Center and the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum, both of which are based … Continue reading →
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Robert Clohessy, James DuMont, plus 50 Years of The Bradys: Next on TVC
Actors Robert Clohessy (Blue Bloods) and James DuMont (The Righteous Gemstones) will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 11-13 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 10/11 7pm ET, 4pm PT … Continue reading →
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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: We’ll take you to Jamestown, New York… the birthplace of Lucille Ball and the home of both The National Comedy Center and The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
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Tagged Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Bill Marx, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Too, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, Fran Drescher, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Dingell Jr., Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, largest independent television production company in the United States, Laugh-In, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, National Comedy Center World's Greatest Places, NBC Universal, New York, paramount pictures, Paula Poundstone, Ray Romano, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, 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 Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, Time magazine, Time Magazine National Comedy Center, Time magazine Worlds Greatest Places, Tom Benson, tom reed, Trevor Noah, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive
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via Time-Life: Come back to your favorite TV hometown with The Mayberry Collection, a three-volume, fourteen-episode configuration of the best of The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Mayberry, R.F.D. that includes sixty-four classic episodes, some of which have never been released on DVD before
Our friends at Time-Life invite you to celebrate happier times, good old-fashioned values, and small-town America with the release of The Mayberry Collection, a three-volume, fourteen-DVD configuration featuring sixty-four episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, twenty-four episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and sixteen episodes of … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Visit from Cousin Goober, Andy Griffith, Andy Griffith: Icon, Andy Taylor, Arlene Golanka, Barney Fife, Danny Meets Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Earle Hagen, Fishin Hole, Frances Bavier, Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course, Gomer Pyle, good old-fashioned values, Jim Nabors, Ken Berry, Mayberry, Mayberry Collection, Mayberry R.F.D., Opie Joins the Marines, put your fishing pole in the fishing hole, Return to Mayberry, Richard O. Linke, Ron Howard, Sam Jones, Sheldon Leonard, Sing a Song of Papa, small-town America, The Andy Griffith Show, The Christmas Story, The Danny Thomas Show, The Impossible Dream, The Pickle Story, The Show Must Go On, U.S. Marines, U.S.M.C.
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 449: Inside The Hollywood Museum’s New Tribute to Lucille Ball is now available online for listening on demand
Inside The Hollywood Museum’s New Tribute to Lucille Ball Original Airdates: May 3-5, 2019 TVC 449.4: TV Confidential takes its listeners to the Hollywood Museum for the opening night unveiling of Remembering Lucy, a new lobby exhibit that features props, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amy Schumer, Barbara van Orden, Barry Livingston, Bob Bergen, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, comedienne Judy Tenuta, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Studios, Dick Van Dyke Show, Donelle Dadigan, Ellen DeGeneres, Family Affair, First Couple of Comedy, first female executive television executive, first female television executive, Geoffrey Mark, Here's Lucy, Hollywood Museum, I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucy, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, Kate Linder, Kate Luckinbill-Connor, Kathy Garver, LA's Next Big Stage Show, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lawrence Luckinbill, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucie Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball exhibit, Lucille Ball tribute, Max Factor Building, Melody Thomas-Scott, Michael Stern, Mission: Impossible, My Three Sons, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, public Thank You Lucille Ball, Queen of Comedy, Ray Romano, Redheads Only Room, Remembering Lucy, Remembering Lucy exhibit, Star Trek, Susan Olsen, The Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Legacy, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, the voice of Porky Pig, The Young and the Restless, Tom Watson, Trevor Noah
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via National Comedy Center and Jonas PR: The National Comedy Center Honors Lucille Ball on the 30th Anniversary of Her Passing with a New Initiative to Digitally Preserve the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum Archives
Jamestown, New York – April 26, 2019 – As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Lucille Ball, the new National Comedy Center — a state-of-the-art museum in Jamestown, New York that embodies Ball’s vision for a destination for the celebration … Continue reading →
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