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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Hour 2 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434 with guest Constance Towers is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 434, Hour 2 with guest Constance Towers Original Airdates: Jan. 18-20, 2019 Ed welcomes singer/actress Constance Towers (General Hospital, The Horse Soldiers, Sergeant Rutledge, Shock Corridor, Perry Mason, The King and I). The American Cinematheque will honor Constance … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alexis Smith, American Cinematheque, Anthony Eisley, Anthony Geary, Arthur Marks, Barbara Hale, Barney Kessel, Bobby Troup, Budd Moss, Capitol, Carousel, controversial films, Craig Stevens, Curtis Hansen, Designing Women, Egyptian Theater, Follies, Foster Hirsch, Frasier, Gene Evans, General Hospital, Grant, Grantville, Griff, Helena Carradine, Hollywood, James Drury, James Garner, John Ford, John Wayne, Kelly, L.A. Law, Marvin Paige, Michael Dante, Oklahoma, pedophile, Perry Mason, Peter Breck, Prankish Professor, prophetic film, Raymond Burr, Rockford Files, Rodgers Hammerstein, Samuel Fuller, Shock Corridor, sixties cinema, Sondheim, The Big Cheese, The Case of The Missing Melody, The King and I, The Naked Kiss, The Sound of Music, Tragic Trophy
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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 Josh Mills, director of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, joins Ed, Tony and Donna in the studio to … Continue reading →
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Tagged AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alec Guinness, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Barney Miller, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Cheers, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, David Letterman, Deadwood, Dexter, doodles, Douglas L. Howard, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, famous final episodes, final episodes, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, George Schlatter, Girls, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Here's Edie!, Howard, Howdy Doody, Illustrated Profuselies, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. Burlington Gearshift, Jeff Thompson, John Magee, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, Kovacs centennial, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, Long Beach Museum of Art, Lost, Mack the Knife, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, Martin Krutch, MASH, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, 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, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, Our Man In Havana, Paley Center for Media, Percy Dovetonsils, Profuselies, Robert Thompson, Rock Mississippi, Roseanne, Sales Film, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, Six Feet Under, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Smothers Brothers, Solfeggio, 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 Dick Van Dyke Show, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Fugitive, The Kapusta Kid, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Mysterious Knockwurst, the National Gallery, The Shield, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, 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: 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
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, Gerry Pass, Hoke, Hollywood, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Michael Learned, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Second Acts, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms
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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: Anson Williams on the 45th anniversary of Happy Days and his latest entrepreneurial venture
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Tagged Alert Drops, American Graffiti, Anson Williams, citric acid lemon, drowsy driving, Edward Milkis, entrepreneur, Foundation for Traffic Safety, Garry Marshall, Happy Days, Happy Days softball team, Heimlich maneuver, Henry Heimlich, Henry Winkler, Jerry Paris, lemon, Love American Style, Love and the Happy Days, Marion Ross, Mork, Penny Marshall, Potsie Weber, Richie Cunnigham, Robin Williams, Ron Howard, Singing to a Bulldog, Thomas Miller, Tom Bosley
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Marion Ross on working with Cary Grant in Operation: Petticoat, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on Perry Mason, Jean Stapleton and Larry Storch in Arsenic and Old Lace, and Joel Grey on Brooklyn Bridge; dancing the tango with The Fonz on Happy Days; and how the simple act of fixing a broken tile on her kitchen floor changed the course of her life. Marion’s book, MY DAYS: HAPPY AND OTHERWISE, is the inspiring story of how a young girl from Albert Lea, Minnesota dreamed that she would become an actress and overcame many life challenges to make that dream come true
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Tagged ABC 1976, Airport, Albert Lea, Anson Williams, Arsenic and Old Lace, Barbara Hale, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers and Sisters, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Della Street, Don Most, Edith Head, Erin Moran, Falcon Theatre, Garry Marshall, Gary David Goldberg, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age of Television, Golden Circle, Happy Days, Happy Days softball team, Henry Winkler, Jean Stapleton, Joel Grey, Larry Storch, Lauren Bacall, live television, Love American Style, Marion Ross, Minnesota, Mrs. C, My Days: Happy and Otherwise, No. 1 show on television, Noel Coward, Operation Petticoat, paramount pictures, Paramount Studios, Perry Mason, Raymond Burr, Ron Howard, San Diego State, Sandra Gould, Sophie Berger, Still the One, Teacher’s Pet, The Case of the Romantic Rogue, The Fonz, The Glenn Miller Story, The Proud and Profane, Tom Bosley, Tony Curtis
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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 Academy Awards, actors and others for animals, Agnes Gooch, Alan Alda, animal companions, animal kingdom, animal rights, animal rights advocate, animal rights champion, animal safari, animals, Any Wednesday, battle doges, bears, benefits of walking, Betty White Award, big mouth alligator, Bird of Paradise, Cagney & Lacey, cats, Central Park, dogs, Dr. Sugar, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gene Reynolds, GES Conservation Fund, global wildlife conservation, Greenwich Village, Ground Zero, guide doges, guide dogs for blind, 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, search rescue dogs, service dogs for veterans, Shirley Valentine, SwitHeart, SwitHeart.org, The Nurses, The Odd Couple, The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, tigers, vegan lifestyle, walking, Wayne Rogers, wildlife, William Christopher
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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
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Monday, Jan. 14, 2019) – Ediad Productions announced today that the celebration of legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs’ centennial year kicks into high gear this month with two high-profile events around the birthday of Television’s Original Genius. On … Continue reading →
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Tagged AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alec Guinness, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, David Letterman, doodles, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, George Schlatter, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Here's Edie!, Howard, Illustrated Profuselies, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. Burlington Gearshift, John Magee, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, Long Beach Museum of Art, Mack the Knife, Martin Krutch, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, Miklos Molnar, Monty Python, Muriel Cigars Commercials, Museum of the Moving Image, Nairobi Trio, Ode To A Housefly, Ode To Electricity, Ode To Stanley's Pussycat, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, Our Man In Havana, Paley Center for Media, Percy Dovetonsils, Profuselies, Rock Mississippi, Sales Film, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Solfeggio, Strangely Believe It, Superclod Test, Susan King, Take a Good Look, TCM, Television's Original Genius, Television's Orignal Genius, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Kapusta Kid, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Mysterious Knockwurst, the National Gallery, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, Turner Classic Movies, visual improv, Wake Me When It's Over, Writers To Blame
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Titus Welliver on playing Harry Bosch on the Amazon Prime series Bosch, and some of the “Easter eggs” that viewers of the show can look for this season; the influence that Mark Harmon had on Titus while working together on NCIS, and how he tries to bring that same sensibility to the set of Bosch; his love of sixties television and which classic shows Titus has recently binge-watched with his kids. Season Five of Bosch premieres later in 2019 on Amazon Prime, while Seasons One thru Four of Bosch are available now for streaming on demand
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Tagged Amazon Prime, Amy Aquino, Annie Wersching, Argo, art, artist, Barrel, Ben Affleck, Bess Armstrong, Bosch, Bosch TV series, Concrete Blonde, Crate, Deadwood, Eric Overmyer, Gone Baby Bone, Gregory Scott Cummins, Harry Bosch, Hieronynus Bosch, Impressionism, Jamie Hector, Jason Gedrick, Jeri Ryan, Jim McKay, Jimmy O'Phelan, John Getz, Joni Bovill, Juliet Landau, Lance Reddick, Lost, Madison Lintz, Man in Black, Mark Harmon, Michael Connelly, Mimi Rogers, NCIS, Neil Welliver, Sarah Clarke, Scott Wilson, Shout! Factory, Silas Adams, sixties television, Sons of Anarchy, Steven Culp, streaming on demand, The Black Echo, The Doors, Titus Welliver, Troy Johnson, Two Kinds of Truth
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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