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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 445, Segment 1: The Sweetest Sounds of Lost Merv is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 445, Segment 1: The Sweetest Sounds of Lost Merv Original Airdate: Apr. 5-7, 2019 Steve Randisi joins Phil Gries for Part 2 of our special Sounds of Lost Television tribute to the critically acclaimed NBC daytime talk show … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Arthur Treacher, Bob Shanks, CBS late night, Charlton Heston, Cort Theatre, Diahann Carroll, Diahann Carroll No Strings, Diahann Carroll The Sweetest Sounds, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Group W, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Jack Paar, Jeopardy, Joan Crawford, Joey Bishop, Johnny Carson, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, NBC daytime, New York City, Pat McCormick, Peter Barsochini, Play Your Hunch, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Robert Taylor, Rodgers Hammerstein, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, the dear boy, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 445, Segment 5: Remembering Larry Cohen is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 445, Segment 5: Larry Cohen on the Origins of The Invaders Original Airdate: Apr. 5-7, 2019 TV Confidential remembers Larry Cohen with a few highlights from Cohen’s appearance on Talking Television in 2006 in which the maverick filmmaker discusses … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Armer, Bette Davis, Black Caesar, Bone, Branded, Cellular, David Vincent, Fred Williamson, independent filmmaking, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Larry Cohen, Larry Cohen B movie, Larry Cohen It's Alive, Larry Cohen maverick, Larry Cohen The Invaders, paranoia, Phone Booth, Q, Quinn Martin, Quinn Martin Production, Roy Thinnes, The Fugitive, The Suff, Wicked Stepmother, Z channel
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, producer, screenwriter, journalist and teacher Patrick Kilpatrick on overcoming a tumultuous upbringing; how his recovery from a near fatal car accident sparked a lifelong passion for reading and writing; and the psychosexual approach he often takes to portraying a villain in movies and television. Volume I of Patrick’s two-volume memoir, DYING FOR LIVING: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, is now available in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook through Boulevard Books; Volume II is due out later in 2019. For our listeners in Denver, Colo., Patrick will appear at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver on Wednesday 8/28
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Tagged 24, action film villains, action films, action heroes, Antoine Fuqua, Antony and Cleopatra, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Bruce Willis, Chuck Russell, Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, Cosmopolitan, Criminal Minds, CSI, Cycling, Dark Angel, Death Warrant, director, Dr. Quinn, Dying for Living, Dying for Living book, Dying for Living Volume I, Dying for Living Volume II, Eraser, global entertainment teacher, Interview, James Caan, James Cameron, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, Jessica Alba, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Goodman, Kate Capshaw, largest production, Last Man Standing, lead actor, Life magazine, Los Angeles Theater Center, Luxe Magazine, mandy Pankakin, manic depressive, Mark Harmon, Medicine Woman, Minority Report, Modern Bride, modern day Tom Jones, movie villains, New York-TIME Inc, Nicholas Roeg, Oliver Stone, Pat Kilpatrick, Patrick Kilpatrick, PBS, Pink Floyd, Playboy, Popular Mechanics and Psychology Today, Popular Photography, Procul Harem, producer, Public Broadcasting history, Quest ’78, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Roanoak, Robert Donald Kilpatrick, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stone, Sailing, Sam Elliot, screen writer, Sean Connery, serial killers, Shakespeare, Shark, Sports Illustrated, Steve Marriot and Humble Pie, Steven Segal, Steven Spielberg, the Grateful Dead, The New York Times, The Presidio, The Quick and the Dead, The Replacement Killers, The Sandman, Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, Tom Selleck, Tony Richardson, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Walter Hill, Yun-Fat Chow, Zone of Bells/Room of See Saws
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Renowned acting teacher and musician Kirk Taylor on how opportunity and a leap of faith gave him a second life as a film performer. Kirk plays Simon Peter, the apostle who denies Jesus, in REVIVAL!, a new musical film based on the Gospel According to John. Produced by and starring Harry Lennix, REVIVAL! also features Chaka Khan, Michelle Williams, T’Keyah Crystal Keyman and a gospel-inspired musical score by Grammy nominee Mali Music. REVIVAL! opens in select cities on Friday 4/19
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Tagged acting coach, acting teacher, Angriest Man in Brooklyn, apostle who denies knowing Jesus, Broadway, Cephas, Chaka Khan, Charles Bronson, Christian, Christian church, Danny Green, Death Wish 3, Easter, Francis Ford Coppola, Full Metal Jacket, Gospel According to John, gospel-inspired score, Grammy nominee, Harry Lennix, Harry Lennix Geena Davis, Harry Lennix Madam President, Harry Lennix The Blacklist, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kirk Taylor, Lee Strasberg, MacArthur Park, Mali Music, Michelle Williams, Miss Evers’ Boys, Obba Babatunde, Passion of Christ, Peter Christianity, Peter church, Peter fisherman, Peter rock, Revival, Revival Gospel John, Revival the Movie, Revival the Musical Experience, Robert Schuller, Robin Williams, School Daze, Sidney Poitier, Simon Peter, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Stella Adler, Stevie Wonder, T’Keyah Crystal Keyman, The Cotton Club, Troubled Waters
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Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC
Film, stage and television actor Robert Hooks will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 29-31 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/5 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, Albert Fisher, Alec Guinness, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Arthur Treacher, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, bill henderson, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, Bob Newhart, Bob Shanks, bobby dean hooks, brock peters, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, carter's army, CBS late night, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Clod In Brazil, chas. floyd johnson, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, Conan O’Brien, contemporary black theatre movement, Cort Theatre, cultural architect, d AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, daniel melnick, David Letterman, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, denise nicholas, denzel washington, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, doodles, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, East Side West Side, Edie Adams, Ellen DeGeneres, eric hooks, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, foggy bottom, frank converse, Garry Shandling, genius, genius TV series, George Carlin, George Schlatter, gerald krone, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, group theatre company, Group W, Here's Edie!, Howard, hurry sundown, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Illustrated Profuselies, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, Ivan Dixon, J. Burlington Gearshift, j.T., Jack Paar, Jack Warden, janet maclachlan, Jay Leno, jeff ward, Jeopardy, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Jimmy Kimmel, Joan Rivers, Joey Bishop, John Magee, Johnny Carson, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, julius harris, kevin hooks, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, Las Vegas, Leonard Nimoy, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Little Theatre, Long Beach Museum of Art, lorraine hansberry, Mack the Knife, Martin Krutch, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Miklos Molnar, MLK, Monty Python, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, mr. t, Muriel Cigars Commercials, Museum of the Moving Image, Mystery Voice, n.y.p.d. tv series, Nairobi Trio, NBC daytime, New York City, Ode To A Housefly, Ode To Electricity, Ode To Stanley's Pussycat, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, original n.y.p.d. tv series, Our Man In Havana, Paley Center for Media, passenger 57, Pat McCormick, paul robeson, Paula Poundstone, pbs special, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Percy Dovetonsils, Peter Barsochini, Phyllis Diller, pioneer black actors, Play Your Hunch, posse, Profuselies, Ray Romano, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Richard Pryor, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Rock Mississippi, Rodney Dangerfield, Ron Howard, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Sales Film, Saturday Night Live, search for spock, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Solfeggio, star trek iii, star trek movie, Steve Randisi, Strangely Believe It, Studio 6-B, Superclod Test, Susan King, Take a Good Look, Tav Celebrity Theatre, TCM, Television's Original Genius, Television's Orignal Genius, the dear boy, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Kapusta Kid, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Muppet Show, The Mysterious Knockwurst, the National Gallery, the original Mr. T, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, tiger tiger burning bright, Tony Garafolo, Trevor Noah, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, Turner Classic Movies, visual improv, Wake Me When It's Over, washington D.C., Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune, Writers To Blame
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Lee Purcell on her latest film, CAROL OF THE BELLS, and drawing inspiration from her cast mates and director Joey Travolta; working with Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Bill Bixby, Charles Bronson, Orson Welles, and James Garner; her work as a writer, producer and director; and how meaningful it was to be mentored by screen legend Steve McQueen at the height of his career. CAROL OF THE BELLS is scheduled to open this year’s Bentonville Film Festival (May 7-11, 2019 in Bentonwille, AR), the unique annual event co-founded by Geena Davis that champions inclusion in all forms of media
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Tagged Almost Summer, Andrea F. Freeman, Big Wednesday, Bill Bixby, Blithe Spirit, Carol of the Bells, Charles Bronson, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Down syndrome, Due South, Eddie Macon's Run, Geena Davis, Gene Wilder, Geri Jewell, Green River Players, inclusion all forms media, Inclusion Films, James Garner, Jan-Michael Vincent, Joe Don Baker, Joey Travolta, Kirk Douglas, Lee Purcell, Love Letters, MacGyver, Michael Douglas, Orson Welles, Persona Unknown, Richard Pryor, Stir Crazy, Valley Girl, Warren Oates
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TV CONFIDENTIAL is now on heard on Alexa
Alexa users… you can now listen to TV Confidential any time on your smart speaker just by saying “Alexa, play TV Confidential.” Don’t have the TV Confidential Alexa skill? You can download it for free at the Alexa Skill store on Amazon. Sponsor … Continue reading →
Podcast of TVC 444.4 with guest Audrey Walters is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 444, Segment 4 with guest Audrey Walters Original Airdates: Mar. 29-31, 2019 Ed welcomes back actress and entrepreneur Audrey Walters. Audrey has a major supporting role in Walk. Ride. Rodeo, the new Netflix movie that is based on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amberley Snyder, Amberley Snyder accident, Amberley Snyder barrel racing, Amberley Snyder movie, Amberley Snyder rodeo, Arizona, Audrey Walters, Audrey Walters Preacher, Big Kill, broadcast journalism, Cleveland Indians, Cory Snyder, Danny McBride, Danny Trejo, Eastbound and Down, Jane Fonda, Jason Patric, Jenny Gilbert, Jonathan Watson, Killer Women, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lou Diamond Phillips, madame, Missi Pyle, Mrs. Boychuk, Our Souls at Night, Preacher, Price of Fame, Robert Redford, Robin Williams, Robin Williams depression, Robin Williams documentary, Robin Williams suicide, San Francisco Giants, Scott Martin, social communication skills, Spencer Locke, Sundance, Talk to the Camera, The American, The Lake, Vice Principals, Walk.Ride.Rodeo
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Podcast of TVC 444.3 with guest Richard Pryor Jr. is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 444, Segment 3 with guest Richard Pryor Jr. Original Airdates: Mar. 29-31, 2019 Ed welcomes Richard Pryor Jr., eldest son of iconic comedian Richard Pryor, and the author of In a Pryor Life, a moving new memoir that … Continue reading →
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Tagged Comedy Store, Granny, International Cringe Festival, Jo Jo Dancer, Mitzi Shore, Olde Town Tap, Patricia Watts, Rainy McKnight, Richard Pryor, Richard Pryor Jr., Richard Pryor Jr. memoir, Richard Pryor Jr. Peoria, Richard Pryor Jr. singer, Ron Brawer, Sam Kinison Richard Pryor Jr., Silver Streak, Socks, The Color Purple, The Toy, Voices of Refuge
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Podcast of TVC 444.2: The Best of Merv on DVD is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 444, Segment 2: The Best of Merv on DVD Original Airdates: Mar. 29-31, 2019 Greg Ehrbar reviews The Merv Griffin Show: 1962-1986, a 12-disc retrospective from MPI Media Group in conjunction with Reelin’ in the Years that features … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Arthur Treacher, Bob Shanks, CBS late night, Cort Theatre, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Group W, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Jack Paar, Jeopardy, Joey Bishop, Johnny Carson, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, NBC daytime, New York City, Pat McCormick, Peter Barsochini, Play Your Hunch, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, the dear boy, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune
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