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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Lynette Rice, editor at large for Entertainment Weekly, with a fresh look at how the unsolved murder of Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane continues to affect the actor’s family and the community of Scottsdale, Arizona
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 459 with guest Dee Wallace is now available online for listening on demand
Legendary Scream Queen Dee Wallace on Being a “Mama Bear,” On and Off Screen Original Airdates: Aug. 9-11, 2019 TVC 459.3: Ed welcomes back actress, author, teacher, radio host, and legendary “scream queen” Dee Wallace (E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Cujo, The … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3 from Hell, After Emma, Ally McBeal, Amazon Just Add Magic, Await the Dawn, Best Short, Blake Edwards, Born Giving Birth to a New You, Buppa Bear, Buppa la Paloo, Buppa LaPaloo and the I Love Mes, Charles Conrad, Christopher Stone, Conscious Creation, Critters Attack, Dee Wallace, Dee Wallace 10, Dee Wallace 3 from Hell, Dee Wallace Born, Dee Wallace Bright Light, Dee Wallace Buppa Bear, Dee Wallace Conscious Creation, Dee Wallace Critters, Dee Wallace Cujo, Dee Wallace E.T., Dee Wallace healer, Dee Wallace radio, Dee Wallace Rob Zombie, Dee Wallace Scream queen, Dee Wallace Sid Haig, Dee Wallace Stone, Dee Wallace teacher, Dee Wallace The Frightners, Dee Wallace The Howling, Dudley Moore, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Eat Pray #FML, Eat Pray #FML book, Elixir, emotional upheaval, Every Time a Bell rings, Fathom Events, Gabrielle Stone, I Am Dee Wallace, Joe Dante, Just Add Magic, legendary scream queen, Lionsgate, Lou Grant, Peter Jackson, Renovations of the Heart, Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie 3 from Hell, Saban Films, scream queen Dee Wallace, self-love cocktail, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Streets of San Francisco, The Big E, Thought Onion, Uta Hagen, Wes Craven
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 459 with guest Susan McCray is now available online for listening on demand
Susan McCray on How Michael Landon Embodied Family TV Original Airdates: Aug. 9-11, 2019 TVC 459.2: Ed welcomes Susan McCray, one of the first female casting directors in network television, and a longtime collaborator of iconic actor and producer Michael … Continue reading →
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Tagged About Lauren Levian, Bob Hope Show, Bonanza, Buick-Berle Show, Cameron Mitchell, Colgate Comedy Hour, David Dortort, Dodie McLean, Don Collier, Father Murphy, Happy Days, Harry Sukman, Harry Sukman Song Without End, Harrys Piano, Hawaii Five-O, Henry Darrow, High Chapparal, Highway to Heaven, Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope radio show, Kaleidoscope radio show KSAV, Kent McCray, Kent McCray Love Life and Television, Kent McCray NBC, KSAV, Kung Fu, Lauren Levian, Little House on the Prairie, Marion Dougherty, Michael Landon, Monument Records, Music News KC, Ponderosa, production manager, Rachel Cail, Rachels MakeUp Moment, Red Skelton Show, Say a Prayer for Michael, Share-a-Vision Radio, Susan McCray, Susan McCray casting director, Susan McCray Getting to Know You, Susan McCray Hollywood Hotline, Susan McCray Kaleidoscope, Susan Sands, The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows, The Miracle Worker, USO specials, Victor French, You Bet Your Life
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 459: The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is now available online for listening on demand
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Original Airdates: Aug. 9-11, 2019 TVC 459.6: Greg and Ed continue their look at “Hanna-Barbera: The Prime Time Edition” with a look at the DVD release of The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (NBC, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Huck Finn, Hanna-Barbera live action animation, Hanna-Barbera prime time, Hanna-Barbera Prime Time edition, Injun Joe Huckleberry Finn, Joseph Barbera, Lassie, live action animation, Michael Shea, New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ted Cassidy, Ted Cassidy Huck Finn, Ted Cassidy Injun Joe, Warner Bros. archive, William Hanna
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 459: Gene Kelly’s Jack and the Beanstalk is now available online for listening on demand
Gene Kelly’s Jack and the Beanstalk Original Airdates: Aug. 9-11, 2019 TVC 459.5: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the DVD release of Jack and the Beanstalk (NBC, 1967), the Emmy Award-winning musical collaboration between Gene Kelly and Hanna-Barbera that … Continue reading →
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Tagged Gene Kelly, Gene Kelly Emmy Award, Gene Kelly Hanna-Barbera, Gene Kelly Jack and the Beanstalk, Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and the Beanstalk, Janet Waldo, Joseph Barbera, live action animation, Ted Cassidy, William Hanna
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 459: How TV Covered Nixon’s Resignation is now available online for listening on demand
How TV Covered Nixon’s Resignation Original Airdates: Aug. 9-11, 2019 TVC 459.1: Tony Figueroa, Donna Allen, and Ed remember how network TV news covered the resignation of President Richard Nixon on Aug. 8, 1974, his departure from the White House, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 8 August 1974, All the Presidents Men, Betty Ford, Betty Ford clinic, Ford pardons Nixon, Gerald Ford, Nixon resignation, Nixon resigns, President Ford, President Nixon, Richard Nixon, San Clemente, Saturday Night Live, Washington Post, Watergate break-in, Watergate hearings, Whip Inflation Now, WIN, WIN button, Woodward Bernstein
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (aka The Daytime Emmys), on why television news remains as viable as ever. The 40th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented Tuesday 9/24 in New York City
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Tagged Adam Sharp, Adam Sharp NATAS, Adam Sharp Sharp Things, Adam Sharp Twitter, Andrea Mitchell, Andrea Mitchell Reports, award shows, Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Television Academy, domestic and international affairs, Emmy Awards, fake news, false news, future broadcasting of award shows, global audience, human embodiment of Twitter, intersection of media politics and technology, KNEKT TV, Mary Landrieu, misinformation, NATAS, NATAS Adam Sharp, NATAS Lifetime Achievement Award, NATAS president, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, News & Documentary Emmy Awards, news and documentaries, news and documentary Emmy Awards, news government and elections, Sharp Things, social media, streaming, Switchboard, television news, television news reporters, trending, Twitter, Twitter use
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Dee Wallace’s Acting Milestone, plus a Pioneering Casting Director: Next on TVC
Actress, teacher, and radio host Dee Wallace and radio host and longtime TV casting director Susan McCray will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 9-11 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3 from Hell, About Lauren Levian, After Emma, Ally McBeal, Amazon Just Add Magic, Await the Dawn, Best Short, Blake Edwards, Bob Hope Show, Bonanza, Born Giving Birth to a New You, Buick-Berle Show, Buppa Bear, Buppa la Paloo, Buppa LaPaloo and the I Love Mes, Cameron Mitchell, Charles Conrad, Christopher Stone, Colgate Comedy Hour, Conscious Creation, Critters Attack, David Dortort, Dee Wallace, Dee Wallace 10, Dee Wallace 3 from Hell, Dee Wallace Born, Dee Wallace Bright Light, Dee Wallace Buppa Bear, Dee Wallace Conscious Creation, Dee Wallace Critters, Dee Wallace Cujo, Dee Wallace E.T., Dee Wallace healer, Dee Wallace radio, Dee Wallace Rob Zombie, Dee Wallace Scream queen, Dee Wallace Sid Haig, Dee Wallace Stone, Dee Wallace teacher, Dee Wallace The Frightners, Dee Wallace The Howling, Dodie McLean, Don Collier, Dudley Moore, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Eat Pray #FML, Eat Pray #FML book, Elixir, emotional upheaval, Every Time a Bell rings, Father Murphy, Fathom Events, Gabrielle Stone, Happy Days, Harry Sukman, Harry Sukman Song Without End, Harrys Piano, Hawaii Five-O, Henry Darrow, High Chapparal, Highway to Heaven, I Am Dee Wallace, Joe Dante, Just Add Magic, Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope radio show, Kaleidoscope radio show KSAV, Kent McCray, Kent McCray Love Life and Television, Kent McCray NBC, KSAV, Kung Fu, Lauren Levian, legendary scream queen, Lionsgate, Little House on the Prairie, Lou Grant, Marion Dougherty, Michael Landon, Monument Records, Music News KC, Peter Jackson, Ponderosa, production manager, Rachel Cail, Rachels MakeUp Moment, Red Skelton Show, Renovations of the Heart, Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie 3 from Hell, Saban Films, Say a Prayer for Michael, scream queen Dee Wallace, self-love cocktail, Share-a-Vision Radio, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Streets of San Francisco, Susan McCray, Susan McCray casting director, Susan McCray Getting to Know You, Susan McCray Hollywood Hotline, Susan McCray Kaleidoscope, Susan Sands, The Big E, The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows, The Miracle Worker, Thought Onion, USO specials, Uta Hagen, Victor French, Wes Craven, You Bet Your Life
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via Time Life: THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: 50th Anniversary Edition, the ultimate collectible of TV comedy, becomes available at retail for the very first time beginning Tuesday 8/6
Our friends at Time Life continue to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show with the release of The Best of The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Edition, the ultimate collectible of unparalleled TV comedy that becomes available at … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Alice, Amy Poehler, As the Stomach Turns, Barbra Streisand, Beach Blanket Boo Boo, Bernadette Peters, Beth Behrs, Betty White, Bill Hader, Bob Carroll Jr., Bob Mackie, Burnett Show, Carol Burnett, Carol Burnett and Friends, Carol Burnett curtain rod dress, Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special, Chris Korman, curtain rod dress, Desi Arnaz, Dorothy Loudon, Elvis Presley, Everybody Loves Raymond, Eydie Gorme, Gone with the Wind, Harry Connick Jr., Harvey Korman, I Dream of Jeannie, I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together, Jane Lynch, Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Joan Rivers, Joe Hamilton, Jon Batiste, Judy Garland, Kaley Cuoco, Kermit the Frog, Kristin Chenoweth, longest sustained laugh in television history, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Lyle Waggoner, Madeline Kahn, Madeline Pugh, Major Dad, Married with Children, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Once Upon A Mattress, Pat Boone, Ratt Butler, red carpet, Scarlett O'Hara, Show Stoppers, Sony International, Starlet O'Hara, Stephen Colbert, Steve Lawrence, Steve Martin, Tarzan yell, The Beatles, The Dentist, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Family, The Lucy Show, Tim Conway, Time Life, Tom Selleck, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tudball, Tudball and Wiggins, Ugly Betty, Vicki Lawrence, Went with the Wind, Went with the Wind curtain rod dress, Wiggins
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David Frankham, plus the News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Next on TVC
Actor, author, and voice artist David Frankham and NATAS president Adam Sharp will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 16-18 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/16 7pm ET, 4pm … Continue reading →