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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 469.4 with guest James Moses Black is now available online for listening on demand
James Moses Black of Black and Blue and This is Us Original Airdates: Oct. 25-27, 2019 TVC 469.4: Actor and screenwriter James Moses Black (Reverend Hawley on This is Us, rogue cop Deacon Brown in the new Screen Gems crime … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 469.1 with guest Randy West is now available online for listening on demand
Randy West on Johnny Olson Original Airdates: Oct. 25-27, 2019 TVC 469.1: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews Randy West, longtime announcer of The Price is Right and the author of Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time, … Continue reading
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Tagged 77 Sunset Strip, A Guide to Life, Adam West Return to the Bat Cave, Airplane, Alan Hale, Alison Arngrim, Allen Funt, Angie, Anita Pointer, Bewitched, Bill Funt, Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws, Billy Van Zandt, Bob Denver, Candid Camera creator, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, castaway correspondent, Channel 9 Sydney Australia, Chapter Two, Daniel Boone, Darby Hinton, daughter of Sherwood Schwartz, Dawn Wells, Dawn Wells Bob Denver, Dawn Wells book, Dawn Wells film actors boot camp, Dawn Wells Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells Ginger or Mary Ann, Dawn Wells gingham dress, Dawn Wells Hollywood Museum, Dawn Wells Kathy Garver, Dawn Wells Life Interrupted, Dawn Wells Love Letters, Dawn Wells Mary Ann, Dawn Wells Maverick, Dawn Wells Michael Dante, Dawn Wells Nevada, Dawn Wells shorts, Dawn Wells Steve Stinson, Dawn Wells Still on that Freakin Island, Dawn Wells theatre career, Dawn Wells Warner Bros., Dawn Wells What Would Mary Ann Do?, Dawn Wells Winterhawk, Deadwood, Dobie Gillis, Donelle Dadigan, Donelle Dadigan Hollywood Museum, Dwayne Hickman, Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, Fatal Attraction, film actors boot camp Idaho, France Nuyen, General Hospital, Geoffrey Mark, Geri Jewell, Gilligan, Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island exhibit, Gilligan's Island Hollywood Museum, Gilligan’s Island Sherwood Schwartz, Ginger of Mary Ann, Ginger or Mary Ann, Good Girls Do Finish First, Growing Pains, here on Gilligan’s Island, Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Museum Lobby Series, Hollywood Museum lobby tribute, Hope Juber-Schwartz, Ida Lupino, Jack Kelly, Jeremy Miller, Jim Backus, johnny olsen a voice in time, johnny olsen come on down, Johnny Olson, Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time, Judy Tenuta, Kathy Garver, Kathy Garver Aunt Cissy, Kathy Garver Cissy, Kathy Garver Family Affair, Lee Purcell, Legend of Boggy Creek, Life Interrupted, Life Interrupted web series, Lloyd Schwartz Sherwood Sherwood, Lupino Gilligan's Island, Mary Anderson, Mary Ann and Cissy, Mary Ann Gilligan's Island, Mary Ann Summers, Mason Reeves Life Interrupted, Maverick, Maynard G. Krebs, Natalie Schaefer, Neil Simon Chapter Two, Nellie Oleson, Noel Coward, Owl and the Pussycat, Randy West, randy west a voice in time, randy west come on down, randy west johnny olsen, Randy West Johnny Olson, randy west the price is right, Return to the Bat Cave, Rico E. Anderson, Ro Brooks, Robert Hays, Roslyn Kind, Russell Johnson, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, Silent But Deadly, Steel Magnolias, Steven Wishnoff Life Interrupted, Super Sucker, Surviving Gilligan's Island, Susan Olsen, Teresa Ganzel, The Brady Bunch, The Facts of Life, The Haves and the Have Nots, The Hollywood Museum, The Hughleys, The Joy Luck Club, The Lucy Book, The Millionaire (and His Wife), The Movie Star, The New Interns, The Odd Couple, The Orville, The Pointer Sisters, the price is right, The Professor and Mary Ann, The Skipper, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Toy, Tina Louise, True Blood, TV's favorite good girl, Vagina Monologues, Valley Girl, What Would Mary Ann Do, Yes Dear
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 469.2 with guest Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Geoffrey Mark on Peter Fonda and Rip Taylor Original Airdates: Oct. 25-27, 2019 TVC 469.2: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum: Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Geoffrey Mark helps Ed pay tribute to Dawn Wells and the legacy … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged 77 Sunset Strip, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Guide to Life, A Tisket A Tasket, Adam West Return to the Bat Cave, Airplane, Alan Hale, Alison Arngrim, Allen Funt, Angie, Anita Pointer, Bertolt Brecht, Bewitched, Bill Funt, Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws, Billie Holliday, Billy Van Zandt, Bob Denver, Bobby Darin, Can't Buy Me Love, Candid Camera creator, Capital Records, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, castaway correspondent, Centennial Birthday Edition, Channel 9 Sydney Australia, Chapter Two, Chick Webb, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Daniel Boone, Darby Hinton, daughter of Sherwood Schwartz, Dawn Wells, Dawn Wells Bob Denver, Dawn Wells book, Dawn Wells film actors boot camp, Dawn Wells Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells Ginger or Mary Ann, Dawn Wells gingham dress, Dawn Wells Hollywood Museum, Dawn Wells Kathy Garver, Dawn Wells Life Interrupted, Dawn Wells Love Letters, Dawn Wells Mary Ann, Dawn Wells Maverick, Dawn Wells Michael Dante, Dawn Wells Nevada, Dawn Wells shorts, Dawn Wells Steve Stinson, Dawn Wells Still on that Freakin Island, Dawn Wells theatre career, Dawn Wells Warner Bros., Dawn Wells What Would Mary Ann Do?, Dawn Wells Winterhawk, Deadwood, Decca, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Studios, Diana Washington, Dobie Gillis, Donelle Dadigan, Donelle Dadigan Hollywood Museum, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Dwayne Hickman, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, Fatal Attraction, film actors boot camp Idaho, first female executive television executive, First Lady of Song, Fly Me to the Moon, France Nuyen, General Hospital, Geoffrey Mark, Geoffrey Mark Peter Fonda, Geoffrey Mark Rip Taylor, Geri Jewell, Gilligan, Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island exhibit, Gilligan's Island Hollywood Museum, Gilligan’s Island Sherwood Schwartz, Ginger of Mary Ann, Ginger or Mary Ann, Good Girls Do Finish First, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Growing Pains, here on Gilligan’s Island, Here's Lucy, Hey Jude, Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Museum Lobby Series, Hollywood Museum lobby tribute, Hope Juber-Schwartz, How High the Moon, I Love Lucy, Ida Lupino, Jack Kelly, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Jeremy Miller, Jim Backus, Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time, Judy Tenuta, Kathy Garver, Kathy Garver Aunt Cissy, Kathy Garver Cissy, Kathy Garver Family Affair, Larger Than Life, Lee Purcell, Legend of Boggy Creek, Life Interrupted, Life Interrupted web series, Lloyd Schwartz Sherwood Sherwood, Louis Armstrong, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lupino Gilligan's Island, Mack the Knife, Mary Anderson, Mary Ann and Cissy, Mary Ann Gilligan's Island, Mary Ann Summers, Mason Reeves Life Interrupted, Maverick, Max Factor Building, Maynard G. Krebs, Mel Torme, Natalie Schaefer, Neil Simon Chapter Two, Nellie Oleson, Nies Hora, Noel Coward, Norman Granz, Owl and the Pussycat, Pablo, Peter Fonda, radio host, Randy West, Return to the Bat Cave, Rico E. Anderson, Rip Taylor, Rip Taylor confetti, Ro Brooks, Robert Hays, Roslyn Kind, Russell Johnson, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, show business raconteur, Silent But Deadly, singer, Steel Magnolias, Steven Wishnoff Life Interrupted, Super Sucker, Surviving Gilligan's Island, Susan Olsen, Teresa Ganzel, The Brady Bunch, The Facts of Life, The Haves and the Have Nots, The Hollywood Museum, The Hughleys, The Joy Luck Club, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Legacy, The Lucy Show, The Millionaire (and His Wife), The Movie Star, The New Interns, The Odd Couple, The Orville, The Pointer Sisters, The Professor and Mary Ann, The Skipper, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Toy, Tina Louise, True Blood, TV Confidential, TV's favorite good girl, Ultimate Symbol, Vagina Monologues, Valley Girl, Verve, What Would Mary Ann Do, Yes Dear
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 469.6: How Nightline Changed Late Night TV is now available online for listening on demand
How Nightline Changed Late Night TV Original Airdates: Oct. 25-27, 2019 TVC 469.6: Tony, Donna, and Ed with a look at the broadcast history of ABC’s Nightline and how that program changed the landscape of late night television. Nightline, which … Continue reading
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 469.7 with guest Bill Funt is now available online for listening on demand
Bill Funt on Gilligan’s Island Original Airdates: Oct. 25-27, 2019 TVC 469.7: From the Sept. 25 ceremony at the Hollywood Museum ceremony honoring Dawn Wells and the legacy of Gilligan’s Island: Ed catches up with Bill Funt, son of Candid … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
Tagged 77 Sunset Strip, A Guide to Life, Adam West Return to the Bat Cave, Airplane, Alan Hale, Alison Arngrim, Allen Funt, Angie, Anita Pointer, Bewitched, Bill Funt, Bill Funt Allen Funt, Bill Funt Candid Camera, Bill Funt Dreama Denver, Bill Funt Gilligan's Island, Bill Funt Kimberly Johnson, Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws, Billy Van Zandt, Bob Denver, Candid Camera creator, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, castaway correspondent, Channel 9 Sydney Australia, Chapter Two, Daniel Boone, Darby Hinton, daughter of Sherwood Schwartz, Dawn Wells, Dawn Wells Bob Denver, Dawn Wells book, Dawn Wells film actors boot camp, Dawn Wells Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells Ginger or Mary Ann, Dawn Wells gingham dress, Dawn Wells Hollywood Museum, Dawn Wells Kathy Garver, Dawn Wells Life Interrupted, Dawn Wells Love Letters, Dawn Wells Mary Ann, Dawn Wells Maverick, Dawn Wells Michael Dante, Dawn Wells Nevada, Dawn Wells shorts, Dawn Wells Steve Stinson, Dawn Wells Still on that Freakin Island, Dawn Wells theatre career, Dawn Wells Warner Bros., Dawn Wells What Would Mary Ann Do?, Dawn Wells Winterhawk, Deadwood, Dobie Gillis, Donelle Dadigan, Donelle Dadigan Hollywood Museum, Dwayne Hickman, Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, Fatal Attraction, film actors boot camp Idaho, France Nuyen, General Hospital, Geoffrey Mark, Geri Jewell, Gilligan, Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island exhibit, Gilligan's Island Hollywood Museum, Gilligan’s Island Sherwood Schwartz, Ginger of Mary Ann, Ginger or Mary Ann, Good Girls Do Finish First, Growing Pains, here on Gilligan’s Island, Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Museum Lobby Series, Hollywood Museum lobby tribute, Hope Juber-Schwartz, Ida Lupino, Jack Kelly, Jeremy Miller, Jim Backus, Johnny Olson: A Voice in Time, Judy Tenuta, Kathy Garver, Kathy Garver Aunt Cissy, Kathy Garver Cissy, Kathy Garver Family Affair, Lee Purcell, Legend of Boggy Creek, Life Interrupted, Life Interrupted web series, Lloyd Schwartz Sherwood Sherwood, Lupino Gilligan's Island, Mary Anderson, Mary Ann and Cissy, Mary Ann Gilligan's Island, Mary Ann Summers, Mason Reeves Life Interrupted, Maverick, Maynard G. Krebs, Natalie Schaefer, Neil Simon Chapter Two, Nellie Oleson, Noel Coward, Owl and the Pussycat, Randy West, Return to the Bat Cave, Rico E. Anderson, Ro Brooks, Robert Hays, Roslyn Kind, Russell Johnson, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, Silent But Deadly, Steel Magnolias, Steven Wishnoff Life Interrupted, Super Sucker, Surviving Gilligan's Island, Susan Olsen, Teresa Ganzel, The Brady Bunch, The Facts of Life, The Haves and the Have Nots, The Hollywood Museum, The Hughleys, The Joy Luck Club, The Lucy Book, The Millionaire (and His Wife), The Movie Star, The New Interns, The Odd Couple, The Orville, The Pointer Sisters, The Professor and Mary Ann, The Skipper, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Toy, Tina Louise, True Blood, TV's favorite good girl, Vagina Monologues, Valley Girl, What Would Mary Ann Do, Yes Dear
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 468.3 with guest Ruta Lee is now available online for listening on demand
The One and Only Ruta Lee Original Airdates: Oct. 18-20, 2019 TVC 468.3: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with actress, singer, dancer, philanthropist, and showbiz legend Ruta Lee (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Witness for the Prosecution, Sergeants Three, … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, co-founder of Thalians, David Janssen, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Frank Sinatra, Gail Patrick, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gail Patrick Perry Mason, Jack Kelly, James Garner, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Perry Mason, Rich Little, Roger Moore, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee book, Ruta Lee Consider Your Ass Kissed, Ruta Lee Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee Frank Sinatra, Ruta Lee High Rollers, Ruta Lee Hollywood Museum, Ruta Lee memoir, Ruta Lee Perry Mason, Ruta Lee philanthropist, Ruta Lee Sergeants Three, Ruta Lee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Ruta Lee The Rat Pack, Ruta Lee The Thalians, Ruta Lee Warner Bros., Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Lucy Show, The Rat Pack, The Thalians, The Thalians mental health, The Thalians Operation Mend, UCLA Operation Mend
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 468.1 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger is now available online for listening on demand
The Solo Careers of Biffle and Shooster Original Airdates: Oct. 18-20, 2019 TVC 468.1: A return appearance by Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger. Will and Nick are the stars—and Mike, the writer, producer and director—of The Misadventures … Continue reading
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 468.2 with guest James Rosin is now available online for listening on demand
More People, Places & Me with James Rosin Original Airdates: Oct. 18-20, 2019 TVC 468.2: James Rosin, author of People, Places & Me, shares a few stories about his life as a working actor and working writer (both in L.A. … Continue reading
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