Monthly Archives: October 2020

Renowned illusionist DAVID GROVES performs Magic from the Jungle, a special hour-long Halloween Night magic show featuring breathtaking displays of magic that David learned from his travels to the South Pacific. The curtain rises via ZOOM on Saturday 10/31 beginning at 11pm ET 8pm PT. Cost is $20. See PayPal and Venmo addresses on the flyer below to register and for more information

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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: ANSON WILLIAMS on the recent virtual reunion of HAPPY DAYS cast members that raised funds for Wisconsin Democrats. Anson also recently donated supplies of ALERT DROPS to frontline workers in various U.S. hotspots to help them stay alert naturally and battle pandemic fatigue

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Penny Peyser, plus The Genius of Billy Goldenberg: Next on TVC

Actress and filmmaker Penny Peyser, screenwriter and film historian Gary Gerani, and music and TV historian and showbiz raconteur Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at the following times and venues: WBRT … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513 with guest Ed Asner is available for listening on demand. Ed will star in a virtual performance of GOD HELP US that will live stream on Saturday 10/31 beginning at 6pm CT 4pm PT

Ed Asner: The Best Movie Santa Claus Ever Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513: Tribute to Tom Kennedy with guests Steve Beverly and Geoffrey Mark is available for listening on demand

How Jim Narz Became Tom Kennedy Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.1: Game show historian Steve Beverly joins Ed as we pay tribute to Tom Kennedy, the legendary game show host who passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513.5 with guest Rich Manley is available for listening on demand

Bridging Cultures Through Magic Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.5: Ed welcomes actor, author, magician, and adventurer Rich Manley. Rich is the host, producer, writer and director of Culture Shock: Bridging Cultures Through Magic, a new series on Tubi … Continue reading

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via Film Movement: MR. TOPAZE, the first and only film directed by Peter Sellers, now available on DVD/Blu-ray/Digital for the first time ever in North America

Now available for the first time in North America: Mr. Topaze, the long-lost 1961 comedy starring Peter Sellers that also marked the actor’s first, and only, effort as a director. Newly restored in 2K digital from the lone surviving 35mm … Continue reading

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Coming next week to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Screenwriter and film historian GARY GERANI on the genius of Billy Goldenberg (pictured right) as a composer and his generosity as a human being. Gary provides commentary for the fiftieth anniversary Blu-ray release of FEAR NO EVIL and RITUAL OF EVIL, the iconic made-for-TV occult thrillers starring Louis Jourdan that also marked Goldenberg’s first film credits as a composer. FEAR NO EVIL / RITUAL OF EVIL Blu-ray Double Feature is available now from Kino Lorber, while Gary’s documentary on the life and career of Billy Goldenberg is projected for release in 2021

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via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER partners with the Elkhorn Valley Museum to launch a new Johnny Carson Gallery in Carson’s hometown of Elkhorn, NE (set to open in 2021), and with the Carson Entertainment Group to launch a new Johnny Carson exhibit, 30 Years of Late Night Television, set to open in 2022

Jamestown, NY – October 23, 2020– As the country remembers comedy and late-night legend Johnny Carson on his 95th birthday today, the National Comedy Center—the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Johnny Carson’s hometown … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Legendary entertainer, comedy pioneer and motivational speaker TOM DREESEN on the generosity that Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny and Carl Reiner all showed him early and throughout his career. Tom’s memoir, STILL STANDING: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to The Stage and Sinatra, is available wherever books are sold

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