Monthly Archives: March 2021

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 531.3: Blondie on Television is available for listening on demand

Blondie: An Inverted Bewitched (kinda sorta) Original Airdates: Mar. 19-21, 2021 TVC 531.3: Greg Ehrbar provides a capsule history of the early film and TV adaptations of the popular comic strip Blondie. The 1957 television version of Blondie starring Arthur … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: Rob Reiner, Annie Reiner, and Lucas Reiner will donate the archives of comedy legend CARL REINER to the NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, including rare creative papers, scripts and artifacts that span Reiner’s seven-decade career as a writer, director, producer, author and performer. The National Comedy Center will also name its Archival and Preservation Department in memory of Carl Reiner

Jamestown, NY – March 19, 2021 – The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy, announced today that it will become the home of comedy legend Carl Reiner’s archives. The Reiner … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning actor GEORGE CHAKIRIS on the back story of WEST SIDE STORY, and some of the subtle differences between the classic 1961 movie and the original stage production; working alongside the incomparable Elaine Stritch in the national stage production of COMPANY; co-starring with Barbara Carrera in the “dream season” of DALLAS; what sparked his interest in designing jewelry; and the importance of trusting your instincts, no matter what you do in life. George’s memoir, MY WEST SIDE STORY, is now available in hardcover and as an eBook through Lyons Press

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, author, playwright, and painter RAYMOND J. BARRY on the generosity of Robert Duvall when they worked together in Falling Down; how his mother, painter Barbara Constance Barry, cultivated Ray’s artistic talent when he was a boy (and how Ray reciprocated that many years later, when he introduced his mom to a career in acting); and why it’s never too late to reinvent ourselves, no matter what our age. Ray stars as Harry Byrd in FREE BYRD, an offbeat road comedy/buddy movie that also has a lot to say about what it truly means to live. FREE BYRD becomes available for viewing on demand on all major streaming platforms beginning Thursday 4/1

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.4 with guest Walter Koenig is available for listening on demand

Walter Koenig on the Appeal of Star Trek IV Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.4: Ed plays Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Walter Koenig, the actor known around the world as Mr. Chekhov on … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.1 with guest Paul Robert Coyle is available for listening on demand

Paul Robert Coyle on Writing for Deep Space Nine Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.1: Television writer and producer Paul Robert Coyle talks to Ed about how he transitioned into writing for sci-fi and fantasy, including such iconic shows … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.5: Behind the Scenes of Betty White’s The Pet Set with guest Darren Wadyko is available for listening on demand

Why The Pet Set Was a Perfect Vehicle for Betty White Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.6: Ed welcomes Darren Wadyko, the distributor of Betty White’s The Pet Set: The Complete Series, an excellent new DVD set featuring all … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.2: Tribute to Cloris Leachman is available for listening on demand

Cloris Leachman: An Unforgettable Actress Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14. 2021 TVC 530.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed celebrate the life and career of Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman as part of a special edition of This Week in … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.7: Phyllis Lindstrom, Sue Ann Nivens, and Sexy Feminism with guest Jennifer Armstrong is available for listening on demand

Phyllis Lindstrom, Sue Ann Nivens, and Sexy Feminism Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.7: From June 2013: Jennifer Armstrong, author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit by entertainment legend RUTA LEE, including the amazing story of how Ruta convinced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to release her 92-year-old Lithuanian grandmother from the Soviet Union in 1964 and let her live her remaining years in America, and how that enabled Ruta to reunite her mother and her grandmother for the first time in thirty-six years. Ruta’s memoir, CONSIDER YOUR ASS KISSED, will be available in April from Briton Publishing and includes many great stories about Ruta’s life and career on stage, film, and television, and the more than fifty years she has devoted to The Thalians, the first charitable organization committed to good mental health

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