Monthly Archives: April 2021

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Award-winning advertising writer MICHAEL SHEVACK on the back story of the world-renowned ad campaign “Gillette, the best a man can get”; how he went from med school to advertising before finding his true path as a writer and teacher of spirituality; and why The Wizard of Oz is much, much more than a really good movie. Michael’s books include SOUL LESSONS FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ: How to Follow Your Yellow Brick Road, twenty lessons that can help us discover the vibrant, Technicolor, spiritually open “Oz state” that resides in all of us, and THE SIX FIX: Spiritual Healthcare for a Stronger America, a guide to life-centered values and principles that can help every American grow spiritually and every American enterprise grow and prosper. Both THE SIX FIX and SOUL LESSONS FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ are available wherever books are sold

Posted on April 29, 2021 by admin

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.4 with guest Jay Moriarty is available for listening on demand

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

Behind The Scenes of The Jeffersons Original Airdates: Apr. 23-25, 2021 TVC 536.4: Ed welcomes award-winning television writer/producer Jay Moriarty. Jay spent about thirty years writing and producing sitcoms for network television, including eight years for Norman Lear and Tandem … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.6: Jetsons: The Movie on Blu-ray is available for listening on demand

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

Jetsons: The Movie on Blu-ray Original Airdates: Apr. 23-25, 2021 TVC 536.6: Greg and Ed discuss the Blu-ray release of Jetsons: The Movie, and why it’s still an important film in the Hanna-Barbera canon, despite the widely panned decision to … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.3: Howard Storm, Budd Moss, and The Genius of Norman Lear is available for listening on demand

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

Howard Storm, Budd Moss, and The Genius of Norman Lear Original Airdates: Apr. 23-25, 2021 TVC 536.3: From March 2019: Legendary Hollywood agent and talent manager Budd Burton Moss (Hollywood: Sometimes Reality is Better Than the Dream) and longtime television … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.1: The Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz with guest Robert Crane is available for listening on demand

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

The Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz Original Airdates: Apr. 23-25, 2021 TVC 536.1: From October 2018: An encore presentation of our special ten-question Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz featuring guest emcee Robert Crane—the eldest son of Bob Crane, and an … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Award-winning writer, producer and director JOSEPH WALLENSTEIN (Knots Landing, Seventh Heaven) on the backstory of the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on U.S. vs. Miranda in June 1966, and how two men from the opposite side of the human social spectrum, defense attorney John Flynn and career criminal Ernesto Miranda, came together to create a moment in legal history that changed their lives and the lives of all Americans. Joe’s latest book, FLYNN AND MIRANDA: Your Right to Remain Silent, is a page-turning historical novel that puts a human face on the people involved, while laying out the various legal issues in a hands-on, reader friendly way. June 13, 2021 marks the 55th anniversary of the Miranda decision. FLYNN AND MIRANDA is available through Amazon.com

Posted on April 23, 2021 by admin

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Screenwriter, producer, author, and music historian GEOFFREY LITTLEFIELD on NELSON RIDDLE’s many collaborations with Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Ella Fitzgerald; why Riddle always believed that “less is more” when it came to writing arrangements; Riddle’s many contributions to movies and television throughout the ’60s and ’70s, including the iconic theme to ROUTE 66; and how working with LINDA RONSTADT resurrected Riddle personally and professionally. Geoff’s latest book, NELSON RIDDLE: Music with a Heartbeat, an authorized biography written with the cooperation of Riddle’s children and the Nelson Riddle estate, is available at Amazon.com

Posted on April 23, 2021 by admin

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via Shout! Factory: All thirty-seven episodes of CPO SHARKEY will become available for streaming on demand on SHOUT! FACTORY TV beginning Saturday 5/1, along with four classic Don Rickles comedy specials from the 1970s. The streaming launch will be supported by a special 24-hour marathon on Saturday 5/8 on Shout! Factory TV to commemorate Rickles’ birthday. The 5/8 marathon will include episodes of Sharkey, plus memorable Rickles guest appearances on The Tonight Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and more

Posted on April 23, 2021 by admin

Los Angeles – April 22, 2021 – CPO Sharkey, the satirical look at Navy life starring Don Rickles, becomes available for streaming on demand for the first time ever beginning Saturday, May 1 on Shout! Factory TV and its various … Continue reading →

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via BHBPR: Max Gail, Don Most, Linda Purl, John Schneider, Robert Wuhl, Anson Williams, Lydia Cornell, Jane Kaczmarek, Barry Bostwick, Susan Ruttan and many other favorite TV stars will lend their talents to VIRAL VIGNETTES, a special three-hour evening featuring eleven one-act comedy vignettes, plus a Q&A with the actors. Viral Vignettes streams Saturday, May 8 beginning at 8pm ET 5pm PT on the POP GOES THE CULTURE TV channel on YouTube. Proceeds for the evening will benefit The Actors Fund

Posted on April 21, 2021 by admin

WHAT: Viral Vignettes, eleven one-act comedies starring popular character actors from classic TV shows and films that will be part of a three-hour streaming show. Stars play characters talking to each other over Skype, FaceTime, or Zoom, dealing with the ups … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 535.5 with guest Radames Pera is available for listening on demand

Posted on April 19, 2021 by admin

The Rewiring of Radames Pera Original Airdates: Apr. 16-18, 2021 TVC 535.5: Part 2 of a conversation that began a few weeks ago with Radames Pera, the actor best known for playing young Kwai Chang Caine, aka “Grasshopper,” in the … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.4 with guest Jay Moriarty is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.6: Jetsons: The Movie on Blu-ray is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.3: Howard Storm, Budd Moss, and The Genius of Norman Lear is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.1: The Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz with guest Robert Crane is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 535.5 with guest Radames Pera is available for listening on demand

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