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

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Bob Hope, George Jefferson, and Comfort TV: Next on TVC

Television writer and producer Jay Moriarty, comedy writer Martha Bolton, and author and TV historian David Hofstede will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 30-May 2 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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Behind the Scenes of The Jeffersons, plus The Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz: Next on TVC

Award-winning television writer and producer Jay Moriarty will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 23-25 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 4/23 9am ET 6am PT Listen Live … Continue reading

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