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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.3 with guest Marc Cushman is available for listening on demand

Posted on August 9, 2021 by admin

Gene Roddenbery: The Flawed Hero of Star Trek Original Airdates: Aug. 6-8, 2021 TVC 549.3: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Marc Cushman about the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, including the back story … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.2: Hank: The Complete Series on DVD is available for listening on demand

Posted on August 9, 2021 by admin

Hank: The Complete Series on DVD Original Airdates: Aug. 6-8, 2021 TVC 549.2: Greg and Ed discuss Warner Bros. Archive’s recent DVD release of Hank (NBC, 1965-1966), the one-season sitcom that had an innovative, if not complicated, premise. Starring Dick … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.6: Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball is available for listening on demand as a podcast

Posted on August 9, 2021 by admin

Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball Original Airdates: Aug. 6-8, 2021 TVC 549.6: With this weekend marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball, we played some highlights of our coverage of an event held at the Hollywood Museum in … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Amy Schumer, Barbara van Orden, Barry Livingston, Bob Bergen, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, comedienne Judy Tenuta, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Studios, Dick Van Dyke Show, Donelle Dadigan, Ellen DeGeneres, Family Affair, First Couple of Comedy, first female executive television executive, first female television executive, Geoffrey Mark, Here's Lucy, Hollywood Museum, I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucy, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, Kate Linder, Kate Luckinbill-Connor, Kathy Garver, LA's Next Big Stage Show, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lawrence Luckinbill, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucie Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball exhibit, Lucille Ball tribute, Max Factor Building, Melody Thomas-Scott, Michael Stern, Mission: Impossible, My Three Sons, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, public Thank You Lucille Ball, Queen of Comedy, Ray Romano, Redheads Only Room, Remembering Lucy, Remembering Lucy exhibit, Star Trek, Susan Olsen, The Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Legacy, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, the voice of Porky Pig, The Young and the Restless, Tom Watson, Trevor Noah | Leave a comment

Coming next week to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Entertainment legend RUTA LEE on the business instincts that she learned from her parents; working with Charles Nelson Reilly and Zelda Rubinstein on the Hanna-Barbera animated series THE FRANKENSTONES; rescuing Charles Bronson while filming an episode of MAN WITH A CAMERA; plus a few other memories from her stage, film, and TV career. Ruta’s memoir, CONSIDER YOUR ASS KISSED, is available right now at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, as well as your local bookseller. Autographed editions of CONSIDER YOUR ASS KISSED are also now available online at LarryEdmunds.com

Posted on August 5, 2021 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged " Sammy Davis Jr., Alex Trebek, Alex Trebek High Rollers, Angela Lansbury, Atrocia Frankenstone, autographed editions Consider Your Ass Kissed, Charles Bronson Jill Ireland, Charles Nelson Reilley The Frankenstones, Clint Eastwood, co-founder of Thalians, Consider Your Ass Kissed, Consider Your Ass Kissed book, David Janssen, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds The Thalians, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Flintstones Frolics Amazon Prime, Frank Sinatra, Gail Patrick, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gail Patrick Perry Mason, Gene Kelly, George Clooney, Gordon Hunt, Gordon Hunt director, Gordon Hunt Hanna-Barbera, Gordon Hunt Helen Hunt, Hidea Frankenstone, Howard Koch, Howard Koch Comstock Conspiracy, Howard Koch Frank Sinatra, Howard Koch Maverick, Howard Koch Ruta Lee, Howard Koch Sergeants 3, Jack Kelly, Jaime Del Valle, Jaime Del Valle The Lineup, James Garner, Jim Lange The Dating Game, Jose Ferrer, Julie Newmar, Larry Edmunds Bookshop Hollywood, Lucille Ball, Perry Mason, Perry Mason The Case of the Footloose Doll, Regis Philbin Tempo, Rich Little, Roger Moore, Roseanne, Rosemary Clooeny, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Alex Trebek, Ruta Lee autographed editions, Ruta Lee book, Ruta Lee Charles Bronson, Ruta Lee Consider Your Ass Kissed, Ruta Lee Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee Disney, Ruta Lee Frank Sinatra, Ruta Lee Hanna-Barbera, Ruta Lee High Rollers, Ruta Lee Hollywood Museum, Ruta Lee Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Ruta Lee Man with a Camera, Ruta Lee memoir, Ruta Lee My Friend Superman, Ruta Lee Nikita Khrushchev, Ruta Lee Operation Mend, Ruta Lee Perry Mason, Ruta Lee person to person Khrushchev, Ruta Lee philanthropist, Ruta Lee phone call to Khrushchev, Ruta Lee Regis Philbin, Ruta Lee Roseanne, Ruta Lee San Francisco Beat, Ruta Lee Sergeants Three, Ruta Lee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Ruta Lee Superman, Ruta Lee Talk of the Town, Ruta Lee Tempo, Ruta Lee The Case of the Footloose Doll, Ruta Lee The Dating Game, Ruta Lee The Flying Nun, Ruta Lee The Frankenstones, Ruta Lee The Lineup, Ruta Lee The Rat Pack, Ruta Lee The Thalians, Ruta Lee The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Ruta Lee Toni Holt, Ruta Lee Unsinkable Molly Brown, Ruta Lee Vito Scotti, Ruta Lee Warner Bros., Ruta Lee Webb Lowe, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Shecky Greene The Dating Game, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev, Tempo talk show, The Case of the Footloose Doll, The Ghosts of Buxley Hall, The Lineup San Francisco Beat, The Lineup TV series, The Lucy Show, The Rat Pack, The Thalians, The Thalians Jayne Mansfield, The Thalians Mamie Van Doren, The Thalians mental health, The Thalians Mr. Wonderful award, The Thalians Operation Mend, The Thalians Ruta Lee, Tom Tully, Tom Tully The Lineup, Toni Holt Kramer, Toni Holt Talk of the Town, UCLA Cedar Sinai, UCLA Operation Mend, Vito Scotti The Flying Nun, Wackiest Ship in the Army Screen Gems, Wackiest Ship in the Army TV series, Warner Anderson, Warner Anderson The Lineup, Webb Lowe, Webb Lowe Ruta Lee, Zelda Rubinstein The Frankenstones | Leave a comment

via TIME LIFE: Now available at retail for the very first time: DOLLY: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, a six-Disc Collectors Edition DVD Set featuring the very best of the undisputed Queen of Country

Posted on August 3, 2021 by admin

Fairfax, VA (August 3, 2021) – You can call her The Queen of Country, an award-winning songwriter, actress, television star, philanthropist, business mogul, icon and American treasure—but to her millions of fans, she’s known simply as Dolly. From the Smoky Mountains of … Continue reading →

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Will Geer’s THEATRICUM BOTANICUM’s annual “Under the Oaks” salon series will bring performance and song to the woods of Topanga Canyon every Friday evening in September beginning 9/3. This season’s slate includes Beau Bridges and his daughter, Emily Bridges, in a staged reading of their new play, ACTING: THE FIRST SIX LESSONS; an evening of Beatles songs performed by the Theatricum players; and more. Seating will remain socially distanced and masks required as recommended by the CDC and L.A. County on the day of each performance. See Theatricum.com for tickets and more information. The “Under the Oaks” series runs Fridays thru 9/24

Posted on August 3, 2021 by admin

WHAT: Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents “Under the Oaks,” four evenings of performance and song on Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor stage in Topanga. WHEN: • Friday, Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. Classical Music Concert “Much Ado About Music” performs two enchanting clarinet quintets under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged A Midsummers Night Dream, Acting the First Six Lessons, artistic director Theatricum Botanicum, Beau Bridges, Ellen Geer, Ellen Geer Dallas, Ellen Geer director, Ellen Geer Kotch, Ellen Geer Will Geer, Emily Bridges, fifty coolest places in Los Angeles, John Guerra The Last Best Small Town, Julius Caesar, Melora Marshall, outdoor amphitheatre, Peter Alsop, The Last Best Small Town, Theatricum Botanicum Topanga Canyon, Will Geer, Will Geer blacklist, Will Geer Earl Hamner, Will Geer Grandpa Walton, Will Geer Harry O, Will Geer In Cold Blood, Will Geer Seconds, Will Geer The Waltons, Will Geer theatre, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Willow Geer | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 548.2 with guest Laura Niemi is available for listening on demand

Posted on August 1, 2021 by admin

Laura Niemi and Pool Boy Original Airdates: July 30-Aug. 1, 2021 TVC 548.3: Ed welcomes back Laura Niemi of NBC’s This Is Us. Laura currently stars in Pool Boy, a new stage comedy, set in Los Angeles during the 2020 … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 548.1 with guest Marc Cushman is available for listening on demand

Posted on August 1, 2021 by admin

The Enemy Within Gene Roddenberry Original Airdates: July 30-Aug. 1, 2021 TVC 548.1: A return visit by renowned author, director, and screenwriter Marc Cushman. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is … Continue reading →

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL conversation with Lawrence Montaigne from August 2012 is available for listening on demand

Posted on August 1, 2021 by admin

The Vulcan Odyssey of Lawrence Montaigne Original Airdates: July 30-Aug. 1, 2021 TVC 548.4: From August 2012: Ed welcomes actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List). Known to fans of The Original Series as Decius … Continue reading →

Will Geer’s THEATRICUM BOTANICUM, one of the fifty coolest places in Los Angeles, returns to live performances this summer with a full slate of outdoor stage productions, including a fresh look at Shakespeare’s classic JULIUS CAESAR and the world premiere of a new play, THE LAST, BEST SMALL TOWN. Located in the rustic woods of Topanga Canyon, Theatricum will offer a full schedule of theatre, music, and family entertainment every weekend through Sunday 11/7. Seating will remain socially distanced; masks will be required as dictated by L.A. County on the day of each event. See Theatricum.com for tickets and more information

Posted on August 1, 2021 by admin

TOPANGA, Calif. — Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum returns to live performance at its unique and stunning outdoor amphitheater in Topanga with a summerepertory season of three plays through Sunday, Nov. 7. Tickets are on sale right now at theatricum.com. Best known for presenting … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.3 with guest Marc Cushman is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.2: Hank: The Complete Series on DVD is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.6: Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball is available for listening on demand as a podcast

via TIME LIFE: Now available at retail for the very first time: DOLLY: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, a six-Disc Collectors Edition DVD Set featuring the very best of the undisputed Queen of Country

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 548.2 with guest Laura Niemi is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 548.1 with guest Marc Cushman is available for listening on demand

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