Monthly Archives: November 2021

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 559.1 with guest Ron Bacon is available for listening on demand

Ron Bacon and The Generosity of Liberace Original Airdates: Nov. 12-14, 2021 TVC 559.1: A return appearance by Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon, a true pioneer of television who wore many hats throughout his thirty-five year career in TV production, … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress and voice artist COLLEEN FOY on how her early background as a performer with the National Theatre of the Deaf led to her first major TV role, teaching the Sign Language Word of the Day on SESAME STREET. Colleen recurs as Inara on the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff STATION 19. She will be also seen in BLONDE, the highly anticipated biopic of Marilyn Monroe that is scheduled to premiere on Netflix in 2022

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 558.4 with guest Harry Shearer is available for listening on demand

Harry Shearer, Le Show, and Spinal Tap Original Airdates: Nov. 5-7, 2021 TVC 558.4: Actor, comedian, musician, voice artist, and radio personality Harry Shearer talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about the upcoming 38th anniversary of Le Show, … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 558.5 with guest Tony Winters is available for listening on demand

Tony Winters of National Champions Original Airdates: Nov. 5-7, 2021 TVC 558.5: Ed welcomes stage, film, and television actor Tony Winters (Queen Sugar, Two Degrees: The Series, Yellowjackets). Tony has a key role as an NCAA executive in the feature … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 558.1: Nehemiah Persoff and The Actors Studio with guest James Rosin is available for listening on demand

Nehemiah Persoff and the Actors Studio Original Airdates: Nov. 5-7, 2021 TVC 558.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with James Rosin, author of the novellas Butterfly and Belle Garden Beat and the publisher of The Many … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 558.2: The Partridge Family and Their Music is available for listening on demand

The Partridge Family and Their Music Original Airdates: Nov. 5-7, 2021 TVC 558.2: Greg Ehrbar discusses When We’re Singin’: The Partridge Family and Their Music, a new book by Johnny Ray Miller that provides a comprehensive history of Partridge Family … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Playwright and author JORDAN YOUNG on the TV career of SPIKE JONES (and the many ideas that Jones himself had for the medium); the bandleader’s collaborations with Bill Dana, Bud Yorkin, and Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould (and the unfortunate events that prevented Jones from working with Buster Keaton and Ernie Kovacs); and the integral role that Dr. Demento has played introducing Jones’ work to two new generations of fans. Jordan’s book SPIKE JONES, OFF THE RECORD: The Man Who Murdered Music has been updated and reissued with a host of new material, including more than 260 never before published photographs, scripts, arrangements, memorabilia, and more. SPIKE JONES, OFF THE RECORD: The Man Who Murdered Music is available through Bear Manor Media

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via BHBPR: The HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM paid homage to Bob Hope and the veterans of World War II with a special pre-Veterans Day unveiling of a new lobby exhibit that includes Hope’s USO Jacket and other personal items, including a few of the many letters that Hope received every day from the fighting men and women of World War II. The event, held Thursday 11/4, was the first lobby exhibit unveiling since the Museum reopened. Celebrity guests included Hope’s daughter, Linda Hope, and Martha Bolton, the first and only fulltime female writer that Hope ever hired. As part of its reopening, the Hollywood Museum upgraded its ventilation and filtration system with hospital-quality and school-quality filters that will neutralize allergens and pollens in the air and eliminate 99.9 percent of the mold, germs, and viruses that can cause COVID-19. Masks, however, are still required at this time

“Anywhere we went, whenever we landed … we would always do an impromptu show. We’d go into one of our little bits. Then we’d go to the next place. The troupe was constantly on, constantly entertaining-whether it was three people … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 557.4 with guest Louise Sorel is available for listening on demand

The Essays of Louise Sorel Original Airdates: Oct. 29-31, 2021 TVC 557.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Louise Sorel, the actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives. When she visited us earlier this … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 557.1 with guest James Rosin is available for listening on demand

The Many Faces of Nehemiah Persoff Original Airdates: Oct. 29-31, 2021 TVC 557.1: Ed welcomes back actor, author, and publisher James Rosin. Jim recently published The Many Faces of Nehemiah, the memoirs of Nehemiah Persoff, one of the greatest and … Continue reading

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