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Monthly Archives: January 2022
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 566.5 with guest Gabriel Jarret is available now for listening on demand as a free podcast
Gabriel Jarret of 13 Minutes and Ask Me to Dance Original Airdates: Jan. 28-30, 2022 TVC 566.5: Ed welcomes Gabriel Jarret, the actor that many of you remember as the fourteen-year-old whiz in the 1985 teen comedy Real Genius. Gabe … Continue reading
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 566.1 with guest Ron Bacon is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Ron Bacon, Liberace, and Wayne Newton Original Airdates: Jan. 28-30, 2022 TVC 566.1: Part 2 of our final conversation with Ron Bacon, the Emmy Award-winning associate director whose four-decade career in network TV production spanned more than 12,500 broadcasts and … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star
Tagged All in the Family, Apollo Theatre, Apollo Theatre Harlem, Aretha Franklin, Art Baker You Asked for It, Arthur Duncan, Arthur Duncan Lawrence Welk Show, Bing Crosby, Bob Albergast, Bob Hope, Bob Hope Academy Awards, Bobby Burgess, Bobby Burgess Lawrence Welk Show, Buzz Aldrin, Carl Reiner, Cissy King, Cissy King Lawrence Welk Show, Dean Martin, Dean Martin Bing Crosby, Diana Dors, Diana Ross, Dick Clark, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Dick Clark It's Happening, Dick Clark New Year's Rockin Eve, Dick Clark Where the Action Is, Dick Durnoff, Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs 1812 overture, Ernie Kovacs office symphony sketch, Ernie Kovacs Take a Good Look, Federico Fellini, Fellini-like effect, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra bel canto opera style, French filmmakers, Get It Together, Get It Together Dick Clark, Gregory Peck, Gregory Pecks Oscars, Hollywood Palace, It's Happening, Jack Bailey, Jack Bailey Queen for a Day, Jack Smith, Jack Smith You Asked for It, Jane Fonda The Turning Point, Jim Hobson, Jim Hobson Lawrence Welk Show, Jim Lange, Jim Lange The Dating Game, Jonathan Winters Show, Kate Smith Show, Kite Song, Kite Song short subject, Lawrence Welk orchestra, Lawrence Welk Show, Lawrence Welk Show dancers, Lenny Bruce, Liberace, Liberace daytime television series, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando Oscars, Marty Pasetta, Marty Pasetta director, Marty Pasetta Oscars, Meathead, Meathead Mike Stivic, Monty Hall, Monty Hall Let's Make a Deal, Monty Hall Split Second, Morris Orkin, NBC owned and operated, Nelson Riddle, O and O stations, Opening Ceremonies 1984 Summer Olympics, Operation Petticoat, Operation Petticoat John Astin, Operation Petticoat movie, Operation Petticoat Richard Benjamin, Operation Petticoat TV series, Peggy Lee, Pete Robinson, Peter Ueberroth, Peter Ueberroth 1984 Summer Olympics, Planks for the Memory, Ray Anthony Show, Red Skelton, Robert Metzger, Ron Bacon, Ron Bacon ABC, Ron Bacon associate director, Ron Bacon Bob Hope, Ron Bacon composer, Ron Bacon Dave Garroway, Ron Bacon Dick Clark, Ron Bacon director, Ron Bacon Directors Guild, Ron Bacon Frank Sinatra, Ron Bacon Jonathan Winters Show, Ron Bacon Kite Song, Ron Bacon Kite Song short, Ron Bacon Lawrence Welk Show, Ron Bacon Liberace, Ron Bacon musician, Ron Bacon network TV production, Ron Bacon producer, Ron Bacon Ray Anthony Show, Ron Bacon Summer Olympics, Ron Bacon The Chicken Man, Ron Bacon The Hollywood Palace, Ron Bacon Today Show, Ron Bacon WMAN, Ron Bacon WNBK, Roz Ross, Ruth Engel, Sammy Cahn, Sandy Cummings, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Satcheen Littlefeather, second pilot All in the Family, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein The Film Sense, Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson Show, Smothers Brothers Summer Show, Stefan Hatos Monty Hall, Ted Mack Amateur Hour, The Chicken Man, The Chicken Man musical, The Gong Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Liberace Show, The Rolling Stones, Those Were The Days, Tom Kennedy Split Second, Vanessa Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave Academy Awards acceptance speech, Vanessa Redgrave acceptance speech, Vanessa Redgrave Oscars, Vanessa Redgrave The Turning Point, Vanessa Redgrave Yassar Arafat, You Asked for It
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 564.4 with guest Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Emmys’ Biggest Change Since 1974 Original Airdates: Jan. 14-16, 2022 TVC 564.4: Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (aka the Daytime Emmys), discusses the recent collaboration between the Daytime Emmy Awards and the Prime … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Television Star
Tagged Adam Sharp, Adam Sharp Betty White, Adam Sharp John Madden, Adam Sharp NATAS, Adam Sharp Sharp Things, Adam Sharp Twitter, award shows, Betty White, Childrens Emmy Awards, corona virus, corona virus pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Television Academy, domestic and international affairs, Emmy Awards, fake news, false news, first woman Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, future broadcasting of award shows, global audience, human embodiment of Twitter, intersection of media politics and technology, John Madden, KNEKT TV, lesley visser, Lesley Visser Monday Night Football, Lesley Visser Super Bowl, Mary Landrieu, misinformation, NATAS, NATAS Adam Sharp, NATAS Lifetime Achievement Award, NATAS president, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, News & Documentary Emmy Awards, news and documentaries, news and documentary Emmy Awards, news and information programs, news government and elections, Sharp Things, social media, streaming, Switchboard, television news, television news reporters, TV news, TV news coverage COVID-19, TV news programs
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 564.1 with guest Ron Bacon is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Ron Bacon and The Chicken Man Original Airdates: Jan. 14-16, 2022 TVC 564.1: Part 1 of our final conversation with Ron Bacon, the Emmy Award-winning associate director who was also one of the true pioneers of network television. Ron Bacon … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Television Star
Tagged All in the Family, Apollo Theatre, Apollo Theatre Harlem, Aretha Franklin, Art Baker You Asked for It, Arthur Duncan, Arthur Duncan Lawrence Welk Show, Bing Crosby, Bob Albergast, Bob Hope, Bob Hope Academy Awards, Bobby Burgess, Bobby Burgess Lawrence Welk Show, Buzz Aldrin, Carl Reiner, Cissy King, Cissy King Lawrence Welk Show, Dean Martin, Dean Martin Bing Crosby, Diana Dors, Diana Ross, Dick Clark, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Dick Clark It's Happening, Dick Clark New Year's Rockin Eve, Dick Clark Where the Action Is, Dick Durnoff, Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs 1812 overture, Ernie Kovacs office symphony sketch, Ernie Kovacs Take a Good Look, Federico Fellini, Fellini-like effect, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra bel canto opera style, French filmmakers, Get It Together, Get It Together Dick Clark, Gregory Peck, Gregory Pecks Oscars, Hollywood Palace, It's Happening, Jack Bailey, Jack Bailey Queen for a Day, Jack Smith, Jack Smith You Asked for It, Jane Fonda The Turning Point, Jim Hobson, Jim Hobson Lawrence Welk Show, Jim Lange, Jim Lange The Dating Game, Jonathan Winters Show, Kate Smith Show, Kite Song, Kite Song short subject, Lawrence Welk orchestra, Lawrence Welk Show, Lawrence Welk Show dancers, Lenny Bruce, Liberace, Liberace daytime television series, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando Oscars, Marty Pasetta, Marty Pasetta director, Marty Pasetta Oscars, Meathead, Meathead Mike Stivic, Monty Hall, Monty Hall Let's Make a Deal, Monty Hall Split Second, Morris Orkin, NBC owned and operated, Nelson Riddle, O and O stations, Opening Ceremonies 1984 Summer Olympics, Operation Petticoat, Operation Petticoat John Astin, Operation Petticoat movie, Operation Petticoat Richard Benjamin, Operation Petticoat TV series, Peggy Lee, Pete Robinson, Peter Ueberroth, Peter Ueberroth 1984 Summer Olympics, Planks for the Memory, Ray Anthony Show, Red Skelton, Robert Metzger, Ron Bacon, Ron Bacon ABC, Ron Bacon associate director, Ron Bacon Bob Hope, Ron Bacon composer, Ron Bacon Dave Garroway, Ron Bacon Dick Clark, Ron Bacon director, Ron Bacon Directors Guild, Ron Bacon Frank Sinatra, Ron Bacon Jonathan Winters Show, Ron Bacon Kite Song, Ron Bacon Kite Song short, Ron Bacon Lawrence Welk Show, Ron Bacon Liberace, Ron Bacon musician, Ron Bacon network TV production, Ron Bacon producer, Ron Bacon Ray Anthony Show, Ron Bacon Summer Olympics, Ron Bacon The Chicken Man, Ron Bacon The Hollywood Palace, Ron Bacon Today Show, Ron Bacon WMAN, Ron Bacon WNBK, Roz Ross, Ruth Engel, Sammy Cahn, Sandy Cummings, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Satcheen Littlefeather, second pilot All in the Family, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein The Film Sense, Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson Show, Smothers Brothers Summer Show, Stefan Hatos Monty Hall, Ted Mack Amateur Hour, The Chicken Man, The Chicken Man musical, The Gong Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Liberace Show, The Rolling Stones, Those Were The Days, Tom Kennedy Split Second, Vanessa Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave Academy Awards acceptance speech, Vanessa Redgrave acceptance speech, Vanessa Redgrave Oscars, Vanessa Redgrave The Turning Point, Vanessa Redgrave Yassar Arafat, You Asked for It
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 564.7 with guest Michael Stern, author of I HAD A BALL, is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
I Had a Ball by Michael Stern Original Airdates: Jan. 14-16, 2022 TVC 564.7: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum’s recent Celebrity Authors Forum: Ed welcomes Michael Stern, author of I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucille Ball. … Continue reading
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