Monthly Archives: December 2022

New Year’s Eve with Ketty Lester and Guy Lombardo: Next on TVC

We’ll bring you an encore presentation of our February 2022 conversation with singer/actress Ketty Lester, plus Phil Gries will join us for our annual salute to bandleader Guy Lombardo. All this, and more, on the New Year’s Eve weekend edition … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy-nominated actor and comedian PAUL DOOLEY on some of the parallels between his real-life father and the dad he played in BREAKING AWAY; how he came to write for and co-create THE ELECTRIC COMPANY on the recommendation of Carl Reiner; the thrill he got from working with his longtime idol Buster Keaton on a TV commercial in 1965; and how therapy helped save Paul’s life, particularly during the time when he endured a traumatic episode involving his ex-wife and first two children. Paul’s memoir, MOVIE DAD: Finding Myself and My Family, On Screen and Off, is available now wherever books are sold through Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. Paul will join us in January on TV CONFIDENTIAL, but you can enjoy a preview of our conversation right now by playing the clip below

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Wink Martindale, plus The Sounds of Lost Christmas: Next on TVC

We’ll bring you an encore presentation of our Christmas 2018 conversation with game show legend Wink Martindale, plus Phil Gries will join us for our annual holiday edition of the Sounds of Lost Television. All this, and more, on the … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.4 with guest Louise Sorel is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

Louise Sorel, Jonathan Winters, and Days of Our Lives Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.4: Ed welcomes back Louise Sorel, the actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.2 with guest Norma Maldonado is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

Norma Maldonado on the Auditioning Process Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.2: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actress Norma Maldonado (Jane the Virgin, Sweet Navidad). Norma gives listeners a brief window into the auditioning … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.6 with guest Ellen Geer, via remote from the Hollywood Museum, is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

Will Geer: A Man of the People Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.6: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: More highlights of our coverage of the special event, held last month at the Hollywood Museum, that celebrated the fiftieth … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.3: Special coverage: Ron Howard, Anson Williams, and The Making of Rebuilding Paradise is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Ron Howard, Anson Williams, and Rebuilding Paradise Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.3: TV Confidential brings you coverage of a special screening of Ron Howard’s Emmy-nominated documentary Rebuilding Paradise that took place in Ojai, California this past Sunday, Oct. … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.1: Tribute to Bob McGrath is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

Remembering Bob McGrath Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.1: Greg Ehrbar and Ed pay tribute to Bob McGrath, the beloved singer/actor on Sesame Street who first came into prominence as a cast member of Sing Along with Mitch and … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 600.5a: The 12 Best Secrets of Christmas is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

TV Meets Literature: The Best 12 Secrets of Christmas Original Airdates: Dec. 16-19, 2022 TVC 600.5a: Greg Ehrbar discusses The Best 12 Secrets of Christmas: A Treasure House of December Memories Revealed (Archway Publishing, 2022), a new book by Herbie … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy-nominated actress and producer LEE PURCELL on channeling her longtime love for old-time radio with the HOLLYWOOD RADIO PLAYERS, a troupe of actors who perform re-enactments of classic radio plays, via Zoom, to help raise funds for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. The most recent production of The Hollywood Radio Players is “The Magic Christmas Tree,” a holiday-themed episode of the Our Miss Brooks radio series that originally aired on Dec. 24, 1950, while the Motion Picture and Television Fund offers a variety of services that provide emotional and financial relief to industry members and their families who have fallen on hard times. Each production of The Hollywood Radio Players is free to watch on the Hollywood Radio Players YouTube channel; however, donations of any amount to the Motion Picture and Television Fund are encouraged (for more information, go to MPTF.com/donate). Lee will join us in January on TV CONFIDENTIAL, but you can enjoy a preview of our conversation right now by playing the clip below

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