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- This Date in THE FBI History: Alejandro Rey and BarBara Luna star in “The Gray Passenger,” airing Jan. 29, 1967. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
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Monthly Archives: March 2024
This Date in THE FBI History: Paul Lukas, George Voskovec, Dana Wynter, Warren Berlinger, and John van Dreelen star in Part 1 of “The Defector,” the first of several two-part episodes produced for the series. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE DEFECTOR (Part 1) Original Airdate: Mar. 27, 1966 Synopsis. Prior to the commencement of an important international peace conference in Antwerp, the Bureau receives word that Dr. Gregory Holman (played by George Voskovec), a champion chess player who is … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 642.5 with guest Shelley Herman is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Shelley Herman on her early career as a page at NBC Burbank in the mid 1970s Original Airdates: Mar. 22-25, 2024 TVC 642.5: Ed welcomes Emmy nominated writer Shelley Herman. Shelley’s memoir, My Peacock Tale: Secrets Of An NBC Page, … Continue reading →
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 642.3 with guest Julie Rogers Pomilia is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Julie Rogers Pomilia, granddaughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Original Airdates: Mar. 22-25, 2024 TVC 642.3: Ed welcomes Julie Rogers Pomilia, the youngest daughter of Tom Fox (the only biological son of Dale Evans by her first marriage), and … Continue reading →
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.3 with guest Michael Learned is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Michael Learned of The Waltons and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.3: Ed welcomes back Michael Learned, the four-time Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Olivia Walton on The Waltons and, more … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, Evan Peters Monster, Gerry Pass, Hoke, Hollywood, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Michael Learned, Michael Learned Evan Peters, Michael Learned Monster, Michael Learned Olivia Walton, Michael Learned Will Geer, Monster Jeffrey Dahmer, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Ryan Murphy Monster, Second Acts, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 640 and 641 with guests Josh Mills and Pat Thomas about ERNIE IN KOVACSLAND is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
How Ernie Kovacs Helped Inspire the Counter Culture Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.1: Ed welcomes Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the curator of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, and author Pat Thomas (Invitation … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abbie Hoffman, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Alec Guinness, Algernon Gerard, Alice Cooper, Allan Sherman, American Cinematheque, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Baseball Film, Beat generation, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Bill Marx, Bob Newhart, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Carl Reiner, Carl Reiner Take a Good Look, Cesar Romero Take a Good Look, charles schumer, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Chevy Chase, chuck schumer, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, Conan O’Brien, Dan Aykroyd, David Letterman, Desilu Too, doodles, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Edie Adams Felicia Farr, Edie Adams patron saint TV preservation, Edie Adams pioneer TV preservation, Edie Adams Soupy Sales, Edie Adams Soupy Sales The Roaches, Edie Adams Take a Good Look, Edie Adams The Apartment, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie in Kovacsland true glimpse into the mind of Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs 1812 overture, Ernie Kovacs Alec Guinness, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Ernie Kovacs incluence The Beat generation, Ernie Kovacs influence countercultural figures, Ernie Kovacs influence on the Yippies, Ernie Kovacs Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs MAD magazine, Ernie Kovacs media outlets, Ernie Kovacs morning show in Philadelphia, Ernie Kovacs office symphony sketch, Ernie Kovacs Operation Mad Ball, Ernie Kovacs Our Man in Havana, Ernie Kovacs Percy Dovetonsils, Ernie Kovacs Soupy Sales, Ernie Kovacs Strangely Believe Its, Ernie Kovacs Take a Good Look, Ernie Kovacs The Silent Show, Ernie Kovacs The Tonight Show, Ernie Kovacs Wake Me When Its Over, Ernie Kovacs Zoomar, Ernie Kovacsland Writings Drawings and Photographs from Television’s Original Genius, Eugene, Eugene The Silent Show, Fantagraphics Books, Felicia Farr, Felicia Farr Harry O, Felicia Farr Jack Lemmon, film and television commission, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, Fran Drescher, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Hans Conreid Take a Good Look, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Here's Edie!, Howard, Illustrated Profuselies, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. 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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.5: Special preview of our upcoming conversation with John Barbour and Carol Hoenig is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
John Barbour on the Academy Awards Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.5: A special preview of our upcoming conversation with five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, talk show host, and cultural critic John Barbour (Real People) and Carol Hoenig, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Walsh, Americas Most Wanted, assassination of JFK, Bob Hope, Bobby Darin, Carol Hoenig, Carol Hoenig Greatest Reviews I've Ever Read, Cesar Chavez, comedian, CSI Knuckles and Nash episode, CSI Take My Life Please episode, definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News, director, Ernie Kovacs Televisions Original Genius, Eva Cassidy, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra John Barbour, George Burns, George Carlin, George Schlatter, Godfather of Reality TV, Greatest Reviews I've Ever Read, Jane Fonda, Jim Garrison, John Barbour, John Barbour A.M. Los Angeles, John Barbour Bobby Darin, John Barbour Carol Hoenig, John Barbour Christopher Barbour, John Barbour comedian, John Barbour CSI, John Barbour Dick Gregory, John Barbour Edie Adams, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs documentary, John Barbour film reviews, John Barbour Frank Sinatra, John Barbour Garrison Tapes, John Barbour Geoff Miller, John Barbour Hungry i, John Barbour I Met A Man I Didn't Like, John Barbour It's Tough Being White, John Barbour Jane Fonda, John Barbour JFK, John Barbour Jim Nabors, John Barbour KNBC, John Barbour Knuckles and Nash, John Barbour Las Vegas, John Barbour Laugh-In, John Barbour Los Angeles Magazine, John Barbour Los Angeles movie critic, John Barbour Merv Griffin, John Barbour Pat Morita, John Barbour Real People, John Barbour Reality TV, John Barbour Redd Foxx, John Barbour Robin Williams, John Barbour Sarita, John Barbour Showtime, John Barbour Tim Conway, John Barbour Tom Bradley, John Barbour Tom Hayden, John Walsh, Johnny Carson, KNBC Critic-At-Large, Knuckles & Nash, Lenny Bruce, Los Angeles Magazine, Muhammad Ali, Navajo Code Talkers, Oliver Stone, producer, Real People John Walsh, Real People Navajo Code Talkers, Real People Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Dean Martin Show, The Garrison Tapes, the hungry i, The Tonight Show, Tim Conway, Tim Conway Knuckles and Nast, trendsetting hit Real People, TV Host, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Writer, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, Your Mother's Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.4 with guest Charles Agron is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Charles Agron on working with Lance Henriksen and Ed Asner in the new thriller Altered Reality Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.4: Ed welcomes Charles Agron, the writer, producer, and star of Altered Reality, a supernatural thriller that explores … Continue reading →
This Date in THE FBI History: J.D. Cannon stars as “The Man Who Went Mad By Mistake,” airing Mar. 6, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE MAN WHO WENT MAD BY MISTAKE Original Airdate: Mar. 6, 1966 Synopsis. About to face trial on charges of defrauding the federal government, Chicago industrialist Mark Tabor (played by J.D. Cannon) is confident that he will beat the rap—but … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 639.4 with guest Melissa Manchester is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Melissa Manchester on how her new album, RE:VIEW, presents some of her best-known, fan-favorite songs in a new light Original Airdates: Mar. 1-4, 2024 TVC 639.4: Ed welcomes Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and music icon Melissa Manchester. Melissa’s new … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dave Koz, Diana Ross Confide in Me, first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year, Gerald Albright, Grammy Award Melissa Manchester, Grammy Award winner Melissa Manchester, Just Too Many People, Kenny Loggins, Martin Mull Mark Twain, Martin Mull They Never Martin Mull, Melissa Mancester Great American Songbook Foundation’s Hall of Fame, Melissa Manchester, Melissa Manchester Academy Awards, Melissa Manchester Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester Best Female Vocalist, Melissa Manchester Bette Midler, Melissa Manchester Blossom, Melissa Manchester Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester Come in from the Rain, Melissa Manchester Confide in Me, Melissa Manchester Dolly Parton, Melissa Manchester Don’t Cry Out Loud, Melissa Manchester Ella Fitzgerald, Melissa Manchester Ella Fitzgerald Memorex test, Melissa Manchester Funny Girl, Melissa Manchester I’ll Never Say Goodbye, Melissa Manchester Ice Castles, Melissa Manchester Just Too Many People, Melissa Manchester Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester Maddy, Melissa Manchester Martin Mull, Melissa Manchester Midnight Blue, Melissa Manchester Midnight Blue Dolly Parton, Melissa Manchester Paul Simon, Melissa Manchester RE:VIEW, Melissa Manchester Rose Brice, Melissa Manchester Rupert Holmes, Melissa Manchester songwriter, Melissa Manchester songwriting, Melissa Manchester Sweet Potato Queen, Melissa Manchester The Fellas, Melissa Manchester The Promise, Melissa Manchester They Never Met, Melissa Manchester Through the Eyes of Love, Melissa Manchester Whenever I Call You Friend, RE:VIEW, You Should Hear How She Talks About You
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 639.1 with guest Harvey Lisberg is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Harvey Lisberg: I’m Into Something Good Original Airdates: Mar. 1-4, 2024 TVC 639.1: Ed welcomes Harvey Lisberg, the legendary music manager who not only shaped the careers of such iconic artists as Herman’s Hermits, 10cc, and Tony Christie, but paved … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alex Hurricane Higgins, Avenues and Alleyways, Avenues and Alleyways The Protectors, Barclay James Harvest, Beatles Please Please Me, Graham Gouldman 10cc, Harvey Lisberg, Harvey Lisberg Graham Gouldman, Harvey Lisberg Hermans Hermits, Harvey Lisberg I’m Into Something Good, Harvey Lisberg Neil Sedaka, Harvey Lisberg Peter Noon, Harvey Lisberg Please Please Me, Harvey Lisberg snooker, Harvey Lisberg Tony Christie, Harvey Lisbergy 10cc, Hermans Hermits A Kind of Hush, Hermans Hermits Henry the Eighth, Hermans Hermits Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter, Hermans Hermits Something Good, Jimmy Whirlwind White, Manchester’s answer to Brian Epstein, Mickey Most, Sad Café and the Chameleons, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tony Christie, Tony Christie Avenues and Alleyways, Tony Christie Hey Las Vegas, Tony Christie Is This the Way to Amarillo, Tony Christie Neil Sedaka
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