TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 441, Segment 3 with guests Budd Burton Moss and Howard Storm
Original Airdates: Mar. 8-10, 2019
Segment 3: Legendary Hollywood agent and talent manager Budd Burton Moss and longtime television director Howard Storm join Ed as we continue to commemorate the forty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of Happy Days with this week with a special tribute to producer Garry Marshall. Budd and Howard will be among the honorees as this year’s annual Beverly Hills Theatre Guild luncheon, which will take place on Sunday, Mar. 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. The theme of this year’s luncheon will be “The Hollywood Renaissance,” while the highlight of the program will be a tribute to the films and television series of Garry Marshall. Proceeds from the luncheon will help the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild fund their annual national playwriting competitions. For more information, call (310) 765-1605 or go to BeverlyHillsTheatreGuild.com.
Segment 3, Part 2: Longtime television director Howard Storm, whose many credits include nearly sixty episodes of Mork & Mindy, talks to Ed and Budd Moss about the genius of Robin Williams; what made Jerry Paris stand out, as an actor and as a director; how Howard learned his craft as a director by working closely with Woody Allen on two of Allen’s earliest movies; and why the word “no” has no place in any creative environment.