John Barbour Channels Mark Russell and Tom Lehrer
Original Airdates: Apr. 24-26, 2020
TVC 490.6: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with John Barbour, the five-time Emmy Award-winning talk show host, comedian, critic at large, and documentary film maker who is also the creator, producer, principal writer, and one of the original co-hosts of Real People (NBC, 1979-1984). In this segment, John shares a few thoughts about isolation during this extraordinary time, including a whimsical, Tom Lehrer-like song set to the tune of “Mack the Knife.” John’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV, is available in softcover and as an eBook wherever books are sold online.
John Barbour, Pat Morita, and the Hungry i
Original Airdates: Apr. 24-26, 2020
TVC 490.7: Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, comedian and talk show host John Barbour (Real People) shares a few more stories about his days as a nightclub comedian in the 1960s, including finding his own piece of ground as a comic and helping a young Pat Morita do the same. John’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV, is available wherever books are sold online, while select videos of John reading chapters from Your Mother’s Not a Virgin are available for free viewing on his YouTube channel and at JohnBarboursWorld.com.
John Barbour and Harlan Ellison
Original Airdates: Apr. 24-26, 2020
TVC 490.8: Emmy Award-winning talk show host, comedian, critic at large, and documentary film maker John Barbour (Real People) tells Ed the story of his unlikely friendship with screenwriter Harlan Ellison. John’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV, is available wherever books are sold online. John Barbour’s film The American Media and the Second Assassination of John F. Kennedy is available at Amazon.com for $1.99 to watch and $4.99 to own, while his documentaries The Garrison Tapes and Ernie Kovacs: TV’s Original Genius are both available for free on his YouTube channel and at JohnBarboursWorld.com.
