Actress Peri Gilpin (Frasier, Old Guy), actor and entrepreneur Radames Pera (Kung Fu, Little House on the Prairie), and producers Ursula Burton, Jennifer Burton, Maria Burton, Gabrielle Burton, and Charity Burton of Five Sisters Productions will all join us for the landmark 500th edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 10-12 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 7/10
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 7/10
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
or listen to us on the KSAV TuneIn channel
RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 7/10
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 7/11
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 7/12
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 7/12
9am ET, 6am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KDUN AM 1030
Eugene/Springfield/Reedsport, OR
Saturday 7/11
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 7/11
3pm ET, Noon PT
Streaming at am1050.com
or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 7/11
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 7/12
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 7/11
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 7/12
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 7/11
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 7/12
5am ET, 2am PT
Also streaming at WLAD.com
or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 7/12
9am ET, 6am PT
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or listen to us on the KSCO TuneIn channel
KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 7/12
9am ET, 6am PT
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CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 7/12
1pm ET, 10am PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
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KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 7/12
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 7/12
8pm CT, 6pm PT
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or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 7/12
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WDIGRadio.com
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KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 7/12
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 7/13)
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PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA
Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Renowned for playing acerbic radio producer Roz Doyle on the long-running, multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy Frasier (NBC, 1993-2004), Peri Gilpin currently stars as a Hollywood agent who eagerly takes on a client in his eighties—only to cast him in a host of less than dignified roles—in Old Guy, the critically acclaimed six-episode short form comedy series that takes a satiric look at how the film and TV industry often portrays older people, particularly those in their seventies and eighties. We’ll ask Peri what attracted her to Old Guy, plus she’ll answer listener email questions about her work as a voice actress, her stage career, and, of course, Frasier. Peri Gilpin will join us in our second hour.
Old Guy is based on both Don’t Sit Down Yet, a book by Gabrielle Burton about aging, and on the experiences of Gabrielle’s husband, Roger Burton, a retired psychologist and former professional musician who enjoyed a wildly successful third act in his seventies and eighties as a film and TV actor. With that in mind, the creators and producers of Old Guy—Gabrielle and Roger’s daughters Ursula Burton, Jennifer Burton, Maria Burton, Gabrielle Burton, and Charity Burton—will also join Peri Gilpin in our second hour. All six episodes of Old Guy are available for streaming on demand, for free, at OldGuyComedy.com.
For our listeners who are also members of the Television Academy: Peri Gilpin and Roger Burton are both under consideration for Emmy nominations for Outstanding Actress and Actor for a Short Form Comedy, respectively, while Old Guy is a contender for a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Comedy. If you have not already done so, watch Old Guy at OldGuyComedy.com and then consider nominating Peri, Roger, and the show.
Also this week: We’ll play Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Radames Pera, the actor best known for playing young Kwai Chang Caine, aka “Grasshopper,” in the flashback sequences of the original Kung Fu (ABC, 1972-1975), and John Edwards, Mary Ingalls’ love interest, on Little House on the Prairie.
Earlier this year Universal announced plans to develop Kung Fu as a feature motion picture, while The CW will reimagine Kung Fu as a new weekly series that is scheduled to premiere during the 2020-2021 television season. We’ll talk to Radames about both these developments, plus he’ll share share some memories about his work on the original Kung Fu. We’ll also talk about how Radames reinvented himself as an entrepreneur in the late 1980s, drawing on his love for design and his interest in electronics to launch a very successful company that specialized in installing home theatre systems, first in residential areas, then restaurants and other businesses. Radames Pera will join us in our first hour.
This week’s program will also commemorate the passing of Hugh Downs, the broadcast legend who died on Wednesday, July 1 at age 99. In the course of his seventy-year career, Downs not only left his mark on three of the most iconic shows in TV history—The Tonight Show, The Today Show, and ABC’s 20/20—but logged more hours on commercial network television, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, than anyone else. (When you consider the many hours that Downs spent hosting shows for public television, including Over Easy and Live from Lincoln Center, as well as the syndicated talk show Not for Women Only (co-hosted by Barbara Walters)—all of three which being programs that fall outside the realm of commercial network TV—his total number of hours as a television host and interviewer is likely even greater than that.)
You might recall that Phil Gries arranged for Hugh Downs to join us on TV Confidential in September 2013, for what turned out to be our 200th program. Among other topics, Phil and I talked to Hugh about his work with Jack Paar on The Tonight Show, including the infamous night in February 1960 when Paar walked off the set of The Tonight Show, seven minutes into the program, to protest NBC’s decision to censor a joke that Paar had told about a water closet on the previous night’s show. We’ll play highlights from our 2013 conversation with Hugh Downs in our first hour.
NOTE: By now I’m certain that all of you know that we lost another TV legend last week, Carl Reiner. We are planning a formal two-hour tribute to the life and career of Carl Reiner; that program will air later in July on TV Confidential.
Finally, this week marking the 500th edition of TV Confidential, let me take this opportunity to thank the many people who help make this show possible every week, including our four regular on-air contributors—Tony, Donna, Phil, and Greg—as well as our guests, commentators, sponsors, Patreon patrons, Confidants, and the many other people behind the scenes who contribute to our show in ways large and small, known and unknown. Our thanks also to our affiliate stations for carrying us, and to you, our audience, not only for listening to us, but for emailing us, Tweeting us, posting comments on our Facebook page, providing feedback and suggestions, and for continuing to show your interest and support of this program. We appreciate your making TV Confidential part of your life, and we look forward to spending more time with you in the weeks and months ahead.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY)
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA)
Sat 9am ET, 6am PT on WKXO 1500 AM and 103.5 FM (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY)
Sat Noon ET, 9am PT on KDUN-AM 1030 (Reedsport/Eugene/Springfield, OR)
Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (Plymouth, IN)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA)
Sun 1pm ET, 10am PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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