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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 717.3: Happy Birthday, Dick Van Dyke is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Happy 100th Birthday, Dick Van Dyke Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.3: From December 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed send birthday wishes to film and television legend Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, Diagnosis Murder). … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 695 and 696 with guests Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, John Cerney, and Meagan Bejar is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Robert Crane, John Cerney, and Meagan Bejar on the release of Three-Cornered Circle Original Airdates: June 20-23, 2025 TVC 695.4: Via remote from the back patio of Davenport’s Restaurant in Encino, California: Ed welcomes back Robert Crane, eldest son of … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 693: Special program-length tribute to Loretta Swit is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast and includes bonus content that did not air during our radio broadcast due to time limitations. Please enjoy!

The Watercolour Artistry of Loretta Swit Original Airdates: June 6-9, 2025 TVC 693.1: From January 2017: Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Swit joins Ed for a conversation about her lifelong interest in watercolor painting, her “proprietary relationship” with wildlife, her vast … Continue reading

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via B. Harlan Boll Public Relations: The official obituary for Loretta Swit, the Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Major Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H. Ms. Swit passed away on Friday 5/30 at the age of eighty-seven. We will pay tribute to Loretta Swit this coming weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Few actresses captured the imagination of generations of television view­ers with the certainty and charm of Loretta Swit.  As the quick-witted, impassioned Major Margaret Houlihan of television’s most honored series, M*A*S*H, Ms. Swit became an American icon.  And with its popularity now in worldwide syndication, new fans continue to enjoy her … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 691.3 with guest Tim Gray is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII Original Airdates: May 23-26, 2025 TVC 691.3: Ed welcomes Tim Gray, award-winning documentary filmmaker, founder of The World War II Foundation, and the producer and director of Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 666 and 667 with guest Robert Crane is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Robert Crane, author of My UnHollywood Family Original Airdates: Nov. 8-11, 2024 TVC 666.4: Ed welcomes back Robert Crane, eldest son of Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane, and an accomplished screenwriter, journalist, and author in his own right. Bob’s latest … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 656.2 with guest Jim Hardy, curator of The Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel, is now available for listening on demand wherever you find podcasts

The Ageless Bob Hope Original Airdates: Aug. 2-5, 2024 TVC 656.2: Ed welcomes Jim Hardy, longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises, where he handles the licensing of the various film clips, TV clips, radio clips, photographs, and other archival materials … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 652 and 653 with guests Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Jack Nicholson Original Airdates: June 28-July 1, 2024 TVC 652.4: Ed welcomes back Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer, co-authors of Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (the first authorized filmography of Oscar winner Jack Nicholson, covering … Continue reading

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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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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 594.1 with guest David Van Deusen is available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

The “Secret Sauce” of The Dick Van Dyke Show Original Airdates: Oct. 21-24, 2022 TVC 594.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome David Van Deusen, writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary, a fully authorized, … Continue reading

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