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TV CONFIDENTIAL Tribute to William Schallert is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
William Schallert: A Television Favorite A encore presentation of our May 2016 tribute to William Schallert, the amiable, reliable character actor known to Baby Boomers for playing Patty Duke’s dad, Nancy Drew’s dad, Gidget’s dad, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, the Admiral … Continue reading →
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Tagged actors strike 1980, Albin Berg, Andrews Sisters, Arne Rosen Get Smart, Barbara Feldon Get Smart, Barney Miller, Bill Spire, Blossom Axton, Boris Sagal, Buck Henry Get Smart, Charles Aidman Wild Wild West, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin City Lights, Circle Players, Circle Players Los Angeles, City Lights, Cloris Leachman, Dalton Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo Lonely are the Brave, Dalton Trumbo Spartacus, Danny Arnold), Dennis Weaver Gunsmoke, Dobie Gillis, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, Don Adams Get Smart, Don Siegel Charley Varrick, Ed Asner, Ed Asner Screen Actors Guild president, Edgar Olhmer, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley movies, Elvis Presley Speedway, Ernest Borgnine, Ernest Borgnine Marty, Gene Wang Perry Marson, George Englund, Gidget’s dad, Gladys Presley, Group Theatre West, Gunsmoke, Harry Axton, Ike The War Years, Ivan Kahn, Ivan Kahn 20th Century Fox, Jack Albertson, Jacqueline Scott Charley Varrick, James Dunn, Jerry Epstein, Jessica Walter, Jim Bowie, Joe Don Baker, Joe Don Baker Charley Varrick, Joe Mantel, John Houseman, Justinian Tibbs, Kathleen Freeman, Ken Englund, Kirk Douglas Lonely are the Brave, Leonard Stern Get Smart, Lew Wasserman, Lew Wasserman Revue, Lew Wasserman Universal, Lonely are the Brave, Mabel Albertson, Mabel Albertson Circle Theatre, Maggie Field, Manny Harris William Marlowe, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Margaret Field, Margaret Field Sally Field, Marlon Brando, Maverick The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, Mercury Theatre, Mr. Pomfrit Dobie Gillis, Mr. Zero, Nancy Drew’s dad, Norman Lear, Norman Lear The Alliance, Orson Welles, Pasadena Playhouse, Patty Duke, Patty Duke Screen Actors Guild president, Patty Duke’s dad, Philip Marlowe Gene Wang, Philip Marlowe television series, Robert Conrad Wild Wild West, Robert Duvall Ike The War Years, Ross Martin Wild Wild West, Royce Hall, Royce Hall UCLA, Sadie Thompson, Scottish play Jeannie, Screen Actors Guild alliance, Sidney Chaplin, Somerset Maugham, Strother Marton, That Girl, the Admiral on Get Smart, The Time of Your Life, Tom Kelley, Tom Kelley 20th Century Fox, Volpone, Walter Matthau Charley Varrick, Walter Matthau Lonely are the Brave, Wild Wild West, Wild Wild West Night of the Winged Terror, William Saroyan, William Schallert, William Schallert Admiral Hargrave, William Schallert Arnold Schoenberg, William Schallert Caryn Richman, William Schallert Charley Varrick, William Schallert Circle Theatre, William Schallert Dennis Weaver, William Schallert dialects, William Schallert Dobie Gillis, William Schallert Don Siegel, William Schallert Edwin Schallert, William Schallert Elvis Presley, William Schallert Gene Wang, William Schallert Get Smart, William Schallert Gunsmoke, William Schallert Lonely are the Brave, William Schallert Manny Harris, William Schallert Martin Lane, William Schallert Maverick, William Schallert Mr. Pomfrit, William Schallert Nancy Drew Mysteries, William Schallert Night of the Winged Terror, William Schallert Norman Tarroff, William Schallert Patty Duke, William Schallert Patty Duke Show, William Schallert Perry Mason, William Schallert Philip Marlowe, William Schallert SAG president, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild president, William Schallert Speedway, William Schallert The Admiral, William Schallert The New Gidget, William Schallert The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, William Schallert UCLA, William Schallert Wild Wild West
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William Schallert: A Television Favorite: Next on TVC
We’ll celebrate the birthday of beloved character actor William Schallert as part of a special holiday weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 2-4 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 7/2 … Continue reading →
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Tagged actors strike 1980, Albin Berg, Alvin Hammer, Andrews Sisters, Arne Rosen Get Smart, Barbara Feldon Get Smart, Barney Miller, Bill Spire, Blossom Axton, Boris Sagal, Buck Henry Get Smart, Charles Aidman Wild Wild West, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin City Lights, Circle Players, Circle Players Los Angeles, City Lights, Cloris Leachman, Dalton Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo Lonely are the Brave, Dalton Trumbo Spartacus, Danny Arnold), Dennis Weaver Gunsmoke, Dobie Gillis, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, Don Adams Get Smart, Don Siegel Charley Varrick, Ed Asner, Ed Asner Screen Actors Guild president, Edgar Olhmer, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley movies, Elvis Presley Speedway, Ernest Borgnine, Ernest Borgnine Marty, Gene Wang Perry Marson, George Englund, Gidget’s dad, Gladys Presley, Group Theatre West, Gunsmoke, Harry Axton, Holland Chamberlain, HUAC, HUAC blacklist, Ike The War Years, Ivan Kahn, Ivan Kahn 20th Century Fox, Jack Albertson, Jacqueline Scott Charley Varrick, James Dunn, Jerry Epstein, Jessica Walter, Jim Bowie, Joe Don Baker, Joe Don Baker Charley Varrick, Joe Mantel, John Frankenheimer, John Houseman, John Randolph, Justinian Tibbs, Kathleen Freeman, Ken Englund, Kirk Douglas Lonely are the Brave, Leonard Stern Get Smart, Lew Wasserman, Lew Wasserman Revue, Lew Wasserman Universal, Lonely are the Brave, Mabel Albertson, Mabel Albertson Circle Theatre, Maggie Field, Manny Harris William Marlowe, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Margaret Field, Margaret Field Sally Field, Marlon Brando, Maverick The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, Mercury Theatre, Mr. Pomfrit Dobie Gillis, Mr. Zero, Nancy Drew’s dad, Norman Lear, Norman Lear The Alliance, Orson Welles, Pasadena Playhouse, Patty Duke, Patty Duke Screen Actors Guild president, Patty Duke’s dad, Peggy Rea, Philip Marlowe Gene Wang, Philip Marlowe television series, Ralph Waite, Ralph Waite The Waltons, Robert Conrad Wild Wild West, Robert Duvall Ike The War Years, Rock Hudson, Ross Martin Wild Wild West, Royce Hall, Royce Hall UCLA, Sadie Thompson, Scottish play Jeannie, Screen Actors Guild alliance, Seconds, Sidney Chaplin, Somerset Maugham, Stanley Kubrick, Strother Marton, That Girl, the Admiral on Get Smart, The Solid Gold Watch, The Time of Your Life, Tom Kelley, Tom Kelley 20th Century Fox, Volpone, Walter Matthau Charley Varrick, Walter Matthau Lonely are the Brave, Wild Wild West, Wild Wild West Night of the Winged Terror, Will Geer, William Saroyan, William Schallert, William Schallert Admiral Hargrave, William Schallert Arnold Schoenberg, William Schallert Caryn Richman, William Schallert Charley Varrick, William Schallert Circle Theatre, William Schallert Dennis Weaver, William Schallert dialects, William Schallert Dobie Gillis, William Schallert Don Siegel, William Schallert Edwin Schallert, William Schallert Elvis Presley, William Schallert Gene Wang, William Schallert Get Smart, William Schallert Gunsmoke, William Schallert Lonely are the Brave, William Schallert Manny Harris, William Schallert Martin Lane, William Schallert Maverick, William Schallert Mr. Pomfrit, William Schallert Nancy Drew Mysteries, William Schallert Night of the Winged Terror, William Schallert Norman Tarroff, William Schallert Patty Duke, William Schallert Patty Duke Show, William Schallert Perry Mason, William Schallert Philip Marlowe, William Schallert SAG president, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild president, William Schallert Speedway, William Schallert The Admiral, William Schallert The New Gidget, William Schallert The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, William Schallert The Waltons, William Schallert UCLA, William Schallert Wild Wild West
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli Original Airdates: Jan. 25-27, 2019 Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned (The Waltons, Nurse) talks to Ed about how she approaches every performance as Daisy Werthan in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Barney Miller, Cheers, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, famous final episodes, final episodes, Gerry Pass, Girls, Hoke, Hollywood, Howdy Doody, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Michael Learned, Nichols, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, Second Acts, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Smothers Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Television Finales, television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Shield, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, TV Worth Watching
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Michael Learned, Titus Welliver, plus More TV Finales: Next on TVC
Actors Michael Learned and Titus Welliver and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 25-27 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 1/25 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Hour 1 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434, featuring Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 434, Hour 1 with guests Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard Original Airdates: Jan. 18-20, 2019 Josh Mills, director of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, joins Ed, Tony and Donna in the studio to … Continue reading →
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Constance Towers, Television Finales, and A Century of Kovacs: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Constance Towers, Ernie Kovacs estate director Josh Mills, and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 18-20 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday … Continue reading →
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Tagged AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Alec Guinness, Alexis Smith, Algernon Gerard, American Cinematheque, Anthony Eisley, Anthony Geary, Arthur Marks, Barbara Hale, Barney Kessel, Barney Miller, Baseball Film, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Model, Bobby Troup, Budd Moss, Burl Ives, Buster Keaton of television, Capitol, Carousel, Charlie Clod In Brazil, Cheers, Chevy Chase, Clues, Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski, controversial films, Craig Stevens, Curtis Hansen, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, David Letterman, Deadwood, Designing Women, Dexter, doodles, Douglas L. Howard, Dutch Masters, Dutch Masters Commercials, Edie Adams, Egyptian Theater, Ernie in Kovacsland, Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Kovacs Centennial, ERNIE KOVACS CENTENNIAL EDITION, Eugene, famous final episodes, final episodes, Fingers Under Weskit, Five Golden Hours, Follies, Foster Hirsch, Frasier, Gene Evans, General Hospital, George Schlatter, Girls, Golden Age of TV, Golf With Edie And Ernie, Grant, Grantville, Griff, Helena Carradine, Here's Edie!, Hollywood, Howard, Howdy Doody, Illustrated Profuselies, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Irving Wong, It Happened To Ernie, J. Burlington Gearshift, James Drury, James Garner, Jeff Thompson, John Ford, John Magee, John Wayne, Jolene Brand, Josh Mills, Kelly, Kovacsland, Kovacsland Forever, L.A. Law, Long Beach Museum of Art, Lost, Mack the Knife, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, Martin Krutch, Marvin Paige, MASH, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Dante, Miklos Molnar, Monty Python, Muriel Cigars Commercials, Museum of the Moving Image, Nairobi Trio, Nichols, Ode To A Housefly, Ode To Electricity, Ode To Stanley's Pussycat, Oklahoma, Olivia Scilloscope, Operation Mad Ball, Our Man In Havana, Paley Center for Media, pedophile, Percy Dovetonsils, Perry Mason, Peter Breck, Prankish Professor, Profuselies, prophetic film, Raymond Burr, Robert Thompson, Rock Mississippi, Rockford Files, Rodgers Hammerstein, Roseanne, Sales Film, Samuel Fuller, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Shock Corridor, Shout! Factory, Silents Please, Six Feet Under, sixties cinema, sketch artist, Skodney Silsky, Smothers Brothers, Solfeggio, Sondheim, St. Elsewhere, Strangely Believe It, Superclod Test, Susan King, Take a Good Look, TCM, Television Finales, television history, Television's Original Genius, Television's Orignal Genius, The Big Cheese, The Case of The Missing Melody, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Edie Adams Show, The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Fugitive, The Kapusta Kid, The King and I, the Kovacs ABC specials, The Mysterious Knockwurst, The Naked Kiss, the National Gallery, The Shield, The Sound of Music, The Tonight Show, The World At Your Doorstep, The World's Strongest Ant, Tragic Trophy, Turner Classic Movies, TV Worth Watching, visual improv, Wake Me When It's Over, Writers To Blame
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, co-editors of TELEVISION FINALES: From Howdy Doody to Girls, an exploration of some of the most compelling and often controversial final episodes in TV history, including such famous finales as those of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, and The Fugitive; infamous ones such as St. Elsewhere, The Sopranos and How I Met Your Mother; plus a few others that you may not have thought of. TELEVISION FINALES is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Syracuse University Press
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