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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 683 and 684 with guest Hank Garrett is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Hank Garrett, Sid Caesar, and Al Lewis Original Airdates: Mar. 28-31, 2025 TVC 683.5: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Hank Garrett, the actor known around the world as Officer Nicholson on Car 54, Where Are You? and one of … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 521.4 with guest Hank Garrett is available for listening on demand
Hank Garrett, James Earl Jones, and Larry Storch Original Airdates: Dec. 18-20, 2020 TVC 521.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actor, comedian, and voice artist Hank Garrett (Car 54, Where Are You?, Three Days of … Continue reading
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Tagged al grandpa lewis, al lewis, Al Lewis Car 54, Apollo Theater Harlem, Apollo Theatre, Ballantine the great, Car 54 Nat Hiken, Car 54 Where Are You, Carl Ballantine, Catskill Mountains, Columbo, David Frost, David Frost That Was the Week Was, Death Wish, Disabled Veterans of America, Elvis martial arts, Elvis Presley, first white comedian to perform at the Apollo, fred gwynne, Fred Gwynne Car 54, Fred Gwynne The Munsters, From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight, Hank Garrett, Hank Garrett Car 54, Hank Garrett Elvis Presley, Hank Garrett From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight, Hank Garrett James Earl Jones, Hank Garrett Ken Berry, Hank Garrett Larry Storch, Hank Garrett Marion Ross, Hank Garrett memoir, Hank Garrett Minnesota Farm Boy, Hank Garrett Nat Hiken, Hank Garrett Sammy Davis Jr., Hank Garrett Three Days of the Condor, Hank Garrett Up from the Streets, Hank Garrett wrestling, Harry and Tonto, James Earl Jones Darth Vader, James Earl Jones Paris, Joe E. Ross, Joe E. Ross Car 54, martial arts, Ming Ti, Nat Hiken, Nat Hiken Car 54, Nipsey Russell, Nipsey Russell Car 54, Paris, Pepper Davis, Robert Redford, Robert Redford Three Days of the Condor, sensei, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar Your Show of Shows, The Jazz Singer, Tony Bennett opening act, Tony Reese, voice of Darth Vader, Wounded Warriors
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 520.1 with guest Hank Garrett is available for listening on demand
Hank Garrett: From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight Original Airdates: Dec. 11-13, 2020 TVC 520.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Hank Garrett, the actor that Baby Boomers around the world know as Officer Nicholson on Car 54, Where Are … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 506 with guest Larry Strauss is now available for listening on demand
COVID-19 and What Makes a School “A School” Original Airdates: Aug. 28-30, 2020 TVC 506.1: Ed welcomes author, screenwriter, USA Today opinion columnist, and educator Larry Strauss. Larry has taught high school English in South Los Angeles for nearly thirty … Continue reading
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via Shout! Factory: A host of holiday and winter programming is coming your way throughout December on both Shout! Factory TV and its Twitch channel, including holiday episodes of Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, Route 66, Car 54: Where Are You, The Red Skelton Show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and Mystery Science Theater 3000, plus such television classics as Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus and An American Christmas Carol
Our friends at Shout! Factory will be streaming a cornucopia of holiday and winter programming throughout December on both Shout! Factory TV on its 24/7 Twitch channel, including classic holiday episodes of Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, The Weird Al … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, An American Christmas Carol, Car 54 Where Are You, Christmas Comes to Willow Creek, Dennis the Menace, Father Knows Best, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Route 66, Shout! Factory, Shout! Factory TV, Shout! Factory Twitch, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Red Skelton Show, The Twelve Days of Christmas Eve, The Weird Al Show, There Is a Santa Claus, Twitch channel, Yes Virginia
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 415: Remembering Charlotte Rae and Ron Satlof is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 415: Remembering Charlotte Rae and Ron Satlof Original Airdate: Aug. 17-20, 2018 First hour: From October 2010: Television producer and director Ron Satlof (McCloud, Misconceptions, Perry Mason Returns) talks to Ed about working with Martin Scorsese early in … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazing Spider-Man, Car 54 Where Are You, Charley Varrick, Charlotte Rae, Cory Cooper, David Ogden Stiers, Dean Hargrove, death of Elvis Presley, Diff'rent Strokes, Don Siegel, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Week, Frog Story, Kid Galahad, Larry Strauss, Martin Scorsese, McCloud, Mean Streets, Michael Dante, Misconceptions, Perry Mason, Perry Mason Returns, Raymond Burr, Ron Satlof, Sesame Street, Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies, Television Confidential, The Facts of Life, The Facts of My Life, Tom Lisanti, TV Confidential, Winterhawk
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Actress Charlotte Rae passed away earlier today at the age of 92. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading her book, The Facts of My Life (which she co-authored with her son Larry Strauss), not only all of the great stories she shared about her stage career in New York, but especially learning about the quiet strength she exhibited throughout her life while overcoming great personal trauma. Our conversation with Charlotte from October 2015 is available online for listening on demand on our YouTube channel
From October 2015: Actress Charlotte Rae talks to Ed about her memoirs, The Facts of My Life, the story of how she rose from humble beginnings to great heights on stage, screen and, of course, television, while often in the … Continue reading
