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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 546.4 with guest Ron Bacon is available for listening on demand

Ron Bacon, Television Pioneer Original Airdates: July 16-18, 2021 TVC 546.4: Ed welcomes Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon. Ron spent thirty-five years in network TV production—mostly with ABC, where he wore many hats (including stage manager, associate director, writer, producer, … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy Award winner RON BACON shares a few stories about his thirty-five-year career in network television, most of which was spent with ABC-TV in Los Angeles, and all of which saw Ron working behind the scenes in many capacities on all kinds of programming, including The Lawrence Welk Show, The Frank Sinatra Show, Shindig, The Hollywood Palace, and the iconic Ernie Kovacs specials, plus Academy Awards broadcasts and many other live specials, sports shows like Wide World of Sports and the 1984 Summer Olympics, and many iconic game shows produced by Chuck Barris, Monty Hall, and Goodson/Todman

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 541.4 with guest Geoff Littlefield is now available for listening on demand

Nelson Riddle’s Last Hurrah Original Airdates: June 4-6, 2021 TVC 541.4: Geoff Littlefield joins us for Part 2 of our celebration of the centennial birthday of Nelson Riddle. Topics this segment include Riddle’s collaborations in the early 1980s with Linda … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 540.1 with guest Geoffrey Littlefield is available for listening on demand

100 Years of Nelson Riddle Original Airdates: May 28-30, 2021 TVC 540.1: Ed welcomes Geoffrey Littlefield, author of Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat, a cradle to grave look at the complex, but often forlorn genius who was one of … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Screenwriter, producer, author, and music historian GEOFFREY LITTLEFIELD on NELSON RIDDLE’s many collaborations with Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Ella Fitzgerald; why Riddle always believed that “less is more” when it came to writing arrangements; Riddle’s many contributions to movies and television throughout the ’60s and ’70s, including the iconic theme to ROUTE 66; and how working with LINDA RONSTADT resurrected Riddle personally and professionally. Geoff’s latest book, NELSON RIDDLE: Music with a Heartbeat, an authorized biography written with the cooperation of Riddle’s children and the Nelson Riddle estate, is available at Amazon.com

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 534.5 with guest Ruta Lee is available for listening on demand

Ruta Lee, Perry Mason, and The Lineup Original Airdates: Apr. 9-11, 2021 TVC 534.5: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with legendary actress, singer, and philanthropist Ruta Lee. In this segment Ruta shares some memories about working … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit by entertainment legend RUTA LEE, including the amazing story of how Ruta convinced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to release her 92-year-old Lithuanian grandmother from the Soviet Union in 1964 and let her live her remaining years in America, and how that enabled Ruta to reunite her mother and her grandmother for the first time in thirty-six years. Ruta’s memoir, CONSIDER YOUR ASS KISSED, will be available in April from Briton Publishing and includes many great stories about Ruta’s life and career on stage, film, and television, and the more than fifty years she has devoted to The Thalians, the first charitable organization committed to good mental health

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Tribute to Alex Trebek with guests Ruta Lee and Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand

Alex Trebek: The Steward of Jeopardy! Original Airdates: Dec. 4-6, 2020 TVC 519.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed pay tribute to Alex Trebek, the Emmy Award-winning game show host who presided over Jeopardy! for an astonishing thirty-six years, beginning in 1984 … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 518 with guest Daphne Maxwell Reid is available for listening on demand

Daphne Maxwell Reid and The Business of Christmas Original Airdates: Nov. 27-29, 2020 TVC 518.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actress, photographer, clothes designer, educator, activist, and author Daphne Maxwell Reid (The Fresh Prince of … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Showbiz legend RUTA LEE helps us pay tribute to game show legend Alex Trebek. Ruta first met Alex on the set of High Rollers in 1974 and they remained lifelong friends until his passing earlier this week. Alex Trebek recently wrote the foreword to Ruta’s upcoming memoir, CONSIDER YOUR ASS KISSED

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