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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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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 594.5, featuring highlights from our September 2012 conversation with Rose Marie, is available now for listening on demand as a free podcast

The One and Only Rose Marie Original Airdates: Oct. 21-24, 2022 TVC 594.5: From September 2012: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Rose Marie, the singer/actress known to three generations of television viewers as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: DAVID VAN DEUSEN, longtime editor and publisher of The Walnut Times (a popular newsletter devoted to The Dick Van Dyke Show), and the writer and producer of THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW: CELEBRATING THE 60th ANNIVERSARY, a fully authorized, feature length documentary that provides an oral history of The Dick Van Dyke Show, as told by both the original cast, crew, production staff, guest stars, and writers of the Van Dyke show, plus many members of the second generation Dick Van Dyke Show family. The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary is available for viewing on demand on the David Van Deusen YouTube channel. The documentary is free to watch, but, if you can, please consider making a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital #DVDS60th

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via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER will commemorate the centennial birthday of CARL REINER this summer by launching a new exhibit honoring the life and career of the Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, and comic genius. CARL REINER: KEEP LAUGHING will open on Friday 7/1. The National Commedy will also celebrate Reiner’s life with a special event, in conjunction with the renowned Chautauqua Institution, that will take place on Wednesday 7/27. Carl Reiner would have turned 100 on Sunday 3/20

Jamestown, NY — March 18, 2021 — As the world remembers the late comedy legend Carl Reiner on his 100th birthday this Sunday, March 20, the National Comedy Center — the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 564.7 with guest Michael Stern, author of I HAD A BALL, is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

I Had a Ball by Michael Stern Original Airdates: Jan. 14-16, 2022 TVC 564.7: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum’s recent Celebrity Authors Forum: Ed welcomes Michael Stern, author of I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucille Ball. … Continue reading

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Veronica Redd, 12 Angry Men, plus Seventy Years of I Love Lucy: Next on TVC

We’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with Veronica Redd (The Young and The Restless), plus we’ll welcome authors Phil Rosenzweig (Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men) and Geoffrey Mark (The New Lucy Book, Geoffrey Mark Plays … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.6: Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball is available for listening on demand as a podcast

Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball Original Airdates: Aug. 6-8, 2021 TVC 549.6: With this weekend marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball, we played some highlights of our coverage of an event held at the Hollywood Museum in … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: Rob Reiner, Annie Reiner, and Lucas Reiner will donate the archives of comedy legend CARL REINER to the NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, including rare creative papers, scripts and artifacts that span Reiner’s seven-decade career as a writer, director, producer, author and performer. The National Comedy Center will also name its Archival and Preservation Department in memory of Carl Reiner

Jamestown, NY – March 19, 2021 – The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy, announced today that it will become the home of comedy legend Carl Reiner’s archives. The Reiner … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER partners with the Elkhorn Valley Museum to launch a new Johnny Carson Gallery in Carson’s hometown of Elkhorn, NE (set to open in 2021), and with the Carson Entertainment Group to launch a new Johnny Carson exhibit, 30 Years of Late Night Television, set to open in 2022

Jamestown, NY – October 23, 2020– As the country remembers comedy and late-night legend Johnny Carson on his 95th birthday today, the National Comedy Center—the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Johnny Carson’s hometown … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: National Comedy Center will honor advisory board member Carl Reiner at this year’s Virtual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, which takes place Friday 8/14 thru Sunday 8/30. Virtual festival will also feature conversations with Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Weird” Al Yankovic, Tiffany Haddish, Jay Leno, Howie Mandel, Margaret Cho, and more. All programs will be streamed, for free, at ComedyCenter.org/Festival, as well via Facebook Live

Jamestown,  NY—August 12, 2020—The National Comedy Center, the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—recently named the “Best New Museum” in the country by USA Today—will present its acclaimed Lucille Ball Comedy Festival virtually this year, featuring conversations with a diverse … Continue reading

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