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via Indiewire: PHIL GRIES of TV CONFIDENTIAL and Archival Television Audio appears in and contributed vital archival audio to THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW, the new NBC Peacock documentary, executive produced by Joy Reid and directed by Yoruba Richen, that is now available for streaming on demand. Phil contributed audio of Belafonte interviewing The Smothers Brothers, Lena Horne and Bill Cosby during the week when the singer and longtime civil rights activist guest hosted The Tonight Show in February 1968. THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW will also have a special airing on MSNBC on Saturday 9/12 at 10pm ET and PT

Posted on September 12, 2020 by admin

In 1968, America was embroiled in protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War. In that tumultuous time, “The Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson turned over hosting duties for an entire week to actor and activist Harry Belafonte. His cast of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged African-Americans, American history, Archival Television Audio, Bill Cosby, black Americans, Bobby Kennedy, Civil RIghts and Voting Act, Dionne Warwick, Ed McMahon, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte Bobby Kennedy, Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, Harry Belafonte Tonight Show, Joy Reid, Lena Horne, Martin Luther King Jr., NBC Peacock, Nipsey Russell, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, Phil Gries TV Confidential, Sidney Poitier, The Sit-In, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Tonight Show Martin Luther King Jr., TV Confidential, Yoruba Richen | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Jason Stuart is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on July 22, 2019 by admin

Jason Stuart on the Proper Inflection to Have When Saying Shut Up! I’m Talking Original Airdates: July 19-21, 2019 TVC 457.4: Ed welcomes film and TV actor Jason Stuart (My Wife and Kids, Gia, Kindergarten Cop, Birth of a Nation), … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Abducted, activist, advocate, Alejandro Rey, Alex Rivera, Alexandra Paul, Angelina Jolie, Barbra Streisand, Barry Robins, Best LGBTQ Short, Black Lives Matter, Bronx, CCB Publishing, comedy web series Smothered, Cristina Ibarra, Dash Radio, Dr. Thomas, Ed McMahon, Elaine Joyce, Fairfax district Los Angeles, Funny Girl, gay comedian, Geraldo Rivera, Gia, Hal Holbrook, Hank, Here Comes the Brides, Hongyu Li, Immortal, Jason Stuart, Jewish causes, Jim Lange, Jon Dabach, Judd Apatow, Judd Apatow Love, Kindergarten Cop, LGBTQ community, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Martin Lawrence, Martin Sheen, mentor, Merv Griffin, Mitch Hara, Murder She Wrote, My Wife and Kids, Nate Parker Birth of a Nation, National Co-Chairman of the SAG-AFTRA LGBTQ Committee, Omar Sharif, one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians, Ordinary People, Prince Bagdasarian, Riffing with Jason Stuart, searing historical drama Birth of a Nation, Shelley Winters, Shirley Hemphill, Shut Up I’m Talking!, stand-up comedy, Star Search, Stuart Greif, Sundance The Infiltrators, Tangerine, That Certain Summer, The Birth of a Nation, The Dating Game, The Drew Carey Show, the homeless, The Merv Griffin Show, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Unconventional Comedians, Vegas Vacation, youth | Leave a comment

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Jason Stuart, prolific film and TV character actor (MY WIFE & KIDS, GIA, HANK, BIRTH OF A NATION) and one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians, on the tenacity and work ethic he inherited from his immigrant parents; his thought process when he creates a new stand-up routine; appearing on THE DATING GAME at the height of its fame (and why Jim Lange was the perfect host for that show); and the impact that watching THAT CERTAIN SUMMER had on Jason when it originally aired in 1972. SHUT UP, I’M TALKING: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle, a very funny and often poignant look at Jason’s life and career, is now available in softcover and as an eBook through CCB Publishing

Posted on July 3, 2019 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Abducted, activist, advocate, Alejandro Rey, Alex Rivera, Alexandra Paul, Angelina Jolie, Barbra Streisand, Barry Robins, Best LGBTQ Short, Black Lives Matter, Bronx, CCB Publishing, comedy web series Smothered, Cristina Ibarra, Dash Radio, Dr. Thomas, Ed McMahon, Elaine Joyce, Fairfax district Los Angeles, Funny Girl, gay comedian, Geraldo Rivera, Gia, Hal Holbrook, Hank, Here Comes the Brides, Hongyu Li, Immortal, Jason Stuart, Jewish causes, Jim Lange, Jon Dabach, Judd Apatow, Judd Apatow Love, Kindergarten Cop, LGBTQ community, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Martin Lawrence, Martin Sheen, mentor, Merv Griffin, Mitch Hara, Murder She Wrote, My Wife and Kids, Nate Parker Birth of a Nation, National Co-Chairman of the SAG-AFTRA LGBTQ Committee, Omar Sharif, one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians, Ordinary People, Prince Bagdasarian, Riffing with Jason Stuart, searing historical drama Birth of a Nation, Shelley Winters, Shirley Hemphill, Shut Up I’m Talking!, stand-up comedy, Star Search, Stuart Greif, Sundance The Infiltrators, Tangerine, That Certain Summer, The Birth of a Nation, The Dating Game, The Drew Carey Show, the homeless, The Merv Griffin Show, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Unconventional Comedians, Vegas Vacation, youth | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 427 with guests Ed Asner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on November 19, 2018 by admin

Show No. 427 with guests Ed Asner and Leslie Bertram Crane Original Airdates: Nov. 16-19, 2018 First hour: Part 2 of our conversation with Leslie Bertram Crane about her career in television production and post-production, including working as a “switcher” … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged A Man and His Prostate, Academy Awards, Allan Carr, Autism, Bill Bertram, Burn the Ice, Burr Tillstrom, Captain and Tennille, Carl Fredericksen, CBS Childrens Film Festival, Dead to Me, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Ed Asner, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed McMahon, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Emmy Award, Fran Allyson, Gary Collins, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, Hour Magazine, Jeff Margolis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Kirk Driscoll, Kristen Bell, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Kuklapolitan Players, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lou Grant, Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Netflix, nonprofit organization, On the Television, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Robert Crane, Roundhouse, Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Solid Gold, special education, special needs, special needs children, Stanleys, Star Search, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, Susan Anton, Ted Danson, The American Music Awards, The Good Place, The Grouchy Historian, Tim Conway jr., Toni Tennille, Up, Vagina Monologue, Valerie Harper, Will Ferrell | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on October 22, 2018 by admin

Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane Original Airdates: Oct. 19-22, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Leslie Bertram Crane. Leslie worked behind the scenes in network television and syndicated television for about twenty years, both in … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Podcasts, Radio Stations | Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Dean Stockwell, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Donald J. Bellisario, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Quantum Leap, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Bakula, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This | Leave a comment

Robert Wagner: Next on TVC

Posted on October 18, 2018 by admin

Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner will join us, plus Leslie Bertram Crane will take us behind the scenes of the production of variety shows and live television specials. All that and more this … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This | Leave a comment

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Leslie Bertram Crane on her career working behind the scenes in network television, both in production and post-production. Leslie spent more than a decade in variety television, not only on weekly series but high profile specials and such live events as the Jerry Lewis telethon and two Oscarcasts, before becoming as a “switcher” on such top shows as Friends, The Drew Carey Show, and Murphy Brown. She’ll tell you what a “switcher” does, plus she’ll give you an idea of just how many plates are spinning behind the camera of most variety TV shows. Our conversation will air in a few weeks. Leslie is also co-author, along with her husband Robert Crane, of Burn The Ice, a book that details the adventures of two bartenders in L.A.

Posted on September 6, 2018 by admin

Posted in Next Show | Tagged Academy Awards, Allan Carr, Bill Bertram, Burn the Ice, Captain and Tennille, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Ed McMahon, Gary Collins, Hour Magazine, Jeff Margolis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Kirk Driscoll, Leslie Bertram Crane, Marie Osmond, Robert Crane, Solid Gold, Stanleys, Star Search, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, Susan Anton, The American Music Awards, Toni Tennille | 1 Comment

via Time-Life: Watch Lily Tomlin Launch Her Career in LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON, Coming to Retail DVD beginning Tuesday 3/20

Posted on March 15, 2018 by admin

On September 15, 1969, the boffo third season of the pop culture touchstone, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, premiered to eager viewers. In two short years, through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs, a gaggle of goofballs … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged " "Cocktail Party, " "The Fickle Finger of Fate, " Sammy Davis Jr., "Sock It to Me, Andy Griffith, Andy Williams, Arte Johnson, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner, Carol Channing, Dan Rowan, Debbie Reynolds, Diana Ross, Dick Martin, Ed McMahon, Engelbert Humperdinck, Flip Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Gary Owens, Goldie Hawn, Greer Garson, Henry Gibson, Jack Benny, James Garner, Jim Backus, Jo Anne Worley and Alan Sues, Johnny Carson, Jr., Judy Carne, Lily Tomlin, Lorne Greene, Michael Caine, Nancy Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Peter Sellers, Phyllis Diller, Ringo Starr, Roger Moore, Romy Schneider, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN, Ruth Buzzi, Sexy Sixties, Sid Caesar, Sonny & Cher, Tennessee Ernie Ford, THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON, The Monkees, Tony Curtis, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Ed McMahon

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Jason Stuart is now available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 427 with guests Ed Asner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand

Robert Wagner: Next on TVC

via Time-Life: Watch Lily Tomlin Launch Her Career in LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON, Coming to Retail DVD beginning Tuesday 3/20

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