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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 528.2 with guest Jo Anne Worley is available for listening on demand

Jo Anne Worley: From Laugh-In to Nana Banana Original Airdates: Feb. 26-28, 2021 TVC 528.2: From September 2013: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In star Jo Anne Worley. Topics this segment include Jo Anne’s background with the … Continue reading

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via TimeLife: ROWAN & MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN: The Complete Series, the mammoth 37-disc box set featuring all 140 remastered episodes from the landmark, groundbreaking NBC comedy plus a slew of extra features, is now available at retail for the very first time at Amazon.com. Eighty-nine episodes in this collection have never been available in stores before

The ’60s gave us “in-crowds,” “be-ins” and “love-ins.” In 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 511.1 with guest Suzy Friendly is available for listening on demand

Suzy “The Shark” Friendly Original Airdates: Oct. 9-11, 2020 TVC 511.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began earlier this year with Suzy Friendly about her thirty-five-year career in network television production. Suzy worked behind the scenes in many capacities, … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 509.1 with guest Ted Bergman is now available for listening on demand

Writing for Redd Foxx Original Airdates: Sept. 25-27, 2020 TVC 509.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Emmy nominated writer, producer, and author Ted Bergman, Emmy nominated writer/producer and author of , Confessions of a Rogue … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 508 with guest Ted Bergman is now available for listening on demand

Confessions of A Rogue TV Comedy Writer Original Airdates: Sept. 18-20, 2020 TVC 508.1: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Emmy nominated writer, producer, and author Ted Bergman. Ted spent four decades writing and producing such TV comedy and … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 501.1 with guest Suzy Friendly is now available for listening on demand

Suzy Friendly’s Career in TV Production Original Airdates: July 17-19, 2020 TVC 501.1: Suzy Friendly talks to Ed about her three-decade-plus career in network television production, which saw her work behind the scenes in many capacities (both above the line … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy nominee TED BERGMAN, youngest staff writer of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and one of the most sought-after writer/producers in TV comedy and TV variety for more than four decades. Ted’s memoir, CONFESSIONS OF A ROGUE TV COMEDY WRITER: Forty Years of Fame, Fear and Combat Inside the Writers Room, not only includes behind the scenes stories of working with the likes of Garry Shandling, Steve Martin, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, and Jonathan Winters, but captures the highs, lows and various in-betweens that just about every professional writer experiences, no matter which genre or industry. Confessions of a Rogue TV Comedy Writer is available in paperback and as an eBook through Amazon and other online retailers

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 499.4: This Week in TV History: Divorce and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is now available for listening on demand

Divorce and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Original Airdates: June 26-28, 2020 TVC 499.4: From June 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the finalization of Sonny & Cher’s divorce on June 27, 1975, and how the couple’s separation impacted … Continue reading

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via TimeLife: The Beat Goes On and on and on as I GOT YOU BABE: THE BEST OF SONNY & CHER becomes available at retail for the very first time beginning Tuesday 2/11. Not only that, but ten episodes of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour will become available on demand on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play for the first time, also on Tuesday 2/11

Fairfax, VA (January 6, 2020) — When Salvatore “Sonny” Bono and Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian came together it was undeniably magical. America first knew them as the duo behind the classic hit “I Got You Babe,” and their popularity exploded with the … Continue reading

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via Time Life: ATTENTION Classic TV and Classic Music Fans: On both Black Friday and Cyber Monday, get 10 percent off EVERY music and TV DVD purchase at TimeLife.com

 FAIRFAX, VA (November 27, 2019) — This holiday season, give family and friends the gift of classic music and landmark TV from Time Life® with an exclusive discount taking place on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  For the very first time, … Continue reading

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