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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

Posted on March 18, 2022 by admin

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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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 561.3: Tribute to Will Ryan is available for listening on demand

Posted on December 13, 2021 by admin

The Music Career of Will Ryan Original Airdates: Dec. 10-12, 2021 TVC 561.3: Greg Ehrbar and Ed pay tribute to Will Ryan, the actor, voice artist, songwriter, singer, and musician who passed away on Friday, Nov. 19 at age 72. … Continue reading →

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 458 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger on the TV career of Biffle and Shooster is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on December 5, 2021 by admin

The Unreal TV Career of Biffle and Shooster Original Airdates: Aug. 2-4, 2019 TVC 458.1: From August 2019: Actors Nick Santa Maria and Will Ryan (The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster) appear in character as Benny Biffle and Sammy Shooster … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 544.3 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger is available for listening on demand

Posted on June 28, 2021 by admin

Biffle and Shooster and Rondo Hatton Original Airdates: June 25-27, 2021 TVC 544.3: An encore presentation of our March 2019 conversation with Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria and Michael Schlesinger. Will and Ryan are the stars, and Mike is the … Continue reading →

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 539.2: Public Defender on DVD is available for listening on demand

Posted on May 23, 2021 by admin

Public Defender on DVD Original Airdates: May 21-23, 2021 TVC 539.2: Greg and Ed discuss the ClassicFlix DVD release of Public Defender, starring Reed Hadley.

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Alan Hale, B movie, Bart Matthews Public Defender, bicycle prints, Bill Goodwin, Boston Blackie, Charles Bronson, ClassicFlix, combination B movie and radio drama, Daryl Hickman, DeForest Kelley, Dennis Hopper, Denver Pyle, Dwayne Hickman, early 1950s television, early thirty-minute TV dramas, early TV dramas, Frontier Town, Golden Age of Television, Great Gildersleeve, Hal Roach studios, Hanna-Barbera, Jimmy Lydon, Julie Bennett, original commercials, Philip Morris Public Defender, Phyllis Coates, Public Defender, Public Defender anthology series, Public Defender ClassicFlix, Public Defender Hal Roach studios, Public Defender Reed Hadley, Public Defender TV series, radio drama, Red Ryder, Reed Hadley, Reed Hadley Bart Matthews, Reed Hadley Public Defender, Reed Hadley radio, Virginia Christine, Whit Bissell | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 19, 2021 by admin

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 →

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 527.1 with guest Mitchell Hadley is available for listening on demand

Posted on February 22, 2021 by admin

How Television Evolved During the Era of Classic TV Original Airdates: Feb. 19-21, 2021 TVC 527.1: Ed welcomes novelist, essayist, and TV historian Mitchell Hadley. Mitchell’s latest book, The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells US About Who We Were … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts | Tagged Classic TV defined, coca-cola commercials, Doronty Kilgallen, Electronic Mirror Classic TV, Ernie Kovacs, Fred Rogers, Golden Age of Television, I've Got a Secret, ItsAboutTV.com, Jack Paar, Misterogers Neighborbood, Mitchell Hadley adventures in television, Mitchell Hadley essayist, Mitchell Hadley glorious Hadleyvision, Mitchell Hadley It's About TV, Mitchell Hadley novelist, Mitchell Hadley The Car, Mitchell Hadley The Collaborator, Mitchell Hadley The Electronic Mirror, Mitchell Hadley This Week in TV Guide, Mr. Rogers, Perry Mason, Perry Mason opening title sequence, Route 66, Route 66 inadvertent documentary, Take a Good Look, Television 1968, television as Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror book, The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells US About Who We Were (and Everything in Between), The Fugitive, This Week in TV Guide, TV Guide, What's My Line | Leave a comment

TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 526.2: Tribute to Cy Chermak is available for listening on demand

Posted on February 15, 2021 by admin

Cy Chermak and the Evolution of CHiPs Original Airdates: Feb. 12-14, 2021 TVC 526.2: From September 2018: Television producer Cy Chermak, author of The Show Runner: An Insider’s Guide to Successful TV Production, uses his experience on CHiPs to illustrate … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Acapulco, Amy Prentiss, Broadway, Bronco, Bruce Jenner CHiPs, Carl Kolchak, Checkmate, Cheyenne, CHiPs, Cy Chermak, Cy Chermak CHiPs, Cy Chermak Ironside, Cy Chermak Night Stalker, Cy Chermak The Virginian, Darren McGavin, Darren McGavin The Night Stalker, David Chase, David Chase Kolchak: The Night Stalker, David Chase The Rockford Files, David Chase The Sopranos, David Hartman, Don Mitchell, E.G. Marshall, Erik Estrada, Erik Estrada CHiPs, Francine Carroll, Francy Productions, Frank Price, Front Row Center, Golden Age of Television, Ironside, James Drury, Jessica Walter, John Saxon, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Kraft Theater, Larry Wilcox, Larry Wilcox CHiPs, Lee J. Cobb, NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, Paul Robert Coyle CHiPs, Raymond Burr, Rescue 8, Robert Ironside, Robert Pine, Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale Back to the Future, Robert Zemeckis Chopper, Robert Zemeckis Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Seeds in the Wind, Suspense, The Bold Ones, The Dakotas, The New Doctors, The Virginian, Tickets Please | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 524.1: Tribute to Peter Mark Richman is available for listening on demand

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

The Inner Voice of Peter Mark Richman Original Airdates: Jan. 22-24, 2021 TVC 524.1: Ed plays highlights of our May 2011 conversation with Peter Mark Richman, the accomplished actor, author, artist, and Renaissance man who passed away on Thursday, Jan. … Continue reading →

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Novelist, essayist and TV historian MITCHELL HADLEY on what Classic TV is, what it says about ourselves, and why the best way to understand the culture of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s is to watch TV shows that were actually made in those respective decades. Mitchell’s book THE ELECTRONIC MIRROR: What Classic TV Tells Us About Who We Were and Who We Are (and Everything in Between) is available in paperback and as an eBook wherever books are sold online

Posted on November 5, 2020 by admin

Posted in Classic Shows, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged Classic TV defined, coca-cola commercials, Doronty Kilgallen, Electronic Mirror Classic TV, Ernie Kovacs, Fred Rogers, Golden Age of Television, I've Got a Secret, ItsAboutTV.com, Jack Paar, Misterogers Neighborbood, Mitchell Hadley adventures in television, Mitchell Hadley essayist, Mitchell Hadley glorious Hadleyvision, Mitchell Hadley It's About TV, Mitchell Hadley novelist, Mitchell Hadley The Car, Mitchell Hadley The Collaborator, Mitchell Hadley The Electronic Mirror, Mr. Rogers, Perry Mason, Perry Mason opening title sequence, Route 66, Route 66 inadvertent documentary, Take a Good Look, Television 1968, television as Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror book, The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells US About Who We Were (and Everything in Between), The Fugitive, What's My Line | Leave a comment

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 561.3: Tribute to Will Ryan is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 458 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger on the TV career of Biffle and Shooster is now available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 544.3 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 539.2: Public Defender on DVD is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 527.1 with guest Mitchell Hadley is available for listening on demand

TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 526.2: Tribute to Cy Chermak is available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 524.1: Tribute to Peter Mark Richman is available for listening on demand

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