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MeTV will pay tribute to Carl Reiner with a month-long presentation of his favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show that starts Sunday 7/5 at 10pm ET/PT and continues every Sunday night at the same time throughout the month of July
June 30, 2020 — The MeTV Network will celebrate legendary writer, director and actor Carl Reiner with a special, month-long presentation of his favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show. The tribute begins this Sunday, July 5 at 10p … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via Decades Network: DECADES will dedicate its July 11-12 Weekend Binge to Carl Reiner with classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, plus it will air the original pilot episode, Head of the Family, and Reiner’s interview with Dick Cavett on Friday, July 10 as part of a special two-hour programming block
June 30, 2020 — The DECADES Network will celebrate legendary writer, director and actor Carl Reiner with a special weekend binge of 15-time Emmy award winning sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. The tribute begins Friday, July 10 at 9p … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Carl Reiner not only took to Twitter, but his frequent musings on all walks of daily life gave his followers glimpses of his brand of humor and an unfiltered window into his mind
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via Variety: Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies at age 98
via @Variety: Comedy legend @carlreiner dies, age 98 #TheDickVanDykeShow #YourShowofShows #OhGod #EnterLaughing #TheJerk #2000YearOldMan To quote @KPCC host @JGHorn @TheFrame his brand of humor was smart, sophisticated, layered yet also seemed effortless https://t.co/z2TkHyU5za — ed robertson (@tvconfidential) June 30, 2020
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Alan Brady, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, Coast to Coast Big Mouth, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Dyke Show, Golden Age of Television, hairpiece, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Jamestown, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, National Comedy Center, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, toupee, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via Comedy Hall of Fame: Premiering tonight on WNET Channel 13 in New York: SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, a new documentary featuring intimate, never-before-seen interviews with Caesar from the archives of the Comedy Hall of Fame. SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY will also become available for viewing on demand on PBS Passport beginning Monday 7/22
New York, NY — For more than 50 years, public television has provided unsurpassed access to the performing arts, including the very best of theater, dance, opera, classical, jazz, popular music, and comedy. Now, New York metro-area public television station … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Golden Age of Television, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 436, Hour 2 with guest Loretta Swit is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 436, Hour 2 with guest Loretta Swit Original Airdates: Feb. 1-3, 2019 Ed, Tony, and Donna accompany Emmy Award-winning actress, artist and animal rights activist Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H, SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit) … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, actors and others for animals, Agnes Gooch, Alan Alda, animal companions, animal kingdom, animal rights, animal rights advocate, animal rights champion, animal safari, animals, Any Wednesday, battle doges, bears, benefits of walking, Betty White Award, big mouth alligator, Bird of Paradise, Bob Barker, Cagney & Lacey, cats, Central Park, dogs, Dr. Sugar, Eleanor Roosevelt, EPlusTV6, Gene Reynolds, GES Conservation Fund, global wildlife conservation, Greenwich Village, Ground Zero, guide doges, guide dogs for blind, Harry Morgan, Hollywood, Hot Lips Houlihan, Icon Award, Jamie Farr, Ken Levine, Larry Gelbart, Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H TV series, Mame, Margaret Houlihan, MASH, McLean Stevenson, Mies Hora, Mike Farrell, Mike Henry, Monty Hall, My Secret Journey, Oscars Party, Paladium, rescue animals, search rescue dogs, service dogs for veterans, Shirley Valentine, Steve Beverly, SwitHeart, SwitHeart.org, The Nurses, The Odd Couple, The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, tigers, TV Classics, vegan lifestyle, walking, Wayne Rogers, wildlife, William Christopher
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress, artist and animal rights champion Loretta Swit on what drives her advocacy for our furry and feathered friends. Loretta’s book, SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, is a collection of sixty-five full-color paintings and drawings of rescue animals and wildlife, all done by Loretta herself. All proceeds from the sales of SwitHeart will be donated to Loretta’s endless campaign to end animal suffering and cruelty. Loretta is also one of the three recipients of this year’s Icon Award at the annual Oscars Party, held at the Paladium in Hollywood on Sunday 2/24, the night of the Academy Awards
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Tagged Academy Awards, actors and others for animals, Agnes Gooch, Alan Alda, animal companions, animal kingdom, animal rights, animal rights advocate, animal rights champion, animal safari, animals, Any Wednesday, battle doges, bears, benefits of walking, Betty White Award, big mouth alligator, Bird of Paradise, Cagney & Lacey, cats, Central Park, dogs, Dr. Sugar, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gene Reynolds, GES Conservation Fund, global wildlife conservation, Greenwich Village, Ground Zero, guide doges, guide dogs for blind, Harry Morgan, Hollywood, Hot Lips Houlihan, Icon Award, Jamie Farr, Ken Levine, Larry Gelbart, Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H TV series, Mame, Margaret Houlihan, MASH, McLean Stevenson, Mies Hora, Mike Farrell, Mike Henry, My Secret Journey, Oscars Party, Paladium, rescue animals, search rescue dogs, service dogs for veterans, Shirley Valentine, SwitHeart, SwitHeart.org, The Nurses, The Odd Couple, The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit, tigers, vegan lifestyle, walking, Wayne Rogers, wildlife, William Christopher
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned Original Airdates: Sept. 21-24, 2018 First hour: A tribute to film and television actor Burt Reynolds featuring highlights from previously broadcast conversations with people who knew and worked with him, including actors Richard … Continue reading →
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Tagged Admiral Broadway Revue, Adrienne Barbeau, All My Children, American Conservatory Theare, Arthur Price, B.L. Stryker, Barbara Eden, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Billy Crystal, Bob Hartley, Bob Newhart, Bob Newhart Show, Boogie Nights, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Cannonball Run, Carl Reiner, comic trailblazer, Connie Stevens, Daisy Werthan, Dan August, Deliverance, Dinah Shore, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, Emily Hartley, Evening Shade, Family Film Awards, Gator, General Hospital, Golden Age of Television, Gore Vidal, Gunsmoke, Hawk, Hayden Rorke, Hocus Pocus, Hoke, Honorable Judge Turner, Hooper, I Dream of Jeannie, Imogene Coca, Jackie Gleason, Jay Tarses, Jim Nabors, Lance Nichols, Larry Gelbart, Larry Hagman, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Legend Award, Lewis Black, Life Interrupted, Loni Anderson, Marcia Wallace, Mel Brooks, Michael Learned, MTM, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASA, Neil Simon, Nita Talbot, Nurse, Olivia Walton, On Golden Pond, One Life to Live, One Slight Hitch, Paley Center, Peter Bonerz, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Quint Asper, Ralph Waite, Riverboat, Roger Healey, Sally Field, Saturday Night Live, Second Acts, Shamus, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sidney Sheldon, Smokey and the Bandit, Starting from Scratch, Starting Over, Steel Magnolias, Studs Terkel, Suzanne Pleshette, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Best Man, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The End, The Longest Yard, The Outgoing Tide, The Sisters Rosenweig, The Twilight Zone, The Waltons, The Young & the Restless, Tony Nelson, Treme, TV moms, Wendy Wasserstein, White Lightning, Woody Allen, World Film Institute, Your Show of Shows
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via Shout! Factory: Sid Caesar: The Works, a new in-depth five-DVD set coming Tuesday 9/4 from Shout! Factory, hails the man who made sketch comedy what it is today while also paving the way for such shows as Saturday Night Live. Customers who order Sid Caesar: The Works directly from Shout! Factory will receive the bonus disc, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion
Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Factory commemorates the career of influential comic trailblazer Sid Caesar with its latest DVD package, Sid Caesar: The Works, a five-DVD set spanning 1950 to 2014. Sid Caesar: The Works contains more than eleven hours of fan favorites … Continue reading →
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Tagged Admiral Broadway Revue, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, comic trailblazer, Golden Age of Television, Imogene Coca, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Mel Brooks, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, Sid Caesar: The Works, Studs Terkel, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 396 with guests Beverly Gray and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 396 with guests Beverly Gray and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Mar. 2-5, 2018 First hour: Beverly Gray, author of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation and onetime story editor for Roger Corman, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1967, 1968 Oscarcast, 1968 Oscars, A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, a comprehensive biography that includes 275 photographs (many of which are in color), A Tisket A Tasket, Abysinnia Henry, Academy Awards broadcast, AfterMASH, Alan Alda, American Dream, American popular culture, Anne Bancroft, April 1968, author, Best Picture, Best Picture nominations, Beverly in Movieland, big band, Billie Holliday, Bob Hope, Bobby Darin, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, comedian, Concorde-New Horizons Pictures, Count Basie, Darkest Hour, David Ogden Stiers, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington, Dunkirk, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Elvis Presley, First Lady of Song, Frances McDormand, Frank Sinatra, Gary Burghoff, Gary Oldhman, Gene Reynolds, Geoffrey Mark, Get Out, Goodbye Farewell and Amen, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Guillermo del Toro, Harry Morgan, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation, inclusion rider, Jamie Farr, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Jimmy Kimmel, Jordan Peele, Karen Carpenter, Larry Gelbart, Larry Linville, Lawrence Turman, Loretta Swit, Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, MASH, McLean Stevenson, Mel Torme, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, Mike Farrell, Mike Nichols, Nat King Cole, New World Pictures, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oscars, Pablo, radio host, rags to riches, Roger Corman, Savoy Ballroom, Seduced by Mrs. Robinson, show business raconteur, singer, Sometimes You Hear the Bullet, Steven Spielberg, The Graduate, The Hollywood Reporter, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Ebbing Missouri, Tom Hanks, too, Too Close for Comfort, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Wayne Rogers, William Christopher
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