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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress MARLA GIBBS (Florence Johnston on THE JEFFERSONS), actor ERNEST HARDEN JR. (Marcus Henderson on The Jeffersons), and JAY MORIARTY (longtime staff writer and, later, producer of The Jeffersons) on why The Jeffersons still makes people laugh and continues to be relevant today. For our listeners and followers in the L.A. area, Marla, Ernest, and Jay are scheduled to appear at the next Hollywood Show, which will take place Friday 4/15 and Saturday 4/16 at the Burbank Marriott Hotel in Burbank, California. Go to HollywoodShow.com for more information

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 570.3 with guest Ketty Lester is available for listening as a free podcast

Ketty Lester, Moses Gunn, and Blacula Original Airdates: Feb. 25-27, 2022 TVC 570.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Ketty Lester, the Grammy Award-nominated singer/actress known around the world for her international No. 1 hit record … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 569 with guest Ketty Lester is available for listening on demand as a free podcast. This is the first of a two-part interview. Part 2 will air on next week’s show

Ketty Lester: Love Letters Original Airdates: Feb. 18-20, 2022 TVC 569.1: Ed welcomes Ketty Lester, the Grammy nominated singer/actress known around the world for her international No. 1 record, “Love Letters (Straight from Your Heart),” and as schoolteacher Hester Sue … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Grammy nominated singer/actress KETTY LESTER on the backstory of her international No. 1 hit record, Love Letters (Straight from the Heart); the many angels who have graced her life, including Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Landon; and how her faith, and the values she learned from her parents, grounded her and guided her throughout her life and career. Ketty’s memoir, KETTY LESTER: A MEMOIR: From Arkansas to Grammy-nominated Love Letters to Little House on the Prairie, is the story of how a young girl from Hope, Arkansas, the youngest of fifteen children, not only opened many doors for many African-American women, both as a recording artist and as an actress, but overcame many obstacles throughout her life, including a recurring battle with epilepsy. KETTY LESTER: A MEMOIR is available at Amazon.com and wherever books are sold online. For our listeners in L.A., you can meet Ketty Lester on Sunday 2/20 at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood, CA beginning at 2pm. Ketty will share stories of her life and career in a conversation with Alison Arngrim, while copies of her book and CDs of her music will both be available

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 546.1 with guests Howard Storm and Steve Stoliar is available for listening on demand

Howard Storm and The Committee Original Airdates: July 16-18, 2021 TVC 546.1: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Howard Storm and Steve Stoliar, co-authors of The Imperfect Storm: From Henry Street to Hollywood, the story of … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 545.5 with guests Howard Storm and Steve Stoliar is available for listening on demand

Howard Storm and The Desilu Players Original Airdates: July 9-11, 2021 TVC 545.5: A return visit by Howard Storm and Steve Stoliar, co-authors of The Imperfect Storm: From Henry Street to Hollywood, the story of Howard’s career as a stand-up … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Tribute to William Schallert is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

William Schallert: A Television Favorite A encore presentation of our May 2016 tribute to William Schallert, the amiable, reliable character actor known to Baby Boomers for playing Patty Duke’s dad, Nancy Drew’s dad, Gidget’s dad, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, the Admiral … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit with HOWARD STORM and STEVE STOLIAR, co-authors of THE IMPERFECT STORM, the story of Howard’s life and career as a stand-up comic, actor, and director, including his years with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a member of the Desilu Players, his influences as a comedian, his experience performing with The Committee, and more

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 536.3: Howard Storm, Budd Moss, and The Genius of Norman Lear is available for listening on demand

Howard Storm, Budd Moss, and The Genius of Norman Lear Original Airdates: Apr. 23-25, 2021 TVC 536.3: From March 2019: Legendary Hollywood agent and talent manager Budd Burton Moss (Hollywood: Sometimes Reality is Better Than the Dream) and longtime television … 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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