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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Adrienne Barbeau on working with Beatrice Arthur, George Romero, and Roger Corman; the path that led to her career as a writer and novelist; and the fun she had playing Berthe (and, particularly, performing “No Time at All”) in the national tour of Pippin
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Tagged Adrienne Barbeau, Argo, Back to School, Batman The Animated Series, Bea Arthur, Berthe, Broadway, Cannonball Run, Carol Findlay, Catwoman, Creepshow, Escape From New York, Fiddler on the Roof, George Romero, Grease, John Carpenter, Love Bites, Make Me Dead, Maude, Maude Findlay, No Time at All, Norman Lear, Pippin, Rizzo, Roger Corman, Swamp Thing, Tevye, The Fog, There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Vampyres of Hollywood
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 410 with guests Steve Bluestein and Donelle Dadigan is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 410 with guests Steve Bluestein and Donelle Dadigan Original Airdate: July 6-9, 2018 First hour: Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, gives Ed a preview of some of the notable exhibits on display this summer, … Continue reading →
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Steve Bluestein and Donelle Dadigan: Next on TVC
Stand-up comedian, comedy writer and playwright Steve Bluestein and Hollywood Museum founder and president Donelle Dadigan will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 6-9 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday … Continue reading →
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Tagged 13 East, A Boy and His Dog, Ace Trucking Company, action figures, Adam West, After Forever, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Alison Arngrim, America's master mimic, Annette, Annette Funicello, Annette sound, Anthony Bourdain, Arrested Development, Babylon 5, Barbara van Orden, Barney's Beanery, Barry Manilow, Batman, Batman 1966, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party movies, Bette Davis, Bette Midler, Bisexual, black ball bomb prop, Black Cat riots 1967, board games, Bob Bergen, Bob Mackie, Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Brokeback Mountain, Bruce Vilanch, Burt Ward, Cabaret, Carl Kleinschmidt, Carnac the Magnificent, Caroline’s Comedy Hour, Carolyn Hennesy, Charles Laughton, Cher, Chris Classen, Christopher Street West Association, City on the Edge of Forever, classic television, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Collectibles of Batman '66, Comedy Central, Corgi, Cruising, Darby Hinton, Days of Our Lives, Dean Martin, Demon with a Glass Hand, depression, Disney's ANNETTE serials, Donelle Dadigan, Donna Allan, Dreams with Sharp Teeth, drinking cups, Eartha Kitt, Ed Sullivan, Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellison Wonderland, Empire, Estelle Harris, Evening at the Improv, Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone, film history, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Avalon, Fred Willard, future classics, Future of Hollywood Award, Gallery of Guest Super Villains, Gary Sinise Foundation, Gay, Geoffrey Mark, George Barris Batmobile, George Burns, George Chakiris, Geri Jewell, Gilligan's Island, Glass Teat, Golden Age of Television, Harlan Ellison, HBO, Heidi Klum, Hollywood Museum, Holy Hollywood History, How to Get Away with Murder, how will I know my friend, Howie Mandel, Jack Benny, James Dean, James Stewart, Jane Wagner, Jeremy Miller, Jerry Herman, Joan Crawford, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson, Jose Iturbi Foundation, Judy Garland, Judy Tenuta, Julie Newmar, K-11, Kate Linder, Kate Spade, Kathy Griffin, Kathy Kinney, Kevin Spirtas, King Tut, Lainie Kazan, Laraine Newman, Lee Meriwether, Lee Purcell, Legacy Award, Lesbian, Leslie Martinson, LGBTQ community, LGBTQ Hollywood, Lily Tomlin, Little by Little, Liz Torres, Liza Minnelli, lunch boxes, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, Mary Travers, Memo from Purgatory, Memoir of a Nobody, Mickey Mouse Club, Milton Berle, Mitch O'Farrell, Monkeys Uncle, Mouse Tracks, Movie of the Week, Mr. Blackwell, MTV, Museum lobby, new classics, Nolan Miller, Norman Lear, of Barry Manilow, offshoot of The Mickey Mouse Club, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, Paul Anka, Paul Sorvino, People I've Known and Been, Peter Mark Richman, Phyllis Diller, Pineapple Princess, Portrayals and Perceptions of LGBTQs in Hollywood, Project Runway, Ramon Navarro, Rat Pack, Ray Donovan, REAL TO REEL, REEL to REAL, Ret Turner, Rev. Troy Perry, Rich Little, Richard Nixon, Robert Goulet, Rock Hudson, Roseanne, Roslyn Kind, Route 66, Rudolf Nureyev, Rudolf Valentino, RuPaul's Drag Race, Ruta Lee, Sam Harris, Scandal, Sergeants 3, Shatterday, Sherman Hemsley, Showtime, Sid and Marty Krofft, signed Mousketeer ears, Skippy peanut butter, Soldier, some days you just can't get rid of a bomb, Sordid Lives, Star Trek, Steve Bluestein, Steve Wishnoff, Strange Wine, Superstore, Tall Paul, Television Confidential, television history, The Batcave, the Batman movie, The Beach Boys, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Flying Nun, The Good Wife, The Groundlings, The Hollywood Museum, The New Candid Camera, The Oscar, The Outer Limits, The Story of Walt Disney Records, The Twilight Zone, The Walking Dead, Tim Gunn, To Wong Fu Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Tommy Kirk, Totally Hidden Video, Trans America, Transgender, Transparent, True Blood, Tutti Camarata, TV Confidential, TV miniseries, Twilight Zone, Two in a Half Men, Tyler Perry's The Haves and Have Nots, VH1, Victor Buono, ViewMaster, Walt Disney, Wayne Manor, West Hollywood, Will & Grace, Yvonne Craig, Zac Posen
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Rest in peace, Joseph Campanella. Met him briefly on two occasions, once at a David Janssen convention in 1993, and again at an autograph show in 2010. He was kind enough to appear on my radio show once and it was a pleasure to chat with him. Class act.
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Tagged Bruce Geller, David Wolper documentaries, Ed Cooper, Intertect, Joe Mannix, Joseph Campanella, Mannix, Mike Connors, NAPA auto parts, Norman Lear, One Day at a Time, Quinn Martin, Richard Levinson, Television Confidential, The Bold Ones, The Doctors and the Nurses, The FBI, The Fugitive, The Lawyers, TV Confidential, William Link
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via Variety: Actor Joseph Campanella dies at age 93. A staple of network television for more than three decades, including many of the shows produced by Quinn Martin, he also played Mike Connors’ boss on the first season of Mannix and Bonnie Franklin’s ex-husband on the original One Day at a Time
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Tagged Bonnie Franklin, Bruce Geller, Ed Cooper, Intertect, Joe Mannix, Joseph Campanella, Mannix, Mike Connors, Norman Lear, One Day at a Time, Quinn Martin, Richard Levinson, The Bold Ones, The Doctors and the Nurses, The FBI, The Fugitive, William Link
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Television Academy Unveils Its New Online Portal for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television, with never-before-seen interviews
(North Hollywood, Calif. — May 16, 2018) — The Television Academy Foundation has launched its new website for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews), featuring never-before-seen interviews with many of television’s most beloved stars, show creators and behind-the-scenes … Continue reading →
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Tagged African-American characters; Late Show, American Comedy Archives, Archive of American Television, Barry Levinson, Bernie Kopell, Betty White, black-ish, Bonnie Bartlett, Boy Meets World, David Letterman, Diane English, Don Roy King, Edie Falco, Edward James Olmos, George Costanza, Get Smart, Girls, Good Times, Hispanic actors, Home Improvement, Jimmie Walker, John Amos, John Astin, Larry Wilmore, Linda Ellerbee, Louise Lasser, Martin Luther King Jr., Mary Hartman, Nichelle Nichols, Norman Lear, o Dick Van Dyke, o Richard Thomas, Once and Again, Oral History of Television, OZ, Paul Shaffer, President John F. Kennedy, Rita Moreno, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, St. Elsewhere, Star Trek, Television Academy, Television Academy Foundation, Television Academy interviews, The Addams Family, The Bernie Mac Show, The Love Boat, The Wizard of Lies, TV Confidential, Walter Cronkite, William Daniels, Writers Guild Foundation
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