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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 490.6 with guest John Barbour is now available for listening on demand
John Barbour Channels Mark Russell and Tom Lehrer Original Airdates: Apr. 24-26, 2020 TVC 490.6: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with John Barbour, the five-time Emmy Award-winning talk show host, comedian, critic at large, and documentary … Continue reading →
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Tagged assassination of JFK, Bob Hope, Cesar Chavez, comedian, definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News, director, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra John Barbour, George Burns, George Carlin, George Schlatter, Godfather of Reality TV, Jane Fonda, Jim Garrison, John Barbour, John Barbour A.M. Los Angeles, John Barbour Christopher Barbour, John Barbour comedian, John Barbour Dick Gregory, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs, John Barbour Garrison Tapes, John Barbour Geoff Miller, John Barbour Hungry i, John Barbour I Met A Man I Didn't Like, John Barbour It's Tough Being White, John Barbour Jane Fonda, John Barbour JFK, John Barbour Jim Nabors, John Barbour KNBC, John Barbour Laugh-In, John Barbour Los Angeles Magazine, John Barbour Merv Griffin, John Barbour Pat Morita, John Barbour Real People, John Barbour Reality TV, John Barbour Redd Foxx, John Barbour Robin Williams, John Barbour Sarita, John Barbour Tom Bradley, John Barbour Tom Hayden, Johnny Carson, KNBC Critic-At-Large, Knuckles & Nash, Lenny Bruce, Los Angeles Magazine, Muhammad Ali, Oliver Stone, producer, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Dean Martin Show, The Garrison Tapes, the hungry i, The Tonight Show, Tim Conway, trendsetting hit Real People, TV Host, Writer, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, Your Mother's Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 489.5 with guest John Barbour is now available for listening on demand
John Barbour, Superman, and Real People Original Airdates: Apr. 17-19, 2020 TVC 489.5: Five time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, comedian and talk show host John Barbour talks to Ed about his affinity for Superman and the role that played … Continue reading →
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Tagged assassination of JFK, Bob Hope, Cesar Chavez, comedian, definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News, director, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra John Barbour, George Burns, George Carlin, George Schlatter, Godfather of Reality TV, Jane Fonda, Jim Garrison, John Barbour, John Barbour A.M. Los Angeles, John Barbour Christopher Barbour, John Barbour comedian, John Barbour Dick Gregory, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs, John Barbour Garrison Tapes, John Barbour Geoff Miller, John Barbour Hungry i, John Barbour I Met A Man I Didn't Like, John Barbour It's Tough Being White, John Barbour Jane Fonda, John Barbour JFK, John Barbour Jim Nabors, John Barbour KNBC, John Barbour Laugh-In, John Barbour Los Angeles Magazine, John Barbour Merv Griffin, John Barbour Pat Morita, John Barbour Real People, John Barbour Reality TV, John Barbour Redd Foxx, John Barbour Robin Williams, John Barbour Sarita, John Barbour Tom Bradley, John Barbour Tom Hayden, Johnny Carson, KNBC Critic-At-Large, Knuckles & Nash, Lenny Bruce, Los Angeles Magazine, Muhammad Ali, Oliver Stone, producer, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Dean Martin Show, The Garrison Tapes, the hungry i, The Tonight Show, Tim Conway, trendsetting hit Real People, TV Host, Writer, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, Your Mother's Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, comedian and talk show host John Barbour on his affinity for Superman; how he helped Pat Morita find his piece of ground as a comedian early in his career; why REAL PEOPLE represents the best form of reality TV; and why he always booked Harlan Ellison as his first guest whenever he hosted a talk show. John’s memoir, YOUR MOTHER’S NOT A VIRGIN: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV, is available in paperback and as an eBook through TrineDay.com and Amazon.com. John’s documentary THE AMERICAN MEDIA AND THE SECOND ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY is also available on Amazon, while his documentaries THE GARRISON TAPES and ERNIE KOVACS: TV’s ORIGINAL GENIUS are both available for free screening at YouTube.com/JohnBarboursWorld
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Tagged assassination of JFK, Bob Hope, Cesar Chavez, comedian, definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News, director, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra John Barbour, George Burns, George Carlin, George Schlatter, Godfather of Reality TV, Jane Fonda, Jim Garrison, John Barbour, John Barbour A.M. Los Angeles, John Barbour Christopher Barbour, John Barbour comedian, John Barbour Dick Gregory, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs, John Barbour Garrison Tapes, John Barbour Geoff Miller, John Barbour Hungry i, John Barbour I Met A Man I Didn't Like, John Barbour It's Tough Being White, John Barbour Jane Fonda, John Barbour JFK, John Barbour Jim Nabors, John Barbour KNBC, John Barbour Laugh-In, John Barbour Los Angeles Magazine, John Barbour Merv Griffin, John Barbour Pat Morita, John Barbour Real People, John Barbour Reality TV, John Barbour Redd Foxx, John Barbour Robin Williams, John Barbour Sarita, John Barbour Tom Bradley, John Barbour Tom Hayden, Johnny Carson, KNBC Critic-At-Large, Knuckles & Nash, Lenny Bruce, Los Angeles Magazine, Muhammad Ali, Oliver Stone, producer, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Dean Martin Show, The Garrison Tapes, the hungry i, The Tonight Show, Tim Conway, trendsetting hit Real People, TV Host, Writer, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, Your Mother's Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 451 with guest Patrick Kilpatrick is now available online for listening on demand
Screen Villain Patrick Kilpatrick on Overcoming Death Three Times Before He Was Seventeen Original Airdates: May 17-19, 2019 TVC 451.3: Ed welcomes actor, author, teacher, producer, and longtime movie and TV villain Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions … Continue reading →
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Tagged 24, action film villains, action films, action heroes, Antoine Fuqua, Antony and Cleopatra, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Bruce Willis, Chuck Russell, Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, Cosmopolitan, Criminal Minds, CSI, Cycling, Dark Angel, Death Warrant, director, Dr. Quinn, Dying for Living, Dying for Living book, Dying for Living Volume I, Dying for Living Volume II, Eraser, global entertainment teacher, Interview, James Caan, James Cameron, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, Jessica Alba, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Goodman, Kate Capshaw, largest production, Last Man Standing, lead actor, Life magazine, Los Angeles Theater Center, Luxe Magazine, mandy Pankakin, manic depressive, Mark Harmon, Medicine Woman, Minority Report, Modern Bride, modern day Tom Jones, movie villains, New York-TIME Inc, Nicholas Roeg, Oliver Stone, Pat Kilpatrick, Patrick Kilpatrick, PBS, Pink Floyd, Playboy, Popular Mechanics and Psychology Today, Popular Photography, Procul Harem, producer, Public Broadcasting history, Quest ’78, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Roanoak, Robert Donald Kilpatrick, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stone, Sailing, Sam Elliot, screen writer, Sean Connery, serial killers, Shakespeare, Shark, Sports Illustrated, Steve Marriot and Humble Pie, Steven Segal, Steven Spielberg, the Grateful Dead, The New York Times, The Presidio, The Quick and the Dead, The Replacement Killers, The Sandman, Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, Tom Selleck, Tony Richardson, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Walter Hill, Yun-Fat Chow, Zone of Bells/Room of See Saws
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, producer, screenwriter, journalist and teacher Patrick Kilpatrick on overcoming a tumultuous upbringing; how his recovery from a near fatal car accident sparked a lifelong passion for reading and writing; and the psychosexual approach he often takes to portraying a villain in movies and television. Volume I of Patrick’s two-volume memoir, DYING FOR LIVING: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, is now available in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook through Boulevard Books; Volume II is due out later in 2019. For our listeners in Denver, Colo., Patrick will appear at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver on Wednesday 8/28
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Tagged 24, action film villains, action films, action heroes, Antoine Fuqua, Antony and Cleopatra, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Bruce Willis, Chuck Russell, Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, Cosmopolitan, Criminal Minds, CSI, Cycling, Dark Angel, Death Warrant, director, Dr. Quinn, Dying for Living, Dying for Living book, Dying for Living Volume I, Dying for Living Volume II, Eraser, global entertainment teacher, Interview, James Caan, James Cameron, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, Jessica Alba, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Goodman, Kate Capshaw, largest production, Last Man Standing, lead actor, Life magazine, Los Angeles Theater Center, Luxe Magazine, mandy Pankakin, manic depressive, Mark Harmon, Medicine Woman, Minority Report, Modern Bride, modern day Tom Jones, movie villains, New York-TIME Inc, Nicholas Roeg, Oliver Stone, Pat Kilpatrick, Patrick Kilpatrick, PBS, Pink Floyd, Playboy, Popular Mechanics and Psychology Today, Popular Photography, Procul Harem, producer, Public Broadcasting history, Quest ’78, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Roanoak, Robert Donald Kilpatrick, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stone, Sailing, Sam Elliot, screen writer, Sean Connery, serial killers, Shakespeare, Shark, Sports Illustrated, Steve Marriot and Humble Pie, Steven Segal, Steven Spielberg, the Grateful Dead, The New York Times, The Presidio, The Quick and the Dead, The Replacement Killers, The Sandman, Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, Tom Selleck, Tony Richardson, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Walter Hill, Yun-Fat Chow, Zone of Bells/Room of See Saws
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Aug. 3-6, 2018 First hour: Actor, writer and director Sam Medina (Preacher, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kickboxer: Retaliation) talks to Ed … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Ant-Man, Antoine Fuqua, Army Wives, Axel, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Barbara van Orden, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Buddy Hackett, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, Code Name the Dragon, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crawford, Cung Le, Debbie Reynolds Main Stage, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dragon Eyes, Duke Ellington, Edward Zwick, El Portal Theatre, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Travolta, Karen Carpenter, Kickboxer Crawford, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Kickboxer: Vengeance, L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star competition, Let’s Be Cops, Louis Armstrong, MacGyver, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Campbell, Mel Torme, Michael Sterling, Mile 22, Morey Amsterdam, Nat King Cole, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oliver Stone, Pablo, Peter Berg, Playboy Clubs, Preacher, radio host, rags to riches, Razor Charlie, Robert Rodriguez, Samarai Guy, Savages, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soupy Sales, The Baytown Outlaws, Too Close for Comfort, Tracers, Treme, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Welcome Back Kotter
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Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Barbara van Orden, actor Sam Medina and music and TV historian Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 3-6 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/3 7pm … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, Ant-Man, Antoine Fuqua, Army Wives, Axel, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Barbara van Orden, Bertolt Brecht, Billie Holliday, Bobby Darin, Buddy Hackett, Can't Buy Me Love, Capital Records, Carol Burnett, Centennial Birthday Edition, Chick Webb, Code Name the Dragon, comprehensive biography, Count Basie, Crawford, Cung Le, Debbie Reynolds Main Stage, Decca, Diana Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dragon Eyes, Duke Ellington, Edward Zwick, El Portal Theatre, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, First Lady of Song, Frank Sinatra, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Geoffrey Mark, Grammy Award-nominated, Great American Songbook, Hey Jude, High How the Moon, Hurricane Katrina, Jazz at the Philharmonic, John Travolta, Karen Carpenter, Kickboxer Crawford, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Kickboxer: Vengeance, L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star competition, Let’s Be Cops, Louis Armstrong, MacGyver, Mack the Knife, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Campbell, Mel Torme, Michael Sterling, Mile 22, Morey Amsterdam, Nat King Cole, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nies Hora, Norman Granz, Oliver Stone, Pablo, Peter Berg, Playboy Clubs, Preacher, radio host, rags to riches, Razor Charlie, Robert Rodriguez, Samarai Guy, Savages, Savoy Ballroom, show business raconteur, singer, Soupy Sales, The Baytown Outlaws, Too Close for Comfort, Tracers, Treme, Ultimate Symbol, Verve, Welcome Back Kotter
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Sam Medina on working with Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg in the upcoming action/thriller Mile 22; his roots in New Orleans and the role he played to help rebuild the city after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina; how he approaches playing villains, even when the character may require him to go to a dark place; and making his directorial debut later this year in Code Name: The Dragon, starring Cung Le. Mile 22 opens in theaters everywhere on Friday 8/17
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Tagged Ant-Man, Antoine Fuqua, Army Wives, Axel, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Code Name the Dragon, Crawford, Cung Le, Dragon Eyes, Edward Zwick, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Hurricane Katrina, Kickboxer Crawford, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Let’s Be Cops, MacGyver, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Campbell, Mile 22, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oliver Stone, Peter Berg, Preacher, Razor Charlie, Robert Rodriguez, Samarai Guy, Savages, The Baytown Outlaws, Tracers, Treme
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