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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 470.6 with guest Jeff Abraham is now available online for listening on demand
The Show Won’t Go On, Part 2 Original Airdates: Nov. 1-3, 2019 TVC 470.6: Part 2 of Tony and Ed’s conversation with comedy historian Jeff Abraham, co-author (along with Burt Kearns) of The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, … Continue reading →
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Tagged acclaimed pop culture historian, Albert Brooks, award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Bob Einstein, Burt Kearns, comedian Harry Epstein, Dick Shawn, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Flying Wallendas, high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, is there a doctor in the house, J.I. Rodale, Jax the Axehandler, Jeff Abraham, Joe Burruss, magic, opera, Parkyakarkus, Penn Jillette, Radio, rock ‘n’ roll, rock star, show stopping deaths of performers, social media, Television, The Dick Cavett Show, The Show Won't Go On book, The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking Bizarre and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, The Show Won’t Go On, theater, Tiny Tim, Tommy Cooper, ukulele crooner, vaudeville
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Ruta Lee, The Emperor, and The Marx Brothers on TV: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Ruta Lee and actor Roman Mitichyan will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Nov. 1-3 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 11/1 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →
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Tagged 10 Minutes Gone, 24, 9-1-1, acclaimed pop culture historian, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Albert Brooks, All-Star Weekend, American Skin, Andy Williams, Apple TV, Argo, award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Betrayal, Bill Marx, Blue Bloods, Bob Einstein, British version You Bet Your Life, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bruce Willis, Burt Kearns, Castle, Chico Marx, Chico Marx The College Bowl, Chuck, Clint Eastwood, co-founder of Thalians, comedian Harry Epstein, Criminal Minds, Cross 3, Cross Wars, Crossroads, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, David Janssen, Deadline, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Dexter, Dick Shawn, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Double Duty, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Escape Plan 2: Hades, Extraction, Fear the Walking Dead, Felon, Flying Wallendas, Frank Sinatra, Furious 7, Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece, Gail Patrick, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gail Patrick Perry Mason, Groucho Marx, Groucho Marx Dennis Hopper, Groucho Marx Dick Cavett, Groucho Marx GE Theater, Groucho Marx Jack Benny, Groucho Marx The Hold Out, Harpo Marx, Harpo Marx A Silent Panic, Harpo Marx DuPont Show, Harpo Marx I Love Lucy, Harpo Marx Lucille Ball, Harpo Marx The Musicale, Harpo Speaks, Harpo's Place, Hawaii Five-0, high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, I Love Lucy, is there a doctor in the house, J.I. Rodale, Jack Kelly, James Garner, Jax the Axehandler, Jeff Abraham, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Aniston The Morning Show, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey Kdding, Joe Burruss, John Wick, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, magic, Marx Brothers, Marx Brothers TV Collection, Medical Police, Message from the King, Michael Chiklis, Morning Show Apple TV, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Numb3rs, opera, Parkyakarkus, Penn Jillette, Perry Mason, Person of Interest, Radio, Revolution, Rich Little, rock ‘n’ roll, rock star, Roger Moore, Roman Mitichyan, Roman Mitichyan mixed martial arts, Roman Mitichyan MMA, Roman Mitichyan The Emperor, Roman Mitichyan UFC, Roman Mitichyan Ultimate Fighter, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee book, Ruta Lee Consider Your Ass Kissed, Ruta Lee Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee Frank Sinatra, Ruta Lee High Rollers, Ruta Lee Hollywood Museum, Ruta Lee memoir, Ruta Lee Perry Mason, Ruta Lee philanthropist, Ruta Lee Sergeants Three, Ruta Lee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Ruta Lee The Rat Pack, Ruta Lee The Thalians, Ruta Lee Warner Bros., Scandal, Scorpion, Seal Team, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Shadow Wolves, Shout! Factory, show stopping deaths of performers, social media, Son of Harpo Speaks, Sons of Anarchy, Takers, Television, The Blacklist: Redemption, The Dick Cavett Show, The Division, The Emperor, The Jack Benny Show, The Lucy Show, The Morning Show, the one the only Groucho, The Rat Pack, The Shield, The Show Won't Go On book, The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking Bizarre and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, The Show Won’t Go On, The Thalians, The Thalians mental health, The Thalians Operation Mend, theater, Tiny Tim, Tommy Cooper, UCLA Operation Mend, ukulele crooner, vaudeville, Vegas, Vice, War Dogs, Warrior, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Without a Trace, You Bet Your Life
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 466 with guest Jeff Abraham is now available online for listening on demand
99 Performers Who Died Onstage Original Airdates: Oct. 4-6, 2019 TVC 466.2: Ed and Tony welcome Jeff Abraham, comedy historian and co-author, along with Burt Kearns, of The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of … Continue reading →
Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star
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Tagged acclaimed pop culture historian, Albert Brooks, award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Bob Einstein, Burt Kearns, comedian Harry Epstein, Dick Shawn, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Flying Wallendas, high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, is there a doctor in the house, J.I. Rodale, Jax the Axehandler, Jeff Abraham, Joe Burruss, magic, opera, Parkyakarkus, Penn Jillette, Radio, rock ‘n’ roll, rock star, show stopping deaths of performers, social media, Television, The Dick Cavett Show, The Show Won't Go On book, The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking Bizarre and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, The Show Won’t Go On, theater, Tiny Tim, Tommy Cooper, ukulele crooner, vaudeville
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Ed Asner, Peter Onorati, plus the Most Dangerous Profession in Showbiz: Next on TVC
Actors Ed Asner and Peter Onorati and author and comedy historian Jeff Abraham will join us on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 4-6 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 10/4 7pm ET, 4pm PT … Continue reading →
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Tagged 24, A Man and His Prostate, acclaimed pop culture historian, Albert Brooks, Autism, award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Barbara Bosson, Bob Einstein, Boston Legal, Burt Kearns, Carl Anderson, Carl Fredericksen, Castle, Civil Wars, Columbo, comedian Harry Epstein, Cop Rock, Dead to Me, Desperate Housewives, Dick Shawn, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, DVD, Ed Asner, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Emmy Award, Eric Roberts, Everybody Hates Chris, Flying Wallendas, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, Godfellas, Hamlet Jersey Shore, Hamlet on the Jersey shore, high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, Highland Park Film Festival, Hill Street Blues, How to Get Away with Murder, is there a doctor in the house, J.I. Rodale, Jack’s father, Jax the Axehandler, Jeff Abraham, Joe Basile, Joe Basile West End, Joe Burruss, Kate and Allie, L.A. Law, let's be careful out there, Lou Grant, magic, Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Milo Ventimiglio, Milo Ventimiglio This is Us, Monk, Murder by the Book, Murder in the First, Murder One, NBC This is Us, NYPD Blue, opera, Parkyakarkus, Penn Jillette, Peter Falk, Peter Onorati, Peter Onorati Eric Roberts, Peter Onorati Joe Basile, Peter Onorati This is Us, Peter Onorati West End, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Radio, Randy Newman, Richard Levinson, Rizzoli & Isles, rock ‘n’ roll, rock star, Ronny Cox, S.W.A.T., Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Sex and the City, Shout! Factory, show stopping deaths of performers, social media, Sons of Anarchy, special education, special needs, special needs children, Stanley Pearson, Steven Bochco, Steven Spielgerg, Television, The Dick Cavett Show, The Grouchy Historian, The Show Won't Go On book, The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking Bizarre and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, The Show Won’t Go On, theater, This Is Us, This is US NBC, This is Us renewal, Tiny Tim, Tommy Cooper, ukulele crooner, Uneasy Lies the Crown, Up, Vagina Monologue, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, vaudeville, West End movie, Will Ferrell, William Link
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Jeff Abraham, comedy historian and co-author of THE SHOW WON’T GO ON: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, on the most dangerous profession ever among entertainers (and, no, it’s not what you think). THE SHOW WON’T GO ON is available wherever books are sold through Chicago Review Press
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Tagged acclaimed pop culture historian, Albert Brooks, award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Bob Einstein, Burt Kearns, comedian Harry Epstein, Dick Shawn, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Flying Wallendas, high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, is there a doctor in the house, J.I. Rodale, Jax the Axehandler, Jeff Abraham, Joe Burruss, magic, opera, Parkyakarkus, Penn Jillette, Radio, rock ‘n’ roll, rock star, show stopping deaths of performers, social media, Television, The Dick Cavett Show, The Show Won't Go On book, The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking Bizarre and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, The Show Won’t Go On, theater, Tiny Tim, Tommy Cooper, ukulele crooner, vaudeville
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi Original Airdates: Dec. 7-10, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Steve Randisi, author of The Merv Griffin Show: The Inside Story, a comprehensive history of The Merv Griffin Show on television … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Amberella, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Rankin Jr., Arthur Treacher, Bangladesh, Bob Shanks, Bombay, Cairo, Carole Wells, CBS late night, CIA, Cort Theatre, Dacca, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Eyewitness Account of Evil, Frosty the Snowman, Funny Lady, Fusako Shigenobu, Group W, hijack, hijack terror, Hijacked, Hijakced book, Hollywood Bowl, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, international incident, Jack Paar, JAL Flight 472, Japanese Red Army, Jeopardy, Joey Bishop, John Gabriel, Johnny Carson, Julann Griffin, Jules Bass, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Mahmud, Mai Shigenobu, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, National Velvet, NBC daytime, New York City, opera, Osamu Maruoka, Palestine Liberation Organization, Pat McCormick, Paul Coker, Perry Mason, Peter Barsochini, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, Pistols and Petticoats, Play Your Hunch, PLO, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Puccini, Rankin/Bass, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Romeo Muller, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Ruth McDevitt, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Sept 27 1977, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, terrorism, The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass, the dear boy, The Fallen Leaves, The Lively Set, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Original Christmas Specials Collection, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Walter Karabian, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune, Yassar Arafat
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Carole Wells, plus the Legacies of Merv Griffin and Rankin/Bass: Next on TVC
Actress, author and philanthropist Carole Wells and television historian and author Steve Randisi will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 7-10 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 12/7 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Amberella, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Rankin Jr., Arthur Treacher, Bangladesh, Bob Shanks, Bombay, Cairo, Carole Wells, CBS late night, CIA, Cort Theatre, Dacca, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Eyewitness Account of Evil, Frosty the Snowman, Funny Lady, Fusako Shigenobu, Group W, hijack, hijack terror, Hijacked, Hijakced book, Hollywood Bowl, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, international incident, Jack Paar, JAL Flight 472, Japanese Red Army, Jeopardy, Joey Bishop, John Gabriel, Johnny Carson, Julann Griffin, Jules Bass, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Mahmud, Mai Shigenobu, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, National Velvet, NBC daytime, New York City, opera, Osamu Maruoka, Palestine Liberation Organization, Pat McCormick, Paul Coker, Perry Mason, Peter Barsochini, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, Pistols and Petticoats, Play Your Hunch, PLO, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Puccini, Rankin/Bass, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Romeo Muller, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Ruth McDevitt, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Sept 27 1977, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, terrorism, The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass, the dear boy, The Fallen Leaves, The Lively Set, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Original Christmas Specials Collection, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Walter Karabian, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune, Yassar Arafat
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