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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 722.1 with guest James Bigwood is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

The Life and Times of Alan Napier Original Airdates: Jan. 23-26, 2026 TVC 722.1: From January 2016: James Bigwood joins Ed for a look at the life and career of Alan Napier (1903-1988), the British actor best known to three … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 701 and 702 with guests Joseph Dougherty and Alexis Hunter is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

The “effortless attractiveness” of Joi Lansing Original Airdates: Aug. 8-11, 2025 TVC 700.1: Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and producer Joseph Dougherty and author and artist Alexis Hunter join Ed for the first of a special two-part look at the life … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 648.1: 85 Years of Batman is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

85 Years of Batman Original Airdates: May 17-20, 2024 TVC 648.1: May 1939 marks the eighty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Issue 27 of Detective Comics, the issue that marked the debut appearance of the Batman character. TV Confidential marks … Continue reading

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via New Masses Media: PAWS FOR THOUGHT, the new celebrity jewelry collection by author and animal rights activist Alexis Hunter, offers glamour and beauty while also carrying a message

New York, NY and Hollywood CA [Dec. 8, 2021] When Alexis Hunter conceived of her distinctive line of jewelry and accessories, it was merely an outgrowth of the painting and other visual art she’d engaged in for decades. But several years ago, something happened to shift the trajectory. That’s when she noticed that the distinctive bracelets, necklaces, and earrings hand-made in her Palm … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 555.5 with guest Alexis Hunter is available for listening on demand

Alexis Hunter and the Real Joi Lansing Original Airdates: Oct. 8-10, 2021 TVC 555.5: Ed welcomes back Alexis Hunter, author of Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For, an intimate memoir of Alexis’s four-year relationship with Joi Lansing—the last of … Continue reading

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via New Masses Media: ALEXIS HUNTER, author of JOI LANSING: A Body to Die For, will sign copies of the revised edition of her book on Monday 10/18 at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City, the birthplace of contemporary LGBTQ movement, from 6pm to 8pm. The event will also celebrate the forthcoming miniseries adaptation of JOI LANSING: A Body to Die For. Alexis will read a passage from her book that night, followed by a panel discussion featuring Alexis, Vincent DeSalvo (producer of the miniseries) and Joseph Dougherty (the project’s screenwriter). Cabaret performers will also be on hand to present music appropriate to the subject and era. ALEXIS HUNTER will join us in October on TV CONFIDENTIAL. In the meantime, our heartfelt congratulations to her

New York, NY, Sept. 12, 2021: Joi Lansing may have been the last of Hollywood’s blonde bombshells, but she was also one lost to its autocratic, sexist, indeed deadly system of control. With Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For, … 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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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 543.1 with guest Alexis Hunter is available for listening on demand

Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For Original Airdate: June 18-20, 2021 TVC 543.1: A return appearance by Alexis Hunter, author of Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For, a memoir of Alexis’ life with singer/actress Joi Lansing, which began … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 528.2 with guest Jo Anne Worley is available for listening on demand

Jo Anne Worley: From Laugh-In to Nana Banana Original Airdates: Feb. 26-28, 2021 TVC 528.2: From September 2013: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In star Jo Anne Worley. Topics this segment include Jo Anne’s background with the … Continue reading

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via TimeLife: ROWAN & MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN: The Complete Series, the mammoth 37-disc box set featuring all 140 remastered episodes from the landmark, groundbreaking NBC comedy plus a slew of extra features, is now available at retail for the very first time at Amazon.com. Eighty-nine episodes in this collection have never been available in stores before

The ’60s gave us “in-crowds,” “be-ins” and “love-ins.” In 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs … Continue reading

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