Tag Archives: Phil Gries Archival Television Audio

TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 740 and 741: How Network TV Covered the Bicentennial Celebration featuring Phil Gries and The Sounds of Lost Television is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts and includes additional content that was not included in our terrestrial radio broadcast because of time constraints

Posted on July 5, 2026 by admin

The Sounds of the Bicentennial Original Airdates: June 26-29, 2026 TVC 740.1: Phil Gries joins Ed for a special Independence Day-themed edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that looks back at how network television covered the Bicentennial celebration of … Continue reading →

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 712.1: Phil Gries and The Sounds of Lost Zacherle is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Posted on November 5, 2025 by admin

The Sounds of Lost Zacherle Original Airdates: Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2025 TVC 712.1: From January 2013: Phil Gries joins Ed for a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television honoring John Zacherle, the popular New York TV personality known … Continue reading →

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 677.1: Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the “Water Closet joke” controversy that led Jack Paar to quit as host of The Tonight Show on Feb. 11, 1960 is available for listening on demand as a free podcast wherever you find podcasts

Posted on February 10, 2025 by admin

Jack Paar and the “Water Closet Joke” controversy Original Airdates: Feb. 7-10, 2025 TVC 677.1: An encore presentation of an edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that originally aired in February 2012 in which Phil Gries plays audio highlights … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 516.1: Hugh Downs: TV’s First Great Utility Player is available for listening on demand

Posted on November 16, 2020 by admin

Hugh Downs: TV’s First Great Utility Player Original Airdates: Nov. 13-15, 2020 TVC 516.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the passing of broadcast legend Hugh Downs earlier this year as part of a special edition of This Week in History. … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 500.1: Tribute to Hugh Downs is now available for listening on demand

Posted on July 13, 2020 by admin

Hugh Downs on the Unpredictability of Jack Paar Original Airdates: July 10-12, 2020 TVC 500.1: From September 2013: Broadcast legend Hugh Downs talks to Ed and Phil Gries about his years as announcer/sidekick on The Jack Paar Tonight Show (NBC, … Continue reading →

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