Tag Archives: Phil Gries

via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER partners with the Elkhorn Valley Museum to launch a new Johnny Carson Gallery in Carson’s hometown of Elkhorn, NE (set to open in 2021), and with the Carson Entertainment Group to launch a new Johnny Carson exhibit, 30 Years of Late Night Television, set to open in 2022

Posted on October 23, 2020 by admin

Jamestown, NY – October 23, 2020– As the country remembers comedy and late-night legend Johnny Carson on his 95th birthday today, the National Comedy Center—the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Johnny Carson’s hometown … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 30 Years of Late Night Television, African-Americans, Alan and Robin Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Allan Sherman, American history, Amy & Ben Stiller, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Animal Antics with Joan Embery and Jim Fowler, Archival Television Audio, Art Fern, Bill Cosby, Bill Marx, birthplace Johnny Carson, black Americans, Bob Newhart, Bobby Kennedy, Burt Reynolds, Camilla Cleese, Carl Reiner, Carson as Carnac, Carson with wild animals, charles schumer, chuck schumer, Dan Aykroyd, David Letterman, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Too, Dick Van Dyke Show, Dionne Warwick, Drew Carey, Ed McMahon, Elkhorn Nebraska, Elkhorn Valley Museum, Ellen DeGeneres, Ernie Kovacs, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, Floyd R. Turbo, Fran Drescher, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, George Carline, George Schlatter, George Shapiro, George Shapiro and Jerry Seinfeld, Goldie Hawn, Harold Ramis, Harpo Marx Family, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte Bobby Kennedy, Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, Harry Belafonte Tonight Show, Heeere’s Johnny, Hollywood Icons of the 70s, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jamestown Lucille Ball, Jamestown New York, Jay Leno, Jeff Sotzing, Jeff Sotzing Carson Entertainment Group, Jeff Sotzing Johhny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, John Cleese, John Dingell Jr., Johnny Carson Art Fern, Johnny Carson artifacts, Johnny Carson Floyd R. Turbo, Johnny Carson hometown, Johnny Goes Home, Jolene Brand, Jonathan Winters, Journey Gunderson, Joy Reid, Kamau Bell, Kelly Carlin, Kelly Carlin and the George Carlin estate, king of late-night television, kirsten gillibrand, Laraine Newman, largest independent television production company in the United States, Laugh-In, Lena Horne, Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Louie Anderson, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Martin Luther King Jr., Mel Brooks, Michael Caine, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, National Comedy Center World's Greatest Places, National Comedy Center’s Father’s Day Tributes, NBC Universal, New York, Nipsey Russell, Oscar Nunez & Judy Gold, paramount pictures, Paul Newman, Paula Poundstone, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, Phil Gries TV Confidential, pioneering monologist, Rain Pryor, Ray Romano, Richard Pryor, Rose Marie, Rusty Warren, Shelley Berman, Sidney Poitier, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, The Best of Carnac the Magnificent, The Best of George Carlin, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams estate, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Garry Shandling Estate, The Harold Ramis Family, The Jack Benny Program, The Johnny Carson Show, The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, The Lucy Show, The Sit-In, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Untouchables, Time magazine, Time Magazine National Comedy Center, Time magazine Worlds Greatest Places, Tom Benson, tom reed, Tonight Show artifacts, Tonight Show Martin Luther King Jr., Tonight Show monologues, Tonight Show platform stand-up comedy, Trevor Noah, TV Confidential, W. Kamau Bell, Warner Bros. Corporate Archive | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 510.3: The Build-Up to The Beatles is available for listening on demand

Posted on October 5, 2020 by admin

How Network TV News First Covered the Beatles Original Airdates: Oct. 2-4, 2020 TVC 510.3: From February 2014: Phil Gries joins Ed in the studio for a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television featuring audio highlights of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Beatles Dodge Stadium concert, Beatles Shea Stadium concert, Bruce Morrow, Cousin Bruce rock n roll, Cousin Brucie, Cousin Brucie jingles, Cousin Brucie Shea Stadium, Cousin Brucie The Beatles, Cousin Brucie WABC, Ed Sullivan Show, Ed Sullivan The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Phil Gries, Ringo Starr, rock n roll music, Sounds of Lost Television, The Beatles, The Beatles Candlestick Park concert, The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show | Leave a comment

via Indiewire: PHIL GRIES of TV CONFIDENTIAL and Archival Television Audio appears in and contributed vital archival audio to THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW, the new NBC Peacock documentary, executive produced by Joy Reid and directed by Yoruba Richen, that is now available for streaming on demand. Phil contributed audio of Belafonte interviewing The Smothers Brothers, Lena Horne and Bill Cosby during the week when the singer and longtime civil rights activist guest hosted The Tonight Show in February 1968. THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW will also have a special airing on MSNBC on Saturday 9/12 at 10pm ET and PT

Posted on September 12, 2020 by admin

In 1968, America was embroiled in protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War. In that tumultuous time, “The Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson turned over hosting duties for an entire week to actor and activist Harry Belafonte. His cast of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged African-Americans, American history, Archival Television Audio, Bill Cosby, black Americans, Bobby Kennedy, Civil RIghts and Voting Act, Dionne Warwick, Ed McMahon, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte Bobby Kennedy, Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, Harry Belafonte Tonight Show, Joy Reid, Lena Horne, Martin Luther King Jr., NBC Peacock, Nipsey Russell, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, Phil Gries TV Confidential, Sidney Poitier, The Sit-In, The Smothers Brothers, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Tonight Show Martin Luther King Jr., TV Confidential, Yoruba Richen | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Bobby Fischer chess, Bobby Fischer chess champion, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh Downs, Hugh Downs 20/20, Hugh Downs Albert Einstein, Hugh Downs Barbara Walters, Hugh Downs Bobby Fischer, Hugh Downs Concentraion, Hugh Downs Frank Lloyd Wright, Hugh Downs Jack Paar, Hugh Downs Merv Griffin, Hugh Downs NBC, Hugh Downs Over Easy, Hugh Downs Patty Duke, Hugh Downs PBS, Hugh Downs Phil Gries, Hugh Downs President Eisenhower, Hugh Downs Rita Hayworth, Hugh Downs Today Show, Hugh Downs Tonight Show, Hugh Downs Wisdom, Ike, Jack Paar, Jack Paar Tonight Show, Jack Paar walk off, Jack Paar water closet joke, Patty Duke, Patty Duke 20/20, Phil Gries, Phil Gries Archival Television Audio, Phil Gries Sounds of Lost Television, President Eisenhower, Rita Hayworth | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 481.6: Abraham Lincoln and Project XX is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on February 24, 2020 by admin

Abraham Lincoln and Project XX Original Airdates: Feb. 21-23, 2020 TVC 481.6: Ed and Phil close out this week’s program with an encore presentation of The Sounds of Lost Television that includes a clip from Meet Mr. Lincoln, a short … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Alexander Scourby, documentaries made for television, Ken Burns, Ken Burns documentaries, Meet Mr. Lincoln, NBC Project XX, Phil Gries, Project 20, Project Twenty, Project Twenty documentary series, Project XX, Sounds of Lost Television, Thomas Mitchell | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 480.1: Tribute to Kirk Douglas is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on February 17, 2020 by admin

How Kirk Douglas Helped End the Blacklist Original Airdates: Feb. 14-16, 2020 TVC 480.1: TV Confidential marks the passing of screen legend Kirk Douglas with an encore presentation of our December 2016 centennial tribute to the Academy Award-winning actor featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 20000 Leagues under the Sea, A Gunfight, Academy Award-winning actor, Amos, Archival Television Audio, Art Linkletter, Bill Raisch, Blacklist, Champion, Conrad Nagel, Dalton Trumbo, Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Hollywood Ten, Johnny Cash, Kirk Douglas, List of Adrian Messenger, Lonely are the Brave, Michael Douglas, Mousey, Muriel Davidson, one-armed man, Phil Gries, screen legend Kirk Douglas, Spartacus, Special London Bridge Special, Tell Us More, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Fugitive, The Tonight Show, Tom Jones, Whale of a Tail, William Schallert | Leave a comment

Our recent tribute to Diahann Carroll is available online for listening on demand

Posted on February 2, 2020 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Americas Romantic Singing Star, Archival Television Audio, ATVAudio.com, Claudine, Diahann Carroll, Diahann Carroll Claudine, Diahann Carroll Dynasty, Diahann Carroll James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll Julia, Diahann Carroll Lloyd Nolan, Diahann Carroll Marc Copage, Diahann Carroll No Strings, Diahann Carroll The Sweetest Sounds, Dominique Devereaux, Dominique Devereaux Dynasty, James Earl Jones, Julia TV series, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Phil Gries, Richard Kiley, Steve Randisi, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 467.5: The Sweetest Sounds of Diahann Carroll is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on October 15, 2019 by admin

The Sweetest Sounds of Diahann Carroll Original Airdates: Oct. 11-13, 2019 TVC 467.5: TV Confidential remembers Diahann Carroll (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine, No Strings) by replaying a clip from her appearance on Merv Griffin’s short-lived NBC daytime show in February 1963, … Continue reading →

via Gries Cinema Productions: HARLEM SCHOOL 1970, the “direct cinema” documentary filmed and directed by Phil Gries, will be screened on Sunday, May 19 at the Dwyer Cultural Center Theater 2 in New York City as part of this year’s Harlem International Film Festival

Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin

Posted in Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged CCNY, City College of New York, direct cinema, direct cinema documentary, Dwyer Cultural Center Theater, Gries Cinema Productions, Harlem, Harlem International Film Festival, Harlem School 1970, inner city public school, New York, Phil Gries, public elementary school | Leave a comment

via Gries Cinema Productions: HARLEM SCHOOL 1970, the “direct cinema” documentary filmed and directed by Phil Gries, will be screened on Thursday, Feb. 28 at the Maysles Documentary Center at City College of New York (CCNY) beginning at 6:30pm. A Q&A panel discussion with Phil Gries, along with filmmakers, educators, and students that appeared in the film, will take place after the screening. The event is co-presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY, Third World Newsreel, and Maysles Cinema

Posted on February 27, 2019 by admin

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CCNY, City College of New York, direct cinema, direct cinema documentary, Gries Cinema Productions, Harlem, Harlem School 1970, inner city public school, La Jolla, Mayles Documentary Center, New York, Phil Gries, public elementary school | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Phil Gries

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 510.3: The Build-Up to The Beatles is available for listening on demand

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

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 481.6: Abraham Lincoln and Project XX is now available online for listening on demand

Our recent tribute to Diahann Carroll is available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 467.5: The Sweetest Sounds of Diahann Carroll is now available online for listening on demand

via Gries Cinema Productions: HARLEM SCHOOL 1970, the “direct cinema” documentary filmed and directed by Phil Gries, will be screened on Sunday, May 19 at the Dwyer Cultural Center Theater 2 in New York City as part of this year’s Harlem International Film Festival

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