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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 721 and 722 with guest Mark Malkoff is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

How Five Minutes with Red Skelton Changed Johnny Carson’s Career Original Airdates: Jan. 16-19, 2026 TVC 721.2: Ed welcomes Mark Malkoff, host of the award-winning Carson Podcast and the author of Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan’s Journey to Find … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 717.3: Happy Birthday, Dick Van Dyke is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Happy 100th Birthday, Dick Van Dyke Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.3: From December 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed send birthday wishes to film and television legend Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, Diagnosis Murder). … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 708 and 709 with guest Howard Smith, author of My Friend Johnny, is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Howard Smith, author of My Friend Johnny Original Airdates: Oct. 3-6, 2025 TVC 708.6: Ed welcomes Howard Smith, a retired tech mogul who not only found himself living four doors down the street from Johnny Carson in 1985, but became … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 640 and 641 with guests Josh Mills and Pat Thomas about ERNIE IN KOVACSLAND is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

How Ernie Kovacs Helped Inspire the Counter Culture Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.1: Ed welcomes Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the curator of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, and author Pat Thomas (Invitation … Continue reading

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via BHBPR: Iconic children’s television producer MARTY KROFFT dies Saturday 11/25 at age eighty-six

Marty Krofft, the iconic and beloved children’s television producer often known as the King of Saturday Mornings, died earlier today, Saturday 11/25, from kidney failure at age eighty-six.Along with brother and fellow icon of Saturday morning programming, Sid Krofft, dominated … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 594.1 with guest David Van Deusen is available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

The “Secret Sauce” of The Dick Van Dyke Show Original Airdates: Oct. 21-24, 2022 TVC 594.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome David Van Deusen, writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary, a fully authorized, … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 594.5, featuring highlights from our September 2012 conversation with Rose Marie, is available now for listening on demand as a free podcast

The One and Only Rose Marie Original Airdates: Oct. 21-24, 2022 TVC 594.5: From September 2012: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Rose Marie, the singer/actress known to three generations of television viewers as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: DAVID VAN DEUSEN, longtime editor and publisher of The Walnut Times (a popular newsletter devoted to The Dick Van Dyke Show), and the writer and producer of THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW: CELEBRATING THE 60th ANNIVERSARY, a fully authorized, feature length documentary that provides an oral history of The Dick Van Dyke Show, as told by both the original cast, crew, production staff, guest stars, and writers of the Van Dyke show, plus many members of the second generation Dick Van Dyke Show family. The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary is available for viewing on demand on the David Van Deusen YouTube channel. The documentary is free to watch, but, if you can, please consider making a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital #DVDS60th

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via B. HARLAN BOLL PUBLIC RELATIONS: The Hollywood Museum, working in tandem with Los Angeles City Council member Mitch O’Farrell (CD-13), will honor Fran Drescher, Michael Feinstein, and Geri Jewell on Thursday 6/9 as part of the opening ceremonies of this year’s annual REAL TO REEL: Portrayals and Perceptions of LGBTQs in Hollywood exhibit. An educational, entertaining and informative retrospective of LGBTQ images in film and television, REAL to REEL opens Thursday 6/9 and will remain on display throughout the year. See TheHollywoodMuseum.com for more details

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via B. Harlan Boll Public Relations: The historic Orinda Theatre will become “Living Island” for a day as part of the first ever KROFFT KON, a daylong celebration of the works of SID & MARTY KROFFT PRODUCTIONS that will take place Saturday 5/21 from 11am to 10pm at the Orinda Theatre in Orinda, California. Marty Krofft is scheduled to appear that day, along with Johnnie Whitaker (Sigmund and the Sea Monsters), Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman (Land of the Lost), Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch Hour), and other stars from your favorite Krofft shows. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Visit KrofftKon.com for more details

WHAT: TV POP CON presents KROFFT KON, the first ever convention dedicated to the talents of Sid & Marty Krofft. A daylong dream come true (particularly for kids who grew up in the 1970s), Krofft Kon will include screenings of … Continue reading

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