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- This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Susan Howard guest stars in “Feeding Frenzy,” airing Oct. 15, 1976. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
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Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC
Film, stage and television actor Robert Hooks will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 29-31 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/5 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Robert Hooks on his lifelong love of the stage and what led him to start the Group Theatre Workshop in New York, the DC Black Repertory Company in his hometown of Washington, D.C., and the Negro Ensemble Company in New York; why he agreed to play Fleet Admiral Morrow in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; working on Trouble Man and the groundbreaking ABC-TV police drama N.Y.P.D.; and what he means when he describes himself as a “cultural architect”
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 439, Segment 3 with guest Marion Ross is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 439, Segment 3 with guest Marion Ross Original Airdates: Feb. 22-24, 2019 Segment 3, Part 1: Actress and author Marion Ross helps Ed, Tony, and Donna celebrate the 45th anniversary of the premiere of Happy Days. Marion’s memoir, … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 437, Hour 1 with guest Anson Williams is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 437, Hour 1 with guest Anson Williams Original Airdates: Feb. 8-10, 2019 Actor and entrepreneur Anson Williams talks to Ed, Tony and Donna about the 45th anniversary of the premiere of Happy Days; the launch of his latest … Continue reading →
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Anson Williams and David Frankham: Next on TVC
Actor/entrepreneur Anson Williams and actor/voice artist David Frankham will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 8-10 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 2/8 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Anson Williams on the 45th anniversary of Happy Days and his latest entrepreneurial venture
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Tagged Alert Drops, American Graffiti, Anson Williams, citric acid lemon, drowsy driving, Edward Milkis, entrepreneur, Foundation for Traffic Safety, Garry Marshall, Happy Days, Happy Days softball team, Heimlich maneuver, Henry Heimlich, Henry Winkler, Jerry Paris, lemon, Love American Style, Love and the Happy Days, Marion Ross, Mork, Penny Marshall, Potsie Weber, Richie Cunnigham, Robin Williams, Ron Howard, Singing to a Bulldog, Thomas Miller, Tom Bosley
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Marion Ross on working with Cary Grant in Operation: Petticoat, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on Perry Mason, Jean Stapleton and Larry Storch in Arsenic and Old Lace, and Joel Grey on Brooklyn Bridge; dancing the tango with The Fonz on Happy Days; and how the simple act of fixing a broken tile on her kitchen floor changed the course of her life. Marion’s book, MY DAYS: HAPPY AND OTHERWISE, is the inspiring story of how a young girl from Albert Lea, Minnesota dreamed that she would become an actress and overcame many life challenges to make that dream come true
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Tagged ABC 1976, Airport, Albert Lea, Anson Williams, Arsenic and Old Lace, Barbara Hale, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers and Sisters, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Della Street, Don Most, Edith Head, Erin Moran, Falcon Theatre, Garry Marshall, Gary David Goldberg, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age of Television, Golden Circle, Happy Days, Happy Days softball team, Henry Winkler, Jean Stapleton, Joel Grey, Larry Storch, Lauren Bacall, live television, Love American Style, Marion Ross, Minnesota, Mrs. C, My Days: Happy and Otherwise, No. 1 show on television, Noel Coward, Operation Petticoat, paramount pictures, Paramount Studios, Perry Mason, Raymond Burr, Ron Howard, San Diego State, Sandra Gould, Sophie Berger, Still the One, Teacher’s Pet, The Case of the Romantic Rogue, The Fonz, The Glenn Miller Story, The Proud and Profane, Tom Bosley, Tony Curtis
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 422 with guests Jerry Houser, Paul Robert Coyle and Roy Samuelson is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 422 with guests Jerry Houser, Paul Robert Coyle and Roy Samuelson Original Airdates: Oct. 12-15, 2018 First hour: Voice artist Roy Samuelson talks to Ed about Descriptive Narration, a burgeoning field of voiceover that provides narrated descriptions of … Continue reading →
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Jerry Houser, Descriptive Narration and The Music Scene: Next on TVC
We’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with actor, producer, voice artist and teacher Jerry Houser, television writer Paul Robert Coyle, plus we will welcome voice actor Roy Samuelson, all on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 12-15 … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Very Brady Christmas, Alan Alda, Ann B. Davis, Atomic Blonde, Baby Driver, blind, Blindness Awareness Month, Blue Bloods, Bob Banas Dancers, Bradysomething, broadcast services for blind, Charlie Callas, Chuck Harter, Class of '44, commuters, Criminal Minds, Dan Davidson, Dave "Killer" Carlson, Dave's a killer, David Janssen, David Steinberg, descriptive narration, Devon Scott, Don Adams, ellwood keiser, Eve Plumb, father ellwood keiser, Father Keiser, Florence Henderson, Ford, Fury, Gary Grimes, Get Out, Greatest Stories of the Bible, Happening 68, Hollywood a Go Go, Houser Holt, houserholtvo, Hullabaloo, Insight, Insight TV series, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jason Bourne, Jennifer O'Neill, Jerry Houser, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Keebler Cookies, Keebler elves, Killer Carlson, Laugh-In, Lethal Weapon, Lily Tomlin, Lloyd Schwartz, London Has Fallen, Malibu U, Marcia Brady, Mark Lindsay, Maureen McCormick, McDonald’s, Milton Berle, Mr. Novak, Mr. Novak: An Acclaimed Television Series, NCIS, Neil Diamond, Ninth Street West, Oscy, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Paul Newman, Paul Revere, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Paul Sorvino, Paulist Productions, Quaker, Ralph Senensky, Richard Thomas, Rick Nelson, Robb Holt, Robert Mulligan, Robert Reed, Ron Howard, Roy Samuelson, S.S. Titanic, Sam Riddle, Shebang, Sherwood Schwartz, Shindig, Slap Shot, Sly and The Family Stone, Spider-Man: Homecoming, State Farm, Summer of '42, Target, Television Confidential, The Beatles, The Brady Brides, The Brady Bunch, The Bradys, The F.B.I., The Lloyd Thaxton Show, The Mummy, The Sunshine Boys, thirtysomething, Three Dog Night, Three Times Daley, Tom Jones, Vic Morrow, visually impaired, voice actors, voice artist, voice artists, voice over, voice over workshop, voiceover industry, voiceover work, Wally Logan, We'll Get By, Where the Action Is, Zalman King
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Marion Ross Returns: Next on TVC
Actress and author Marion Ross and Loyola Law School professor and former cable TV news analyst Stanley A. Goldman will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 22-24 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio … Continue reading →