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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 575.7: The Responsibility of Nehemiah Persoff is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

The Responsibility of Nehemiah Persoff Original Airdates: Apr. 15-17, 2022 TVC 575.7: Ed remembers character actor Nehemiah Persoff by playing a clip from our October 2021 conversation with James Rosin, the publisher of The Many Faces of Nehemiah, the memoirs … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 558.1: Nehemiah Persoff and The Actors Studio with guest James Rosin is available for listening on demand

Nehemiah Persoff and the Actors Studio Original Airdates: Nov. 5-7, 2021 TVC 558.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with James Rosin, author of the novellas Butterfly and Belle Garden Beat and the publisher of The Many … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 557.1 with guest James Rosin is available for listening on demand

The Many Faces of Nehemiah Persoff Original Airdates: Oct. 29-31, 2021 TVC 557.1: Ed welcomes back actor, author, and publisher James Rosin. Jim recently published The Many Faces of Nehemiah, the memoirs of Nehemiah Persoff, one of the greatest and … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: JAMES ROSIN, actor, author, and the publisher of Classic TV Series Books, on the tremendous responsibility that actor NEHEMIAH PERSOFF always took to both his craft (whether performing for film, TV, or the stage) and to the Jewish people, all throughout his life and career, and how Persoff created a new career for himself as a painter and sketch artist over the past three decades. Jim has just published Nick’s memoirs, THE MANY FACES OF NEHEMIAH, a few weeks after Persoff celebrated his 102nd birthday. THE MANY FACES OF NEHEMIAH is available through ClassicTVSeriesBooks.com and Amazon.com. Jim Rosin will be appearing at the Williamsburg Nostalgia Fest in Williamsburg, VA on Thursday 11/11 thru Saturday 11/13

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via Classic TV Series Books: Renowned character actor NEHEMIAH PERSOFF reflects on his early childhood in Jerusalem, his journey to America during the Great Depression, his work as a technician in the New York subway prior to becoming an actor, and his remarkable transition to Broadway in THE MANY FACES OF NEHEMIAH, the story of his life and career. Persoff’s memoirs reveal with poignancy and humor his cultural and ethical clash with Broadway, Hollywood, and the price he paid in human terms for his success as an actor. THE MANY FACES OF NEHEMIAH by Nehemiah Persoff is available at ClassicTVSeriesBooks.com, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online. JAMES ROSIN, Persoff’s cousin and the publisher of THE MANY FACES OF NEHEMIAH, will have copies of the book available this weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, Thursday 8/19 thru Saturday 8/21 in Hunt Valley, Maryland

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL conversation with Lawrence Montaigne from August 2012 is available for listening on demand

The Vulcan Odyssey of Lawrence Montaigne Original Airdates: July 30-Aug. 1, 2021 TVC 548.4: From August 2012: Ed welcomes actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List). Known to fans of The Original Series as Decius … Continue reading

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via Shout! Factory TV: Tim Conway’s short-lived variety series THE TIM CONWAY SHOW and THE TIM CONWAY COMEDY HOUR, as well as his short-lived sitcom ACE CRAWFORD: PRIVATE EYE, will all become available for streaming on demand for the first time beginning Saturday 8/1 on ShoutFactoryTV.com

Los Angeles, CA – While best known for his roles on McHale’s Navy and his 10-year run on The Carol Burnett Show (to say nothing of his voice acting as the Barnacle Boy in SpongeBob SquarePants), Tim Conway also headlined several shows of his … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 457 with guest Jason Stuart is now available online for listening on demand

Jason Stuart on the Proper Inflection to Have When Saying Shut Up! I’m Talking Original Airdates: July 19-21, 2019 TVC 457.4: Ed welcomes film and TV actor Jason Stuart (My Wife and Kids, Gia, Kindergarten Cop, Birth of a Nation), … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Jason Stuart, prolific film and TV character actor (MY WIFE & KIDS, GIA, HANK, BIRTH OF A NATION) and one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians, on the tenacity and work ethic he inherited from his immigrant parents; his thought process when he creates a new stand-up routine; appearing on THE DATING GAME at the height of its fame (and why Jim Lange was the perfect host for that show); and the impact that watching THAT CERTAIN SUMMER had on Jason when it originally aired in 1972. SHUT UP, I’M TALKING: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle, a very funny and often poignant look at Jason’s life and career, is now available in softcover and as an eBook through CCB Publishing

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