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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor ED ASNER helps us celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW by sharing a few memories of each of his fellow cast members. Ed’s memoir, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Amazon.com

Posted on September 25, 2020 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Man and His Prostate, Anne Bancroft, Autism, Briarpatch, Carl Fredericksen, Carl Fredericksen UP, David Janssen, Dead to Me, Ed Asner, Ed Asner A Man and His Prostate, Ed Asner action hero, Ed Asner Briarpatch, Ed Asner Carl Frederickson, Ed Asner Change of Habit, Ed Asner David Paymer Briarpatch, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed Asner God Help Us, Ed Asner Grouchy Historian, Ed Asner I hate spunk, Ed Asner Kid Galahad, Ed Asner Lou Grant, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ed Asner Pixar, Ed Asner Santa Claus, Ed Asner Son of a Junkman, Ed Asner Up, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Elvis Presley, Emmy Award, Fort Apache The Bronx, Gavin MacLeod, Gene Reynolds, Gene Reynolds Lou Grant, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, House on Greenapple Road, I hate spunk, James Garner, James Staghorne Sr. Briarpatch, John Wayne, Kansas City Bottom, Lily Tomlin, Lou Grant, Lou Grant controversy, Lou Grant El Salvador controversy, Lou Grant I hate spunk, Lou Grant you got spunk, Louis Gossett Jr., Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Nichols, Mr. Novak, Paul Bogart, Paul Newman, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Quinn Martin, Richard Crenna, Rod Serling, Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Skin Game, Slattery's People, Son of a Junkman, Son of a Junkman book, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Hollywood to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, special education, special needs, special needs children, Sydney Pollack, The Grouchy Historian, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Up, USA Network series Briarpatch, Vagina Monologue, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, Will Ferrell, you got spunk | 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. 492.5 with guest Kat Kramer is now available for listening on demand

Posted on May 11, 2020 by admin

Kat Kramer of Turnover Original Airdates: May 8-10, 2020 TVC 492.5: Ed welcomes back actress, comedienne and producer Kat Kramer. Kat is one of the producers, as well as one of the cast members, of Turnover, an uplifting independent film … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Adwin Brown, American Sign Language, ASL, Beverly Todd, Billy Preston, Blair Williamson, Carlos Carascas, Child of the '70s, CSI, director Linda Palmer, Donna Mills, Down syndrome, Elina Madison, Ellen Gerstein, Frances Rye, Gemstone, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Jamie Brewer, Julia Silverman, Karen Kramer, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World, Katharine Kramer, Lily Tomlin, Long Beach, Mick Jagger, My Duet with Mick, Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival, Party Doll, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle CSI, Paul Guilfoyle Turnover, Primitive Cool, Riker Lynch, Say You Will, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Turnover, Turnover Linda Palmer, Turnover movie | Leave a comment

Kat Kramer, plus The Legacy of Television’s Forgotten Genius: Next on TVC

Posted on May 5, 2020 by admin

Actress, comedienne, and producer Kat Kramer (Turnover, Mother’s Day Memories) and Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and documentary maker Phil Savenick will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 8-10 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Tour of the White House, ABC, Adwin Brown, American Sign Language, ASL, Beverly Todd, Billy Preston, Blair Williamson, Carlos Carascas, CBS, Child of the '70s, CSI, director Linda Palmer, Donna Mills, Down syndrome, Elina Madison, Ellen Gerstein, Frances Rye, Gemstone, Golden Age of Television, HBO, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jacques Cousteau, Jamie Brewer, Julia Silverman, Karen Kramer, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World, Katharine Kramer, Lily Tomlin, Long Beach, Mary Tyler Moore, MASH, Mick Jagger, Monty Python, My Duet with Mick, Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival, Party Doll, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle CSI, Paul Guilfoyle Turnover, Phil Savenick, Phil Savenick History of TV, Phil Savenick TV is OK, Phil Savenick Virtual Museum, Philo Farnsworth, Philo Farnsworth Father of Television, Philo Farnsworth Television, Primitive Cool, Riker Lynch, Say You Will, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, Televisionary, Televisionary Art, Televisionary Artist, Thats Hollywood, The Defiant Ones, Theodore Bikel, Timeline of Invention, Tony Curtis, Turnover, Turnover Linda Palmer, Turnover movie, TV is OK | Leave a comment

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress and producer Kat Kramer on the uplifting independent film TURNOVER; her upcoming new series; plus a few Stanley Kramer movies that are worth watching for the first time and/or revisiting during this time of sheltering in place. TURNOVER is now available for streaming on demand on Amazon Prime

Posted on April 23, 2020 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Adwin Brown, American Sign Language, ASL, Beverly Todd, Billy Preston, Blair Williamson, Carlos Carascas, Child of the '70s, CSI, director Linda Palmer, Donna Mills, Down syndrome, Elina Madison, Ellen Gerstein, Frances Rye, Gemstone, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Jamie Brewer, Julia Silverman, Karen Kramer, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World, Katharine Kramer, Lily Tomlin, Long Beach, Mick Jagger, My Duet with Mick, Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival, Party Doll, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle CSI, Paul Guilfoyle Turnover, Primitive Cool, Riker Lynch, Say You Will, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Turnover, Turnover Linda Palmer, Turnover movie | 1 Comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 488.5 with guest Kirk Taylor is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on April 13, 2020 by admin

Revival: The Experience’s Kirk Taylor on his own “resurrection” as an actor Original Airdates: Apr. 10-12, 2020 TVC 488.5: From April 2019: Kirk Taylor, the actor who plays Simon Peter in Revival: The Experience, talks to Ed about how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged acting coach, acting teacher, Angriest Man in Brooklyn, apostle who denies knowing Jesus, Broadway, Cephas, Chaka Khan, Charles Bronson, Christian, Christian church, Christopher Pike, Danny Green, Death Wish 3, Easter, Francis Ford Coppola, Full Metal Jacket, Gospel According to John, gospel-inspired score, Grammy nominee, Harry Lennix, Harry Lennix Geena Davis, Harry Lennix Madam President, Harry Lennix The Blacklist, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, King of Kings, Kirk Taylor, Lee Strasberg, MacArthur Park, Mali Music, Martin Pawley, Michelle Williams, Miss Evers’ Boys, Obba Babatunde, Passion of Christ, Peter Christianity, Peter church, Peter fisherman, Peter rock, Revival, Revival Gospel John, Revival the Movie, Revival the Musical Experience, Robert Schuller, Robin Williams, School Daze, Sidney Poitier, Simon Peter, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Stella Adler, Stevie Wonder, T’Keyah Crystal Keyman, The Cotton Club, Troubled Waters | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 484.3 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Posted on March 16, 2020 by admin

Ed Asner on the UP-lifting experience of playing Carl Fredericksen Original Airdates: Mar. 13-15, 2020 TVC 484.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with eight-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Man and His Prostate, Anne Bancroft, Autism, Briarpatch, Carl Fredericksen, Carl Fredericksen UP, David Janssen, Dead to Me, Ed Asner, Ed Asner A Man and His Prostate, Ed Asner action hero, Ed Asner Briarpatch, Ed Asner Carl Frederickson, Ed Asner David Paymer Briarpatch, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed Asner God Help Us, Ed Asner I hate spunk, Ed Asner Lou Grant, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ed Asner Pixar, Ed Asner Santa Claus, Ed Asner Son of a Junkman, Ed Asner Up, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Elvis Presley, Emmy Award, Fort Apache The Bronx, Gavin MacLeod, Gene Reynolds, Gene Reynolds Lou Grant, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, House on Greenapple Road, I hate spunk, James Garner, James Staghorne Sr. Briarpatch, John Wayne, Kansas City Bottom, Lily Tomlin, Lou Grant, Lou Grant I hate spunk, Lou Grant you got spunk, Louis Gossett Jr., Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Nichols, Mr. Novak, Paul Bogart, Paul Newman, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Quinn Martin, Richard Crenna, Rod Serling, Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Skin Game, Slattery's People, Son of a Junkman, Son of a Junkman book, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Hollywood to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, special education, special needs, special needs children, Sydney Pollack, The Grouchy Historian, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Up, USA Network series Briarpatch, Vagina Monologue, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, Will Ferrell, you got spunk | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 483 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Posted on March 9, 2020 by admin

Ed Asner: Son of a Junkman Original Airdates: Mar. 6-8, 2020 TVC 483.3: Ed welcomes back eight-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Elf, Disney Pixar’s UP, Briarpatch). Ed’s new memoir, SON OF A … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Man and His Prostate, Anne Bancroft, Autism, Carl Fredericksen, David Janssen, Dead to Me, Ed Asner, Ed Asner A Man and His Prostate, Ed Asner Carl Frederickson, Ed Asner Family Center, Ed Asner God Help Us, Ed Asner I hate spunk, Ed Asner Lou Grant, Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ed Asner Pixar, Ed Asner Santa Claus, Ed Asner Son of a Junkman, Ed Asner Up, Ed. Weinberger, eight-time Emmy Award, Elf, Elvis Presley, Emmy Award, Fort Apache The Bronx, Gavin MacLeod, Gene Reynolds, Gene Reynolds Lou Grant, God, God Almighty, God Help Us, House on Greenapple Road, I hate spunk, James Garner, John Wayne, Kansas City Bottom, Lily Tomlin, Lou Grant, Lou Grant I hate spunk, Lou Grant you got spunk, Louis Gossett Jr., Marie Osmond, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Nichols, Mr. Novak, Paul Bogart, Paul Newman, Phil Proctor, Pixar, Quince Productions, Quinn Martin, Richard Crenna, Rod Serling, Samuel Warren Joseph, Santa Claus, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Skin Game, Slattery's People, Son of a Junkman, Son of a Junkman book, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Hollywood to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, special education, special needs, special needs children, Sydney Pollack, The Grouchy Historian, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Up, Vagina Monologue, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, Will Ferrell, you got spunk | 1 Comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 448 with guest Kat Kramer is available online for listening on demand

Posted on April 28, 2019 by admin

Turnover actress/producer Kat Kramer on the improvisational acting style of Paul Guilfoyle and how Turnover is the type of movie her father, Stanley Kramer, would’ve made Original Airdates: Apr. 26-28, 2019 TVC 448.1: Kat Kramer—daughter of actress Karen Kramer and … Continue reading →

Lee Purcell, Julie Budd, and Kat Kramer: Next on TVC

Posted on April 22, 2019 by admin

Two-time Emmy nominated actress Lee Purcell, singer/actress Julie Budd, and actress and producer Kat Kramer will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 26-28 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/26 … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Adwin Brown, All the Way, Almost Summer, American Sign Language, Andrea F. Freeman, ASL, Bentonville Film Festival Foundation, Beverly Todd, Big Wednesday, Bill Bixby, Bill Cosby, Billy Preston, Birdland Theater, Blair Williamson, Blithe Spirit, Bob Hope, Brooklyn, Burt Bacharach, Carlos Carascas, Carol Burnett Show, Carol of the Bells, Catskill Mountains, Charles Bronson, Child of the '70s, Come Rain Come Shine, CSI, Cy Coleman, director Linda Palmer, Donna Mills, Donna Pescow, Down syndrome, Due South, Duke Ellington, Eddie Macon's Run, Elina Madison, Ellen Gerstein, Frances Rye, Frank Sinatra, Geena Davis, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Gemstone, Gene Wilder, George Burns, Geri Jewell, Great American Songbook, Green River Players, Hal David, Herb Bernstein, inclusion all forms media, Inclusion Films, Isabella Blake-Thomas, James Garner, Jamie Brewer, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jerry Herman, Jim Nabors, Jim Nabors Hour, Joan Rivers, Joe Don Baker, Joey Travolta, Jules Stern, Julia Silverman, Julie Budd, Julie Budd Carol Burnett, Karen Kramer, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World, Katharine Kramer, Kirk Douglas, Lee Purcell, Let Me Try Again, Liberace, Lily Tomlin, Long Beach, Love Letters, MacGyver, Marvin Hamlisch, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Julie Budd, Merv Griffin Show, Michael Douglas, Michel Legrand, Mick Jagger, Milton Berle, My Duet with Mick, My Way, New York City, New York Times, Orson Welles, Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival, Party Doll, Paul Anka, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle CSI, Paul Guilfoyle Turnover, Persona Unknown, Primitive Cool, Remembering Mr. Sinatra, Richard Pryor, Riker Lynch, Say You Will, Sidewalks of New York, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, Stir Crazy, The Best is Yet to Come, the consummate performer, The Defiant Ones, The Devil and Max Devlin, The Merv Griffin Show, the mini girl with the maxi voice, The Songs of My Life and The Composers Who Wrote Them, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Turnover, Turnover Linda Palmer, Turnover movie, Valley Girl, Warren Oates | Leave a comment

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 492.5 with guest Kat Kramer is now available for listening on demand

Kat Kramer, plus The Legacy of Television’s Forgotten Genius: Next on TVC

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 488.5 with guest Kirk Taylor is now available online for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 484.3 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 483 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 448 with guest Kat Kramer is available online for listening on demand

Lee Purcell, Julie Budd, and Kat Kramer: Next on TVC

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