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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 462 with guest Herbie J Pilato via remote from The Hollywood Museum is now available online for listening on demand
Herbie J Pilato via remote at The Hollywood Museum Original Airdates: Sept. 6-8, 2019 TVC 462.3: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum’s recent tribute to the career of Barbara Eden: Ed catches up with Herbie J Pilato, host of Then … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 462.6: How Barbara Eden Became Jeannie is now available online for listening on demand
How Barbara Eden Became Jeannie Original Airdates: Sept. 6-8, 2019 TVC 462.6: Ed plays more highlights from the Aug. 21 unveiling of the Hollywood Museum’s new lobby exhibit honoring Barbara Eden and the legacy of I Dream of Jeannie, including … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th Century-Fox, Adam at 6 A.M., Alison Arngrim, All Hands on Deck, Anson Williams, Aunt Cissy, Barbara Eden, Barbara Eden 20th Century-Fox, Barbara Eden Bob Hope, Barbara Eden Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden Feminist and the Fuzz, Barbara Eden Flaming Star, Barbara Eden Hollywood Museum, Barbara Eden Jeannie, Barbara Eden Jeannie costume, Barbara Eden Jeannie pilot, Barbara Eden Larry Hagman, Barbara Eden lobby exhibit, Barbara Eden Loni Anderson, Barbara Eden Love Letters, Barbara Eden movie career, Barbara Eden stage, Barbara Eden Swingin' Along, Barbara Eden The Stranger Within, Barbara Eden TV movies, Barbara Eden Your Mother Wears Combat Boots, Bewitched, Bill Daily, Bob Hope specials, Brandin Stennis, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, contract player, Dawn Wells, Deadwood, Don Most, Donelle Dadigan, Elliott Gould, Elvis Presley, Ensign Pulver, ER, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, film critic, Flaming Star, Fort Benning Georgia, Friends, General Hospital, Geri Jewell, Gilligan's Island, Ginger Rogers, Happy Days, Harper Valley PTA, Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Museum I Dream of Jeannie, Hollywood Museum Lobby Series, I Dream of Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie Lobby exhibit, Ilene Graff, Johnnie Whitaker, Judy Tenuta, Kate Linder, Kathy Garver, Larry Hagman, Larry Hagman hat, Larry Hagman Jeannie pilot, Larry Hagman Major Nelson, Lee Purcell, Leonard Maltin, Little House on the Prairie, lobby exhibit, Lobby Series, Loni Anderson, Love Letters, Major Nelson Jeannie, Making the Song Your Own, Mario Della Casa, MASH, Mr. Belvedere, NBC TV series, Noonan and Marshall, original bottle Jeannie pilot, original costume, Pat Boone, Peter Marshall, Peter Marshall Barbara Eden, Peter Marshall Swingin' Along, Peter Marshall Tommy Noonan, Quick! Let's Get Married, Ray Milland, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, studio system, Sweet Lady Jane's bakery, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Cavern, The Facts of Life, The Hollywood Squares, The Odd Couple, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Young and the Restless, Tony Randall, Valley Girl, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Walter Pidgeon, WKRP in Cincinnati, Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
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The Hollywood Museum blinks up a new exhibit honoring screen legend Barbara Eden that features the original costume that the actress wore on her iconic TV series, I Dream of Jeannie. The latest addition to the Museum’s popular Lobby Series, the Jeannie exhibit is now open to the public and includes the original bottle from the I Dream of Jeannie pilot, plus five screen accurate bottles by Mario Della Cassa
[HOLLYWOOD, Calif.] Aug. 23, 2019 — The Hollywood Museum honored TV icon Barbara Eden by unveiling a new lobby exhibit featuring the original costume that the actress wore on her classic series, I Dream of Jeannie, plus the original bottle featured … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th Century-Fox, Adam at 6 A.M., Alison Arngrim, All Hands on Deck, Anson Williams, Aunt Cissy, Barbara Eden, Bewitched, Bill Daily, Bob Hope specials, Brandin Stennis, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, contract player, Dawn Wells, Deadwood, Don Most, Donelle Dadigan, Elliott Gould, Elvis Presley, ER, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, film critic, Flaming Star, Fort Benning Georgia, Friends, General Hospital, Geri Jewell, Gilligan's Island, Ginger Rogers, Happy Days, Harper Valley PTA, Hollywood Museum, I Dream of Jeannie, Ilene Graff, Johnnie Whitaker, Judy Tenuta, Kate Linder, Kathy Garver, Larry Hagman, Lee Purcell, Leonard Maltin, Little House on the Prairie, lobby exhibit, Lobby Series, Loni Anderson, Love Letters, Making the Song Your Own, Mario Della Casa, MASH, Mr. Belvedere, NBC TV series, original bottle Jeannie pilot, original costume, Pat Boone, Peter Marshall, Quick! Let's Get Married, Ray Milland, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, studio system, Sweet Lady Jane's bakery, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Facts of Life, The Hollywood Squares, The Odd Couple, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Young and the Restless, Tony Randall, Valley Girl, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Walter Pidgeon, WKRP in Cincinnati, Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane Original Airdates: Oct. 19-22, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Leslie Bertram Crane. Leslie worked behind the scenes in network television and syndicated television for about twenty years, both in … Continue reading →
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Robert Wagner: Next on TVC
Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner will join us, plus Leslie Bertram Crane will take us behind the scenes of the production of variety shows and live television specials. All that and more this … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This
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