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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

Posted on October 23, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on October 23, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on August 18, 2022 by admin

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Mothers Day with Michael Learned, Marion Ross, and June Lockhart: Next on TVC

Posted on May 5, 2022 by admin

Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned will join us as part of a special Mothers Day weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 6-8 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 5/6 … Continue reading →

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via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER will commemorate the centennial birthday of CARL REINER this summer by launching a new exhibit honoring the life and career of the Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, and comic genius. CARL REINER: KEEP LAUGHING will open on Friday 7/1. The National Commedy will also celebrate Reiner’s life with a special event, in conjunction with the renowned Chautauqua Institution, that will take place on Wednesday 7/27. Carl Reiner would have turned 100 on Sunday 3/20

Posted on March 18, 2022 by admin

Jamestown, NY — March 18, 2021 — As the world remembers the late comedy legend Carl Reiner on his 100th birthday this Sunday, March 20, the National Comedy Center — the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 549.6: Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball is available for listening on demand as a podcast

Posted on August 9, 2021 by admin

Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball Original Airdates: Aug. 6-8, 2021 TVC 549.6: With this weekend marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball, we played some highlights of our coverage of an event held at the Hollywood Museum in … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 537.1 with guest David Hofstede is available for listening on demand

Posted on May 3, 2021 by admin

When Television Brought Us Together Original Airdates: Apr. 30-May 2, 2021 TVC 537.1: Ed welcomes back David Hofstede, founder and publisher of the popular blog Comfort TV. David’s latest book, When Television Brought Us Together, is an often whimsical, but … Continue reading →

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Bob Hope, George Jefferson, and Comfort TV: Next on TVC

Posted on April 28, 2021 by admin

Television writer and producer Jay Moriarty, comedy writer Martha Bolton, and author and TV historian David Hofstede will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 30-May 2 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM … Continue reading →

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via National Comedy Center: Rob Reiner, Annie Reiner, and Lucas Reiner will donate the archives of comedy legend CARL REINER to the NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER, including rare creative papers, scripts and artifacts that span Reiner’s seven-decade career as a writer, director, producer, author and performer. The National Comedy Center will also name its Archival and Preservation Department in memory of Carl Reiner

Posted on March 19, 2021 by admin

Jamestown, NY – March 19, 2021 – The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy, announced today that it will become the home of comedy legend Carl Reiner’s archives. The Reiner … Continue reading →

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A return visit by DAVID HOFSTEDE, publisher of Comfort TV. David’s latest book, WHEN TELEVISION BROUGHT US TOGETHER, takes a fresh look at Father Knows Best, The Brady Bunch, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, That Girl, The Bob Newhart Show and many other favorite shows from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s and whether the values reflected by those shows still apply in our world today. WHEN TELEVISION BROUGHT US TOGETHER is now available through Black Pawn Press

Posted on March 5, 2021 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Next Show | Tagged Bewitched, Charlies Angels Casebook, Comfort TV, Comfort TV era, David Hofstede, David Hofstede Comfort TV, David Hofstede What Were They Thinking, David Hofstede When Television Brought Us Together, Father Knows Best, I Dream of Jeannie, That Girl, The Andy Griffith Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Brady Bunch, The Dick Van Dyke Show, When Television Brought Us Together | Leave a comment

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