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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 688: Special program-length tribute to Wink Martindale, featuring Steve Beverly and Randy West, is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts. Please enjoy!
Why Wink Martindale was a “never give up” guy Original Airdates: May 2-5, 2025 TVC 688.1: TV Confidential remembers longtime radio host, author, recording artist, and game show legend Wink Martindale (Gambit, Debt, Tic Tac Dough, Winking at Life, “Deck … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80 million records, all love broke loose, Bad and the Beautiful, Barry-Enright, Bob Quigley, Bobby Darin, Bumper Stumpers, Can You Top This, Carl Perkins, Chuck Barris, Dan Enright, Dance Party, Debt, Deck of Cards, Dewey Phillips, disc jockey, Dot Records, Dream Factory, Elaine Stewart, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Frankie Avalon, Gambit, game show host, game shows, Gary Theroux, Gemini Dream, Headline Chasers, Heater-Quigley, Heavenly Child, High Rollers, How's Your Mother in Law, I Stand for Everyone, Jack Barry, Jackson, James Darren, KFWB, KGIL, KHJ, KMPC, KRLA, Las Vegas Gambit, Legend of a Mind, Let's Rock, Life magazine, Look at Me, Memphis, Merrill Heater, Merv Griffin, Moody Blues, Mr. Game Show, No. 1 single, pop music TV shows, Presley Mania, radio announcer, radio host, Rocket Fizz Soda Pop, Sam Phillips, St. Jude Childrens Hospital, Tennesee, That Was Elvis to Me, The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time, The Beatles, The Elvis Presley, The King, The Lively Set, The Moody Blues, The Winker, Tic Tac Dough, Tony Bennett, Top 20 hits, What's That Song, WHBQ, Win Martindale, Wink Martindale, Words and Music, WPLI, WTJS
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 430 with guests Wink Martindale and Marc Cushman is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 430 with guests Wink Martindale and Marc Cushman Original Airdates: Dec. 14-17, 2018 First hour: Part 2 of our conversation with Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, Volume 1: 1965-1979, an … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80 million records, all love broke loose, Bad and the Beautiful, Barry-Enright, Blue World, Bob Quigley, Bobby Darin, British bands, Bumper Stumpers, Bye Bye Bird, Can You Top This, Carl Perkins, Chuck Barris, Chuck Harter, cold hearted orb that rules the night, concept album, Dan Enright, Dance Party, Days of Future Passed, Debt, Deck of Cards, Deep, Denny Laine, Dewey Phillips, disc jockey, Dot Records, Dream Factory, Elaine Stewart, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, For My Lady, Frankie Avalon, Gambit, game show host, game shows, Gary Theroux, Gemini Dream, Go Now, Grahme Edge, Headline Chasers, Heater-Quigley, Heavenly Child, High Rollers, How's Your Mother in Law, I Know I'll Find You Somewhere, I Stand for Everyone, In Search of the Lost Chord, Jack Barry, Jackson, James Darren, Jerry Weintraub, John Lodge, Justin Hayward, Keys to the Kingdom, KFWB, KGIL, KHJ, KMPC, KRLA, Las Vegas Gambit, Legend of a Mind, Let's Rock, Life magazine, Long Distance Voyager, Long Distance Voyagers, Look at Me, Marc Cushman, Mellotron, Memphis, Merrill Heater, Merv Griffin, Mike Pinder, Moodies, Moody Blues, Mr. Game Show, Nights in White Satin, No. 1 single, Octave, on the threshold of a dream, Pacific Ocean Park, Paul McCartney, pop music TV shows, Presley Mania, radio announcer, radio host, Ray Thomas, Ready Steady Go, red is gray and yellow white, remove the color from our sight, rock album format with orchestral music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rocket Fizz Soda Pop, Sam Phillips, skiffle, St. Jude Childrens Hospital, Sur La Mer, symphonic rock, Tennesee, That Was Elvis to Me, The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time, The Beatles, The Elvis Presley, The King, The Lively Set, The Moody Blues, The Present, The Rolling Stones, The Story in Your Eyes, The Story of The Moody Blues, The Winker, These Are The Voyages, Threshold Records, Tic Tac Dough, Timothy Leary's dead, Tony Bennett, Top 20 hits, Tuesday Afternoon, What's That Song, WHBQ, Win Martindale, Wink Martindale, Words and Music, WPLI, WTJS
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Wink Martindale: Next on TVC
Game show legend Wink Martindale will join us, plus we’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with Moody Blues historian Marc Cushman. All that and more this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 14-17 at the following times and venues: … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80 million records, all love broke loose, Bad and the Beautiful, Barry-Enright, Blue World, Bob Quigley, Bobby Darin, British bands, Bumper Stumpers, Bye Bye Bird, Can You Top This, Carl Perkins, Chuck Barris, Chuck Harter, cold hearted orb that rules the night, concept album, Dan Enright, Dance Party, Days of Future Passed, Debt, Deck of Cards, Deep, Denny Laine, Dewey Phillips, disc jockey, Dot Records, Dream Factory, Elaine Stewart, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, For My Lady, Frankie Avalon, Gambit, game show host, game shows, Gary Theroux, Gemini Dream, Go Now, Grahme Edge, Headline Chasers, Heater-Quigley, Heavenly Child, High Rollers, How's Your Mother in Law, I Know I'll Find You Somewhere, I Stand for Everyone, In Search of the Lost Chord, Jack Barry, Jackson, James Darren, Jerry Weintraub, John Lodge, Justin Hayward, Keys to the Kingdom, KFWB, KGIL, KHJ, KMPC, KRLA, Las Vegas Gambit, Legend of a Mind, Let's Rock, Life magazine, Long Distance Voyager, Long Distance Voyagers, Look at Me, Marc Cushman, Mellotron, Memphis, Merrill Heater, Merv Griffin, Mike Pinder, Moodies, Moody Blues, Mr. Game Show, Nights in White Satin, No. 1 single, Octave, on the threshold of a dream, Pacific Ocean Park, Paul McCartney, pop music TV shows, Presley Mania, radio announcer, radio host, Ray Thomas, Ready Steady Go, red is gray and yellow white, remove the color from our sight, rock album format with orchestral music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rocket Fizz Soda Pop, Sam Phillips, skiffle, St. Jude Childrens Hospital, Sur La Mer, symphonic rock, Tennesee, That Was Elvis to Me, The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time, The Beatles, The Elvis Presley, The King, The Lively Set, The Moody Blues, The Present, The Rolling Stones, The Story in Your Eyes, The Story of The Moody Blues, The Winker, These Are The Voyages, Threshold Records, Tic Tac Dough, Timothy Leary's dead, Tony Bennett, Top 20 hits, Tuesday Afternoon, What's That Song, WHBQ, Win Martindale, Wink Martindale, Words and Music, WPLI, WTJS
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi Original Airdates: Dec. 7-10, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Steve Randisi, author of The Merv Griffin Show: The Inside Story, a comprehensive history of The Merv Griffin Show on television … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Amberella, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Rankin Jr., Arthur Treacher, Bangladesh, Bob Shanks, Bombay, Cairo, Carole Wells, CBS late night, CIA, Cort Theatre, Dacca, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Eyewitness Account of Evil, Frosty the Snowman, Funny Lady, Fusako Shigenobu, Group W, hijack, hijack terror, Hijacked, Hijakced book, Hollywood Bowl, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, international incident, Jack Paar, JAL Flight 472, Japanese Red Army, Jeopardy, Joey Bishop, John Gabriel, Johnny Carson, Julann Griffin, Jules Bass, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Mahmud, Mai Shigenobu, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, National Velvet, NBC daytime, New York City, opera, Osamu Maruoka, Palestine Liberation Organization, Pat McCormick, Paul Coker, Perry Mason, Peter Barsochini, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, Pistols and Petticoats, Play Your Hunch, PLO, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Puccini, Rankin/Bass, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Romeo Muller, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Ruth McDevitt, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Sept 27 1977, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, terrorism, The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass, the dear boy, The Fallen Leaves, The Lively Set, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Original Christmas Specials Collection, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Walter Karabian, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune, Yassar Arafat
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Carole Wells, plus the Legacies of Merv Griffin and Rankin/Bass: Next on TVC
Actress, author and philanthropist Carole Wells and television historian and author Steve Randisi will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 7-10 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 12/7 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Amberella, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Rankin Jr., Arthur Treacher, Bangladesh, Bob Shanks, Bombay, Cairo, Carole Wells, CBS late night, CIA, Cort Theatre, Dacca, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Eyewitness Account of Evil, Frosty the Snowman, Funny Lady, Fusako Shigenobu, Group W, hijack, hijack terror, Hijacked, Hijakced book, Hollywood Bowl, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, international incident, Jack Paar, JAL Flight 472, Japanese Red Army, Jeopardy, Joey Bishop, John Gabriel, Johnny Carson, Julann Griffin, Jules Bass, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Mahmud, Mai Shigenobu, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mystery Voice, National Velvet, NBC daytime, New York City, opera, Osamu Maruoka, Palestine Liberation Organization, Pat McCormick, Paul Coker, Perry Mason, Peter Barsochini, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, Pistols and Petticoats, Play Your Hunch, PLO, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Puccini, Rankin/Bass, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Romeo Muller, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Ruth McDevitt, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Sept 27 1977, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Tav Celebrity Theatre, terrorism, The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass, the dear boy, The Fallen Leaves, The Lively Set, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Original Christmas Specials Collection, The Tonight Show, Tony Garafolo, Walter Karabian, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune, Yassar Arafat
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Film and television actress Carole Wells on Sept. 27, 1977, the day she boarded a plane en route to Bangkok, only to find herself taken prisoner, along with 155 other passengers and fourteen crew members, when Japanese Red Army terrorists hijack the flight and commandeer it to Bangladesh. Carole relives those events in vivid detail in her gripping new book, Hijacked: An Eyewitness Account of Evil
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Tagged Amberella, Bangladesh, Bombay, Cairo, Carole Wells, CIA, Dacca, Eyewitness Account of Evil, Funny Lady, Fusako Shigenobu, hijack, hijack terror, Hijacked, Hijakced book, international incident, JAL Flight 472, Japanese Red Army, John Gabriel, Mahmud, Mai Shigenobu, National Velvet, Osamu Maruoka, Palestine Liberation Organization, Pistols 'n' Petticoats, PLO, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Sept 27 1977, terrorism, The Fallen Leaves, The Lively Set, Walter Karabian, Yassar Arafat
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