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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 693: Special program-length tribute to Loretta Swit is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast and includes bonus content that did not air during our radio broadcast due to time limitations. Please enjoy!

The Watercolour Artistry of Loretta Swit Original Airdates: June 6-9, 2025 TVC 693.1: From January 2017: Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Swit joins Ed for a conversation about her lifelong interest in watercolor painting, her “proprietary relationship” with wildlife, her vast … Continue reading

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via B. Harlan Boll Public Relations: The official obituary for Loretta Swit, the Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Major Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H. Ms. Swit passed away on Friday 5/30 at the age of eighty-seven. We will pay tribute to Loretta Swit this coming weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Few actresses captured the imagination of generations of television view­ers with the certainty and charm of Loretta Swit.  As the quick-witted, impassioned Major Margaret Houlihan of television’s most honored series, M*A*S*H, Ms. Swit became an American icon.  And with its popularity now in worldwide syndication, new fans continue to enjoy her … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 691.3 with guest Tim Gray is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII Original Airdates: May 23-26, 2025 TVC 691.3: Ed welcomes Tim Gray, award-winning documentary filmmaker, founder of The World War II Foundation, and the producer and director of Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 674.1: Tribute to Michael Schlesinger is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Michael Schlesinger and the Back Story of Biffle and Shooster Original Airdates: Jan. 17-20, 2025 TVC 674.1: TV Confidential remembers Michael Schlesinger, the film executive and champion of classic movie restoration who was also the writer, producer, and director of … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 656.2 with guest Jim Hardy, curator of The Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel, is now available for listening on demand wherever you find podcasts

The Ageless Bob Hope Original Airdates: Aug. 2-5, 2024 TVC 656.2: Ed welcomes Jim Hardy, longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises, where he handles the licensing of the various film clips, TV clips, radio clips, photographs, and other archival materials … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 648.2 with guest Nick Santa Maria is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

The Abbott and Costello Show, Season 2 on Blu-ray Original Airdates: May 17-20, 2024 TVC 648.2: Nick Santa Maria, co-author of The Annotated Abbott and Costello: A Complete Viewer’s Guide to the Comedy Team and Their 38 Films, joins Greg … 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

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. 561.3: Tribute to Will Ryan is available for listening on demand

The Music Career of Will Ryan Original Airdates: Dec. 10-12, 2021 TVC 561.3: Greg Ehrbar and Ed pay tribute to Will Ryan, the actor, voice artist, songwriter, singer, and musician who passed away on Friday, Nov. 19 at age 72. … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 458 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger on the TV career of Biffle and Shooster is now available online for listening on demand

The Unreal TV Career of Biffle and Shooster Original Airdates: Aug. 2-4, 2019 TVC 458.1: From August 2019: Actors Nick Santa Maria and Will Ryan (The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster) appear in character as Benny Biffle and Sammy Shooster … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 544.3 with guests Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria, and Michael Schlesinger is available for listening on demand

Biffle and Shooster and Rondo Hatton Original Airdates: June 25-27, 2021 TVC 544.3: An encore presentation of our March 2019 conversation with Will Ryan, Nick Santa Maria and Michael Schlesinger. Will and Ryan are the stars, and Mike is the … Continue reading

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