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- This Date in THE FBI History: Peter Haskell, Albert Salmi, Richard O’Brien, Jennifer Billingsley, and Edward Andrews star in “Three-Way Split,” airing Mar. 21, 1971. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
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- This Date in THE FBI History: John Vernon, Diana Muldaur, and Lee H. Montgomery star in “Escape to Nowhere,” airing Mar. 19, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: “Triple Indemnity,” Peter Breck’s first appearance as Doc Holliday, airs on Mar. 19, 1961. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 502: Tribute to Carl Reiner is available for listening on demand
Carl Reiner: He Was Good at Everything Original Airdates: July 24-26, 2020 TVC 502.1: Tony and Donna join Ed as TV Confidential dedicates its entire two-hour program this week to the life and career of Carl Reiner, the Grammy Award-winning … Continue reading →
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via 121comm.com: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks’ performance of The 2,000 Year Old Man on the Feb. 12, 1961 edition of THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW will be among the many comedy and musical performances that will be streamed for free, in their entirety, on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW YouTube channel between Friday 7/17 thru Thursday 7/23. Also streamed that week will be classic appearances by Tom Jones, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, The Mamas and the Papas, Wayne Newton, a pre-Laugh-In Rowan & Martin and a pre-Get Smart Don Adams, plus a fun segment from 1962 that includes batting tips from Dodgers great Jackie Robinson. The ED SULLIVAN Show YouTube channel is part of the recent UMe agreement with SOFAEntertainment Inc. for the global digital rights to the classic Sunday night variety series
The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube Channel Salutes the Late Carl Reiner with the global digital premiere of Reiner and Mel Brooks performing their classic routine “The 2,000 Year-Old Man” on the Feb. 12, 1961 edition of the Sullivan show FULL … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 480.1: Tribute to Kirk Douglas is now available online for listening on demand
How Kirk Douglas Helped End the Blacklist Original Airdates: Feb. 14-16, 2020 TVC 480.1: TV Confidential marks the passing of screen legend Kirk Douglas with an encore presentation of our December 2016 centennial tribute to the Academy Award-winning actor featuring … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 451 with guest Patrick Kilpatrick is now available online for listening on demand
Screen Villain Patrick Kilpatrick on Overcoming Death Three Times Before He Was Seventeen Original Airdates: May 17-19, 2019 TVC 451.3: Ed welcomes actor, author, teacher, producer, and longtime movie and TV villain Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, producer, screenwriter, journalist and teacher Patrick Kilpatrick on overcoming a tumultuous upbringing; how his recovery from a near fatal car accident sparked a lifelong passion for reading and writing; and the psychosexual approach he often takes to portraying a villain in movies and television. Volume I of Patrick’s two-volume memoir, DYING FOR LIVING: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, is now available in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook through Boulevard Books; Volume II is due out later in 2019. For our listeners in Denver, Colo., Patrick will appear at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver on Wednesday 8/28
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Tagged 24, action film villains, action films, action heroes, Antoine Fuqua, Antony and Cleopatra, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Bruce Willis, Chuck Russell, Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot, Cosmopolitan, Criminal Minds, CSI, Cycling, Dark Angel, Death Warrant, director, Dr. Quinn, Dying for Living, Dying for Living book, Dying for Living Volume I, Dying for Living Volume II, Eraser, global entertainment teacher, Interview, James Caan, James Cameron, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, Jessica Alba, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Goodman, Kate Capshaw, largest production, Last Man Standing, lead actor, Life magazine, Los Angeles Theater Center, Luxe Magazine, mandy Pankakin, manic depressive, Mark Harmon, Medicine Woman, Minority Report, Modern Bride, modern day Tom Jones, movie villains, New York-TIME Inc, Nicholas Roeg, Oliver Stone, Pat Kilpatrick, Patrick Kilpatrick, PBS, Pink Floyd, Playboy, Popular Mechanics and Psychology Today, Popular Photography, Procul Harem, producer, Public Broadcasting history, Quest ’78, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Roanoak, Robert Donald Kilpatrick, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stone, Sailing, Sam Elliot, screen writer, Sean Connery, serial killers, Shakespeare, Shark, Sports Illustrated, Steve Marriot and Humble Pie, Steven Segal, Steven Spielberg, the Grateful Dead, The New York Times, The Presidio, The Quick and the Dead, The Replacement Killers, The Sandman, Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, Tom Selleck, Tony Richardson, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Walter Hill, Yun-Fat Chow, Zone of Bells/Room of See Saws
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 422 with guests Jerry Houser, Paul Robert Coyle and Roy Samuelson is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 422 with guests Jerry Houser, Paul Robert Coyle and Roy Samuelson Original Airdates: Oct. 12-15, 2018 First hour: Voice artist Roy Samuelson talks to Ed about Descriptive Narration, a burgeoning field of voiceover that provides narrated descriptions of … Continue reading →
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Jerry Houser, Descriptive Narration and The Music Scene: Next on TVC
We’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with actor, producer, voice artist and teacher Jerry Houser, television writer Paul Robert Coyle, plus we will welcome voice actor Roy Samuelson, all on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 12-15 … Continue reading →
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