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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 655: Special program-length tribute to Bob Newhart is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Tribute to Bob Newhart Original Airdates: July 26-29, 2024 TVC 655.1: A special program-length tribute to Bob Newhart, the Emmy Award-winning star of two long-running, iconic sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978) and Newhart (CBS, 1982-1990), but made a … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 568.5: Tribute to Howard Hesseman is now available online for listening on demand

Tribute to Howard Hesseman Original Airdates: Feb. 11-13, 2022 TVC 568.5: From February 2020: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the birthday of actor/comedian Howard Hesseman, born Feb. 27, 1940, as part of This Week in TV History. Topics include Hesseman’s … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 517.4 with guest Tom Dreesen is available for listening on demand

Tom Dreesen, Jack Benny, and The Longest Laugh on Radio Original Airdates: Nov. 20-22, 2020 TVC 517.4: Part 2 of our conversation that began last week with groundbreaking comedian Tom Dreesen. Tom provides insight on how to find your own … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 516.4 with guest Tom Dreesen is available for listening on demand

Tom Dreesen: Still Standing Original Airdates: Nov. 13-15, 2020 TVC 516.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back entertainment legend and comedy pioneer Tom Dreesen.  Tom’s memoir, Still Standing: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra, not … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Legendary entertainer, comedy pioneer and motivational speaker TOM DREESEN on the generosity that Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny and Carl Reiner all showed him early and throughout his career. Tom’s memoir, STILL STANDING: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to The Stage and Sinatra, is available wherever books are sold

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Now available from PostHill Press and Simon & Schuster: STILL STANDING: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to The Stage and Sinatra, the story of how of comedian TOM DREESEN turned the hard times of growing up on the South Side of Chicago into funny monologues that have delighted television and stage audiences for more than fifty years

(LOS ANGELES) – Tom Dreesen is one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers of stage and screen. A living legend in the world of comedy, Dreesen has made over 500 national television appearances as a stand-up comedian … Continue reading

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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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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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via @THR: Stage, film and television actress Allyn Ann McLerie dies at age 91

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