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TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television brings you lively conversations every week with the stars, writers, directors and other creative people behind the scenes of some of America"s most popular shows. An engaging blend of talk and entertainment, TV Confidential often compares today"s programs with those of the "50s, "60s, "70s and "80s.

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23:42

Ron Bacon, Vanessa Redgrave, and the 1978 Oscars

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/24

TVC 551.4: Television pioneer Ron Bacon talks to Ed about how ABC came to acquire the rights to the Academy Awards in 1960 (and why that was such a coup for the network at the time); his various responsibilities on a typical Oscarcast (which included editing the three-hour broadcast down to fifty-five minutes, for telecast the next day overseas); and how Vanessa Redgrave’s controversial acceptance speech during the 1978 Oscars caused trouble for Ron after he had completed editing the overseas

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20:37

Brush Up Your Shakespeare with Ellen Geer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/23

TVC 551.5: Ed welcomes actress and director Ellen Geer, daughter of legendary actor Will Geer, and the artistic director of Theatricum Botanicum, the outdoor amphitheatre that Buzz magazine named one of the coolest places in Los Angeles. Founded by Will Geer in 1973, and located in the rustic woods of Topanga Canyon, Theatricum recently resumed outdoor performances after being shuttered last year because of COVID-19, offering a full schedule of theatre, music, and family entertainment every weekend

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16:53

Ellen Geer, Harold and Maude, and The Crystalline Entity

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/23

TVC 551.6: Ellen Geer, artistic director of Theatricum Botanicum, talks to Ed about playing Sunshine Doré in Harold and Maude (and, years later, Maude in a stage production for Theatricum); working with Patrick Stewart in the “Silicon Avatar” episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation; and playing Sue Ellen’s doctor in the famous two-parter on Dallas that culminated in the birth of John Ross Ewing III. The 2021 summer season of Theatricum Botanicum is under way right now and includes productions of

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28:36

Why Hal Holbrook Was Youth Personified

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/20

TVC 550.1: Mark Dawidziak, television critic and author/editor of more than twenty books on American popular culture, joins Ed, Tony, and Donna for a celebration of Hal Holbrook, the legendary actor who entertained audiences around the world for sixty-three years with for his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. Holbrook passed away earlier this year at the age of ninety-five; Mark knew Holbrook personally for more than thirty-five years. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has

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24:25

Hal Holbrook: The Voice of Mark Twain

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/19

TVC 550.2: Mark Dawidziak joins Ed, Tony, and Donna as we continue our tribute to Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook. Though best known around the world for his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, Holbrook was also an incredibly versatile actor who left his mark in movies and on television, including All The President’s Men (as Deep Throat), Sandburg’s Lincoln (as Abraham Lincoln), Evening Shade, The Senator, Pueblo, Into the Wild, and the groundbreaking made-for-TV movie That Certain Summer

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22:36

James Moses Black of S.O.Z.

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/18

TVC 550.3: Ed welcomes back film and television actor James Moses Black (This is Us, Snowfall, Bayou Caviar, Alex and Me, and Black and Blue. James stars as a U.S. Army colonel who develops super highly intelligent mutant fighting machines in S.O.Z.: Soldados o Zombies, the new post-apocalyptic horror series that is now available for viewing on demand at Amazon Prime. James also has a supporting role in Lansky, the new biopic starring Harvey Keitel as legendary crime boss Meyer Lansky (available now

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26:37

The Industrious Ruta Lee

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/17

TVC 550.4: A return visit by actress, author, and philanthropist Ruta Lee, the legendary grande dame of Hollywood who is also one of the hardest-working entertainers in showbiz history. Ruta cultivated both her work ethic and her instincts for business as a result of her immigrant parents. Ruta’s memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed, is available right now at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, as well as your local bookseller. Autographed editions of Ruta’s book are now available at the historic Larry

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22:01

The Unsinkable Ruta Lee

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/17

TVC 550.5: Actress, author, and philanthropist Ruta Lee answers email questions about her work as a voice artist for Hanna-Barbera (including the animated series The Frankenstones); shares a funny story about a mishap that occurred while filming an episode of The Wackiest Ship in the Army; and helps Ed give away a free copy of her memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed. Autographed editions of Ruta’s book are now available at the historic Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood and can be ordered right now at

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18:53

Hal Holbrook and The Greatest Role An Actor Can Have

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/16

TVC 550.6: Mark Dawidziak joins Ed, Tony, and Donna as we continue our tribute to the life and career of Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook. The longtime television critic for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Mark knew Holbrook personally for more than thirty-five years. Topics this segment include the many ways in which Holbrook found playing Twain to be a cathartic experience. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship

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24:29

C.H. Greenblatt of Jellystone!

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/13

TVC 549.1: Greg Ehrbar welcomes Emmy nominated and Annie Award-winning writer, director, storyboard artist, and voice actor C.H. Greenblatt (Spongebob Squarepants, Chowder, Harvey Beaks). C.H. is the creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, the new animated series that not only marks the first series starring Yogi Bear in thirty years, but features just about every cartoon character in the Hanna-Barbera, all somehow coexisting in the same universe. While Jellystone! is not a nostalgia show,

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21:26

Hank: The Complete Series on DVD

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/12

TVC 549.2: Greg and Ed discuss Warner Bros. Archive’s recent DVD release of Hank (NBC, 1965-1966), the one-season sitcom that had an innovative, if not complicated, premise. Starring Dick Kallman as an enterprising young man with an unquenchable desire to learn, Hank was also one of the first network TV series with a planned series finale. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our

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17:38

Gene Roddenbery: The Flawed Hero of Star Trek

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/11

TVC 549.3: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Marc Cushman about the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, including the back story of the iconic score composed by Jerry Goldsmith (and why Gene Roddenberry later chose to use it as the theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation). Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that chronicles the ten-year period spanning the

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25:44

Happy Birthday, Louise Sorel

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/10

TVC 549.4: Ed welcomes actress Louise Sorel, the award-winning actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara. Topics this segment include some of the writing projects that Louise has developed in recent years; her fierce protection of the Vivian character on Days, and how that stemmed from Louise’s background as a stage actress; plus a funny anecdote about her first day of filming “The Survivors,” the episode of The Fugitive in which

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21:49

Louise Sorel, Don Rickles, and Get Christie Love!

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/10

TVC 549.5: Award-winning actress Louise Sorel talks to Ed about playing Don Rickles’ wife on The Don Rickles Show (the stand-up comedian’s first network TV sitcom); working with Teresa Graves and Harry Guardino in the 90-minute pilot for Get Christie Love!; and the treacherous shoot for “River of No Return,” an episode of The FBI featuring Louise Sorel, Frank Converse, and Henry Darrow that was filmed on location along the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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15:22

Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/09

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 April 2019 that honored the life and career of the legendary Queen of Comedy. Speakers that evening included Kate Luckinbill-Conner, Lucille Ball’s granddaughter. Also in this segment: A conversation with Geoffrey Mark, author of The Lucy Book and host of Geoffrey Marks Plays Ella. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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21:59

The Enemy Within Gene Roddenberry

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/06

TVC 548.1: A return visit by renowned author, director, and screenwriter Marc Cushman. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that chronicles the ten-year period spanning the cancellation of the original series in 1969 through the making and release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. This week, Mark and Ed specifically discuss Volume 3, which depicts the various battles for

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21:50

Gene Roddenberry and The "Quark Controversy"

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/05

TVC 548.2: Star Trek historian and Gene Roddenberry historian Marc Cushman discuss why production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture began before the script was even finished; why the expensive special effects nearly sank the film; and the brief yet strange furor involving Roddenberry, NBC, and the short-lived sci-fi parody Quark. All three volumes of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s are available through Jacobs Brown Media Group. Want to advertise/sponsor our show?

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20:54

Laura Niemi and Pool Boy

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/04

TVC 548.3: Ed welcomes back Laura Niemi of NBC’s This Is Us. Laura currently stars in Pool Boy, a new stage comedy, set in Los Angeles during the 2020 pandemic, about two people who are desperate for human contact after months of isolation. The first site-specific production of The Lost Angels Theatre Company, Pool Boy will be performed outdoors and poolside, in a Covid-friendly atmosphere, from a private home on Mulholland Drive overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on Saturday and Sunday evenings

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21:50

The Vulcan Odyssey of Lawrence Montaigne

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/03

TVC 548.4: From August 2012: Ed welcomes actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List). Known to fans of The Original Series as Decius in “Balance of Terror” and Stonn in “Amok Time,” Lawrence also appeared in twenty-five motion pictures, including The Great Escape with Steve McQueen and James Garner, plus episodes of such classic TV series as The Fugitive, The Rogues, Burke’s Law, Batman, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Streets of San

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23:09

Lawrence Montaigne, Murray Golden, and The Great Escape

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/02

TVC 548.5: From August 2012: Actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List) talks to Ed about being cast as Haines in The Great Escape, and how his connection to director Murray Golden led to many opportunities in film and television after production ended five months later. Lawrence Montaigne passed away in March 2017. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the

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