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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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20:51

Charles Grodin, Lee Strasberg, and Andy Rooney

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/06/01

TVC 540.5: From December 2012: Charles Grodin talks to Ed about why Lee Strasberg, by his own admission, was a better teacher than actor; what makes a good talk show host and a good radio commentator; and Grodin’s own approach to acting, which includes listening, responding, and the ability to personalize the journey of whatever character he plays. At the time he appeared on our program, Charles had just released The Perils of Show Business: Proceed at Your Own Risk, an informative and entertaining

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17:27

Charles Grodin and the Personalization of Acting

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/06/01

TVC 540.6: From December 2012: Charles Grodin talks more about his “personalization” approach to acting, as well as how some of the choices he made in selecting roles changed over the years. He also shares a few poignant memories of his friendship with Johnny Carson. Charles Grodin passed away on May 18 at age eighty-six. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re

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22:52

Shooting the Breeze with iHeart Radio host Torchy Smith

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.1: Ed welcomes Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, a collection of fifty first-hand accounts of such Baby Boomer celebrities as Jerry Mathers, Bill Mumy, Cubby O'Brien, Stephen Furst, Judy Norton, Cindy Williams, Clint Howard, Celeste Yarnall, Angela Cartwright, George Wyner, and Kathryn Leigh Scott. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered

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24:51

Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery biographer...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.2: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, the first objective cradle-to-grave biography of the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re

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17:30

More with Greg and Herbie J

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.2a: The conclusion of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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23:41

The Secret Hollywood Studio That Shaped The Cold War

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.3: Ed welcomes Kevin Hamiliton and Ned O’Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, the inside story of Lookout Mountain Laboratory—a secret motion picture studio, run by the U.S. Government, that was officially known as 1352nd Photographic Group of the United States Air Force. Lookout Mountain Laboratory not only recruited the services of such Hollywood luminaries as John Ford, James Stewart, Susan Hayward, and Marilyn Monroe, but shaped

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20:30

James Stewart, Rear Window, and Lookout Mountain...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.4: Kevin Hamiliton and Ned O’Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, discuss how Oscar-winning actor and U.S. Air Force reserve brigadier general James Stewart lent gravitas to the efforts of Lookout Mountain Laboratory and the subtle connection between the secret Hollywood studio and the Hitchcock classic Rear Window. A rollicking story that depicts an unlikely mix of Hollywood artists, nuclear scientists, and military movers, Lookout

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16:27

How iHeart Radio host Torchy Smith Got His Name

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/31

TVC 452.5: Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, shares some insight into his approach to interviewing such Baby Boomer celebrities as Bill Mumy, Stephen Furst, George Wyner, and Angela Cartwright, plus he reveals the secret behind his famous first name. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship

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14:34

Happy Birthday, Bob Hope

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/30

From June 2013: Bob Mills, former staff writer for The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that originally aired on June 26, 2013---but which was actually recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. Topics this segment include why Hope particularly thrived during the era of variety television. Bob Mills' book, The Laugh Makers, not only provides great insight into Bob Hope (the comic

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14:06

Bob Hope, Topical Monologist

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/30

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. Topics this segment include how Bob wrote for Hope's stage act as well as for his TV specials, and how Hope managed to joke about political figures without ever identifying himself as left or right. The Laugh Makers not only provides great insight into Bob Hope (the

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15:36

Writing for Bob Hope

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/30

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. In this segment Bob gives Ed and the listeners insight into how Hope's writers put together a typical monologue for his various TV specials. The Laugh Makers not only provides great insight into Bob Hope (the comic and the person), but takes you behind the series of the

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10:03

The Twilight Years of Bob Hope on Television

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/29

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. In this segment Bob talks about the final years of Bob's television career. The Laugh Makers not only provides great insight into Bob Hope (the comic and the person), but takes you behind the series of the final decade of the network TV variety show, while also paying

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27:35

The First Our Gang Comedy with Sound

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/28

TVC 539.1: From May 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember Small Talk, the first Our Gang comedy produced with sound (original release date: Apr. 18, 1929) and Dancing Romeo, the very last Our Gang comedy produced (original release date: Apr. 29, 1944). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please

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20:07

Public Defender on DVD

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/27

TVC 539.2: Greg and Ed discuss the ClassicFlix DVD release of Public Defender, starring Reed Hadley. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad

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12:36

Man with a Camera on DVD

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/26

TVC 539.3: Greg and Ed discuss the MPI Video complete series DVD release of Man with a Camera, the only weekly network television series starring Charles Bronson. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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24:43

Bob Hope: A Fearless Performer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/25

TVC 539.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began earlier this month with Martha Bolton, the first and only female staff writer that Bob Hope ever hired, and the co-author, along by Linda Hope, Bob Hope’s daughter, of Dear Bob: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II, a collection of just a few of thousands of letters, postcards, and packages that Bob Hope every day from our fighting men and women of World War II that is as close as to a replica of Bob Hope’s personal scrapbook

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21:00

Billie Hayes: A True Original

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/24

TVC 539.5: Iconic producer Marty Krofft of Sid & Marty Krofft Productions joins Ed and Greg Ehrbar for a tribute to Billie Hayes, the actress who was an integral part of many of the Saturday morning Krofft shows of the late ’60s and 1970s (including, most notably, as Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf and Weenie the Genie on Lidsville). Billie Hayes passed away on this past Thursday, Apr. 29 at age ninety-six. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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15:28

Billie Hayes and Sid & Marty Krofft

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/24

TVC 539.6: Greg Ehrbar on why the manic energy that Billie Hayes brough to her performance as Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf not only was vital to the success of H.R. Pufnstuf, but laid the groundwork for such other memorable Krofft comic villains as Hoo Doo on Lidsville and Benita Bizarre on The Bugaloos. Billie Hayes passed away on this past Thursday, Apr. 29 at age ninety-six. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship

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7:18

The Quality of Quinn Martin

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/22

Jim Rosin, author of The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series, and actor Gary Lockwood, a frequent guest star on QM shows, share a few thoughts on the legacy of Quinn Martin. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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8:31

Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show Monologue

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/05/21

From July 2013: Ed welcomes Charlie Barrett, longtime publicist for Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Prior to launching his own PR and marketing firm, The Barrett Company, Charlie was one of the top publicists at NBC throughout the 1980s, where he was charge of media relations for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In this segment, Charlie discusses how Carson often discussed the monologue with him every night after the taping, and how Carson was particularly interested in whatever feedback may

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