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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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14:51

The Final Days of Bob Crane

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/20

TVC 535.3: Ed plays the conclusion of a three-part conversation with Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater, two of the co-authors (along with Dee Young) of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, a comprehensive, cradle-to-grave look at the life and career of the beloved Hogan’s Heroes star. Topics this segment include the lengths that Crane took to overcome his addiction to sex and porn, including seeking out and working with an addiction counselor in the weeks before he was killed. Want to

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27:27

Bob Crane: A Chronicler of Everything

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/20

TVC 535.4: Bob Crane biographers Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater talk to Ed about Crane’s longtime compulsion to record every aspect of his life via written journals, audio tape, 8-mm film, and, finally, video cassette. Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography includes first-hand insight from more than two hundred people who knew Bob Crane personally and better than most, including family members; his friends from Connecticut, including many who knew him as far back as grade school; his colleagues from

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22:00

The Rewiring of Radames Pera

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/19

TVC 535.5: Part 2 of a conversation that began a few weeks ago with Radames Pera, the actor best known for playing young Kwai Chang Caine, aka “Grasshopper,” in the flashback sequences of the original Kung Fu (ABC, 1972-1975), and John Edwards, Mary Ingalls’ love interest, on Little House on the Prairie. After a successful career as a child actor, Radames left acting in the late 1980s and reinvented himself as an entrepreneur, drawing on his love for design and his interest in electronics and sound

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16:21

Radames Pera’s Second Sojourn into Acting

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/19

TVC 535.6: Actor and entrepreneur Radames Pera (Kung Fu, Little House on the Prairie) talks to Ed about his recent decision to return to acting after an absence of three decades, as well as his upcoming memoir. 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

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8:04

Karen Kondazian and the "Disciplined Improv" of Writing

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/18

From April 2013: Actress and author Karen Kondazian (James Dean, Shannon, Shootout at the OK Corral) talks to Ed about how writing is a form of "disciplined improvisation" insofar as it encourages writers to remain free enough to use their imagination. Karen’s historical novel The Whip is based on the life of Charlotte “Charley” Parkhurst, an extraordinary woman who lived most of her life as a man in the Old West. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast

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9:08

1st Demonstration of the Original VCR

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/17

From April 2011: Tony, Donna and Ed go back to Apr. 14, 1956, the date of the first demonstration of the videotape recorder. Invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson, the first such machine was originally the size of a piano and could record both images and sound. CBS purchased three of these videotape recorders in 1956 for $75,000 apiece. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the

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15:03

Andy Griffith and Return to Mayberry

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/16

From April 2011: Tony, Donna and Ed discuss the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and the Return to Mayberry reunion movie, the latter of which first aired on Apr. 13, 1986. 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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12:59

Why Bob Crane's Radio Show was Really a Spectator Sport

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/15

TVC 499.2: Ed, Carol Ford, and Linda Groundwater play a few audio clips from some of Bob Crane’s celebrity interviews on his top-rated morning show on KNX Radio in Los Angeles (1956-1965), including a memorable appearance by Jonathan Winters that marked one of the few times when Crane found himself bested on the air. Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography includes first-hand insight from more than two hundred people who knew Bob Crane personally and better than most: family members; his friends from

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25:03

How Bob Crane Left His Mark in Radio

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/15

TVC 499.1: Ed plays Part 2 of a three-part conversation with Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater, two of the co-authors (along with Dee Young) of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, a comprehensive, cradle-to-grave look at the life and career of the beloved Hogan’s Heroes star whose accomplishments in television and radio are often overshadowed by the brutal nature of his unsolved murder on June 29, 1978 and the tabloid-like coverage of his addiction to sex and porn once that became public knowledge

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15:36

The Other Bob Crane Show

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/15

TVC 499.3: Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater, two of the co-authors of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, discuss the convoluted history of The Bob Crane Show (NBC, 1975), the ill-fated sitcom that failed to last beyond its thirteen-episode order partly for reasons beyond Crane’s control (and partly because of his own undoing), and how Crane was just beginning to grow as an actor at the time of his murder on June 29, 1978. Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography includes first-hand insight from more

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11:55

Josie and The Pussycats on Blu-ray

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/14

TVC 534.3: Greg Ehrbar provides a capsule history of Josie and The Pussycats in comic books and on television. 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

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15:27

Josie and The Pussycats: Fun, Groovy Stuff

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/14

TVC 534.4: Greg and Ed continue their review of the Josie and The Pussycats and Josie and The Pussycats in Outer Space Blu-ray releases from Warner Archive, including the connection between the original 1970 animated series and the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest. 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

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21:05

Ruta Lee, Perry Mason, and The Lineup

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/13

TVC 534.5: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with legendary actress, singer, and philanthropist Ruta Lee. In this segment Ruta shares some memories about working with James Garner and Jack Kelly on Maverick, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on Perry Mason, as well as her appearances on such shows as The Lineup. Ruta’s memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed can be ordered right now at Amazon.com. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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19:32

Ruta Lee, High Rollers, and Talk of the Town

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/13

TVC 543.6: Entertainment legend Ruta Lee shares some memories of her dear friend Alex Trebek (with whom she co-hosted High Rollers, making Ruta one of the first females to host a popular network TV game show), as well as some of the talk shows that she has hosted in her career, including Talk of the Town. Ruta Lee’s memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed, not only tells the story of how a young girl—the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants—became one of the most legendary entertainers in Hollywood history

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23:39

L.A.’s Next Great Stage Star’s Barbara van Orden,...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/12

TVC 450.1: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews singer/actress Barbara van Orden, co-executive producer of L.A.’s Next Great Stage Star: 2019; Jim Colucci, deputy editor for CBS Watch! Magazine and author of Golden Girls Forever and the forthcoming Love Boat Forever; and film and TV historian Mary Ann Anderson (Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast

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22:56

Ugly Dolls composer Christopher Lennertz on the...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/12

TVC 450.2: Greg Ehrbar interviews award-winning producer, composer and conductor Christopher Lennertz (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Galavant, Netflix’s Lost in Space). Christopher’s latest feature is Ugly Dolls, the animated musical starring Kelly Clarkson that is also the first movie musical featuring a cast of all pop stars. 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

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16:27

Part 2 with Ugly Dolls composer Christopher Lennertz

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/12

TVC 450.2a: Greg Ehrbar interviews award-winning producer, composer and conductor Christopher Lennertz (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Galavant, Netflix’s Lost in Space). Christopher’s latest feature is Ugly Dolls, the animated musical starring Kelly Clarkson. 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

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23:59

Screen Villain Patrick Kilpatrick on Escaping Death 3...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/11

TVC 451.3: Ed welcomes actor, author, teacher, producer, and longtime movie and TV villain Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot). As an actor, Patrick has been killed, beaten up or jailed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. In real life, he nearly died three times before he turned seventeen, including severe bouts with asthma, allergies, and a near-fatal stabbing by his own mother. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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20:26

How Longtime Movie Villain Patrick Kilpatrick...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/11

TVC 451.4: Actor and author Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot) discusses the psychosexual approach he often takes to playing heinous characters in movies and on TV, and on the effect that has sometimes had on his acting partners. Volume I of Dying for Living is available now in hardcover, as an eBook, and as an audiobook; Volume II is scheduled for release later in 2019. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has

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13:21

Richard Pryor Jr.: Live from The Hollywood Museum

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/04/11

TVC 451.5: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews singer, actor and author Richard Pryor Jr. (In a Pryor Life) and twelve-year-old actor and host Brandin Stennis (The Young and the Restless). 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

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