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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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20:43

Why We Like Movie Stars

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/11/02

TVC 514.6: From April 2015: Ed welcomes Sylvia Resnick, longtime entertainment journalist and former staff editor for Rona Barrett’s Hollywood. Sylvia’s book The Evolution of the Hollywood Heartthrob profiles some of the greatest male heartthrobs in film and TV history, from Douglas Fairbanks and Rudolph Valentino, to Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Chad Everett, Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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14:46

How Miami Vice Changed Television

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/11/01

From October 2013: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the many ways in which Miami Vice left its mark on network television. The original soundtrack for Miami Vice reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts on Nov. 2, 1985 and would remain No. 1 for the next eleven weeks. 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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7:05

Sherry Jackson on Batman

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/31

From February 2012: Actress Sherry Jackson (Make Room for Daddy, Come Next Spring, Gunn) talks to Ed about working with Adam West and Frank Gorshin on Batman; with Jack Kelly and Maverick on Maverick; and how her stepfather, screenwriter Montgomery Pittman, helped her make the transition from child actress to grown-up actress by writing characters specifically for her. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for

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10:55

Henry Winkler on What Being Cool Really Means

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/30

From February 2012: Actor and author Henry Winkler tells Ed and Gary Snyder how he came to write the Ghost Buddy children's book series; how he channeled who he wanted to be when he played The Fonz on Happy Days; and why being "cool" as an adult means being comfortable in your own skin. Audio courtesy The Gary Snyder 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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25:04

How Jim Narz Became Tom Kennedy

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/29

TVC 513.1: Game show historian Steve Beverly joins Ed as we pay tribute to Tom Kennedy, the legendary game show host who passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at age 93. Topics this segment include how Kennedy, born James Edward Narz (and the younger brother of fellow game show host Jack Narz), came to be known by his famous stage name. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program

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24:11

Tom Kennedy, Jack Narz, and Bill Cullen

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/29

TVC 513.2: Game show historian Steve Beverly talks to Ed about Tom Kennedy’s versatility as a game show host; how he and his real-life brother, Jack Narz, came to be related to fellow game show legend Bill Cullen; why many, including Kennedy himself, considered Cullen to be the best in the business; some insight on Kennedy’s experience hosting The Price is Right; and why You Don’t Say, Split Second and Name That Tune were all “Tom Kennedy shows.” Steve knew Tom Kennedy for more than twenty years

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22:35

Ed Asner: The Best Movie Santa Claus Ever

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/28

TVC 513.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own hour-long spinoff series, Lou Grant. Topics include Ed’s experiences playing two other iconic characters: Santa Claus, which he famously did in Elf, and God Almighty, whom Ed has played on at least two occasions (including the critically acclaimed political comedy God Help Us). Ed Asner will star, along with

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26:27

The Grace and Class of Jim and Jack Narz

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/27

TVC 513.4: Music and TV historian Geoffrey Mark talks to Ed about why Tom Kennedy, Jack Narz and Bill Cullen were all great communicators as broadcasters and game show hosts. Geoff knew Tom Kennedy and Jack Narz for more than twenty years. Tom Kennedy passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at age 93. 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

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22:38

Bridging Cultures Through Magic

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/26

TVC 513.5: Ed welcomes actor, author, magician, and adventurer Rich Manley. Rich is the host, producer, writer and director of Culture Shock: Bridging Cultures Through Magic, a new series on Tubi that attempts to communicate the energy, humility, and compassion of people coming together through the shared experience of magic. Each edition of Culture Shock not only features dangerous stunts, exploration, tests of will, and illusions, but draws on Rich’s love of travel and his diverse background,

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20:22

What Harry Houdini and Bruce Lee Had in Common as...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/26

TVC 513.6: Actor and magician Rich Manley talks to Ed about the upcoming occult thriller Angel One Eye; working with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the movie Night and Day; and the eternal appeal of illusionist Harry Houdini. Rich is the host, producer, writer and director of Culture Shock: Bridging Cultures Through Magic, a new series on Tubi that attempts to communicate the energy, humility, and compassion of people coming together through the shared experience of magic. Want to advertise/sponsor

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14:27

Michael Dante, Kid Galahad, and the Path to Winterhawk

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/25

From February 2014: Actor and author Michael Dante (Star Trek, Custer, Westbound, Winterhawk, Winterhawk's Land, The Naked Kiss, Somebody Up There Likes Me, From Hollywood to Michael Dante Way) talks to Ed about working with Elvis Presley in Kid Galahad (and why that movie was among The King's all-time favorites); how producer David Weisbart cast Michael as Chief Crazy Horse in The Legend of Custer as a result of his performance in Kid Galahad; and how producer Charles B. Pierce cast Michael in the

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12:31

Marion Ross on The Happy Days Softball Team

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/25

From May 2014: Marion Ross, the actress known around the world as Mrs. C on Happy Days, talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about how the cast of Happy Days bonded together by playing softball, and how the Happy Days softball team toured to such places as Okinawa and East Germany. 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

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8:37

Tiny Tim Marries Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/24

From December 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember Tiny Tim's wedding to Victoria Budinger (a.k.a. Miss Vicki), which was nationally televised on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on Dec. 17, 1969. More than 21.1 million viewers tuned in that night, making it the highest-rated Tonight Show broadcast at the time. (Carson's highest-rated broadcast, of course, was the May 22, 1992 edition of The Tonight Show, his final night as host, when an estimated 55 million U.S. viewers tuned in.) Want to

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10:25

Johnny's First Anniversary

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/23

From May 2011: TV Confidential celebrates what would have been Johnny Carson's 95th birthday with this clip from a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television featuring rarely heard audio from The King of Late Night's first ten years as host of The Tonight Show. This segment includes a clip from the Oct. 1, 1963 edition of The Tonight Show, Carson's first anniversary show. Guests that night included singer/actress Abbe Lane and then-New York mayor Robert Wagner. Want to advertise/sponsor our

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27:44

The Legacy of RBG

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/22

TVC 512.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Stan Goldman, tenured professor of criminal law and evidence law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and a longtime legal analyst for such national TV, radio and print venues as CNBC, CBS, King World, Fox News Channel, and the New York Daily News. Given the recent confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, many questions remain as to how the realities of replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court may affect the 2020

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24:12

Stan Goldman, Part 2

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/22

TVC 512.2: Stan Goldman, tenured professor of criminal law and evidence law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, provides analysis of some of the various issues following the death of Supreme Court Justice Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, including the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s seat, and the implications that could have on both the 2020 presidential election and the landscape of our country in the years to come. Also the founding director of the Loyola Center for the

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19:00

How The Mary Tyler Moore Show Revolutionized TV

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/21

TVC 512.3: From May 2013: Ed welcomes Jennifer Armstrong, television historian and author of such books as Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All The Brilliant Minds Who Helped Make The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. 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

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24:28

50 Years of Ed Asner as Lou Grant

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/20

TVC 512.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own hour-long spinoff series, Lou Grant. The 2020-2021 television marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of the Moore show and, by extension, the Lou Grant character. Ed Asner’s memoir, Son of a Junkman: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, not only pays tribute to each of his

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22:35

Ed Asner, Lou Grant, and Chuckles the Clown

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/20

TVC 512.5: Actor and author Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Son of a Junkman) talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” arguably the most famous episode of the Moore show; how Lou Grant brought many viewers into the world of print journalism; and who Ed would like to see cast as himself, if a movie were made about his life. Son of a Junkman includes many stories about Ed’s sixty-year career, including the challenges that he faced as president of the Screen Actors

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19:40

The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/10/19

Part 3 of our discussion with Stan Goldman, tenured professor of criminal law and evidence law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and the founding director of the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide. The son of a Holocaust survivor, Stan Goldman is also the author of Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved My Mother, the remarkable but true story of how Nazi interior minister Heimrich Himmler spared the life of Stan’s mother, Malka Repstein,

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