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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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21:19

Louise Sorel on the 40th Anniversary of Santa Barbara

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/30

TVC 662.5: Ed welcomes back Louise Sorel, the actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara. Louise was among the more than forty cast members who gathered together earlier this year at the Colony Theatre Company in Burbank, CA to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the premiere of Santa Barbara in 1984. Louise is scheduled to return to Days of Our Lives during the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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17:47

Louise Sorel, Ben Gazzara, and Richard Long

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/30

TVC 662.6: Actress Louise Sorel (Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara) shares a few memories of working with Ben Gazzara in the “Night Train to Chicago” episode of Run For Your Life and co-starring with Richard Long in The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped. Louise is scheduled to return to Days of Our Lives during the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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29:12

Dean Butler on why Michael Landon was a force of nature

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/23

TVC 661.2: Ed welcomes Dean Butler, the actor known around the world to three generations to television viewers as Almanzo Wilder, Laura Ingalls’ husband on Little House on the Prairie. Calendar year 2024 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of Little House on the Prairie on television, and as there are many events coming up later this year in venues in across that will celebrate this event. To find out if Dean is coming to a city near you, go to deanbutler.com or @officialdeanbutler on

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16:00

Dean Butler on why casting directors are the...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/23

TVC 661.3: Dean Butler (Little House on the Prairie, The New Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) shares a few memories about working with William Schallert and Caryn Richman on The New Gidget, plus he talks about the important role that casting directors play in an actor’s life. Dean’s memoir, Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond is available wherever books are sold through Kensington Books, an imprint of Citadel Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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25:53

Walter Koenig, Mr. Novak, and Star Trek

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/23

TVC 661.5: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why many actors remain attracted to the stage, plus he shares a funny story about the time that he and James Caan saw Dabney Coleman match volleys with tennis legend Arthur Ashe. Walter’s memoir Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek is available in hardcover and as an eBook through Jacobs Brown Media Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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20:50

Walter Koenig on why many actors are drawn to the...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/23

TVC 661.5: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why many actors remain attracted to the stage, plus he shares a funny story about the time that he and James Caan saw Dabney Coleman match volleys with tennis legend Arthur Ashe. Walter’s memoir Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek is available in hardcover and as an eBook through Jacobs Brown Media Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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26:53

100 Years of Theodore Bikel

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/15

TVC 660.1: Ed welcomes Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel (Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, The Defiant Ones, The African Queen), and an accomplished journalist, foreign correspondent, and radio broadcaster in her own right. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To mark the occasion, Aimee is touring the country with a special Theodore Bikel Centennial Program that

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21:04

The Activism of Theodore Bikel

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/15

TVC 660.2: Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel, talks to Ed about how Theo was an actor who always kept the rights of other actors in the forefront of his mind; how Rod Serling, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, and Stanley Kramer all shared Theo’s ideals and passion for social justice; and some of the memories and favorite roles of Theo that audiences have shared with Aimee. Calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of Theodore

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25:53

Theodore Bikel, Rod Serling, and Peter Falk

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/15

TVC 660.3: From June 2014: Ed welcomes legendary singer, author, poet, stage actor, activist, and raconteur Theodore Bikel. Topics this segment include Theo’s body of work as a songwriter and poet, plus Theo shares a few memories of working with Rod Serling, Norman Lear, and Peter Falk. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project Learn more about your ad

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21:31

Theodore Bikel and Sholem Aleichem

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/15

TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that combines Theo’s own storytelling with a broader exploration of Sholem Aleichem, a pioneer of modern Jewish literature whose stories about Teyve the Dairyman provided the basis for the Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks

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13:11

The Legacy of Theodore Bikel

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/15

TVC 660.5: From December 2014: Legendary actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that not only combines Theo’s own storytelling with a broader exploration of author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, but in many ways served as Theo’s legacy. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to

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24:47

Donahue: From the Eyes of a Viewer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/01

TVC 659.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the television legacy of Phil Donahue, creator and host of Donahue (Syndicated, 1967-1996), the long-running daytime talk show that not only was the first popular talk show to integrate audience participation into its format, but ushered in the modern era of syndicated daytime talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated, 1988-2011). Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight. Topics this segment include a discussion of some of

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20:49

When Donahue Fell in Love

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/01

TVC 659.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their discussion of the television legacy of PhilDonahue, as seen from the eyes of a viewer. Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight. Topics this segment include favorite episodes of Donahue, including the time when Donahue fell in love with Marlo Thomas during her first appearance on his show; Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal’s appearance to discuss Comic Relief; and David Letterman’s running gag about Donahue’s move to

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18:18

Donahue in New York

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/01

TVC 659.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss some of the memorable segments that Phil Donahue did after moving production of Donahue to New York in 1984; Posner/Donahue (CNBC/Syndicated, 1991-1994), the issues-oriented talk show that Donahue co-hosted with Soviet journalist Vladmir Posner; and the controversy that led to the cancellation of Donahue’s CNBC talk show (2002-2003) after just six months. Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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21:39

Rich Little: On the Road Again

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/01

TVC 659.4: Ed welcomes back Rich Little, America’s Master Mimic, and the dean of impressionists. Rich will bring his record-breaking one-man Las Vegas show to the Laugh Factory Covina, 104 North Citrus Avenue in Covina, California, on Sunday, Sept. 8 for one night only beginning at 7pm. Go to tixr.com/groups/laughfactorycovina for tickets and more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:18

Rich Little, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/09/01

TVC 659.5: Rich Little, America’s Master Mimic and the dean of impressionists, talks to Ed about some of the many U.S. presidents whose voices he’s impersonated over the years, including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Rich will bring his record-breaking one-man Las Vegas show to the Laugh Factory Covina on Sunday, Sept. 8 for one night only beginning at 7pm. Go to tixr.com/groups/laughfactorycovina for tickets and more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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24:02

Peter Marshall: Master of The Hollywood Squares

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/08/25

TVC 658.1: From July 2016: Ed welcomes Peter Marshall, master of The Hollywood Squares, and a man whose eight-decade-long career in entertainment spans the worlds of big bandmusic, Broadway musicals, comedy, movies, live performances, and radio. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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20:23

Peter Marshall, Tommy Noonan, and Wally Cox

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/08/25

TVC 658.2: From July 2016: Peter Marshall shares a few memories of working nightclubs with comedian Tommy Noonan (and, later, Tommy Farrell); his friendship with Wally Cox, which dated back long before they worked together on The Hollywood Squares; and sharing an onscreen kiss with Julie Newmar in The Rookie (1950). Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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23:38

Peter Marshall on the music of Perry Como

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/08/25

TVC 658.4: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) joins Ed for a conversation about the music career of Perry Como. Topics this segment include why Como was such a perfect fit for television, why Peter believes there's not much difference between a "singer" and a "crooner," and why part of Como's versatility stems from his ability to perform novelty songs. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of

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17:57

Peter Marshall, Perry Como, and Barbara Eden

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/08/25

TVC 658.5: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) shares a few more thoughts on the music legacy of Perry Como. Also in this segment: A clip from the Hollywood Museum's tribute to Barbara Eden in August 2019 in which Peter Marshall shares a few memories of working with Larry Hagman and Bill Daily. Peter co-starred with Barbara Eden in the 1961 comedy Swingin' Along. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the

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