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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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24:59

Nicole Arlyn of Til Death Do Us Part

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/04/01

TVC 643.4: Ed welcome actress, producer, and novelist Nicole Arlyn. Nicole currently stars as a retired killer in the Tarantinoesque action thriller Til Death Do Us Part, which is available now for viewing on demand on many streaming platforms. She has also written twenty-six novels, including the popular youth fantasy novel series The Sugarspear Chronicles. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the

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22:23

Roslyn Kind's New Medley

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/04/01

TVC 643.5: Ed welcomes back singer, actress, and producer Roslyn Kind. Earlier this year, Roslyn realized one of her dreams by combining two classic hits, “The Look of Love” and “The Island,” into a brand new medley that not only celebrates love in all its forms, but reinforces the belief that all of us can find love, no matter what our age. Roslyn Kind’s “The Look of Love/The Island” is available now both as a digital single and as a six-minute video. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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14:50

More with Roslyn Kind

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/04/01

TVC 643.6: Singer/actress Roslyn Kind talks to Ed about how her "mission statement" as an artist is to perform songs that make people feel good and bring people's hearts together. Roslyn’s new medley, “The Look of Love/The Island,” is available now both as a digital single and as a six-minute video. 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

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20:14

Julie Rogers Pomilia, granddaughter of Roy Rogers and...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/25

TVC 642.3: Ed welcomes Julie Rogers Pomilia, the youngest daughter of Tom Fox (the only biological son of Dale Evans by her first marriage), and the granddaughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, the Royal Western Couple of American pop culture, and the “Brad and Angelina” of their era. Julie’s book, Your Heroes, My Grandparents: A Granddaughter’s Love, is the storybook tale of a little girl who just happened to have two famous relatives and who cherished every moment that she spent with them. Topics

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23:43

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and "Happy Trails"

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/25

TVC 642.4: Julie Rogers Pomilia, author of Your Heroes, My Grandparents: A Granddaughter’s Love, the first book ever written by a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans family member, talks to Ed about the enduring legacy of “Happy Trails,” Roy and Dale’s theme song (which Dale wrote); the Roy Rogers restaurant chain; and how Dale’s decision to raise Julie’s father, Tom Fox, as a single mother, just as she was becoming a film star, was also ahead of its time. Your Heroes, My Grandparents: A Granddaughter’s Love

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23:08

Shelley Herman on her early career as a page at NBC...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/25

TVC 642.5: Ed welcomes Emmy nominated writer Shelley Herman. Shelley’s memoir, My Peacock Tale : Secrets Of An NBC Page, is a funny, provocative, and often poignant look at her two-year career as a page at NBC Burbank in the mid 1970s, where she not only had VIP access every day to just about every major NBC personality at the time, but sometimes had to fight out unwanted sexual advances from predatory stars and executives. Topics this segment include the events that led Shelley to discover the page

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19:13

Shelley Herman, Harry Chapin, and Adam West

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/25

TVC 642.6: Emmy nominated writer Shelley Herman talks to Ed about meeting singer Harry Chapin backstage at The Tonight Show, one night after seeing him perform live at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles; the time when she was a “life line” to Adam West when he appeared in a “celebrity week” version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire; and some of the crazy antics that happened behind the scenes of NBC’s coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Shelley’s memoir, My Peacock Tale : Secrets Of An NBC

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28:17

Ernie Kovacs, Zoomar, and Take a Good Look

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/18

TVC 641.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the curator of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, and Pat Thomas, author of Invitation to Openness: the Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann, Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg, and Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary. Josh and Pat are two of the co-authors, along with Ben Model, of Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television’s

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25:11

Ernie Kovacs, Jack Lemmon, and Soupy Sales

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/18

TVC 641.2: Josh Mills and Pat Thomas talk to Ed about Ernie Kovacs’ many collaborations and longtime friendship with Jack Lemmon; how the format for Ernie’s successful morning show in Philadelphia inspired NBC to develop The Today Show; how Kovacs was the first to understand that television was an intimate form; and how Ernie’s influence can be seen in the antics of comedian Soupy Sales. Josh and Pat are two of the co-authors, along with Ben Model, of Ernie in Kovacsland, a marvelously conceived

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24:26

How Ernie Kovacs Helped Inspire the Counter Culture

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/11

TVC 640.1: Ed welcomes Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the curator of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, and author Pat Thomas (Invitation to Openness: the Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann, Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg, Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary). Josh and Pat are two of the co-authors, along with Ben Model, of Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television’s Original Genius, a marvelously conceived,

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26:29

Ernie Kovacs and “The Silent Show”

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/11

TVC 640.2: Josh Mills and Pat Thomas talk to Ed about The Silent Show, the iconic NBC special from January 1957 that is the only Ernie Kovacs television show to be broadcast in color. Other topics this segment include how Kovacs was a constant presence on television from 1950 until his death in January 1962 (even though he never had a “long-running” series, per se); his incredible knack for generating publicity; and how the Percy Dovetonsils poem “Thoughts While Falling Off the Empire State

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25:16

Michael Learned of The Waltons and Monster: The...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/11

TVC 640.3: Ed welcomes back Michael Learned, the four-time Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Olivia Walton on The Waltons and, more recently, Catherine Dahmer on the popular Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Michael shares a few memories of working with James Arness on Gunsmoke, Robert Reed on Nurse, and Paul Sorvino in It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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24:59

Charles Agron on working with Lance Henriksen and Ed...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/11

TVC 640.4: Ed welcomes Charles Agron, the writer, producer, and star of Altered Reality, a supernatural thriller that explores greed, family, and redemption, while also putting a modern take on the old adage “Be careful what you wish for.” Altered Reality not only pays homage to Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone (two of Charles’ influences as a storyteller), but marks one of the final screen appearances of Ed Asner. Altered Reality is now playing in select theaters across the country. Want to

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19:58

John Barbour on The Academy Awards

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/11

TVC 640.5: A special preview of our upcoming conversation with five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, talk show host, and cultural critic John Barbour (Real People) and Carol Hoenig, the collaborator on John’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin. Carol’s latest book, The Greatest Reviews I’ve Ever Read, is a collection of some of John’s many film reviews for Los Angeles magazine and KNBC-TV Los Angeles from the 1970s that also includes an ongoing, My Dinner with Andre-like conversation

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23:58

Harvey Lisberg: I'm Into Something Good

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.1: Ed welcomes Harvey Lisberg, the legendary music manager who not only shaped the careers of such iconic artists as Herman’s Hermits, 10cc, and Tony Christie, but paved the way for Neil Sedaka’s comeback as a songwriter and recording artist in the mid 1970s, and was one of the first people in the music industry to recognize the talent and potential of the songwriting duo of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Harvey’s memoir, I’m Into Something Good, a captivating journey through the golden

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15:33

Harvey Lisberg's Ear for Music

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.2: Music legend Harvey Lisberg talks to Ed about his gift for recognizing the hit potential of any given song; the art of matching a song to a particular artist; and the great compliment that music impresario Don Kirshner once paid him. Harvey’s memoir, I’m Into Something Good, is available wherever books are sold. 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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10:46

The Quatermass Xperiment on Blu-ray

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.3: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), the British horror movie starring Brian Donlevy that is also known to U.S. audiences as The Creeping Unknown. An important title in British film history, The Quatermass Xperiment is the movie that put Hammer Studios on the map. 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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12:24

The Questor Tapes: Gene Roddenberry’s Most Famous...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.3a: Greg and Ed discuss the Kino Lorber special edition Blu-ray release of The Questor Tapes (1974), the made-for-TV movie starring Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Walter Koenig, and Dana Wynter that is also known among Gene Roddenberry aficionados as one of the best pilots that Roddenberry ever made, but which never went to series. Topics this segment include how the Questor character served as a prototype for Data, the android that Brent Spiner eventually played on Star Trek:

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10:21

House of The Long Shadows on Blu-ray

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.3b: Greg and Ed discuss the Kino Lorber special edition Blu-ray release of House of the Long Shadows (1983), the remake of Seven Keys to Baldpate starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, John Carradine, and Desi Arnaz Jr. that Greg describes as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, done for horror.” 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

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23:16

Melissa Manchester on her new album, Re:View

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2024/03/04

TVC 639.4: Ed welcomes Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and music icon Melissa Manchester. Melissa’s new album, RE:VIEW, not only celebrates Melissa’s fifty-year career as a solo artist, but revisits several of her charted hits with such guest artists as Kenny Loggins, Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, and Dolly Parton. RE:VIEW is available wherever music is sold, while three of the tracks on the album—“Whenever I Call You Friend” (featuring Kenny Loggins and Dave Koz), “Midnight Blue” (a

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