TV Confidential with Ed Robertson show

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

Summary: 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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 Ellen Geer, Harold and Maude, and The Crystalline Entity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1013

TVC 551.6: Ellen Geer, artistic director of Theatricum Botanicum, talks to Ed about playing Sunshine Doré in Harold and Maude (and, years later, Maude in a stage production for Theatricum); working with Patrick Stewart in the “Silicon Avatar” episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation; and playing Sue Ellen’s doctor in the famous two-parter on Dallas that culminated in the birth of John Ross Ewing III. The 2021 summer season of Theatricum Botanicum is under way right now and includes productions of two Shakespeare plays, Julius Caesar and A Midsummer’s Night Dream, and a new play, The Last, Best Small Town by John Guerra, every weekend through Sunday, Nov. 7. Under the Oaks, Theatricum’s annual Friday night salon series, runs from Sept. 3 through Sept. 24 and includes Beau Bridges and his daughter, Emily Bridges, in a staged reading of their play, Acting: The First Six Lessons; an evening of Beatles songs performed by the Theatricum players; and more. Seating for all performances will remain socially distanced, while masks will be required as recommended by the CDC and L.A. County on the day of each performance. See Theatricum.com for tickets and more information. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Why Hal Holbrook Was Youth Personified | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1716

TVC 550.1: Mark Dawidziak, television critic and author/editor of more than twenty books on American popular culture, joins Ed, Tony, and Donna for a celebration of Hal Holbrook, the legendary actor who entertained audiences around the world for sixty-three years with for his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. Holbrook passed away earlier this year at the age of ninety-five; Mark knew Holbrook personally for more than thirty-five years. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Hal Holbrook: The Voice of Mark Twain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1465

TVC 550.2: Mark Dawidziak joins Ed, Tony, and Donna as we continue our tribute to Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook. Though best known around the world for his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, Holbrook was also an incredibly versatile actor who left his mark in movies and on television, including All The President’s Men (as Deep Throat), Sandburg’s Lincoln (as Abraham Lincoln), Evening Shade, The Senator, Pueblo, Into the Wild, and the groundbreaking made-for-TV movie That Certain Summer. Topics this segment include how Holbrook not only brought Twain alive as a complex artist and insightful social critic, but captured his unique vocal inflections—despite the fact that there are no known recordings of Twain’s voice in existence. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 James Moses Black of S.O.Z. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1356

TVC 550.3: Ed welcomes back film and television actor James Moses Black (This is Us, Snowfall, Bayou Caviar, Alex and Me, and Black and Blue. James stars as a U.S. Army colonel who develops super highly intelligent mutant fighting machines in S.O.Z.: Soldados o Zombies, the new post-apocalyptic horror series that is now available for viewing on demand at Amazon Prime. James also has a supporting role in Lansky, the new biopic starring Harvey Keitel as legendary crime boss Meyer Lansky (available now for streaming on demand on all major streaming platforms), while he’ll soon be seen opposite Kristen Bell and Vince Vaughn in Queenpins, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, Sept. 10. Topics this segment include the advice that Robert Guillaume gave James when he was a young actor, and how that wisdom has guided James’ choices as an actor ever since. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The Industrious Ruta Lee | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1597

TVC 550.4: A return visit by actress, author, and philanthropist Ruta Lee, the legendary grande dame of Hollywood who is also one of the hardest-working entertainers in showbiz history. Ruta cultivated both her work ethic and her instincts for business as a result of her immigrant parents. Ruta’s memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed, is available right now at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, as well as your local bookseller. Autographed editions of Ruta’s book are now available at the historic Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood and can be ordered right now at LarryEdmunds.com. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The Unsinkable Ruta Lee | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1321

TVC 550.5: Actress, author, and philanthropist Ruta Lee answers email questions about her work as a voice artist for Hanna-Barbera (including the animated series The Frankenstones); shares a funny story about a mishap that occurred while filming an episode of The Wackiest Ship in the Army; and helps Ed give away a free copy of her memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed. Autographed editions of Ruta’s book are now available at the historic Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood and can be ordered right now at LarryEdmunds.com. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Hal Holbrook and The Greatest Role An Actor Can Have | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1133

TVC 550.6: Mark Dawidziak joins Ed, Tony, and Donna as we continue our tribute to the life and career of Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook. The longtime television critic for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Mark knew Holbrook personally for more than thirty-five years. Topics this segment include the many ways in which Holbrook found playing Twain to be a cathartic experience.   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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 C.H. Greenblatt of Jellystone! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1469

TVC 549.1: Greg Ehrbar welcomes Emmy nominated and Annie Award-winning writer, director, storyboard artist, and voice actor C.H. Greenblatt (Spongebob Squarepants, Chowder, Harvey Beaks). C.H. is the creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, the new animated series that not only marks the first series starring Yogi Bear in thirty years, but features just about every cartoon character in the Hanna-Barbera, all somehow coexisting in the same universe. While Jellystone! is not a nostalgia show, Greenblatt sees the series as a love letter to the various Hanna-Barbara series that we all grew up watching. Among other topics, he talks to Greg about balancing his desire to pay homage to his favorite H-B characters while also staying true to the show he wanted to make. The first ten episodes of Jellystone! are available for streaming on demand on HBO Max; another ten will be released later in the year. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Hank: The Complete Series on DVD | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1286

TVC 549.2: Greg and Ed discuss Warner Bros. Archive’s recent DVD release of Hank (NBC, 1965-1966), the one-season sitcom that had an innovative, if not complicated, premise. Starring Dick Kallman as an enterprising young man with an unquenchable desire to learn, Hank was also one of the first network TV series with a planned series finale.  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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Gene Roddenbery: The Flawed Hero of Star Trek | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1058

TVC 549.3: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Marc Cushman about the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, including the back story of the iconic score composed by Jerry Goldsmith (and why Gene Roddenberry later chose to use it as the theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation). Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that chronicles the ten-year period spanning the cancellation of the original series in 1969 through the making and release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. All three volumes are available through Jacobs Brown Media Group and include production reports, ratings, memos written by Gene Roddenberry, vintage press coverage, plus many original interviews by Marc Cushman himself. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Happy Birthday, Louise Sorel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1544

TVC 549.4: Ed welcomes actress Louise Sorel, the award-winning actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara. Topics this segment include some of the writing projects that Louise has developed in recent years; her fierce protection of the Vivian character on Days, and how that stemmed from Louise’s background as a stage actress; plus a funny anecdote about her first day of filming “The Survivors,” the episode of The Fugitive in which Louise played Richard Kimble’s sister-in-law. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Louise Sorel, Don Rickles, and Get Christie Love! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1309

TVC 549.5: Award-winning actress Louise Sorel talks to Ed about playing Don Rickles’ wife on The Don Rickles Show (the stand-up comedian’s first network TV sitcom); working with Teresa Graves and Harry Guardino in the 90-minute pilot for Get Christie Love!; and the treacherous shoot for “River of No Return,” an episode of The FBI featuring Louise Sorel, Frank Converse, and Henry Darrow that was filmed on location along the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 922

TVC 549.6: With this weekend marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball, we played some highlights of our coverage of an event held at the Hollywood Museum in April 2019 that honored the life and career of the legendary Queen of Comedy. Speakers that evening included Kate Luckinbill-Conner, Lucille Ball’s granddaughter. Also in this segment: A conversation with Geoffrey Mark, author of The Lucy Book and host of Geoffrey Marks Plays Ella. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The Enemy Within Gene Roddenberry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1319

TVC 548.1: A return visit by renowned author, director, and screenwriter Marc Cushman. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that chronicles the ten-year period spanning the cancellation of the original series in 1969 through the making and release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. This week, Mark and Ed specifically discuss Volume 3, which depicts the various battles for control that Roddenberry waged with Paramount Pictures throughout the production of the film. All three volumes of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s are available through Jacobs Brown Media Group.  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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Gene Roddenberry and The "Quark Controversy" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1310

TVC 548.2: Star Trek historian and Gene Roddenberry historian Marc Cushman discuss why production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture began before the script was even finished; why the expensive special effects nearly sank the film; and the brief yet strange furor involving Roddenberry, NBC, and the short-lived sci-fi parody Quark. All three volumes of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s are available through Jacobs Brown Media Group. 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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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