TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 548.3: Ed welcomes back Laura Niemi of NBC’s This Is Us. Laura currently stars in Pool Boy, a new stage comedy, set in Los Angeles during the 2020 pandemic, about two people who are desperate for human contact after months of isolation. The first site-specific production of The Lost Angels Theatre Company, Pool Boy will be performed outdoors and poolside, in a Covid-friendly atmosphere, from a private home on Mulholland Drive overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on Saturday and Sunday evenings between now and August 22. For tickets and more information, go to LostAngelsTheatre.com or Facebook.com/LostAngelsTheatre. The sixth and final season of This Is Us will premiere on NBC either in late 2021 or early 2022. 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

TVC 548.4: From August 2012: Ed welcomes actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List). Known to fans of The Original Series as Decius in “Balance of Terror” and Stonn in “Amok Time,” Lawrence also appeared in twenty-five motion pictures, including The Great Escape with Steve McQueen and James Garner, plus episodes of such classic TV series as The Fugitive, The Rogues, Burke’s Law, Batman, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Streets of San Francisco, and Dallas. 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

TVC 548.5: From August 2012: Actor, author, and screenwriter Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List) talks to Ed about being cast as Haines in The Great Escape, and how his connection to director Murray Golden led to many opportunities in film and television after production ended five months later. Lawrence Montaigne passed away in March 2017. 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

TVC 548.6: From August 2012: Actor and author Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List) talks to Ed about his adventures as a gold smuggler in Bangkok and Hong Kong; working on various Irwin Allen shows; and reprising the role of the Vulcan Stonn in the web miniseries Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. Lawrence Montaigne passed away in March 2017. 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

TVC 547.1: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon. One of the true pioneers of network television, Ronn spent thirty-five years in network TV production—mostly with ABC, where he wore many hats (including stage manager, associate director, writer, producer, and director) on more than 12,500 broadcasts, covering just about every type of programming available. Topics this segment include the family-like environment that Lawrence Welk created behind the scenes of his popular Saturday night music 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 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

TVC 547.2: Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon talks to Ed about some of the many game shows on which he worked when he was with ABC, including Let’s Make a Deal, Split Second, Password, Queen for a Day, and Family Feud, as well as some of the mishaps that occurred during production of You Asked for It. 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

TVC 547.3: Ed welcomes back Michelle Danner, producer and director of The Runner, an action thriller starring Cameron Douglas (son of Michael Douglas), Eric Balfour (24), and newcomer Edouard Philipponnat about a troubled high school student who, after being arrested, finds himself going undercover to help the police bring down a drug kingpin. The Runner will be released in the fall of 2021. 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

TVC 547.4: Actress, filmmaker, and acting coach Michelle Danner talks to Ed about Bad Impulse, a psychological thriller starring Paul Sorvino and Grant Bowler about a family terrorized by a high-tech technology system (and which also has elements of The Shining). Produced and directed by Michelle Danner, Bad Impulse is available right now on Blu-ray and for viewing on demand on Amazon Prime and all other streaming platforms. 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

TVC 547.5: Ed discusses the release of Code 3: The Complete Series (Synd., 1956-1957), the Dragnet-like series produced by Ben Fox and Hal Roach Studios, now available on DVD and streaming on demand for the first time through MPI Media Group. Based on actual case files from the search and rescue branch of the Los Angeles Police Department, Code 3 starred Richard Travis, Denver Pyle, and Fredd Wayne, while then-real life L.A. Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz appeared at the end of most episodes. Guest stars include Dick Sargent, William Schallert, DeForest Kelley, Russell Johnson, Claude Akins, Mike Connors and many other familiar faces. 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

TVC 547.6: Ed welcomes Jenna Frisby, Emmy nominated producer and journalist, and owner and operator of The William Windom Tribute Site, the most complete source of information on the Internet about the life and career of one of the most versatile and prolific actors in the history of television. Topics this segment include the series of documentaries about William Windom that Jenna is presently developing. 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

TVC 547.7: Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon talks to Ed about some of the many comedians that he either worked with or knew personally during his production career at ABC, including why it was both fun and dangerous to work with Ernie Kovacs. 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

TVC 546.1: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with Howard Storm and Steve Stoliar, co-authors of The Imperfect Storm: From Henry Street to Hollywood, the story of Howard’s fifty-year career as a stand-up comedian, actor, and film and TV director (including nearly sixty episodes of Mork & Mindy). Topics this segment include Howard’s experience performing improve with The Committee; some of the many comedians who influenced Howard as a performer; and the upcoming documentary about Howard’s career, Eye of the Storm. 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

TVC 546.2: Ed welcomes Suzanne de Laurentiis, host of Suzanne’s Saturday Night Scares, a fun, new homage to drive-in-type horror movies from the early 1970s that you can now enjoy on demand on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Shot on location in an historic haunted mansion, Suzanne’s Saturday Night Scares, in many respects, will remind you of the various late night Creature Features-type shows that we all enjoyed on local television back in the day. The first episode of Suzanne’s Saturday Night Scares features Sisters of Death (the 1976 movie starring Claudia Jennings that is considered the blueprint of sorority horror movies), plus an original interview with Morgan Fairchild; the second episode features the 1973 thriller Messiah of Evil, plus a brand new interview with Lara Parker. 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

TVC 546.3: From August 2011: Ed welcomes James Christie, author of You're The Director, You Figure It Out: The Life and Films of Richard Donner, a comprehensive biography and filmography that includes a detailed look at Donner’s early career as a director of episodic television and made-for-TV movies. Topics this segment include why Donner particularly enjoyed directing such shows as The Wild, Wild West and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and how the title of James’ book stems from a comment that Steve McQueen once made to Donner during production of an episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive. 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

TVC 546.4: Ed welcomes Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon. Ron spent thirty-five years in network TV production—mostly with ABC, where he wore many hats (including stage manager, associate director, writer, producer, and director) on more than 12,500 broadcasts, covering just about every type of programming available, including such variety shows as The Lawrence Welk Show, The Frank Sinatra Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Jonathan Winters Show, and Shindig; live events, such as the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards broadcasts; the now-iconic specials that Ernie Kovacs did for ABC just before his death in 1962; sporting events, such as the 1984 Summer Olympics (for which Ron won an Emmy); and many of the game shows produced by Chuck Barris, Monty Hall, and Goodson-Todman. The story of how Ron broke into television is a classic example of how persistence and networking, coupled with the right opportunity, can help you land the right job. 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