TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

From December 2010: Wesley Hyatt, author of Kicking Off the Week: A History of Monday Night Football on ABC Television, talks to Ed about the many ways in which Monday Night Football owed its immediate success in 1970 to Don Meredith. Meredith not only provided the perfect foil for Howard Cosell every week, but conveyed a looseness to each broadcast that you didn't always see in football announcers at the time. Don Meredith passed away on Dec. 5, 2010 at age 72. 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

From December 2010: Part 2 of our roundtable discussion about Saturday morning cartoons from the 1960s and '70s, an era of appointment viewing for many of us that is sadly lost today. Topics this segment include the various live-action Saturday morning shows produced by Filmation Associates and Sid & Marty Krofft Productions during the mid 1970s.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From December 2010: Tony, Donna, and Ed with a look back at Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo, Where Are You?, Schoolhouse Rock, classic Bugs Bunny and other favorite Saturday morning cartoons---a touchstone of childhood, particularly for those of us who grew up in the 1960s and '70s, that has virtually disappeared from network television in recent 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

TVC 518.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actress, photographer, clothes designer, educator, activist, and author Daphne Maxwell Reid (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sister, Sister, Jacqueline and Jilly, Simon and Simon, WKRP in Cincinnati, Frank’s Place). Topics this segment include Daphne’s mini-memoir, Grace + Soul & Mother Wit, in which she shares many recipes from her family (and the stories behind them); how her marriage to actor Tim Reid stems, in part, from their mutual interest in photography; and the pivotal role that Robert Conrad played early in her acting career. Daphne’s new holiday movie, The Business of Christmas, premieres Tuesday, Dec. 1 on BET+ (with additional airings throughout December). 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 518.2: Actress, author, photographer, clothes designer, seamstress, and self-described “fabric-aholic” Daphne Maxwell Reid talks to Ed about her process for designing clothes and how every design begins with her choice of fabric. She also reflects on the recent election of U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as the first female and the first African-American to be elected Vice-President of the United States. Daphne Maxwell Reid can be seen in the cast reunion of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air that is now airing on HBO Max. She also stars in The Business of Christmas, a new holiday movie that premieres Tuesday, Dec. 1 on BET+ (with additional airings throughout December). 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 517.1: Ed welcomes Emmy-nominated writer, producer, actor and playwright Billy Van Zandt (I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, Martin, The Hughleys, Newhart). Billy’s memoir, Get in the Car, Jane! Adventures in the TV Wasteland, not only provides a front row seat to the absurdity that often goes on behind the scenes of network TV sitcoms, but provides useful tips on how to deal with the day-to-day frustrations of your job, no matter what you do for a living. 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 517.2: Emmy-nominated writer/producer Billy Van Zandt (I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, Martin, The Hughleys, Newhart) talks to Ed about the similar approach that Martin Lawrence and Jerry Lewis had as comedians; why the production of Martin reminded him of his experience behind the scenes on Newhart; and why working with Don Rickles on Daddy Dearest remains his favorite experience in television. Billy’s memoir, Get in the Car, Jane! Adventures in the TV Wasteland, is available in paperback and as an eBook. 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 517.3: Game show historian and TV host Steve Beverly (Steve Beverly’s TV Classics) shares some thoughts on who might be named the next host of Jeopardy! and the particular challenges facing that successor in light of the passing of Alex Trebek. Steve Beverly’s TV Classics paid tribute to Trebek’s early game show career; that program is now available for viewing on demand at EPlusTV6.com. TV Confidential will air a formal tribute to Alex Trebek on our Dec. 4-6 program.  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 517.4: Part 2 of our conversation that began last week with groundbreaking comedian Tom Dreesen. Tom provides insight on how to find your own voice as a stand-up comedian, plus he shares the invaluable advice that Jack Benny once gave Tom early in his stand-up career. Tom Dreesen’s memoir, Still Standing: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra, not only includes great stories of Tom’s working with Tim Reid, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra, but shows readers why his roots in Harvey, Illinois have always been central to his life and career. 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 517.5: Ed welcomes actress, photographer, clothes designer, and author Daphne Maxwell Reid (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sister, Sister, Jacqueline and Jilly, WKRP in Cincinnati, Frank’s Place). Daphne can be seen in the cast reunion of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air that is now streaming on HBO Max. She also stars in The Business of Christmas, a new holiday movie that will premiere on BET+ on Tuesday, Dec. 1 (with additional airings throughout December). 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 517.6: From April 2011: Phil Gries plays a clip from the Mar. 19, 1967 telecast of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun on NBC starring Ethel Merman. As no known video of this production exists, this truly is an example of The Sounds of Lost Television. 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

From September 2013: Actress and producer Sheree J. Wilson shares a few memories about her years starring on Dallas and Walker: Texas Ranger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From March 2012: Tony, Donna and Ed remember “A House Divided,” the famous episode of Dallas that launched the “Who Shot J.R.?” phenomenon of 1980, and how a perfect storm of events that summer fueled worldwide interest in the outcome of the cliffhanger. “A House Divided” originally aired March 21, 1980; "Who Done It," the episode that revealed J.R.'s assailant, originally aired Nov. 21, 1980. 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

From December 2018: Game show legend Wink Martindale talks to Ed about his long association with Elvis Presley, which began in July 1954 and continued until the day The King died. Wink was at radio station WHBQ in Memphis, TN on the night when an Elvis Presley record ("That's Alright, Mama") was played on the radio for the very first time, launching a phenomenon that has never stopped. 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 516.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the passing of broadcast legend Hugh Downs earlier this year as part of a special edition of This Week in History. Topics this segment include what a versatile performer Downs was: He anchored news programs (Today, 20/20), hosted game shows (Concentration), co-hosted The Tonight Show with Jack Paar (and filled in for Paar as host on many occasions), and even performed in comedy sketches with Jack Benny and Sid Caesar. 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