TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 516.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their tribute to Hugh Downs in this special edition of This Week in History. Topics this segment include Downs’ impact on TV journalism: He established a level of trust with viewers and interview subjects alike, regardless of the subject matter.  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 516.3: From November 2010: Ed and Tony welcome Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives. Ken’s book, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family’s Dream and The Untold History of Days of Our Lives, not only chronicles the history of Days of Our Lives on television, but pays tribute to his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, the creators and original executive producers of the series. Days of Our Lives marked its fifty-fifth anniversary on television earlier this week.  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 516.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back entertainment legend and comedy pioneer Tom Dreesen. Tom’s memoir, Still Standing: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra, not only includes great stories of Tom’s years working with Tim Reid, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra, but, in many respects, is a story that embodies the American Dream.  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 516.5: Actor, comedian and motivational speaker Tom Dreesen talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about the generosity that both Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. extended to him throughout his career. Tom’s memoir, Still Standing: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra, is available in paperback and as an eBook through Post Hill Press and Amazon.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

TVC 516.6: From November 2010: Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives, talks to Ed and Tony about some of the notable storylines of the first twenty years of Days of Our Lives, as well as the show’s occasional struggles with network Standards and Practices over certain subject matters (and, in more recent years, product placement). Ken’s book, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family’s Dream and The Untold History of Days of Our Lives, not only chronicles the history of Days of Our Lives on television, but pays tribute to his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, the creators and original executive producers of the series. 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 April 2019: Actress Lee Purcell (Carol of the Bells, Adam at 6 A.M., Big Wednesday) shares some memories of working with James Garner on The Rockford Files and with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno in The Incredible Hulk Returns. 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 March 2014: Kimberly Johnson, daughter of Russell Johnson, tells Ed, Tony, Donna, and guest co-host Bill Funt why her dad and the other cast members on Gilligan's Island particularly enjoyed filming the episodes that included dream sequences.  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 March 2014: Ed, Tony, Donna and guest co-host Bill Funt welcome Kimberly Johnson, the daughter of Russell Johnson, the actor known to three generations of television viewers know Russell Johnson as “The Professor” on Gilligan’s Island. In this segment we ask Kimberley when she first realized the impact that the popularity of Gilligan's Island had on viewers and on her family. 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 515.1: Ed welcomes actress, writer and producer Liliana Tandon. Liliana wrote and stars in A Ring for Christmas, a new romantic comedy that also features Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos, GoodFellas) and Michael Gross (Family Ties). A Ring for Christmas will air several times throughout November and December on UPtv and on the Philo app. 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 515.2: Greg and Ed discuss the DVD release of The Joe McDoakes Collection starring George O’Hanlon (and produced and directed by Richard L. Bare), and how fans of The Jetsons can hear the intonations of George Jetson in O’Hanlon’s voice as he plays McDoakes. Available from Warner Archive. 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 515.3: Greg and Ed discuss the Blu-ray release of The Jetsons that includes the original twenty-four episodes from 1962 featuring the voices of George O’Hanlon and Jean Vander-Pyl. 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 515.4: Greg and Ed discuss the DVD releases of such Jetsons titles as Rockin’ with Judy Jetson, Jetsons: The Movie, and The Jetsons & WWE Robo-Wrestlemania. 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 515.5: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Anson Williams (Happy Days, Harvest Time, Alert Drops).Topics include the Oct. 25 reunion of Happy Days cast members that raised funds for Wisconsin Democrats; Anson’s efforts to emergency medical technicians in various U.S. hotspots so they can remain alert naturally during the COVID-19 pandemic; and why Happy Days continues to have a positive impact on viewers more than forty-five years later.  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 515.6: Actor and entrepreneur Anson Williams talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about the new version of “Pump Your Blood,” the song he made famous on Happy Days, in an effort to teach children the importance of washing their hands to stop the spread of COVID-19; plus he shares a few memories of meeting Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton while practicing at Dodger Stadium with the Happy Days softball team. This segment also includes a clip from our May 2014 conversation with Marion Ross. 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 515.7: Actress and documentary filmmaker Penny Peyser (All the President’s Men, The Tony Randall Show, The In-Laws, Crazy Like a Fox, Trying to Get Good, Stillpoint) talks to Ed about her new web series, Sonnets from Suburbia, plus she’ll shares a few memories of working with Jack Warden on Crazy Like a Fox. 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