TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
1,550 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTV 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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Episodes
Jimmy Weldon, James Garner, and The Rockford Files
July 24, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutesTVC 616.5: From June 2016: Ed welcomes actor and motivational speaker Jimmy Weldon, the voice of Yakky Doodle on Yogi Bear, and the author of Go Get ’Em Tiger, a part autobiographical, part motivational book that shows that the real definition of success is becoming the person you want to be and doing what you really want to do. In this segment, Jimmy talks to Ed about some of his other TV roles, including working with James Garner in "The Big Cheese," one of the last, and one of the best, ep...
Kevin Spirtas on blazing his own trail in Hollywood
June 26, 2023 08:15 - 21 minutesTVC 615.1: Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, and producer Kevin Spirtas (After Forever, Days of Our Lives) talks to Ed about what it means to receive the Hollywood Museum Trailblazer Award at this year’s 10th annual Real to Reel exhibit. He also gives us a sneak preview of Season 3 of After Forever, which will feature Linda Purl in the role of Brian’s therapist. One of the Hollywood Museum’s most popular attractions, the Real to Reel exhibit offers a historic perspective of monumental LBGTQ+ ...
Kevin Spirtas on why watching horror movies is like going on a carnival ride
June 26, 2023 08:05 - 12 minutesTVC 615.2: Kevin Spirtas (After Forever, The Hills Have Eyes) talks to Ed about the importance of costuming in any project, whether for film, stage or television; his recent appearance in Subspecies V: Blood Rise, the upcoming sequel to the 1981 vampire slasher film Subspecies; and why watching a horror movie is like going on a carnival ride. Kevin donated some of his costumes for After Forever to the Hollywood Museum as part of this year’s 10th annual Real to Reel exhibit. For more about Rea...
The Bob Crane Murder Case
June 26, 2023 08:00 - 12 minutesTVC 615.3: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the fallout surrounding the murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on June 29, 1978. 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 [email protected] or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentia...
Robert Crane, co-author of Crane: Sex, Celebrity and My Father's Unsolved Murder
June 26, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutesTVC 615.4: From June 2015: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Robert Crane, eldest son of Bob Crane, and the co-author, along with Christopher Fryer, of CRANE: Sex, Celebrity and My Father’s Unsolved Murder, a memoir of growing up with Bob Crane as a father before, during and after Hogan’s Heroes that also provides a first-person account and commentary of the investigation and prosecution of the Bob Crane murder case, from the perspective of the Crane family. Among other topics, Bob takes us back to ...
Robert Crane, Part 2
June 26, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutesTVC 615.5: From June 2015: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Robert Crane, co-author of CRANE: Sex, Celebrity and My Father’s Unsolved Murder, a memoir of growing up with Bob Crane as a father before, during and after Hogan’s Heroes that also provides a first-person account and commentary of the investigation and prosecution of the Bob Crane murder case, from the perspective of the Crane family. Among other topics, Bob takes us back to the afternoon of Thursday, June 29, 1978, when he was summoned t...
Robert Crane, Part 3
June 26, 2023 05:30 - 21 minutesTVC 615.5: From June 2015: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Robert Crane, co-author of CRANE: Sex, Celebrity and My Father’s Unsolved Murder, a memoir of growing up with Bob Crane as a father before, during and after Hogan’s Heroes that also provides a first-person account and commentary of the investigation and prosecution of the Bob Crane murder case, from the perspective of the Crane family. Among other topics, Bob takes us back to the afternoon of Thursday, June 29, 1978, when he was summoned t...
Robert Crane, Part 4
June 26, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutesTVC 615.7: From June 2015: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Robert Crane, co-author of CRANE: Sex, Celebrity and My Father’s Unsolved Murder, a memoir of growing up with Bob Crane as a father before, during and after Hogan’s Heroes that also provides a first-person account and commentary of the investigation and prosecution of the Bob Crane murder case, from the perspective of the Crane family. Among other topics, Bob takes us back to the afternoon of Thursday, June 29, 1978, when he was summoned t...
Tribute to George Maharis
June 19, 2023 08:55 - 22 minutesTVC 614.1: Actor and author James Rosin joins Ed as TV Confidential pays tribute to George Maharis, the Brandoesque actor known around the world as Buz Murdock on Route 66 (CBS, 1960-1964). George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. Jim interviewed Maharis for his book Route 66: The Television Series; he not only remained friends with the actor for the rest of his life, but spoke to Maharis just a few weeks before his death. Among other topics this segment, Jim...
George Maharis, Cary Grant, and Route 66
June 19, 2023 08:45 - 13 minutesTVC 614.2: James Rosin, author of Route 66: The Television Series and other books on popular culture, talks to Ed about the advice that Cary Grant gave George Maharis shorte before Maharis left Route 66 in the middle of the third season, after the actor had a near-fatal relapse of hepatitis. George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. Jim not only interviewed Maharis for Route 66: The Television Series, but remained friends with the actor right up to his death. ...
Here Comes the Brides on DVD
June 19, 2023 08:35 - 9 minutesTVC 614.2a: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the recent DVD release of Here Come the Brides (ABC, 1968-1970), the first hour-long comedy-drama Western from Screen Gems that put both David Soul and Bobby Sherman on the map. Topics this segment include why Here Come the Brides is often overlooked by such other Screen Gems shows of the 1960s and ’70s as Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, and The Monkees. Season 1 of Here Come the Brides is available on DVD through ...
The Back Story of Here Come The Brides
June 19, 2023 08:25 - 15 minutesTVC 614.3: Greg and Ed talk about the recording career of Bobby Sherman and how Here Comes the Brides (ABC, 1968-1970) is actually based on a true story. Season 2 of Here Come the Brides is available on DVD through Shout! Factory. Gangway, Lord: The Here Come the Brides Book is available through Bear Manor Media. 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...
George Maharis of Route 66
June 19, 2023 08:15 - 21 minutesTVC 614.4: From March 2012: Ed welcomes actor, singer, and painter George Maharis (Route 66, Exodus, The Most Deadly Game). George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. 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 [email protected] or click the link below ...
George Maharis on Why He Left Route 66
June 19, 2023 08:05 - 24 minutesTVC 614.5: From March 2012: George Maharis, in his own words, clarifies some of the misinformation surrounding his departure from Route 66 in the middle of the third season. George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. 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...
George Maharis, Mike Wallace, and The Sounds of Lost Television
June 19, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutesTVC 614.6: From March 2012: Ed plays audio highlights of George Maharis’ appearance on the May 18, 1962 edition of PM East, the New York-based late night television talk show hosted by Mike Wallace, in which Maharis discussed what he may have done with his life had he not pursued acting, and why he was thinking of leaving Route 66 at the end of the third season. (Though he did not know it at the time he spoke to Wallace, Maharis would end up leaving the series in the middle of the third seaso...
Milt Larsen and the origins of The Magic Castle
June 12, 2023 08:55 - 24 minutesTVC 613.1: TV Confidential remembers Milt Larsen, founder of The Magic Castle and the patriarch of magic and illusion around the world, with an encore presentation of a conversation that originally aired in October 2016. Milt Larsen passed away this past Sunday, May 28 at age ninety-two. At the time we spoke to Milt, he was about to celebrate the 60th anniversary of It's Magic, the star-studded live stage show that Milt produced for more than sixty years. Topics this segment include the early...
Milt Larsen, Ralph Edwards, and Truth or Consequences
June 12, 2023 08:45 - 21 minutesTVC 613.2: From October 2016: Milt Larsen, founder of The Magic Castle, talks to Ed about his background in television, which includes eighteen years as a writer for Ralph Edwards Productions, where he worked on both This is Your Life and Truth or Consequences and, in the case of the former show, often entertained such entertainment legends as Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Ed Wynn, Mack Sennett, George Burns, and Jack Benny while Edwards’ production team set up the surprise for those guests. Al...
The Songwriting Career of Milt Larsen
June 12, 2023 08:35 - 14 minutesTVC 613.3: From August 2015: TV Confidential continues its tribute to Milt Larsen, founder of The Magic Castle, with a look at Milt’s songwriting career, which included several collaborations with Academy Award-winning composer Richard Sherman. At the time this conversation originally aired, Milt and Richard had just re-released their two cult comedy albums, Bon Voyage, Titanic: Smash Flops! and Banned Barbershop Ballads. Milt Larsen passed away this past Sunday, May 28 at age ninety-two. Wan...
The Smash Flops of Sherman and Larsen
June 12, 2023 08:25 - 21 minutesTVC 613.4: From August 2015: Academy Award-winning composer Richard Sherman and Milt Larsen, founder of The Magic Castle, talk to Ed about the re-release of their two cult comedy albums, Bon Voyage, Titanic: Smash Flops! and Banned Barbershop Ballads. Milt Larsen passed away this past Sunday, May 28 at age ninety-two. 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 ...
Dee Wallace of Fatal Attraction: The Series
June 12, 2023 08:05 - 19 minutesTVC 613.5: Ed welcomes back actress and author Dee Wallace (E.T: The Extraterrestrial, The Howling, Cujo, Critters, Rob Zombie’s 3 from Hell, Born: Giving Birth to a New You). Dee currently guest stars in Fatal Attraction: The Series, the Paramount+ reimagining of the classic thriller of 1980s. She is also about to mark her 300th screen role as an actress. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the p...
Dee Wallace, Hal Prince, and Chocolate Chip Cookies
June 12, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutesTVC 613.6: Actress and author Dee Wallace (E.T: The Extraterrestrial, The Howling, Born: Giving Birth to a New You) talks to Ed about how her naivete about the acting industry actually worked in her favor when she first came to New York; and how she left her mark with casting directors when she first came to Hollywood with the help of chocolate chip cookies. Dee currently guest stars in Fatal Attraction: The Series, now streaming on Paramount+ Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidenti...
Barbara Stanwyck: A True Professional
June 05, 2023 08:15 - 19 minutesTVC 612.3: Greg Ehrbar reviews the Archive of American Television DVD release of The Barbara Stanwyck Show (NBC, 1960-1961), the Emmy Award-winning anthology series that Stanwyck hosted and produced in conjunction with Desilu Studios. Stanwyck starred in all but four of the thirty-six episodes in the series, usually playing strong, independent women (not unlike who Stanwyck was in real life). The Barbara Stanwyck Show is available on DVD in two volumes; most episodes are also available for st...
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and all of the gang
June 05, 2023 08:10 - 21 minutesTVC 612.4: Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent DVD release of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (CBS, 1971-1972), a spin-off of The Flintstones (featuring a pre-All in the Family Sally Struthers) that is best described as “The Archies Meets The Flintstones Meets I Love Lucy (and, to some degree, Bewitched and the “Beach Party” movies).” Other DVD/streaming titles discussed this segment include I, Yabba Dabba Doo, Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Cave Kids Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confident...
Anne Archer on playing Norris Church Mailer in A Ticket to the Circus
June 05, 2023 08:05 - 20 minutesTVC 612.5: Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games, Short Cuts, Clear and Present Danger) talks to Ed about her approach to playing such larger-than-life characters and figures as Mrs. Robinson in the London stage production of The Graduate, Jane Fonda (in the one-woman show The Trial of Jane Fonda), and, most recently, Norris Church Mailer (the sixth and last wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Norman Mailer) in A Ticket to the ...
Anne Archer, Marjorie Lord, and Howard Cosell
June 05, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutesTVC 612.6: Oscar-nominated actress Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games) talks to Ed about how her mother, actress Marjorie Lord (Make Room for Daddy), taught her the importance of balancing family and career. She also shares a few memories about some of her early work in television, and tells us what her friend Howard Cosell said on the day of her wedding to producer Terry Jastrow. Anne stars as Norris Church Mailer, the sixth and last wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Norman M...
Gisela Adisa of 1776
May 22, 2023 08:30 - 22 minutesTVC 611.1: Ed welcomes singer/actress Gisela Adisa (Kaleidoscope, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Ridley Jones, Lights Out: Nat King Cole). Gisela currently stars as John Adams in the national tour of 1776, a reimagined production of the Tony Award-winning musical that features an all-female cast that also reflects multiple representations of race, gender, and ethnicity. 1776 will be coming to Seattle, Houston, Nashville, Washington, D.C. and several other cities throughout the summer, with mo...
Gisela Adisa, Eartha Kitt, and The Muppet Show
May 22, 2023 08:25 - 20 minutesTVC 611.2: Gisela Adisa, the actress who stars as John Adams in the national tour of 1776, talks to Ed about playing Eartha Kitt in the stage production of Lights Out: Nat King Cole and how the ritual Gisela did as a young girl before watching The Muppet Show every week with her family helped fuel her desire to pursue a career in musical theatre. 1776 will be coming to Seattle, Houston, Nashville, Washington, D.C. and several other cities throughout the summer, with more cities and dates to c...
The Jerry Springer That Cincinnatians Knew
May 22, 2023 08:15 - 14 minutesTVC 611.3: Tony and Donna join Ed for a remembrance of Jerry Springer, the award-winning television personality who passed away Thursday, Apr. 27 at age seventy-nine. Though known to national TV audiences as the Ringmaster of his raucus, controversial, and often confrontational syndicated show, if you have roots in Cincinnati—as Donna and her family do—the Jerry Springer you’ll remember is quite different, given his roots in Cincinnati politics and his distinguished, multi-Emmy Award-winning ...
Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl, and Duffy's Dough
May 22, 2023 08:05 - 26 minutesTVC 611.4: Ed welcomes television icons Patrick Duffy (Dallas, Step by Step, The Bold and the Beautiful) and Linda Purl (Happy Days, Matlock, The Office). Patrick and Linda are co-founders of Duffy’s Dough, a company that shows you how to make your own sourdough bread, sourdough pizza dough, sourdough cinnamon rolls, and many other homemade goodies, all from scratch—and all with the help of a dehydrated sourdough starter kit that originated with Patrick’s family more than seventy years ago. T...
Jerry Springer: He Owned His Past
May 22, 2023 08:00 - 16 minutesTVC 611.5: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their remembrance of Jerry Springer, the Emmy Award-winning television personality who passed away Thursday, Apr. 27 at age seventy-nine. Topics this segment include a discussion of how Springer, off-camera, was a genuinely honest person who was also genuinely flawed. 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 w...
Natasha Blasick on working with Jamie Foxx and playing the bass guitar
May 15, 2023 08:15 - 28 minutesTVC 610.1: Ed welcomes actress, model, singer, and bass guitarist Natasha Blasick (Paul T. Goldman, All-Star Weekend, Moms Rising, Karaganda, Immortality). Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, Natasha also performs with her husband, Martin Blasick, in a band called Snowflakes; their single "Ukraine Will Prevail," featuring a driving bass solo by Natasha, hopes to serve as an anthem for Natasha’s home country. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to ...
Natasha Blasick of Paul T. Goldman
May 15, 2023 08:05 - 19 minutesTVC 610.2: Actress Natasha Blasick talks to Ed about meeting Florence Henderson in the early 2000s, when Natalie was a contestant in the Mrs. World beauty pageant (Henderson was the host that night); her approach to playing historical characters such as Luba Tryszynska, the “Angel of Bergen Belsen,” whom Natasha plays in the upcoming feature Moms Rising; and how Natasha's experience in improv proved invaluable when she was cast in the offbeat, unconventional comedy documentary series Paul T. ...
Steve Binder, Harry Belafonte, and "The Touch"
May 15, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutesTVC 610.3: From August 2016: Emmy Award winning director Steve Binder (Elvis: The 1968 Comeback Special, The T.A.M.I. Show) with the back story of "The Touch," the seminal moment of the April 1968 special Petula, starring Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte, in which Clark reached out and touched Belafonte on the arm while they performed the song "On the Path of Glory." Coming on the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, Clark's unrehearsed, impromptu gesture caused an uproar behind the scenes amo...
Titus Welliver of Bosch
May 01, 2023 01:05 - 25 minutesTVC 609.1: From January 2019: Ed welcomes Titus Welliver, the actor who plays Harry Bosch on both Amazon Prime's Bosch and the Amazon Freevee follow-up series Bosch: Legacy. 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 [email protected] or click the link below to get started: https://w...
Titus Welliver on Warding Off Colds and BingeWatching Sixties TV
May 01, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutesTVC 609.2: From January 2019: Titus Welliver, the actor who plays Harry Bosch on Amazon Prime's Bosch and the Amazon Freevee follow-up series Bosch: Legacy, talks about his background as an artist; his remedies for fighting colds brought on at the end of each season; what he learned from Mark Harmon when they worked together on NCIS; and how he sometimes unwinds by reading Marvel comics and binge-watching sixties TV shows. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered wit...
James Moses Black of Renfield
May 01, 2023 00:25 - 15 minutesTVC 609.3: Ed welcomes back James Moses Black, one of the busiest and most versatile actors in film and television today. James can be currently seen as Captain Browning in Renfield, the horror comedy starring Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina that sends up the legend of Dracula. Renfield is now playing in theaters everywhere. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of o...
James Moses Black on Robin Williams, ACT, and Robert Guillaume
May 01, 2023 00:15 - 21 minutesTVC 609.4: James Moses Black talks to Ed about some of the performers who inspired him to become an actor, which include Robin Williams, James Brown, and Sammy Davis Jr.; his formative years as an actor with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco; and the invaluable advice that Robert Guillaume gave early in James’ career. James can currently be seen in Renfield, the horror comedy that is now playing in theaters everywhere. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has...
The Smith Family on DVD
May 01, 2023 00:05 - 22 minutesTVC 609.5: Greg Ehrbar and Ed discuss The Smith Family (ABC, 1971-1972), the offbeat comedy-drama starring Henry Fonda, Ron Howard, and Darleen Carr that also serves as a fascinating study into the changing of family comedies in the early 1970s. The Smith Family is available on DVD through Visual Entertainment. 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 t...
Paul Sidhu of Repeater
May 01, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutesTVC 609.6: Ed welcomes actor, screenwriter, and producer Paul Sidhu (Repeater, Uppercut, Aakhari Decision). After beginning his career as a dermatologist, Paul successfully transitioned into acting and screenwriting and is now a major force in the world of independent cinema. Repeater is now available for viewing on demand. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. ...
Birth of The Blues Brothers on SNL
April 25, 2023 12:15 - 31 minutesTVC 608.1: From April 2018: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at the 40th anniversary of The Blues Brothers, and how Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi kept the rights to the characters separate and apart from Saturday Night Live. 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 [email protected] or ...
Judy Norton on the Making of Inclusion Criteria
April 25, 2023 12:05 - 21 minutesTVC 608.2: From April 2018: Judy Norton, the actress known around the world as Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons, talks to Ed about Inclusion Criteria, a psychological thriller that Judy wrote, produced, and stars in that may make you think twice about calling the police in a crisis. Inclusion Criteria is available for streaming on demand. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of ...
Judy Norton, The Disorganized Zone, and Tammy Grimes
April 25, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutesTVC 608.3: Judy Norton (Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons) talks to Ed about her offbeat web series Disorganized Zone; the decade she spent as a writer, director and performer in Canada; and working with Broadway star Tammy Grimes on The Tammy Grimes Show. Inclusion Criteria, a psychological thriller that Judy wrote, produced, and stars in, is available for streaming on demand. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorsh...
How Jose Iturbi Made Classical Music Accessible
April 24, 2023 08:15 - 22 minutesTVC 608.4: A return appearance by Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, and the goddaughter of Jose Iturbi, the first classical artist to have a Gold Record, and a man who dedicated his life to making classical music accessible worldwide to as many people as possible. Donelle recently collaborated with Grammy Award winner Michael Feinstein on From Hollywood to the World: The Rediscovered Recordings of Pianist and Conductor Jose Iturbi, a brand new, fully illustrated ...
Jose Iturbi: The First Rock Star of Classical Music
April 24, 2023 08:05 - 14 minutesTVC 608.5: Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, gives us a glimpse of who her godfather, classical pianist and conductor Jose Iturbi, was as a person, plus she mentions some of the new exhibits that are on tap this spring and summer at the Hollywood Museum. From Hollywood to the World: The Rediscovered Recordings of Pianist and Conductor Jose Iturbi is available now wherever books and music are sold. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnere...
The Good Boss on DVD
April 24, 2023 08:00 - 8 minutesTVC 608.6: Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent Kino Lorber DVD release of The Good Boss (2021), a satire of the corporate world, starring Javier Bardem, that is set in a Spanish workplace. 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 [email protected] or click the link below to get starte...
Rita Lakin: The Only Woman in the Room
April 10, 2023 07:40 - 23 minutesTVC 607.1: An encore presentation of our October 2015 conversation with Rita Lakin, the Edgar nominated screenwriter and television pioneer who not only created The Rookies, one of Aaron Spelling's first hit series on ABC, but was one of the very first female script writers and producers in network television, opening doors for women in television at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three; her book The Only Woman i...
Rita Lakin, Aaron Spelling, and The Seat of Power
April 10, 2023 07:30 - 20 minutesTVC 607.2: From October 2015: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed about working with Arthur Bernard Lewis and her son Howard Lakin at Lorimar Productions; how she came to develop the Gladdy Gold mystery novel series; and what she learned the most from working alongside Aaron Spelling. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three. Want to advertise/sponsor our sho...
The Automat on DVD
April 10, 2023 07:25 - 11 minutesTVC 607.3: Greg Ehrbar discusses The Automat, a charming documentary featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and General Colin Powell. The Automat is available now on DVD through Kino Lorber. 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 sal...
Billy Flanigan on DVD
April 10, 2023 07:20 - 10 minutesTVC 607.3a: Greg Ehrbar discusses Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on the Earth, a documentary about the life and career of the longest continually contracted Disney entertainment theme park performer in Disney history. Billy Flanigan is now available on DVD through Kino Lorber. 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 adve...
Rita Lakin: The Original Peggy Olson
April 10, 2023 07:15 - 21 minutesTVC 607.4: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed some of the parallels between her career and that of Peggy Olson, the copywriter played by Elisabeth Moss on AMC’s Mad Men. One of the first female writer/producers in network television, Rita opened doors for many other women at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age...