TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 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 ot...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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...

TVC 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 l...

TVC 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, Geo...

TVC 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 B...

TVC 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 Advertis...

TVC 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...

TVC 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 At...

TVC 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...

TVC 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 inclu...

TVC 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...

TVC 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. An...

TVC 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 S...

TVC 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, Nashvill...

TVC 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 d...

TVC 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...

TVC 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 han...

TVC 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...

TVC 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 pro...