TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 606.2: Ed welcomes Griff Furst, youngest son of Stephen Furst ( Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5 ), and an accomplished actor, screenwriter, producer, and director in his own right. Griff is the producer of Devil's Peak , a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn about a father/son relationship that goes bad. Devil's Peak is now avail...

TVC 606.3: Actor/producer Griff Furst talks to Ed about working with his dad, Stephen Furst ( Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5 ), both as a young actor and as a partner in their production company, Curmudgeon Films. Griff is the producer of Devil's Peak , a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn that is now available for streaming on dem...

TVC 606.4: A return appearance by actress, author, and documentary filmmaker Penny Peyser ( All the President's Men, The In-Laws, Crazy Like a Fox, Stillpoint, Trying to Get Good ). Penny's new book, Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake , provides a whimsical take on 21st century life—all by way of the Shakespearean sonnet form. If you've seen any of Penny's "Lady Penelope" videos on YouT...

TVC 606.5: Actress and author Penny Peyser ( All the President's Men, Crazy Like a Fox, Sonnets from Suburbia ) tells Ed the back story of how she came to be interviewed by legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in 2022, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate break-in; how she came to play the ukelele; and why it's impossible to play a sad song on that particular instrument. Penny's...

TVC 606.5a: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the recent DVD release of Tom and Jerry 2021 , the feature length live action-plus-animation movie that stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Colin Jost, and the archival voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray, and Bill Hanna. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast editio...

TVC 606.6: Greg and Ed discuss the recent DVD releases of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Return to Zombie Island, Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo, Scooby- Doo: The Sword and The Scoob, and Season 2 and Season 2 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program...

TVC 605.1: Via remote from West Hollywood: Ed welcomes Johanna Siegmann, the accomplished photographer sometimes known as the "Deanna Troi of Pet Photographers" because of her unique ability to connect with animals. Johanna is also the author of In Good Company: Notable People with Their Pets , a new coffee table book that features photographs of Dee Wallace, Ed Begley Jr., Ed Asner, Gina Hecht, a...

TVC 605.2: Stage and television actress Concetta Tomei ( China Beach, Providence, Madman of the People ) talks to Ed about her early career as a teacher, including how she often worked in songs by James Taylor as part of her curriculum; the 35th anniversary of the premiere of China Beach (ABC, 1988-1991), and why the series continues to resonate with Vietnam veterans; and how moments of hardship a...

TVC 605.3: Actress Concetta Tomei ( China Beach, Providence, Madman of the People ) shares a few memories of starring opposite David Bowie in the national tour of The Elephant Man , including a poignant story about Bowie and Concetta's parents. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of...

TVC 605.4: Actress Concetta Tomei ( China Beach, Providence ) talks to Ed about how much she learned from Dabney Coleman about performing comedy in television when they co-starred together on Madman of the People (NBC, 1995-1996). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. T...

TVC 604.1: Ed welcomes legendary television broadcaster Fritz Coleman, the affable weatherman on KNBC Channel 4 who drew on his background in stand-up comedy to deliver upbeat and whimsical weather forecasts twice a night, every night for thirty-nine years. After retiring from television in 2020, Fritz finds himself busier than usual. He co-hosts, along with Louise Palanker, Media Path , a podcast...

TVC 604.2: Legendary television broadcaster Fritz Coleman talks to Ed about some of his notable network TV appearances (including The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host , one of the very last Perry Mason movies starring Raymond Burr), his recent return to stand-up comedy, and his upcoming one-man show, Unassisted Living . If all goes well, Unassisted Living will become available for viewing on de...

TVC 604.5: A return visit by legendary comedian and impressionist Rich Little. The Governor General of Canada recently appointed Rich to the Order of Canada, which honors a select number of native Canadians from all walks of life—including doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, and entertainers—not only for their service to society, their innovations, and their compassion, but for inspiring, educ...

TVC 604.6: Rich Little talks to Ed about some of his many television appearances, including The Ed Sullivan Show , The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts . Rich's book, LITTLE BY LITTLE: Celebrities I've Known and Been , is a collection of stories and anecdotes about some of the many notable showbiz figures and politicians that Rich has impersonated—and, in m...

TVC 603.1: Ed welcomes Academy Award-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston ( Sunset Boulevard, Pollyanna, The Absent Minded Professor, Big Jim McLain ). Nancy's memoir, A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour , is a charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, mother, and philanthropist that also provides readers with an invitation to a world tha...

TVC 603.2: Academy Award-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston ( Sunset Boulevard, Pollyanna, The Absent Minded Professor, Big Jim McLain ) talks to Ed about her life-altering encounter with Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner (and the role that Bennett Cerf played in making that happen), and how Broadway star Kitty Carlisle Hart was a friend and mentor to her, especially during and aft...

TVC 603.3: Oscar-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston talks to Ed about working with William Holden on several motion pictures, including Sunset Boulevard ; why Sunset Boulevard is still relevant today; and the events that led Nancy's second husband, Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, to sign The Beatles in 1964. Nancy's memoir, A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood...

A preview of our upcoming conversation with Academy Award-nominated actress Nancy Olson (Sunset Boulevard) in which Nancy shares some memories of working with William Holden and shares a few thoughts on why Sunset Boulevard is still as relevant today as it was when it was originally released in 1950 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 602.1: Ed welcomes Peter Berk, longtime Hollywood publicist and the son of the late Howard Berk. Howard Berk wrote for many top network TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, including Mission: Impossible , McMillan & Wife, The Fall Guy , The New Mike Hammer , The Rockford Files, and the original Columbo . Peter recently adapted a screenplay that he and his dad wrote together into Time Lock , a sci-f...

TVC 602.2: Peter Berk, son of longtime television writer Howard Berk and the co-author of the sci-fi action thriller Time Lock , talks to Ed about his dad's experience working with Peter Falk on Columbo ; the extent to which Patrick McGoohan contributed to the teleplay of "By Dawn's Early Light," the episode of Columbo , written by Howard Berk, for which McGoohan won the first of his two Emmy Awar...

TVC 602.3: Greg Ehrbar discusses the broadcast history and Blu-ray release of Space Ghost (CBS, 1966 and NBC, 1976), the Hanna-Barbera animated series starring the voice of Gary Owens that was not only very popular when it originally aired in 1966, but is one of the few Saturday morning cartoons that had two different network TV runs. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partner...

TVC 602.4: Greg Ehrbar discusses the Blu-ray release of Thundarr: The Barbarian (ABC, 1980-1981), the Hanna-Barbera animated series that Greg describes as " Planet of the Apes , but without the apes." 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 602.5: Ed welcomes actor, author, and humorist Paul Dooley ( Breaking Away , Sixteen Candles , A Wedding ). While Paul was carving a niche for himself as a dad onscreen, he was living through a real-life nightmare involving his ex-wife and his first two children. Paul discusses that, and more, in his new memoir, Movie Dad: Finding Myself and My Family, On Screen and Off . Want to advertise/spo...

TVC 602.6: Actor, author, and humorist Paul Dooley ( Breaking Away , Sixteen Candles , Movie Dad ) talks to Ed how he came to write and co-create The Electric Company after being recommended by Carl Reiner; working with some of his longtime idols, including Buster Keaton and Art Carney; his lifelong love of jokes and puns; and some of his favorite moments in comedy. Paul's memoir, Movie Dad: Findi...

TVC 602.6: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Lee Purcell ( Big Wednesday, Valley Girl, Mr. Majestyk, Stir Crazy , Carol of the Bells ). Lee is one of the driving forces behind the Hollywood Radio Players , a troupe of actors who perform re-enactments of classic radio plays, via Zoom , to help raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund . The two most recent productions...