TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 598.3: From June 2015: Robert Crane, eldest son of Bob Crane, shares a few memories of Hogan's Heroes stars Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon, Werner Klemperer, and John Banner. Robert Clary passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at age ninety-six. Bob's memoir, Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder , doubles as a biography of his dad and, as such, includes many behind-the-scenes stories of...

TVC 597.1: Randy West joins Ed for a look back at the career of Gene Wood, the longtime television announcer for Goodson-Todman shows who was also one of the few announcers to host his own game show. Randy's latest book, TV Inside Out: Flukes, Flakes, Feuds and Felonies provides a backstage pass to both the outrageous behavior that many stars exhibit in their pursuit of success, and the inspiring...

TVC 597.2: Greg Ehrbar with a remembrance of Jules Bass, the award-winning lyricist and composer who, along with Arthur Rankin, produced some of the most beloved TV holiday specials ever, including such classics as Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and Rudolph: The Red-Nosed Reindeer . Jules Bass passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at age eighty-seven. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential h...

TVC 597.3: Greg Ehrbar and Ed discuss the imprint that Rankin/Bass left on Saturday morning television between the mid 1960s through the late 1980s, including such shows as King Kong , Kid Power, The Jackson 5ive, The Osmonds , and ThunderCats . Jules Bass passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at age eighty-seven. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to ha...

TVC 597.4: Ed welcomes Christopher Fryer, co-author, along with Robert Crane, of several books on movies and television, including Jack Nicholson: The Early Years —the first authorized biography of the Academy Award-winning actor— Bruce Dern: A Memoir , and Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder , the memoirs of Robert Crane, eldest son of Bob Crane, that also doubles as a biograph...

TVC 597.5: Christopher Fryer, co-author, along with Robert Crane, Jack Nicholson: The Early Years , talks to Ed about the unlikely series of events that led he and Bob to interview Jack Nicholson in 1973, a few years before Nicholson became a superstar. Chris is also one of the contributors to Beyond Where the Buses Run , a collection of short stories that centers around the unexpected directions...

TVC 597.6: Longtime voice artist and television announcer Randy West talks to Ed what made Bob Barker and Bob Eubanks such great game show hosts. Plus: A behind-the-scenes look at the live versions of The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune , both of which Randy has hosted in various venues. Randy's latest book, TV Inside Out: Flukes, Flakes, Feuds and Felonies provides a backstage pass to both th...

TVC 596.1: A return visit by Lee Goldberg, the New York Times bestselling novelist whose many credits as a television writer and producer include such shows as Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Psych, Hunter, Nero Wolfe, Sliders , and Spenser: For Hire . Lee is also the author / creator of the Eve Ronin novels, a page-turning series of murder mysteries, set in the otherwise sleepy community of Calabasas, Ca...

TVC 596.2: Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling novelist and Edgar Award-nominated television writer and producer, talks to Ed about his recent trip to England in September, which happened to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; why character is always the starting point whenever he embarks on a new novel; and his love of television shows from the 1970s. All four Eve Ronin novels b...

TVC 596.3: Nick Santa Maria joins Greg Ehrbar for a look at the recently restored Blu-ray release of The Abbott and Costello Show: Season One , the season that, among other things, featured Joe Besser as Stinky, the man-child who often got the best of Costello. Topics this segment include how the rhythm of The Abbott and Costello Show , in many respects, inspired Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David man...

TVC 596.4: An encore presentation of a conversation with actor and author James McEachin ( The Perry Mason Mysteries , Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale ) that originally aired during Veterans Day weekend in 2014. At the time we spoke to James, he was developing The Purple Heart , a screen project based on the true story of the discovery of a lost Purple Hear...

TVC 596.5: From November 2014: Ed welcomes actor and author James McEachin ( The Perry Mason Mysteries , Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale, The Purple Heart ). W ant 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 w...

TVC 596.6: From November 2014: Actor and author James McEachin ( The Perry Mason Mysteries , Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale, The Purple Heart ) shares a few memories of working with Sidney Poitier, John Wayne, Raymond Burr, and producer Dean Hargrove. 

TVC 595.1: Ed welcomes actress, writer, and stunt artist Kayla Adams, the star of Hex , a horror-thriller about a sky diving team that attempts to execute a dangerous formation jump known as "The Hex." When one of the team members mysteriously disappears in mid air while practicing the stunt, Kayla's character must navigate a lot of weird and scary stuff, including the possibility that The Hex may...

TVC 595.2: Actor, author, and comedian Nick Santa Maria ( The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster ) joins Greg Ehrbar for the first of two DVD and streaming reports that focuses on recent Blu-ray titles featuring Abbott and Costello, including the digitally remastered limited edition 70th anniversary re-release of Jack and the Beanstalk (1952). Nick is the co-author of The Annotated Abbott and Co...

TVC 595.3: Joyce Bulifant joins Ed to help us pay tribute to Ron Masak, the actor best known to TV audiences for playing Sheriff Mort Metzger on Murder, She Wrote (CBS, 1984-1996). Ron Masak passed away last Thursday, Oct. 20 at the age of eighty-six. Joyce co-starred with Ron on Love Thy Neighbor (ABC, 1973), plus they worked together on many charitable functions in the years after that show. Wan...

TVC 595.4: From October 2010: Actor Ron Masak ( Murder, She Wrote , Ice Station Zebra, Harper Valley PTA, Second Effort ) talks to Ed about the one-man show about Mark Twain that he wrote and starred in; his passion for baseball, including how Ron was offered a contract to play for the Chicago White Sox after being scouted by Major League Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby; and working with Patrick McGo...

TVC 596.5: From October 2010: Actor and author Ron Masak talks to Ed about working with NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi in Second Effort , the acclaimed motivational film about salesmanship that is reportedly the most-watched non-theatrical film in history, and some of the lessons that Ron learned from Coach Lombardi that continued to guide his life. Ron's memoir, I've Met All My Heroes from...

TVC 596.6: Actress, author, and philanthropist Joyce Bulifant ( Match Game, The Happiest Millionaire, Love Thy Neighbor, My Four Hollywood Husbands ) shares a few more memories of working with Ron Masak, plus she talks about the tribute to stage legend Helen Hayes, her onetime mother-in-law, that she performed in October in Nyack, New York. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has p...

TVC 594.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome David Van Deusen , writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60 th Anniversary , a fully authorized, feature length documentary that provides an oral history of The Dick Van Dyke Show , as told by both the original cast and crew of Van Dyke show, as well as members of the second generation Van Dyke show family, notable guest stars, and ma...

TVC 594.2: David Van Deusen , writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60 th Anniversary , discusses the new exhibit dedicated to Carl Reiner that recently opened at the National Comedy Center, including the role that David played in donating the "Alan Brady" desk that Reiner used on The Dick Van Dyke Show . David's documentary, The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60 th A...

TVC 594.3: David Van Deusen , writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary , talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about why "It May Look Like a Walnut" is as close to a "perfect episode" as The Dick Van Dyke Show can be, and how Carl Reiner overcame a mild objection from Sheldon Leonard to get the episode made.  The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary is...

TVC 594.4: David Van Deusen , writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60 th Anniversary , talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about why every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show is a "half-hour show crammed full of little moments." The Dick Van Dyke Show: Celebrating the 60 th Anniversary is available for viewing on demand, for free, on the David Van Deusen YouTube channel . If you e...

TVC 594.5: From September 2012: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Rose Marie, the singer/actress known to three generations of television viewers as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show and for her many appearances on the original Hollywood Squares . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition o...

TVC 594.6: From September 2012: Rose Marie talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about how she discovered actor/comedian Tim Conway in the early 1960s and how she came to join the cast of Hollywood Squares in 1966. 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...