TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 577.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began on our last program with Stefanie Powers , the actress known around the world as Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart , and the founder and president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation , a nonprofit organization that Stefanie established in 1982 in memory of William Holden , the love of her life, that continues and furthers Holden's conservation work...

TVC 577.5: Stefanie Powers answers listener email questions about her film and TV career, plus she tells Ed which motion picture was William Holden's favorite, and why. The Gold Coast International Film Festival will honor William Holden as the next recipient of The Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award , an award that honors legendary actors and actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stefan...

TVC 577.6: Actor, author, screenwriter, producer, and acting teacher Joe Coyle talks to Ed about his experience working as a stand-in for George Clooney and Ben Affleck. Joe is one of the contributors to Beyond Where the Buses Run , an anthology of short stories edited by Theresa Griffin Kennedy that also features Robert Crane. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with...

TVC 575.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Budd Burton Moss , legendary Hollywood talent manager and agent, and the namesake of The Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award , an award that honors legendary actors and actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Topics this segment include a tribute to Budd's dear friend Sidney Poitier and the role that Budd played in getting legend...

TVC 575.2: Budd Burton Moss , legendary Hollywood talent manager and agent, tells Ed the story of how he helped convince Elizabeth Montgomery to accept the role of Samantha Stephens on Bewitched (after she had initially resisted), and how he eventually came to represent some legendary NFL stars as Jim Plunkett, Gene Washington, and Joe Theismann. Budd's latest book, Act III , is schedule for relea...

TVC 575.3: Ed welcomes actor, impressionist, voice artist, and improv comic Jim Meskimen . The current voice of Colonel Sanders for KFC, Jim has also produced a popular series of parody videos in which Colonel Sanders approaches celebrities like Bing Crosby, John Lennon, and Humphrey Bogart about endorsing Kentucky Fried Chicken. Topics this segment include the degree of physicality that is often...

TVC 575.4: Actor and voice artist Jim Meskimen talks to Ed about the collaborative approach that Oscar-winning director Ron Howard take to working with actors on his films; his mother, Marion Ross, and the role that Jim, his wife, and his sister all played in the success of Marion's memoir, My Days: Happy and Otherwise ; and Jim's upcoming roles in the Starz network limited series Gaslit , the new...

TVC 575.5: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Stefanie Powers , the actress known around the world as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E . and Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart , and the founder and president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation , a nonprofit organization that Stefanie established in 1982 in memory of her long-time life partner that continues and furthers Holden's conservation work in E...

TVC 575.6: Stefanie Powers ( Hart to Hart, One from the Hart ) talks to Ed about the significance of William Holden being named the next recipient of The Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award , and the tireless efforts of the award's namesake, Budd Burton Moss , to preserve the legacy of the stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stefanie Powers will accept the award on Holden's behalf in a ceremo...

TVC 575.7: Ed commemorates the passing of character actor Nehemiah Persoff by playing a clip from our October 2021 conversation with James Rosin , the publisher of The Many Faces of Nehemiah , the memoirs of Persoff's career in stage, film, and television. Topics this segment include why Persoff always felt a tremendous responsibility as an actor, especially to his native Jewish people. Nehemiah P...

TVC 574.1: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Budd Burton Moss , the legendary Hollywood agent, talent manager, and showbiz raconteur who has not only represented many of the brightest stars in film, television and sports over the past six decades, but had a hand in casting in some of the most iconic comedy and dramatic series in TV history (including Bewitched , I Dream of Jeannie , and Happy...

TVC 574.2: Ed welcomes attorney, speaker, homeless youth advocate, and Ms. Universe 2021 Nikki Johnson-Huston and Jeffrey Sitcov, founder and president of Doors of Change , a nonprofit organization that has not only helped more than 2,300 homeless youth find safe forever homes since 2001, but has transformed the lives of more than 8,300 homeless youths in fourteen states through a program, Taking...

TVC 574.3: Ms. Universe 2021 Nikki Johnson-Huston shares some of her personal story , including how she overcame poverty and homelessness as a teenager, and how she first found inspiration for becoming a lawyer through such classic TV characters as Perry Mason. Three Dog Night will perform a special Concert of Hope for Homeless Youth that will benefit Doors of Change on Thursday, June 30 at the Mo...

TVC 574.4: Ed welcomes John James , Jack Coleman , and Gordon Thomson , three of the stars of the original Dynasty (ABC, 1981-1989), the iconic prime time soap opera that gave its viewers around the world a taste of glitz and glamour every week, amidst often outrageous plot lines and even bigger catfights. John, Jack, and Gordon are getting ready to tour the country with their three-man reunion sh...

TVC 574.5: John James , Jack Coleman , and Gordon Thomson each tell Ed when they first realized the impact of Dynasty on audiences all over the world. John, Jack and Gordon will bring their three-man reunion show, Cocktails with the Carringtons: The Men of Dynasty , to the Burbank Marriott Hotel in Burbank, CA on Saturday, Apr. 16. They will also perform it at the Hollywood Roosevelt Theatre in Ho...

TVC 574.6: From July 2011: Ed welcomes Richard and Esther Shapiro, the co-creators, co-writers and co-executive producers of Dynasty . Richard and Esther's many other credits in television include such acclaimed made-for-TV movies and miniseries as Friendly Fire, East of Eden, Intimate Strangers and Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic . For a time Esther Shapiro was vice president in charge o...

TVC 573.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Kelly Conway , the eldest child—and only daughter—of comedy star Tim Conway . Topics this week include Kelly's career as a costume designer and wardrobe stylist in the motion picture industry; the resourcefulness she learned from her dad; and the many indelible life lessons that Tim Conway dispensed to his children, even in such unlikel...

TVC 573.2: Ed plays Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actor Ernest Harden Jr. ( The Jeffersons , White Men Can't Jump, Velvet Jesus ) and Jay Moriarty , longtime writer/producer of The Jeffersons and other Norman Lear shows, and the author of Honky in the House: Writing and Producing The Jeffersons . Marla Gibbs, Ernest Harden Jr., and Jay Moriarty will appear at the next Hollywoo...

TVC 573.3: Ernest Harden Jr. ( The Jeffersons , White Men Can't Jump, Velvet Jesus ) shares a few memories about his experience starring opposite Bette Davis in the CBS World Premiere movie White Mama , plus he tells Ed why the Superman insignia has always been meaningful to him. Marla Gibbs, Ernest Harden Jr., and Jay Moriarty will appear at the next Hollywood Show , which will take place on Frid...

TVC 573.4: Actress and author Joyce Bulifant ( Match Gam e , Airplane! , The Happiest Millionaire , The Mary Tyler Moore Show ) shares a few memories of her fellow Mary Tyler Moore Show cast mates Betty White and Gavin MacLeod. Joyce's memoir, My Four Hollywood Husbands , is now available as an audiobook through Tilton Bass Publishing and Audible.com . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confid...

TVC 573.5: Actress, author, and philanthropist Joyce Bulifant ( Match Gam e , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , My Four Hollywood Husbands ) talks to Ed about working with Ed Asner on The Gift of Greatness , an educational film about learning differences that Joyce produced; her experience working with Stephen J. Cannell on a film about dyslexia; and her long association with game shows produced by Mark...

TVC 573.6: Actress, author, and philanthropist Joyce Bulifant ( Match Gam e , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , My Four Hollywood Husbands ) talks to Ed about some of her upcoming projects, including a book about her final years with her fourth husband, the late Roger Perry, and the lessons Joyce learned as she helped Roger make his final transition into the spirit world. The audiobook edition of My Fou...

TVC 572.1: Part 1 of a two-part interview with Kelly Conway , the eldest child—and only daughter—of comedy star Tim Conway , and the author of My Dad's Funnier Than Your Dad , a memoir of growing up with her dad and mom and five brothers that also shows us the quiet side of Tim Conway, including his dedication as a father, the indelible life lessons that he dispensed to his children (even in such...

TVC 572.2: Broadway star and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, and producer Kevin Spirtas ( After Forever ) talks to Ed about recently reprising his role Dr. Craig Wesley on Days of Our Lives , as well as viewer reaction to the story arc that revealed that Dr. Wesley is gay. The first two seasons of After Forever are available for streaming on demand on Amazon Prime Video . TV Confidential has par...

TVC 572.2: Broadway star and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, and producer Kevin Spirtas talks to Ed about the upcoming third season of After Forever , as well as his experience being Hugh Jackman's stand-by in the Broadway production of The Boy From Oz. The first two seasons of After Forever are available for streaming on demand on Amazon Prime Video . Kevin Spirtas, Lindsay Wagner, Joyce Bulifa...