TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 541.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their discussion with Mark Dawidziak about the life and career of Norman Lloyd . Topics this segment include how Lloyd's many contributions to both Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as producer and director (including the classic episodes "Man from the South" and "The Jar"); why Lloyd was among the leading interpreter of the works of Ra...

TVC 541.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their discussion with Mark Dawidziak about the life of Norman Lloyd . Topics this segment included how the Red Scare of the early 1950s impacted Lloyd's career. Norman Lloyd passed away Tuesday, May 11 at age 106. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast ed...

TVC 541.4: Geoff Littlefield joins us for Part 2 of our celebration of the centennial birthday of Nelson Riddle . Topics this segment include Riddle's collaborations in the early 1980s with Linda Ronstadt—a platinum-selling trilogy of albums of American pop standards that, in many respects, was the coda of Riddle's illustrious career. Geoff's latest book, Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat , wa...

TVC 541.5: Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter welcome actress, filmmaker, songwriter, and minister Alison Mills Newman ( Julia , The Leslie Uggams Show , Francisco ). Alison's latest project, The Tree Widow , is a series of faith-based films about a charismatic woman who helps young people (and, particularly, young women) make better choices in their lives. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Co...

TVC 541.6: Alison Mills Newman discusses her early stage performances with the American Theater of Being, one of the first prominent L.A.-based stage companies to showcase African-American actors, and how that paved the way for her network TV debut in 1965, opposite James Franciscus and Lois Nettleton, in a well-received episode of Mr. Novak that opened the door to other opportunities in televisio...

From June 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the final broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show , which occurred during This Week in TV History. 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  sales@adve...

From June 2012: Ed welcomes David Misch , writer and producer for such shows as Mork & Mindy , Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman , and Police Squad! David's book Funny: The Book: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy , is an entertaining look at the art of comedy from every conceivable angle: historical, musical, psychological, philosophical and everything in between...

From June 2012: Ed welcomes David Misch , writer and producer for such shows as Mork & Mindy , Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman , and Police Squad! David's book Funny: The Book: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy , is an entertaining look at the art of comedy from conceivable angle: historical, musical, psychological, philosophical and everything in between. Topi...

TVC 540.1: Ed welcomes Geoffrey Littlefield , author of Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat , a cradle to grave look at the complex, but often forlorn genius who was one of the chef architects of the Great American Songbook. Known for his many collaborations with Frank Sinatra, as well as such other music greats as Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, and Linda Ronstadt, Ri...

TVC 540.2: Geoffrey Littlefield , author of Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat , talks to Ed about Riddle's work during the golden era of movies and television, including the themes to Route 66 and The Blue Knight and the score for the 1966 Batman movie. Written with the consent of the Nelson Riddle estate, Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat includes first-hand accounts from three of Riddle'...

TVC 540.3: Ed welcomes bestselling author and nationally known advertising writer Michael Shevack . Michael's latest book, Soul Lessons from The Wizard of Oz: How to Follow Your Yellow Brick Road , makes the case that The Wizard of Oz is not just a great story, but a pathway to profound spiritual lessons that can help us move away from the dull, flat black-and-white existence that can hold us back...

TVC 540.4: An encore presentation of December 2012 conversation with Charles Grodin , the actor known around the world for his appearances in such films as Rosemary's Baby , Catch-22 , Midnight Run , The Heartbreak Kid , Seems Like Old Times , and the Beethoven movies, as well as his popular CNBC talk show, his daily commentaries for CBS Radio , and his numerous appearances on The Tonight Show wit...

TVC 540.5: From December 2012: Charles Grodin talks to Ed about why Lee Strasberg, by his own admission, was a better teacher than actor; what makes a good talk show host and a good radio commentator; and Grodin's own approach to acting, which includes listening, responding, and the ability to personalize the journey of whatever character he plays. At the time he appeared on our program, Charles h...

TVC 540.6: From December 2012: Charles Grodin talks more about his "personalization" approach to acting, as well as how some of the choices he made in selecting roles changed over the years. He also shares a few poignant memories of his friendship with Johnny Carson. Charles Grodin passed away on May 18 at age eighty-six. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with Adver...

TVC 452.1: Ed welcomes Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, a collection of fifty first-hand accounts of such Baby Boomer celebrities as Jerry Mathers, Bill Mumy, Cubby O'Brien, Stephen Furst, Judy Norton, Cindy Williams, Clint Howard, Celeste Yarnall, Angela Cartwright,...

TVC 452.2: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar's interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, the first objective cradle-to-grave biography of the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with...

TVC 452.2a : The conclusion of Greg Ehrbar's interview with Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story . 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 452.3: Ed welcomes Kevin Hamiliton and Ned O'Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, the inside story of Lookout Mountain Laboratory—a secret motion picture studio, run by the U.S. Government, that was officially known as 1352nd Photographic Group of the United States Air Force. Lookout Mountain Laboratory not only recruited the services...

TVC 452.4: Kevin Hamiliton and Ned O'Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, discuss how Oscar-winning actor and U.S. Air Force reserve brigadier general James Stewart lent gravitas to the efforts of Lookout Mountain Laboratory and the subtle connection between the secret Hollywood studio and the Hitchcock classic Rear Window. A rollicking s...

TVC 452.5: Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, shares some insight into his approach to interviewing such Baby Boomer celebrities as Bill Mumy, Stephen Furst, George Wyner, and Angela Cartwright, plus he reveals the secret behind his famous first name. Want to advertise/...

From June 2013: Bob Mills, former staff writer for The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that originally aired on June 26, 2013---but which was actually recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. Topics this segment include why Hope particularly thrived during the era of variety...

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. Topics this segment include how Bob wrote for Hope's stage act as well as for his TV specials, and how Hope managed to joke about political figures without ever identif...

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. In this segment Bob gives Ed and the listeners insight into how Hope's writers put together a typical monologue for his various TV specials.  The Laugh Makers not only...

From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for comedian Bob Hope and author of The Laugh Makers, joins Ed in the studio for a conversation that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Bob Hope's 110th birthday. In this segment Bob talks about the final years of Bob's television career.  The Laugh Makers not only provides great insight into Bob Hope (the comic and the person),...

TVC 539.1: From May 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember Small Talk , the first Our Gang comedy produced with sound (original release date: Apr. 18, 1929) and Dancing Romeo , the very last Our Gang comedy produced (original release date: Apr. 29, 1944). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edi...