TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 539.2: Greg and Ed discuss the ClassicFlix DVD release of Public Defender , starring Reed Hadley.  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@advertisecast.com  or click the link bel...

TVC 539.3: Greg and Ed discuss the MPI Video complete series DVD release of Man with a Camera , the only weekly network television series starring Charles Bronson.  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...

TVC 539.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began earlier this month with Martha Bolton, the first and only female staff writer that Bob Hope ever hired, and the co-author, along by Linda Hope, Bob Hope's daughter, of Dear Bob: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II , a collection of just a few of thousands of letters, postcards, and packages that Bob Hope every day from our...

TVC 539.5: Iconic producer Marty Krofft of Sid & Marty Krofft Productions joins Ed and Greg Ehrbar for a tribute to Billie Hayes , the actress who was an integral part of many of the Saturday morning Krofft shows of the late '60s and 1970s (including, most notably, as Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf and Weenie the Genie on Lidsville ). Billie Hayes passed away on this past Thursday, Apr. 29 at age nin...

TVC 539.6: Greg Ehrbar on why the manic energy that Billie Hayes brough to her performance as Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf not only was vital to the success of H.R. Pufnstuf, but laid the groundwork for such other memorable Krofft comic villains as Hoo Doo on Lidsville and Benita Bizarre on The Bugaloos . Billie Hayes passed away on this past Thursday, Apr. 29 at age ninety-six.  Want to advertise/...

Jim Rosin, author of The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series , and actor Gary Lockwood, a frequent guest star on QM shows, share a few thoughts on the legacy of Quinn Martin.  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...

From July 2013: Ed welcomes Charlie Barrett, longtime publicist for Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Prior to launching his own PR and marketing firm, The Barrett Company, Charlie was one of the top publicists at NBC throughout the 1980s, where he was charge of media relations for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In this segment, Charlie discusses how Carson often discussed the monologue with...

From July 2013: Former NBC publicist Charlie Barrett shares a few memories of working with Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, and Robert Stack. Prior to launching his own PR and marketing firm, The Barrett Company, Charlie was one of the top publicists at NBC throughout the 1980s, where he was charge of media relations of such shows as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Unsolved Mysteries . Want...

TVC 538.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed celebrate the life and career of Ken Osmond, the actor known around the world as Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver . Osmond passed away one year ago 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 w...

TVC 538.2: Ed welcomes acclaimed singer/songwriter Severin Browne , the first white folk/country-type singer signed by Motown Records, and a popular guest at many singer-songwriter festivals and shows. Severin's new CD, Overdue , is available wherever CDs are sold.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for t...

TVC 538.3: Ed welcomes TV historian and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Armstrong . Jennifer's latest book, When Women Invented Television , traces the history of the first decade of network television through the lives and accomplishments of four women: Irna Phillips, the originator of many of the first radio and TV soap operas; Gertrude Berg, star and creator of The Goldbergs , and th...

TVC 538.4: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Armstrong talks to Ed about the early television career of Betty White, including how, in many ways, White lived the life of Mary Richards long before The Mary Tyler Moore Show came into existence. Jennifer's latest book, When Women Invented Television , traces the history of the first decade of network television through the lives and accompli...

TVC 538.5: Jennifer Armstrong , author of When Women Invented Television , talks to Ed about how the Blacklist spelled the end for both The Goldbergs and The Hazel Scott Show; how Scott's carefully managed persona paved the way for such other sophisticated African-American women as Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, the Claire Huxtable character on The Cosby Show, and Diahann Carroll's character...

TVC 538.6: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the lasting appeal of Leave It to Beaver . Ken Osmond, the actor who played Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver , passed away one year ago 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...

From May 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember "Dancing Romeo," the final film in the Our Gang series of comedy shorts, which was released on Apr. 29, 1944. 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 em...

From September 2010: Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner ( Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg ) joins Ed for a discussion on the life and career of television pioneer Gertrude Berg ( The Goldbergs ). 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 wi...

From September 2010: Part 2 of our conversation with Peabody Award-winning filmmaker  Aviva Kempner . Aviva's documentary Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg brings to light what a dynamic force Gertrude Berg was, while also putting a human face on the tragic circumstances that have overshadowed the history of The Goldberg s (including, most notably, the suicide of Berg's co-star Philip Loeb after he had been...

From March 2018: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the premiere of Dick Cavett's first network TV talk show on Mar. 4, 1968 as part of 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 e...

From March 2018: An encore presentation of our March 2018 conversation with Grammy Award-nominated singer, author, comedian, radio host , and show business raconteur Geoffrey Mark . Geoff is the host of Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella , a new hour-long radio program featuring the music of the First Lady of Song, while his book Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Centennial Birthday Editio...

From March 2018: Geoffrey Mark , host of Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella and author of Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald , talks to Ed about the kindred spirit that Ella shared with screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Centennial Edition is available in hardcover through Amazon.com . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has part...

From March 2018: An encore presentation of our March 2018 conversation with acclaimed actor, director, and screenwriter Lou Antonio . Lou's memoir, Cool Hand Lou: My Fifty Years in Hollywood and on Broadway , not only provides a window into the ups and downs of an artist's life, but shares many great stories of his work alongside some of the biggest names in stage, film and television. Topics this...

From March 2018: Actor/director Lou Antonio talks to Ed about working with James Garner, Quinn Martin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, and Patti LuPone, as well as the role he played in discovering such talents as Henry Thomas and Renée Zellweger. Lou's memoir, Cool Hand Lou: My Fifty Years in Hollywood and on Broadway , is available in softcover and as an eBook through McFarland Books . If...

From March 2018: Greg Ehrbar discusses the Warner Archive DVD release of The Roman Holidays (NBC, 1972-1973), a Hanna-Barbera animated series that is more or less a variation of The Flintstones , only set in ancient Rome. 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 g...

From March 2018: Greg and Ed discuss the Warner Entertainment DVD release of Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (CBS, 1976-1978), the animated series produced by Filmation Associates that is also a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the classic character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship...

From February 2012: Television director Michael Preece ( Dallas, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Young Riders, Walker: Texas Ranger ) shares some memories of working with Barbara Bel Geddes on Dallas , and particularly the famous episode from 1982 in which Miss Ellie finally accepts that Jock has died.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with Advert...