TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 535.6: Actor and entrepreneur Radames Pera ( Kung Fu , Little House on the Prairie ) talks to Ed about his recent decision to return to acting after an absence of three decades, as well as his upcoming memoir. 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...

From April 2013: Actress and author Karen Kondazian ( James Dean, Shannon, Shootout at the OK Corral ) talks to Ed about how writing is a form of "disciplined improvisation" insofar as it encourages writers to remain free enough to use their imagination. Karen's historical novel The Whip is based on the life of Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst, an extraordinary woman who lived most of her life as a m...

From April 2011: Tony, Donna and Ed go back to Apr. 14, 1956, the date of the first demonstration of the videotape recorder. Invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson, the first such machine was originally the size of a piano and could record both images and sound. CBS purchased three of these videotape recorders in 1956 for $75,000 apiece. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? T...

From April 2011: Tony, Donna and Ed discuss the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and the Return to Mayberry reunion movie, the latter of which first aired on Apr. 13, 1986. 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...

TVC 499.2: Ed, Carol Ford , and Linda Groundwater play a few audio clips from some of Bob Crane's celebrity interviews on his top-rated morning show on KNX Radio in Los Angeles (1956-1965), including a memorable appearance by Jonathan Winters that marked one of the few times when Crane found himself bested on the air. Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography includes first-hand insight from more than t...

TVC 499.1: Ed plays Part 2 of a three-part conversation with Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater , two of the co-authors (along with Dee Young) of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography , a comprehensive, cradle-to-grave look at the life and career of the beloved Hogan's Heroes star whose accomplishments in television and radio are often overshadowed by the brutal nature of his unsolved murder on June 2...

TVC 499.3: Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater , two of the co-authors of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography , discuss the convoluted history of The Bob Crane Show (NBC, 1975), the ill-fated sitcom that failed to last beyond its thirteen-episode order partly for reasons beyond Crane's control (and partly because of his own undoing), and how Crane was just beginning to grow as an actor at the time of...

TVC 534.3: Greg Ehrbar provides a capsule history of Josie and The Pussycats in comic books and on television. 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 lin...

TVC 534.4: Greg and Ed continue their review of the Josie and The Pussycats and Josie and The Pussycats in Outer Space Blu-ray releases from Warner Archive, including the connection between the original 1970 animated series and the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship reque...

TVC 534.5: Part 2 of the conversation that began last week with legendary actress, singer, and philanthropist Ruta Lee . In this segment Ruta shares some memories about working with James Garner and Jack Kelly on Maverick , Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on Perry Mason , as well as her appearances on such shows as The Lineup . Ruta's memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed can be ordered right now at Amaz...

TVC 543.6: Entertainment legend Ruta Lee shares some memories of her dear friend Alex Trebek (with whom she co-hosted High Rollers , making Ruta one of the first females to host a popular network TV game show), as well as some of the talk shows that she has hosted in her career, including Talk of the Town . Ruta Lee's memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed , not only tells the story of how a young girl—...

TVC 450.1: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews singer/actress Barbara van Orden, co-executive producer of L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star: 2019; Jim Colucci, deputy editor for CBS Watch! Magazine and author of Golden Girls Forever and the forthcoming Love Boat Forever; and film and TV historian Mary Ann Anderson (Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV C...

TVC 450.2: Greg Ehrbar interviews award-winning producer, composer and conductor Christopher Lennertz (Marvel's Agent Carter, Galavant, Netflix's Lost in Space). Christopher's latest feature is Ugly Dolls, the animated musical starring Kelly Clarkson that is also the first movie musical featuring a cast of all pop stars. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with Adver...

TVC 450.2a: Greg Ehrbar interviews award-winning producer, composer and conductor Christopher Lennertz (Marvel's Agent Carter, Galavant, Netflix's Lost in Space). Christopher's latest feature is Ugly Dolls, the animated musical starring Kelly Clarkson. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edi...

TVC 451.3: Ed welcomes actor, author, teacher, producer, and longtime movie and TV villain Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot). As an actor, Patrick has been killed, beaten up or jailed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. In real life, he nearly died three times before he turned seventeen, including severe bouts with asthm...

TVC 451.4: Actor and author Patrick Kilpatrick (Dying for Living: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot) discusses the psychosexual approach he often takes to playing heinous characters in movies and on TV, and on the effect that has sometimes had on his acting partners. Volume I of Dying for Living is available now in hardcover, as an eBook, and as an audiobook; Volume...

TVC 451.5: Via remote from The Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews singer, actor and author Richard Pryor Jr. (In a Pryor Life) and twelve-year-old actor and host Brandin Stennis (The Young and the Restless). 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...

TVC 451.6: From the recent Richard Pryor Jr. book signing at The Hollywood Museum: Author, musician and pop culture historian Chuck Harter shares a poignant memory about comedian Richard Pryor. 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 h...

From July 2018: A preview of our special Bob Crane Trivia Quiz featuring screenwriter and journalist Robert Crane , eldest son of actor Bob Crane, and author of Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder , Hollywood Plateau , and other books on movies and television.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship...

TVC 488.5: From April 2019:  Kirk Taylor , the actor who plays Simon Peter in  Revival: The Experience , talks to Ed about how the film gave him a "second life" as a performer—and how Kirk's own life story is truly a miracle in every sense of the word. A musical film based on the Gospel According to John,  Revival!  also features Harry Lennix, Chaka Khan, Michelle Williams, T'Keyah Crystal Keyman,...

Today being April 7 (James Garner's birthday), we'll mark the occasion with this minisode edition featuring our April 2012 conversation with Jon Winokur. Jon is the co-author, along with James Garner, of The Garner Files, the story of Jim's life and career in the motion picture industry. Among other topics, Jon and Ed talk about Jim's passion for auto racing, including the lengths he took while wo...

From January 2011: We continue our celebration of James Garner's birthday with a replay of our conversation with "star car" researcher Jim Suva. Jim not only contributed to the "Crime Drama" segment of Pioneers of Television (PBS, 2011), but provided an authentic replica of Jim Rockford's famous Pontiac Firebird that was featured on the program.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential...

TVC 488.6: From April 2019: Part 2 of our special Easter Weekend conversation with actor  Kirk Taylor  ( Revival: The Experience ). In this segment, Kirk talks about the movie's original score by Mali Music (who also plays Jesus in  Revival! ), and how the story of Simon Peter particularly brings out the human side of Jesus. Revival is now available on DVD. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV C...

From April 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the events that led CBS-TV to fire Tom and Dick Smothers on Apr. 4, 1969. 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 c...

TVC 454.1: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, performer, author, music and TV historian, and showbiz raconteur Geoffrey Mark joins Ed for a remembrance of singer, actress, and animal rights activist Doris Day . Geoff's new podcasts, Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella and Hitting the Mark with Geoffrey Mark , are both available wherever podcasts are found. Want to advertise/spons...