TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

From December 2012: Bill Daily shares some more memories of working with Larry Hagman, including the "Haven't I Seen Me Somewhere Before?" episode of I Dream of Jeannie (where Tony and Roger switch bodies) and visiting Hagman on the set of Primary Colors. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast...

From December 2012: Actor Bill Daily shares a few memories of working with Larry Hagman on I Dream of Jeannie. 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...

From November 2012: An excerpt from an interview that actor Barry Morse (The Fugitive, Space: 1999, Remember with Advantages) gave to Dave White and Ed Robertson that originally aired on Talking Television with Dave White in May 2007, about nine months before Barry's death in February 2008. In this clip, Barry talks about his early television career, which began with many of the very BBC telecasts...

TVC 507.1: Film and TV biographer Paul Green pays tribute to James Drury, the actor known around the world as the star of The Virginian. James Drury passed away on April 6, 2020 at the age of 85. Paul's books A History of Television's The Virginian: 1962-1971 , Pete Duel: A Biography , Jeffrey Hunter: The Film, Television, Radio and Stage Performances , and Roy Huggins: Creator of Maverick, The Fu...

TVC 507.2: From September 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at how network and cable TV news covered the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. 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 ema...

TVC 507.3: From September 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember how the events of 9/11 put a hold on the world of late night comedy. 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...

TVC 507.4: A return visit by Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer, producer, singer, and author Geoffrey Mark ( Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald , Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway , The Lucy Book ). In this segment Geoff shares a few memories of his friendship with actor and voice artist Jack Riley ( The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats ). Want to advertise/spo...

TVC 507.5: Author and showbiz raconteur Geoffrey Mark ( Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald , Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway , The Lucy Book ) shares a few memories of his friendships with TV icons Pat Harrington, Rip Taylor, Tom Poston, and Suzanne Pleshette. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/spon...

TVC 507.6: Film and TV biographer Paul Green ( A History of Television's The Virginian: 1962-1971 ) talks to Ed about some of the other notable film and TV roles of actor James Drury, including Love Me Tender , Ride the High Country , and the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Missing Melody." James Drury passed away on April 6, 2020 at the age of 85. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confi...

From November 2011: Jon Winokur, co-author of The Garner Files, the memoirs of James Garner, talks to Ed about how Garner approached his craft as an actor and particularly how Garner never accepted a part unless he had a complete understanding of the character he played.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship request...

From November 2011: Jon Winokur, co-author of The Garner Files, the memoirs of James Garner, talks to Ed about how Garner's breach-of-contract lawsuit against Warner Bros. in 1960 helped lead to the end of the studio system in Hollywood. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our pr...

From September 2013: Ed welcomes Mark Pendergrast , author of For God, Country & Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It , an epic-length history of how the refreshment beverage that began as a medicinal product in 1886 not only evolved into the dominant consumer product in the United States, but, in many respects, came to be identified with...

From September 2013: Ed welcomes Mark Pendergrast , author of For God, Country & Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It . Topics this segment include the origins of such famous TV campaigns as "The Hilltop Ad" and "Thanks, Mean Joe" (as well as the differences in how Coke and Pepsi advertise their products), plus business lessons from Coca-...

From 2011: Phil Gries plays audio highlights from the last two seasons of the CBS News interview series Person to Person , including clips from a July 1960 interview with Gene Autry, a December 1960 interview with Spike Jones, and a June 1961 interview with Carol Burnett Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests...

From September 2013: Ed welcomes Tim Hollis , author of Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era , a fun book that reveals the origins and appeal of the popular TV commercials from the'50s, '60s and early 1970s featuring Cap'n Crunch, Sugar Crisp, Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Fruity Pebbles, Quisp and Quake, the Trix Rabbit, the Cheerios Kid, Count Chocula, Franken Berry...

From September 2013: Ed welcomes Tim Hollis , author of Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era . Topics this segment include the national competition between Quisp and Quake cereals; the 1976 ad campaign in which viewers finally let the Trix Rabbit eat some Trix; and how the efforts of the activist group ACT led to the demise of many cereal TV characters. Want to adve...

From September 2013: Tim Hollis , author of Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era , talks about Baron Von Redberry, Sir Grapefellow and other cartoon cereal characters that never quite caught on with the public. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of o...

From August 2017: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Nichelle Nichols, the actress known around the world as Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek and the first six Star Trek movies. Topics this segment include Nichelle's roots in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the...

From December 2011: Actor, author, screenwriter and director Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed about writing his comic books Raven and Things to Come, and particularly how he collaborates with Raven artist Henry Martinez and Things to Come artist Juan Carlos Baez in those respective projects.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to h...

From September 2017: Greg Ehrbar tells Ed why CinderFella: The Album was harder to make than CinderFella: The Movie, while also sharing a few personal anecdotes about his encounters with the legendary entertainer. 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...

From September 2017: Ed and Greg look back at the life and career of actor, director and comedian Jerry Lewis and his impact on films, television, radio, movie theaters, and nightclub comedy. Topics include how Lewis' movies in the 1960s where essentially live-action cartoons, as well as whether Lewis actually said "Hey, Layyyy-deeee!" Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partn...

From September 2017: Ed and Greg welcome Jeff Brodrick, purveyor of JerryLewisUnauthorized.com, the first website devoted to the life and career of Jerry Lewis. Topics this segment include how Lewis's long tenure with the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon made him synonymous with Labor Day for many Baby Boomers.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with...

From September 2017: Jeff Brodrick, purveyor of JerryLewisUnauthorized.com and an acknowledged authority on the career of Jerry Lewis, tells Ed and Greg why The Colgate Comedy Hour was such a great vehicle for Lewis, given his skills as a live performer. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast...

From May 2019: Ed welcomes Star Trek historian Mark Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages, a critically acclaimed three-volume history of the original Star Trek. Marc's latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a two-volume biography of the Great Bird's ups and downs between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969 to its triumphant return as...

From May 2019: Ed welcomes  Star Trek  historian  Mark Cushman , author of  These Are the Voyages , a critically acclaimed three-volume history of the original  Star Trek . Marc's latest book,  These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s , is a two-volume biography of the Great Bird's ups and downs between the cancellation of the original  Star Trek  in 1969 to its triumphan...