TVC 609.3: Ed welcomes back James Moses Black, one of the busiest and most versatile actors in film and television today. James can be currently seen as Captain Browning in Renfield , the horror comedy starring Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina that sends up the legend of Dracula. Renfield is now playing in theaters everywhere. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our p...
May 01, 2023•13 min•Season 15Ep. 609
TVC 609.4: James Moses Black talks to Ed about some of the performers who inspired him to become an actor, which include Robin Williams, James Brown, and Sammy Davis Jr.; his formative years as an actor with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco; and the invaluable advice that Robert Guillaume gave early in James' career. James can currently be seen in Renfield , the horror comedy that is now playing in theaters everywhere. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has par...
May 01, 2023•19 min•Season 15Ep. 609
TVC 609.5: Greg Ehrbar and Ed discuss The Smith Family (ABC, 1971-1972), the offbeat comedy-drama starring Henry Fonda, Ron Howard, and Darleen Carr that also serves as a fascinating study into the changing of family comedies in the early 1970s. The Smith Family is available on DVD through Visual Entertainment. 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 wo...
May 01, 2023•21 min•Season 15Ep. 609
TVC 609.6: Ed welcomes actor, screenwriter, and producer Paul Sidhu ( Repeater, Uppercut, Aakhari Decision ). After beginning his career as a dermatologist, Paul successfully transitioned into acting and screenwriting and is now a major force in the world of independent cinema. Repeater is now available for viewing on demand. 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...
May 01, 2023•14 min•Season 15Ep. 609
TVC 608.1: From April 2018: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at the 40th anniversary of The Blues Brothers, and how Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi kept the rights to the characters separate and apart from Saturday Night Live . 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 cl...
Apr 25, 2023•30 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 608.2: From April 2018: Judy Norton , the actress known around the world as Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons , talks to Ed about Inclusion Criteria , a psychological thriller that Judy wrote, produced, and stars in that may make you think twice about calling the police in a crisis. Inclusion Criteria is available for streaming on demand . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of ...
Apr 25, 2023•20 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 608.3: Judy Norton (Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons ) talks to Ed about her offbeat web series Disorganized Zone ; the decade she spent as a writer, director and performer in Canada; and working with Broadway star Tammy Grimes on The Tammy Grimes Show. Inclusion Criteria , a psychological thriller that Judy wrote, produced, and stars in, is available for streaming on demand . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorsh...
Apr 25, 2023•13 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 608.4: A return appearance by Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, and the goddaughter of Jose Iturbi, the first classical artist to have a Gold Record, and a man who dedicated his life to making classical music accessible worldwide to as many people as possible. Donelle recently collaborated with Grammy Award winner Michael Feinstein on From Hollywood to the World: The Rediscovered Recordings of Pianist and Conductor Jose Iturb i, a brand new, fully illustrated co...
Apr 24, 2023•20 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 608.5: Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, gives us a glimpse of who her godfather, classical pianist and conductor Jose Iturbi, was as a person, plus she mentions some of the new exhibits that are on tap this spring and summer at the Hollywood Museum. From Hollywood to the World: The Rediscovered Recordings of Pianist and Conductor Jose Iturbi is available now wherever books and music are sold. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered wit...
Apr 24, 2023•12 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 608.6: Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent Kino Lorber DVD release of The Good Boss (2021), a satire of the corporate world, starring Javier Bardem, that is set in a Spanish workplace. 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 below to get started: h...
Apr 24, 2023•7 min•Season 15Ep. 608
TVC 607.1: An encore presentation of our October 2015 conversation with Rita Lakin , the Edgar nominated screenwriter and television pioneer who not only created The Rookies , one of Aaron Spelling's first hit series on ABC, but was one of the very first female script writers and producers in network television, opening doors for women in television at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three; her book The Only Woman in...
Apr 10, 2023•22 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.2: From October 2015: Rita Lakin , Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer , talks to Ed about working with Arthur Bernard Lewis and her son Howard Lakin at Lorimar Productions; how she came to develop the Gladdy Gold mystery novel series; and what she learned the most from working alongside Aaron Spelling. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three. Want to advertise/sponsor our show...
Apr 10, 2023•19 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.3: Greg Ehrbar discusses The Automat , a charming documentary featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and General Colin Powell. The Automat is available now on DVD through Kino Lorber. 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...
Apr 10, 2023•10 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.3a: Greg Ehrbar discusses Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on the Earth , a documentary about the life and career of the longest continually contracted Disney entertainment theme park performer in Disney history. Billy Flanigan is now available on DVD through Kino Lorber. 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 advert...
Apr 10, 2023•8 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.4: Rita Lakin , Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer , talks to Ed some of the parallels between her career and that of Peggy Olson, the copywriter played by Elisabeth Moss on AMC's Mad Men . One of the first female writer/producers in network television, Rita opened doors for many other women at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age...
Apr 10, 2023•20 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.5: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Thomas Haden Church ( Wings, Sideways, Ned and Stacey, Divorce, Broken Trail , and the Sandman in the Spider-Man movie franchise). Thomas' latest film, Acidman , is a character piece about a woman (played by Glee star Dianna Agron) who tracks down her estranged father (played by Thomas) in the Oregon wilderness, where he lives alone with his dog, Migo, and is obsessed with UFOs. Acidman is now showing in select theaters across t...
Apr 10, 2023•19 min•Season 15Ep. 607
TVC 607.6: Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Thomas Haden Church talks to Ed about working with director Alex Lehmann on the development of his character, Lloyd, in Acidman . Acidman is now showing in select theaters across the country. You can also see it on demand on Amazon Prime, Apple+, and other streaming platforms. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program...
Apr 10, 2023•12 min
TVC 527.4: Ed welcomes actress and author Donzaleigh Abernathy , star of Any Day Now and the youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy—the man who co-founded the Civil Rights Movement along with his best friend (and Donzaleigh's godfather), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Donzaleigh's book Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and The Civil Right Movement is a pictorial history of the Civil Rights Movement that also captures the words of both Dr. King and Rev. ...
Mar 31, 2023•23 min•Season 13Ep. 527
TVC 527.5: Donzaleigh Abernathy tells Ed the backstory of how she came to write Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and The Civil Right Movement , plus she shares stories of her encounters with the likes of Dina Merrill, Dennis Haysbert, Gregory Peck, and Alicia Keys. Donzaleigh is also the lead soloist on "The Listening," a unique social justice choral project inspired by "Beyond Vietnam: A Time for Break Silence," a speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Mar 31, 2023•20 min•Season 13Ep. 527
TVC 528.5: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Donzaleigh Abernathy , star of Lifetime Television's Any Day Now , and the youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy—the man who co-founded the Civil Rights Movement along with his best friend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Donzaleigh is the lead soloist on "The Listening," a unique social justice choral project inspired by "Beyond Vietnam: A Time for Break Silence," a speech delivered by Dr. King in April 1967. "The Listening"...
Mar 31, 2023•22 min•Season 13Ep. 528
TVC 528.6: Actress, author, and vocalist Donzaleigh Abernathy talks to Ed about the direct line between her and national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman , and how Donzaleigh's father, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy , encouraged Donzaleigh to pursue her career as an artist just before he died. Donzaleigh's book Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and The Civil Right Movement is a pictorial history of the Civil Rights Movement that also captures the words of both ...
Mar 31, 2023•15 min•Season 13Ep. 528
TVC 606.1: From March 2012: Tony, Donna and Ed remember " A House Divided ," the famous episode of Dallas that launched the "Who Shot J.R.?" phenomenon of 1980. "A House Divided" originally aired Mar. 21, 1980. 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...
Mar 29, 2023•20 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.2: Ed welcomes Griff Furst, youngest son of Stephen Furst ( Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5 ), and an accomplished actor, screenwriter, producer, and director in his own right. Griff is the producer of Devil's Peak , a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn about a father/son relationship that goes bad. Devil's Peak is now available for viewing on demand on major streaming platforms, while Griff's upcoming films as an actor in...
Mar 28, 2023•19 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.3: Actor/producer Griff Furst talks to Ed about working with his dad, Stephen Furst ( Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5 ), both as a young actor and as a partner in their production company, Curmudgeon Films. Griff is the producer of Devil's Peak , a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn that is now available for streaming on demand on major streaming platforms. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered ...
Mar 28, 2023•13 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.4: A return appearance by actress, author, and documentary filmmaker Penny Peyser ( All the President's Men, The In-Laws, Crazy Like a Fox, Stillpoint, Trying to Get Good ). Penny's new book, Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake , provides a whimsical take on 21st century life—all by way of the Shakespearean sonnet form. If you've seen any of Penny's "Lady Penelope" videos on YouTube, you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect in Sonnets from Suburbia . Sonnets from Suburb...
Mar 27, 2023•21 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.5: Actress and author Penny Peyser ( All the President's Men, Crazy Like a Fox, Sonnets from Suburbia ) tells Ed the back story of how she came to be interviewed by legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in 2022, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate break-in; how she came to play the ukelele; and why it's impossible to play a sad song on that particular instrument. Penny's new book, Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake , provides a whimsical take on 21st century...
Mar 27, 2023•14 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.5a: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the recent DVD release of Tom and Jerry 2021 , the feature length live action-plus-animation movie that stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Colin Jost, and the archival voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray, and Bill Hanna. 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 s...
Mar 27, 2023•11 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 606.6: Greg and Ed discuss the recent DVD releases of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Return to Zombie Island, Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo, Scooby- Doo: The Sword and The Scoob, and Season 2 and Season 2 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? 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@advertiseca...
Mar 27, 2023•17 min•Season 15Ep. 606
TVC 605.1: Via remote from West Hollywood: Ed welcomes Johanna Siegmann, the accomplished photographer sometimes known as the "Deanna Troi of Pet Photographers" because of her unique ability to connect with animals. Johanna is also the author of In Good Company: Notable People with Their Pets , a new coffee table book that features photographs of Dee Wallace, Ed Begley Jr., Ed Asner, Gina Hecht, and many other celebrities from film, television, music, and politics... all seen at home with their ...
Mar 13, 2023•16 min•Season 15Ep. 605
TVC 605.2: Stage and television actress Concetta Tomei ( China Beach, Providence, Madman of the People ) talks to Ed about her early career as a teacher, including how she often worked in songs by James Taylor as part of her curriculum; the 35th anniversary of the premiere of China Beach (ABC, 1988-1991), and why the series continues to resonate with Vietnam veterans; and how moments of hardship and disappointment often help us "earn our stripes" in life (as Major Lila Garreau, Concetta's charac...
Mar 13, 2023•23 min•Season 15Ep. 605
