TVC 638.5: Legendary entertainer Pat Boone shares a few memories from his career, including early encounters with Elvis Presley; the stance that Pat took against the government of South Africa in 1960 that resulted in South Africa suspending apartheid during the ten days that Pat performed in that country that year; and Pat's efforts to book Harry Belafonte as a guest on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom in 1960. Pat's new single, "My Stupid Tattoo," is available as a digital release through Spotify,...
Feb 26, 2024•25 min•Season 16Ep. 638
TVC 638.6: Greg Ehrbar and Ed discuss the recent MPI Home Video release of Master of Dark Shadows (2019), a comprehensive documentary about the life and career of Emmy Award-winning producer and director Dan Curtis ( Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker, Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Trilogy of Terror ). Master of Dark Shadows is available on DVD and Blu-ray through MPI Home Video . It is also available for viewing on demand on Tubi and other streaming platforms. Want to advertise/sponsor our sh...
Feb 26, 2024•17 min•Season 16Ep. 638
From November 2018: A return appearance from author, journalist, screenwriter, raconteur, and novelist Marvin J. Wolf ( For Whom the Shofar Blows , A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn ). Marv's latest effort, A Tale of Two Rabbis , is the third in a series of mystery novels featuring Rabbi Ben, a crime-solving rabbi who was inspired, in part, by Paladin, the "traveling angel" who was the protagonist of the long-running CBS television series and radio drama Have Gun, Will Travel . Want to advertise/sponsor...
Feb 19, 2024•21 min•Season 11Ep. 426
From November 2018: Screenwriter Marvin J. Wolf , creator of the Rabbi Ben mystery novel series, talks some more with Ed about the development of the Rabbi Ben character, including how Ben shares attributes of such television characters as Dr. Richard Kimble ( The Fugitive ), Buz Murdock and Tod Stiles ( Route 66 ), and, in one important respect, Jim Rockford ( The Rockford Files ). Marv's latest Rabbi Ben novel, A Tale of Two Rabbis , is available wherever books are sold. Want to advertise/spon...
Feb 19, 2024•19 min•Season 11Ep. 426
From November 2018: Our final segment with Marvin J. Wolf , screenwriter, journalist, and the creator of a series of mystery novels featuring Rabbi Ben, a master of the Torah, Talmud and Tae Kwon Do that one reader once described as a "Jewish 007." In the latest Rabbi Ben novel, A Tale of Two Rabbis , Ben reluctantly probes the disappearance of a rabbi in the Temple Hill area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—only to find himself under suspicion of the murder of another man. A Tale of Two Rabbis is av...
Feb 19, 2024•15 min•Season 11Ep. 426
TVC 637.1: From February 2014: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio brings us a special edition of The Sounds of Television that looks back at The Beatles' historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, and the evolution of "Beatlemania" in the months that followed. This segment includes clips from Beatlemania , an ABC News special hosted by Bill Beutel and legendary New York disc jockey Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow that originally aired on Sept. 18, 1964, and The Beatles ...
Feb 12, 2024•24 min
TVC 637.2: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell joins Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter for Part 2 of a conversation that began last week about the music scene in London during the Swinging Sixties. Simon's books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder , Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom , I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch , and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me , a rollicking look at Simon's early career in the music indu...
Feb 12, 2024•20 min•Season 16Ep. 637
TVC 637.3: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about how Tom Jones came to record the title song for What's New Pussycat (1965) and how Simon convinced Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni to cast The Yardbirds in Blow-Up (1966). You can read Simon's Substack column for free at Substack.com/@simonnapierbell Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with Adve...
Feb 12, 2024•16 min•Season 16Ep. 637
TVC 637.4: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about The Scotch at St. James, one of the most elite clubs in London in the Swinging Sixties. Simon's books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder , Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom , I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch , and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me . Simon's latest film, The Real George Michael , is available now for viewi...
Feb 12, 2024•20 min•Season 16Ep. 637
TVC 637.5: Ed welcomes back New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-nominated writer and producer Lee Goldberg ( Spenser: For Hire, Monk, Sliders, Diagnosis Murder ). Lee's latest crime novels include Dream Town , the latest edition of the Eve Ronin mystery series, and Malibu Burning , a "dual track" novel about a con artist who uses a massive fire to masquerade an audacious heist and the arson investigators who stumble onto that heist. Topics this segment include how Walter Sharpe, on...
Feb 12, 2024•20 min•Season 16Ep. 637
TVC 637.6: New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-nominated writer and producer Lee Goldberg ( Spenser: For Hire, Monk, Sliders, Diagnosis Murder ) shares the back story of "Hard Boiled Murder," the famous episode of Diagnosis Murder that brought legendary TV detective Joe Mannix into the Mark Sloan universe (and vice versa). Lee's three new crime novels, Dream Town, Malibu Burning , and Calico , are all available wherever books are sold. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confide...
Feb 12, 2024•22 min•Season 16Ep. 637
TVC 636.1: From January 2014: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio brings us a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that looks back at the build-up to The Beatles' historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, including rarely heard audio highlights of network TV news coverage from November1963 on The Fab Four's impact on music both in England and in America. This segment includes a clip from a report by Edwin Newman of NBC News that was originally broadcast o...
Feb 05, 2024•23 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 636.2: From January 2014: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio plays rarely heard audio highlights of how network TV news covered the arrival of The Beatles in the music scene, both in London and in America, in the months prior to The Fab Four's historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964. This segment includes a clip from Mike Wallace's report on the Feb. 7, 1964 edition of The CBS Morning News that covered the group's arrival at JFK International Airport; Eric Seve...
Feb 05, 2024•20 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 636.3: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell joins Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter for a look back at the music scene in London during the Swinging Sixties. Simon's books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder , Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom , I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch , and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me , a rollicking look at Simon's early career in the music industry that also bears the title of the...
Feb 05, 2024•14 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 636.4: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about his years managing Diane & Nicky (the first interracial pop duo in music history) and John's Children and the events that led to Wham!'s historic 10-day visit to China in 1985. You can read Simon's Substack column for free at Substack.com/@simonnapierbell Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with Adv...
Feb 05, 2024•25 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 636.5: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Barbara Feldon , the actress known around the world as Agent 99 on Get Smart . Barbara's new book, Getting Smarter: A Memoir , is an intimate look at her life and her romance with Lucien Feldon Verdeaux, the charming European to whom she was married at the time she began filming Get Smart , but who turned out to be not quite the man he had claimed to be. Among other topics in this segment: Barbara answers email questions from listener...
Feb 05, 2024•21 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 636.6: Actress and author Barbara Feldon ( Get Smart , Getting Smarter: A Memoir , Living Alone and Loving It ) shares a few memories of her years co-starring with Don Adams on Get Smart . Also in this segment: A clip from our January 2013 conversation with Barbara in which she discusses her many appearances on the various Pyramid game shows and her friendship with Pyramid creator and producer Bob Stewart. Both Getting Smarter: A Memoir and Living Alone and Loving It are available at Barbara...
Feb 05, 2024•15 min•Season 16Ep. 636
TVC 635.1: From January 2014: A special edition of This Week in TV History that was originally recorded on Jan. 16, 2014, a day that marked the passing of two television icons: Dave Madden (Reuben Kinkaid on The Partridge Family ) and Russell Johnson (The Professor on Gilligan's Island ). In this segment, Tony, Donna, and Ed remember Russell Johnson, including a look at some of his other notable TV roles, such as his appearances on The Twilight Zone . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confi...
Jan 29, 2024•22 min•Season 16Ep. 635
TVC 635.2: From January 2014: Tony and Donna join Ed for a fond remembrance of actor Dave Madden (Reuben Kinkaid on The Partridge Family ), including a look at his voiceover career and his other contributions to television, such as his appearances on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and The Hollywood Palace . 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...
Jan 29, 2024•22 min•Season 16Ep. 635
TVC 635.3: Greg Ehrbar joins Ed for a look at Get Smart (NBC/CBS, 1965-1970), the long-running spy satire starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon and co-created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, including the excellent complete series DVD box set , produced by Paul Brownstein and Susan Kesler for Time-Life , that was designed specifically with Get Smart fans in mind. Greg describes the box set as "Barbara Feldon Presents Get Smart ," not only because she introduces every episode of every season (and p...
Jan 29, 2024•18 min•Season 16Ep. 635
TVC 635.4: Greg and Ed continue their look at the various home entertainment releases of Get Smart (NBC/CBS, 1965-1970), including the made-for-TV reunion movie Get Smart, Again! (ABC, 1989, available on Amazon Prime ), the 2008 reimagining starring Steve Carell, and the ill-fated 1979 feature motion picture The Nude Bomb . Other topics this segment include a look at some of Don Adams' television work before and after Get Smart , including his appearances on The Bill Dana Show , his starring rol...
Jan 29, 2024•21 min
TVC 635.5: Ed welcomes back Barbara Feldon , the actress known around the world as Agent 99 on Get Smart . Barbara's new book, Getting Smarter: A Memoir , is an intimate look at her life and her romance with Lucien Feldon Verdeaux, the charming European to whom she was married at the time she began filming Get Smart , but who turned out to be not quite the man he had claimed to be. Topics this segment include what first sparked Barbara's attraction to Lucien, and how her relationship with Lucien...
Jan 29, 2024•20 min•Season 16Ep. 635
TVC 635.6: Actress and author Barbara Feldon ( Get Smart , Getting Smarter: A Memoir , Living Alone and Loving It ) talks to Ed about how the energy of New York City compares to the "slow metabolism" of L.A., the excitement of being a model in New York in the early 1960s, and how models like her were aware of the power and influence that advertising agencies on Madison Avenue had at the time. Both Getting Smarter: A Memoir and Living Alone and Loving It are available at BarbaraFeldon.com and at ...
Jan 29, 2024•12 min•Season 16Ep. 635
TVC 634.4: Greg and Ed continue their conversation about The FBI (ABC, 1965-1974), the long-running Sunday night drama starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. that was also Quinn Martin's longest-running network TV series. Topics this segment include the controversial casting change in the ninth season (Shelly Novack replacing William Reynolds), as well as the how formula of the series more or less stayed the same, despite changing mores and fashions. All nine seasons of The FBI are available on DVD throu...
Jan 22, 2024•22 min•Season 16Ep. 634
TVC 634.5: Ed welcomes back Alison Arngrim, the award-winning actress known around the world as Nellie Oleson, "the No. 1 bitch in TV history" (according to Vanity Fair ) and the bane of Laura Ingalls' existence for seven years on Little House on the Prairie (NBC, 1974-1983). Alison will bring her world-renowned one-woman show, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch ,to the historic Sierra Madre Playhouse , 87 W. Sierre Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre, CA for six performances only , Friday 1/19 through Sun...
Jan 22, 2024•21 min•Season 16Ep. 634
TVC 634.6: Actress, author, comedienne, and radio host Alison Arngrim ( Little House on the Prairie, Fifty for 50: The Little House Podcast ) talks to Ed about how she landed the role of Nellie Oleson on Little House; why Little House continues to have something for everyone; and working with Michael Landon, both as an actor and as a director Alison will bring her world-renowned one-woman show, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch , to the historic Sierra Madre Playhouse , 87 W. Sierre Madre Blvd., in...
Jan 22, 2024•16 min•Season 16Ep. 634
TVC 633.2: Greg Ehrbar joins Ed for a look at The FBI (ABC, 1965-1974), the long-running Sunday night drama starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. that was also Quinn Martin's longest-running network TV series. Topics this segment include a look at the many famous guest stars that appeared on The FBI and how director Quentin Tarantino helped regenerate public interest in The FBI by incorporating footage of the first-season episode "All the Streets are Silent" into his Oscar-winning movie Once Upon a Time...
Jan 15, 2024•19 min•Season 16Ep. 633
TVC 633.3: Greg and Ed talk about how some of the various tropes of The FBI (ABC, 1965-1974) changed once William Reynolds replaced Stephen Brooks as Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.'s field partner; the show's relationship with the Ford Motor Company; and such notable episodes as "Ordeal," "Breakthrough," "The Executioners," and "The Hiding Place." All nine seasons of The FBI are available on DVD through Warner Bros. Archive and are available for streaming on demand through Tubi , while The FBI is shown we...
Jan 15, 2024•16 min•Season 16Ep. 633
TVC 633.4: David Bianculli , longtime television critic and longtime contributor to NPR's Fresh Air , and the author of Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , joins Ed as TV Confidential pays tribute to comedian Tom Smothers, the comic half of the Smothers Brothers stage act who was also the driving force behind The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS, 1967-1969). Tom Smothers passed away Tuesday, Dec. 26 at age eighty-six. Topics this segment include the m...
Jan 15, 2024•21 min•Season 16Ep. 633
TVC 633.5: David Bianculli talks to Ed about how the battles between CBS network executives and Tom Smothers over censorship of behind The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS, 1967-1969) "were like parents who were too strict trying to discipline children who were too rebellious"; the return of The Smothers Brothers to CBS television in 1988, and the emergence of Tom's "Yo-Yo man" character; and the final public appearance of the Smothers Brothers during the launch of a Smothers Brothers exhibit ...
Jan 15, 2024•14 min•Season 16Ep. 633
