TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television brings you lively conversations every week with the stars, writers, directors and other creative people behind the scenes of some of America's most popular shows. An engaging blend of talk and entertainment, TV Confidential often compares today’s programs with those of the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
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Oprah Signs Off
From June 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the legacy of Oprah Winfrey
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Can You Teach Funny?
From June 2012: Ed welcomes David Misch, television comedy writer and producer and author of Funny: The Book
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Why Are Ducks Funny?
From June 2012: Ed welcomes David Misch, television comedy writer and producer and author of Funny: The Book
7 min
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100 Years of Nelson Riddle
Ed welcomes Geoffrey Littlefield, author of Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat
20 min
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The Singular Sound of Nelson Riddle
Ed welcomes Geoffrey Littlefield, author of Nelson Riddle: Music with a Heartbeat
21 min
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Soul Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Ed welcomes Michael Shevack, author of Soul Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
16 min
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The Inimitable Charles Grodin
From December 2012: Ed welcomes Charles Grodin
19 min
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Charles Grodin, Lee Strasberg, and Andy Rooney
From December 2012: Ed welcomes Charles Grodin
17 min
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Charles Grodin and the Personalization of Acting
From December 2012: Ed welcomes Charles Grodin
14 min
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Shooting the Breeze with iHeart Radio host Torc...
TVC 452.1: Ed welcomes Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, a collection of fifty first-hand accounts of such Baby Boomer...
19 min
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Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery biogr...
TVC 452.2: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, the first objective cradle-to-grave...
21 min
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More with Greg and Herbie J
TVC 452.2a: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato
14 min
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The Secret Hollywood Studio That Shaped The Col...
TVC 452.3: Ed welcomes Kevin Hamilton and Ned O’Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, the inside story of Lookout Mountain Laboratory—a secret motion picture studio, run by the U.S....
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James Stewart, Rear Window, and Lookout Mountai...
TVC 452.4: Kevin Hamilton and Ned O’Gorman, co-authors of Lookout America: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War, discuss how Oscar-winning actor and U.S. Air Force reserve brigadier general James Stewart lent gravitas to the...
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How iHeart Radio host Torchy Smith Got His Name
TVC 452.5: Torchy Smith, host of Baby Boomers Talk Radio and author of Shooting the Breeze with Baby Boomer Stars: Surprising Celebrity Conversations for the Retro Generation, shares some insight into his approach to interviewing such Baby Boomer...
13 min
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Happy Birthday, Bob Hope
Bob Mills, longtime writer for Bob Hope, joins Ed in the studio that was recorded on May 29, 2013, the day that would have marked Hope's 110th birthday
11 min
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Bob Hope, Topical Monologist
From June 2013: Bob Mills, longtime writer for Bob Hope, on how the legendary comedian always went for the laugh when poking fun at political figures
11 min
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Writing for Bob Hope
Part 3 of a conversation with longtime Bob Hope writer Bob Mills that was recorded on May 29, 2013, Hope's 110th birthday
12 min
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The Twilight Years of Bob Hope on Television
Part 4 of our minisode edition featuring longtime Bob Hope writer Bob Mills
7 min
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The First Our Gang Comedy with Sound
From May 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the appeal of the Our Gang comedies as part of This Week in TV History
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Public Defender on DVD
Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent DVD release of Public Defender
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Man with a Camera on DVD
Greg and Ed discuss the DVD release of Man with a Camera
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Bob Hope: A Fearless Performer
Part 2 of our conversation with Martha Bolton, the first and only fulltime female writer on Bob Hope's staff
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Billie Hayes: A True Original
Marty Krofft helps us pay tribute to actress Billie Hayes
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Billie Hayes and Sid & Marty Krofft
Greg and Ed with a few more thoughts on the career of Billie Hayes
12 min