TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 700.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Kathleen Bradley, the first African-American model to join ranks with Barker's Beauties on The Price is Right, and the actress known around the world as Mrs. Parker in Friday. Topics this segment include Kathleen's years traveling the world as a member of the female soul and disco group The Love Machine; the time when director Oliver Stone met with Kathleen to discuss her playing a role in one of his films; and why, in many respects, Kathleen can be considered "the Jackie Robinson of The Price is Right." Kathleen's memoir, Backstage at The Price is Right, is available both at Amazon and at KathleenBradley.tv.

TVC 700.5: Ed back welcomes actor, author, playwright, and Emmy Award-winning producer Laurence Luckinbill (The Boys in the Band, The Delphi Bureau, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Lyndon, Hemingway, Teddy Tonight!, Clarence Darrow Tonight!). Topics this segment include why both the original stage production and the original theatrical release of The Boys in the Band are literature in the truest sense of the word; Larry's detailed recall of many of the events he depicts in his autobiography, Affective Memories: How Chance and The Theater Saved My Life; and why Larry, by his own admission, was a "bad boy" for most of his formative years, until he was finally given direction. Affective Memories is available wherever books are sold through Sunbury Press.

TVC 700.6: Actor and author Laurence Luckinbill (The Boys in the Band, The Delphi Bureau, Star Trek V, Affective Memories: How Chance and The Theater Saved My Life) talks to Ed about the many times in which providence has played a role in his life, including a pivotal night at the end of his first year as a pre-med student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Larry's autobiography, Affective Memories, is available wherever books are sold through Sunbury Press.

Please enjoy this special bonus edition of the TV Confidential podcast honoring the memory of Loni Anderson, the actress known around the world as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati. Loni Anderson passed away Sunday, Aug. 3 at age seventy-nine. While we never had the opportunity to interview her directly on TV Confidential, Loni Anderson did appear on our program—kinda sorta—in September 2019, when we brought you remote coverage of the Opening Night ceremonies of a special exhibit at the Hollywood Museum honoring Barbara Eden. Loni Anderson was one of the guest speakers that night. She not only shared a few memories of her forty-plus-year friendship with Barbara Eden (which began when the two of them appeared as guests on a Bob Hope special), but—as you're about to hear—she described Barbara Eden as "the real bombshell in the audience." Photo of Loni Anderson courtesy Hanson & Schwam PR

TVC 699.1: An encore presentation of a conversation from May 2015 with Mick Martin, the longtime blues artist and radio host who enjoyed a parallel successful career as film critic for The Sacramento Union and other newspapers. Mick Martin passed away on Sunday, July 13 at age seventy-six. Mick interviewed hundreds of actors and musicians, including Clint Walker, Jack Kelly and Christopher Lee, while his books included Video Movie Guide, a guide to movies and TV shows available on home entertainment that Mick published annually for many years, and Them Ornery Mitchum Boys, a joint biography of actors Robert Mitchum and John Mitchum.

TVC 699.2: From May 2015: Blues artist, radio host, and film historian Mick Martin and Ed discuss why John Mitchum, the younger brother of Robert Mitchum, was something of a "Hard Luck Harry" until his memorable role opposite Clint Eastwood in the original Dirty Harry. Other topics this segment include a look at such other notable character actors as Andrew Robinson, Richard Farnsworth, and Wilford Brimley; why Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones are really "character actors" at heart; and why Lonesome Dove remains one of Mick's favorite movies. Mick Martin passed away on Sunday, July 13 at age seventy-six.

TVC 699.3: Via remote from Las Vegas: Ed welcomes Morgan White, Jr., longtime late night radio personality for WBZ AM-FM/Boston, author of many books on a variety of subjects, and the Undisputed King of Trivia. Besides his deep roots in radio, Morgan has hosted live improv trivia shows, both in Boston and in other parts of the country, for more than forty-five years—and, as you're able to hear, no one else approaches the subject of trivia quite like he does. You can listen to Morgan every Saturday at 10pm ET on WBZ AM-FM/Boston.

TVC 699.4: Via remote from Las Vegas: Longtime Boston radio personality Morgan White, Jr. talks to Ed about meeting some of his animation heroes, including Daws Butler, Jay Ward, Bill Scott, and June Foray; how both Matt Damon and Ben Affeck were regular listeners of his late night show, before they became stars; and how Morgan became dear friends with one of his TV heroes, David McCallum. You can listen to Morgan every Saturday at 10pm ET on WBZ AM-FM/Boston.

TVC 699.5: Ed welcomes Kathleen Bradley, the first African-American model to join ranks with Barker's Beauties on The Price is Right, and the actress known around the world as the voluptuous Mrs. Parker in the 1995 cult comedy Friday. Kathleen recently reunited with Ice Cube, one of her co-stars in Friday, on the set of Ice Cube's music video for "It's My Ego." (Kathleen appears prominently in several scenes of the video; she is the stylishly dressed churchgoer in the blue dress and blue wide-brimmed hat.) Topics this segment include how Ice Cube personally requested that Kathleen play Mrs. Parker in Friday; why it was something of a miracle that Kathleen landed the role of Mrs. Parker, considering that the producers of The Price is Right made it difficult for her and other Barker's Beauties to audition for parts in movies and other TV shows; and why making Friday itself was also something of a miracle. Kathleen's memoir, Backstage at The Price is Right, is available both at Amazon and at KathleenBradley.tv.

TVC 699.6: Actress, supermodel, speaker, and author Kathleen Bradley talks to Ed about working with some of the other cast members of Friday, including Bernie Mac, Regina King, Tiny Lister, and John Witherspoon. Calendar year 2025 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Friday. Kathleen's memoir, Backstage at The Price is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty, is available both at Amazon and at KathleenBradley.tv.