TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 661.5: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why many actors remain attracted to the stage, plus he shares a funny story about the time that he and James Caan saw Dabney Coleman match volleys with tennis legend Arthur Ashe. Walter's memoir Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek is available in hardcover and as an eBook through Jacobs Brown Media Group.

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TVC 660.1: Ed welcomes Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel (Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, The Defiant Ones, The African Queen), and an accomplished journalist, foreign correspondent, and radio broadcaster in her own right. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To mark the occasion, Aimee is touring the country with a special Theodore Bikel Centennial Program that showcases the arc of Theo's career and legacy. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, as well as a list of Aimee's scheduled appearances in late 2024 and early 2025, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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TVC 660.2: Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel, talks to Ed about how Theo was an actor who always kept the rights of other actors in the forefront of his mind; how Rod Serling, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, and Stanley Kramer all shared Theo's ideals and passion for social justice; and some of the memories and favorite roles of Theo that audiences have shared with Aimee. Calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of Theodore Bikel's birth; to mark the occasion, Aimee is touring the country with a special Theodore Bikel Centennial Program that showcases the arc of Theo's career and legacy. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, as well as a list of Aimee's scheduled appearances in late 2024 and early 2025, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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TVC 660.3: From June 2014: Ed welcomes legendary singer, author, poet, stage actor, activist, and raconteur Theodore Bikel. Topics this segment include Theo's body of work as a songwriter and poet, plus Theo shares a few memories of working with Rod Serling, Norman Lear, and Peter Falk. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore

Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that combines Theo's own storytelling with a broader exploration of Sholem Aleichem, a pioneer of modern Jewish literature whose stories about Teyve the Dairyman provided the basis for the Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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TVC 660.5: From December 2014: Legendary actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that not only combines Theo's own storytelling with a broader exploration of author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, but in many ways served as Theo's legacy. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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TVC 659.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the television legacy of Phil Donahue, creator and host of Donahue (Syndicated, 1967-1996), the long-running daytime talk show that not only was the first popular talk show to integrate audience participation into its format, but ushered in the modern era of syndicated daytime talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated, 1988-2011). Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight. Topics this segment include a discussion of some of Donahue's most memorable or controversial segments.

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TVC 659.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their discussion of the television legacy of Phil Donahue, as seen from the eyes of a viewer. Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight. Topics this segment include favorite episodes of Donahue, including the time when Donahue fell in love with Marlo Thomas during her first appearance on his show; Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal's appearance to discuss Comic Relief; and David Letterman's running gag about Donahue's move to New York in 1984.

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TVC 659.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss some of the memorable segments that Phil Donahue did after moving production of Donahue to New York in 1984; Posner/Donahue (CNBC/Syndicated, 1991-1994), the issues-oriented talk show that Donahue co-hosted with Soviet journalist Vladmir Posner; and the controversy that led to the cancellation of Donahue's CNBC talk show (2002-2003) after just six months. Phil Donahue passed away Sunday, Aug. 18 at age eighty-eight.

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TVC 659.4: Ed welcomes back Rich Little, America's Master Mimic, and the dean of impressionists. Rich will bring his record-breaking one-man Las Vegas show to the Laugh Factory Covina, 104 North Citrus Avenue in Covina, California, on Sunday, Sept. 8 for one night only beginning at 7pm. Go to tixr.com/groups/laughfactorycovina for tickets and moreinformation.

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