TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 659.5: Rich Little, America's Master Mimic and the dean of impressionists, talks to Ed about some of the many U.S. presidents whose voices he's impersonated over the years, including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Rich will bring his record-breaking one-man Las Vegas show to the Laugh Factory Covina on Sunday, Sept. 8 for one night only beginning at 7pm. Go to tixr.com/groups/laughfactorycovina for tickets and more information.

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TVC 658.1: From July 2016: Ed welcomes Peter Marshall, master of The Hollywood Squares, and a man whose eight-decade-long career in entertainment spans the worlds of big band

music, Broadway musicals, comedy, movies, live performances, and radio. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight.

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TVC 658.2: From July 2016: Peter Marshall shares a few memories of working nightclubs with comedian Tommy Noonan (and, later, Tommy Farrell); his friendship with Wally Cox, which dated back long before they worked together on The Hollywood Squares; and sharing an onscreen kiss with Julie Newmar in The Rookie (1950). Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight.

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TVC 658.3: From December 2017: Ed welcomes back Peter Marshall, the master of The Hollywood Squares and the narrator of Wait For Your Laugh, the excellent documentary on the life and career of Rose Marie. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight.

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TVC 658.4: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) joins Ed for a conversation about the music career of Perry Como. Topics this segment include why Como was such a perfect fit for television, why Peter believes there's not much difference between a "singer" and a "crooner," and why part of Como's versatility stems from his ability to perform novelty songs. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight.

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TVC 658.5: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) shares a few more thoughts on the music legacy of Perry Como. Also in this segment: A clip from the Hollywood Museum's tribute to Barbara Eden in August 2019 in which Peter Marshall shares a few memories of working with Larry Hagman and Bill Daily. Peter co-starred with Barbara Eden in the 1961 comedy Swingin' Along. Peter Marshall passed Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at the age of ninety-eight.

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TVC 657.1: Ed welcomes Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television, an in-depth biography of actor Mike Connors, from his humble upbringing in Fresno, California to the circumstances that led him to be discovered by film director William Wellman while playing basketball at UCLA, to the drive and intensity that Connors brought to his acting career, to his passion and genuine interest in people that was part of Connors' makeup, on and off camera, to the pivotal role that Lucille Ball played in getting Mannix on the air and changing the course of Connors' life. Topics this segment include the story of how a chance meeting with an optometrist set into motion the events that brought Bill into Connors' life and eventually becoming his biographer; the various hardships that Connors overcame in his formative years; and how Connors learned from his father the importance of living by The Golden Rule. Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television is available right now from our friends at BearManor Media.

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TVC 657.2: Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television, talks to Ed about how closely Connors worked with stunt coordinators Charles Picerni and Dick Ziker on planning and performing the various stunts every week on Mannix, and how Connors performed as much as his own stunts as safety would allow so that it appeared as authentic as possible. Also in this segment: The back story of the famous opening title sequence of Mannix. Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television is available right now from our friends at BearManor Media.

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TVC 675.3: Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television, talks to Ed about how both Mannix and Tightrope were canceled not because of ratings, but because of other factors decided by network executives; how Connors always made himself available to his fans; and the grace with which he always treated his fellow actors. Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television is available right now from our friends at BearManor Media.

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TVC 657.4. From May 2014: Ed welcomes Mike Connors, the actor known to three generations of television viewers as private eye Joe Mannix. Co-hosting this segment is David Breckman, writer, director, and co-executive producer of Monk, and a huge fan of Mannix. Mike Connors passed away in January 2017.

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