TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 596.1: A return visit by Lee Goldberg, the New York Times bestselling novelist whose many credits as a television writer and producer include such shows as Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Psych, Hunter, Nero Wolfe, Sliders, and Spenser: For Hire. Lee is also the author / creator of the Eve Ronin novels, a page-turning series of murder mysteries, set in the otherwise sleepy community of Calabasas, California, that centers around the exploits of detective Eve Ronin, the youngest robbery homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The latest entry, Movieland, follows Eve's investigation of a series of unreported sniper attacks in Malibu Creek State Park, the historic state park in the San Fernando Valley that has also served as the backdrop for many movies and TV shows.

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TVC 596.2: Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling novelist and Edgar Award-nominated television writer and producer, talks to Ed about his recent trip to England in September, which happened to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; why character is always the starting point whenever he embarks on a new novel; and his love of television shows from the 1970s. All four Eve Ronin novels by Lee Goldberg (including the latest, Movieland) are available wherever books are sold.

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TVC 596.3: Nick Santa Maria joins Greg Ehrbar for a look at the recently restored Blu-ray release of The Abbott and Costello Show: Season One, the season that, among other things, featured Joe Besser as Stinky, the man-child who often got the best of Costello. Topics this segment include how the rhythm of The Abbott and Costello Show, in many respects, inspired Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David many years later when they developed Seinfeld.

Nick Santa Maria is the co-author of The Annotated Abbott and Costello: A Complete Viewer's Guide to the Comedy Team and Their 38 Films, a new book that becomes available in December from McFarland Books.

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TVC 596.4: An encore presentation of a conversation with actor and author James McEachin (The Perry Mason Mysteries, Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale) that originally aired during Veterans Day weekend in 2014. At the time we spoke to James, he was developing The Purple Heart, a screen project based on the true story of the discovery of a lost Purple Heart medal that belonged to Lt. Henry Schenk, James' patrol leader in the Korean War—and the role James played in helping restore that medal to Schenk's family. The film also discusses the history of the Purple Heart itself, plus issues such as survivors guilt, the right and wrongs of war, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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TVC 596.5: From November 2014: Ed welcomes actor and author James McEachin (The Perry Mason Mysteries, Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale, The Purple Heart).

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TVC 596.6: From November 2014: Actor and author James McEachin (The Perry Mason Mysteries, Tenafly, The Heroin Factor, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Tell Me a Tale, The Purple Heart) shares a few memories of working with Sidney Poitier, John Wayne, Raymond Burr, and producer Dean Hargrove.

TVC 595.1: Ed welcomes actress, writer, and stunt artist Kayla Adams, the star of Hex, a horror-thriller about a sky diving team that attempts to execute a dangerous formation jump known as "The Hex." When one of the team members mysteriously disappears in mid air while practicing the stunt, Kayla's character must navigate a lot of weird and scary stuff, including the possibility that The Hex may be cursed. Hex is now available on DVD and for streaming on demand on all major platforms.

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TVC 595.2: Actor, author, and comedian Nick Santa Maria (The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster) joins Greg Ehrbar for the first of two DVD and streaming reports that focuses on recent Blu-ray titles featuring Abbott and Costello, including the digitally remastered limited edition 70th anniversary re-release of Jack and the Beanstalk (1952). Nick is the co-author of The Annotated Abbott and Costello: A Complete Viewer's Guide to the Comedy Team and Their 38 Films, a new book that becomes available in December from McFarland Books.

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TVC 595.3: Joyce Bulifant joins Ed to help us pay tribute to Ron Masak, the actor best known to TV audiences for playing Sheriff Mort Metzger on Murder, She Wrote (CBS, 1984-1996). Ron Masak passed away last Thursday, Oct. 20 at the age of eighty-six. Joyce co-starred with Ron on Love Thy Neighbor (ABC, 1973), plus they worked together on many charitable functions in the years after that show.

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TVC 595.4: From October 2010: Actor Ron Masak (Murder, She Wrote, Ice Station Zebra, Harper Valley PTA, Second Effort) talks to Ed about the one-man show about Mark Twain that he wrote and starred in; his passion for baseball, including how Ron was offered a contract to play for the Chicago White Sox after being scouted by Major League Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby; and working with Patrick McGoohan in both Ice Station Zebra and Columbo. At the time we spoke to Ron, he had just released his memoirs, I've Met All My Heroes from A to Z, a heartfelt tribute to some of the many people from all walks of life that Ron met in his career who had an impact not only on his life, but the world in general—people such as Neil Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Audie Murphy, Angela Lansbury, Elvis Presley, Alan Shepard, John Wayne, NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi, legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, country western artist Garth Brooks, and General Norman Schwartzkopf. Ron Masak passed away last Thursday, Oct. 20 at the age of eighty-six.

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