TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 587.1: From 2015: Phil Gries joins Ed for a special edition of the Sounds of Lost Television featuring rarely heard audio highlights from the early years of the broadcast career of Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers who was also known to national TV audiences for covering NFL Football, PGA Golf, and the NBC Baseball Game of the Week. Vin Scully passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the age of ninety-four.

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TVC 587.2: From 2015: Phil Gries plays more audio from the early broadcast career of Vin Scully, circa 1955 to 1965, as part of a special edition of the Sounds of Lost Television, including a clips from the 1955 World Series, the year when the Brooklyn Dodgers won their only championship, including Scully's call of Jackie Robinson stealing home. Also in this segment: A clip from our April 2017 conversation with actor and longtime Dodgers fan Ed Asner in which Asner talks about his love and appreciation for Vin Scully.

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TVC 587.3: From 2015: Phil Gries plays more audio from the early broadcast career of Vin Scully, circa 1955 to 1965, as part of a special edition of the Sounds of Lost Television, including a clip of Scully emceeing the pre-game festivities on Aug. 28, 1957, the night when the Brooklyn Dodgers honored Carl Furillo before a game at Ebbets Field. Vin Scully passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the age of ninety-four.

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TVC 587.4: From 2015: Phil Gries plays more audio highlights from the early broadcast career of Vin Scully as part of a special edition of the Sounds of Lost Television, including Scully's sign-off on the last day of the 1957 baseball season, the Dodgers' final year in Brooklyn before moving to Los Angeles. Vin Scully passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the age of ninety-four.

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TVC 587.5: From 2015: Phil Gries plays more audio highlights from the early broadcast career of Vin Scully, including Scully's call of the ninth inning of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax's perfect game on Sept. 9, 1965, plus a rarely heard celebrity softball game from November 1967 in which Scully shared the microphone with actor/comedian Jerry Lewis. Vin Scully passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the age of ninety-four.

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TVC 587.6: Tony Figueroa talks to Ed about how Vin Scully was an integral part of the soundtrack of the lives of three generations of Dodgers fans in Los Angeles. Vin Scully passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the age of ninety-four.

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TVC 586.1: Musician and historian Chuck Harter joins us for Part 2 of our special two-part tribute to the life and music of Elvis Presley. Chuck helped produced I, Elvis, a three-part look at the life and career of The King that originally aired in 1992 on the syndicated magazine series Hard Copy. As a result of that project, Chuck interviewed and got to know several members of the Memphis Mafia, including Charlie Hodge, Lamar Fike, Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Jerry Schilling, and Billy Smith. That gave him first-hand knowledge of Elvis from the people who knew him best. Chuck shares a few more of those stories in this segment, plus he performs "Love Me Tender."

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TVC 586.2: Chuck Harter and Ed discuss some of the many cover songs that Elvis Presley performed throughout his career, including "Love Letters (Straight from the Heart)," "Any Day Now," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Long Tall Sally," and "Tomorrow is a Long Time."

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TVC 586.3: Musician and historian Chuck Harter discusses the differences between Elvis Presley: The Image and Elvis the man. Chuck helped produced I, Elvis, a three-part look at the life and career of The King that originally aired in 1992 on the syndicated magazine series Hard Copy. As a result of that project, Chuck interviewed and got to know several members of the Memphis Mafia, including Charlie Hodge, Lamar Fike, Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Jerry Schilling, and Billy Smith.

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TVC 586.4: Musician and historian Chuck Harter shares a poignant memory of a scene he witnessed at a Washington, D.C. tavern on Aug. 16, 1977, the day that Elvis Presley died. Chuck also performs "For the Heart," one of the last songs that Elvis recorded.

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