Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Sally, Charlie and Johnny: This Week on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Singer/actress Sally Kellerman and former NBC-TV publicist Charlie Barrett will be our special guests on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Tuesday, Feb. 24, beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT

on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Owner of one of the most recognizable voices in the world, Sally Kellerman has been an entertainment icon for more than 30 years. We’ll be talking about her many roles in film and television, including the original M*A*S*H feature motion picture (in which she originated the role of “Hot Lips” Houlihan), as well as her new CD, Sally. Sally Kellerman will be joining us in our first hour, beginning at 10:10pm ET, 7:10pm PT.

Then in our second hour, Charlie Barrett of The Barrett Company will join us as we pay tribute to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Charlie was Johnny’s publicist from 1984 until the time Johnny stepped down from The Tonight Show in 1992. We’ll talk about what it was like to work with such a TV legend, and a whole lot more. Charlie Barrett will be joining us beginning at 11:15pm ET, 8:15pm PT.

If you want to be part of our conversation, be sure to join Frankie Montiforte and me this Tuesday, Feb. 24 beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. If you have a question or comment for either of our guests, and would like to send it in advance, the email address, as always, is talk@tvconfidential.net. You can also record a message in advance by calling our toll free number, (800) 407-KSAV (5728).

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net

Also available as a podcast via iTunes and FeedBurner

 

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf dies at age 90

From the New York Times, by way of the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/17/BA4715URKF.DTL

Joseph Kennedy, Hollywood mogul

A review of Joseph P. Kennedy Presents discusses how the Kennedy family patriarch was also the architect of the mergers that laid the groundwork for today’s Hollywood. The piece appears in today’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/15/RVCU15HBIT.DTL

Art turns ugly in squabble over “Hope”‘

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/13/MN2715SEPA.DTL

Bernie Casey and Bill Tush: This Week on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Film and TV actor Bernie Casey and veteran CNN entertainment correspondent Bill Tush will be our special guests this week on a star-studded edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 10pm-midnight ET, 7pm-9pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Known for his roles in such diverse films, TV-movies and series as Sharky’s Machine, Revenge of the Nerds, Never Say Never Again, The Streets of San Francisco, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Roots: The Next Generation, Harris and Company and the original Brian’s Song, Bernie Casey is also an esteemed painter and poet with many interesting stories to share. Among his recent credits is When I Find The Ocean, in which he stars as a tugboat captain who befriends a young white girl amidst of civil unrest in the United States in the early 1960s. Bernie Casey will be joining us during our first hour, beginning at 10:10pm ET, 7:10pm PT.

Then in our second hour, we’ll welcome Bill Tush, who first joined forces with Ted Turner in the mid 1970s at Turner’s then-struggling Atlanta-based television station, WTCG Channel 17. A jack of all trades, Tush anchored the late night news, did commercials, hosted movies and eventually became the original face and voice of Superstation WTBS. Tush then hosted a groundbreaking weekly sketch comedy series, Tush, which introduced Jan Hooks (Designing Women) and Bonnie and Terry Turner (Third Rock from the Sun, That ’70s Show), before joining CNN, where he was the anchor and entertainment correspondent for CNN Showbiz Today for more than 20 years. Bill Tush will be joining us at approximately 11:05pm ET, 8:05pm PT.

If you have questions for either of our guests, and would like to participate in our program, we invite you to join Frankie Montiforte and me this Tuesday, Feb. 10 beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. The phone number, as always, is (800) 407-KSAV (5728); email address is talk@tvconfidential.net.

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
Also available as a podcast via iTunes and FeedBurner

Web 2.0 defamation lawsuits multiply

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/09/MNOJ15F979.DTL

Check Out “The Rockford Files” on the New TV CONFIDENTIAL Channel on YouTube

For those who may have missed my recent appearance on Retro Night, in which I introduced four episodes of The Rockford Files along with my friend Ronn Owens, we have now posted all eight wrap-around segments on our new TV CONFIDENTIAL channel on YouTube. Here’s the link to the first video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6vBF74HiY8

and here’s the link to our channel:

www.youtube.com/tvconfidential

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
Also available as a podcast through iTunes and FeedBurner