TV CONFIDENTIAL Archives: Dec. 9, 2011

Show No. 116 Dec. 9, 2011

First hour: Actor and comedian Sid Veda, who plays Chad on the popular "Ranjit and Chad" commercials for mobile phone service provider Metro PCS, talks to Ed, Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen about some of his early influences as a comedian, as well as his work on the NBC comedy series Outsourced. Also in this hour: This Week in TV History celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Dick Van Dyke Show on television. Plus: Phil Gries with Part 2 of our tribute to TV talk show pioneer Joe Franklin, including clips from Joe's conversations with Jim Backus and Myrna Loy. Second hour: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome author, speaker, filmmaker and media consultant Phil Cooke (The Last TV Evangelist, JOLT: Get the Jump on a World That’s Constantly Changing).