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Show No. 110
Oct. 26, 2011 |
First hour: Music journalist and music historian (TV’s Biggest Hits: The Story of Television Themes from
Dragnet to Friends) joins Ed for
a remembrance of Emmy Award-winning composer and arranger , whose many contributions to television include the theme
music for such shows as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Thriller, Run for
Your Life and The Fugitive. Also in this hour: Phil
Gries with Part 2 of our look at the
early TV career of Woody Allen, including rare audio of his appearances with
Johnny Carson, Steve Allen and Merv Griffin. Allen’s life and career will be the
subject of Seriously Funny: The Comic Art of Woody
Allen, a two-part
documentary that will air Nov. 20-21 on PBS.
Second hour: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned (The Waltons, Nurse, One Slight Hitch). Michael is currently starring, along with Granville van Dusen, in Southern Comforts, a "delightful and sneakily sexy" romantic comedy that is playing at The Falcon Theatre in Burbank (818-955-8101; www.falcontheatre.com) through Sunday, Nov. 13. Also in this hour: Beverley Staunton, primary lead vocalist on Dancing with the Stars, takes Ed behind the scenes of the popular ABC series. Beverley’s new CD, Everything Changes, is an upbeat collection of songs that showcases her musical style as a country/pop artist. |
I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson. Read the full "Pre-ramble"
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