TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
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The Chicago roots of Tom Dreesen (opens the original)
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TVC 747.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the life and career of Tom Dreesen , the pioneering comedian, actor, and motivational speaker who was also the opening act for Frank Sinatra for many years. Tom Dreesen passed away on June 17, 2026 at the age of eighty-six. Topics this segment include the night when Dreesen visited Story Salon in 2009 (shortly after the publication of his first book, Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White ), and how he incorporated the stories of every performer
Catherine O'Hara: She Could Do Anything (opens the original)
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TVC 746.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the career of actress and comedienne Catherine O'Hara, from her early work at Second City Toronto to SCTV, Home Alone, Schitt's Creek, The Studio , her appearances in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest, and more. Catherine O'Hara passed away on Jan. 30, 2026 at age seventy-one.
Charlotte Stewart and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (opens the original)
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TVC 747.3: Ed welcomes back Charlotte Stewart , the actress known around the world as Miss Beadle on Little House on the Prairie and as Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks . Charlotte will join Alison Arngrim, Dean Butler, and many other members of the Little House cast at the huge Little House on the Prairie 50th anniversary cast reunion that will take place Sept. 11-12-13 at the historic Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The weekend will include a special Friday night cast appearance plus, if you
Charlotte Stewart on why composition was important to David Lynch (opens the original)
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TVC 747.4: Actress and author Charlotte Stewart ( Little House on the Prairie , Twin Peaks , Little House in the Hollywood Hills ) talks to Ed about why the composition of a film was always important to director David Lynch, and how her long association with Lynch began when he was a student filmmaker and continued with Eraserhead and Twin Peaks . You can meet Charlotte Stewart, along with many other cast members of Little House on the Prairie , at the Little House on the Prairie 50th anniversar
Richard Lefkowitz, author of Welcome to Fabulous Angeles (opens the original)
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TVC 746.1: Ed welcomes Richard Lefkowitz, author of Welcome to Fabulous Angeles: The Rock 'n' Roll Adventures of a Wayward Westside Teen , a coming of age memoir about Richard's years growing up as a teenager in 1970s Los Angeles along with his best friend—a character known in the book as "Moxie"—while also searching for validation and fulfillment. Throughout the pages of Fabulous Angeles , Richard and Moxie bluster and bluff their way into exclusive parties, once-in-a-lifetime concerts, and man
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