The Great TV Podcast with Jim Harold

Where we talk about the best shows ever made, current & classic!

Jim Harold

Open House with Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays – The Great TV Podcast 34

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TV legend Corbin Bernsen and his wife, accomplish actress Amanda Pays are also superstars of making great living spaces. They talk about their book on the subject and their 30 year marriage.

Here is their new book at Amazon:

Open House: Reinventing Space for Simple Living

Thanks Corbin and Amanda!

Seinfeldia – TV You Grew Up With 29

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This week’s show is all about Seinfeld. Our guest is author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

NOTE: We are changing the name of the show, so episode 30 with be under the new GREAT TV PODCAST banner!

You can find her book on the “show about nothing” at Amazon.com: Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

Thanks!

Eric Braeden – TV You Grew Up With 27

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You may know him as the iconic villain Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless, but you probably don’t know the amazing journey Eric Braeden took to become a soap opera legend. He shares some of that journey with us on this edition of TV You Grew Up With.

You can find his book at Amazon.com: I’ll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America’s #1 Daytime Drama

Thanks Eric!

P.S. Eric is one of those guests I could have talked with for hours…an amazing man!

Little House In The Hollywood Hills – TV You Grew Up With 23

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Charlotte Stewart was Miss Beadle on Little House On The Prarie, Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks and has many stories of rubbing elbows with Hollywood legends. We had a great talk on this episode of TV You Grew Up With.

You can find her autobiography at Amazon.com: Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl’s Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me

Thanks Charlotte!

Remembering Rod Serling – TV You Grew Up With 18

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We talk with Mike Pipher who is in charge of the Rod Serling Archive at the Bundy Museum in Binghamton, NY (Serling’s hometown). We discuss the master of mystery, and his career before, during and after The Twilight Zone.

Submitted for your consideration on TV You Grew Up With…

Serling’s most celebrated TV series at Amazon.com: The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

The Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection (DVD)

Night Gallery: Season 1

Night Gallery: Season 2

Night Gallery: Season 3

This program was recorded in October 2015.

Thanks Mike!

Images: Wikipedia/CBS Entertainment

Andy and Don – TV You Grew Up With 17

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The Andy Griffith Show is one of the iconic series in the history of television. Pulitzer prize winning author Daniel de Visé joins us to talk about the relationship that created it. . .that between Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. A great guest and book.

You can find Daniel’s must-read book at Amazon.com:

Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American

Thanks Daniel!

The Prisoner – TV You Grew Up With 14

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We talk to Alan Stevens and Dr. Fiona Moore about this iconic, mind bending 60s TV series, The Prisoner. They have written the ultimate guide book to the program. We also discuss their books on Battlestar Galactica.

Here are Amazon links to some of the books we discussed:

Fall Out: The Unofficial and Unathorised Guide to The Prisoner

By Your Command: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Battlestar Galactica: Original Series and Galactica 1980 Volume 1

Liberation – A Complete Guide to Blake’s 7

Thanks Alan and Dr. Moore!