TV RetroVision

The Classic TV and Movie podcast, where we celebrate all our yesterdays.. today, and tomorrow. Each episode features an interview with a celebrity, filmmaker, pop culture or television historian, reliving the great television shows and films from the Golden Age to 10 minutes ago.

Hal Linden and Barney Miller: Part 1 of 2 10/03/2024

Hal Linden and Barney Miller: Part 1 of 2 Actor Hal Linden takes a look back at his time on the 1975 to 1982 series 'Barney Miller,' remembering the joys and the challenges of the classic show. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/33640237

Hal Linden and Barney Miller: Part 2 of 2 10/03/2024

Hal Linden and Barney Miller: Part 2 of 2 Actor Hal Linden takes a look back at his time on the 1975 to 1982 series 'Barney Miller,' remembering the joys and the challenges of the classic show. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/33640242

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 1 of 3 01/13/2023

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 1 of 3 The Judy Garland Show is television's most successful failure. Garland and Oz expert John Fricke looks back at the whole incredible story in this three-part conversation. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838102

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 2 of 3 01/13/2023

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 2 of 3 The Judy Garland Show is television's most successful failure. Garland and Oz expert John Fricke looks back at the whole incredible story in this three-part conversation. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838122

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 3 of 3 01/13/2023

John Fricke Remembers The Judy Garland Show: Part 3 of 3 The Judy Garland Show is television's most successful failure. Garland and Oz expert John Fricke looks back at the whole incredible story in this three-part conversation. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838137

Wednesday, Part 1: Jenna Ortega 12/18/2022

Wednesday, Part 1: Jenna Ortega In this three-segment episode, go behind the scenes of Netflix hit 'Wednesday' with star Jenna Ortega, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, and actors Luis Guzman and Gwendoline Christie /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838152

Wednesday, Part 2: Al Gough and Miles Millar 12/18/2022

Wednesday, Part 2: Al Gough and Miles Millar In this three-segment episode, go behind the scenes of Netflix hit 'Wednesday' with star Jenna Ortega, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, and actors Luis Guzman and Gwendoline Christie /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838167

Wednesday, Part 3: Luis Guzman and Gwendoline Christie 12/18/2022

Wednesday, Part 3: Luis Guzman and Gwendoline Christie In this three-segment episode, go behind the scenes of Netflix hit 'Wednesday' with star Jenna Ortega, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and actors Luis Guzman and Gwendoline Christie. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838192

A Bit of Variety (Shows) with Bruce Vilanch 12/12/2022

A Bit of Variety (Shows) with Bruce Vilanch Six-time Emmy winner Bruce Vilanch remembers writing for 'The Brady Bunch Variety Hour,' 'Donny and Marie' and 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838207

Director Steve Binder: Resurrecting the Career of Elvis Presley 11/25/2022

Director Steve Binder: Resurrecting the Career of Elvis Presley The career-restoring "Elvis Comeback Special" was guided by director/producer Steve Binder, who remembers his time with the King. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838227

Biographer David Grove Remembers Bill Bixby 04/05/2022

Biographer David Grove Remembers Bill Bixby My Favorite Martian and Incredible Hulk star Bill Bixby was a man full of contradictions as discussed by biographer David Grove /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838242

Real Brady Bro Barry Williams 03/23/2022

Real Brady Bro Barry Williams Had a groovy time with Barry Williams talking about his career and all things Brady, especially The Real Brady Bros Podcast. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838267

Mark B. Perry on The Wonder Years 09/20/2021

Mark B. Perry on The Wonder Years Writer/producer Mark B. Perry remembers 'The Wonder Years,' the show where he got his big break. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838287

Karen Valentine Remembers Paul Lynde 09/06/2021

Karen Valentine Remembers Paul Lynde Room 222 actress Karen Valentine remembers friend and co-star Paul Lynde, beloved as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and star of The Hollywood Squares. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838302

Cheryl Ladd, from 'Pussycat' to 'Angel' 08/25/2021

Cheryl Ladd, from 'Pussycat' to 'Angel' Cheryl Ladd's career has spanned everything from Josie and the Pussycats to Charlie's Angels and so much more, which she discusses on this episode of TV RetroVision /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838317

Elinor Donahue Remembers 'Father Knows Best' 08/10/2021

Elinor Donahue Remembers 'Father Knows Best' Actress Elinor Donahue, a fixture of Classic TV her role in the 1950s' Father Knows Best, 1960s' The Andy Griffith Show and the 1970s' The Odd Couple, sits down with TV RetroVision for a multi-part conversation. In the first installment, we reflect on her early days as an actress and the experience of Father Knows Best. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838337

Part 2: Behind-the-Scenes on 'Father Knows' Best with Elinor Donahue 08/10/2021

Part 2: Behind-the-Scenes on 'Father Knows' Best with Elinor Donahue In the second of our three-part conversation with Elinor Donahue, she brings us behind-the-scenes on Father Knows Best and details her early days as an actress and how she felt a responsibility to keep working in order to keep food on the table and the lights on for she and her mother. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838357

Part 3 with Elinor Donahue: Star Trek and The Odd Couple 08/10/2021

Part 3 with Elinor Donahue: Star Trek and The Odd Couple Part 3 of TV RetroVision's conversation with iconic actress Elinor Donahue (Father Knows Best, 1960s' The Andy Griffith Show). In this segment, Elinor talks to host Ed Gross about playing Felix Unger's girlfriend Miriam on The Odd Couple and her appearance in the "Metamorphosis" episode of the original Star Trek. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838372

Going Bionic with Lee Majors 03/10/2021

Going Bionic with Lee Majors One of the TV pop culture sensations of the 1970s was The Six Million Dollar Man, the memory of which lives on to this day. In this exclusive interview from the archives, we talk to Lee Majors about bringing Col. Steve Austin to life and reflect on his bionic adventures. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838387

'Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane: Murder, Scandal and the Trial 03/05/2021

'Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane: Murder, Scandal and the Trial In the concluding installment of our interview with journalist Robert Crane, he reflects on the murder and resulting scandal surrounding his father, Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane. The story is tragic, though Robert does provide perspective on what happened. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838407

The Life and Tragic Murder of 'Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane Remembered by Son Robert Crane 02/25/2021

The Life and Tragic Murder of 'Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane Remembered by Son Robert Crane Bob Crane is best remembered for his starring role in the 1960s' sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and, sadly, for his murder and the scandal that erupted following it. His journalist son, Robert Crane, joins us on the TV RetroVision podcast to remember it all, and in the process paints a portrait of Bob as a person that many may not be aware of. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838422

Talking to Batman: If It Sounds Like Adam West, It Must Be ... 02/08/2021

Talking to Batman: If It Sounds Like Adam West, It Must Be ... Holy soundalike! The focus is on Batman '66 or, more accurately, the pre-Dark Knight Caped Crusader himself, who we sit down and talk with. It couldn't really be Adam West ... could it? You'll have to judge that for yourself. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838442

'Gilligan's Island' Star Dawn Wells Remembered and In Her Own Words 02/01/2021

'Gilligan's Island' Star Dawn Wells Remembered and In Her Own Words For fans of Classic TV, the death of Gilligan's Island star Dawn Wells last December was extremely moving. One of them was pop culture historian, and her close friend, Geoffrey Mark, who warmly remembers her. From there, we'll hear from Dawn herself in an exclusive interview we had conducted with her in which she reflects on the enduring popularity of the show, her character and the impact that both had on her life and career. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838462

Director Kevin Derek, 'More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story' 01/27/2021

Director Kevin Derek, 'More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story' You may know Japanese-American actor Pat Morita as Arnold from Happy Days or Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid films, but there was so much more about him you don't know — especially the real-life trauma that haunted him most of his life and pushed him further and further into alcoholism. Now director Kevin Derek is sharing it all with his new documentary, More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita story, which he discusses in this episode of the TV RetroVision podcast. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838477

'All in the Family' and the First Flushing Toilet 01/25/2021

'All in the Family' and the First Flushing Toilet Norman Lear's All in the Family came out of the gate breaking television taboos, one of which (believe it or not) was the fact it represented the first time the TV audience heard the sound of a flushing toilet. TV historian Jim Colucci reflects on this ... uh ... historic moment. /episode/index/show/7a30caca-062d-4fba-a14c-9c56cf213383/id/32838497

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