Return Engagement with Charles Fox: Next on TVC
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Fox and pop culture expert Joanna Wilson will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Nov. 25-Dec. 1 at the following times and venues:
Share-a-Vision Radio
KSAV.org
Friday 11/25
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
KWDJ 1360-AM
Ridgecrest, Calif.
Saturday 11/26
8pm PT
Sunday 11/27
2pm PT
InternetVoicesRadio.com
Tuesday 11/29
11:05pm ET, 8:05pm PT
and at various times throughout the week on WROM Radio.
The Grammy-winning composer of “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” one of the most-performed songs ever in music history, Charles Fox has also composed the scores for hundreds of film and TV productions, including Goodbye, Columbus, Barbarella, Foul Play, 9 to 5, One on One, The Last American Hero, Two Minute Warning, The Other Side of The Mountain and Victory at Entebbe, as well as the theme songs for Love, American Style, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Wonder Woman, The Love Boat, The Paper Chase, the original theme to Monday Night Football and the famous theme to Wide World of Sports.
Charles’ memoir, Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music, tells the stories behind these great songs while also paying pays tribute to the teacher who started it all for him, Nadia Boulanger. We’ll not only talk about Charles’ journey in music, we’ll also play some of his most famous compositions when he joins us in our second hour.
Joining us in our first hour will be Joanna Wilson, pop culture expert and the leading authority on the subject of holiday TV programming. Joanna’s books include The Christmas TV Companion: A Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities and Tis the Season TV: The Encyclopedia of Christmas-Themed Episodes, Specials and Made for TV Movies, both of which provide engaging looks at Christmas specials over the years.
Joanna Wilson will also moderate the special panel discussion at The Waltons 40th Anniversary Cast Reunion that will take place Friday, Dec. 2 at the Loews Jersey Theater in New Jersey. Among those scheduled to appear that night will be Richard Thomas, Michael Learned Michael Learned, Kami Cotler, Judy Norton and Mary McDonough. The event will also include a special screening of The Homecoming, the holiday-themed two-hour pilot of The Waltons. For tickets and more information, go to www.waltonshomecoming40th.com.
Also this week: Phil Gries with Part 1 of our special tribute to talk show pioneer Joe Franklin; and Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen with a new edition of This Week in TV History.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fridays 7pm ET and PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
Saturdays 8pm PT
Sundays 2pm PT
KWDJ 1360-AM (Ridgecrest, Calif.)
Tuesdays 11:05pm ET, 8:05pm PT
Passionate World Radio
Three times a week
WROM: Realms of Music
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Share-a-Vision Radio
KSAV.org
Friday 11/25
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
KWDJ 1360-AM
Ridgecrest, Calif.
Saturday 11/26
8pm PT
Sunday 11/27
2pm PT
InternetVoicesRadio.com
Tuesday 11/29
11:05pm ET, 8:05pm PT
and at various times throughout the week on WROM Radio.
The Grammy-winning composer of “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” one of the most-performed songs ever in music history, Charles Fox has also composed the scores for hundreds of film and TV productions, including Goodbye, Columbus, Barbarella, Foul Play, 9 to 5, One on One, The Last American Hero, Two Minute Warning, The Other Side of The Mountain and Victory at Entebbe, as well as the theme songs for Love, American Style, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Wonder Woman, The Love Boat, The Paper Chase, the original theme to Monday Night Football and the famous theme to Wide World of Sports.Charles’ memoir, Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music, tells the stories behind these great songs while also paying pays tribute to the teacher who started it all for him, Nadia Boulanger. We’ll not only talk about Charles’ journey in music, we’ll also play some of his most famous compositions when he joins us in our second hour.
Joining us in our first hour will be Joanna Wilson, pop culture expert and the leading authority on the subject of holiday TV programming. Joanna’s books include The Christmas TV Companion: A Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities and Tis the Season TV: The Encyclopedia of Christmas-Themed Episodes, Specials and Made for TV Movies, both of which provide engaging looks at Christmas specials over the years.Joanna Wilson will also moderate the special panel discussion at The Waltons 40th Anniversary Cast Reunion that will take place Friday, Dec. 2 at the Loews Jersey Theater in New Jersey. Among those scheduled to appear that night will be Richard Thomas, Michael Learned Michael Learned, Kami Cotler, Judy Norton and Mary McDonough. The event will also include a special screening of The Homecoming, the holiday-themed two-hour pilot of The Waltons. For tickets and more information, go to www.waltonshomecoming40th.com.
Also this week: Phil Gries with Part 1 of our special tribute to talk show pioneer Joe Franklin; and Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen with a new edition of This Week in TV History.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fridays 7pm ET and PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
Saturdays 8pm PT
Sundays 2pm PT
KWDJ 1360-AM (Ridgecrest, Calif.)
Tuesdays 11:05pm ET, 8:05pm PT
Passionate World Radio
Three times a week
WROM: Realms of Music
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
Also available as a podcast via iTunes and FeedBurner
Find us now on Facebook
Posted by TV Confidential at 11/22/2011 1:21 AM 
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