Hitting The Mark

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Geoffrey Mark, award-winning, best-selling author, singer, actor and comedian; Ray Carr, host of The Ray Carr Show on WCSB; and Cindi Verbelun, Co-Host of The Ray Carr Show on WCSB, actor, singer, entertainer, tell stories and discuss people and events in past and present day show business.

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    • May 19, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 64 EPISODES


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    Bob Schiller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 17:32


    Geoffrey Mark discusses the career of legendary comedy writer Bob Schiller along with Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr, including the many collaborations between Lucille Ball, Schiller, and Schiller's longtime writing partner, Bob Weiskopf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Bob Schiller, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 13:15


    Geoffrey Mark discusses the career of legendary comedy writer Bob Schiller along with Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr. Topics this segment include the versatility of Schiller and his longtime writing partner: together they wrote for such shows ranging from Pete and Gladys and The Red Skelton Hour to The Flip Wilson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bob Schiller, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 14:42


    Geoffrey Mark discusses the career of legendary comedy writer Bob Schiller along with Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bob Schiller, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 14:09


    Geoffrey Mark discusses the career of legendary TV comedy writer Bob Schiller along with Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Inside Yarmy's Army

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 20:12


    Geoffrey Mark, Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr take their listeners into the world of Yarmy's Army, the legendary band of comedians and comedy writers originally formed by Dick Yarmy, the younger brother of actor/comedian Don Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Inside Yarmy's Army, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 13:50


    This week, Geoffrey Mark, Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr take their listeners into the world of Yarmy's Army, the legendary band of comedians and comedy writers originally formed by Dick Yarmy, the younger brother of actor/comedian Don Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Inside Yarmy's Army, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 16:28


    This week, Geoffrey Mark, Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr take their listeners into the world of Yarmy's Army, the legendary band of comedians and comedy writers originally formed by Dick Yarmy, the younger brother of actor/comedian Don Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Inside Yarmy's Army, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 23:00


    This week, Geoffrey Mark, Cindi Verbelun and Ray Carr take their listeners into the world of Yarmy's Army, the legendary band of comedians and comedy writers originally formed by Dick Yarmy, the younger brother of actor/comedian Don Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bewitched

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 17:58


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his friend William Asher, legendary producer of such classic shows as Bewitched and I Love Lucy, along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Bewitched, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 16:52


    This week, Geoffrey Mark takes Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun behind the scenes of Bewitched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bewitched, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 16:23


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his friend William Asher, legendary producer of Bewitched, along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bewitched, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 17:44


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his friend William Asher, producer of Bewitched, along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Bewitched, Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 17:30


    Geoffrey Mark continues his behind-the-scenes look at Bewitched along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 23:40


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Carter along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Carter, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 16:53


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Carter along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Carter, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 14:05


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Carter along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Carter, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 16:50


    Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Carter along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    The Patty Duke Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 17:54


    Geoffrey Mark discusses The Patty Duke Show along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    The Patty Duke Show, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 13:03


    This week the spotlight is on The Patty Duke Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Patty Duke Show, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 20:46


    Geoffrey Mark, Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun wrap up their conversation about Patty Duke and The Patty Duke Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Steve and Eydie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 21:00


    This week Geoffrey Mark, Ray Carr, and Cindi Verbelun chat about husband-and-wife entertainment team Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme: their joint career, their respective successful solo careers, and their longtime friendship with Geoff and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Steve and Eydie. Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 10:35


    This week's spotlight is on Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Topics this segment include how proud Lawrence was of overcoming his impoverished background to provide a good childhood for his children, and how grateful he was to be able to sing for a living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Steve and Eydie. Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 10:29


    Geoff, Ray, and Cindi continue their conversation about Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Topics this segment include the bias against performers who were "too New York-y" (meaning, "too Jewish") in the early years of television, and how Lawrence and Gorme both had to overcome that as they launched their entertainment careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Steve and Eydie. Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 15:06


    Host Geoffrey Mark discusses his longtime personal friendship with entertainment legends Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Steve and Eydie. Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 11:37


    This week the mark is on the legendary husband-and-wife team of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Harvey Korman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 19:58


    Host Geoffrey Mark shares a few memories of his dear friend Harvey Korman along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Harvey Korman, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 16:08


    Host Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Harvey Korman along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Harvey Korman, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 17:54


    Host Geoffrey Mark shares some memories of his dear friend Harvey Korman along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Harvey Korman, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 17:40


    Host Geoffrey Mark shares a few memories of his dear friend Harvey Korman along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Peter Marshall

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 16:39


    A special edition of Hitting the Mark that also commemorates the 95th birthday of Geoff's good friend Peter Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Peter Marshall, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 16:54


    This week Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his good friend Peter Marshall along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include Peter's many skills as an entertainer and how he was able to display them all when he hosted The Hollywood Squares. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Peter Marshall, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:44


    This week the spotlight is on Geoff's good friend Peter Marshall, the Master of The Hollywood Squares, who turned 95 on Tuesday, Mar. 30. Topics this segment include Peter's long career in music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Peter Marshall, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 17:49


    Geoff, Ray and Cindi celebrate the 95th birthday of legendary entertainer Peter Marshall. Topics this segment include a funny story involving Ethel Merman and Rose Marie that also gives listeners a good idea of Peter's quick wit and dry sense of humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Jack Riley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 16:03


    This week Geoff shares a few memories of his dear friend Jack Riley, the actor best known to TV audiences as Mr. Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show and as the voice of Stu Pickles on Rugrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Jack Riley, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 21:12


    This week Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Riley along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include Jack's roots in Ohio, as well as some of his early TV work, including the short-lived NBC sitcom Occasional Wife (and how that led Jack to writing for, and occasionally performing on, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Riley, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 17:57


    Hosts Geoffrey Mark, Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun continue their conversation about one of the funniest men who ever lived, actor Jack Riley (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Riley, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 20:57


    Geoff, Ray and Cindi continue their conversation about Geoff's dear friend and companion, Jack Riley (The Bob Newhart Show). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Jack Riley, Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 13:08


    This week Geoffrey Mark shares memories of his dear friend Jack Riley along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Don Adams

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 13:50


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Don Adams along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Don Adams, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 13:27


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Don Adams along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include how Don became the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo in the popular cartoon series of the same name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Don Adams, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 15:03


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Don Adams along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Among other topics this segment, Geoff tells a story that gives listeners a window into Don's psyche when it came to juggling his marriage and extramarital affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Don Adams, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 25:14


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Don Adams along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include how Don struggled in the years after the end of Get Smart, partially because comedy audiences were changing, and how his career path might have been different had he gone back to his roots in stand-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Don Adams, Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 5:43


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Don Adams along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include Adams' recording career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Phyllis Diller

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 17:04


    Geoffrey Mark, Ray Carr, and Cindi Verbelun look back at the life and career of comedienne Phyllis Diller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Phyllis Diller, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 17:20


    Geoffrey Mark, Ray Carr, and Cindi Verbelun continue their conversation about comedienne Phyllis Diller. Topics this segment include how Phyllis made wise choices when success brought her fame and wealth, often investing her money in her career and in her family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Phyllis Diller, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 15:36


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories and insight about his friend Phyllis Diller along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include how Phyllis enjoyed decorating in her spare time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Phyllis Diller, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 12:08


    Geoffrey Mark shares some memories about his friend Phyllis Diller along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Topics this segment include how Phyllis wanted to be remembered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Milton Berle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 19:06


    Geoffrey Mark shares some happy memories of his friend Milton Berle along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    Milton Berle, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 21:32


    Geoffrey Mark shares some happy memories of his friend Milton Berle along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. Among the topics this segment, Geoff discusses one of the common bonds that he had with Berle, and how that helped cement their friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Milton Berle, Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 21:36


    Geoffrey Mark shares happy memories of his friend Milton Berle along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. In this segment, Geoff takes us behind the scenes of the making of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, including how the idea for the movie partly stemmed from Spencer Tracy's desire to do another comedy, and why Mad is still the greatest comedy ever made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Milton Berle, Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 18:54


    Geoffrey Mark shares happy memories of his friend Milton Berle along with Ray Carr and Cindi Verbelun. In this segment, Geoff tells us why Berle continued to keep a busy nightclub schedule (including many benefit performances) even after he became "Mr. Television." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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