Podcasts about happiest millionaire

The Donna Reed Show's Paul Petersen Returns to Continue His Fun And Personal Interview! Paul Petersen continues from the first episode of this interview and shares more highlights from his career, including working with a young Harrison Ford, working with James Caan on Journey to Shiloh, and Walt Disney on Disney's last film "The Happiest Millionaire. Paul reflects on his involvement in the film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, advocating for child actors, recounting stories of Dana Plato, Shirley Temple, and his work with A Minor Consideration. He also shares memories of Sophia Loren's talent and beauty in Houseboat and the influence of mothers on stars like Billy Gray and Tony Dow. Thanks so much Paul on so many levels! Paul Petersen's organization to protect child actors: www.aminorconsideration.org Become a That's Classic! PATREON member including the opportunity to see Exclusive Bonus Footage: patreon.com/thatsclassic That's Classic! Merchandise: http://tee.pub/lic/2R57OwHl2tE Subscribe for free to That's Classic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBtpVKzLW389x6_nIVHpQcA?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: facebook.com/thatsclassictv Hosted by John Cato, actor, voiceover artist, and moderator for over 20 years for the television and movie industry. John's background brings a unique insight and passion to the podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-cato/support

Colden brings us a long forgotten by most people (not Colden, obviously) epically long Disney movie about an eccentric millionaire in Philadelphia who owned alligators. That's a better summary than the one on IMDb in our opinion.Colden's Social -Instagram: @coldenlambWebsite: www.coldenlamb.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColdenLambA Marc Blitzstein Archive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlitzsteinArchivePodcast Socials -Email: butasongpod@gmail.comFacebook: @butasongpodInstagram: @butasongpodTikTok: @butasongpodTwitter: @butasongpodNext episode: Adrianne & the Castle!

Jon got two-thirds of The Love of Cinema Podcast to talk about this epic movie! Jeff and John share personal stories they have associated with this movie, and the three keep giving the Coen brothers and Roger Deakins love for their brillianceThe Love of Cinema Socials: https://linktr.ee/theloveofcinemaPodcast Socials -Email: butasongpod@gmail.comFacebook: @butasongpodInstagram: @butasongpodTikTok: @butasongpodTwitter: @butasongpodNext episode: The Happiest Millionaire!

What's wrong with that? Andie and Larry do their best with this musical followup to Mary Poppins. Topics include John and Bert, television structure, and how these Sherman Brothers songs mirror Walt Disney's personal philosophy.

Episode 679 of On Screen & Beyond - Multi-talented John Davidson joins us in this episode! John hosted "Hollywood Squares", co-hosted "That's Incredible", was in the film "The Happiest Millionaire", co-starred on "The Girl With Something Extra" with Sally Field, been on Broadway and more! He spends the summers singing and performing for audiences in New Hampshire these days. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/on-screen-and-beyond/message

This week the society experiences the 1967 Disney spectacle The Happiest Millionaire, directed by podcast fixture Norman Tokar and starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, and Leslie Ann Warren.  Experience the breathtaking musical extravaganza through the eyes of Andy, or resident critic who going into this quite-lengthy film claimed to "not like musicals."  Or through the eyes of our historian, Michael Crawford, who once received the soundtrack on LP as a teenager for a birthday present.  Will their opinions hold?  Will minds be changed?  Tune in this week as we strengthen the dwelling of the Medfield College Film Society!Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media for the latest updates.

Join us for the preview of this our fifth season!  It's hard to believe it's been five years, but here we are on the precipice of another dive through the Disney film canon.  Join us as we discuss the slate of films coming up, and play a little game of NO CONTEXT MOVIE QUOTES.

Remember the comedian George Carlin? In 1958, when he was an airman at nearby Barksdale Air Force Base, his first appearance on a stage was in Shreveport. Carlin was the star of the Shreveport Little Theatre's production of “The Happiest Millionaire.” That is one of the many surprising facts about the theater which, in another surprise, celebrated its centennial in 2022. Robert Darrow, the theater's managing and artistic director, as well as Sherry Kerr, a Shreveport-based drama consultant, writer and actress, join Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot, to talk about the theater – which Life Magazine once dubbed as one of the top three community playhouses in America. The history of the theater and its stars has been produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting as a documentary entitled “Maker of Dreams.” (Check LPB Passport and streaming options.) Among the stories is that of a Shreveport native who auditioned for a role in the original making of “Gone With the Wind” and what happened to her career.

This week we are joined by Front Row Classics host Brandon Davis for a special interview with actress Lesley Ann Warren as she shares stories from her legendary career. From Broadway to movies to TV, Lesley Ann Warren has worked with some of the most influential people of the 20th century. She also took part in the last film Walt Disney completed, "The Happiest Millionaire." JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/BeyondTheMouse __________________________________________ Named one of the top 50 Disney Podcasts by Feedspot! blog.feedspot.com/disney_podcasts FIND US ON NPR ILLINOIS! https://www.nprillinois.org/programs/front-row-network JOIN PODCAST PALS! – https://www.facebook.com/groups/186691492980265 FIND US ON TWITTER – https://twitter.com/BeyondMouse FIND US ON INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/beyondthemousepod __________________________________________ Please enjoy this episode of BEYOND THE MOUSE and as always, we'll see you in the front row!  

Join us for part two of our celebration of two of Disney's happiest movies of all time: The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) - DisneyChris and Ruthie discuss the behind-the-scenes backstories of both of these classic family musicals, then go over the plot, the characters, the actors and of course, all the amazing Sherman Brothers tunes!!!  Download (right click / save as)Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Website Merch!!!! https://jcpodcast.threadless.com/​ If you would like to help support the Jiminy Crickets podcasts and DisneyChris.com - Please consider becoming a Patreon Subscriber and receive exclusive rewards every month. https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris 

Join us as we celebrate two of Disney's happiest movies of all time: The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) - DisneyChris and Ruthie discuss the behind-the-scenes backstories of both of these classic family musicals, then go over the plot, the characters, the actors and of course, all the amazing Sherman Brothers tunes!!!  Download (right click, save as)Visit our on-line store for exclusive Jiminy Crickets and DisneyChris Website Merch!!!! https://jcpodcast.threadless.com/​ If you would like to help support the Jiminy Crickets podcasts and DisneyChris.com - Please consider becoming a Patreon Subscriber and receive exclusive rewards every month. https://www.patreon.com/DisneyChris

Please enjoy this Encore StoryBeat Episode, featuring John Davidson, one of the most extraordinarily gifted entertainers of this or any era. John's probably best known for hosting the TV shows, The Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible!, and as the guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson some 80 times, more than any other singer.  John has also hosted his own daytime talk show, many beauty pageants, the Tom Jones summer replacement series, as well as The Kraft Summer Music Hall with regular performers no less than George Carlin, Flip Wilson, and Richard Pryor.  As an actor, John has appeared in dozens of TV shows including The Streets of San Francisco, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. And he starred opposite Sally Field in the TV series The Girl With Something Extra. You'll also know him from the Disney films: The Happiest Millionaire and The One And Only Genuine Original Family Band! He can also be seen in Airport 80, Edward Scissorhands, and The Squeeze. But it was John's performances in the major showrooms of Las Vegas that established him as one of America's foremost entertainers. If you have the opportunity, you must see him live! Over 50 years ago, John made his Broadway debut in Foxy, starring the legendary Burt Lahr. Later, John would star in State Fair, and win a Theater Guild Award for playing Curly in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma! As well, John played The Wizard in the Broadway musical Wicked.  He's also toured the US in multiple Broadway musicals. And he's released 13 albums on the Columbia Records label.John and his wife, Rhonda, created the geography card game, BORDERLINE USA. He's also written a book and a play. And most recently, he's been entertaining America as a troubadour/singer/songwriter/storyteller with his original songs, his jokes, his guitar, and his backup singers, The Inflatables!For more, please visit johndavidson.com.

TVC 596.6: Actress, author, and philanthropist Joyce Bulifant (Match Game, The Happiest Millionaire, Love Thy Neighbor, My Four Hollywood Husbands) shares a few more memories of working with Ron Masak, plus she talks about the tribute to stage legend Helen Hayes, her onetime mother-in-law, that she performed in October in Nyack, New York. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, I am so happy to announce my interview with star of stage and screen Joyce Bulifant. On Saturday, October 8th, Joyce Bulifant will be performing her solo show, Remembering Helen Hayes with Love, in Rockland County. She will also be doing a conversation with Richard Skipper. You can find tickets to the event here: https://www.nyackartsfestival.com/helen-hayes-memorial And you can tune in today to hear some of the stories of her legendary career, including the upstaging techniques of Gypsy Rose Lee, how she got let go from The Brady Bunch, the hit movie that no one on the set was sure was funny, the directing style of Herman Shumlin, balancing dyslexia with a career in the arts, the magic of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the dance she taught Fred Astaire, how she got her part in The Happiest Millionaire, the process of writing her memoir, why Lillian Gish was like a “fairy godmother” to her, and so much more.

It occurs to me now that saving the last movie Walt directly worked on would've made for a good finale. Eh, maybe we'll do that with The Happiest Millionaire! Next episode: Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Discord | Twitter Stephen | Nero | Kat | Sam Find out more at https://disney-minus.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Join Disney's Ike Eisenmann, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary entertainer, John Davidson!John talks about his stints hosting Hollywood Squares & That's Incredible, his starring roles in the Disney movies, The Happiest Millionaire, and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, headlining his own venue, Club Sandwich, and much more!

Join Disney's Ike Eisenmann, and author, Jonathan Rosen, as they chat with legendary entertainer, John Davidson!John talks about his stints hosting Hollywood Squares & That's Incredible, his starring roles in the Disney movies, The Happiest Millionaire, and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, headlining his own venue, Club Sandwich, and much more!

Is chocolate cake a miracle food? When was prohibition in America? Is Hermione Irish? Find out as the Backstage Biddies pull back the curtain on the least famous Disney movie of all time, The Happiest Millionaire!

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill speaks with actress Joyce Bulifant. Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce also talks about her 2017 book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency, and an extended family of four marriages.The book is available on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hollywood-Husbands-Joyce-Bulifant/dp/0991385837

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill speaks with actress Joyce Bulifant. Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce also talks about her 2017 book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency, and an extended family of four marriages.The book is available on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hollywood-Husbands-Joyce-Bulifant/dp/0991385837

TVC 573.4: Actress and author Joyce Bulifant (Match Game, Airplane!, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) shares a few memories of her fellow Mary Tyler Moore Show cast mates Betty White and Gavin MacLeod. Joyce's memoir, My Four Hollywood Husbands, is now available as an audiobook through Tilton Bass Publishing and Audible.com. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Joyce Bulifant, Actress and Author, “My Four Hollywood Husbands”About Harvey's guest:Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author noted for her cheerful, girlish voice. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter.  She is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Joyce was born in Newport News, Virginia.[2] She attended Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1955 in the same class as her first husband, James MacArthur, son of Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur.  She then studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Bulifant's Broadway credits include Tall Story (1958) and The Paisley Convertible (1966), Glad Tidings, Auntie Mame, Gentlemen, The Queens!, and Under the Yum-Yum Tree.She has written and performed autobiographical shows, Life Upon the Wicked Stage and Remembering Helen Hayes with Love, about her former mother-in-law, Helen Hayes, as well as Lillian Gish.Joyce appeared as a frequent guest on game shows including Name That Tune, Password, Match Game, Crosswits, Tattletales, To Tell the Truth, $25,000 Pyramid, and Decisions, hosted by David Letterman.She was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce's most popular film roles were as Rosemary in the Disney live-action feature The Happiest Millionaire, in which she sang "Bye-Yum Pum Pum," and in the 1980 comedy Airplane!Joyce received a Theatre World Award for 1961-1962 for her performance in Whisper to Me.Joyce has been married five times.She and  her first husband James MacArthur married, had two children together, Mary MacArthur and Charles MacArthur and divorced in 1967.Her second husband was Days of Our Lives star, Edward Mallory.  They had one child, John Mallory Asher and divorced in 1974.Her third husband, William Asher, adopted her son John, giving him the last name of Asher  and divorced in 1993.Her fourth marriage was to Glade Hansen; they married in 2000 and divorced the next year.Her fifth husband was Roger Perry. They married in 2002 after he divorced his wife of many years, Jo Anne Worley, and remained wed until Perry's death on July 12, 2018.She has a grandson, Evan Joseph Asher, from her son John's marriage to Jenny McCarthy.Joyce discovered she had dyslexia in her 40's and has served as a longtime advocate for dyslexia research, including writing two musicals on the subject, Gifts of Greatness and Different Heroes, Different Dreams.  She founded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, to recognize dyslexics who've made a positive contribution to society.  She is a recipient of the 2015 Broken Glass Award from The Dyslexia Foundation.She has for many years been actively involved with the child abuse prevention non-profit Childhelp, including serving as a Celebrity Ambassador and as a vice-president on the National Board of Directors.Her memoir, “My Four Hollywood Husbands”, details the alcoholism of four of her spouses and her recovery from codependent relationships.For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/https://www.facebook.com/joycebulifantofficial/https://twitter.com/joycebulifanthttps://www.instagram.com/joycebulifant#JoyceBulifant #harveybrownstoneinterviews

50% TOMATOMETER, 82% AUDIENCE SCORE Audiences seem to like this movie WAY more than the critics.. but what do WE think? That's the important question! This episode features special guests Jennifer and Laura from our sister podcast Kindred Features! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/no-redeeming-feature/message

This week we are talking all about Disney's crazy live action The Happiest Millionaire.  We talk about everything from crazy mother in laws, and why the millionaire really didn't seem that happy.  Join us on this crazy adventure of money and love.

Sharon Playhouse Sunday, August 22 - 3pm JOHN DAVIDSON ​ Star of Stage, Screen and TV It was John's performances in the major showrooms of Las Vegas that established him as one of America's foremost entertainers. But you've got to see him live! While he still is. American audiences probably know him best as the TV host of The Hollywood Squares, and That's Incredible! , as well as the guest host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (80 evenings, more than any other singer). Remember when he co-starred with Sally field in the TV series The Girl With Something Extra? (And had a crush on her, by the way. Now, she never calls.) John arrived on Broadway where he debuted in Foxy, starring Burt Lahr. later he would star in State Fair and won a Theater Guild Award for playing Curly in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma! TV producer Bob Banner molded John's career by casting him in (his TV debut) in The Fantasticks. He then hosted his own daytime talk show, too many beauty pageants, as well as The Kraft Summer Music Hall with regulars George Carlin, Flip Wilson, and Richard Pryor. He's also a movie star! You might know him now from his Disney films including The Happiest Millionaire. Tickets and More Information

We're kicking off season 5 of The DIsney Buzz with the first double feature in our 3rd Annual Disney Live Action Classic Summer Film Fest. And what better way to start than two Sherman Brothers musicals - The Happiest Millionaire and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Plus, we chat Cruella, Loki and Luca, and do a bit of Pixar armchair imagineering. Come get Disney Buzzed with us!

John was both the guest and host of Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible, The $100,000 Pyramid, The Girl with Something Extra (with Sally Field), The John Davidson Show (talk show) along with movies such as The Happiest Millionaire (with Fred MacMurray) to Edward Scissorhands and much more. John talks about everything Paul Lynde to Bert Lahr to Tim Burton. This is a shoe you cannot miss. An incredible treat! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RickLertzman/support

RICHARD SHERMAN & MILT LARSEN - "SMASH FLOPS": CLASSIC COMEDY SONGS BY TWO HOLLYWOOD LEGENDSMagic Castle Records is pleased to announce the release to The Orchard of the new comedy compendium of old and new Smash Flops - a collection of songs that just missed being smash hits due to unfortunate timing.  Words and music by the team of Richard M. Sherman and Milt Larsen.Richard M. Sherman and Milt Larsen both have stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - but for other reasons: Two time Oscar and two Time Grammy Winner, Richard M. Sherman, is the composer/lyricist of "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "Jungle Book" and many more (Nine Academy and four Grammy nominations).  Milt Larsen is a lyricist, actor, author, entrepreneur and creator of the world famous Magic Castle private club in Hollywood. In addition to the new re-mastered  previous smash flops like “Bon A collection of songs that just missed being smash hits due to unfortunate timing, “Bon Voyage, Titanic,” “When the Hindenburg lands today,” “Congratulations Tom Dewey,” “The Confederate Victory Song” and many others, the team of Sherman and Larsen have written dozens of near misses over the years. Included in the new CD collection are two new songs, “The Palin for President Polka” (Sung by her fans who won't give up.) and “The Fracking Song” (Sung by hard-hatted Friends of Fracking).Milt and Richard have been friends and collaborators for over 60 years and have written many songs and shows, including their latest musical comedy, “Pazzazz!” that tells the story of a very young George M. Cohan and the gay nineties comedy team of Weber and Fields. Richard currently wrote words and music for a new song to accompany the fireworks finale celebrating the Disneyland 60th Anniversary. Their offbeat comedy songs are now available on line.  Go to Sherman and Larsen at iTunes or Amazon to enjoy their comedy songs today.RICHARD M. SHERMAN BIO - composer/lyricist of "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "Jungle Book" and many more (Nine Academy and four Grammy nominations)Throughout the legendary Sherman Brothers' career, Richard M. Sherman, along with his late brother, Robert B. Sherman, have written more songs for motion pictures than any team in cinematic history. For generations, the Shermans, foremost composer-lyricists in family entertainment, have written the soundtrack of our childhood, including the most translated song on earth, IT'S A SMALL WORLD (AFTER ALL). The Sherman Brothers' prolific career has spanned over six decades.  Their achievements include: two Academy Awards for MARY POPPINS (score) and CHIM CHIM CHER-EE (song), nine Oscar nominations, three Grammy Awards, twenty-four Gold and Platinum albums, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an honorary Doctorate from their alma mater, Bard College and in 2008 at the White House, 'National Medal of Arts' the highest honor bestowed on American-born artists.The brothers first gained recognition in popular music with Top 10 hits YOU'RE SIXTEEN, LET'S GET TOGETHER and TALL PAUL. In 1960, the Sherman Brothers were signed to an exclusive contract by Walt Disney, himself, becoming the Disney Studio's first (and only) staff songwriters. The Sherman Brothers wrote over 200 songs featured in Walt's films, TV shows and Theme Parks. The Shermans' 36 feature Disney film credits include: JUNGLE BOOK, THE PARENT TRAP, SUMMER MAGIC, THE ARISTOCATS, BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS, THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE, THE FAMILY BAND, THE SWORD IN THE STONE, and the WINNIE THE POOH series. They wrote Disney's long-running TV theme song, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR and their many contributions to Disney theme parks include: THE TIKI TIKI TIKI ROOM, THERE'S A GREAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW (Carousel of Progress), and ONE LITTLE SPARK (EPCOT). After their Disney decade, The Shermans had continued musical success, writing words and music for CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, SNOOPY COME HOME, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, and their first Broadway musical, OVER HERE! The brothers then penned both the screenplays and song scores for TOM SAWYER, HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE MAGIC OF LASSIE, and THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE (the 1976 Royal Command film).  In 2000, the Sherman Brothers returned to Disney to write the song score for the animated feature, THE TIGGER MOVIE.  In 2009, Disney Studios released the critically-acclaimed documentary, “the boys: the sherman brothers' story” which chronicles the brothers' personal lives and professional partnership.The Shermans' songbook continues to delight audiences around the world. After a record-breaking four year run at The London Palladium, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG plays national tours in the U.S and U.K. The stage production of MARY POPPINS, which ran on Broadway for over six Supercalifragilistic years, continues wowing audiences with worldwide touring companies circling the globe. For decades, Richard has enjoyed raising money for numerous worthwhile causes by performing at charitable events.  One of his proudest moments came when he, along with former president, George H.W. Bush, was awarded the Gold Medallion of Honor by UNICEF for his help in raising funds for children with HIV/AIDS. Richard M. Sherman continues writing songs and composing music every day. Recently, two collections of his solo instrumentals were released on Solid Air CD:  “Forgotten Dreams” (2010) and “Keys of Love” (2012).A song Richard penned, “Make Way for Tomorrow Today” was featured in the blockbuster film, IRON MAN 2.   Recently, Richard served as Musical Consultant on the Walt Disney film, “Saving Mr. Banks,” which tells the story of how Walt Disney acquired the rights to produce his masterpiece, MARY POPPINS. Also, Richard is working on a stage version of the animated classic, “The Jungle Book”, and PAZZAZZ!, a new comedy musical written in collaboration with Milt Larsen.MILT LARSEN BIO - a lyricist, actor, author, entrepreneur and creator of the world famous Magic Castle private club in HollywoodMILT LARSEN IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE WORLD OF MAGIC.   In September 2006 he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his annual stage show It's Magic!  The event was commemorated with an all-star show at Hollywood's famed Kodak Theater.  At that time Milt and his late brother Bill were honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame.In 1963 he founded the world famous private club for magicians, the Magic Castle in Hollywood.  He is the President of Magic Castles, Inc.   In the year 2000 Magic Magazine polled their international readership and voted Milt Larsen as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the history of magic.  He is a true renaissance man in that his career encompasses writing, producing and performing. As a writer he is best known in the field of audience participation having written Truth or Consequences starring Bob Barker for an incredible run of eighteen years!  In his early days he authored five joke books and three books involving Magic Castle.  He writes a weekly column for members of the club as well as editing their monthly newsletter. In the songwriting field the team of Sherman and Larsen have a cult comedy following for their outrageous songs (for their time) that can be heard currently on CD's “Bon Voyage Titanic – Smash Flops” and “Banned Barbershop Ballads.  He has written many stage revues and musicals.     A new musical, “Pazzazz” Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Milt Larsen, enjoyed a full-scale premiere production at the University of Texas in Arlington, Texas.  It will have its world premiere at Santa Barbara's Lobero Theater March 27-30, 2008.His collaborator is Richard M. Sherman who has won two Academy Awards (Mary Poppins song and score) and eight Oscar nominations.  He is a member of the songwriter's Hall of Fame and currently has two major stage hits “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in London and “Mary Poppins” in London and on Broadway. The Sherman Brothers also were honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.As a producer, in addition to The Magic Castle and It's Magic! Larsen owned and operated to Mayfair Music Hall in Santa Monica producing live stage revues for 10 years and the Variety Arts Theater, a 1200 seat variety theater in downtown Los Angeles for 12 years.  He has produced TV special for ABC, CBS and NBC.  He was the creator and consultant for the fifty million dollar Caesars Magic Empire at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.As a performer he is an active member of SAG and AFTRA and has been seen yanking tablecloths in films and commercials. He has been the opening act for The Amazing Johnathan in Las Vegas.  He has been a lecturer at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and magic conventions in America, Mexico, Europe and Japan.On radio, for several years Larsen was the Monday morning guest on Ron “The Baron” Herrons popular KZBN 1290 AM Breakfast Club Show in Santa Barbara.   This led to his creating a weekly radio feature “HEAR THEM AGAIN – for the first time”- featuring recordings from the first half of the twentieth century.   The show is now heard on CRN the Digital Cable Network coast to coast Saturday morning at 6-7 AM and Sunday at 4-5 P.M.  TV Channel 946.  www.CRNTALK.COM. The show is also heard worldwide Saturday afternoons at 4:30-5:30 on Satellite radio www.yesterdayUSA.comMilt Larsen lives on Santa Barbara's picturesque Mesa overlooking the Harbor with his wife, award winning costume designer Arlene, and their two lovable mutts, Angel and Wizard.COLLECTOR/HISTORIANIN ADDITION TO HIS OTHER INTERESTS Milt Larsen is a well-known theatre historian and record collector.  Many consider the closing of the famed Palace Theater in New York in 1932 as the final curtain for vaudeville.  At that time Milt was only one year old.  He became interested in the vaudeville era as a kid and loved talking to as many of the “old-timers” still around at the time.   He was an aspiring comedy writer and was fascinated by the comedians of the past.  He started collecting recordings of showbusiness personalities as a teenager.  His hobby grew into a passion and his collection of thousands of vintage 78's and LP's is a treasure trove of variety history.Through his magical family he met and got to know famous people who were stars long before he was born.  Working as a writer for Ralph Edwards TV Productions he was often called upon to keep subjects of his “This Is Your Life” TV show occupied while the production team set up their surprise for the subject.  Edwards knew his young writer was enamored with the older stars and enjoyed talking to them.  Thus Milt entertained legends like Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Ed Wynn, Mack Sennett, George Burns, Jack Benny and many others.   While still in High School he worked as a record archivist for Eddie Cantor.  Veteran stars Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Buddy Ebsen and Steve Allen often called upon Larsen for his consultation on songs and variety acts.He has always loved radio and his first job as a professional writer was with the ABC Radio network. It was a daytime audience participation show with variety acts and a 25-piece house orchestra.  While still a teenager he was the weekly guest with radio personality Jim Hawthorne on a CBS radio program that featured milt's old records and commentary by CBS founder Andrew White.His weekend national radio shows recorded in his studio on the premises of the Magic Castle in Hollywood.  His facilities house his huge record collection and his studio is designed specifically to play the old 78-RPM vintage recordings.   His studio console turntables were originally installed at the NBC Radio City studios at Sunset and Vice in Hollywood.    The shows are recorded using the newest state of the art MAC computer technology which includes to ability to clean up the snap, crackles and pops associated with the old records. The concept of the show is that younger generations have never heard samples of the great performers of the past.  Like an old joke, if you never heard it before --- it's brand new with that in mind he leads you down the path to discovery.   He introduces young people of today to a time of laughter and silly songs mixed in with some of the greatest music of all time.   Oscar winning songwriter Richard M. Sherman (The Sherman Brothers – Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, It's a small World After All etc) is a guest on every show talking about the great songwriters of Tin Pan Alley.  His other guest is a character known as Professor Hockmann, the world's oldest magician and vaudevillian who always plays just one of those really old acoustical records from Milt's collection.

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On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill speaks with actress Joyce Bulifant. Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce also talks about her 2017 book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency, and an extended family of four marriages.The book is available on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hollywood-Husbands-Joyce-Bulifant/dp/0991385837Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/1-on-1-with-bill-alexander/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill speaks with actress Joyce Bulifant. Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce also talks about her 2017 book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency, and an extended family of four marriages.The book is available on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hollywood-Husbands-Joyce-Bulifant/dp/0991385837Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/1-on-1-with-bill-alexander/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill speaks with actress Joyce Bulifant. Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus.Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.Joyce also talks about her 2017 book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency, and an extended family of four marriages.The book is available on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hollywood-Husbands-Joyce-Bulifant/dp/0991385837Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/1-on-1-with-bill-alexander/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy