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Rita Moreno: An American Treasure

Rita Moreno is an American treasure. She is the first performer to have won a Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy: an Oscar for West Side Story in 1961; a 1972 Grammy Award for her contribution to “The Electric Company”‘s soundtrack album; a Tony Award in 1975 for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for “The…

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Jerry Mathers: Leave It To Beaver

Leave It To Beaver began as a delightful television series in the 1950’s and 60’s and is now a worldwide phenomenon. The show’s star has become an American icon. I am extremely excited to have Jerry Mathers – The Beave himself – as my special guest on this show! Leave It To Beaver is the…

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Jean Longwith Broadcast Scholarship

Sonny visits with San Antonio College student, Angela Quillian, Deborah Martin from Alamo Colleges and broadcast veteran, Arch Campbell who helped start the Jean Longwith Endowment – a scholarship fund for students seeking a career in broadcasting. Angela is a former recipient of the Jean Longwith Scholarship.  Sonny and Arch were in Ms. Longwith’s first…

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Wink Martindale: Game Show Master

Sonny visits with his longtime friend, Wink Martindale! He had the pleasure of working with Wink on America’s greatest personality station in the 70’s, KMPC Radio in Los Angeles. You’ll hear: What he did as a 7-year-old to gain radio experience Wink’s priceless conversation with a young Elvis Presley His magical appearance on the Ed…

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Burt Ward: Robin-The Boy Wonder

Burt Ward connected with Adam West within 5 minutes of meeting him as they auditioned together for the roles of Batman and Robin. It was an American television series that would become a worldwide phenomenon.  In this exclusive interview, Burt talks with Sonny about his amazing career, resulting from the role of a lifetime.  You’ll…

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Kevin Gershan: Wizard of the Airwaves

Kevin Gershan is a producer/director for CBS Television Distribution based in Entertainment Tonight, working on major syndication shows, including Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune,Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray and others. Celebrating 40 years with CBS, Kevin’s broadcast career began as a youngster, making his debut as one of the precocious children on Art Linkletter’s House Party (Kids…

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Red McCombs: Still driven!

At 91, you would think that Texas icon, Red McCombs has nothing else to prove. After all, he has built one the country’s biggest automotive companies, brought the Spurs to San Antonio and, along with Charline, his loving wife of 68 years, has donated more than $130 million to Texas schools, research institutions and non-profits….

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Relationship Advice from Madea – Tyler Perry

In case you didn’t already know, Mabel “Madea” Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea is based on Perry’s mother and his aunt, as well Eddie Murphy’s performance in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. In Perry’s own words Madea is “. . .exactly…

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