Monday, August 6, 2018
Although she was best known for her work on the sitcom “The Facts of Life,” Charlotte Rae had a six-decade career as a singer, Broadway performer and television actress, dating back to t…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:18PMFriday, June 15, 2018
Has it really been 35 years for you in show biz? Oh, God help me! How did that happen? And I’m only 39? In February 1983, I quit my retail jobs (or was I fired?). The economy was so shitty…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:28PMSunday, April 1, 2018
I don’t know about you, but I needed an emotional break from “This is Us,” which has ripped my guts out this season. Back in the day (I really hate that term, but it is what it is), my…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:07PMWednesday, February 21, 2018
For those of you who don’t know, I relocated to South Florida in 2016, just another native New Yorker yearning for a warmer, calmer and quieter existence. I must say, it was the best decis…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:58PMFriday, January 26, 2018
It’s all about the ratings, according to the guy in the White House. Nothing else matters to him – not climate change, not DACA, not Puerto Rico, not students being shot in our schools �…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:39AMFriday, January 12, 2018
“The Good Doctor” is an interesting concept, adapted from the Korean show and produced by Daniel Dae Kim (“Lost” and “Hawaii Five-O”), about a doctor with Autism who sees the pra…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:08PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Legendary jazz vocalist Keely Smith passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017, in Palm Springs, California. She was 89 and had been suffering from heart failure. Smith’s son-in-law and lo…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:17AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
Stephen Colbert seemed like the perfect choice for host of television’s grandest night and he did not disappoint! From his opening monologue, we all knew that this show was going where no …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:46AMTuesday, August 8, 2017
Legendary singer/actress Barbara Cook passed away this morning at the age of 89, of respiratory failure. The favorite of both Broadway, cabaret and concert audiences, Cook died in her Manhat…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:04PMTuesday, April 25, 2017
“But ya are, Blanche, ya are!”
After taking a few months off to bask in the sun of my new abode in South Florida, I simply had to address some issues with a certain TV show and you kn…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:46PMMonday, November 28, 2016
Sometimes, when a celebrity passes away, we sigh and say RIP and whatever. But sometimes when a celebrity dies, we go to a place of disbelief with a resounding “Oh, NO!!!” That’s what …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:02AMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Terri White. Now there’s a name you know well, mostly from cabarets and piano bars from New York City to Key West. But, did you know that Terri began her Broadway career in Barnum in 1980,…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:23PMThursday, October 6, 2016
Sally Darling first became acquainted with Noel Coward in the 1970’s, when she created the revue, Noel and Cole. In researching the show, she began to appreciate the complexity and artistr…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:34PMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Back in the old days, before airplanes, we had things called records. One of my first records as a kid was Toscanini’s “Nutcracker,” followed by the Broadway cast album of My Fair Lady…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:55PMThursday, May 12, 2016
NiteLife Exchange is bringing back this Sally Kellerman interview by Penny Landau, for Kellerman’s May 12th performances at Iridium, “A Little Jazz, a Little Blues, a Little Rock & Roll.…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:38PMThursday, July 2, 2015
Don Most Sings & Swings: Sinatra, Dino, Darin & More! One performance only! Tuesday, July 7th @ 8pmBest known to television audiences as “Ralph Malph” of the long-running show “Happy D…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:52AMTuesday, May 26, 2015
Gallagher. She was by herself and we hit it off like only two girls from Long Island could.
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:14PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Sally_Kellerman_at_Metropolitan_RoomThis week, Penny Landau, aka: The TV Junkie, interviews actress/singer Sally Kellerman, who brings her new show, Hot Lips to Cool Blues, to Metropolitan R…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PMAs you all know by now, legendary singer Margaret Whiting passed away on January 10th at the age of 86, at the Lillian Booth Nursing Home, which is part of the Actors' Fund Home in Englewoo…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PMWednesday, February 25, 2015
Who’s my pick to replace on Stewart? Don’t rush me.
I remember watching the first Saturday Night Live in 1975. I was in my first year of grad school, drove a spiffy new MG Midget, sti…
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 03:16PMTuesday, February 3, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Long before there was Jack Paar or Steve Allen or even Johnny Carson, there was Joe Franklin. From his ground-breaking 1950 talk show in the early days of television to his 30-plus year run …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:24AMSunday, October 12, 2014
From good judge to "Bad Judge" -- which is just what it sounds like.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 01:48PMThursday, September 11, 2014
I remember exactly where I was when Judy Garland died. I was backing my '65 Impala convertible out of the driveway when my uber-protective mother ran out of the house to flag me down. "I jus…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:20PMMonday, September 8, 2014
I remember exactly where I was when Judy Garland died. I was backing my '65 Impala convertible out of the driveway when my uber-protective mother ran out of the house to flag me down. "I jus…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 08:44PMSunday, March 30, 2014
I called "The Blacklist" and "Sleepy Hollow" and now I’m calling this one.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:01AMThursday, December 12, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The 12th Doctor arrives in town, and the sonic screwdriver goes to Peter Capaldi.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 01:06PM 
