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Bill Boggs began his on camera TV career at KYW-TV in Philadelphia as "Mr. Weekend" on the "McLean and Company" morning show, after a stint launching and managing the hugely successful comedy team of Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses. He started his solo career at ABC affiliate WGHP-TV in High Point, North Carolina, with a morning show he hosted and produced called "Southern Exposure with Bill Boggs." In High Point, he worked with his mentor, Phillip J. Lombardo and Richard Baker, who would become both a lifelong friend and partner in Boggs/Baker Productions Inc., which produced "Comedy Tonight" among other notable shows.

Bill's passion for performing on television and producing his own show drove "Southern Exposure" to the top of the local ratings for all three years. WNEW-TV lured Bill to New York City to host "Midday Live with Bill Boggs," which helped launch Bill as a major television host and interviewer. Bill branched out while at WNEW-TV and hosted network specials for NBC-TV, a game show for CBS-TV, a late night syndicated show for ABC-TV, a weekend morning show called "Saturday Morning Live," and an inter-active game show, called "Just For Fun."

Bill left "Midday" after thirteen years, and branched out as executive producer of both "The Morton Downey, Jr. Show," and "Court TV." He returned to television as weekend anchor on WNBC-TV's "Weekend Today in New York," and moved from there to various shows and work on the Travel Channel, Showtime, ESPN, CNBC, MSNBC, and notably the Food Network, with "TV Diners," "In Food Today," and his creation, the long-running hit, "Bill Boggs Corner Table."

Bill estimates that he's interviewed about eight thousand people over the years, making his childhood dream come true. His mother vividly recalls five-year-old Bill walking around outside with a pencil for a microphone interviewing people as they came down the street.

Enjoy these clips, and go the the Food/Travel section for more of Bill's television work, and a look at his latest project, "HOME COOKED CLASSICS."

 

Archive of Video Clips

Bill's Classic Interview with Frank Sinatra
excerpted from Midday Live with Bill Boggs
Runtime: 0:59

Fun with Fergie, plus Stone Philips
from Bill Boggs Corner Table
Runtime: 0:59

Trump Tower
Runtime:00:25

 

"The Call" - NY Transit Strike
Runtime: 00:40

 

Comedy Tonight - Carol Alt & George Burns
Runtime:00:26

 

Historic Traveler
Runtime:00:25

 

 

TV Notes:

"Comedy Tonight" booked around 450 comedians and was the first show in to use stand up comedians as a format in syndication. Richard Baker and Bill Boggs personally auditioned more than 2000 acts for the show. Bill first interviewed George Burns on "Southern Exposure." Twelve years later on "Comedy Tonight" Burns recalled their first meeting.

"Historic Traveler" was distributed to schools all over America after it aired on the Travel Channel. Bill logged more than 1,300 miles in a van with the crew shooting portions of the three of the shows all over the American Southwest.

Bill Boggs met Frank Sinatra at 4 am on Easter Sunday morning at Caesar's Palace. The two men hit it off. Bill never asked Frank to appear on the show. Sinatra suggested it to him that night as a possibility and came calling on Bill five months later when he was appearing in New York with Ella and Basie at the Uris Theater. The interview made headlines around the world and turned out to be the longest interview Sinatra ever did on TV, and his first ever appearance on a modern talk show. Bill is a lifelong Sinatra fan, who has seen the singer perform live more than 100 times. Bill's mother was a "bobbysoxer," who once screamed for Sinatra at the Paramount. When Bill introduced his mother to Frank, she said, "I'm one of the kids in line who finally made it backstage!"

Bill gives a lecture presentation called, "Memories of Sinatra," and has starred in the Off Broadway hit, "Our Sinatra."

 

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