Tag: interview with Herbie J Pilato

Herbie J Pilato is High-Stepping Along the Writing Path

We’re always happy to bring you articles by TVWriter™ Contributing Editor Emeritus Herbie J Pilato, but now we’re even happier to present the latest article (that we’ve seen) about him.

A Media Path Through the Life of Mary Tyler Moore and the Necessity of Imparting an Honest Narrative
via Media Path

“I love classic TV,” says Herbie J. Pilato. His passion for television history is unmistakable. In writing his book, Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, he approached the life and legacy of an icon with deep respect, compassion and attentiveness. When he discusses the book, there’s such a genuine understanding of the significance fans and admirers would attribute to the task of creating the record of a life story as stunning as Mary’s.

Herbie is a historian above everything, therefore he spares no effort when it comes to chronicling the details of Mary’s life and work, his knowledge coming through clearly as he tells us about the development and trajectory of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. He’s an ardent supporter of Mary who is keenly insightful as to her desires, her insecurities, her hopes and disappointments, and when he speaks about these things one gets the sense that he’s extraordinarily well-suited to be her surrogate and her voice. read article

The Wonderful Life of Herbie J Pilato

We’re always happy when another publication recognizes the talents and achievements of TVWriter™’s Contributing Editor Emeritus, Herbie J Pilato. You know, like this:

Herbie J and Then Again with Herbie J Pilato guests Barry and Stanley Livingston of My Three Sons. Photo by Dan Holm Photography

by Mary Frances Barstow
via “Maine Seniors Magazine”
(Feb 2020 issue)

In chatting with Herbie J Pilato, there’s a moment when you realize that you just might be talking with an angel.

A professional of the entertainment and publishing industries, the host of his own TV talk show, the author of several critically-acclaimed books about pop-culture, and the founder of nonprofit dedicated to the positive influence of classic TV shows, Herbie J is as endearing, as he is prolific. read article

Herbie J Pilato’s ‘Dashing, Daring, and Debonair’

LB’s NOTE: One of TVWriter™’s Grand Original Contributors (“GOC?” What the hell kind of acronym is that? Memo to staff: Come up with something better!) isn’t just writing interviews these days, he’s giving them. And, yeah gang, that’s how things should be:

by Anthony C. Hayes

 Elizabeth Montgomery rarely gave interviews after her show Bewitched ended its run. And David Carradine – the star of Kung Fu – remained aloof for most of his life. But both iconic television stars would talk with Herbie J Pilato. Pilato (“no period after the J in my name”) is the author of several books about the classic age of television. In his latest tome, Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: T.V.’s Top Male Icons from the ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s, Pilato takes a sweeping stroll down memory lane as he highlights the careers of such notable stars as Robert Conrad, John Ritter, Adam West and Burt Ward, David Selby, Bill Bixby, John Travolta and Robert Vaughn.

We spoke with Herbie – who has a new show premiering this fall on the Decades network – about his life-long interest in television, and about some of the performers he profiled in his latest book. Dashing, Daring, and Debonair is available in local bookstores and on Amazon. read article

Time Now for a Few Words About Herbie J Pilato

That’s right – about our longtime Contributing Editor, not by. Cuz we here at TVWriter™ aren’t the only ones who think Herbie J has something important to say:

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THE WONDERFUL, MAGICAL WOMEN OF BLOOMING TELEVISION

I know I’m not alone in my childhood fantasy of being able to nod my head or twitch my nose to make things better. I wish I could say it ended with childhood, but truthfully, I still consider those options when things get tough for the ones I love. If I could, I would blink them into a shiny world with rainbows and puppies. But probably not until I blundered it somehow. That was the beauty of these paranormal “girl next door” lovelies—they taught me that nothing is un-fixable . . . with a little love and a smidge of magic. read article