What's Cooking This Week?

Here's what's cooking....

My video segment "Being a Successful Culinary Journalist and Television Host with Bill Boggs" is airing online at Behind the Burner this week.

Hope you can check it out. Here's the link.

Enjoy!

Zero Hour

Here I am with my friend Jim Brochu, currently starring Off Broadway in his one-man play ZERO HOUR, about the life of Zero Mostel.

Breaking News!

I have some important news. Beginning Sunday, January 24th and continuing through Saturday, January 30th, Joseph Abboud will donate a portion of the proceeds generated from the sale of all Joseph Abboud suiting purchased at any of Nordstrom’s 181 stores nationwide including Nordstrom Rack stores as well as online at Nordstrom.com to Doctors Without Borders. I wear Abboud clothing and Joseph was one of the 44 people I interviewed about success in my recent book, Got What it Takes? If you've read this please spread the word...

Bill Speaks!

February is looking to be a busy month.

I'll be speaking to Vistage International—(the world's largest CEO organization)—groups in Connecticut, Long Island, Baltimore and Florida.

For more information on my speaking engagements, please visit www.billboggsspeaks.com

That's Entertainment!

I'm happy to report we've just added 5 new "classics" at www.billboggs.com

You can view my interviews with Penn & Teller, Brian Dennehy, Lou Reed,Richard Belzer, and Donny & Marie Osmond. Magicians, rock stars, comedians, actors, & entertainers in one fell swoop. All this, plus about 35 other celebrity interviews currently online.

New content is being added each week so please visit the site often. I promise you're in for a treat.

More Classic Videos Are "Live"

I'm pleased to announce we've started the New Year off with a bang—with four classic video interviews at www.billboggs.com

To celebrate the premiere of the movie The Champ, I interviewed its stars, Jon Voight and Young Rick Schroder, as well as the director, Franco Zeffirelli.

You'll also find a very special Songwriter's Roundtable, where I had the pleasure of interviewing 4 legends together: Martin Charnin, Walter Bishop, Jule Styne, and Charles Strouse. This was a once-in-a-lifetime moment in TV-history that you won't want to miss.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

A Happy New Year to all from table side at the River Cafe, Brooklyn, NY (1/1/10)

Mom & Daisy

Here's a photo of my mother, Helene, and the family pet, Daisy Boggs, ready to enjoy the holidays. Hope you all have a great one!

And then there were 30...

We've just added five new video interviews on BillBoggs.com bringing the current total to 30.

It's a smorgasbord of stars!

Recent updates include Redd Foxx, Andrew Dice Clay with Dr. Brothers (quite an odd couple!), Sophia Loren, Joan Rivers, and Little Richard.

If you need relief from the holiday stress, swing by the site and catch a few of these classic clips.

Enjoy!

A Holiday Gift For Rock 'n Roll Lovers

Here's an advance preview of my interview with Rock legend Little Richard which will appear on my site next week....

The Magic Number: 25

Why 25? Because you'll find 25 classic videos for viewing on the front page at BillBoggs.com

We just launched my TV interviews with Chuck Norris, Yul Brynner, and Placido Domingo.

The number twenty-five is just the beginning... we have a lot more goodies waiting in the wings.

I suggest you drop by the site regularly and you're sure to be pleasantly surprised. There's a whole evening's worth of videos there, so keep that in mind when you get bored surfing.

Meanwhile, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, heathly 2010. May all your dreams come true!

—Bill

Performance Cancelled

Due to a personal family emergency I've had to cancel the performance of Talk Show Confidential for next Tuesday night. Sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you soon.

—Bill

Lisbon or Bust!

I'm heading for Lisbon on November 11th—a southern Trans-Atlantic crossing on the acclaimed Crystal Serenity ship. On board I'm the so-called "celebrity speaker" and will give a couple of talks and enjoy stopping at the Azores, then five days at sea...then Grand Turk...a day at sea, and disembarking in Miami. Aboard will be a 16-piece orchestra playing throughout the journey, so it's "the redeeming power of music and the sea" for 12 days.

Sounds like a vacation to me.

THE MAIN EVENT is "Live"

We've just launched an exciting video of the historic roundtable I did with World Championship boxers Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta, and Jose Torres. This was the only TV appearance of these four together and the show was, well, a knockout.

You can catch the action here: billboggs.com

Advantage McEnroe

It's match point at billboggs.com so don't miss the action—we've launched two classic videos from my archives: tennis champ John McEnroe and the unsinkable Shirley MacLaine.

I think you'll enjoy these interviews, so tune-in at your leisure.

Mixed doubles, anyone?

JAMES BOND BARES ALL!

Okay, so maybe 007 didn't bare all, but actor Sean Connery revealed his tattoo to me—a TV scoop. You can catch this rare clip on the front page at http://www.billboggs.com/

As I've mentioned in previous posts, we're in the process of stocking my web site with many classic TV interviews from the Boggs' Archive. It's exciting to see these clips reborn on the Web, and I think you'll enjoy them. We're launching both full-length video interviews as well as snippets. And speaking of which, we just posted an illuminating moment from my interview with actor Dustin Hoffman. Click here to view.



Lots more coming!

Today's Big Splash on Page Six

I made the New York Post's notorious PAGE SIX again. Here's the scoop:

A big mismatch of Boggs vs. Phelps

TV personality Bill Boggs, who used to swim competitively, was doing laps yesterday at the New York Athletic Club when he noticed "the guy next to me is like a shark . . . he's pushing off the wall swimming the length of the pool under water, while kicking on his back. 'Hmm,' I think, 'this guy's good,' " Boggs says. "We hit the wall together at one point and I give it all I've got to stay with him, and after three strokes I look up and he's already coming back." The speed demon left the pool before Boggs finished, and when Boggs got out, the attendant told him, "You were trying to race Michael Phelps."

NEW VIDEOS are "live" online!

The joint is jumping, as they say... we've launched several classic video clips on my site: http://www.billboggs.com/

Don't miss these rare clips featuring Sammy Davis, Jr., George Burns, Natalie Wood, Mario Cuomo, Lucie Arnez & Desni Arnez, Jr., with lots more celebrities and stars to follow. Remember, all these videos are FREE for your viewing pleasure, so I suggest you bookmark the site and visit frequently.

Pass the word and have fun!

Interview with James Brown Launches

My interview with legendary Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer James Brown is available for viewing on my sight: http://www.billboggs.com/

This is definitely a "blast from the past."

Enjoy!

Happy Blast from the Past!

Trevor Boggs gets a swimming lesson at Disney World from Dad...

Al Roker Interview Coming Soon

My TV interview with famed forecaster Al Roker for MY GENERATION will air soon. It will then be available viewing my web site, so stay tuned.

Hope you'll check it out (weather permitting)... :)

Rave Review

Here's a nice review of my recent talk before the Princeton Chamber of Commerce.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
September Restart: A Glitzy Bartlett














When Bill Boggs spoke at September's Princeton Chamber lunch, I came away with one solid tip for restarting my life: Every day, he said, when you get up, take one minute to write or think the one thing you need to know. You know what you need to do – affirm it.

I haven’t quite decided what that “one thing” would be for me, but Boggs says his first affirmation was “I am unafraid.” Fear can hold us back, he said, quoting Anna Quindlen, who – though a very successful journalist – admits she is still afraid the fraud police will come and catch her out. “Write down your doubts, fold them up, put them in your pocket and get oBn with your life. Cultivate the opportunity to be less afraid – or unafraid.”

The entertaining actor and talk show star shared a bunch of tips on how to achieve success and overcome adversity, drawn from his book “Got What It Takes: Successful People How They Made It to the Top."

When I bought it I realized “He’s written the People magazine version of ‘Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,’ originally collected by John Bartlett (1820 to 1905). If you were a speech writer, or a preacher, or any kind of mass media writer who needs quickie 21st century anecdotes, this is the book for you. Nothing is really new here. Almost all the quotes are standard self-help fare.

The difference is the glitz factor: Boggs quotes movie stars (Brooke Shields and Renee Zellweger), sports figures (Joe Torre and Jeff Lurie), entrepreneurs (Craig Newmark and Donald Trump), TV celebrities (Bill O’Reilly and Matt Lauer), fashion designers (Joseph Aboud and Diane von Furstenberg) and a dozen more, and he sets their aphorisms in the context of their oh-so-famous lives.

Just like the 18th-century quotation quoter said, “I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.”Now if I can just figure out what is the ONE thing above all others that I need to remind myself about this morning. Maybe it's Don't Blog Before Breakfast.


Looking at Bill Boggs' book again, I may have given the impression that it is only quotations. Actually, it has mini bios of each person quoted, and each quote is set into the context of the anecdote taken from the interview. So yes, you can get a Bartlett's quote, but you also get a mini-story, like those 50-word Reader's Digest anecdotes...

Joshua Bell Interview

Tomorrow I'm interviewing acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell about his new CD, At Home with Friends, at his home in Manhattan with Marvin Hamlisch. The CD is a collaboration on duets with Sting, Josh Grobin, Chris Botti, Marvin and several others. This for the syndicated MY GENERATION TV show. Should be fun.

I'll let you know when the show is scheduled to air.

Stay tuned!

Video Tibit—Julia Childs!

We're getting close to the launch of our exciting new Videos page at BillBoggs.com.

We'll be featuring classic interviews with Martha Stewart, Brooke Shields, James Brown, Tennessee Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yul Brynner, and many, many more. In fact, we'll be adding rare clips on a regular basis, so I suggest you bookmark the page and visit often: www.billboggs.com/videos

If you visit the video page now, you can catch a preview of my chat with Julia Childs. I don't
want to give anything away, but here's a hint:

"Hail Caesar!"

Enjoy!

Summer Updates & Whom You Know

Hope you're having a great summer and gearing up for those Dog Days of August. I'll be in Washington, DC on August 12th, presenting my 3-hour interactive seminar, GOT WHAT IT TAKES?, to CEO's who are members of Vistage, the world's largest Chief Executive Organization.

On August 22nd, I'm giving a GOT WHAT IT TAKES? talk at the Sharon, Connecticut Country Club.

For now, there's a nice write-up about my book on the popular WHOM YOU KNOW blog so I hope you'll pay a visit.

Stay cool and have a Happy August!

NEW article featured in BLACK TIE INTERNATIONAL

Hope you can pick up a copy of the new issue of BLACK TIE INTERNATIONAL—can't miss it—the cover features George Clooney. Inside you'll find my latest article "Save the Best for Last!"

The isue is sure to sell out quickly, so if you miss it, visit www.billboggs.comas as a PDF version will be available for download soon.

Happy May!

"The Piano is going with us..."

From today's PAGE SIX:

BEST SPEAKER OF THE YEAR!

Well, the results aren't in just yet, but the good news is I've been nominated by AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE for "Best Speaker of the Year."

I'm honored.

Stay tuned!

Success Strategies of the Rich & Famous

My feature article, Success Strategies of the Rich and Famous, has just appeared in PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT magazine. You can view a cool Flash presentation of the entire issue here or download the article in PDF format.

Happy Reading!

TAHITI or BUST!

A quick post to let you know I'm heading off Wednesday on a 12-day cruise as guest "celebrity speaker" on the Crystal Serenity from LA to Tahiti.

Can't think of a better time to say bye-bye NYC... just check the wind chill factor.

I'll be sending posts from the ship so stay tuned and keep warm!

Talk Show Confidential - Performance Update

News Flash

Here's a flash from Peter Cincotti — featured in my book, GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
If you're going to be in NYC on Jan. 27th, his performance is a great way to start 2009.

Happy New Year All!

My Generation Videos are "Live"

If you've missed any of my celebrity interviews on MY GENERATION, you can catch up by clicking HERE.

Currently running: Carly Simon, Michael Feinstein, and LeRoy Neiman.

Check 'em out.

Oceans Away!

I'm off on a transatlantic voyage on the Crystal Serenity... from Lisbon to Miami. I'm guest speaker on the ship. Should be fun, and a great time to take a break from the hectic pace of Manhattan.

I'll be posting some photos upon my return, so please stay tuned.

ATTENTION PERSIAN CAT FANS!

"Roberto" will soon be joining the Boggs Family as a pet.

Lookin' good, Roberto Boggs.

Guess who turns 122 years old next week?

Not artist LeRoy Neiman, but his recent subject The Statue of Liberty. LeRoy was the subject of a profile I did for the MY GENERATION TV show (you can see it at http://www.billboggs.com/) and he just finished this lovely portrait to coincide with Lady Liberty's 122nd birthday—thought you'd like to see it.

Music for the Presidential Election

Here's the best new song I've heard in a long time—"Teenage America" by Peter Cincotti whom I interviewed for my book Got What it Takes?

Click to hear the song

Unwanted Coworker

On a beautiful NY day with my windows wide open... a large pigeon landed on my air conditioner and flew into my apartment in the middle of a conversation with my webmaster, Derek Pell. --"THERE'S A PIGEON IN HERE!" I yelled... actually trying to continue the conversation and get rid of the bird at the same time. Let's just say the multi-tasking didn't work.

I see hundreds of pigeons every day in Central Park across from where I live, but actually having one panic in your home office is not a pleasant thing. Think flapping wings, flying feathers and pigeon shit—all in time to the band playing RAG MAMA RAG in the background.

It took me 10 minutes to actually capture the thing between two pieces of cardboard—(they ARE full of germs, right?)—and shove it out the window. I called Derek back and he said—"POST IT!"

Carly & Dakota Interviews on MY GENERATION

My interview with Carly Simon is scheduled to air on 11/18 and Dakota Jackson on 11/25.
Both are slated for 3PM on Comcast and Direct TV. Hope you'll catch 'em.

HEADLINE: PAGE SIX Today!

Here's a nice item from today's NY Post PAGE SIX:

By the way, if you haven't seen my show yet, TALK SHOW CONFIDENTIAL, please visit the website www.talkshowconfidential.com for performance dates and ticket info.

Happy Oktoberfest!

Dog Days?

I know it's not August, but the days are still mild, and that's a good excuse to give my dogs, PIP & Daisy, a little face-time on this blog.

Besides, they love the attention. (Click on the image for a larger view.)

Abruzzo Newso

Here are my latest travel plans....

On Sept. 12th I'm off to the beautiful Abruzzo region of Italy for a five-day getaway to visit my lifelong friend Joe D'Antony—who just purchased his family's ancestral home in the village of Abruzzo.

Can't wait to see him.

Stay tuned for photos.

Cover Story: Jeff Zucker

NBC Universal president and C.E.O. Jeff Zucker is on the cover of the current issue of Condé Nast Portfolio.

Jeff has a plan to rescue network TV and if anybody can pull that off, he's the one to do it.

You can learn how Jeff became so successful in my book, GOT WHAT IT TAKES?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It to the Top—So You Can, Too!

The paperback edition is on sale here.

Joy-ous News!

I'm interviewing Joy Behar, star of ABC-TV's ''THE VIEW" on Wednesday, Sept.10th, at the Friars Club in New York for the syndicated ''MY GENERATION'' television show.

Lots to talk about, hope you can tune in.

News Flash!

I'll be joining speakers Regis Philbin, Shirley Maclaine, Magic Johnson, Cal Ripkin, Jr. and Martina Navratilova at the AARP "Life@50+ National Event and Expo in Washington, DC. Looks like fun.

I'll also be speaking on Thursday, September 4th at 12:30 pm on the subject "Got what it takes...to get where you want to go in life?" at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Shaping up to be a busy Fall.

In the meantime, I wish you all a happyLabor Day!

Carol Campbell Boggs Hits The NY Times!

I'm pleased to report that my talented wife, Carol Campbell Boggs, is featured in today's New York Times. The article -- Thinking of You (Especially the Media Buyers) -- by Stuart Elliiot appears in the Business / Advertsing section. I'll put a downloadable PDF on http://www.billboggs.com/ soon, but here's a LINK TO THE ARTICLE.

Congrats, Carol!

News from Beijing!

The world's No. 1 player was upset in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament here Thursday night by American James Blake. Blake defeated Roger Federer's 6-4, 7-6 (2), marking the first time he had ever beaten Federer, although he had always gone into the matches with an upbeat attitude.

What motivates Blake and some secrets to his success can be found in my book, GOT WHAT IT TAKES? click here

Norman Lear's DECLARE YOURSELF

Norman Lear (one of the celebrities I interviewed for my book, GOT WHAT IT TAKES?) is in the news today-on the front page of The New York Times arts section regarding his major initiative DECLARE YOURSELF--his youth-oriented voter registration organization.

Heres the LINK to the article.

Here's a LINK to my book site.

Brooke Shields Looks Smashing!

Brook Shields got plenty of attention recently at the 2008 Tony Awards. What a beauty!

Find out how the stunning actress/model achieved her dreams by reading GOT WHAT IT TAKES?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It to the Top--So You Can, Too!

The new paperback edition is on sale here.

Clive Davis is Retiring

Clive Davis, founder and head of Arista Records, one of the most successful labels in the record industry, is retiring. How did he achieve such success? You'll find some of his secrets in my book, GOT WHAT IT TAKES?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It to the Top--So You Can, Too!

The new paperback edition is on sale here.

"My Generation" Web Page Launches!

I'm pleased to announce the launch of our new "My Generation" web page at www.billboggs.com It highlights the TV show of the same name for which I'm celebrity correspondent. Now you can sample HD video excerpts from my celebrity interviews right on your computer screen.

We're currently featuring "Michael Feinstein at Steinway Hall" and "In the Studio with Artist LeRoy Neiman."

Of course I hope you can catch each show when it airs on TV, but now if you miss an episode you can always visit the web page and view highlights.

Forthcoming guests include Broadway composer Charles Strouse; Ex chef John Doherty (Waldorf Astoria); rock legend Carly Simon; furniture designer Dakota Jackson, and many, many more.

I think you'll find "My Generation" appeals to all generations.

Be sure and tune in!

Cousin Brucie!

Photo by Bobby Bank

I hosted the Friars Celebrity Interview series with the legendary Cousin Brucie—an hour, one-on-one interview about his career, with stories about Elvis, his introducing the Beatles at Shea stadium, and the evolution of rock music.

Here's a tidbit:

I asked him: "If you could place one year of rock music in a time capsule for future generations which year would you pick?"

"1965—it built on the foundation of American rock from the 50's and was open to include the English wave and the West Coast sound."

By the way, Dick Clark's answer to the same question was 1957.

Both were memorable years.

INTERVIEW WITH JUDY COLLINS

Hi All!



Lots of news to report today. My interview with Judy Collins will appear on "MY GENERATION" on July 17th. Mark your calendars.


Two days later I'm headed for Monte Carlo on the Crystal Serenity...the cruise is billed as Mediterranean Masterpiece, which is apt when you check out the itinerary below:




















Will report again soon before we set sail. Hope you all have a great summer!