Here are a few photos I took...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Fundraiser at Rauschenberg's Studio
Here are a few photos I took...
Sunday, December 12, 2010
I'm Back!
Thursday, December 09, 2010
New Videos
Friday, November 19, 2010
My Classic Interview with CHRISTOPHER REEVE
TRASH TALK & Other Memorable Videos

We’ve launched five new videos over at billboggs.com including a lively debate: Ralph Nader and TV Critic Jeff Jarvis versus (yours truly) Bill Boggs and Maury Povich.
The topic is Trash Talk and the debate is moderated by Arthur Miller. If you're wondering what my connection to the subject was— I was Executive Producer of the Morton Downey Jr show.
Think you’ll find the subject as relevant today as it was when the show originally aired.
CLICK HERE to watch the video.
You’ll also find entertaining interviews with Frank Zappa, Gene Wilder, Christopher Reeve (See the video clip in my previous post.), and Holocaust Survivor Lilly Bloch.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Historic Interview with the late DINO DE LAURENTIIS

The legendary and prolific film producer Dino De Laurentiis passed away yesterday at age 91. The obit in the NY Times is a full half a page! My 1976 interview with him encapsulates much of his philosophy as a producer and also discusses one of his most expensive films, the remake of King Kong—including clips.
CLICK HERE to go directly to the video.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
"Singing Party"
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sinatra Lives!


Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Helen Hayes, Martin & Gish, Oh My!

No, it's not lions and tigers and bears—it's three legends of the stage (and screen)—Helen Hayes, Lillian Gish, and Mary Martin—all together in one show, where I had the unique opportunity to interview them. This classic TV segment is on video now and available for you to enjoy at www.billboggs.com.
And believe it or not there's a lot MORE to come in 2011. You can check this post for updates or visit www.billboggs.com regularly.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Video Smörgåsbord - Over 100 Classics are "Live"
New additions to the site include my interviews with the great Neil Simon; Watergate star witness John Dean; Marla Hanson (who discusses her remarable facial surgery after the horrific razor attack in NYC in 1986); and Jeff Smith, the famous Frugal Gourmet. In addition we've got a special Father's Day Show with Jack Lemmon, Bill Boggs, Jr., David Brenner, Lou Brenner, Frank Perdue, Jim Purdue, John Cullum, Bernard Hughes, and Gil De Lamadrid.
I invite you to visit the site and explore our huge archive of clips. And while you're there be sure to bookmark the front page as we're constantly adding new videos.
Indeed, here are just some of the celebrities waiting in the wings:
Mary Martin, Dion Warwick, Peter Allen, Oscar Brown, Jr., Mark Benecke, Lillian Gish, and Helen Hayes, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Marvin Hamlisch, Gene Wilder, Frank Zappa, and Ralph Nader.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Betty White Rides Again!
We've just added my classic interview with the comic actress at billboggs.com and I'm delighted to present it here for readers of this blog & fans of Betty—enjoy!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Speaking News & TV Notes
The Rotary Club of New York at the Harvard Club in Manhattan. The theme is GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN LIFE? I'll sign books and do Q & A as part of the luncheon.
TV NEWS:
On Wednesday, September 15th, I will be interviewing "Queen of
Swing," Norma Miller" at Harlem's historic Lennox Lounge. Norma is
recognized as the greatest living swing dancer and a pioneer of that
dance form. She is the subject of a brilliant new documentary "Queen
of Swing," by the acclaimed director, John Biffar. The interview is
for the national PBS show MY GENERATION, for which I am correspondent.
In addition to her work as a dancer, Norma played a key role in
helping to break down barriers facing black performers alongside her
contemporaries Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Interview with a Comic Legend
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Good News—Another Cruise!
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
COOL JAZZ FOR A HOT SUMMER
Here's a rare opportunity to catch jazz legends Bobby Short, Gerry Mulligan, Milt Hinton, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Barbara Carroll playing together for the first time. In addition to some great sounds, you can view myTV interviews with co-producer Joyce Wein, Gerry Mulligan, film historian David Chertok, Bobby Short, Gerry Mulligan, and Eddie Palmieri.
Talk about a blast from the past! Here's a direct link to the complete video. You can also view short individual clips.
Enjoy the music and stay cool!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The One & Only Bing!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
More Interviews & the tables are turned!
Clips include two with Brooke Shields—one when she was just 11-years old. In the other clip, the tables get turned and Brooke interviews yours truly. How's that for a switch!
Other videos include my interview with actress/writer Carrie Fisher; a chat with singer/actress Phylicia Rashad; and a special "Theatrical Brunch" featuring George Abbott, Anita Loos, Harold Clurman, Vincent Sardi, and Robert Whitehead.
Enjoy the videos and have a great summer!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Dudley, Meredith, Richard, Bobby & Joy...Oh My!
Don't miss my lively TV interviews with Dudley Moore, Meredith Vieira, Richard Simmons, Robert Kennedy, Jr., and Joy Behar.
Good time for a Spring Break. Enjoy!
Monday, May 03, 2010
"75" & Going Strong!
New entries include Boomer Esiason, Kathy Lee Gifford, Maury Povich, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stohler, Wynoma Judd, and Swami Satchidananda.
You'll find all 75 videos like a candy sampler right on my front page, ready for your viewing pleasure and just a mouse-click away.
It's 75 and counting, because we're still adding to this classic collection.
Hope you'll visit the site soon and catch a bit of TV history—you won't find these gems anywhere else.
Enjoy!
Friday, April 09, 2010
"Everyone Talks About the Weather, but..."

Thursday, March 18, 2010
MORE CLASSIC VIDEOS ARE "LIVE"!

Friday, March 12, 2010
Latest News

This month I'm interviewing CNBC star Maria Bartiromo at the NYSE for My Generation.I'm also interviewing TV personality Daisy Fuentes— a hard-driving fundraiser for St. Judes/Pediatric Cancer. My Generation is now a nationally syndicated show on PBS.
I'll announce air dates right here when I've got them. Stay tuned and have a great weekend!
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Vintage Interview with Robert Duvall

Press Release
Press inquiries:
Eric Warren
ewarren@rocketboymedia.com
805-796-7526
Bill Boggs Announces Posting of Vintage Interview with
“Crazy Heart“ co-star on www.billboggs.com
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Actor Robert Duvall, Executive Producer of “Crazy Heart,”
Himself Won Best Actor for 1983’s “Tender Mercies”
NEW YORK, NY – March 9, 2010 – Bill Boggs, legendary television personality, food and wine expert and motivational speaker announced today that several important new ideos have been posted at:
www.billboggs.com/duvall_vid.htm
including a vintage interview with Robert Duvall, the legendary Hollywood star who plays 2010 Best Actor Academy Award ™ winner Jeff Bridges’ mentor in the multiple Oscar™-winning film “Crazy Heart.” Boggs noted that Duvall, who was Executive Producer of the film, won a best actor nod in for his portrayal of a down-and-out country singer in the 1983 film “Tender Mercies.”
“I really enjoyed sharing good food with Bob, and interviewing him for my show ‘Corner Table,’” Boggs comments. “He was funny, candid and most importantly, shared some interesting anecdotes about his experiences making some of the greatest films ever produced in the US,including ‘The Godfather.’ This segment clearly shows why Bob is not just a highly regarded actor, but a genuinely warm and delightful man.”
In addition to this segment featuring Duvall, visitors to www.billboggs.com can view dozens of classic television interviews with some of the greatest entertainment, political and sports figures of the twentieth century, including Martha Stewart, Yul Brynner, Sammy Davis,Jr., Tennessee Williams, Julia Child, Michael Douglas, Howard Stern and many others. These video segments are culled from Boggs’ decades of experience conducting candid, sometimes highly personal interviews for television programs such as “Midday Live with Bill Boggs,” “WNBC's Weekend Today In New York,” “Bill Boggs' Corner Table” on The Food Network, and others.
As the second decade of the new millennium dawns,Boggs continues to leverage his interviewing skills for the syndicated show “My Generation.” In addition to television work,Boggs is a noted food and wine expert, as well as a sought-after corporate motivational speaker, and the creator of the one-man Broadway show “Talk Show Confidential,” now in its seventh season off-Broadway.
About Bill Boggs
WHAT four-time Emmy Award-winning TV host and entertainment industry insider has been a major figure in the lifestyle, food, travel, consumer, sports, news, and celebrity reporting arenas for more than 25 years and is bestselling author and sought-after motivational speaker? Bill Boggs. As host of the New York based Midday Live with Bill Boggs and WNBC's Weekend Today In New York (along with the long-running Food Network hit, Bill Boggs' Corner Table), Bill has interviewed many of the most notable personalities of our time - including cultural icons, presidents, international leaders, writers, athletes, celebrity chefs, and food critics— not to mention a movie star or two! Bill is also author of the best-selling motivational book “Got What it Takes? Successful People Reveal How They Made it to the Top” (HarperCollins). To find out more, visit http://www.billboggs.com/.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Bound to Please

What a wild night it was when shock jock Howard Stern appeared on my syndicated show, COMEDY TONIGHT. Thanks to Howard I wound up bound and gagged in bondage gear on the air. Over the years hundreds of people have mentioned this memorable (and very funny) bit of TV history, so I finally tracked down the tape and we've put the clip on my web site at www.billboggs.com - check it out.
We've also added classic clips featuring my interviews with Jerry Stiller, Christina Crawford, Robert Duvall, and film director Dino De Laurentiis.

Have fun!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
It's the Big "50"!

If you're snowed-in, it's a good excuse to relax and watch these golden moments...and there's no "Catch-22" — admission is free!
Friday, February 05, 2010
Update: More Classic Interviews Are "Live"!

Head on over to www.billboggs.com and catch my interviews with Whoopi Goldberg, Chuck Mangione, Bill Cosby, Art Carney, and Don King.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Breaking News!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Bill Speaks!
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
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
More Classic Videos Are "Live"
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!
Friday, January 01, 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Mom & Daisy
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
And then there were 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.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
A Holiday Gift For Rock 'n Roll Lovers
The Magic Number: 25
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
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Performance Cancelled
—Bill
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
THE MAIN EVENT is "Live"




Saturday, November 07, 2009
Advantage McEnroe

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
JAMES BOND BARES ALL!


Lots more coming!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Today's Big Splash on Page Six


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."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Interview with James Brown Launches

Thursday, October 08, 2009
Al Roker Interview Coming Soon
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Rave Review
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...
Monday, September 28, 2009
Joshua Bell Interview

Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Video Tibit—Julia Childs!

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:
Monday, July 27, 2009
Summer Updates & Whom You Know
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!
Friday, May 08, 2009
NEW article featured in BLACK TIE INTERNATIONAL
