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...