TV and Radio Legend Joe Franklin Joins the Conversation!

What can we say about Joe Franklin? His TV show ran for 40 consecutive years and, in many ways, he was the pioneer of the TV Talk Show Format! One of TV and Radio's most beloved personalities ever, Joe has interviewed more than 300,000 people and still counting. Our own Linda Alexander is in that still counting number! Stars like Dustin Hoffman, Liza Minnelli, and Barbara Streisand to name a few had their first exposure on the Joe Franklin Show. What made this show different was that you could have one of the biggest stars in the world sitting next to the lady on the corner that made paper dolls, because Joe talks to everyone. This unique combination is what made the Joe Franklin Show a late night staple for 4 decades. Now you can hear him daily on Bloomberg Radio's Lifestyles segment.



This is Joe Franklin today. This is the smile that greets you as you walk through his office filled with memorabilia from days gone by. Having spent countless hours in that office, sharing a chicken salad sandwich and a cup of tea with Joe, my time with him is so precious to me. He is so sweet and always tells me that I remind him of a young Dorothy Lamour. I want to paint the picture of what you see when you walk in... Joe Franklin's office is filled, floor to ceiling with collectables, and he knows where each item is. There is a path to his desk and 5 chairs where his "guests" sit as they visit this wonderful man, much like the talk show format he knows and loves. His visitors range from upcoming new performers hoping he can open doors for them to stars from days gone by, authors old and new, stuntmen, photographers and the guy that sells hot dogs from the cart on the corner. No matter who they are or where they came from, all of us love hearing the stories that he tells about the stars of yesteryear, as he is sitting behind his desk answering a phone that never stops ringing. Ask him about an actor or singer or dancer and you will be amazed at his knowledge. In fact, Joe Franklin is one of the foremost authorities on nostalgia. He began collecting ephemera in the early days of his show - asking guests for something to remember them by - and his collection just keeps on growing. Throughout the years one thing has never changed, people love talking to Joe Franklin and he loves talking to them!

This wonderful man will be joining the Three Wise Girls conversation on the Three Wise Girls Blog Talk Radio Show June 24, 12pm EST as will Paul Petersen who, when he found out that Joe Franklin was going to be on our show, wanted to stop by to say hello to the man that had him on his show when he was just starting out, too! We hope that you will join us for this show and, all we can say, is get ready to sit back and enjoy or call us at 347 994 3835 and be part of the conversation. We would love to hear your show ideas and feedback, so please email us at threewisegirls@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook fan page.

Classic Entertainment -- Feeding The Niche

It wasn't long ago when the idea of "classic movies" went no farther back in general memory than maybe twenty years for most. Not so anymore. These days, there is a growing hunger for anything nostalgia, especially in classic entertainment. Whether it's in TV or movies or even radio shows from pre-TV days, the market is exploding. Are you interested in Cary Grant or Clark Gable or Robert Taylor? Check the internet ... you'll find exactly where you can get the latest and greatest in everything and anything related to classic film, TV, radio and its mega-stars.

What if you're more intrigued by names which not everyone immediately recognizes, such as Colleen Moore or Dean Stockwell? How do you find what it is you're looking for on the now more obscure stars from the days of nostalgia entertainment? Again, look to the internet. It's getting easier and easier to ferret out details, or find the old shows, or get photos and magazines and other pieces of entertainment-related ephemera.

And do you even KNOW what ephemera is?!

Join us on The Three Wise Girls, Thursday, May 6, from noon - 1 PM EST as we delve into the world of classic entertainment as it today relates to the booming e-commerce business. We'll talk with Cliff Aliperti who owns www.things-and-other-stuff.com, an online home for everything related to nostalgia entertainment. Cliff will tell us about how he started his business, what got him interested, and how the internet has changed the nostalgia market forever. Cliff has been selling on eBay since 2000. Thanks to his uncle, he's been in the nostalgia business--starting with baseball cards--since the mid 1980s. He moved into entertainment collectibles, and has been at it ever since. Cliff will chat about his journey, how the market has changed, and what he thinks is the future of nostalgia-for-sale.

Add to our guest list Jenny Allan who, under the name Jenny Curtis, has authored three books on classic film stars. She is equally well known in the world of classic movie geekdom as "Jenny the Nipper." She writes a blog, Cinema OCD, comprised mainly of rants about whatever movie is obsessing her lately.


Please call in and chat with Cliff & Jenny about your favorite entertainment figure or movie or TV show from days past, or visit our chat room. It's more than likely Cliff has some memorabilia for sale related to those stars you can't forget!

www.blogtalkradio.com/threewisegirls ... chat room log-in at that page. Call in to talk with us on the show at 347-994-3835 after noon EST, Thursday, 5/6. The Three Wise Girls--and Cliff Aliperti & Jenny the Nipper--want to hear from you!