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SEASON 2 has begun!
Read more: SEASON 2 has begun!It’s taken only two years, but Season 2 is finally here! (Thanks for your patience!) Episodes #1 and #2 are now available wherever you get your podcasts. Go to the podcast’s page on Podlink for links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify…
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S2 E3 “Shock”
Read more: S2 E3 “Shock”Season 2, Episode 3: Ollie desperately seeks information, and is interviewed by police… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Martin Landström, Wicked Man. Courtesy of Epidemic…
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S2 E2 “New Job”
Read more: S2 E2 “New Job”Season 2, Episode 2: Ollie lands a transfer to the U.S. Army 834th Signal Corps unit; and is stunned by an article in the Los Angeles Times… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices…
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S2 E1 “Uncertainty”
Read more: S2 E1 “Uncertainty”Season 2, Episode 1: As the filming of “This Is The Army” comes to the close, Ollie wonders what he’s going to do next. Elle, meanwhile, has gone missing… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under…
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Central Avenue
Read more: Central AvenueI couldn’t tell a story about Los Angeles in the 1940s without some mention of Central Avenue, the road that, running due south from downtown, was the cultural epicenter of the city’s black community and a musical mecca where jazz…
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Season 2 debuts September 5, 2026
Read more: Season 2 debuts September 5, 2026I am pleased to announce that Season 2 of ON THE TINSEL FRONT will launch on September 5, 2026, the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend! This new season has 7 episodes. Episodes #1 and #2 will be available at 12:01…
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AUDIO VERSE AWARDS
Read more: AUDIO VERSE AWARDSOn The Tinsel Front has been nominated for the Audio Verse Awards… and you can help it win by voting! (Any podcast listener can vote! Deadline is December 21st.) Here’s how you do it: — Clink on this link: VOTING…
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“That’s What The Best Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear”
Read more: “That’s What The Best Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear”Ollie: “The guys arranged for me to come on set and watch them shoot their number — “That’s What The Best Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear.” It’s a song about soldiers trading in their smart civilian clothes for army…
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The Hollywood Canteen
Read more: The Hollywood CanteenOllie: “So the next night I headed off to the Canteen by myself… There was a long line of servicemen waiting to get in… it struck me just how young most of us were, and how, -eager and rambunctious, we…
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Ted Geisel aka “Dr. Seuss”
Read more: Ted Geisel aka “Dr. Seuss”Ollie: “I saw a man I recognized… and never thought I’d see in Hollywood. It was the cartoonist who publishes under the name Dr. Seuss. And he was in uniform with captain bars!“ Ollie: “… I made sure I read…
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“This Is The Army” – The Movie
Read more: “This Is The Army” – The MovieReagan: “You are thus being temporarily attached to the company performing the Irving Berlin muscial revue “This Is The Army.” Its cross-country tour over, it’s in town for the for the production of the film version over at Warner Brothers,…
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Recording “booth”
Read more: Recording “booth”THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED! The makeshift booth – created in the closet beneath my staircase – where most of ON THE TINSEL FRONT was recorded. Harry Potter jokes were many. Thanks to the actors who braved it! A third…
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Culver City #1
Read more: Culver City #1Ollie: It’s in California in a town called Culver City, which is near Los Angeles… This is the first of what will be a number of posts about Culver City, a Southern California town with a rich history and the…
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The Sunset Limited
Read more: The Sunset LimitedOllie: Am catching the train to L.A. tonight, well, actually, tomorrow morning. It leaves around three AM… The train Ollie would have taken from Louisiana to Los Angeles was the Southern Pacific’s SUNSET LIMITED. “The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a…
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Union Station
Read more: Union StationOllie: Dear Bet: A few hours ago we pulled into Union Station in Los Angeles. It’s a big, beautiful building — tall ceilings, impressive wood beams, beautiful Spanish tiles… L.A.’s famous train station — where a newly arrived Ollie takes…
