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Bill Dana
Honoree 2006
Tony Orlando
Honoree 2015
Mike Love
Honoree 2019
Rona Barrett
Honoree 2010
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Honorees 2017
Neil Sedakka
Honoree 2013
Loni Anderson
Honoree 2018
Ed Asner
Honoree 2008
Al Michaels
Honoree 2017
Rick Dees
Honoree 2015
Andy Williams
Honoree 2010
Lee Meriwether
Honoree 2003
Keely Smith
Honoree 2010
Frank Gorshin
Honoree 2004
Dick Martin
Honoree 2000
Jack Jones
Honoree 2011
"Shotgun" Tom Kelly
Honoree 2015
Jaime Jarrin
Honoree 2014
Mike Connors
Honoree 2001
Frankie Valli
Honoree 2017
Stephen J. Cannell
Honoree 2008
Bob Eubanks
Honoree 2004
Peter Marshall
Honoree 2014
Tom Dreesen
Honoree 2016
Beverly Garland
Honoree 2001
Chuck Fries
Honoree 2011
Vin Scully
Honoree 2008
Michael Feinstein
Honoree 2013
Sally Kellerman
Honoree 2009
James Darren
Honoree 2007
Joan Collins
Honoree 2018
James Bacon
Honoree 2004
George Schlatter
Honoree 2017
Fritz Coleman
Honoree 2019
Joseph Campanella
Honoree 2005
Peter Falk
Honoree 2006
Rich Little
Honoree 2018
Robert Conrad
Honoree 2007
Norm Crosby
Honoree 2003
Glen Campbell
Honoree 2007
Jo Anne Worley
Honoree 2005
June Foray
Honoree 2002
Chad Everett
Honoree 2011
Ray Charles
Honoree 2012
Jack Klugman
Honoree 2003
A C Lyles
Honoree 2006
Wink Martindale
Honoree 2005
Art Laboe
Honoree 2019
Shelly Berman
Honoree 2004
Eric Braeden
Honoree 2007
Lily Tomlin
Honoree 2012
Alan Thicke
Honoree 2008
Hal Linden
Honoree 2000
Kay Starr
Honoree 2009
Orson Bean
Honoree 2001
Jaime Farr
Honoree 2002
Tom Bergeron
Honoree 2012
Dick Cavett
Honoree 2014
Don Knotts
Honoree 2000
Fred Willarrd
Honoree 2015
Martin Landau
Honoree 2002
Gill Stratton
Honoree 2002
Leonard Maltin
Honoree 2007
Henry Winkler
Honoree 2016
Colleen Williams and Chuck Henry
Honorees 2014
Tom Bosley
Honoree 2003
Mary Hart
Honoree 2016
Anne Jeffries
Honoree 2001
Donna Mills
ebruary 2018
Englebert Humperdinck
Honoree 2019
Florence Henderson
Honoree 2011
Buzz Aldrin
Honoree 2009
Johnny Grant
Honoree 2006
Larry King
Honoree 2012
Johnny Mathis
Honoree 2013
Roy Clark
Honoree 2010
Loretta Swit
Honoree 2008
Carl Reiner
Honoree 2003 & 2014
Barbara Eden
Honoree 2016
Robert Wagner
Honoree 2009
Richard Chamberlain
Honoree 2019
Bob Banner
Honoree 2010
Regis Philbin
Honoree 2016
Pat Harrington
Honoree 2000
Patrick Duffy
Honoree 2018
Art Gilmore
Honoree 2005
Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards
Honorees 2015
Mickey Rooney
Honoree 2004
Tom Hatten
Honoree 2000





NEXT LUNCHEON


A PIONEER BROADCASTER
will be honored

details


Surprise Guests


UPCOMING EVENT
On September 7th, HMP hosted the latest in a long series of Coffee With events - this one featured JEFF WALD, former news director at KTLA-TV for 19 years and news director at KCOP-TV for 7 years. Jeff's career in news spans 38 years, he's received 13 Emmys. He told many stories about the important news events and people in LA since the 1970's. The discussion was entitled BREAKING NEWS, "BROKEN NEWS" - Journalism or Artificial Intelligence? and was hosted and produced by former PPB President CHUCK STREET.

On Saturday, June 22nd, we saluted ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT - HOW IT BEGAN! Produced by CHUCK STREET and hosted by JOHN E. GOLDHAMMER, former Paramount TV exec in charge of ET creation. The room was filled with former and current ET staff and included video appearance from VIN DI BONA, ANDY FRIENDLY, JOHN TESH, ROBB WELLER, RON HENDREN, STEVE HERSEN, and a special message from former president of Paramount Studios, MICHAEL EISNER.


We had an enormous turnout for the Game Show Diamond Jubilee Brunch on August 20th. Celebrities on hand were BOB EUBANKS, GLENN SCARPELLI, MARC SUMMERS, and ANNIE WOOD. Hosted by MICHAEL BURGER with announcer RANDY WEST, video included a tribute to ART ALISI, the history of game shows, and appearances on tape by PETER MARSHALL, PAT SAJAK and VANNA WHITE and the late ALEX TREBEK. Photos will be available soon - check back here.

HMP's CELEBRITY SHOWCASE on YouTube features segments from our past luncheons. You can enjoy tributes to LILY TOMLIN, WINK MARTINDALE, CARL REINER, RICH LITTLE, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, JOHNNY MATHIS, JACK JONES and lots of others by going to YouTube.com. A new honoree is featured every month so check back frequently.

Other Broadcasting-Related Websites -- If you scroll to the bottom of any page on this Website, you will find the word LINKS. Clicking on that word takes you to a page of URL links to other Websites related to the broadcasting industry. Some of them take you to sites where you can listen to old time radio programs. We've recently added the link to a comprehensive history of television, which you'll find listed five down from the top of the Links page. Click on 'Beyond Cable: The History of Television.'

Newsletter Items -- Members, if you have an item you'd like to share with other members through the HMP Newsletter, please e-mail it to Bianca Pino. Alternatively, you can drop it in the mail to HMP Newsletter, Post Office Box 8673, Calabasas, CA 91372. The Newsletter is distributed with our luncheon announcements five times a year and is available on this Website by clicking on 'Latest Newsletter' at the bottom of this page.

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