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





NEXT LUNCHEON


A PIONEER BROADCASTER
will be honored

details


Surprise Guests


ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
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.

Let Us Hear From You -- If you are a current member, we encourage you to share any thoughts you may have about HMP. You can do that by clicking on this link: Ron Alexenburg to send an e-mail directly to our President. Please be sure to include your name as e-mail addresses don't always provide that information. Your concerns or suggestions will be discussed at the next Board meeting.

Members: If you have an email address, please click "Membership List" above, and then click the first letter of your last name. Find your name in the new window that opens. If you do not see a yellow envelope icon next to your name, we don't have your email address. Please send your address to us by going to the top of the name list and clicking on the yellow "Update." Your email address will not be seen or shared.

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