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


A PIONEER BROADCASTER
will be honored

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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.

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.

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