Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast! We have been talkin’ about this for almost a year and now it’s finally happening! After about a week or so of rest after the Jeff Lewis & Friends Fall Elvis™ Festival, we gathered in some new-fangled “online studio” with the help of our producer Alex Mitchell and recorded this episode! Boy, aren’t we glad someone is keeping up with technology!
(0:01:50): The Tonight Show starring Tom Brown!
Here is the full playlist of “The Tonight Show starring Tom Brown” LIVE in Helen, GA at the Jeff Lewis & Friends Fall Festival that we referenced at the top of the episode! This was an awesome idea and you really get to learn more about all of us! Thanks to Bill “The Colonel” Strauss for documenting this!
(0:06:43): Jeff asks Baz Luhrmann a question at the Elvis movie premiere.
In June of 2022, Elvis Presley Enterprises hosted a VIP Premiere of ELVIS at The Guesthouse at Graceland with Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling, Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, and Baz Luhrmann in attendance! After the film concluded Baz took questions from the audience and Jeff was lucky enough to get called on!
(0:08:43): Gates of Graceland web series hosted by Tom Brown
For the last 7 years, Tom has hosted the Gates of Graceland Web Series with Graceland Archives Director Angie Marchese, where they explore many different facets of Elvis’ life and career, his beloved Graceland, and his ongoing legacy and impact on the world.
(0:16:50) Contract signed by Burt Reynolds and Tom Brown
(0:18:25) Deliverance cast reunion.
Actor Jon Voight, Tom Brown, VP of Original Productions for TCM, director John Boorman, actors Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty attend "Deliverance" screening during the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
