Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 1-25-2026

Guest:

April Winchell, voice actress, radio host, and entertainer best known as the voice of Clarabelle Cow, Cruella de Vil, Miss Finster on "Recess," and numerous other cartoon characters

Topic: Growing up with her father, ventriloquist Paul Winchell (the voice of Tigger); Paul Winchell and Lucille Ball; Paul Winchell on "The Bracy Buncy"; April's first voice role on "Kid Power"; Being cast in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"; Her storied career with Disney; Her father's thoughts on her success

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 1-18-2026

Celebrating Winnie the Pooh Day!

Voices of the Past: Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger

Joe Sibilia profiles the life and career of Paul Winchell, the ventriloquist, inventor, and voice actor best known as the voice of Tigger, Dick Dastardly, Gargamel on "The Smurfs," and Mr. Owl in the Tootsie Pop commercial. Featuring new interviews with Paul's daughter, voice actress April Winchell and Paul's friend, television producer Burt Dubrow ("The Sally Jessy Raphael Show," "The Jerry Springer Show," seen on the new ABC docuseries "Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV")

Gyles Brandreth, author of "Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-the-Pooh"

Topic: How Winnie-the-Pooh ended up at the New York Public Library and the push to bring Pooh back to England for a holiday

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 1-11-2026

Monologue:

Joe pours out the mil and visits the New York Public Library

Guests

Shaun Cassidy, Teen Idol, Actor, Singer, Writer, and Producer

Topic: Growing up in Hollywood; His relationship with his father, Jack Cassidy; Appearing on "This is Your Life" twice

Rob Frederick, Third Generation Milkman for Smith Brothers Farms in Kent, WA

Topic: His life and career as a milkman

Sarah Wassberg Johnson, The Food Historian, seen on "The Food That Built America" on The History Channel

Topic: The history of milk

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 1-4-2026

Monologue:

The 2026 Graduating Class of the Public Domain and the Nostalgia Tonight Public Domain Top 40

Voices of the Past: Sterling Holloway

Joe Sibilia explores the life and career of Disney Legend Sterling Holloway, the legendary actor who provided the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Flower the Skunk in "Bambi," the Cheshire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland," Kaa the Snake in "The Jungle Book," and Roquefort the Mouse in "The Aristocats." Featuring new interviews with Sterling Holloway's biographer Rod Taylor, Bruce Reitherman (the voice of Christopher Robin in "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" and Mowgli in "The Jungle Book"), and Sterling's close friend Donnie Jarrell.

Mark Malkoff, the author of "Love Johnny Carson," host of "The Carson Podcast" and "Inside Late Night"

Topic: Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" on New Year's Eve

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 12-28-2025

Monologue:

Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th anniversary and the saga of the nylon jacket

Guests:

Gyles Brandreth, Broadcaster, Former British Member of Parliament, and the author of "Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-the-Pooh"

Topic: His new book, knowing Christopher Robin Milne, the origins of Winnie-the-Pooh, Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin's marriage to his first cousin, Winnie-the-Pooh at the New York Public Library

Robert Sibilia, Former Head Model Maker for Fisher-Price 

Topic: Behind-the-scenes of Fisher-Price toy

Mike Connors, Attorney at Connors & Sullivan and the host of "Ask the Lawyer" on AM 970 The Answer

Topic: Estate Planning Gone Wrong

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 12-21-2025

Monologue:

Joe Sibilia's Christmas special recommendations, and revisiting his interview with Dr. Elmo Shropshire from 2015 in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" holiday special

Guests:

Nathan Kress, actor, producer, and director best remembered for his role as Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon series "iCarly"

Topic: Voicing Chuck E. Cheese in "A Chuck E. Cheese Christmas, now streaming on Amazon Prime and YouTube; His experience on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon; Appearing on "Drake and Josh"; Filming "iCarly" on Jimmy Fallon's set in New York

David Sibilia, Joe Sibilia's Uncle and the inventor of the Tree I.V.

Topic: His classic Christmas season invention

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 12-15-2025

Guest: 

Phil Orbanes, Board Game Expert, Historian, & Designer, Founding Partner of Winning Moves Games, and the author of "Monopoly X"

Topic: Pass the Pigs; How board games became fixtures underneath the Christmas tree; The year Congress tried to cancel Christmas; Top 5 classic board games for the holidays; Best easy games for the holidays; Tips for winning Monopoly; Teaching comedian Jackie Mason how to play Monopoly

Nostalgia Tonight 12-7-2025

Monologue:

Joe Sibilia's performance as Ebenezer Scrooge

Guest:

Charles Edward Hall, Actor who played Santa Claus in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular for 36 seasons

Topic: Becoming Santa Claus, letters and encounters as Santa, playing the Wicked Witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Radio City Music Hall

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia 11-30-25

Voices of the Past: Jackie Vernon

Joe Sibilia explores the life and career of comedian Jackie Vernon, the voice of Frosty the Snowman. Featuring new interviews with Jackie's son, David Vernon, and Kliph Nesteroff, entertainment historian and the author of "The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy"

Maria DeBruin, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Balloon Handler in the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Topic: How she fulfilled her dream of being in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Mike Connors, Attorney at Connors & Sullivan and host of "Ask the Lawyer" on AM 970 The Answer and Nicole Donnelly of Connors & Sullivan

Topic: Estate Planning Gone Wrong

Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia | 11-25-2025

Guests:

Chris Candy, Actor, Comedian, Writer, and the son of John Candy

Topic: His father's life and career, the acting career of Chris Candy, the new documentary "John Candy: I Like Me"

Mallory Lewis, Ventriloquist and the daughter of Shari Lewis

Topic: Taking over Lamb Chop, her mother's life and career, the new documentary "Shari & Lamb Chop"

Monolouge:

Joe Sibilia meets Tony Orlando

Guest:

Telma Hopkins, Singer formerly of Tony Orlando & Dawn and actress best rememberd as Aunt Rachel on "Family Matters"

Topic: Her new podcast "Welcome to the Family," her storied acting and singing career

Joe pays tribute to his cousin, Ariyon Xhaferi, who passed away November 15th

Monologue:

Joe's encounter with Don Rickles

Guests:

Phil Rosenthal, Host of "Somebody Feed Phil" on Netflix and the creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Topic: His new book "Phil's Favorites," "Everybody Loves Raymond" reunion airing on CBS November 24th

Mindy Rickles & Ed Mann, Daughter and Son-in-Law of Don Rickles

Topic: Their new "Mindy, Ed, and Don Rickles" podcast

Guest: 

Greg Ehrbar, Two-time Grammy Nominee, the host of the "Funtastic World of Hanna & Barbera" Podcast and the author of "Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History"

Topic: Hanna-Barbera's beginnings with Tom & Jerry, the early years of television animation, "The Flintstones," "The Smurfs," "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park," the dissolution of Hanna-Barbera

Guests: 

Mark Malkoff, author of "Love Johnny Carson" and the host of "The Carson Podcast"

Topic: Johnny Carson's relationships with Jack Paar, Steve Allen, David Letterman, and Jay Leno

Mike Connors, Attorney at Connors & Sullivan and the host of "Ask the Lawyer" on AM 970 The Answer

Topic: Estate Planning Gone Wrong

GUEST:

Mark Malkoff, Author of the upcoming book "Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend" and the host of "The Carson Podcast"

Topic: Creating "The Carson Podcast," Johnny's realtionship with his wives and sons, the importance of Johnny's second wife Joanne, Johnny's early years in broadcasting, Fred DeCordova

Monologue:

Fast food restrictions

Guests:

Rich "Svengoolie" Koz, Horror Movie Host on MeTV

Topic: MeTV's Halloween Boo-Nanza

Adam Chandler, Author of "Drive-Thru Dreams"

Topic: History of fast food

Monologue:

Revisiting Hershey, PA

Guests:

Rita Rudner, stand-up comedian, actress, and author

Topic: Her upcoming shows at 54 Below on October 10th & 11th, her storied career

Andrew Reese, Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Creator H.B. Reese and the author of "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: The Untold Story"

Topic: The history of Reese's

Monologue:

Joe Sibilia's friendship with Bradley Clarke and Joe's familial game show connections

Guest:

Bradley Clarke, host of "The Game Show Starring Bradley Clarke"

Topic: History of game shows, his podcast, working on legacy game shows like "Match Game" and "The $100,000 Pyramid"

Monolouge:

Helen Sibilia's 101st Birthday

Guests:

Sal Vulcano, star of "Impractical Jokers," stand-up comedian, and podcaster

Topic: His life and career as one of the "Impractical Jokers," landing Harry Connick Jr. and ALF on the show, his upcoming shows at the Beacon Theater and Ocean Casino

David Sibilia & Stephen Sibilia, Joe's Uncles who participated in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty

Topic: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island restoration

Mike Connors, Attorney at Connors and Sullivan and host of "Ask the Lawyer" on AM 970 The Answer

Topic: Estate Planning Gone Wrong

Monologue:

Joe's Florida Vacation

Guests:

Greg Golden, Director of Student Media at Rollins College

Topic: Fred Rogers' connection to Florida

Becky Usher, Co-owner of Recylcing the Magic

Topic: Dealing in Disney antiques