Happy Birthday, Groucho Marx!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 2nd 2017
If
comedian Groucho Marx—born Julius Henry Marx in New York City on this date in
1890—had achieved his childhood ambition o
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“Laugh a while/Let a song/Be your style…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 29th 2017
Though
he had firmly established his persona as a flashy, hard-drinking playboy with
an eye for exquisite female pulchritud
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“Atsa funny thing—when I’m-a say it, itsa come out different…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 21st 2017
Describing
himself at one time as “a reformed introvert,’ writer Cy Howard decided to get
into radio after quitting a $70-a
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“C’mon folks, these are the jokes!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 6th 2017
Mention “Milton Berle” to any baby
boomer and chances are they’ll immediately think of the frenzied mirthmaker who
entertai
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“What a character!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 31st 2017
In
addition to Jim and Marian Jordan’s star turns as Fibber McGee and Molly
on The Johnson Wax Program in the
1930s, the c
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Let’s have another cup of coffee…
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 25th 2017
No less an authority than TV Guide declared Father Knows Best to
be “the quintessentially comforting 50s sitcom.” A generat
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