Andy Griffith (1926-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2012
In
1979, veteran radio producers Fletcher Markle and Elliott Lewis attempted to
resurrect the lost art of radio drama with
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So This is New York (1948): “Shucks and Friday!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 3rd 2012
Playwright
George S. Kaufman once observed: “Satire is what closes on Saturday
night.” Perhaps this famous quote might be
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Ann Rutherford (1917-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 13th 2012
It was her recurring role in M-G-M’s series of Andy Hardy films that firmly cemented Ann Rutherford’s onscreen “girl next doo
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Frank Cady (1915-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 12th 2012
Bucolic was the watchword for many TV sitcoms during the 1960s: a trend that had actually started earlier (back in 1957) with
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“Good girl!”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 8th 2012
Family members of all sizes and ages have watched with admiration and fascination at the adventures of the world’s most famou
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Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 7th 2012
In his reference book The Great American Broadcast, author Leonard Maltin relates an anecdote of how future science-fiction/f
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