Happy Birthday, Joan Banks!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 30th 2017
In
1949, at the height of the success of radio’s My Friend Irma,
actress Cathy Lewis—who originated the character of roomma
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Happy Birthday, Jean Vander Pyl!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 11th 2017
Universal
Pictures brought a live-action version of the classic TV cartoon series The
Flintstones to the big screen in 1994
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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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“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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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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Happy Birthday, Jeff Corey!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 10th 2017
In May of 2017, the memoirs of
character actor Jeff Corey—born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn on this date in
1914—were publis
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