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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The Man Who Taught America How to Sing
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 9th 2012
The small town of Tyrone, Pennsylvania added Fredrick Malcolm Waring to its population on this date in 1909—of course, Fredri
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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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The blog post you’re about to read is true…
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 3rd 2012
Radio actor Jack Webb was fortunate in that he had just landed a small role as a lab technician in a 1948 Eagle-Lion film noi
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“Murray Hill 4-0098…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 25th 2012
On this date in 1943, “radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills,” Suspense, first presented the most popular episode in its nea
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