Happy birthday, Gale Gordon!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 20th 2013
If
you were to go to a dictionary to look up the meaning of the term “foil” as it
relates to comedy—dollars to donuts says
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A birthday valentine to Jack Benny
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 14th 2013
Today
is Valentine’s Day. You’ve been seeing TV commercials for weeks now, and
I’ll bet dollars to donuts most of the stor
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Happy birthday, Janet Waldo!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 4th 2013
One
of old-time radio’s true blue veterans—not to mention one of the preeminent
voice artists of any generation—celebrates
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Happy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 12th 2012
Francis
Albert Sinatra—Oscar-winning actor, Grammy-winning recording artist, and star
of the Emmy Award-winning television
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Happy birthday, Arch Oboler!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 7th 2012
My
introduction to the man born on this date in 1909 goes all the way back to
1982. In listening to a local public radio s
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“The secret word is anniversary…”
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 27th 2012
On this date in 1947, the
program that finally found a way to make good use of the one-of-a-kind comic
talent of Julius “Gr
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