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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“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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“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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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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