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Happy Birthday, Howard McNear!

Posted by Ivan D. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 27th 2014

In the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina—as seen on the popular situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show—the locus

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 4th 2013

With the celebration of her ninety-fourth birthday today (she was born in 1919), actress Shirley Mitchell is the last survi

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 27th 2013

John William Cahn, Jr. was born on this date in 1920 in Lexington, Kentucky. He’s better known by his stage name, William

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 29th 2013

This Saturday, August 31, will mark the 72nd anniversary of one of radio’s most popular and successful sitcoms, The Great G

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 30th 2013

In the 1949 Looney Tunes short Curtain Razor, cartoon star Porky Pig channels his inner Major Bowes by auditioning acts at

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 21st 2013

The actor who would be celebrating his ninety-sixth birthday today is indisputably best remembered for two iconic televisio