1937, via YouTube May 31, 1915 – Barbara Pepper As a kid, I just loved Green Acres, the sitcom that ran from 1965 to 1971, about a married couple who move from New York City to a country farm. It was as a companion show to Petticoat Junction (1963-1970) and a cousin of that … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Raymond Burr
May 21, 1917– Raymond Burr: "Never gaining a good reputation is not nearly as painful as losing one." Perry Mason reruns have been playing on a Portland, Oregon television station every day for the past 49 years. No another American station has continuously broadcast Perry … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Louise Lasser
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, via YouTube screen-shot April 11, 1939 – Louise Lasser: "I can't believe it. Loretta's never gonna walk again. Tom and Mae and Mary all have venereal disease, not to mention Frank Garth, who I don't even know. And we don't have any … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Performer, Florence Henderson
February 14, 1934 - Florence Henderson She loved playing Carol Brady. She respected what the chipper The Brady Bunch mom represented to millions of fans. But she was not Carol Brady. Gay actor Robert Reed, was the inspiration behind Henderson's Brady Bunch dance on season 11 of … [Read more...]
Remembering Actor Hal Holbrook and 1972’s Groundbreaking “That Certain Summer”
Via YouTube screen-grab The actor Hal Holbrook died at his home in Beverly Hills on January 23, but his death was not announced until February 2. He was 95 years old when he took that final curtain call. He had a long and prolific career on stage, television, and film. He … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Farrah Fawcett
February 2, 1947– Farrah Fawcett: "I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer, and there is something that may not be very clear to me right now, that I will do." It was the face that launched a million push pins. An iconic Bruce McBroom … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Suzanne Pleshette
January 31, 1938 - Suzanne Pleshette: "Telephone operators have called me 'sir' since I was 6." I have two strong, but distinct memories of Suzanne Pleshette: the sexy, sardonic, sultry dark-haired stunner of 1960s movie melodramas, and the mature and light comedienne but still … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Charles Nelson Reilly
January 12, - Charles Nelson Reilly: "Just get a bag and drop a dream in it." Before he came to Los Angeles where he became the very best person to have on any type of television show, Charles Nelson Reilly worked regularly on Broadway. He won the Tony Award for playing Bud … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Talented & Witty, Oscar Levant
December 27, 1906- Oscar Levant: Roses are red, violets are blue, I am schizophrenic, and so am I. Thinking about Carrie Fisher and her early exit in that horrible year of 2016, we have to consider her mental illness and how she was able to mine brave comic energy from her … [Read more...]
#DicksWeLove: Van Dyke
1959, via Wikimedia Commons Dick Van Dyke: "As you get older, you care less and less what other people think." I know it is rather old fashioned in our age of streaming content, but, I still hold the half-hour television sitcom in high esteem as an art form. My Top 10 … [Read more...]
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