This December every weekday in the 5pm hour on AmericanLife TV they will have classic Christmas episodes of many classics all month long! The holiday fun begins Monday, November 30 and lasts every weekday through Thursday, December 24 all in the 5pm hour. Classics in order of airing are Lou Grant, The Big Valley, WKRP In Cincinnat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart,
By Mike Branam “With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.” - Abraham Lincoln” Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.” - Bob Newhart Laughing. Smiling. We know how important these things are in [...]
The journalism gods turned prankish Friday. As Chesley Sullenberger was taping a PBS News Hour interview about how he how saved 155 lives by landing safely in the Hudson River last January, two other pilots were overshooting Minneapolis by 150 miles. The incident recalled an old standup routine in which Bob Newhart comes on the intercom as a clueless cockpit voice to ask, "Would any of you folks...
This afternoon I saw Suzanne Pleshette in Gunsmoke (as "Glory Bramley" in the 1970 episode, Stark .) Boy! She was beautiful. It reminded me of how much in love with her I was as a kid - actually all my life. I was very sad when she died of lung cancer two years ago at the young (to me at least) age of 70. Suzanne Pleshette was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish show-biz family and got started on...
I didn't think it was healthy when American women confessed to dreaming about Obama. So, I'm not quite sure what to think about this unexpected confession by Chad the Elder. Saint Paul, of course, is quick to diagnose the underlying issue : It was quite a mix of symbolism and revealed subconscious needs and anxieties. What could it all mean? Based on some undergraduate psychology courses, years of...
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project : 7.5 out of 10. Full disclosure: I've always loved Rickles. He's the best of the insult comics, and I love insult comics. Rickles is damn funny, and I love funny. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project is a great little documentary by John Landis. You know you're going to have a good time when the doc opens with a Harry Dean Stanton singing "Old Blue". We...
T here was a time, long before Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck, when Alex P. Keaton was the only conservative on TV. For most of the Reagan era, an estimated 35 million viewers tuned in week after week to watch the teenager, who was the ultimate disciple of the supply-side gospel. For him, it was always morning in America. He read the Wall Street Journal (of course), wore sweater vests, carried a briefcase...
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I thought it would be a fun challenge to list my 100 favorite TV shows of all time--"favorite" being the operative word here. This is not a "best" list. If it was, The Sopranos would definitely be on it. I liked The Sopranos , which was a great show, but it's not something I ever care to see again. On the other hand, every show listed below I wouldn't mind watching a second or...
Did your favorite TV stars win? Read on to find out! (Winners' names are bolded below.) Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock Kevin Dillon, Entourage Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother Rainn Wilson, The Office Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock Elizabeth...
Did your favorite TV stars win? Read on to find out! (Winners' names are bolded below.) Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock Kevin Dillon, Entourage Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother Rainn Wilson, The Office Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock Elizabeth...
You know, it's funny the things you learn about people only after they die. Take Henry Gibson, who just died at age 73 after a short battle with cancer. In my case, it's not that we're both great actors (though I would certainly argue that he was.) It's that we're both proud graduates of the Catholic University of America. For a school with no particularly famous drama department, I'd say it's at least...
Michael J. Fox, who won an Emmy last weekend for his guest role on "Rescue Me," will be a presenter at this weekend's big Emmy shindig. So will Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn, who won an Emmy last weekend for her guest...
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