Back in May of 1984, a 35-year-old former ice-cream truck driver from Lebanon Ohio named Michael Larson flew to California to audition for the CBS game show, Press Your Luck. Michael was no ordinary contestant […]
Seinfeld, a show about nothing, actually gave us something for the holidays: a new December tradition in which everyone can participate. On December 18, 1997, all of us were introduced to Festivus, the holiday “for […]
Every year on Thanksgiving morning, while countless turkeys are roasting in the oven, over 3 million people bundle up and line the streets of New York to watch the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In […]
In 1939, with the depression still casting a shadow over sales and war worries depressing the general mood, executives at Montgomery Ward were looking for a special Christmas draw to lure shoppers. Traditional themes – […]
The earliest ancestor of the modern music video was the soundie, a black-and-white 16mm film recording of a musician performing before a live audience. The first soundies appeared in 1940, and all the big singing […]
Even if you have never watched The Love Boat you know the show takes place on a ship. The iconic vessel is displayed prominently in the opening credits, serving as a backdrop to the frenzy of guest […]
In September of 1964, the S.S. Minnow first set out on its fateful three-hour tour, as Gilligan’s Island premiered on American television sets. Not many could have predicted the impact that the sitcom would have on pop […]
Back in 1969, Fred Silverman was the programming chief at CBS, and he was noticing a growing trend in the television industry. Shows about young, hip, professional city dwellers were getting all of the attention. […]
St. Elsewhere had a great run on prime-time television from 1982 – 1988. It centered around St. Eligus hospital in Boston, and at the time was considered the “Hill Street Blues” of medical shows. Coming […]
Chuck Wepner was a tough man. He learned to handle himself while working as a bouncer in the late ’50s. Then, while in the Marine Corps, he took up boxing. When his time in the […]
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