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There was an actress with a list of credits a mile long, mostly from the 1930's into the mid 1940's. Her name was June Gittelson. ...

Now,  I know that comedy is completely subjective,  but I'm here to make the case that there is one sketch that appeared on TV that was...

It has long been my ambition to have enough money so that if I see any ad on TV, that I could simply dial the toll-free number and order the...

I just  learned that Pete Fountain, the great jazz clarinetist,  has died in New Orleans. I have only seen one obit so far. From The Advoc...

I have a friend who knows a whole lot about old popular music. Or at least old semi-popular music. She threw a tune at me that seemed some...

I worked with Garry Marshall for the better part of seven years in the 70's and early eighties. I owe him my entire career. After co-w...

I've saved the best, or at least the most grotesque, for last. 1978. I was doing a pilot with Ted Knight that became a series that las...

Okay.  I was producing "Happy Days". We were doing an episode where Ralph Malph was trying to impress a girl. The girl was playe...

In a previous production of my upcoming play, my set decorator doubled as my prop person. She was very much into making "artistic choi...

I'm not referring to the prop people who are working on the play I'm currently rehearsing. They are beyond reproach. But I have de...

I'm in rehearsal for one of my plays, a 2-character romantic comedy called "Who Wants Fame?" It will be performed in ...

"Mike and Molly" was a really good and really successful sitcom. It's just departed from the Primetime Airwaves. Billy Garde...

Besides having been the most famous man on earth, and how your feelings about him reflected more about you than about him, he brought somet...

The great Irving Benson died this week at 102. I'll take 102 any old time. Why was he great? To answer that, you've got to apprec...

For the first time in many weeks TCM is not showing a "Bowery Boys" movie this Saturday morning. I find this emotionally disturbi...

Julius La Rosa died this week. I was a big fan. I thought he was a wonderful singer, who brought great musicianship and empathy to everyth...

I don't know how it is where you are, but where I am I am bombarded with reruns of The Johnny Carson show, and The Dick Cavett show, ...

Yes, that's right. Up until two months ago I had not bought new shoes for 24 years. It's not that I'm cheap, although Lord kno...

Ron Howard's marriage coincided with my working on Happy Days. Hence, I was invited to the wedding mass and the reception. This is som...

Prostate surgery. So I'll be gone for a few days.