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Around Town: 'Mad, Mad World' and other comedy classics
24 FramesThe American Cinematheque is ringing in the New Year with some wild and crazy comedy classics... -
PASSINGS: Doe Avedon Siegel, Dan Frazer
Doe Avedon Siegel
Model and stage, film, TV actress
Doe Avedon Siegel, 86, a model, actress and young muse for photographer Richard Avedon, died of pneumonia Sunday at Encino Hospital Medical Center, said her daughter-in-law Annette Siegel.
Born...Tags: Television, Obituaries, Drama (genre), Don Siegel, Heart Attack
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Classic Hollywood: Doctors, lawyers invade TV in '61
Every fall the broadcast networks unveil their new series — some will become hits, a lot more will disappear in a nanosecond. The same was true 50 years ago, though the TV universe was a lot smaller.
In 1961, there were only three networks —...Tags: Showtime (tv network), Circuses, Shirley Booth, The Bob Newhart Show (tv program) , Nat Hiken
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Leonard Stern dies at 88; TV writer, producer also co-created Mad Libs
Leonard Stern, an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director whose career in television spanned "The Honeymooners," "Get Smart" and "McMillan & Wife" and whose additional career in publishing included co-creating the classic Mad Libs word game...Tags: Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Media Industry, Trips and Vacations, Human Interest
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PASSINGS: Richard J. Dorso, Elisabeth Sladen, Roy Edward Burris
RICHARD J. DORSO
Talent agent, TV exec, boutique owner
Richard J. "Dick" Dorso, 101, whose lengthy Hollywood career ranged from talent agent to television writer and producer to haberdasher, died April 6 at his home in Los Angeles, his family said....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Judy Holliday, Media Industry, Ethel Merman, University of Chicago
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PASSINGS: Bill Monroe, John Strauss
Bill Monroe
Host of NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Bill Monroe, 90, who hosted the long-running Washington political television show "Meet the Press" for nearly a decade, died Thursday at a Washington-area nursing home.
Monroe was the NBC show's fourth...Tags: Obituaries, Medical Specialization, Long Term Care, Jimmy Carter, Awards and Prizes
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'Car 54, Where Are You?' The sitcom reconsidered
Show TrackerIn Sunday's Calendar I write about the great, undersung early-'60s sitcom "Car 54, Where Are You?," whose first season has just been released, by Shanachie Entertainment, for the first time on DVD. Set and filmed in the Bronx, both on...... -
Building that once housed the famed Beverly Hills Friars Club is being razed
L.A. NOWThe 1961 building in Beverly Hills that once housed the Friars Club, where Jack Benny, Gary Cooper and other Hollywood kingpins engaged in cheeky character assassinations at lavish, alcohol-soaked dinners, is being razed. Demolition of the building at... -
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Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Last Lion of Liuwa' on Animal Planet
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of July 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here LADY: The new special “The Last Lion of Liuwa” tracks a...... -
At 'Cast Party,' the mike is open and the party is on
By the time Liza Minnelli took the stage at Birdland, just after midnight, the party was in full swing: Michael Feinstein hugged the Broadway legend and a bubbly, upbeat crowd sang happy birthday to her.
Parker Posey performed a wild, gyrating dance to...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Education, Judith Light, Martin Short, Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Actors, actresses and entertainers
Actors, actresses and entertainers Maila Nurmi, 85; actress created the character Vampira as hostess of late-night TV horror show (Jan. 10) Jack Eagle, 81; a comedian and actor who played Brother Dominic in a Xerox ad during the 1977 Super Bowl (Jan....Tags: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (tv program), Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur, The Carol Burnett Show (tv program), The Bob Newhart Show (tv program)
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