The author of the acclaimed The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series returns to the world of Sheldon Cooper, revealing the surprising stories behind the hit prequel and the people who brought it to life in Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy. When Jessica Radloff […]
News of the passing of writer/producer Ron Koslow, creator of television’s Beauty and the Beast, the romantasy series starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, has touched me in a very personal way. During its original run, I considered myself lucky to have had the opportunity not only to speak with, but to get to know, […]
There’s something about The Brady Bunch that has kept generations of viewers coming back to that familiar house, those six kids and the family that somehow managed to work through just about every problem in under 30 minutes. More than half a century after the series premiered in 1969, the Bradys remain a part of […]
By the time he had been signed to play patriarch Ward Cleaver on the classic TV series Leave It to Beaver, Hugh Beaumont had been walking quite the challenging tightrope between playing movie tough guys — including private detective Michael Shayne in five movies between 1946 and 1947 — while also serving as a minister […]
Thirty-five years ago, Steven Spielberg invited audiences to return to Neverland with Hook, a sequel of sorts to J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan that asked a question nobody had seriously explored before: What if the boy who never grew up actually did? Released on December 11, 1991, Hook starred Robin Williams as Peter Banning, a […]
There were a lot of people who, at the time of his passing, probably weren’t as familiar with the name Neil Simon as others once had been. Yes, he has a Broadway theater named after him, but his last play was 2003’s Rose’s Dilemma while his final movie script was 1998’s The Odd Couple II. […]
When Paul McCartney launched Wings in 1971, he faced a challenge few musicians could imagine: starting over after being part of the most successful band in rock history. Critics weren’t always kind, and the early years brought their share of personnel changes, disappointing reviews and uncertainty. Yet Wings would go on to become one of […]
For over 70 years Tony the Tiger has been a pop culture icon, but there’s so much you don’t know about him. There have been a lot of cereal mascots over the years — those cartoon characters telling us why their breakfast is better than the next guy’s — but none have stood the test […]
From the archives: In this 2024 feature, I looked back at Tom Laughlin’s Billy Jack films, the unlikely rise of a counterculture action hero and the sometimes contradictory messages behind his screen adventures. Film historian Ray Morton (author of King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon) joined me to explore what made the character […]
Even the people we think we know the best can have skeletons in their closet. Sometimes, though, it’s better to expose those skeletons to the bright light of day than to ignore them — even if they are connected to… The Brady Bunch! More specifically, The Brady Bunch Hour. Airing as a series of nine […]