The extraordinary life of the actor who made America laugh by losing his temper, told through his own words, contemporary newspaper accounts and an exclusive interview with television historian Geoffrey Mark, who is also the author of The Lucy Book. If there’s one thing generations of television viewers remember about Gale Gordon, it’s his temper. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
In my new position as Senior Entertainment Editor at womansworld.com, I’ve been cranking away at Classic TV articles. Recent pieces have taken a look at Ernest Borgnine and the rest of the cast of McHale’s Navy, Jon Provost and the cast of Lassie (including quotes from my interview with Jon), the cast of One Day […]