January 15, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: The core cast — RIP Tom Bosley & Erin Moran (Image via ABC) NYT: It's incredible that Happy Days, the beloved show about the '50s is itself 50 ... years old. Fascinating to hear the core surviving cast talk about the landmark series. One juicy…
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Peter Marshall, COVID-19 Survivor, Celebrated on His 95th by Host of Stars
Peter Marshall, the legendary host of The Hollywood Squares for decades, almost did not live to celebrate his 95th birthday this week — he spent a couple of months battling COVID-19. The Emmy-winning Boy Singer (Image via NBC) In fact, he was sent home to die in comfort, but defied the odds and seems to…
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Jessica Walter, ‘Play Misty for Me,’ ‘Arrested Development’ Star, Dies @ 80
Such a sad and unexpected death — Jessica Walter, the comic and dramatic actress whose career stretched back to Broadway in the early '60s and was capped off by an iconic portrayal on TV's Arrested Development, died March 24 in her Manhattan home. You picked a fine time to leave us, Lucille! (Image via FOX)…
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‘Ma Rainey’s’ Incredible Detail, Revisiting ‘Popeye,’ ‘SNL’ Blurts It Out & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: https://twitter.com/RealEOC/status/1313222349265797121?s=20 TWITTER: Eyes on Cinema went viral posting this 1989 clip of audience reactions to the Batman trailer. Boseman & Davis bring the '20s alive in their 2020 take on a 1982 play. (Image via Netflix) VARIETY: The 1982 play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is now an amazing…
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A ‘Price Is Right’ Channel, 50 Years of ‘Lola,’ Dolly’s Medal & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Barker's beauties, including Johnny Olsen (1910-1985)! (Image via CBS) VULTURE: Pluto TV (I know — I guess it's a UHF channel) is launching an entire, 24/7 channel devoted to nothing but hundreds of hours of 1980s The Price Is Right episodes hosted by Bob Barker! (Barker, by the…
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‘Falcon Crest’s’ Julia Cumson, Abby Dalton, Dies @ 88
Abby Dalton, who had a deceptively long career on TV that was capped off by her memorably successful run on the nighttime soaper Falcon Crest, died November 23 in Los Angeles at 88. Dalton in the '50s, and in 2011 (Images via Matthew Rettenmund) The cause of death, which was confirmed by her family, was…
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Past & Curious: Madonna Redux, Cicely Tyson’s Honor & More!
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Writer Donald Ross, Widower of Patti Deutsch, Dies @ 75
Donald Ross, the playwright and screenwriter widower of comedy writer Patti Deutsch (1943-2017), has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 75. (more…)
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Monty Hall of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Dies @ 96
Let's Make a Deal host Monty Hall, one of the most iconic figures in his field, has died, Variety reports. He was 96. (more…)
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