January 11, 2012
Seinfeld and Shepherd: Much Ado About Nothing
by Ron SimonJerry Seinfeld and Jean Shepherd are obsessed with the minutiae of daily life.
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November 29, 2011
Occupy the Holidays?
by Ron SimonHow can you make sense of holiday materialism? First look to Dickens, Holden Caulfield, and Charlie Brown.
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October 26, 2011
Best New Show: OWS
by Ron SimonOccupy Wall Street has proven to be the most innovative and interactive show in the media.
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September 13, 2011
Saturday Night's Alright for What?
by Ron SimonWhy is Saturday night on TV a graveyard?
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August 9, 2011
Happy Birthday Rose Marie!
by Ron SimonRose Marie, known by many as Sally Rogers, has had one of the most remarkable careers in show business.
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June 28, 2011
The First Crazy Day of TV
by Ron SimonJuly 1, 1941 includes comedy news and reality stunts
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May 23, 2011
Oprah: The Last Broadcaster?
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April 26, 2011
Are We Finally Ready for An American Family?
by Ron SimonThe Louds are more than just the first reality family.
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March 21, 2011
It's Finally Time for Ernie
by Ron SimonWill Ernie Kovacs finally enter the popular pantheon of comic masters?
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February 7, 2011
First Super Bowl Broadcast Found!
by Ron SimonHow one of the most historic games in sports history is still being discovered and reconstructed
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About
Ron Simon
Curator, Television and Radio
Ron Simon has been a curator at The Paley Center for Media since the early 1980s. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, New York University, and Hunter College, where he teaches courses on the history of media. Simon has written for many publications, including The Encyclopedia of Television and Thinking Outside of the Box, as well as serving as host and creative consultant of the CD-ROM Total Television. A member of the editorial board of Television Quarterly, and a judge on the George Foster Peabody committee, Simon has lectured at museums and educational institutions throughout the world. Among the numerous exhibitions he has curated are The Television of Dennis Potter; Witness to History; Jack Benny: The Television and Radio Work; and Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera. He also discovered such lost programs as the live Honeymooners and the only video performance of the Rat Pack.
Interests:Anybody and everything that can be transformed into a pixel.
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Thanks so much for your idea, Joel. Yes, Jerry was quite articulate on what ...
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Ron,
I hope the Paley Center will release a CD for the full presentation that...
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Hello Ron:
Wow! What a find.
For years people have said that there is si...
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