Barry Monush

Researcher

February 24, 2010

Jersey? Sure!

by Barry Monush

January 19, 2010

The "Line" in Winter

by Barry Monush

A look at the TV institution "What's My Line," when game shows were sophisticated and witty...

December 1, 2009

Don’t Mess with Betty White!!!

by Barry Monush

October 27, 2009

No Glee in “Glee” for Me

by Barry Monush

Unless this show is planning on making a miraculous recovery soon, my assessment is that once again Hollywood has dropped the ball.

September 29, 2009

The Five-Year Python Gap: Time Enough to Stretch an Owl

by Barry Monush

As anybody adept at fish slapping knows, October 5th marks the fortieth anniversary of the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus....

September 15, 2009

The (Fill in the Name) Show

by Barry Monush

When a performer is given a series with his or her name in the title, the character they play always bears the same first name as the actor in question. Or do they?

August 11, 2009

Anything to Add Another Hour to the Oscar Telecast

by Barry Monush

What seems to really irk people more than any other change is the Motion Picture Academy’s decision to expand the Best Picture nominations from five finalists to ten.

June 30, 2009

A Taste of Crunchy Frog ... and More

by Barry Monush

If you’ve never seen The Secret Policeman’s Balls and their many Amnesty International concert variations you owe yourself to check them out, because they represent a fascinating glimpse at British comedy from the seventies to the present.

June 15, 2009

You're the Top?: The Fickle System for Determining TV’s “Greatest”

by Barry Monush

It seems strange that an episode of Breaking Bad that just aired two months ago is on the list at number 98.

March 26, 2009

Who Loves Ya Baby? .... Emmy Does!

by Barry Monush

Having started in the medium in 1948, Cloris Leachman is as busy as ever sixty-one years later. However, it took her over twenty years in television to become a household name.

About the Curator

Barry Monush

Researcher

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Qualified only to do jobs that require watching television during working hours, Barry Monush joined the Paley Center in 1996. He is the editor of Screen World and author of The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Screen Actors and the newly released Everybody’s Talkin’: The Top Films of 1965-1969.

Interests:

Movies, Motion Pictures, and Films, in that order. Can also be counted on for trivia pertaining to television, theater, and musicals.

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Barry Monush
bmonush@paleycenter.org

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