January 19, 2010
The "Line" in Winter
by Barry MonushA look at the TV institution "What's My Line," when game shows were sophisticated and witty...
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December 1, 2009
Don’t Mess with Betty White!!!
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October 27, 2009
No Glee in “Glee” for Me
by Barry MonushUnless this show is planning on making a miraculous recovery soon, my assessment is that once again Hollywood has dropped the ball.
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September 29, 2009
The Five-Year Python Gap: Time Enough to Stretch an Owl
by Barry MonushAs anybody adept at fish slapping knows, October 5th marks the fortieth anniversary of the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus....
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September 15, 2009
The (Fill in the Name) Show
by Barry MonushWhen 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?
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August 11, 2009
Anything to Add Another Hour to the Oscar Telecast
by Barry MonushWhat 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.
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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.
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June 15, 2009
You're the Top?: The Fickle System for Determining TV’s “Greatest”
by Barry MonushIt seems strange that an episode of Breaking Bad that just aired two months ago is on the list at number 98.
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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.
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About the Curator
Barry Monush
Researcher
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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