Category Archives: Television

Paul Rosenfield on Merv Griffin

Posted on August 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s a two-part feature on Merv Griffin published in The Times in August 1981. And a letter from Griffin in response. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Letters

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The Nielsens–add 1

Posted on August 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

What was "Gunsmoke?" Oh don’t do this to me. OK, kids. "Gunsmoke" was an incredibly popular TV show that went off the air in . . . 1975. (What? Could this be right?  Surely it wasn’t that long ago). It … Continue reading →

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Confidential: Tells the Facts and Names the Names

Posted on August 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 10-15, 1957 Los Angeles In testimony that was at times as colorful as its red and yellow covers, the Confidential magazine trial continued with an appearance by its former editor in proceedings that were all the more interesting because … Continue reading →

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The Nielsens

Posted on August 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 9, 1957 Los Angeles Top shows for the first two weeks of July 1957: "Gunsmoke" "The Ed Sullivan Show" "The $64,000 Question" "I’ve Got a Secret" "Playhouse 90" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (reruns) "The Lineup" (reruns) "20th Century-Fox Hour" "What’s … Continue reading →

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Victor Mature TV

Posted on July 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

Question: Didn’t Victor Mature own an appliance store? Answer: Yes, Victor Mature TV: 10739 W. Pico Blvd. The store later moved to 10916 W. Pico.  

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Branding

Posted on July 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 14, 1957Los Angeles The very name connotes elegance in home electronics: The Granada Hills. Really. And an early American TV at that, back in the days when television sets were supposedly to look like fine furniture instead of big … Continue reading →

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A few golden hours

Posted on July 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 10, 1957 Los Angeles Let’s suppose you are a famous comedian with a hit TV show. Fame and wealth are yours–more than you could have ever imagined. You are recognized wherever you go. Now let’s suppose that the doctors … Continue reading →

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Saturday morning cartoons

Posted on June 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

  It’s Engineer Bill on the Cartoon Express! (But who is Skipper Frank? That’s a new one on me). Here’s a couple of Bob Clampett cartoons: "Porky in Wackyland," 1938. Wiki entry here. "Russian Rhapsody," 1944. Wiki entry here. Disney’s … Continue reading →

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ABC apologizes

Posted on May 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

Page 1, Los Angeles Times Page 6

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Network to apologize

Posted on May 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

ABC agrees to make a formal apology for Mickey Cohen’s comments on the "Mike Wallace Interview." The Mirror, May 25, 1957 Page 1 Page 2

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Mickey Cohen talks

Posted on May 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Mirror critic Hal Humphrey’s take on the Mickey Cohen-Mike Wallace affair.

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Like gonesville

Posted on May 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

Ella Fitzgerald, "Angel Eyes" Email me

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Buddy Rich!

Posted on May 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

Buddy Rich plays the Valley, May 14, 1957 Click here to see Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.

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Like gonesville

Posted on May 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

Little Richard, "Lucille" Little Richard, "Whole Lot of Shaking Going On" Email me

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No, No, No

Posted on May 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

KCBS-TV Channel 2 reports idiotically that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department photographed the Black Dahlia crime scene, a neat trick since Elizabeth Short was killed in the city of Los Angeles. Oops! The crime scene on South Norton Avenue … Continue reading →

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Like gonesville

Posted on April 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Ella Fitzgerald, "April in Paris" Email me

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Like gonesville

Posted on April 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Ethel Merman and Perry Como Email me  

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The honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks

Posted on April 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Liberace on Edward R. Murrow’s "Person to Person" Email me

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Like gonesville

Posted on April 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

"These Foolish Things," 1959 "Brandenburg Gate," 1959 "Take the ‘A’ Train," 1959 "St. Louis Blues," 1961 "Take Five," 1961 Note the personnel change, Gene Wright replacing Norman Bates on bass Art Pepper Movie, Part 1 Art Pepper Movie, Part 2 … Continue reading →

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You have got to be kidding me

Posted on April 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Tulsa buries a 1957 Plymouth in a time capsule. Email me

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