Category Archives: Television

Movieland Mystery Photo — From Our Readers [Updated]

Posted on February 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

Photos courtesy of Matthew Harris [Update: Please congratulate Steve Stoliar for identifying this mystery group as the T-Bones! Nice research, Steve!] [Update: Here’s a frame grab from YouTube.] Here’s a series of mystery photos … Continue reading →

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Jack LaLanne, 1914 – 2011 [Updated]

Posted on January 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

Oct. 4, 1974: Jack LaLanne celebrates his 60th birthday by swimming from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco — with his hands and feet tied and pulling a 1,000-pound boat. In addition to his usual training program … Continue reading →

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The Loud Family, Seven Years After TV Series

Posted on January 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

Jan. 6, 1980: Years before there was MTV’s “The Real World” (or MTV, for that matter), there was Craig Gilbert’s “An American Family,” the story of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, which aired on PBS … Continue reading →

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Location Sleuth — ‘Starsky and Hutch’

Posted on December 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Starsky and Hutch Look! They had a two-for-one sale on Volkswagen Beetles! I’m a respectful researcher. So when someone writes to The Times and asks about the location of a sleazy hotel featured in the “Bounty Hunter” episode of “Starsky … Continue reading →

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Reagan May Call Economic Emergency

Posted on December 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

Ronald Reagan’s political education: The new Assembly speaker, Van Nuys Democrat Bob Moretti, went to Reagan and said, “Look, you don’t like me and I don’t like you but if we want to get anything done here we’ve got to work together.”
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Paul Coates, Dec. 2, 1960

Posted on December 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

Dec. 2, 1960: Paul Coates and his wife visit the tomb of Lenin (and, at that point, Stalin) … and John Grover takes a humorous look at President-elect Kennedy’s plan to televise news conferences.

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‘Ma Perkins,’ ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’ Signing Off Radio

Posted on November 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nov. 26, 1960: CBS cancels four radio soap operas: “Ma Perkins,” “Dr. Jerry Malone,” “The Right to Happiness” and “The Second Mrs. Burton.” Also canceled: “Amos ‘n’ Andy.” A Times editorial said: “Daytime radio is retrenching. There will … Continue reading →

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Lakers Playing to Empty Seats

Posted on November 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nov. 5, 1960: Don Page was worried about the Lakers. No one was watching. "Bigger crowds have watched knitting tournaments than have viewed the Lakers thus far," wrote Page, The Times' radio columnist. He blamed the lack of … Continue reading →

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Tom Bosley and the Black Dahlia

Posted on October 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

Beverly Lafayette “Bevo” Means, 1971. Most people associate the late Tom Bosley with his role as Howard Cunningham in “Happy Days.” But not at the Daily Mirror HQ, where we think of him in his cameo … Continue reading →

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Nixon Accuses Kennedy of Using Notes During Debate

Posted on October 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 14, 1960: Vice President Richard Nixon accuses Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) of breaking their agreement by using notes during their televised debate. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said the only item Kennedy had was the text … Continue reading →

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Kennedy and Nixon Meet in Televised Debate

Posted on October 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 27, 1960: While we at the Daily Mirror HQ were busy with The Times bombing, look who had a presidential debate: Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Vice President Richard Nixon. If you’re of the right vintage, … Continue reading →

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Kennedy, Nixon, Agree on TV Debates

Posted on September 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 1, 1960: Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Vice President Richard Nixon agree to a series of televised debates. The latest census shows that 88% of American homes have TV sets, in contrast to the 12% found in … Continue reading →

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The Incomparable Stan Freberg, II

Posted on August 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

Aug. 9-10, 1960: Here are Parts 2 and 3 of Ursula Baumann’s profile of Stan Freberg. "Mad Men" please take note: “I'm a bitter pill to Madison Avenue because I represent originality and freshness of approach — the kind … Continue reading →

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The Incomparable Stan Freberg

Posted on August 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

Young persons: If you have never heard of Stan Freberg, you are in for a delight. His comedy sketches from the 1950s and ’60s were sharp, clever and polished and many of them make “Saturday Night Live” look like … Continue reading →

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Police Detective Alleges Corruption

Posted on June 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 26, 1979 June 27, 1980: After more than 1,000 hours of investigation, the district attorney's office closes its inquiry into Det. Donald Wicklund’s charges of misconduct in the Los Angeles Police Department, ending a messy, complicated case involving … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Medicine, June 13, 1960

Posted on June 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1960: The gist of Bruce Russell’s cartoon seems to be that speeding is bad. Either that or driving through a huge skull is dangerous. On the jump, bone marrow injections offer hope for cancer patients, and TV viewers … Continue reading →

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Kennedy, Reagan Take California Primaries

Posted on June 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1980: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan take the California primaries in the presidential race. A Times poll finds that two-thirds of the Democrats who voted in the primary say Kennedy should … Continue reading →

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Voices, Gary Coleman, 1968 – 2010

Posted on May 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Diff’rent Strokes” premieres, Nov. 3, 1978 March 2, 1979: "It's always the same. Three minutes. And me and George Carlin was just gettin' into it," Gary Coleman tells Howard Rosenberg about an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Johnny … Continue reading →

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Make Way for Tomorrow

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 25, 1950: Gilmore Stadium, a major link to the history of sports in Los Angeles, will be demolished to make room for the new home of CBS television. "Nobody knows how big this television industry is going to be," a … Continue reading →

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Man Gets 20 Days for Hitting Physicist Edward Teller With Pie

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 24, 1980: Jerry Rubin (no, not the Chicago 7 Jerry Rubin) gets 20 days in jail for hitting Edward Teller in the face with a cream pie during a UCLA lecture. On the jump, the Soaps column by the … Continue reading →

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