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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is a satirical soap opera that aired in daily (weekday) syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and Jim Drake, and starred Louise Lasser. T
The show's title was the eponymous character's name stated twice, because Lear and the writers believed that dialogue within a soap opera was always... Continue reading
Maxwell Smart, a.k.a. Agent 86, works for CONTROL, a Washington, D.C.-based counterintelligence agency. Totally inept as a secret agent, Smart can barely use the gadgetry the agency provides him (including a phone embedded in his shoe). Nevertheless, he and his fellow agents always seem to thwart the operations of KAOS, an organized crime outfit dedicated to evil. Agent 99 is Smart's smarter... Continue reading
Will Smith plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show's popular theme song explains, fictional Will's mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.
Dallas – Prime Time Television Soap Opera
First Telecast on April 2, 1978
Dallas, the saga of the Ewing Family, began as a five-part mini-series in 1978. At this time no evening show caught the soap opera crowd's attention.
The ratings were fair, until the show moved to Friday nights.
The Ewing family lived at the sprawling South Fork ranch, in high end Braddock Country just... Continue reading
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on a novel by Mark Toby.
The series is about a widower, Tom Corbett played by Bill Bixby, who is a magazine publisher, and his young son, Eddie played by Brandon Cruz. Eddie believes his father should marry, and manipulates situations surrounding the women his father is... Continue reading
"American Pie" is a song by American folk rock singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972. When asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean jokingly replied, "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to." Later, he stated, "You will... Continue reading
Linda Maria Ronstadt born July 15, 1946 is a popular music singer. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award, and many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United states and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award and was... Continue reading
Hundreds of hopefuls congregate at a cattle call for Broadway dancers. A sour director, Zach 'Michael Douglas', and his brusque assistant Terrence Mann whittle down the ranks until they're left with 16 dancers. All tell their life stories | some tragic, some comic that explained their love of dance. Tension mounts when Cassie 'Alyson Reed' once both a big star and the... Continue reading
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books.
WOODSTOCK ROCKS
Bethel, New York
August 15 – 17, 1969
The largest rock concert ever, arrived and left, and we will never be the same again. The police estimated that there were a million people on the road trying to get to the festival. Controlling the overwhelming crowd was next to impossible.
The festival actually took place on Max Yasgur's farm about fifty miles away. Woodstock... Continue reading
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