From The Red Skelton Show and I Love Lucy to Get Smart and All in the Family through Taxi, Cheers and Murphy Brown to Frasier, Seinfeld and 30 Rock to Modern Family, Veep and Ted Lasso, the Emmy Awards have been laughing at TV best comedies for more than 70 years. Here is a gallery of all the shows to win the golden statuette since 1952; click on the image above to launch it.
The category itself has gone by various names, starting with Best Comedy Show and rolling through Best Comedy Series, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy to the current Outstanding Comedy Series. But the yuks have remained constant, whether it’s Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance trying to keep up with the conveyor belt at the chocolate factory or Jason Sudeikis Yank-coaching an English football club.
Our gallery lists all of the winners,...
The category itself has gone by various names, starting with Best Comedy Show and rolling through Best Comedy Series, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy to the current Outstanding Comedy Series. But the yuks have remained constant, whether it’s Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance trying to keep up with the conveyor belt at the chocolate factory or Jason Sudeikis Yank-coaching an English football club.
Our gallery lists all of the winners,...
- 9/16/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
I laugh when I hear people talk about how “The Bear” is a sure thing winner for Best Comedy Series and that it’s such a lock nothing whatsoever can derail it. Ha! Ha I say! Oh, it’s naturally the heavy favorite with its 23 nominations and has remained the overwhelming frontrunner clear through Emmy season, all right. In the Gold Derby combined Emmy odds, it’s running away with this race. The same is true of ““Shōgun” for drama after its giant haul of 25 Emmy bids. And nothing can beat “Baby Reindeer” for Best Limited Series, right? Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”) is a shoo-in for limited supporting actress, isn’t she? And no one could possibly beat Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Bear”) for comedy guest actress – could they?
But if Emmy history has taught us anything, it’s that upsets happen, even when it comes to shows and people considered locks.
But if Emmy history has taught us anything, it’s that upsets happen, even when it comes to shows and people considered locks.
- 8/31/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The act of creation can be a difficult process. Painful even. Sometimes excruciating. Take, for instance, the writing of the "Gilligan's Island" pilot.
Sherwood Schwartz was no babe in the entertainment industry woods when he set out to bring the tale of the S.S. Minnow's two-man crew and five passengers getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island somewhere far off the coast of Hawaii. He broke into show business as a radio writer for The Bob Hope Show in 1938, and found additional work on the radio version of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He segued to television in the 1950s when he joined the staff of the early sitcom "I Married Joan," put in six years on "The Red Skelton Show" and was ready to pitch a show of his own in 1963 when he hit upon the idea of a particularly calamitous three-hour boat tour.
"Gilligan's Island" may be...
Sherwood Schwartz was no babe in the entertainment industry woods when he set out to bring the tale of the S.S. Minnow's two-man crew and five passengers getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island somewhere far off the coast of Hawaii. He broke into show business as a radio writer for The Bob Hope Show in 1938, and found additional work on the radio version of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He segued to television in the 1950s when he joined the staff of the early sitcom "I Married Joan," put in six years on "The Red Skelton Show" and was ready to pitch a show of his own in 1963 when he hit upon the idea of a particularly calamitous three-hour boat tour.
"Gilligan's Island" may be...
- 7/13/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
At the fourth Emmy Awards in 1952, the first trophy for Best Comedy Series was presented to “The Red Skelton Show.” Since then, almost 40 different laffers have been honored as television’s top comedy. Scroll through our photo gallery below of every winner for Best Comedy Series in Emmy history.
“Modern Family” and “Frasier” hold the record for most wins in this category, with both earning five consecutive wins. “All in the Family” and “Cheers” are next in line with four victories apiece. Amazon Prime Video became the first streaming service to take this title with back-to-back wins in 2018 for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and 2019 for “Fleabag.” Originally published August 2018.
“Modern Family” and “Frasier” hold the record for most wins in this category, with both earning five consecutive wins. “All in the Family” and “Cheers” are next in line with four victories apiece. Amazon Prime Video became the first streaming service to take this title with back-to-back wins in 2018 for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and 2019 for “Fleabag.” Originally published August 2018.
- 6/4/2024
- by Tony Ruiz and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101.
Her friend Stuart Lambert told The Associated Press about Paige’s death.
During her long career, Paige toured with Bob Hope and danced onscreen with Fred Astaire, along with originating the Babe Williams role in The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954. That same year she headlined It’s Always Jan, a CBS sitcom about the problems of single-parenthood during which she usually sang a song. It lasted a single season.
Born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Wa, she began singing in talent shows at a tender age and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school.
Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in the mystery comedy Remains to Be Seen but...
Her friend Stuart Lambert told The Associated Press about Paige’s death.
During her long career, Paige toured with Bob Hope and danced onscreen with Fred Astaire, along with originating the Babe Williams role in The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954. That same year she headlined It’s Always Jan, a CBS sitcom about the problems of single-parenthood during which she usually sang a song. It lasted a single season.
Born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Wa, she began singing in talent shows at a tender age and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school.
Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in the mystery comedy Remains to Be Seen but...
- 6/3/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Edgar Lansbury, the Tony-winning producer and younger brother of famed actress Angela Lansbury who guided the Broadway and big-screen versions of The Subject Was Roses and Godspell, has died. He was 94.
He died Thursday at his home in Manhattan, his son David Lansbury told The Hollywood Reporter.
Lansbury also produced the popular 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy that starred his sister in a Tony-winning turn and worked on other films including The Wild Party (1975), directed by James Ivory.
Angela Lansbury, winner of five Tony Awards and star of Murder, She Wrote, died on Oct. 11, 2022, at age 96. His twin brother, TV producer Bruce Lansbury, died in February 2017 at age 87.
Lansbury’s first Broadway production, the intense family drama The Subject Was Roses, opened in 1964, ran for two years, and won a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony for best play. Written by Frank Gilroy and directed by Ulu Grosbard, it starred Martin Sheen...
He died Thursday at his home in Manhattan, his son David Lansbury told The Hollywood Reporter.
Lansbury also produced the popular 1974-75 Broadway revival of Gypsy that starred his sister in a Tony-winning turn and worked on other films including The Wild Party (1975), directed by James Ivory.
Angela Lansbury, winner of five Tony Awards and star of Murder, She Wrote, died on Oct. 11, 2022, at age 96. His twin brother, TV producer Bruce Lansbury, died in February 2017 at age 87.
Lansbury’s first Broadway production, the intense family drama The Subject Was Roses, opened in 1964, ran for two years, and won a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony for best play. Written by Frank Gilroy and directed by Ulu Grosbard, it starred Martin Sheen...
- 5/4/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island," penned by executive producer and show creator Sherwood Schwartz and songwriter George Wyle holds the distinction of being the best TV theme song of all time. It might only be tied with the theme song to "The Brady Bunch" ... which was also co-written by Schwartz. In both cases, the theme songs cleverly weave earworm-ready melodies into explicit descriptions of the show's premise. In only 55 seconds, audiences learn that they're about to watch a sitcom about seven stranded castaways on a tropical island, how those castaways got there, and who each of the castaways are. "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" is both hummable and functional. Even the amazing surf guitars of "The Munsters" or the wicked pip organs of "Tales from the Crypt" cannot approach the utilitarian glories of "Gilligan."
The first season theme song famously omitted the names of the Professor (Russell Johnson) and Mary...
The first season theme song famously omitted the names of the Professor (Russell Johnson) and Mary...
- 2/28/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
From The Red Skelton Show and I Love Lucy to Get Smart and All in the Family through Taxi, Cheers and Murphy Brown to Frasier, Seinfeld and 30 Rock to Modern Family, Veep and Ted Lasso, the Emmy Awards have been laughing at TV best comedies for more than 70 years. Here is a gallery of all the shows to win the golden statuette since 1952; click on the image above to launch it.
The category itself has gone by various names, starting with Best Comedy Show and rolling through Best Comedy Series, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy to the current Outstanding Comedy Series. But the yuks have remained constant, whether it’s Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance trying to keep up with the conveyor belt at the chocolate factory or Jason Sudeikis Yank-coaching an English football club.
Our gallery lists all of the winners,...
The category itself has gone by various names, starting with Best Comedy Show and rolling through Best Comedy Series, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy to the current Outstanding Comedy Series. But the yuks have remained constant, whether it’s Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance trying to keep up with the conveyor belt at the chocolate factory or Jason Sudeikis Yank-coaching an English football club.
Our gallery lists all of the winners,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Robert Lang and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
I laugh when I hear people talk about how “Succession” is a sure thing winner for Best Drama Series and that it’s such a lock nothing whatsoever can derail it. Ha! Ha I say! Oh, it’s naturally going to be nominated and will likely remain the overwhelming frontrunner clear through Emmy season and up to Emmy night, all right. In the Gold Derby combined Emmy odds, it’s running away with this race, with “The White Lotus” Sicily” a very distant second. But if Emmy history has taught us anything, it’s that upsets happen, even giant ones. So you can absolutely never say never.
What upsets are we talking about? Well, let’s flash back and check out 15 of them, shall we?
See‘Succession’ way out front to win Best Drama Series Emmy 1952: “The Red Skelton Hour” beats “I Love Lucy” for “Best Comedy Show” – “Lucy...
What upsets are we talking about? Well, let’s flash back and check out 15 of them, shall we?
See‘Succession’ way out front to win Best Drama Series Emmy 1952: “The Red Skelton Hour” beats “I Love Lucy” for “Best Comedy Show” – “Lucy...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Perry Cross, who served as Johnny Carson’s first producer on The Tonight Show before he exited to run an ABC program hosted by Jerry Lewis that came and went after 13 episodes, has died. He was 95.
Cross died March 9 of kidney cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles, his son, Larry Cross, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Cross started out producing Ernie Kovacs’ CBS weekday morning show in 1952 and also worked on The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Garry Moore Show and several Jonathan Winters live specials during his career.
Cross had been producing The Tonight Show in the immediate aftermath of host Jack Paar’s departure on March 30, 1962, guiding the NBC program in Hollywood and New York that featured guest hosts for six months until Carson took over.
NBC wanted Cross to be Carson’s producer,...
Cross died March 9 of kidney cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles, his son, Larry Cross, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Cross started out producing Ernie Kovacs’ CBS weekday morning show in 1952 and also worked on The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Garry Moore Show and several Jonathan Winters live specials during his career.
Cross had been producing The Tonight Show in the immediate aftermath of host Jack Paar’s departure on March 30, 1962, guiding the NBC program in Hollywood and New York that featured guest hosts for six months until Carson took over.
NBC wanted Cross to be Carson’s producer,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
So, what do the 4th Primetime Emmy Awards, which took place Feb. 18, 1952, have in common with the 2022 edition?
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
The stars of the No. 1 TV series, CBS’ “I Love Lucy,” were the hosts of the Emmy ceremony, which was telecast in Los Angeles on Kcea, now known as Kabc. And it was the first time that the Emmys embraced national television networks. Previously, nominations and awards were bestowed on projects that were produced or aired in Los Angeles.
This year, Amy Poehler’s valentine of a film, “Lucy and Desi,” not only received strong reviews but six Emmy nominations including Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special and directing for Poehler. The Amazon Prime doc won two: writer Mark Monroe and composer David Schwartz.
Traveling back to the 1952, the ceremony took places at venerable nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove. It must have been a short show because only seven awards were handed out.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
The stars of the No. 1 TV series, CBS’ “I Love Lucy,” were the hosts of the Emmy ceremony, which was telecast in Los Angeles on Kcea, now known as Kabc. And it was the first time that the Emmys embraced national television networks. Previously, nominations and awards were bestowed on projects that were produced or aired in Los Angeles.
This year, Amy Poehler’s valentine of a film, “Lucy and Desi,” not only received strong reviews but six Emmy nominations including Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special and directing for Poehler. The Amazon Prime doc won two: writer Mark Monroe and composer David Schwartz.
Traveling back to the 1952, the ceremony took places at venerable nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove. It must have been a short show because only seven awards were handed out.
- 9/7/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Tucker Wiard, who won five Emmys as a TV editor behind landmark comedy series including The Carol Burnett Show and the entire run of Murphy Brown, died August 28 in Los Angeles from complications due to heart failure, his family said. He was 80.
Born in Detroit in 1941 and raised in Lansing, Mi, Wiard attended Michigan State where his major was Radio/Television. In 1962 he joined the Army where he designed and built the studio and remote videotape department at Fort Benning in Georgia.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
Wiard moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and worked in the videotape department at CBS; his first video tape editor credits came on the network’s The Red Skelton Hour the next year. He followed that with credits on Norman Lear’s All in the Family and Good Times before joining The Carol Burnett Show. He was editor on 48 episodes of the show’s run,...
Born in Detroit in 1941 and raised in Lansing, Mi, Wiard attended Michigan State where his major was Radio/Television. In 1962 he joined the Army where he designed and built the studio and remote videotape department at Fort Benning in Georgia.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
Wiard moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and worked in the videotape department at CBS; his first video tape editor credits came on the network’s The Red Skelton Hour the next year. He followed that with credits on Norman Lear’s All in the Family and Good Times before joining The Carol Burnett Show. He was editor on 48 episodes of the show’s run,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Tucker Wiard, a five-time Emmy-winning film editor who worked on The Carol Burnett Show, Alice and all 10 seasons of the original Murphy Brown, has died. He was 80.
Wiard died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from heart failure, his wife, Nancy Bradley Wiard, a former producer on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, announced.
Wiard also cut episodes of such comedies as All in the Family, Good Times, Night Court, Charles in Charge, My Sister Sam and The Drew Carey Show before he retired in 2009.
Wiard earned eight of his 12 career Emmy noms for his work on CBS’ Murphy Brown, winning in 1989 for its pilot episode, “Respect,” and for a 1991 installment, “On Another Plane.” From 1988-1998, he cut 160 episodes, including the original finale, of the Candice Bergen starrer.
He worked on CBS’ The Carol Burnett Show from 1976-78, winning his...
Tucker Wiard, a five-time Emmy-winning film editor who worked on The Carol Burnett Show, Alice and all 10 seasons of the original Murphy Brown, has died. He was 80.
Wiard died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from heart failure, his wife, Nancy Bradley Wiard, a former producer on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, announced.
Wiard also cut episodes of such comedies as All in the Family, Good Times, Night Court, Charles in Charge, My Sister Sam and The Drew Carey Show before he retired in 2009.
Wiard earned eight of his 12 career Emmy noms for his work on CBS’ Murphy Brown, winning in 1989 for its pilot episode, “Respect,” and for a 1991 installment, “On Another Plane.” From 1988-1998, he cut 160 episodes, including the original finale, of the Candice Bergen starrer.
He worked on CBS’ The Carol Burnett Show from 1976-78, winning his...
- 8/30/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here are a few bits of trivia about the beloved family sitcom “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” It ran 14 seasons from 1952-66, a record until Fxx’s “It Always Sunny in Philadelphia” kicked off its 15th season last year. But “Philadelphia” has only aired 162 episodes compared to a whopping 435 for “Ozzie and Harriet.”
Despite the fact it aired 14 years, the series only cracked the top 30 in its 11th season where it came in 29th place. The exterior shots were actually of the Nelsons’ real home at 1822 Camino Palmero Street in L.A. (it recently sold for 5.9 million) and the interiors were recreations of their own home. Though the TV Ozzie didn’t seem to have a job, the real-life Ozzie starred, produced, co-wrote and directed “Ozzie and Harriet.”
Topics were far from controversial. There was a whole episode revolving around the fact that a local store delivered new chairs that they hadn’t ordered.
Despite the fact it aired 14 years, the series only cracked the top 30 in its 11th season where it came in 29th place. The exterior shots were actually of the Nelsons’ real home at 1822 Camino Palmero Street in L.A. (it recently sold for 5.9 million) and the interiors were recreations of their own home. Though the TV Ozzie didn’t seem to have a job, the real-life Ozzie starred, produced, co-wrote and directed “Ozzie and Harriet.”
Topics were far from controversial. There was a whole episode revolving around the fact that a local store delivered new chairs that they hadn’t ordered.
- 8/1/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Emmy-winning comedienne Pat Carroll, a prolific stage and television actress known for shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Laverne & Shirley, has died. She was 95. Carroll passed away at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday, July 30, while recovering from pneumonia, her daughter Kerry Karsian told The Hollywood Reporter. Born on May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Carroll would begin her acting career in 1947, landing a role in the film Hometown Girl. From there, she went on to star in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Make Room for Daddy, Studio 57, The Steve Allen Show, and Caesar’s Hour, for which she received an Emmy Award. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Carroll would appear in various sketch/variety shows, including The Danny Thomas Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. Then, in 1976, she joined the popular sitcom Laverne & Shirley. Over the next three decades,...
- 8/1/2022
- TV Insider
Actress and Emmy winner Pat Carroll, the voice of The Little Mermaid‘s Ursula, has died, our sister site Deadline reports. She was 95.
Carroll, who was also a Grammy winner, died at her home in Cape Cod, Mass. Saturday while recovering from pneumonia.
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Carroll, who was also a Grammy winner, died at her home in Cape Cod, Mass. Saturday while recovering from pneumonia.
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Best known by modern audiences for voicing the popular Disney villain, Carroll was a frequent film and TV actress who...
- 7/31/2022
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Jane Powell, who starred as an angelically visaged young actress in a number of MGM musicals including “Royal Wedding” and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” during the 1940s and 1950s, has died of natural causes. She was 92 years old.
The blonde, blue-eyed Powell usually played characters with a gentle mischievous streak in her musical comedies, but she would shatter the light-hearted atmosphere of her films when she sang: A surprisingly powerful coloratura would emerge from the diminutive (5-feet-1) thesp.
Her producer and mentor was MGM’s Joe Pasternak, who had earlier developed the talents of Deanna Durbin at Universal.
Auditioning for Louis B. Mayer and for David O. Selznick, she quickly drew a seven-year contract with MGM in 1943. Her first film, on loan-out, was 1944 musical “Song of the Open Road,” in which the actress played a child film star who runs away. She took her character’s name, Jane Powell,...
The blonde, blue-eyed Powell usually played characters with a gentle mischievous streak in her musical comedies, but she would shatter the light-hearted atmosphere of her films when she sang: A surprisingly powerful coloratura would emerge from the diminutive (5-feet-1) thesp.
Her producer and mentor was MGM’s Joe Pasternak, who had earlier developed the talents of Deanna Durbin at Universal.
Auditioning for Louis B. Mayer and for David O. Selznick, she quickly drew a seven-year contract with MGM in 1943. Her first film, on loan-out, was 1944 musical “Song of the Open Road,” in which the actress played a child film star who runs away. She took her character’s name, Jane Powell,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Powell, who made her screen debut with W.C. Fields, danced with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, was one of seven brides for seven brothers in the classic 1954 film musical, sang “Buttons and Bows” at President Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Ball and was a bridesmaid at the first of Elizabeth Taylor’s weddings, died of natural causes today at her home in Wilton, Connecticut. She was 92.
Susan Granger, a friend of the actress and spokesperson for her family, told Deadline that Powell died peacefully at the house she shared for many years with her husband, the actor and publicist Dick Moore, who died in 2015.
Powell, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, continued to appear on stage well into the 21st Century, making her career among her generation’s sturdiest.
Born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon, Powell was already a locally successful singer – she...
Susan Granger, a friend of the actress and spokesperson for her family, told Deadline that Powell died peacefully at the house she shared for many years with her husband, the actor and publicist Dick Moore, who died in 2015.
Powell, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, continued to appear on stage well into the 21st Century, making her career among her generation’s sturdiest.
Born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon, Powell was already a locally successful singer – she...
- 9/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Four of this year’s eight Emmy nominees for Best Comedy Series are freshman shows: “Ted Lasso,” “Hacks,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Emily in Paris.” If one of them pulls off a win on Emmy night, they’d be the first laffer since “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” three years ago to prevail for Season 1. This phenomenon actually happens less than you think. Indeed, only four freshman shows this century have claimed the top comedy category: “Mrs. Maisel” (2018), “Modern Family” (2010), “30 Rock” (2007) and “Arrested Development” (2004) — see the complete list below.
“Ted Lasso” is the overwhelming front-runner to take home the Emmy Award, particularly as it’s coming off big victories at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards. Jason Sudeikis won Best Comedy Actor at all three kudos, with the critics also honoring the Apple TV Plus show as Best Comedy Series and Hannah Waddingham as Best Comedy Supporting Actress.
“Ted Lasso” is the overwhelming front-runner to take home the Emmy Award, particularly as it’s coming off big victories at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards. Jason Sudeikis won Best Comedy Actor at all three kudos, with the critics also honoring the Apple TV Plus show as Best Comedy Series and Hannah Waddingham as Best Comedy Supporting Actress.
- 7/26/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The year of 1969 saw the moon landing of the Apollo 11’s Eagle module, Richard Nixon sworn in as the 37th president of the United States, the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village ushering in the gay rights movement, the Tate-La Bianca murders by the Manson Family, the landmark Woodstock Music and Arts Fair which attracts 400,000, the tragic and violent Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway and even Tiny Tim marrying Miss Vicki on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”
But one major event was basically ignored by the mainstream media: the Harlem Cultural Arts Festival which took place June 29-August 24 at the Mount Morris Park. Founded by Tony Lawrence, the festival celebrating Black pride, music and culture features such landmark performers as Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, The Fifth Dimension and Mahalia Jackson. And when the NYPD refused to supply security,...
But one major event was basically ignored by the mainstream media: the Harlem Cultural Arts Festival which took place June 29-August 24 at the Mount Morris Park. Founded by Tony Lawrence, the festival celebrating Black pride, music and culture features such landmark performers as Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, The Fifth Dimension and Mahalia Jackson. And when the NYPD refused to supply security,...
- 7/17/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
When making your predictions for what will win Best Comedy Series at the Emmys, never count out first-year shows. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (2018), “Modern Family” (2010) and “30 Rock” (2007) are the last three laffers to prevail for Season 1 (see the complete list below), and now “Ted Lasso” is hoping to join them. A whopping 26 of our 28 Emmy Experts predict a victory for the Apple TV Plus comedy, while the other two forecast another first-year program, HBO Max’s “Hacks.”
“Ted Lasso” is coming off big victories at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards, with Jason Sudeikis winning Best Comedy Actor at all three kudos. He plays the titular American football coach who travels to England to coach soccer, a sport he knows nothing about. The broadcast critics group also honored “Ted Lasso” as Best Comedy Series and scene-stealer Hannah Waddingham as Best Comedy Supporting Actress.
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“Ted Lasso” is coming off big victories at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards, with Jason Sudeikis winning Best Comedy Actor at all three kudos. He plays the titular American football coach who travels to England to coach soccer, a sport he knows nothing about. The broadcast critics group also honored “Ted Lasso” as Best Comedy Series and scene-stealer Hannah Waddingham as Best Comedy Supporting Actress.
SEEAre we headed for a Hannah vs.
- 7/7/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Apple’s “Ted Lasso” is the early front-runner to win the Emmy for Best Comedy Series, according to exclusive Gold Derby odds. The feel-good comedy has already won the Critics Choice Award in this top category, with Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham claiming acting trophies with that group and Sudeikis taking home the Golden Globe. However, the race isn’t a done deal just yet, especially with HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant” flying hot on its wings. What will win?
There’s nothing Emmy voters love more than rewarding first-year comedies, and both of these contenders fit that bill this year. “Ted Lasso” streamed last August-October on Apple TV Plus, while “The Flight Attendant” aired on HBO Max from November-December. Both shows are hoping to join a long line of freshman Best Comedy Series champs that prevailed for their first seasons, including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in 2018, “Modern Family...
There’s nothing Emmy voters love more than rewarding first-year comedies, and both of these contenders fit that bill this year. “Ted Lasso” streamed last August-October on Apple TV Plus, while “The Flight Attendant” aired on HBO Max from November-December. Both shows are hoping to join a long line of freshman Best Comedy Series champs that prevailed for their first seasons, including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in 2018, “Modern Family...
- 5/7/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
There’s nothing Emmy voters love more than rewarding first-year comedies, and “Ted Lasso” fits that bill this year. The show streamed last fall on Apple TV Plus, which means it’s now eligible for the 2021 Emmys. If Gold Derby’s early predictions pan out and “Ted Lasso” wins, it’ll join a long line of freshman Best Comedy Series champs including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in 2018, “Modern Family” in 2010 and “30 Rock” in 2007 — see the complete list below.
SEEEarly Emmy predictions: ‘Ted Lasso’ could pull off a sweep following Globes and Critics Choice wins
“Ted Lasso” is coming off big victories at the recent Golden Globes and Critics Choice TV Awards. Jason Sudeikis won Best Comedy Actor at both kudos. The broadcast critics also honored “Ted Lasso” as the Best Comedy Series and scene stealer Hannah Waddingham won Best Comedy Supporting Actress. Next up is the SAG Awards, with...
SEEEarly Emmy predictions: ‘Ted Lasso’ could pull off a sweep following Globes and Critics Choice wins
“Ted Lasso” is coming off big victories at the recent Golden Globes and Critics Choice TV Awards. Jason Sudeikis won Best Comedy Actor at both kudos. The broadcast critics also honored “Ted Lasso” as the Best Comedy Series and scene stealer Hannah Waddingham won Best Comedy Supporting Actress. Next up is the SAG Awards, with...
- 4/30/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Marge Champion, a dancer who achieved nationwide television fame in the 1950s with her husband and dance partner Gower Champion and even then had already contributed to cinema history as a movement model for three classic Walt Disney animated films, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 101.
Her death was announced by her son Gregg Champion. A cause was not specified.
The daughter of a Hollywood dance coach, Champion was already performing in public when she was recruited by Disney to serve as the movement model for the lead character in 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the same year she entered a three-year marriage to Disney animator Arthur Babbitt. Champion would also provide the movements for the Blue Fairy in 1940’s Pinocchio and the ballet-dancing hippos in 1940’s Fantasia.
But if her work had already been seen by millions, Champion didn’t become recognizably famous until the late 1940s,...
Her death was announced by her son Gregg Champion. A cause was not specified.
The daughter of a Hollywood dance coach, Champion was already performing in public when she was recruited by Disney to serve as the movement model for the lead character in 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the same year she entered a three-year marriage to Disney animator Arthur Babbitt. Champion would also provide the movements for the Blue Fairy in 1940’s Pinocchio and the ballet-dancing hippos in 1940’s Fantasia.
But if her work had already been seen by millions, Champion didn’t become recognizably famous until the late 1940s,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Roger Beatty, the five-time Emmy-winning writer of “The Carol Burnett Show,” died April 6 in his Palm Desert, California, home after losing his battle with prostate cancer. He was 87.
The Southern California native and former Coast Guard began his television career at CBS in 1956 on “The Bing Crosby Show,” which led to work on the network’s other variety shows, including “The Red Skelton Show” and “The Danny Kaye Show,” and eventually landing as an associate producer on “The Carol Burnett Show” in 1968.
There he wrote comedy sketches for Burnett and her team which included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner, through the show’s last season in 1978. During his stay, he won five Emmy Awards for his comedic writing.
Also Read: Ranjit Chowdhry, 'The Office' and 'Prison Break' Actor, Dies at 64
When “The Carol Burnett Show” ended, Burnett’s costars brought Beatty along...
The Southern California native and former Coast Guard began his television career at CBS in 1956 on “The Bing Crosby Show,” which led to work on the network’s other variety shows, including “The Red Skelton Show” and “The Danny Kaye Show,” and eventually landing as an associate producer on “The Carol Burnett Show” in 1968.
There he wrote comedy sketches for Burnett and her team which included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner, through the show’s last season in 1978. During his stay, he won five Emmy Awards for his comedic writing.
Also Read: Ranjit Chowdhry, 'The Office' and 'Prison Break' Actor, Dies at 64
When “The Carol Burnett Show” ended, Burnett’s costars brought Beatty along...
- 4/18/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Roger Beatty, a veteran writer who won five Emmy Awards for his work on The Carol Burnett Show has died at age 87, a family rep confirmed to Deadline today.
Beatty passed away on April 6, at his home in Palm Desert after battling prostate cancer.
More from DeadlineJohn Callahan Dies: 'All My Children' Star Was 66Lyle Waggoner Dies: 'Carol Burnett Show' & 'Wonder Woman Actor Was 84Jason Davis Dies: 'Recess' Voice Actor Was 35
He was born in Los Angeles in 1933, and grew up in nearby Eagle Rock. After serving three years in the U.S. Coast Guard, he decided to focus on a career in show business.
Beatty got his start in television in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show. The up-and-coming writer later worked his way through programs taped at CBS Television City, including The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show, before joining The Carol Burnett Show...
Beatty passed away on April 6, at his home in Palm Desert after battling prostate cancer.
More from DeadlineJohn Callahan Dies: 'All My Children' Star Was 66Lyle Waggoner Dies: 'Carol Burnett Show' & 'Wonder Woman Actor Was 84Jason Davis Dies: 'Recess' Voice Actor Was 35
He was born in Los Angeles in 1933, and grew up in nearby Eagle Rock. After serving three years in the U.S. Coast Guard, he decided to focus on a career in show business.
Beatty got his start in television in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show. The up-and-coming writer later worked his way through programs taped at CBS Television City, including The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show, before joining The Carol Burnett Show...
- 4/18/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Roger Beatty, who won five Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on The Carol Burnett Show, died April 6 at his home in Palm Desert, California, of prostate cancer, his family announced. He was 87.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in the neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Beatty served three years in the U.S. Coast Guard before beginning his show business career in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show.
He worked his way through CBS Television City on The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show before being hired as an associate director on The Carol Burnett Show ...
Born in Los Angeles and raised in the neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Beatty served three years in the U.S. Coast Guard before beginning his show business career in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show.
He worked his way through CBS Television City on The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show before being hired as an associate director on The Carol Burnett Show ...
- 4/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Roger Beatty, who won five Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on The Carol Burnett Show, died April 6 at his home in Palm Desert, California, of prostate cancer, his family announced. He was 87.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in the neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Beatty served three years in the U.S. Coast Guard before beginning his show business career in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show.
He worked his way through CBS Television City on The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show before being hired as an associate director on The Carol Burnett Show ...
Born in Los Angeles and raised in the neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Beatty served three years in the U.S. Coast Guard before beginning his show business career in 1956 on The Bing Crosby Show.
He worked his way through CBS Television City on The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show before being hired as an associate director on The Carol Burnett Show ...
- 4/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kaye Ballard, a comic actress and singer who was a regular presence on TV for decades and starred in the late-’60s NBC comedy The Mothers-in-Law, has died. Palm Springs-area paper The Desert Sun reported that the star also known for The Girl Most Likely and a half-dozen Broadway musicals died Monday at her home in Rancho Mirage.
Ballard had appeared on a couple of TV programs when she was cast as Marge opposite Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson in the 1958 big-screen musical comedy remake of The Girl Most Likely. She would appear in a handful of movies in the ensuing decades, but TV was her go-to medium.
In 1967 she starred with Eve Arden in The Mothers-in-Law, playing half of an unconventional couple, the Buells, who was best friends with their very-straight suburban neighbors the Hubbards (Arden and Herbert Rudley). The series struggled to lure viewers in its 8:30 Sunday...
Ballard had appeared on a couple of TV programs when she was cast as Marge opposite Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson in the 1958 big-screen musical comedy remake of The Girl Most Likely. She would appear in a handful of movies in the ensuing decades, but TV was her go-to medium.
In 1967 she starred with Eve Arden in The Mothers-in-Law, playing half of an unconventional couple, the Buells, who was best friends with their very-straight suburban neighbors the Hubbards (Arden and Herbert Rudley). The series struggled to lure viewers in its 8:30 Sunday...
- 1/22/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
At the fourth Emmy Awards in 1952, the first trophy for Best Comedy Series was presented to “The Red Skelton Show.” Since then, a total of 33 different laffers have been honored as television’s top comedy. Click through our photo gallery above of every winner for Best Comedy Series in Emmy history, including the three-time […]...
- 9/20/2017
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Martha Stewart: Actress / Singer in Fox movies apparently not dead despite two-year-old reports to the contrary (Photo: Martha Stewart and Perry Como in 'Doll Face') According to various online reports, including Variety's, actress and singer Martha Stewart, a pretty blonde featured in supporting roles in a handful of 20th Century Fox movies of the '40s, died at age 89 of "natural causes" in Northeast Harbor, Maine, on February 25, 2012. Needless to say, that was not the same Martha Stewart hawking "delicious foods" and whatever else on American television. But quite possibly, the Martha Stewart who died in February 2012 -- if any -- was not the Martha Stewart of old Fox movies either. And that's why I'm republishing this (former) obit, originally posted more than two and a half years ago: March 11, 2012. Earlier today, a commenter wrote to Alt Film Guide, claiming that the Martha Stewart featured in Doll Face, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With Hemlock Grove, Penny Dreadful, Hannibal, The Walking Dead & more, Ron suggests this is a golden age in the history of Us TV horror…
Feature
On April 30th 1954, a Finnish-American actress, showgirl and pin-up named Maila Nurmi sashayed down a dark corridor fogged with dry ice, stopped on cue and unleashed a bloodcurdling scream. She was sporting her best faux-Morticia Addams dress, vampy fingernails, long black hair and an imperious expression. After the introductory trance and shriek that began every episode of Kabc TV’s The Vampira Show, the host would recline on a skull-decorated Victorian couch and mockingly introduce one of any number of low-budget and no-budget horror films for her late-night television audience. Vampira was the first horror host in American television, appearing on the air only five short years after the station first signed on in Los Angeles.
“Screaming relaxes me so”
Though Vampira’s reign as...
Feature
On April 30th 1954, a Finnish-American actress, showgirl and pin-up named Maila Nurmi sashayed down a dark corridor fogged with dry ice, stopped on cue and unleashed a bloodcurdling scream. She was sporting her best faux-Morticia Addams dress, vampy fingernails, long black hair and an imperious expression. After the introductory trance and shriek that began every episode of Kabc TV’s The Vampira Show, the host would recline on a skull-decorated Victorian couch and mockingly introduce one of any number of low-budget and no-budget horror films for her late-night television audience. Vampira was the first horror host in American television, appearing on the air only five short years after the station first signed on in Los Angeles.
“Screaming relaxes me so”
Though Vampira’s reign as...
- 7/6/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The legendary Mickey Rooney died today, passing away at the age of 93.
The Brookyln-born actor was a child star who successfully transitioned into adult films. Boasting more than 300 credits to his name across eight decades, he also earned four Oscar nominations, two honorary Oscars, a Golden Globe, and Emmy, and a Tony nomination.
Amongst his most famous early works were the likes of "Blind Date," "Babies in Arms," and over a dozen film sin the Andy Hardy franchise. Other famous films included "The Black Stallion," "National Velvet, "The Bold and the Brave," "The Human Comedy," "Breakfast at Tiffanys," "Erik the Viking," "The Fox and the Hound," "Pete's Dragon," "Ace of Hearts," "Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Baby Face Nelson," "Boys Town" and "Girl Crazy". His acclaimed TV work included "Bill," "Mickey," "One of the Boys," "The Red Skelton Hour" and "The Mickey Rooney Show...
The Brookyln-born actor was a child star who successfully transitioned into adult films. Boasting more than 300 credits to his name across eight decades, he also earned four Oscar nominations, two honorary Oscars, a Golden Globe, and Emmy, and a Tony nomination.
Amongst his most famous early works were the likes of "Blind Date," "Babies in Arms," and over a dozen film sin the Andy Hardy franchise. Other famous films included "The Black Stallion," "National Velvet, "The Bold and the Brave," "The Human Comedy," "Breakfast at Tiffanys," "Erik the Viking," "The Fox and the Hound," "Pete's Dragon," "Ace of Hearts," "Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Baby Face Nelson," "Boys Town" and "Girl Crazy". His acclaimed TV work included "Bill," "Mickey," "One of the Boys," "The Red Skelton Hour" and "The Mickey Rooney Show...
- 4/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Shirley Mitchell, who played Lucy Ricardo’s friend Marion Strong on the classic CBS sitcom I Love Lucy, died Monday. She was 94. Remembered as Lucy’s friend with the funny laugh, Mitchell appeared in three episodes of I Love Lucy after joining the cast in 1953. She was believed to be the last recurring adult cast member following the deaths of Doris Singleton in 2012 and Peggy Rea in 2011. Mitchell appeared on numerous TV shows in the 1950s and ’60s including Bachelor Father starring John Forsythe, Please Don’t Eat The Daisies as neighbor Marge Thornton, Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies. She also appeared as Clara Appleby, the wife of henpecked husband George Appleby (Red Skelton) on The Red Skelton Hour. In 1972, she voiced Laurie Holiday on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series The Roman Holidays and last year voiced Betty White in Betty White & The Huntsman. On the film side, Mitchell appeared...
- 11/14/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Wasteland:
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Janet Leigh biography final. Check out previous articles: Touch Of Evil / Orson Welles / The Manchurian Candidate and Psycho / marriaget to Tony Curtis. Leigh's movie career slowed down in the mid-60s. Among her sporadic movies from 1966 on were: Jack Smight’s Harper (1966), with Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, and others; Jerry Lewis Three on a Couch; Robert Gist's An American Dream, with Stuart Whitman and Eleanor Parker; Jack Arnold's Hello Down There with Tony Randall; Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam, with Robert Hoffman, Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number / Two Is a Happy Number, with Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, and Melvyn Douglas; William F. Claxton’s Night of the Lepus (1972), with Whitman and Rory Calhoun; Stephen Verona’s Boardwalk, with Ruth Gordon and Lee Strasberg; and John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), with Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook. On TV, Leigh was featured in,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
TV Hitmaker Schwartz Dead At 94
TV mogul Sherwood Schwartz has died, aged 94.
Schwartz was the brains behind beloved TV hits The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island.
He also had links to other classic series My Favorite Martian, Harper Valley PTA and The Red Skelton Show.
He died of natural causes, according to TMZ.com.
Schwartz was the brains behind beloved TV hits The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island.
He also had links to other classic series My Favorite Martian, Harper Valley PTA and The Red Skelton Show.
He died of natural causes, according to TMZ.com.
- 7/12/2011
- WENN
If you know the story of a man named Brady, or if you’ve ever sat right back and heard the tale, the tale of a fateful trip, then take a moment today to mourn the passing of Sherwood Schwartz, who not only created classic family sitcoms The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, but also wrote their famous theme songs. Schwartz, who also won a comedy-writing Emmy in 1961 for his work on The Red Skelton Hour, died in Los Angeles early this morning at the age of 94, his great niece told The Associated Press.
The Brady Bunch, a squeaky...
The Brady Bunch, a squeaky...
- 7/12/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Everett Sherwood Schwartz
Sherwood Schwartz, a television producer and sitcom creator best known for his beloved 1960s and 1970s shows “The Brady Bunch” and “Gilligan’s Island,” has passed away in Los Angeles. He was 94. Schwartz also worked as a writer on such well-known programs as “Ozzie and Harriet” and “My Favorite Martian,” and won an Emmy writing for the variety program, “The Red Skelton Show.”
Schwartz wrote in his book “Brady, Brady, Brady” that he was reading The Los...
Sherwood Schwartz, a television producer and sitcom creator best known for his beloved 1960s and 1970s shows “The Brady Bunch” and “Gilligan’s Island,” has passed away in Los Angeles. He was 94. Schwartz also worked as a writer on such well-known programs as “Ozzie and Harriet” and “My Favorite Martian,” and won an Emmy writing for the variety program, “The Red Skelton Show.”
Schwartz wrote in his book “Brady, Brady, Brady” that he was reading The Los...
- 7/12/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Sherwood Schwartz , the television genius who created " The Brady Bunch " and " Gilligan's Island " -- and wrote the theme songs for Both shows -- has died ... TMZ has learned. Schwartz is a TV legend -- back in 1961, he won an Emmy for his work as a writer on " The Red Skelton Show ." Schwartz also served as a script supervisor on " My Favorite Martian " ... and a writer and producer of " Harper Valley PTA ." Sherwood worked in radio...
- 7/12/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Film and TV actor best known as Seinfeld's bothersome Uncle Leo
The American actor Len Lesser, who has died aged 88 from pneumonia, after suffering from cancer for two years, won many fans in his role as Uncle Leo in the offbeat sitcom Seinfeld. He was notable for the boisterous "Jerry! Hello!" greeting he gave his screen nephew. The elderly uncle had an obsession with greetings and insisted that Jerry must always say "Hello!", no matter how embarrassing the situation. That applied even when Jerry caught Leo shoplifting at a bookshop. "You still say hello," he chastised.
"He's the kind of guy who is a total nuisance at times and the kind of guy you avoid," said the bald, moustached actor of his character. Lesser joined the sitcom during its second series (1991) and appeared, on and off, until the end of the show's lengthy run, in 1998. The programme featured the...
The American actor Len Lesser, who has died aged 88 from pneumonia, after suffering from cancer for two years, won many fans in his role as Uncle Leo in the offbeat sitcom Seinfeld. He was notable for the boisterous "Jerry! Hello!" greeting he gave his screen nephew. The elderly uncle had an obsession with greetings and insisted that Jerry must always say "Hello!", no matter how embarrassing the situation. That applied even when Jerry caught Leo shoplifting at a bookshop. "You still say hello," he chastised.
"He's the kind of guy who is a total nuisance at times and the kind of guy you avoid," said the bald, moustached actor of his character. Lesser joined the sitcom during its second series (1991) and appeared, on and off, until the end of the show's lengthy run, in 1998. The programme featured the...
- 2/22/2011
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
Art Gilmore, whose iconic voice narrated thousands of trailers from Dumbo to Rear Window to I Married a Monster from Outer Space, died recently from age-related causes at 98. Gilmore narrated over 2,700 trailers starting in 1950 and also served as a television announcer for The George Gobel Show, The Red Skelton Show, Mackenzie's Raiders, Men of Annapolis and Highway Patrol. As a memorial, take a trip down memory lane with two great trailers featuring Gilmore's voice after the jump.
- 10/4/2010
- Movieline
You might recall that Don Lafontaine, the man who provided the voiceover for many of the movie trailers from the 1980's, 1990's and the 2000's had died two years ago at age 68. While Ladontaine was the defining voice of modern movie trailers, a man named Art Gilmore was known as the voice of the classic movie trailers of the 1950's and 1960 era of movie trailers. I am sad to report that this veteran voice over announcer has died of old age on September 25th at age 98. Gilmore got his start on radio in the 1930s, and moved on to television in the 1950's, serving as announcer on "The George Gobel Show", "The Red Skelton Show", "Mackenzie's Raiders," "Men of Annapolis" and "Highway Patrol." He began providing voice overs for movie trailers in 1950, and has been heard on more than 2,700 trailers. Gilmore was heard in films as ...
- 10/4/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
As our loyal readers might have figured out by now, we take television seriously. But even we’re impressed with the commitment of the gang at the Classic TV Preservation Society. Their mission in their own words is “to celebrate, document, and spread the word: Classic TV is not only entertaining, but informative, educational, socially substantial, and sometimes, life-changing.”
And, believe us, we get it. We picked up some of our most important knowledge from the shows of our youth. We learned love is all around, no need to waste it from The Mary Tyler Moore Show; not to play ball in the house thanks to The Brady Bunch; and how to make just about anything out of duct tape and paper clips from MacGyver.
Clearly the folks at the Classic TV Preservation Society think that TV’s greatest life lessons are worth spreading. They offer seminars for schools, communities,...
And, believe us, we get it. We picked up some of our most important knowledge from the shows of our youth. We learned love is all around, no need to waste it from The Mary Tyler Moore Show; not to play ball in the house thanks to The Brady Bunch; and how to make just about anything out of duct tape and paper clips from MacGyver.
Clearly the folks at the Classic TV Preservation Society think that TV’s greatest life lessons are worth spreading. They offer seminars for schools, communities,...
- 6/10/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
When I was a kid, I loved the cartoon Top Cat. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was the cool music or the fact it was set in New York City. I also really loved Top Cat's voice.
Arnold Stang, the voice of the clever feline, died earlier this week at the age of 91. Stang was in 75 gazillion TV shows and movies over the years (you'd know the face and/or the voice even if you couldn't place the name), including The Jonathan Winters Show, Broadside, Batman, Bonanza, The Red Skelton Show, December Bride, The Steve Allen Show, The Milton Berle Show, Emergency, and Mathnet.
He was also in several movies, including Hercules in New York, Dennis The Menace, and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He was also the original voice of Buzz Bee in Honey-Nut Cheerios commercials.
After the jump, an episode of Top Cat.
Continue reading Arnold Stang,...
Arnold Stang, the voice of the clever feline, died earlier this week at the age of 91. Stang was in 75 gazillion TV shows and movies over the years (you'd know the face and/or the voice even if you couldn't place the name), including The Jonathan Winters Show, Broadside, Batman, Bonanza, The Red Skelton Show, December Bride, The Steve Allen Show, The Milton Berle Show, Emergency, and Mathnet.
He was also in several movies, including Hercules in New York, Dennis The Menace, and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He was also the original voice of Buzz Bee in Honey-Nut Cheerios commercials.
After the jump, an episode of Top Cat.
Continue reading Arnold Stang,...
- 12/24/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Established 1974! Our news column requested better digital images two days ago, but they didn’t show up. They must be in the mail.
Updates
This week the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of new first-class stamps honoring pioneering TV shows of the 1950s and early ’60s. They’re led by our people, namely Rod Serling (repping The Twilight Zone), Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) and Clayton Moore & Trigger (The Lone Ranger). Other classics saluted include I Love Lucy, Dragnet, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, Perry Mason, Lassie, You Bet Your Life, The Red Skelton Show, Hopalong Cassidy and Kukla, Fran & Ollie. Postal rules, by the way, ensure that no Living person appear on a stamp so it’s up to deceased people, two late horses, a dead dog and three puppets to carry the classic TV imagery.
Looks like Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, the fantasy...
Updates
This week the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of new first-class stamps honoring pioneering TV shows of the 1950s and early ’60s. They’re led by our people, namely Rod Serling (repping The Twilight Zone), Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) and Clayton Moore & Trigger (The Lone Ranger). Other classics saluted include I Love Lucy, Dragnet, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, Perry Mason, Lassie, You Bet Your Life, The Red Skelton Show, Hopalong Cassidy and Kukla, Fran & Ollie. Postal rules, by the way, ensure that no Living person appear on a stamp so it’s up to deceased people, two late horses, a dead dog and three puppets to carry the classic TV imagery.
Looks like Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, the fantasy...
- 8/13/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
The Post Office unveiled some very special stamps yesterday morning in Southern California; a set devoted to classic television.
The "Early TV Memories" set of commemorative stamps were launched at a special event at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. The 20 shows that are honored on the stamps are The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Burns and Allen Show; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Honeymooners; Hopalong Cassidy; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; The Tonight Show; The Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life.
All of the performers pictured on the stamps are no longer with us. Stars like Sid Caesar would likely also have been honored but Post...
The "Early TV Memories" set of commemorative stamps were launched at a special event at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. The 20 shows that are honored on the stamps are The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Burns and Allen Show; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Honeymooners; Hopalong Cassidy; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; The Tonight Show; The Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life.
All of the performers pictured on the stamps are no longer with us. Stars like Sid Caesar would likely also have been honored but Post...
- 8/12/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Post Office unveiled some very special stamps yesterday morning in Southern California; a set devoted to classic television.
The "Early TV Memories" set of commemorative stamps were launched at a special event at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. The 20 shows that are honored on the stamps are The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Burns and Allen Show; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Honeymooners; Hopalong Cassidy; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; The Tonight Show; The Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life.
All of the performers pictured on the stamps are no longer with us. Stars like Sid Caesar would likely also have been honored but Post Office rules stipulate that a living person can't appear on a stamp.
The "Early TV Memories" set of commemorative stamps were launched at a special event at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. The 20 shows that are honored on the stamps are The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Burns and Allen Show; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The Honeymooners; Hopalong Cassidy; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; The Tonight Show; The Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life.
All of the performers pictured on the stamps are no longer with us. Stars like Sid Caesar would likely also have been honored but Post Office rules stipulate that a living person can't appear on a stamp.
- 8/12/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Stamp collecting is something I just never got into (don't worry, I have plenty of other obsessions), but this might be the first time I actually go to my local post office and get a sheet.
Yesterday, 20 new classic TV stamps were unveiled: I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Honeymooners, Texaco Star Theater, Perry Mason, The Lone Ranger, Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, Hopalong Cassidy, Lassie, Dragnet, You Bet Your Life, The Dinah Shore Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Phil Silvers Show, Howdy Doody, The Red Skelton Show, and Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, Continue reading Classic TV stamps unveiled
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Yesterday, 20 new classic TV stamps were unveiled: I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Honeymooners, Texaco Star Theater, Perry Mason, The Lone Ranger, Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, Hopalong Cassidy, Lassie, Dragnet, You Bet Your Life, The Dinah Shore Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Phil Silvers Show, Howdy Doody, The Red Skelton Show, and Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, Continue reading Classic TV stamps unveiled
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- 8/12/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Bob May has died from congestive heart failure in LA at the age of 69. The veteran actor and stuntman was best known for playing The Robot in the 1960s TV show Lost In Space. May also appeared in films with Jerry Lewis and TV shows such as The Time Tunnel, McHale's Navy and The Red Skelton Show during his acting and stunt career. Lost In Space matriarch June Lockhart said: "He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit. It was one of those wonderful (more)...
- 1/19/2009
- by By Sarah Rollo
- Digital Spy
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