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The Time Tunnel was by no means a superb product of Friday night
entertainment. If the plot holes were not as large as the tunnel
itself, viewers noticed the same props from Allen's other
television programs popping up on the show. Fan boys to this day
still debate whether the futuristic episodes involving space aliens
were better than the historic adventures, but few would deny that
Lee Meriwether made a lab coat look sexy. Meriwether herself
recalled how the cast received letters from school teachers who
used The Time Tunnel to stimulate interest in history in the
classroom. This 546 page book documents the entire history of the
program, the origin and conception of the series, why it never ran
a second season, almost 200 never-before-published
behind-the-scenes photographs, and a detailed episode guide
including dates of production, music cues, episode budgets, salary
costs, deleted scenes that were filmed, memories from cast and
crew, bloopers, trivia and much more
From 1955 to 1957, Science Fiction Theatre, a semi-documentary
series, explored the "what ifs" of modern science. Placing an
emphasis on science before fiction, television viewers were treated
to a variety of complex challenges from mental telepathy, robots,
man-eating ants, killer trees, man's first flight into outer space
and the possibility of visitation from outer space. Hosted by
Truman Bradley, a former radio news commentator, Science Fiction
Theatre became an influential program for the time, courtesy of
Ivan Tors, a man with a healthy regard for science and nature.
Hollywood actors Gene Barry, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Basil
Rathbone, Howard Duff, William Lundigan and Vincent Price are but a
few who lent their talents.For the first time ever, this 530-page
book documents the entire history of the television program with
biographies about Fred Ziv, Ivan Tors and Truman Bradley;
behind-the-scenes production details; over 150 exclusive
never-before-published photographs; and an episode guide for all 78
episodes including dates of production, fake science props, cast
list, salary fees, location shooting, and much more
Soon after Duffy's Tavern premiered over the radio in 1941,
Hollywood celebrities flocked to the microphone for a guest
appearance and accepted what was rarely heard of in network
broadcasting - celebrities were roasted in the form of insults that
were praised by critics and raved by radio listeners. Duffy's
Tavern was so popular it helped spawn a hit song, "Leave Us Face
It," an attempted newspaper comic strip, a number of premiums and a
U.S.O. Tour. Convicts at San Quentin voted it their favorite radio
program. This book (700 plus pages) documents the entire history of
the radio program, the 1945 motion-picture, the short-lived
television program, the lawsuits, Ed Gardner's personal life,
contract negotiations and much more
Information Please, the popular radio quiz program that played
experts for fall guys, was capital, dependable, adult radio fun for
more than a decade (1938 1952). The fast-cracking experts John
Kieran, omniscient sports columnist for the New York Times;
Franklin Pierce Adams, New York Post columnist; Oscar Levant,
composer, pianist, gag-stacked Broadwayfarer were acknowledged by
listeners as the most knowing of know-it-alls. Master of Ceremonies
Clifton Fadiman was famous for beating the experts to the pun while
he picked the questions submitted each week by listeners.
Information Please spawned a short-lived series of film shorts
(1940-1943), a summer-run television program (1952), at least two
card games, and the long-running Information Please Almanac.
Documentary on the making of the broadcasts, and background
production. Sponsor and Cast contracts are reprinted. Day-by-day
information about the 1945 Information Please European Tour.
Chapter documenting the history of the 18 RKO Information Please
Shorts (1939-1942). Chapter documenting the short-lived 1952
television series. Chapter documenting the radio program's
involvement with the Information Please Almanac. A complete episode
guide listing each and every radio and television broadcast.
CAR 54, Where Are You? is considered one of the best television
comedies ever produced. From 1961 to 1963, Officers Toody and
Muldoon were among the most unlikely patrol-car partners ever seen
on a police force. Toody was short, stocky, and just a it nosy, a
marked contrast to the tall, quiet Muldoon. Although they were
assigned to New York's fictional 53rd precinct -- a run down area
of the Bronx not generally considered a hotbead of hilarity -- they
always seemed to encounter more comedy than crime. From the episode
"Something Nice for Sol" to the classic Christmas episode of 1961,
this light-hearted comedy offered a heart-warming approach to our
police force at work. The comedy was invariably of the broad
slapstick variety reminiscent of Mack Sennett -- and one episode
even saluted the Keystone Cops! Created by Nat Hiken, this
television program now receives a superb review including
biographies on the lead actors, the creation of the series,
detailed listings of all 60 television episodes, broadcast history,
cast list, plot summaries and lots of behind-the-scenes stories.
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