Blog Post "Wagon Train" Season One now out on DVD-- Classic Western Series Wagon Train was the #2 series from 1958-61 (behind Gunsmoke each of these seasons), and featured an array of Hollywood guest stars. In season one alone, Ernest Borgnine, Linda Darnell, Ricardo Montalban, Agnes Moorehead, and Cesar Romero were among the guest stars. The series, starring Ward Bond as...
Blog Post Sid Caesar on "Your Show of Shows," and "Caesar's Hour" Sid Caesar's Archive of American Television Interview is now fully catalogued. Caesar is a seminal figure in early TV comedy and one of the first recipients of the Emmy Award for Best Actor (in 1952). Interview description: Sid Caesar emphasizes the challenge of doing live TV in the early days of...
Blog Post The Archive Features "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The Archive has now posted a page for How the Grinch Stole Christmas , featuring animation producer/director Chuck Jones and the voice of Cindy Lou Who herself, June Foray. The perennial TV special first aired on CBS on December 18, 1966. Sponsored by the Foundation for Commercial Banks, Variety...
Blog Post Tiny Tim Married Miss Vicki on "The Tonight Show" 40 Years Ago Today A pop culture moment in TV occurred when singer Tiny Tim married Victoria Mae "Miss Vicki" Budinger on December 17, 1969 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . Tiny Tim had gained prominence for his odd appearance and falsetto voice, playing the ukulele and singing such songs as "Tiptoe...
Blog Post Roy E. Disney Dies at Age 79-- Archive Interview Online Interview Description: Roy E. Disney was interviewed for two-and-a-half hours plus in Burbank, CA. He described the early history of the Disney company and the role that his father, Roy O. Disney, and uncle Walt Disney, had in its creation and early years. He related his childhood recollections of...
Blog Post "The Simpsons" At 20 Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons . The Christmas-themed special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," was the first show to air (following the Simpsons earlier appearances on The Tracey Ullman Show ), after which the series resumed on January 14, 1990, to become the longest-...
Blog Post Carl Reiner Makes an Historic Appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Conan O'Brien" Carl Reiner was Conan O'Brien's guest on The Tonight Show yesterday and as he was introduced Conan noted that Reiner had been on all the major versions of The Tonight Show with previous hosts Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno. Find a link to Carl Reiner's appearance with Conan on...
Blog Post Technical Director Heino Ripp Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Technical Director Heino Ripp , who worked at NBC for several decades, and served on such classic series as Your Show of Shows and The Perry Como Show , has died at the age of 84. Interview Description: Heino Ripp was interviewed for three hours in Lake Hopatcong, NJ. Ripp recalled his earliest...
Blog Post Irma Kusely, Lucille Ball's Hairstylist, Has Died at Age 95-- Archive Interview Online Soon The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild periodical The Artisan reports that Ms. Kusely died on July 29, 2009. The Guild notes that she was the first hair stylist to receive screen credit on television, for I Love Lucy . Kusely spent several decades with Lucille Ball, working on her series The...
Blog Post CBS Cancels "As the World Turns" Ending its Over 50-Year Run Variety announced today that As the World Turns will end its run in September 2010. When Guiding Light aired its last episode on September 18, 2009 after a 57-year run on television, As the World Turns , which debuted on April 2, 1956, was the inevitable successor of the title "longest-ever soap...
