Blog Post "I Spy" Star Robert Culp Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Robert Culp, an Emmy nominee for both writing and starring in I Spy , has died at the age of 79. Culp's considerable TV credits include the classic sci-fi anthology The Outer Limits , the comedy-adventure series The Greatest American Hero , and the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond . The Archive of...
Blog Post "T.A.M.I. Show" on DVD-- Archive Interviewee Steve Binder Describes the Landmark Concert 1964's historic two-day rock/r&b concert, the T.A.M.I. Show , comes out on DVD today. Although the acronym T.A.M.I. was used inconsistently, it stood for either Teen Age Music International or Teenage Awards Music International-- with free tickets to the concert distributed to high school...
Blog Post "Battlestar Galactica" Ended Its Run 30 Years Ago Today Technically, the original Battlestar Galactica ended its run 31 years ago, when ABC pulled the plug on the show in 1979. But when the fans protested, a ten-episode version entitled Galactica 1980 , resulted, with just Lorne Greene remaining from the original cast. However, for what would be the...
Blog Post Betty White Triumphs on "SNL" The reviews and ratings are golden for Betty White 's turn as guest host on Saturday Night Live . With Betty's latest TV success, the Archive looks back on her Emmy-winning role as Sue Ann Nivens- the Happy Homemaker, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show . Before her continued (and possibly greatest) fame...
Blog Post Don Knotts' Only Dramatic Role-- on '50s Soap Opera "Search for Tomorrow" Don Knotts will forever be know as the comic sidekick "Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show , as Mr. Furley on Three's Company , and as the star of a series of funny family friendly '60s films including The Incredible Mr. Limpet and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken . His first TV series role, however,...
Blog Post Anne Beatts' Archive Interview Now Online— Original "Saturday Night Live" Writer and Creator of "Square Pegs" “I remember once at Saturday Night Live having spent the night in my office. There was a heavy snowfall overnight, and I looked out the window onto 5th Avenue and I saw that the entire street was covered with pristine fresh snow. I just felt very joyful and I thought the eight-year-old me always...
Blog Post Florence Henderson on "Coke Time with Eddie Fisher" in 1954 One of future "Mrs. Brady" Florence Henderson's earliest TV appearances was on Eddie Fisher's popular 15-minute music show Coke Time (sponsored by Coca-Cola). Appearing on Broadway at the time in "Fanny," she sang songs from that show. Watch Florence Henderson on the show (from the internet archive...
Blog Post "Bewitched" Creator Sol Saks' Interview Now Online “Writer’s block is when you think your ideas aren’t good and you get stumped. And I figured out… that you write it the way you would write badly, the way you wouldn’t turn it in. And as soon as you start, your writing becomes better. Because you‘ve tackled the subject.” Sol Saks was interviewed by...
Blog Post Here's Lucy: Season Three on DVD The complete season three of Here's Lucy comes out on DVD tomorrow. This season featured some of the show's most well-known episodes, including "Lucy the Skydiver," "Lucy Cuts Vincent's Price," and "Lucy Goes Hawaiian, Parts One and Two." The third season opener, "Lucy Meets the Burtons" featuring...
Blog Post "A-Team" Hits Theaters & DVD Shelves This Week It's A-Team week, with the complete season now out on DVD and the feature film coming out tomorrow. The original series found the team of freelance soldiers-of-fortune succeeding in mission after mission from 1983-87 and landing in the top ten of the year-end Nielsens for its first two seasons...
