Blog Post Remembering Neil Travis The Archive just learned the sad news of editor Neil Travis' passing. Travis died of natural causes at his home in Arroyo Grande, CA on March 28, 2012. He was 75 years old. He began his career as an assistant editor at Paramount and left to work on several television series, including Please Don't...
Blog Post Garry Marshall Inducted into NAB Hall of Fame This afternoon show creator/producer Garry Marshall will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Marshall created some of TV's most entertaining programs: Happy Days , Laverne & Shirley , Mork & Mindy .....
Blog Post "That's the Way It Is:" Cronkite First Anchored "CBS Evening News" 50 Years Ago April 16, 1962: Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchor of CBS Evening News . The original 15-minute broadcast was titled Walter Cronkite with the News and was renamed and expanded to 30 minutes in 1963. Cronkite served as both managing editor and anchor of the program until 1981 and...
Blog Post Vitameatavegamin Time! Lucy Did a TV Commercial 60 Years Ago When you think of I Love Lucy , a few images probably spring to mind. Lucy stomping on grapes, Lucy and Ethel stuffing bon-bons down their shirts, and Lucy attempting to say "Vitameatavegamin." That last scene occurred on the 30th episode of the show, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" , which first aired...
Blog Post Game Show Creator Bob Stewart Dies at 91 The Archive is sad to report the death of game show creator/producer Bob Stewart, who passed away at the age of 91. Stewart began his association with producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman (Goodson-Todman) in 1955 and created fan favorites Pyramid , The Price is Right , To Tell the Truth , and...
Blog Post Happy 90th Birthday, Jack Klugman! Jack Klugman celebrates his 90th birthday today! Klugman has made over 400 television appearances -- in comedies, dramas, and even in a game show (well, sort of - remember the "Password"episode of The Odd Couple ?) He's played a blacklisted actor, a medical examiner, and perhaps most famously,...
Blog Post Sneak a Peek at Tenacious D's New Music Video Something a little different today ... We're big Tenacious D fans over here at the Archive and we just discovered that the new video for the title track on the D's upcoming album "Rize of the Fenix" had been released on - get this - a Russian video site. Click below to check it out: Tenacious D got...
Blog Post Richard Chamberlain On Stage in "The Heiress" Richard Chamberlain fans: Dr. Kildare himself will be starring as Dr. Austin Sloper in a production of "The Heiress" starting today at the Pasadena Playhouse. Heather Tom and Julia Duffy star alongside Chamberlain in the show, which runs from April 24 - May 20, 2012.] Here's a description of the...
Blog Post From Al Bundy to Lucious Lyon: FOX Turns 30! For years it was just the big three: CBS, NBC, and ABC. Dumont was a fledgling 4th during the early years of television, but collapsed in the 1950s. Then on April 5, 1987 the FOX Network launched into primetime and stuck. FOX had trickled into the airwaves six months earlier with only 95 stations,...
Blog Post "Dark Shadows" Star Jonathan Frid Dies at 87 The Archive just learned of the death of actor Jonathan Frid, who passed away on April 13, 2012. Frid was best known for playing vampire "Barnabas Collins" in the gothic melodrama Dark Shadows , and also held an M.A. in Directing from the Yale School of Drama. Frid's final acting role was a cameo...
