Blog Post "What's up, Doc?" Saturday Mornings with Bugs Began 55 Years Ago Somewhere in your memory there's likely an image of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck donning hats and canes, singing "This is It." That was the intro to The Bugs Bunny Show , which debuted on Saturday mornings on April 7, 1962 and became the longest, continuously-running morning children's program in...
Blog Post HBO's Sheila Nevins on Making Documentaries That Matter She's spearheaded some of HBO's most memorable and risque projects: Real Sex , Taxicab Confessions , Cathouse ... As Vice President of Original Programming (overseeing family and documentary projects) Sheila Nevins has pushed the boundaries at HBO, and given the world some remarkable shows as a...
Blog Post Michael Patrick King Talks "Sex and the City" He's the guy responsible for bringing Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha into our homes every Sunday night. Michael Patrick King was executive producer of Sex and the City , HBO's hit series about four (originally) single gals livin' the life in New York City. Before Sex and the City , though...
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...
