The Andy Griffith Show season 1 episode guide
Episode guide to The Andy Griffith Show season 1 – Andy, Barney (Don Knotts) and Aunt Bee are here… but Helen Crump isn’t … see how it all started
Read More »The Andy Griffith Show season 1 episode guideEpisode guide to The Andy Griffith Show season 1 – Andy, Barney (Don Knotts) and Aunt Bee are here… but Helen Crump isn’t … see how it all started
Read More »The Andy Griffith Show season 1 episode guideThe Honeymooners episode guide – A guide to the classic 39 episodes of The Honeymooners, starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph
Read More »The Honeymooners episode guideFor Buster Keaton, the era of the talkies was a tumultuous time. As a result of signing with MGM, the quality, the quality of his ambitious, eclectic comedies began to decline and in 1934, he signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons Educational Pictures which, despite its name, specialized in comedy short subjects. Keaton’s move to Educational was a return to his roots, crafting a stream of two reel comedies in rapid succession, as he had done in the early 1920s, when he first refined his cinematic craft.The films Buster Keaton made with Educational Pictures (ALL sixteen of which are collected here) pay homage to his earlier work, but at the same time incorporated the element of sound, all while exploring new possibilities for his recurring comic persona, Elmer.Read More »Lost Keaton
End of the MDA Telethon – A scant 4 years after removing Jerry Lewis as the host of the MDA telethon, the telethon is now going off the air.
Quoting from the New York Daily News:
Read More »End of the MDA TelethonIn A Date for Gomer, Barney Fife (Don Knotts) and Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) are frustrated in their dating lives. Every time they try to be alone with their respective girlfriends, Gomer (Jim Nabors) show up uninvited and, being Gomer, doesn’t catch the obvious hints that the couples would like to be alone.
Read More »A Date for GomerJerry Lewis has been organizing and hosting a Labor Day telethon to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) since 1966. Over the years, Jerry has helped raise over 2 billion dollars. In fact, Jerry Lewis is one of the few fundraisers who actually brings in more money than pledged.
Over the years, Jerry Lewis has received numerous awards for his work with the MDA over the years. These include nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1977, a U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1985, and the Governor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2005 for his long-running telethon work.
Read More »Jerry Lewis and the Labor Day Telethon for the MDA