by David Krell | Jun 20, 2012 | David Krell
As baseball crawled toward its first wobbly steps of formal organization in the mid-19th century, Brooklyn embraced the game through several amateur teams, including Atlantics, Excelsiors, Putnams, Eckfords. The Atlantics played in the National Association of Baseball...
by David Krell | Jun 19, 2012 | David Krell
A brand communicates value to the consumer through advertisements designed to strike emotional chords. More than a television program about a fictional advertising agency in the 1960s, Mad Men is a revealing look at the creative process in advertising. When Don...
by David Krell | Jun 17, 2012 | David Krell
Happy Father’s Day! Since television became a mass medium during the 1950s, the single dad paradigm has been a staple of prime time television. From Mayberry to the Ponderosa, the single dad character has shown courage in the face of adversity, strength in the wake of...
by David Krell | Jun 16, 2012 | David Krell
The bar for awesome just got higher. By a few hundred miles. Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope last night. ABC broadcast the event as a prime time special, a logical outlet given the network has daredevil events in its DNA. In the 1970s, Evel Knievel...
by David Krell | Jun 14, 2012 | David Krell
The legend of Betsy Ross. The raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. The Pledge of Allegiance. American icons, all. And worth honoring. Especially today. Flag Day. On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress declared June 14th to be a day honoring the...
