by David Krell | Jun 2, 2013 | David Krell
This weekend, America lost a television treasure. Jean Stapleton. In the 1970s, television audiences empathized Stapleton’s alter ego, Edith Bunker, on All in the Family. Edith was optimistic, sunny, and kind to balance Archie Bunker’s grouchiness. But...
by David Krell | Aug 24, 2012 | David Krell
Sitting in my bookcase is a childhood icon. The Story of Baseball by John M. Rosenburg. Random House published this oversized baseball history book for children in 1962 and several updated versions thereafter. It was the book that I read after Little League games, on...
by David Krell | Jul 12, 2012 | David Krell
One of my biggest thrills was working as a consultant on an exhibit honoring Leonard Goldenson, the Founder of ABC, at the Museum of TV & Radio, now Paley Center for Media. As a television history buff that grew up watching ABC in the 1970s, I was in my element...
by David Krell | Jun 13, 2012 | David Krell
Returning to television tonight on TNT at 9:00 pm, Dallas is an example of branding. That’s “branding” as in image, marketing, and monetizing. For a moment, the word “branding” might have triggered images of cattle. It’s a logical nexus. After all, Jock and Miss Ellie...
