by David Krell | Jan 1, 2017 | David Krell
On August 19, 1951, Eddie Gaedel strode to home plate in a St. Louis Browns uniform adorned with the fraction 1/8 rather than a whole number, signifying his physical stature similar to that of the folks who set Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road. Gaedel’s cup of...
by David Krell | Dec 2, 2016 | David Krell
More than a moniker, the name of a sports team may reflect local history, culture, and myth. Baseball, certainly, has contributed to this linguistic equation. San Diego is the site of the first Franciscan mission, hence the name Padres. The West Virginia Power, the...
by David Krell | Jun 3, 2015 | David Krell
Many a cop has said that Barney Miller is the most realist cop show of all time. Not Hill Street Blues. Not Naked City. Not Delvecchio. Not Dragnet. Not NYPD Blue. Not even any of the shows in the Law & Order family. On an episode of Jon Favreau’s...
by David Krell | Oct 9, 2013 | David Krell
In Teleliteracy is Here…So Telefriend, Chapter 14 of his 1992 book Teleliteracy, television critic David Bianculli raises the issue of television programming rivaling literature for intelligence. “Authors of written literature reveal their own enthusiasms...
by David Krell | Jul 7, 2013 | David Krell
On this date in 1954, the Memphis airwaves debuted a singer. And rock and roll was never the same. The singer was Elvis Presley. WHBQ played his rendition of That’s All Right on July 7, 1954. Recorded two days prior in Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio,...
