by David Krell | Feb 19, 2015 | David Krell
On M*A*S*H, surgeons at Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 4077th bandaged limbs, tended to wounds, and operated on soldiers torn apart by grenades, bullets, and shrapnel during the Korean War. Beyond the physical wounds, though, were mental injuries. To treat them, the...
by David Krell | Feb 18, 2015 | David Krell
Chicago has been the setting for two television shows set in emergency rooms. ER and E/R. Both had multi-racial casts, unique characters arriving for medical attention, and humor as a defense mechanism to guard against emotional pain of working in a trauma situation....
by David Krell | Feb 17, 2015 | David Krell
In 1964, Brian Piccolo was the top college football rusher in the country. His success capped a terrific college football career at Wake Forest. Surprisingly, his credentials did not impress any NFL team during the draft. Fourteen teams. Twenty rounds. No draft...
by David Krell | Feb 16, 2015 | David Krell
Hard rock sounds of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors emerged as musical touchstones in the late 1960s. A decade later, disco ruled, largely because of the phenomenon of the movie Saturday Night Fever and its soundtrack anchored by the Bee Gees. In between,...
by David Krell | Feb 15, 2015 | David Krell
To kick off its third season, NBC’s 1980s prime time drama Hill Street Blues showcased Trial By Fury, an episode with a shocking, revolting, and riveting story line of the Hill Street precinct investigating the rape and assault of a nun that results in her...
by David Krell | Feb 14, 2015 | David Krell
From 1977 to 1986, America went on vacation every Saturday night, beginning with short jaunts to Puerto Vallarta and graduating to longer trips to other ports of call, including Alaska, the Panama Canal, and Australia. American went on The Love Boat, vicariously...
by David Krell | Feb 13, 2015 | David Krell
In the superhero multiverse, Batman and the Green Hornet parallel each other. First, they’re not really superheroes. As mortals, they rely on cunning, logic, and detective work to solve crimes. Second, they each have younger sidekicks. Batman has Robin. The...
by David Krell | Feb 12, 2015 | David Krell
The Simpsons began as cartoon shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. It was the debut year of the FOX network. FOX expanded The Simpsons to a half-hour show in 1989. The Simpsons got so popular that FOX moved America’s favorite dysfunctional family from...
by David Krell | Feb 11, 2015 | David Krell
America pervades television program titles. Indeed, examples are plentiful. America’s Next Top Model, America’s Most Wanted, American Chopper, American Inventor, American Masters, American Hot Rod, American Justice, America’s Got Talent, American...
by David Krell | Feb 10, 2015 | David Krell
Numbers play an integral role in the titles of television programs. One Tree Hill. Murder One. One on One. Stargate SG-1. Two and a Half Men. Three’s Company. Foursome. Party of Five. Six Feet Under. Seven Days. Eight Is Enough. The Nine. Just the Ten of Us....
