by David Krell | Apr 30, 2013 | David Krell
Carl Reiner created The Dick Van Dyke Show as a parallel to his own life as a television comedy writer. Indeed, Reiner initially played the main character, Robert Petrie, in a failed television pilot. CBS rejected the pilot, Head of the Family, but aired it as part...
by David Krell | Apr 29, 2013 | David Krell
A logical nexus can be drawn between the 1973 film American Graffiti and the television show Happy Days, ABC’s prime time juggernaut that debuted in 1974. Drive-In hamburger stand. Rock and Roll. Teenagers. Ron Howard. Actually, the conception of Happy Days...
by David Krell | Apr 5, 2013 | David Krell
Tarzan’s popularity inspired takeoffs, parodies, and parallels. Television, in particular, provided a fertile platform for these offerings. On November 11, 1962, Carol Burnett gest starred on The Jack Benny Program. She plays Jane in the Jack Plays Tarzan...
by David Krell | Mar 12, 2013 | David Krell
King Kong is a New York City film icon. He climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in the 1933 and 2005 King Kong films. In 1976, he climbed to the top of the World Trade Center. But the 1966-67 Saturday morning cartoon series King Kong depicted the title...
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...
