by David Krell | Jun 20, 2015 | David Krell
In 1965, the Los Angeles Dodgers boasted a record of 97-65, attracted more than 2.5 million people to Dodger Stadium, and won the World Series against the Minnesota Twins in seven games. The Dodgers might have gone 162-0, sold out every game at Dodger Stadium, and won...
by David Krell | May 10, 2015 | David Krell
Under William Paley, CBS became the gold standard of television programming in news and entertainment. Nicknamed the Tiffany Network, CBS fell under Paley’s patriarchy from the 1920s to 1990, when Paley died. It was Paley who gave Edward R. Murrow an outlet to...
by David Krell | Sep 26, 2013 | David Krell
A Hollywood urban legend dictates that The Wild Wild West and Petticoat Junction used the same locomotive. Like most urban legends, this one has a kernel of truth. Jensen clarifies the issue by explaining the lineage of the trains involved. “The Wild Wild West ran...
by David Krell | Sep 22, 2013 | David Krell
Fifty years ago this week, America’s love affair with trains began a weekly trek of climbing aboard the Hooterville Cannonball train and rolling down the tracks to the junction. Petticoat Junction. Paul Henning created Petticoat Junction along with The Beverly...
by David Krell | Jul 14, 2013 | David Krell
James Bond has gadgets that would make Thomas Edison green with envy for not inventing them. Q, of course, monitors Bond’s gadgets from conception to execution. The exchanges between Q and Bond reveal how and why the gadgets can be used. Later in the film,...
