Baseball, New Jersey, and “The Sopranos”

by | Feb 6, 2017 | David Krell

Lou Costello appeared in two episodes of HBO’s The Sopranos.  Sort of. New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano of the DiMeo crime family used Paterson’s statue of the comedian as a meeting spot in two episodes; Paterson is Costello’s home town.  In...

The Shows That Changed Television

by | Nov 1, 2015 | David Krell

Television’s progress as a creative medium began, arguably, with I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  When the television series about a ditzy redhead married to a Cuban bandleader premiered on CBS in 1951, it introduced the three-camera format...